Igor Andreev
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Igor Valerievich Andreev is a Russian professional tennis player, born in Moscow.
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.
, 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, Chile
an 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.
, 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 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.
. 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.
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.
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. Asked if he was nervous, Andreev replied with a smile: "Nervous? Why should I be nervous? Everything is fine. 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. 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. 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.
with Elena Dementieva
as his mixed double partner. 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. 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.
for clothes and Babolat
Aero Pro Drive GT for racquets and Babolat All-Court III for shoes.
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.
.
2003
Andreev made his ATPAssociation of Tennis Professionals
The Association of Tennis Professionals or ATP was formed in 1972 by Donald Dell, Jack Kramer, and Cliff Drysdale to protect the interests of male professional tennis players. Since 1990, the association has organized the worldwide tennis tour for men and linked the title of the tour with the...
debut in September 2003 at Bucharest
Bucharest
Bucharest is the capital municipality, cultural, industrial, and financial centre of Romania. It is the largest city in Romania, located in the southeast of the country, at , and lies on the banks of the Dâmbovița River....
, Romania as a qualifier and defeated top seed Nikolay Davydenko
Nikolay Davydenko
Nikolay Vladimirovich Davydenko is a Ukrainian-Russian tennis player. Davydenko's best result in a Grand Slam tournament has been reaching the semifinals, which he has done on four occasions: twice each at the French Open and the U.S. Open. His biggest achievement to date was winning the 2009 ATP...
7–5, 6–7, 6–0 in the first round, before losing in the next round to José Acasuso
José Acasuso
José Javier "Chucho" Acasuso is a professional male tennis player from Argentina. Like many of his fellow countrymen, he favours clay. He is known for his strong serve and his hard groundstrokes off both sides...
.
At the Moscow ATP tournament later the same month, Andreev defeated the top seed Sjeng Schalken
Sjeng Schalken
Sjeng Schalken is a former professional tennis player from the Netherlands.-Playing style:A right-handed baseliner with a single-handed backhand, Schalken's game is characterised by his consistency of both wings and his continental technique on both the forehand and backhand...
in straight sets, 6–3, 6–1, and made his first ATP quarterfinal appearance, eventually losing to Paul-Henri Mathieu
Paul-Henri Mathieu
Paul-Henri Mathieu is a French tennis player.-Tennis career:Mathieu was born in Strasbourg, France. He first began playing tennis at age 3, with his older brother Pierre-Yves. Between 1997 and 2000 he trained at the Nick Bollettieri Tennis Academy in Bradenton, Florida...
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
Max Mirnyi
Max Mirnyi is a professional tennis player from Belarus.Today Mirnyi is a doubles specialist, but he also enjoyed a good singles career, finishing in the top 50 in the world for seven straight years, as well as representing Belarus in Davis Cup competition since April 1994, where he holds a...
6–4, 7–6 before losing to Sargis Sargsian
Sargis Sargsian
Sargis Sargsian is a former professional tennis player from Armenia.Sargsian turned pro in 1995, and has won one singles and two doubles titles during his career on the ATP Tour...
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, GstaadGstaad
Gstaad is a village in the German-speaking section of the Canton of Berne in southwestern Switzerland. Part of the municipality of Saanen, Gstaad is known as one of the most exclusive ski resorts in the world....
, Switzerland in July (losing to Roger Federer
Roger Federer
Roger Federer is a Swiss professional tennis player who held the ATP no. 1 position for a record 237 consecutive weeks, and 285 weeks overall. As of 28 November 2011, he is ranked World No. 3 by the Association of Tennis Professionals . Federer has won a men's record 16 Grand Slam singles titles...
), 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
Davis Cup
The Davis Cup is the premier international team event in men's tennis. It is run by the International Tennis Federation and is contested between teams of players from competing countries in a knock-out format. The competition began in 1900 as a challenge between Britain and the United States. By...
debut.
Andreev made his Grand Slam
Grand Slam (tennis)
The four Major tennis tournaments, also called the Slams, are the most important tennis events of the year in terms of world tour ranking points, tradition, prize-money awarded, strength and size of player field, and public attention. They are the Australian Open, the French Open, Wimbledon, and...
debut at the 2004 Australian Open, where he lost in the first round to France's Olivier Patience
Olivier Patience
Olivier Patience is a French professional tennis player. His career-high ATP singles ranking was No. 87, on 19 July 2004. During 2006, Patience won 3 ATP Challenger Series tournaments. He registered his best performance in a Grand Slam event to date, when he reached the 3rd round at Roland Garros...
