Andrei Pavel

For the Romanian footballer, see Andrei Pavel (footballer).
Andrei Pavel
Country  Romania
Residence Borgholzhausen, Germany
Born January 27, 1974
Constanţa, Romania
Height 1.82 m (6 ft 0 in)
Turned pro 1995
Retired September 23, 2009
Plays Right-handed (one-handed backhand)
Prize money $5,123,329
Singles
Career record 277–261
Career titles 3
Highest ranking No. 13 (October 25, 2004)
Grand Slam Singles results
Australian Open 4R (1999, 2004)
French Open QF (2002)
Wimbledon 3R (2000, 2002)
US Open 4R (2000, 2004)
Other tournaments
Olympic Games 1R (1992, 1996, 2000, 2004)
Doubles
Career record 137–130
Career titles 6
Highest ranking No. 13 (April 30, 2007)

Andrei Pavel (born January 27, 1974 in Constanţa) is a Romanian tennis coach and former professional tennis player. He is currently coaching the world top-150 tennis player, Tamira Paszek.[1]

Career

Andrei began playing tennis at age eight, and moved to Germany at age sixteen.

Pavel has turned professional in 1995. He has won three singles titles, including the ATP Masters Series tournament in Montreal/Toronto in 2001. He has also won seven doubles titles, the latest title being the Open Seat Barcelona, in 2007.

Pavel played what John McEnroe considers to be the best first round match at a Grand Slam he has ever seen at the U.S Open in August 2006, where he lost to Andre Agassi in four sets; 6–7(4), 7–6(8), 7–6(6), 6–2; taking three and half hours. Had Pavel won, it would have been Agassi's last match in a professional tournament.

His best single result over the course of his career took place in 2001, when he captured the Masters Series title in Montreal. For his efforts during that week alone, Pavel earned $400,000. When playing Andy Murray in the Australian Open in 2009, Pavel was forced to retire from the game in the second set due to a recurring back injury. He had lost the previous set. Andrei entered the 2009 French Open, where he was defeated by Tommy Haas 6–1, 6–4, 6–4.

He played his last singles match in his homeland tournament in Bucharest in 2009, where he lost in the first round to Pablo Cuevas of Uruguay. In the same tournament he teamed up with his old friend Gabriel Trifu, losing in the quarter finals to Spaniards Ramírez Hidalgo / Ventura. He also played two more exhibition matches, one facing Goran Ivanišević, while in the other he paired up with Ilie Năstase against the Mansour Bahrami / Yannick Noah pair. The week before, he had been the captain of Romania's Davis Cup team, where they lost to Sweden 3–2 in the qualifying rounds.

Pavel's career-high singles ranking was World No. 13 in October 2004.

Coaching

At the start of 2011, former world number one Jelena Janković announced her decision to work with Andrei Pavel on a trial basis. The Serbian player did not perform up to the mark in 2010 and had dropped to as low as number eight in the WTA rankings.[2]

Since the 2012 Indian Wells Masters, Pavel has been coaching Tamira Paszek, a world top-50 tennis player and dual Wimbledon quarter-finalist.[1]

Singles titles (3)

Legend (Singles)
Grand Slam (0)
Tennis Masters Cup (0)
ATP Masters Series (1)
ATP International Series Gold (1)
ATP Tour (1)
No. Date Tournament Surface Opponent in final Score in final
1. April 13, 1998 Japan Tokyo, Japan Hard Zimbabwe Byron Black 6–3, 6–4
2. May 22, 2000 Austria St. Pölten, Austria Clay Australia Andrew Ilie 7–5, 3–6, 6–2
3. July 30, 2001 Canada Montreal, Canada Hard Australia Patrick Rafter 7–6, 2–6, 6–3

Runners-ups (6)

No. Date Tournament Surface Opponent in final Score in final
1. April 26, 1999 Germany Munich, Germany Clay Argentina Franco Squillari 6–4, 6–3
2. June 14, 1999 Netherlands s’Hertogenbosch, Netherlands Grass Australia Patrick Rafter 3–6, 7–6, 6–4
3. October 27, 2003 France Paris, France Carpet United Kingdom Tim Henman 6–2, 7–6, 7–6
4. April 25, 2005 Germany Munich, Germany Clay Argentina David Nalbandian 6–4, 6–1
5. May 22, 2006 Austria Portschach, Austria Clay Russia Nikolay Davydenko 6–0, 6–3
6. July 23, 2007 Croatia Umag, Croatia Clay Spain Carlos Moyà 6–4, 6–2

ATP Doubles titles (6)

