Igor Andreev

Began playing tennis at age seven in Moscow at sports center Spartak...Father, Valeri, is a businessman; mother, Marina, is a housewife...Has one younger brother, Nikita, who also plays tennis...At age 15, moved to Valencia, Spain, where he lives and trains...Speaks three languages (Russian, English, Spanish)...Hobbies include hockey and favorite team is HC Dynamo Moscow...Favorite player growing up was Andre Agassi... Considers forehand his best shot and favorite surfaces are clay and Greenset (hard)...Has a 13-11 career record in Davis Cup play (10-7 in singles) in 12 ties since 2004...Named 2007 ATP Comeback Player of Year...Fitness trainer is David Andres.

2008 -- The No. 2 Russian (behind Davydenko) finished in Top 20 for first time by winning a career-best 43 matches and reaching two ATP finals...Reached QF or better eight times, including at ATP Masters Series Miami (l. to Berdych) and Monte Carlo (l. to Davydenko)...After a 21-19 record in first half of year, went 22-13 from July-on with back-to-back runner-up efforts in Gstaad (l. to Hanescu) and Umag (l. to Verdasco)...In summer hard court circuit, went 11-5 with 3rd RD results at AMS Toronto, Cincinnati and Beijing Olympics...Then reached QF in New Haven and 4th RD at US Open (l. to Federer in five sets)...In September, lost fifth and decisive match to del Potro in Davis Cup SF in Buenos Aires...Closed with a 4-4 indoor mark, reaching QF in Basel...Compiled marks of 22-15 on hard and 19-15 on clay...Went 1-3 vs. Top 10 opponents with lone win coming over No. 8 Gasquet in Dubai...Earned a career-high $884,532.

2007 -- Helped Russia into Davis Cup final (l. to U.S.)...Best result was SF in Gstaad...Also reached seven QF, including first in a Grand Slam at Roland Garros (d. No. 3 Roddick in 1st RD, l. to Djokovic)...Compiled 4-1 record in Davis Cup play, winning rubbers in 1st RD vs. Chile (d. No. 5 Gonzalez, Massu) and SF vs. Germany (d. No. 11 Haas, Kohlschreiber)...Clinched both ties with wins in fifth rubber...Posted a career-best four Top 10 wins (4-7)...Compiled 26-15 record on clay, finishing behind leaders Nadal (31) and Monaco (28).

2006 -- Compiled a 13-12 record before undergoing left knee surgery to repair cartilage damage on Apr. 28...Returned final week of October with 2nd RD finish at AMS Paris...In January, reached Sydney final (l. to Blake)....In March, advanced to his first AMS QF in Indian Wells, defeating No. 3 Roddick in 4th RD before losing to Blake...En route, saved nine match points in his 3rd RD win over Soderling...

2005 -- Won first ATP title in Valencia (d. Nadal in QF, Ferrer in final)... One of only two players (Gaudio) to defeat Nadal on clay during season....Defeated France's Mathieu in fifth and decisive rubber in Davis Cup QF tie....Finished with a 14-2 mark, reaching final in Bucharest (l. to Serra) and winning titles in Palermo (d. Volandri) and hometown Moscow (d. Kiefer)...Rallied from 57 04 deficit to beat Kiefer in longest three-set final (3:14) during year...  

2004 -- Finished in Top 50 for first time and reached first ATP final in Gstaad (l. to Federer)...Made Davis Cup debut and went 2-1 in two ties...Advanced to 4th RD in his Roland Garros debut, defeating '03 champ Ferrero in 2nd RD (l. to to eventual winner Gaudio)...Reached QF at Queen's (d. No. 9 Agassi, l. to Hewitt) and Amersfoort and 3rd RD at Athens Olympics (l. to gold medalist Massu)...Finalist in Bucharest (l. to Acasuso)...Helped Russia qualify for '05 Davis Cup World Group in playoff tie...In doubles, captured first ATP title in Moscow (w/Davydenko)...

2003 -- Played first ATP match as qualifier in Bucharest (d. top seed Davydenko, l. to Acasuso in 2nd RD)...In Moscow, reached first ATP QF and advanced to three Challenger finals...

2002 -- Improved ranking more than 700 positions by winning three Futures titles...

 

2009

The No. 3 Russian (behind Davydenko, Youzhny) finished in Top 35 for third straight year…He posted consistent results at first three Grand Slam tournaments, reaching 3rd RD at Australian Open (l. to Blake) and Roland Garros (l. to del Potro) and 4th RD at Wimbledon (l. to Haas)…Posted QF in Dubai (l. to Ferrer) before reaching SF at Casablanca (l. to Ferrero)…Reached second SF at Gstaad (l. to Bellucci)…On hard-courts advanced to SF in New Haven (l. to eventual champion Verdasco)…Won one match in last seven events of season…Went 0-7 vs. Top 10 opponents and compiled marks of 15-20 on hard, 10-10 on clay and 3-2 on grass.