, 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
Gastón Gaudio
Gastón Norberto Gaudio is a former tennis player from Argentina. His career-high ATP ranking was World No. 5 in 2005...
6–4, 7–5, 6–3. At Wimbledon that year, he reached the second round, losing to Fernando González
Fernando González
----Fernando Francisco González Ciuffardi is a professional tennis player from Chile. He is known for having one of the hardest forehands on the circuit. In Spanish he is called El Bombardero de La Reina and Mano de Piedra...
, and lost in the first round at the US Open
U.S. Open (tennis)
The US Open, formally the United States Open Tennis Championships, is a hardcourt tennis tournament which is the modern iteration of one of the oldest tennis championships in the world, the U.S. National Championship, which for men's singles was first contested in 1881...
to Fernando Verdasco
Fernando Verdasco
Fernando Verdasco Carmona is a professional tennis player. He is currently ranked no. 22 in the world. Verdasco started playing tennis at four years of age and had a full-time coach when he was eight...
, 6–3, 6–4, 4–6, 2–6, 7–5.
At the Athens Olympics
2004 Summer Olympics
The 2004 Summer Olympic Games, officially known as the Games of the XXVIII Olympiad, was a premier international multi-sport event held in Athens, Greece from August 13 to August 29, 2004 with the motto Welcome Home. 10,625 athletes competed, some 600 more than expected, accompanied by 5,501 team...
in August 2004, Andreev made the third round, and lost only to the eventual gold medallist, Chile
Chile
Chile ,officially the Republic of Chile , is a country in South America occupying a long, narrow coastal strip between the Andes mountains to the east and the Pacific Ocean to the west. It borders Peru to the north, Bolivia to the northeast, Argentina to the east, and the Drake Passage in the far...
an Nicolás Massú
Nicolás Massú
Nicolás Alejandro Massú Fried , nicknamed Vampiro , is a Chilean tennis player, a former world number nine in singles, and a two-time Olympic gold medalist...
.
He won his first ATP doubles title in Moscow in October 2004 with Nikolay Davydenko
Nikolay Davydenko
Nikolay Vladimirovich Davydenko is a Ukrainian-Russian tennis player. Davydenko's best result in a Grand Slam tournament has been reaching the semifinals, which he has done on four occasions: twice each at the French Open and the U.S. Open. His biggest achievement to date was winning the 2009 ATP...
, after defeating Mahesh Bhupathi
Mahesh Bhupathi
Mahesh Shrinivas Bhupathi is an Indian professional tennis player widely regarded as among the best doubles players in the world with 11 Grand Slam titles to his credit. In 1997, he became the first Indian to win a Grand Slam tournament...
and Jonas Björkman
Jonas Björkman
Jonas Lars Björkman is a former World Number 4 Swedish professional tennis player. He is also a former World No. 1 in doubles. Björkman retired from professional tennis after competing at the 2008 Tennis Masters Cup Doubles championships....
3–6, 6–3, 6–4 in the final.
2005
Andreev's first ATP singles title came in April 2005 in ValenciaValencia (city in Spain)
Valencia or València is the capital and most populous city of the autonomous community of Valencia and the third largest city in Spain, with a population of 809,267 in 2010. It is the 15th-most populous municipality in the European Union...
, Spain, which he won by beating Spaniard David Ferrer
David Ferrer
David Ferrer Ern is a Spanish professional tennis player who lives in Valencia, Spain who is currently no. 5 in the ATP Rankings and the second-highest ranked Spaniard behind world no. 2 Rafael Nadal. He turned professional in 2000...
6–3, 5–7, 6–3 in the final, after having taken out world number 4 Rafael Nadal
Rafael Nadal
Rafael "Rafa" Nadal Parera is a Spanish professional tennis player and a former World No. 1. , he is ranked No. 2 by the Association of Tennis Professionals...
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 the Pilot Pen Tennis Tournament in New Haven, Connecticut
Connecticut
Connecticut is a state in the New England region of the northeastern United States. It is bordered by Rhode Island to the east, Massachusetts to the north, and the state of New York to the west and the south .Connecticut is named for the Connecticut River, the major U.S. river that approximately...
