Andreas Seppi

Nickname is Andy...Native tongue is German, but also speaks Italian and English...Mother, Marialuise, works in a sporting goods shop; father, Hugo, works in transport business and younger sister, Maria, is in her last year of high school...Hobbies are soccer and skiing...Considers clay and hard courts as favorite surfaces and considers forehand as best shot...Idol growing was Juan Carlos Ferrero...Has an 11-9 career Davis Cup record (9-8 in singles) in 12 ties since 2004...Coached by Massimo Sartori (since 1995) and fitness trainer is Lisa Sartori (wife of his coach).

2008 -- The top Italian finished a year-end best No. 35 with a career-high 30 match wins...His best result was a SF showing in May at AMS Hamburg where he beat No. 9 Gasquet and No. 15 Monaco (l. to Federer)...Also a QF in Rotterdam (d. Hewitt, No. 2 Nadal, l. to Soderling) and Poertschach (l. to Davydenko)...In February, won Bergamo Challenger title (d. Benneteau)...On grass, reached QF in Nottingham (l. to Karlovic) and career-best 3rd RD at Wimbledon (l. to Safin)...In August, reached QF in New Haven and followed with 3rd RD at US Open (l. to Roddick), a personal-best...Went 2-8 vs. Top 10 opponents and compiled marks of 14-18 on hard, 10-8 on clay an 5-3 on grass...Earned a career-high $653,275.

2007 -- Finished in Top 50 for first time highlighted by his first ATP final in Gstaad (l. to Mathieu)...In March, reached final at Sunrise (Fla.) Challenger...Also a QF in Kitzbuhel (d. Ferrero, l. to Starace)...In October, reached first ATP indoor SF in Vienna with wins over Baghdatis and No. 13 Ljubicic (l. to eventual winner Djokovic).

2006 -- Compiled his first 20-win season (20-30) while reaching a pair of ATP SF to finish in Top 75...Began season reaching QF in Adelaide...The following week, reached second SF in Sydney (l. to Andreev)...Defeated Hewitt in QF for his second career win over a Top 10 opponent...Reached QF at Zagreb (l. to Henman) and one week later reached SF at Bergamo Challenger (l. to Bogdanovic)....Also reached SF at Sunrise Challenger (l. to Martin)...Advanced to QF at Valencia (l. to Simon)...Was 5-3 on grass, including run to SF at Nottingham, picking up wins over Hrbaty and Murray (l. to Bjorkman)...In doubles, reached first final in Zagreb (w/Sanguinetti)...

2005 -- Finished in Top 100 for first time at No. 69 and reached his first ATP SF... Reached 2nd RD at AMS events in Monte Carlo and Rome... Defeated Schuettler, Canas and Novak to reach second QF at AMS Hamburg (l. to Gasquet)...In July, reached QF at Gstaad and Stuttgart ...Played in Davis Cup World Group playoff against Spain, beating Ferrero before falling to Nadal...The following week, reached his first ATP SF in Palermo (d. Berdych, Sabau, Sanguinetti, l. to Andreev)... Followed that performance with QF in Metz (l. to Davydenko)...

2004 -- Posted a 5-9 record in ATP events...Reached first career QF as wild card in Palermo (d. Di Pasquale, Vliegen, l. to Berdych)...Made Grand Slam debut at US Open and reached 2nd RD (d. Schuettler, l. to Llodra)...Also reached 2nd RD at Halle and Kitzbuhel...Made Davis Cup debut against Georgia (l. to Labadze)...Was 15-12 in Challengers...Best Challenger result was SF at Bronx (l. to Jeanpierre)...In doubles, reached QF in ATP events in Milan (w/Ivanisevic) and Palermo (w/Starace)...Also played Davis Cup doubles against Poland (w/Bertolini)...Finalist in doubles at Reggio Emilia Challenger (w/Vagnozzi)    

2003 -- Qualified into ATP events in Kitzbuhel and Bucharest...Finalist at Oberstaugen Challenger (l. to Vassallo Arguello)...Was 14-14 in Challengers...Won title at Futures event in Munich...Ended year 10-4 in Futures...Made ATP Masters Series doubles debut w/Starace at Rome (l. to Federer/Srichaphan)

2002 -- Reached QF at Rome Challenger and doubles SF at Sassuolo Challenger (w/Santopadre)

 

2009

The top Italian finished in Top 50 for third straight year, highlighted by SF at inaugural event in Belgrade (l. to Djokovic)…Posted another SF effort in Umag (l. to Ferrero) at start of August…Followed with title at San Marino Challenger (d. Starace)…His best Grand Slam result was 3rd RD at Wimbledon (d. No. 17 Blake, l. to Andreev)…Went winless (0-14) Top 10 opponents and compiled marks of 11-12 on clay, 10-16 on hard and 3-3 on grass.