Andreas Haider-Maurer

Father Wilhelm; mother Elfriede, brother Mario...Started playing tennis aged seven...Reached a career-high No. 9 on ITF junior circuit in 2005...Idols growing up were Rafael Nadal and Hermann Maier (alpine skier)...Favourite surface is clay and grass and considers serve his best shot...Goal is to reach Top 20, best memory is reaching 2010 Vienna final...Hobbies include music, cinema and fashion. Also enjoys swimming...Practises at Berger-Eschauer Academy in Vienna...Fitness trainer is Christian Kohl.

2012 -- The Austrian finished a year-end best No.113 with successful Challenger results, winning 2 titles...His lone tour level win came in Davis Cup 1R in February when he defeated Russian Bogomolov Jr. in 2nd rubber. Austria went on to win tie and then play Spain in QF in April (l. to No. 5 Ferrer)...Qualified for his lone Grand Slam main draw at Roland Garros and lost to Tomic in straight sets...Picked up his play in late June and continued consistent stretch through September, reaching back-to-back finals in Marburg (l. to Hajek) and San Benedetto (l. to Naso) in July. Then in September, captured back-to-back titles in Como (d. Sousa) and Brasov (d. Ungur) and was runner-up in Banja Luka (l. to Hanescu). His ranking went from No. 163 on June 25 to No. 104 on Sept. 17...

2011 -- Reached a career-high No.70 on July 25. Won 1st Challenger title in Caltanissetta (d. Viola) and SF in Barletta and Napoli, all on Italian clay. In back-to-back ATP tournaments in July, reached QF in Båstad and Gstaad. On Wimbledon debut, defeated Serra for 1st Grand Slam match win (l. to Nalbandian in 2R)...

2010 -- Made breakthrough in Vienna as a lucky loser, defeating former No. 1 Muster in 1R, world No. 14 Cilic in QF en route to reaching his maiden ATP World Tour final (l. to World No. 12 and fellow Austrian Melzer 6-4 in 3rd set after serving for match at 5-4 in 2nd set). Afterwards jumped from No. 157 to No. 115. Made Grand Slam tournament debut at US Open, losing to No. 5 Soderling in 5 sets in 1R. Won 1st Davis
Cup match vs. Israel’s Sela in World Group playoff tie...

2009 -- Winner at Ivory Coast Futures and runner-up at France Futures. Practice partner for Davis Cup team in World Group play-off tie in Chile...

2008 -- Won back-to-back Futures titles in Israel and runner-up at Austria Futures...

2007 -- Winner at Italy and Austria Futures and reached 1st Challenger final in Dusseldorf (l. to Gremelmayr)...

2006 -- Winner at Austria and Israel Futures and runner-up at Cuba Futures...