, United States. He then reached the final of the event at Bucharest, losing to Florent Serra
Florent Serra
Florent Lucien Serra is a French male tennis player. A right-hander, he has won two ATP titles during his career and is coached by Pierre Cherret.-Early life and junior career:...
6–3, 6–4.
Andreev continued his consistent performance of the year by winning the Palermo
Palermo
Palermo is a city in Southern Italy, the capital of both the autonomous region of Sicily and the Province of Palermo. The city is noted for its history, culture, architecture and gastronomy, playing an important role throughout much of its existence; it is over 2,700 years old...
event in September 2005, beating Filippo Volandri
Filippo Volandri
Filippo Volandri is an Italian professional male tennis player. Volandri is a right-handed player who reached a career-high ranking of 25 on July 23, 2007. He turned pro in 1997, and as of January 2006, had earned over $1,300,000 in prize money...
of Italy 0–6, 6–1, 6–3 in the final, and the Kremlin Cup
Kremlin Cup
The Kremlin Cup is a professional tennis tournament played on indoor hard courts. It is currently part of the ATP World Tour 250 series of the ATP Tour and is a Premier Tournament on the WTA Tour...
at Moscow in October, defeating Nicolas Kiefer
Nicolas Kiefer
Nicolas Kiefer , is a former German professional tennis player. His mother, Nicole, is French. He won a silver medal in men's doubles with partner Rainer Schüttler at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens....
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 BlakeJames Blake
James Riley Blake is an American professional tennis player. Blake is known for his speed and powerful, flat forehand. As of August 2011, Blake is ranked no. 63 among active male players with 24 career finals appearances...
. A knee injury forced Andreev to sit out the second half of the clay court season, including Roland Garross.
2007
Andy Roddick
Andrew Stephen "Andy" Roddick is an American professional tennis player and a former World No. 1. He is currently the second highest-ranked American player, behind Mardy Fish....
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
Marcos Baghdatis
At the French Open, Baghdatis lost in the second round in five sets to Frenchman Julien Benneteau, 6-3, 4-6, 3-6, 7-6, 4-6.At Wimbledon, Baghdatis defeated British player Andy Murray in the fourth round in straight sets. In the quarterfinals, Baghdatis beat the 2002 champion and former world no. 1...
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 GasquetRichard Gasquet
Richard Gasquet is a French professional tennis player. He won the mixed doubles Grand Slam title at the 2004 French Open, partnering Tatiana Golovin. His highest ranking in singles is #7. His best achievements in tennis are reaching the semi-finals of Wimbledon in 2007 and later that year...
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
Tomáš Berdych
Tomáš Berdych is a professional tennis player from the Czech Republic. His most notable achievements are reaching the final of the 2010 Wimbledon Championships, and the semifinals of the 2010 French Open. He defeated the Croatian player Ivan Ljubičić in five sets to win the Paris Masters in 2005...
6–4, 6–4. After Miami, he reached the quarterfinal of another Masters Series
ATP World Tour Masters 1000
The ATP World Tour Masters 1000 is a series of nine tennis tournaments that are part of the Association of Tennis Professionals tour, held annually throughout the year in Europe, North America and Asia...
event in Monte Carlo. He defeated in-form clay-courter Nicolás Almagro
Nicolás Almagro
Nicolas Almagro Sanchez Rolle is a professional Spanish tennis player, ranked 10 on the ATP World Tour.-2005:...
on his way to the quarters, where he was defeated by number four seed Nikolay Davydenko
Nikolay Davydenko
Nikolay Vladimirovich Davydenko is a Ukrainian-Russian tennis player. Davydenko's best result in a Grand Slam tournament has been reaching the semifinals, which he has done on four occasions: twice each at the French Open and the U.S. Open. His biggest achievement to date was winning the 2009 ATP...
.
Seeded 27th at Roland Garros, Andreev lost in the second round to Robby Ginepri
Robby Ginepri
Robert Louis Ginepri is an American professional tennis player.-Early life:Robby Ginepri is of Luxembourgish ancestry....
