Igor Andreev

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**Igor Andreev**

Country	Russia
Residence	Moscow, Russia
Date of birth	July 14, 1983 (1983-07-14) (age 24)
Place of birth	Moscow, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union
Height	182 cm (5 ft 11.5 in)
Weight	80 kg (176 lb)
Turned pro	2002
Plays	Right-handed; two-handed backhand
Career prize money	$2,307,703
Singles
Career record:	132 - 114
Career titles:	3
Highest ranking:	24 (April 3, 2006)
Grand Slam results
Australian Open	3rd (2006, 2008)
French Open	QF (2007)
Wimbledon	3rd (2005)
US Open	2nd (2005, 2007)
Doubles
Career record:	36 - 49
Career titles:	1
Highest ranking:	59 (July 18, 2005)
Infobox last updated on: April 28, 2008.

Igor Valerievich Andreev (Russian: Игорь Валерьевич Андреев; born July 14, 1983) is a Russian professional tennis player, born in Moscow.

1 Tennis career
- 1.1 2003
- 1.2 2004
- 1.3 2005
- 1.4 2006
- 1.5 2007
- 1.6 2008
2 Equipments
3 Personal Life
4 Singles Titles
- 4.1 Wins (3)
- 4.2 Singles finalist (7)
5 Doubles
- 5.1 Doubles wins (1)
- 5.2 Doubles runner-ups (1)
6 Performance timeline
7 External links

[edit] Tennis career

Igor Andreev is a clay court specialist. Many consider him of having one of the best forehand in the business. His best Grand Slam performance is reaching the quarterfinals of the 2007 Roland Garros.

[edit] 2003

Andreev made his ATP debut in September 2003 at Bucharest, Romania as a qualifier and defeated top seed Nikolay Davydenko 7–5 6–7(1) 6–0 in the first round, before losing in the next round to Jose Acasuso.

At the Moscow ATP tournament later the same month, Andreev defeated the top seed Sjeng Schalken in straight sets, 6–3, 6–1, and made his first ATP quarterfinal appearance, eventually losing to Paul-Henri Mathieu 6–2, 3–6, 5–7. He entered the St. Petersburg tournament in October of 2003 as a wildcard, and defeated the number 4 seed Max Mirnyi 6–4, 7–6(1), before losing to Sargis Sargsian in the second round.

[edit] 2004

Andreev finished in the top 50 of the ATP rankings for the first time in his career. During the same year he also reached two ATP finals, Gstaad, Switzerland in July (losing to Roger Federer), and Bucharest, Romania in September (losing to Jose Acasuso). He won a personal best 28 matches in the year, and also made his Davis Cup debut.

Andreev made his Grand Slam debut at the 2004 Australian Open, where he lost in the first round to France's Olivier Patience, 4–6, 4–6, 7–6(4), 6–1, 6–2. At the French Open he made the round of 16, losing to eventual champion Gastón Gaudio 6–4, 7–5, 6–3. At Wimbledon that year, he reached the second round, losing to Fernando González, and lost in the first round at the US Open to Fernando Verdasco, 6–3, 6–4, 4–6, 2–6, 7–5.

At the Athens Olympics in August 2004, Andreev made the third round, and lost only to the eventual gold medallist, Chilean Nicolás Massú.

He won his first ATP doubles title in Moscow in October of 2004 with Nikolay Davydenko, after defeating Mahesh Bhupathi and Jonas Björkman 3–6, 6–3, 6–4 in the final.

[edit] 2005

Andreev's first ATP singles title came in April 2005 in Valencia, Spain, which he won by beating Spaniard David Ferrer 6–3, 5–7, 6–3 in the final, after having taken out world number 4 Rafael Nadal in the quarterfinals earlier. After this point, Nadal began his record-breaking 81 match win streak on clay, which lasted for more than two years. Andreev made the third round at both the French Open and Wimbledon, and reached the quarterfinal at New Haven, Connecticut, United States. He then reached the final of the event at Bucharest, losing to Florent Serra 6–3, 6–4. Andreev continued his consistent performance of the year by winning the Palermo event in September 2005, beating Filippo Volandri of Italy 0–6, 6–1, 6–3 in the final, and the Kremlin Cup at Moscow in October, defeating Nicolas Kiefer 5–7, 7–6, 6–2 in the final.

[edit] 2006

Andreev had some ups and downs in the first half of the season; despite seven first-round losses, highlights included reaching the finals at Sydney and the quarterfinals at Indian Wells, losing both matches to James Blake. A knee injury forced Andreev to sit out the second half of the clay court season, including Roland Garros.

