Igor Andreev
Igor Andreev (born
July 14,
1983) is a
Russian professional
tennis player, born in
Moscow, Russia.
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.
In
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, 6-4 6-4 6-7(4) 1-6 2-6. At the
French Open he made the round of 16, losing to eventual champion
Gaston Gaudio 4-6 5-7 3-6. 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, 3-6 4-6 6-4 6-2 5-7.
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 Bjorkman 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 world number 4
Rafael Nadal in the quarterfinals earlier. After this point, Nadal began his record-breaking 60 match win streak on clay, which as of June 12, 2006 is still active. Andreev made the third round at both the French Open and Wimbledon, and reached the quarterfinal at
New Haven,
Connecticut,
USA. He then reached the final of the event at Bucharest, losing to
Florent Serra 3-6 4-6.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.
In 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. He has yet to return to the tour.
Igor is the elder son of Valeri, a businessman, and Marina, a housewife. He has a younger brother, Nikita, who also plays tennis.He started playing tennis at the age of 7 and moved to Valencia in Spain at age 15 in order to get training. Andreev also likes the sport of
hockey. His favorite player while growing up was
Andre Agassi. Andreev considers the
forehand to be his best shot.
| Legend (Singles) |
| Grand Slam (0) |
| ATP Masters Series (0) |
| Tennis Masters Cup (0) |
| ATP Tour (3) |
Singles (3)
Singles finalist (3)
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2004: Bucharest (lost to Jose Acasuso)
*2004: Gstaad (lost to Roger Federer)
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2005: Bucharest (lost to Florent Serra)
*
2006: Sydney (lost to James Blake)
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