4–6, 6–2, 7–6, 6–2. At Wimbledon, he once again lost in the second round, this time to David Ferrer
David Ferrer
David Ferrer Ern is a Spanish professional tennis player who lives in Valencia, Spain who is currently no. 5 in the ATP Rankings and the second-highest ranked Spaniard behind world no. 2 Rafael Nadal. He turned professional in 2000...
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.
2009
Heavily favored Russia was hosted by IsraelIsrael Davis Cup team
The Israel Davis Cup team represents Israel in Davis Cup tennis competition and is governed by the Israel Tennis Association....
in a Davis Cup quarterfinal tie in July 2009, on indoor hard courts at the Nokia Arena in Tel Aviv
Tel Aviv
Tel Aviv , officially Tel Aviv-Yafo , is the second most populous city in Israel, with a population of 404,400 on a land area of . The city is located on the Israeli Mediterranean coastline in west-central Israel. It is the largest and most populous city in the metropolitan area of Gush Dan, with...
. Russia had won the Davis Cup in both 2002 and 2006, and was the top-ranked country in Davis Cup standings. Asked if he was nervous, Andreev replied with a smile: "Nervous? Why should I be nervous? Everything is fine. Harel Levy
Harel Levy
Har'el Levy is an Israeli professional male tennis player. Levy's best singles ranking was # 30 in the world in 2001, and his best doubles ranking was # 76 in 2007....
, world # 210, then beat Andreev, world # 24, 6–4, 6–2, 4–6, 6–2 in the opening match. Dudi Sela
Dudi Sela
David "Dudi" Sela is an Israeli professional tennis player.Sela reached a career-high singles ranking of # 29 in July 2009. He is currently Israel's top men's singles player, ahead of Amir Weintraub.As a 17-year-old junior, he won the 2003 French Open boys' doubles championship with his doubles...
(# 33) followed by beating Youzhny, and the next day Israelis Andy Ram
Andy Ram
Andy Ram is a professional tennis player from Israel, and the first Israeli tennis player to win a seniors Grand Slam event . He plays more doubles than singles as he prefers doubles more and wins more matches...
and Jonathan Erlich
Jonathan Erlich
Jonathan Dario "Yoni" Erlich is a professional Israeli tennis player...
beat Safin and doubles specialist Kunitsyn. 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. Israel wrapped up a 4–1 victory over Russia, winning one match but losing one, as Dudi Sela
Dudi Sela
David "Dudi" Sela is an Israeli professional tennis player.Sela reached a career-high singles ranking of # 29 in July 2009. He is currently Israel's top men's singles player, ahead of Amir Weintraub.As a 17-year-old junior, he won the 2003 French Open boys' doubles championship with his doubles...
retired with a wrist injury while down 3–4 in the first set against Andreev.
2010
He started off the season at the Hopman CupHopman Cup
The Hopman Cup is an annual international team tennis tournament held in Perth, Western Australia in early January each year, which plays mixed teams on a country by country basis...
with Elena Dementieva
Elena Dementieva
Elena Viatcheslavovna Dementieva is a retired Russian professional tennis player. Dementieva is most notable for winning the singles gold medal at the 2008 Olympics in Beijing. She won 16 WTA singles titles and reached the finals of the 2004 French Open and 2004 US Open. Dementieva achieved a...
as his mixed double partner. 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
Leonardo Mayer
Leonardo Martin Mayer is an Argentine professional tennis player.Mayer achieved a singles career high of world no. 51 on June 7, 2010. His career high in doubles was world no. 94 on March 1, 2010.http://www.itftennis.com/mens/players/player.asp?player=100049039 He is coached by Emiliano Redondi...
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
Evgeny Korolev
Evgeny Korolev is a Kazakhstani tennis player and the cousin of former Russian player Anna Kournikova. He began playing tennis at age four with his father, and picked up his first ATP points at age 15 in three German challenger events...
and reached the semis there.
The day after his girlfriend Maria Kirilenko
Maria Kirilenko
Maria Yuryevna Kirilenko is a Russian professional tennis player. Kirilenko won her first WTA Tour title in 2005, defeating Anna-Lena Grönefeld in the China Open. Kirilenko reached no. 18, her career-high singles ranking, on the WTA tour in July 2008. She won the junior event at the 2002 Canadian...
had ousted pre-tournament favorite Maria Sharapova
Maria Sharapova
Maria Yuryevna Sharapova ,. is a Russian professional tennis player and a former world no. 1. A US resident since 1994, Sharapova has won 24 WTA singles titles, including three Grand Slam singles titles at the 2004 Wimbledon, 2006 US Open and 2008 Australian Open...
