Andriy Medvedev

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Andriy Medvedev
Андрій Медведєв

Country	1991  Soviet Union, then after  Ukraine
Residence	Monte Carlo, Monaco
Born	(1974-08-31) 31 August 1974 (age 37) Kiev, Ukrainian SSR, Soviet Union
Height	1.93 m (6 ft 4 in)
Weight	90 kg (200 lb; 14 st)
Turned pro	1991
Retired	2001
Plays	Right-handed (2-handed backhand)
Career prize money	$6,721,560
Singles
Career record	321–213
Career titles	11
Highest ranking	No. 4 (16 May 1994)
Grand Slam Singles results
Australian Open	QF (1995)
French Open	F (1999)
Wimbledon	4R (1994)
US Open	QF (1993)
Other tournaments
Tour Finals	SF (1993)
Doubles
Career record	29–37
Career titles	0
Highest ranking	No. 185 (5 July 1993)
Last updated on: 6 May 2012.

Andriy (Andrei) Medvedev (Ukrainian: Андрій Медведєв, born 31 August 1974 in Kiev), is a former professional tennis player from Ukraine. Medvedev made a splash on the international tennis scene when, as a 17-year-old, he won titles in Genoa and Stuttgart. His most successful tournament was the Hamburg Masters (formerly the German Open), which he won three times.^[1] He reached a career-high singles ranking of World No. 4.

In the late 1990s, Medvedev's form and results began to founder until he unexpectedly reached the final of the 1999 French Open after having defeated Pete Sampras and Gustavo Kuerten en route.^[2] Medvedev dominated the first two sets of the final against Andre Agassi before Agassi mounted a come-from-behind victory, which allowed him to complete a career Grand Slam.^[3] Afterwards Medvedev did not score further notable results, and retired from the tour in 2001.

One main rival of Medvedev's was Sergi Bruguera. While their head-to-head record ended deadlocked at five each, Bruguera was able to win their two most important matches — the semi-finals and quarter-finals of the 1993 and 1994 French Open, both matches in straight sets. Medvedev lost all six times to the eventual French Open champion (1992–95, 1997 and 1999).

Medvedev's junior career was the highlighted by winning the junior 1991 French Open.

Major finals

Grand Slam finals

Singles: 1 (0-1)

Outcome	Year	Championship	Surface	Opponent in the final	Score in the final
Runner-up	1999	French Open	Clay	Andre Agassi	6–1, 6–2, 4–6, 3–6, 4–6

Masters Series finals

Singles: 5 (4-1)

Outcome	Year	Championship	Surface	Opponent in the final	Score in the final
Runner-up	1993	Paris	Carpet	Goran Ivanišević	4–6, 2–6, 6–7(2–7)
Winner	1994	Monte Carlo	Clay	Sergi Bruguera	7–5, 6–1, 6–3
Winner	1994	Hamburg	Clay	Yevgeny Kafelnikov	6–4, 6–4, 3–6, 6–3
Winner	1995	Hamburg (2)	Clay	Goran Ivanišević	6–3, 6–2, 6–1
Winner	1997	Hamburg (3)	Clay	Félix Mantilla	6–0, 6–4, 6–2

Career finals

Singles: 18 (11-7)

Wins (11)

Outcome	No.	Date	Championship	Surface	Opponent in the final	Score in the final
Winner	1.	21 June 1992	Genoa, Italy	Clay	Guillermo Pérez-Roldán	6–3, 6–4
Winner	2.	19 July 1992	Stuttgart, Germany	Clay	Wayne Ferreira	6–1, 6–4, 6–7(5–7), 2–6, 6–1
Winner	3.	20 September 1992	Bordeaux, France	Clay	Sergi Bruguera	6–3, 1–6, 6–2
Winner	4.	4 April 1993	Estoril, Portugal	Clay	Karel Nováček	6–4, 6–2
Winner	5.	11 April 1993	Barcelona, Spain	Clay	Sergi Bruguera	6–7(7–9), 6–3, 7–5, 6–4
Runner-up	1.	20 June 1993	Halle, Germany	Grass	Henri Leconte	2–6, 3–6
Winner	6.	22 August 1993	New Haven, USA	Hard	Petr Korda	7–5, 6–4
Runner-up	2.	7 November 1993	Paris, France	Carpet (i)	Goran Ivanišević	4–6, 2–6, 6–7(2–7)
Runner-up	3.	3 April 1994	Estoril, Portugal	Clay	Carlos Costa	6–4, 5–7, 4–6
Winner	7.	24 April 1994	Monte Carlo, Monaco	Clay	Sergi Bruguera	7–5, 6–1, 6–3
Winner	8.	8 May 1994	Hamburg, Germany	Clay	Yevgeny Kafelnikov	6–4, 6–4, 3–6, 6–3
Runner-up	4.	7 August 1994	Prague, Czech Republic	Clay	Sergi Bruguera	3–6, 4–6
Winner	9.	14 May 1995	Hamburg, Germany	Clay	Goran Ivanišević	6–3, 6–2, 6–1
Runner-up	5.	14 July 1996	Båstad, Sweden	Clay	Magnus Gustafsson	1–6, 3–6
Winner	10.	25 August 1996	Long Island, USA	Hard	Martin Damm	7–5, 6–3
Winner	11.	11 May 1997	Hamburg, Germany	Clay	Félix Mantilla	6–0, 6–4, 6–2
Runner-up	6.	12 July 1998	Båstad, Sweden	Clay	Magnus Gustafsson	2–6, 3–6
Runner-up	7.	6 June 1999	French Open, Paris, France	Clay	Andre Agassi	6–1, 6–2, 4–6, 3–6, 4–6

Doubles: 1 (0-1)

Runner-ups (1)

No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Partner	Opponents in Final	Score in Final
1.	14 November 1999	Moscow, Russia	Carpet (I)	Marat Safin	Justin Gimelstob Daniel Vacek	6–2, 6–1

Singles performance timeline

Main achievements

• 1991 Won junior French Open, beating Thomas Enqvist in the final
• 1992 Won the title in Stuttgart (Outdoor) with the strongest draw in the history of the event
• 1993 Semifinalist at the French Open and Masters in Frankfurt
• 1994 Won the titles in Monte Carlo and Hamburg (Super 9 events)
• 1995 Won the title in Hamburg
• 1997 Won the title in Hamburg title for the third time in four years
• 1999 Reached the final of the French Open

Personal life

His sister, Natalia Medvedeva, formerly played on the WTA Tour and together they represented Ukraine at the seventh Hopman Cup in 1995, finishing as runners-up to Germany's Boris Becker and Anke Huber (his girlfriend back then) in the final.^[4]

References

External links

• Andriy Medvedev at the Association of Tennis Professionals
• Official website of Andriy Medvedev