Igor Andreev

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**Igor Andreev**

Country	Russia
Residence	Moscow, Russia
Date of birth	July 14, 1983
Place of birth	Moscow, Russia
Height	5 ft 11.5 in. (182 cm)
Weight	176 lb (80 kg)
Turned Pro	2002
Plays	Right
Career Prize Money	$1,476,696
Singles
Career record:	83-74
Career titles:	3
Highest ranking:	24 (April 3, 2006)
Grand Slam results
Australian Open	3rd (2006)
French Open	4th (2004)
Wimbledon	3rd (2005)
U.S. Open	2nd (2005)
Doubles
Career record:	31-35
Career titles:	1
Highest ranking:	59 (July 18, 2005)

Igor Andreev (born July 14, 1983) is a Russian professional tennis player, born in Moscow, Russia.

1 Tennis career
2 Personal
3 Titles (3)
4 External links

[edit] Tennis career

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 Gastón 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 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 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.

[edit] Personal

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.

[edit] Titles (3)

Legend (Singles)
Grand Slam (0)
ATP Masters Series (0)
Tennis Masters Cup (0)
ATP Tour (3)

[edit] Singles (3)

No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Opponent in the final	Score
1.	Apr 10, 2005	Valencia, Spain	Clay	David Ferrer (Spain)	6-3 5-7 6-3
2.	Oct 2, 2005	Palermo, Italy	Clay	Filippo Volandri (Italy)	0-6 6-1 6-3
3.	Oct 16, 2005	Moscow, Russia	Carpet	Nicolas Kiefer (Germany)	5-7 7-6 6-2