Igor Andreev

Infobox Tennis player


playername= Igor Andreev
country= Russia flagicon|Russia
residence= Moscow, Russia
datebirth= birth date and age|1983|7|14
placebirth= Moscow, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union flagicon|USSR
height= 182 cm (5 ft 11.5 in)
weight= 80 kg (176 lb)
turnedpro= 2002
plays= Right-handed; two-handed backhand
careerprizemoney= $2,737,245
singlesrecord= 156–127
singlestitles= 3
highestsinglesranking= 19 (September 15, 2008)
AustralianOpenresult= 3rd (2006, 2008)
FrenchOpenresult= QF (2007)
Wimbledonresult= 3rd (2005)
USOpenresult= 4th (2008)
doublesrecord= 40–54
doublestitles= 1
highestdoublesranking= 59 (July 18, 2005)
updated= August 25, 2008

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

Tennis career

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

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 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.

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 2004 with Nikolay Davydenko, after defeating Mahesh Bhupathi and Jonas Björkman 3–6, 6–3, 6–4 in the final.

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.

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 Garross.

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.

2008

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 and Roland Garros, Andreev lost in the second round to Robby Ginepri 4-6, 6-2, 7-6(5), 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.

At the US Open he lost in the fourth round to Federer 6-7(5), 7-6(5), 6-3, 3-6, 6-3.

Equipments

Andreev is sponsored by Under Armour and Babolat.

Personal life

Andreev is currently dating (wta player) Maria Kirilenko

Andreev speaks fluent Spanish.Fact|date=June 2008

ingles Titles

Doubles

Doubles wins (1)

External links

* [http://www.igorandreev.net/ Igor Andreev official website]
*ATP|id=A511
*ITF male profile|number=10025335
*DavisCupplayerlink|id=10025335
* [http://steveghelper.com/MatchResults.php?players=Andreev&weeks=12 Andreev Recent Match Results]
* [http://steveghelper.com/RankingHistory.php?player=Andreev Andreev World Ranking History]

References