| Country | Russia |
|---|---|
| Residence | Moscow, Russia |
| Born | 14 July 1983 Moscow, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union |
| Height | 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in) |
| Turned pro | 2002 |
| Plays | Right-handed (two-handed backhand) |
| Career prize money | $3,630,505 |
| Singles | |
| Career record | 224–212 |
| Career titles | 3 |
| Highest ranking | No. 18 (3 November 2008) |
| Current ranking | No. 115 (26 December 2011) |
| Grand Slam results | |
| Australian Open | 3R (2006, 2008, 2009) |
| French Open | QF (2007) |
| Wimbledon | 4R (2009) |
| US Open | 4R (2008) |
| Doubles | |
| Career record | 43–64 |
| Career titles | 1 |
| Highest ranking | No. 59 (18 July 2005) |
| Grand Slam Doubles results | |
| Australian Open | 2R (2004, 2005) |
| French Open | 3R (2005) |
| Wimbledon | 2R (2009) |
| US Open | 2R (2004, 2005, 2008) |
| Last updated on: 31 August 2009. | |
Igor Valerievich Andreev (Russian: Игорь Валерьевич Андреев; born 14 July 1983) is a Russian professional tennis player, born in Moscow.
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Andreev made his ATP debut in September 2003 at Bucharest, Romania as a qualifier and defeated top seed Nikolay Davydenko 7–5, 6–7, 6–0 in the first round, before losing in the next round to José 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 2003 as a wildcard, and defeated the number 4 seed Max Mirnyi 6–4, 7–6 before losing to Sargis Sargsian in the second round.
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 José 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 2004 with Nikolay Davydenko, after defeating Mahesh Bhupathi and Jonas Björkman 3–6, 6–3, 6–4 in the final.
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 Rafael Nadal in the quarterfinals. 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 the Pilot Pen Tennis Tournament in 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.
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 Garross.
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.
He 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 quarterfinal 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.
Seeded 27th at Roland Garros, Andreev lost in the second round to Robby Ginepri 4–6, 6–2, 7–6, 6–2. At Wimbledon, he once again lost in the second round, this time to David Ferrer 3–6, 6–3, 6–4, 6–2. However, in the mixed doubles, he reached the semi finals of Wimbledon with Maria Kirilenko.
At the US Open he lost in the fourth round to Federer in a tantalisingly close match 6–7, 7–6, 6–3, 3–6, 6–3.
Heavily favored Russia was hosted by Israel in a Davis Cup quarterfinal tie in July 2009, on indoor hard courts at the Nokia Arena in Tel Aviv. Russia had won the Davis Cup in both 2002 and 2006, and was the top-ranked country in Davis Cup standings.[1] Asked if he was nervous, Andreev replied with a smile: "Nervous? Why should I be nervous? Everything is fine."[2] Harel Levy, world # 210, then beat Andreev, world # 24, 6–4, 6–2, 4–6, 6–2 in the opening match. Dudi Sela (# 33) followed by beating Youzhny, and the next day Israelis Andy Ram and Jonathan Erlich beat Safin and doubles specialist Kunitsyn.[3] With the tie clinched for Israel, the reverse singles rubbers were "dead", and instead of best-of-five matches, best-of-three sets were played, with the outcomes of little to no importance.[4] Israel wrapped up a 4–1 victory over Russia, winning one match but losing one, as Dudi Sela retired with a wrist injury while down 3–4 in the first set against Andreev.[5]
He started off the season at the Hopman Cup with Elena Dementieva as his mixed double partner.[6] In singles, he won a match but lost the next two horribly. He then went to the Medibank International in Sydney, where he lost to Leonardo Mayer 7–6, 3–6, 6–7 in the opening round, where he had 5 match points but eventually lost in the third set tiebreak. He also played doubles with Evgeny Korolev and reached the semis there.
The day after his girlfriend Maria Kirilenko had ousted pre-tournament favorite Maria Sharapova, Andreev stretched Roger Federer to four sets in the first round of the 2010 Australian Open, losing 6–4, 2–6, 6–7, 0–6.[7] Andreev had three set points in the third set but eventually lost in a tie break to the Swiss top seed. Federer won the final set 6–0 to preserve his 11-year streak of never losing in the first round of the Australian Open.
After the Australian Open, Andreev played the 2010 Brasil Open, his first clay court tournament of the year. Seeded No. 4 in the tournament, Andreev made a run to the semi-finals and eventually lost to Łukasz Kubot 6–2, 2–6, 4–6.
His next successful tournament was the Malaysia Open which he qualified for and went on to reach the semi-finals, taking out defending champion Nikolay Davydenko on the way before falling to Mikhail Youzhny in three sets.
In the tournament ATP Baastar he sells match against Diego Junqueira.