Date Tournament Surface Partnering Opponents in the final Score
September 21, 1998 Bucharest, Romania Clay Romania Gabriel Trifu Romania George Cosac
Romania Dinu Pescariu		 7–6(2), 7–6(4)
July 31, 2005 Kitzbühel, Austria Clay Czech Republic Leoš Friedl Belgium Christophe Rochus
Belgium Olivier Rochus		 6–2, 6–7(5), 6–0
January 15, 2006 Auckland, New Zealand Hard Netherlands Rogier Wassen Sweden Simon Aspelin
Australia Todd Perry		 6–3, 5–7, (10–4)
May 7, 2006 Munich, Germany Clay Germany Alexander Waske Austria Alexander Peya
Germany Björn Phau		 6–4, 6–2
July 16, 2006 Gstaad, Switzerland Clay Czech Republic Jiří Novák Switzerland Marco Chiudinelli
Switzerland Jean-Claude Scherrer		 6–3, 6–1
April 29, 2007 Barcelona, Spain Clay Germany Alexander Waske Spain Rafael Nadal
Spain Bartolomé Salvá-Vidal		 6–3, 7–6(1)

Doubles runner-ups (5)

Date Tournament Surface Partnering Opponents in final Score in final
February 14, 1999 St. Petersburg, Russia Carpet Netherlands Menno Oosting United States Jeff Tarango
Czech Republic Daniel Vacek		 3–6, 6–3, 7–5
January 10, 2005 Doha, Qatar Hard Russia Mikhail Youzhny Spain Albert Costa
Spain Rafael Nadal 		6–3, 4–6, 6–3
September 18, 2005 Bucharest, Romania Clay Romania Victor Hănescu Argentina José Acasuso
Argentina Sebastián Prieto		 6–3, 4–6, 6–3
February 25, 2007 Rotterdam, Netherlands Hard Germany Alexander Waske Czech Republic Martin Damm
India Leander Paes		 6–3, 6–7(5), (10–7)
May 23, 2009 Kitzbühel, Austria Clay Romania Horia Tecău Brazil Marcelo Melo
Brazil André Sá		 6–7(9), 6–2, (10–7)

Singles performance timeline

Pavel during his last singles match
Performance key
W winner #R lost in the early rounds Z# Davis Cup Zonal Group (number) B semifinalist, won bronze medal
F runner-up RR lost at round robin stage PO Davis Cup play-off NH not held
SF semifinalist Q# lost in qualification round G won Olympic gold medal NMS Not a Masters Series event
QF quarterfinalist A absent S runner-up, won silver medal NPM Not a Premier Mandatory or 5 event
Update either at the conclusion of a tournament, or when the player's participation in the event has ended.
Tournament 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 W ‑ L Win %
Grand Slam Tournaments
Australian Open A A A A A A LQ 1R A 4R A 2R 3R 1R 4R 2R 2R LQ 1R 1R 11–10 52.38
French Open A A A A A A A 2R A 1R 1R 1R QF A 2R 1R 1R LQ A 1R 6–9 40
Wimbledon A A A A LQ A LQ 2R 1R 1R 3R 1R 3R A 2R 2R 2R 2R A 1R 9–11 45
US Open A A A A LQ A 1R 1R 1R 1R 4R 2R 1R A 4R[a] 1R 1R 2R A 1R 8–11 42.11
Win–Loss 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–1 2–4 0–2 3–4 5–3 2–4 8–4 0–1 8–3 2–4 2–4 2–2 0–1 0–4 34–41 45.33
Olympic Games
Singles NH 1R Not held 1R Not held 1R Not held 1R Not held A NH N/A
ATP Masters Series 1000
Indian Wells Masters A A A A A A A A A LQ A 1R 2R 1R 2R 3R 1R LQ A A
Miami Masters A A A A A A A A A 3R 3R 4R QF 2R QF 1R 1R LQ A A
Monte Carlo Masters A A A A A A A A A 2R LQ 2R 3R A 3R A A 1R A A
Rome Masters A A A A A A A A A A 3R 1R 2R A QF 1R A A A A
Madrid Masters(Stuttgart) A A A A A LQ LQ LQ 2R QF QF 2R 1R LQ 3R 1R A 1R A A
Canada Masters A A A A A A A A A A 2R W 2R A 1R 2R A A A A
Cincinnati Masters A A A A A A A A A 1R 1R 2R 1R A 1R 1R A LQ A A
Paris Masters A A A A A 1R A A LQ A 1R 1R 1R F 3R 1R A A A
Hamburg Masters A A A A A A A A A A SF 1R 2R A 3R 1R A LQ A
Year End Ranking 460 548 489 311 408 214 135 118 68 41 27 28 26 69 18 80 113 75 1142 600 NA

a 2004 US Open counts as 3 wins, 0 losses. Roger Federer walkover in round 4, after Pavel withdrew because of a back injury, [3] does not count as a Pavel loss (nor a Federer win).

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 "Interviu exclusiv | Andrei Pavel “De la Indian Wells lucrez cu Tamira Paszek".
  2. ↑ – Kei Nishikori, Jelena Janković and Andy Murray appoint new coaches
  3. ↑ BBC Sport (September 6, 2004). "Agassi sets up Federer tie". British Broadcasting Corporation. Retrieved July 30, 2012.

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