[edit] 2007

Andreev returned in 2007, and made an immediate impact with an impressive showing at the French Open. Unseeded, he beat former World no.1 Andy Roddick 3–6, 6–4, 6–3, 6–4 in the first round (which was widely expected as Roddick has a poor record on clay) and in-form Marcos Baghdatis in the fourth round, to make his first Grand Slam quarter-final, which he lost in straight sets to Novak Đoković 6–3, 6–3, 6–3. However, he was disappointingly a first-round casualty at Wimbledon that year.

[edit] 2008

Andreev made it to the third round of Australian Open losing to Richard Gasquet in four sets. His other notable performances include reaching the quarterfinals of Buenos Aires, Dubai, and Miami. At Miami he was defeated by Tomáš Berdych, 6–4, 6–4. After Miami, he reached the final of another Masters Series event in Monte Carlo. He defeated in-form clay-courter Nicolás Almagro on his way to the quarters, where he was defeated by number four seed Nikolay Davydenko.

[edit] Equipments

Andreev is sponsored by Under Armour and Babolat.

[edit] Personal Life

Andreev is currently dating WTA player Maria Kirilenko.

Andreev speaks fluent Spanish.

[edit] Singles Titles

Legend (Singles)
Grand Slam (0)
Tennis Masters Cup (0)
ATP Masters Series (0)
ATP Tour (3)
Challengers (0)

[edit] Wins (3)

No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Opponent in the final	Score
1.	April 4, 2005	Valencia, Spain	Clay	David Ferrer	6–3, 5–7, 6–3
2.	September 26, 2005	Palermo, Italy	Clay	Filippo Volandri	0–6, 6–1, 6–3
3.	October 10, 2005	Moscow, Russia	Carpet (i)	Nicolas Kiefer	5–7, 7–6, 6–2

[edit] Singles finalist (7)

No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Opponent in the final	Score
1.	16 June 2003	Braunschweig, Germany	Clay	Werner Eschauer	6–1, 7–6
2.	14 July 2003	Helsinki, Finland	Clay (i)	Thierry Ascione	2–6, 6–1, 6–3
3.	21 July 2003	Tampere, Finland	Clay	Robin Söderling	6–4, 6–1
4.	20 September 2004	Bucharest, Romania	Clay	José Acasuso	6–3, 6–0
5.	12 July 2006	Gstaad, Switzerland	Clay	Roger Federer	6–2, 6–3, 5–7, 6–3
6.	19 September 2005	Bucharest, Romania	Clay	Florent Serra	6–4, 6–3
7.	16 January 2006	Sydney, Australia	Hard	James Blake	6–2, 3–6, 7–6(3)

[edit] Doubles

[edit] Doubles wins (1)

No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Partner	Opponents in the final	Score
1.	October 18, 2004	Moscow, Russia	Carpet (i)	Nikolay Davydenko	Mahesh Bhupathi Jonas Björkman	3–6, 6–3, 6–4

[edit] Doubles runner-ups (1)

No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Partner	Opponents in the final	Score
1.	October 17, 2005	Moscow, Russia	Carpet (i)	Nikolay Davydenko	Max Mirnyi Mikhail Youzhny	6–1, 6–1

[edit] Performance timeline

To prevent confusion and double counting, information in this table is updated only after a tournament or the player's participation in the tournament has concluded. Davis Cup matches are included in the statistics. This table is current through to the end of the 2008 French Open.

Tournament	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008	Career SR	Win-Loss
Grand Slams
Australian Open	1R	2R	3R	1R	3R	0 / 5	5-5
French Open	4R	3R	A	QF	2R	0 / 4	10-4
Wimbledon	2R	3R	A	1R		0 / 3	3-3
US Open	1R	2R	A	2R		0 / 3	2-3
Grand Slam SR	0 / 4	0 / 4	0 / 1	0 / 4	0 / 2	0 / 15	20-15
Grand Slam Win-Loss	4-4	6-4	2-1	5-4	3-2	N/A	20-15
Tennis Masters Cup	A	A	A	A		0 / 0	0–0
Indian Wells Masters	1R	1R	QF	A	1R	0 / 4	3–4
Miami Masters	1R	3R	2R	1R	QF	0 / 5	6–5
Monte Carlo Masters	1R	1R	1R	3R	QF	0 / 5	5–5
Rome Masters	1R	1R	A	2R	3R	0 / 4	3–4
Hamburg Masters	A	1R	A	3R	1R	0 / 3	2–3
Canada Masters	2R	1R	A	A		0 / 2	1–2
Cincinnati Masters	A	1R	A	A		0 / 1	0–1
Madrid Masters (Stuttgart)	A	A	A	1R		0 / 1	0–1
Paris Masters	A	A	2R	A		0 / 1	1–1
Total Titles	0	3	0	0	0	N/A	3
Year End Ranking	50	26	91	33		N/A	N/A

[edit] External links