, Andreev stretched Roger Federer to four sets in the first round of the 2010 Australian Open
2010 Australian Open
The 2010 Australian Open was a tennis tournament that took place in Melbourne Park in Melbourne, Australia, from 18 to 31 January. It was the 98th edition of the Australian Open, and the first Grand Slam event of the year....
, losing 6–4, 2–6, 6–7, 0–6. 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
2010 Brasil Open
The 2010 Brasil Open was a tennis tournament played on outdoor clay courts. It was the 10th edition of the event known as the Brasil Open, and was part of the ATP World Tour 250 series of the 2010 ATP World Tour...
, 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
Nikolay Davydenko
Nikolay Vladimirovich Davydenko is a Ukrainian-Russian tennis player. Davydenko's best result in a Grand Slam tournament has been reaching the semifinals, which he has done on four occasions: twice each at the French Open and the U.S. Open. His biggest achievement to date was winning the 2009 ATP...
on the way before falling to Mikhail Youzhny
Mikhail Youzhny
Mikhail Mikhailovich Youzhny , is a professional Russian tennis player, noted for his consistency and all-court play style. He has been coached by Boris Sobkin for 17 years....
in three sets.
Playing style & equipment
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 TacchiniSergio Tacchini
Sergio Tacchini is an Italian fashion designer of sportswear and former professional tennis player. The sportswear firm bearing his name is located in Bellinzago Novarese, Novara, Italy.- Tennis career :...
for clothes and Babolat
Babolat
Babolat is a French tennis, badminton and squash equipment company, best known for its strings and tennis racquets which are used by several top players such as Li Na, Rafael Nadal, Kim Clijsters, Andy Roddick, Fernando González, Igor Andreev, Fabio Fognini, Leander Paes, Nicolás Lapentti,...
Aero Pro Drive GT for racquets and Babolat All-Court III for shoes.
Personal life
He supports both FC Moscow and FC Dynamo MoscowFC Dynamo Moscow
Dynamo Moscow is a Russian football club based in Moscow, currently playing in the Russian Premier League. Dynamo's traditional kit colours are blue and white...
and is an avid follower of the Russian national football team.
He has been in a relationship with fellow Russian player, Maria Kirilenko
Maria Kirilenko
Maria Yuryevna Kirilenko is a Russian professional tennis player. Kirilenko won her first WTA Tour title in 2005, defeating Anna-Lena Grönefeld in the China Open. Kirilenko reached no. 18, her career-high singles ranking, on the WTA tour in July 2008. She won the junior event at the 2002 Canadian...
for several years.
Singles: 9 (3–6)
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| Outcome | No. | Date | Championship | Surface | Opponent in the final | Score in the final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Runner-up | 1. | 12 July 2004 | Gstaad Allianz Suisse Open Gstaad The Swiss Open is a tennis tournament held in Gstaad, Switzerland. Held since 1915, the tournament is played on outdoor clay courts... , Switzerland |
Clay |  Roger FedererRoger Federer Roger Federer is a Swiss professional tennis player who held the ATP no. 1 position for a record 237 consecutive weeks, and 285 weeks overall. As of 28 November 2011, he is ranked World No. 3 by the Association of Tennis Professionals . Federer has won a men's record 16 Grand Slam singles titles... |
2–6, 3–6, 7–5, 3–6 |
| Runner-up | 2. | 19 September 2004 | Bucharest, Romania | Clay |  José AcasusoJosé Acasuso José Javier "Chucho" Acasuso is a professional male tennis player from Argentina. Like many of his fellow countrymen, he favours clay. He is known for his strong serve and his hard groundstrokes off both sides... |
3–6, 0–6 |
| Winner | 1. | 4 April 2005 | Valencia Open de Tenis Comunidad Valenciana The Valencia Open 500, formerly known as Open de Tenis Comunidad Valenciana, is a professional tennis tournament played in Valencia, Spain. It is currently part of the Association of Tennis Professionals Tour. The tournament was first played in Valencia in 1995 before moving to Marbella, Spain for... , Spain |