Andreev is an offensive baseliner. He possesses one of the most powerful forehands on tour. ATP professional Marcos Bagdhatis describes Andreev's forehand as being "more deadly than Nadal's" Andreev is sponsored by Sergio Tacchini for clothes[8] and Babolat Aero Pro Drive GT[9] for racquets and Babolat All-Court III for shoes.
He supports both FC Moscow and FC Dynamo Moscow and is an avid follower of the Russian national football team.
He has been in a relationship with fellow Russian player, Maria Kirilenko for several years.[10][11]
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| Outcome | No. | Date | Championship | Surface | Opponent in the final | Score in the final |
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| Runner-up | 1. | 12 July 2004 | Gstaad, Switzerland | Clay | Roger Federer | 2–6, 3–6, 7–5, 3–6 |
| Runner-up | 2. | 19 September 2004 | Bucharest, Romania | Clay | José Acasuso | 3–6, 0–6 |
| Winner | 1. | 4 April 2005 | Valencia, Spain | Clay | David Ferrer | 6–3, 5–7, 6–3 |
| Winner | 2. | 26 September 2005 | Palermo, Italy | Clay | Filippo Volandri | 0–6, 6–1, 6–3 |
| Runner-up | 3. | 18 September 2005 | Bucharest, Romania | Clay | Florent Serra | 4–6, 3–6 |
| Winner | 3. | 10 October 2005 | Moscow, Russia | Carpet (i) | Nicolas Kiefer | 5–7, 7–6(7–3), 6–2 |
| Runner-up | 4. | 16 January 2006 | Sydney, Australia | Hard | James Blake | 2–6, 6–3, 6–7(3–7) |
| Runner-up | 5. | 13 July 2008 | Gstaad, Switzerland | Clay | Victor Hănescu | 3–6, 4–6 |
| Runner-up | 6. | 20 July 2008 | Umag, Croatia | Clay | Fernando Verdasco | 6–3, 4–6, 6–7(4–7) |
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| Outcome | No. | Date | Tournament | Surface | Partner | Opponents in the final | Score in the final |
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| Winner | 1. | 18 October 2004 | Moscow, Russia | Carpet (i) | Nikolay Davydenko | Mahesh Bhupathi Jonas Björkman |
3–6, 6–3, 6–4 |
| Runner-up | 1. | 17 October 2005 | Moscow, Russia | Carpet (i) | Nikolay Davydenko | Max Mirnyi Mikhail Youzhny |
1–6, 1–6 |
To prevent confusion and double counting, information in this table is updated only once a tournament or the player's participation in the tournament has concluded. This table is current through the 2011 US Open.
| Tournament | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | SR | W–L | ||||||
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| Australian Open | 1R | 2R | 3R | 1R | 3R | 3R | 1R | 2R | 0 / 8 | 8–8 | |||||||||
| French Open | LQ | 4R | 3R | QF | 2R | 3R | 2R | 0 / 6 | 13–6 | ||||||||||
| Wimbledon | 2R | 3R | 1R | 2R | 4R | 1R | 2R | 0 / 7 | 8–7 | ||||||||||
| US Open | 1R | 2R | 2R | 4R | 1R | 2R | 1R | 0 / 7 | 6–7 | ||||||||||
| Win–Loss | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 4–4 | 6–4 | 2–1 | 5–4 | 7–4 | 7–4 | 1–3 | 3–4 | 0 / 28 | 35–27 | ||||||
| Indian Wells Masters | 1R | 1R | QF | 1R | 4R | 2R | 2R | 0 / 7 | 6–7 | ||||||||||
| Miami Masters | 1R | 3R | 2R | 1R | QF | 3R | 2R | 2R | 0 / 8 | 9–8 | |||||||||
| Monte Carlo Masters | 1R | 1R | 1R | 3R | QF | 1R | 2R | 0 / 7 | 6–7 | ||||||||||
| Rome Masters | 1R | 1R | 2R | 3R | 1R | 1R | 2R | 0 / 7 | 4–7 | ||||||||||
| Madrid Masters | 1R | 1R | 1R | Q2 | 0 / 3 | 0–3 | |||||||||||||
| Canada Masters | 2R | 1R | 3R | 2R | 0 / 4 | 4–4 | |||||||||||||
| Cincinnati Masters | 1R | LQ | 3R | 2R | 0 / 3 | 3–3 | |||||||||||||
| Shanghai Masters | Not Masters Series | 1R | LQ | 0 / 1 | 0–1 | ||||||||||||||
| Paris Masters | 2R | 2R | 0 / 2 | 2–2 | |||||||||||||||
| Hamburg Masters | 1R | 3R | 1R | NM1 | 0 / 3 | 2–3 | |||||||||||||
| Titles | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | |||||||
| Year End Ranking | 989 | 288 | 88 | 50 | 26 | 91 | 33 | 19 | 35 | 79 | |||||||||
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