Clay |  David FerrerDavid Ferrer David Ferrer Ern is a Spanish professional tennis player who lives in Valencia, Spain who is currently no. 5 in the ATP Rankings and the second-highest ranked Spaniard behind world no. 2 Rafael Nadal. He turned professional in 2000... |
6–3, 5–7, 6–3 |
| Winner | 2. | 26 September 2005 | Palermo Campionati Internazionali di Sicilia The Campionati Internazionali di Sicilia was a tennis tournament held annually in Palermo in Italy. Held from 1935 until 2006, the tournament was played on outdoor clay courts and was a part of the ATP Tour schedule from 1979 to 2006.-Singles:-Doubles:... , Italy |
Clay |  Filippo VolandriFilippo Volandri Filippo Volandri is an Italian professional male tennis player. Volandri is a right-handed player who reached a career-high ranking of 25 on July 23, 2007. He turned pro in 1997, and as of January 2006, had earned over $1,300,000 in prize money... |
0–6, 6–1, 6–3 |
| Runner-up | 3. | 18 September 2005 | Bucharest, Romania | Clay |  Florent SerraFlorent Serra Florent Lucien Serra is a French male tennis player. A right-hander, he has won two ATP titles during his career and is coached by Pierre Cherret.-Early life and junior career:... |
4–6, 3–6 |
| Winner | 3. | 10 October 2005 | Moscow Kremlin Cup The Kremlin Cup is a professional tennis tournament played on indoor hard courts. It is currently part of the ATP World Tour 250 series of the ATP Tour and is a Premier Tournament on the WTA Tour... , Russia |
Carpet (i) |  Nicolas KieferNicolas Kiefer Nicolas Kiefer , is a former German professional tennis player. His mother, Nicole, is French. He won a silver medal in men's doubles with partner Rainer Schüttler at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens.... |
5–7, 7–6(7–3), 6–2 |
| Runner-up | 4. | 16 January 2006 | Sydney, Australia | Hard |  James BlakeJames Blake James Riley Blake is an American professional tennis player. Blake is known for his speed and powerful, flat forehand. As of August 2011, Blake is ranked no. 63 among active male players with 24 career finals appearances... |
2–6, 6–3, 6–7(3–7) |
| Runner-up | 5. | 13 July 2008 | Gstaad, Switzerland | Clay |  Victor HănescuVictor Hanescu Victor Hănescu is a Romanian tennis player. He achieved his career high rank of no. 26 on July 6, 2009.- Professional career :... |
3–6, 4–6 |
| Runner-up | 6. | 20 July 2008 | Umag Croatia Open Umag The ATP Studena Croatia Open is a tennis tournament held in Umag, Croatia that is part of the 250 series of the ATP Tour.The first Croatia Open was held in 1990 as the Yugoslavia Open and has been played every year since. It is played on red clay courts. Carlos Moyá has won the tournament a record... , Croatia |
Clay | Fernando Verdasco Fernando Verdasco Fernando Verdasco Carmona is a professional tennis player. He is currently ranked no. 22 in the world. Verdasco started playing tennis at four years of age and had a full-time coach when he was eight... |
6–3, 4–6, 6–7(4–7) |
Doubles: 2 (1–1)
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| Winner | 1. | 18 October 2004 | Moscow Kremlin Cup The Kremlin Cup is a professional tennis tournament played on indoor hard courts. It is currently part of the ATP World Tour 250 series of the ATP Tour and is a Premier Tournament on the WTA Tour... , Russia |
Carpet (i) |  Nikolay DavydenkoNikolay Davydenko Nikolay Vladimirovich Davydenko is a Ukrainian-Russian tennis player. Davydenko's best result in a Grand Slam tournament has been reaching the semifinals, which he has done on four occasions: twice each at the French Open and the U.S. Open. His biggest achievement to date was winning the 2009 ATP... |
 Mahesh BhupathiMahesh Bhupathi Mahesh Shrinivas Bhupathi is an Indian professional tennis player widely regarded as among the best doubles players in the world with 11 Grand Slam titles to his credit. In 1997, he became the first Indian to win a Grand Slam tournament...  Jonas BjörkmanJonas Björkman Jonas Lars Björkman is a former World Number 4 Swedish professional tennis player. He is also a former World No. 1 in doubles. Björkman retired from professional tennis after competing at the 2008 Tennis Masters Cup Doubles championships.... |
3–6, 6–3, 6–4 |
| Runner-up | 1. | 17 October 2005 | Moscow, Russia | Carpet (i) | Nikolay Davydenko |
 Max MirnyiMax Mirnyi Max Mirnyi is a professional tennis player from Belarus.Today Mirnyi is a doubles specialist, but he also enjoyed a good singles career, finishing in the top 50 in the world for seven straight years, as well as representing Belarus in Davis Cup competition since April 1994, where he holds a... Mikhail YouzhnyMikhail Youzhny Mikhail Mikhailovich Youzhny , is a professional Russian tennis player, noted for his consistency and all-court play style. He has been coached by Boris Sobkin for 17 years.... |
1–6, 1–6 |
Performance timeline
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| Tournament | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | SR | W–L | ||||||
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| Australian Open Australian Open The Australian Open is the only Grand Slam tennis tournament held in the southern hemisphere. The tournament was held for the first time in 1905 and was last contested on grass in 1987. Since 1972 the Australian Open has been held in Melbourne, Victoria. In 1988, the tournament became a hard court... |
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 Indian Wells Masters The Indian Wells Masters is an annual tennis tournament held in Indian Wells, California.... |
1R | 1R | QF | 1R | 4R | 2R | 2R | 0 / 7 | 6–7 | ||||||||||
| Miami Masters Miami Masters The Miami Masters is an annual tennis tournament for men and women held in Key Biscayne, Miami, Florida. It is an ATP World Tour Masters 1000 event on the men's tour and a Premier Mandatory event on the women's tour and is played on hard courts at the Tennis Center at Crandon Park... |
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 Rome Masters The Italian Open is an annual tennis tournament held in Rome, Italy. It is the most prestigious red clay tennis tournament in the world after the French Open, with the men's competition being an ATP World Tour Masters 1000 event on the Association of Tennis Professionals tour, and the women's... |
1R | 1R | 2R | 3R | 1R | 1R | 2R | 0 / 7 | 4–7 | ||||||||||
| Madrid Masters Madrid Masters There are two sporting events named the Madrid Masters:*Mutua Madrileña Madrid Open — a men's and women's tennis tournament*Madrid Masters... |
1R | 1R | 1R | Q2 | 0 / 3 | 0–3 | |||||||||||||
| Canada Masters Canada Masters The Canada Masters , currently sponsored as the Rogers Cup, is an annual tennis tournament held in Canada. The men's competition is a Masters 1000 event on the Association of Tennis Professionals tour. The women's competition is a Premier 5 tournament on the Women's Tennis Association tour... |
2R | 1R | 3R | 2R | 0 / 4 | 4–4 | |||||||||||||
| Cincinnati Masters Cincinnati Masters The Cincinnati Open is an annual outdoor hardcourts tennis event held in the Cincinnati suburb of Mason, Ohio, USA. The event started on September 18, 1899 and is the oldest tennis tournament in the United States played in its original city., Between... |
1R | LQ | 3R | 2R | 0 / 3 | 3–3 | |||||||||||||
| Shanghai Masters Shanghai Masters (tennis) The Shanghai Masters is a professional tennis tournament played on outdoor hard courts. It is currently part of the ATP World Tour Masters 1000 of the Association of Tennis Professionals World Tour. It is held annually in October at the Qizhong Forest Sports City Arena in Shanghai, People's... |
Not Masters Series | 1R | LQ | 0 / 1 | 0–1 | ||||||||||||||
| Paris Masters Paris Masters The Paris Masters is an annual tennis tournament for male professional players held in Paris, France. It is played indoors at the Palais Omnisports de Paris-Bercy. The event is part of the ATP World Tour Masters 1000 on the Association of Tennis Professionals Tour... |
2R | 2R | 0 / 2 | 2–2 | |||||||||||||||
| Hamburg Masters Hamburg Masters The German Open Hamburg, established in 1892, is an annual tennis tournament for male professional players held in Hamburg, Germany and part of the Association of Tennis Professionals Tour. Originally a Grand Prix Tennis Tour event between 1978 and 1989 it was part of the Grand Prix Championship... |
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 | |||||||||