Andrei Medvedev[1] (Ukrainian:Андрій Медведєв,romanized: Andriy Medvedyev; born 31 August 1974) is a Ukrainian former professionaltennis player. Medvedev reached the final of the1999 French Open, the French Open semifinals in1993, and won fourMasters titles during his career, achieving a career-high ranking of world No. 4 in May 1994.
In 1991, Medvedev won the junior singles title at theFrench Open.
As a 17 year old the following year, Medvedev won his first twoATP Tour titles inGenoa andStuttgart (where he beat then-world No. 2Stefan Edberg, and finished the season ranked within the world's top 25.
His most successful tournament was theHamburg Masters (formerly the German Open), which he won three times (1994, 1995 and 1997).[2] He reached a career-high singles ranking of world No. 4.
In the late 1990s, Medvedev's form and results began to flounder until he unexpectedly reached the final of the1999 French Open where — ranked 100 — he defeatedDinu Pescariu,Pete Sampras,Byron Black,Arnaud Di Pasquale,Gustavo Kuerten andFernando Meligeni en route.[3] Medvedev dominated the first two sets of the final againstAndre Agassi before Agassi mounted a come-from-behind victory, which allowed him to complete a career Grand Slam.[4] Afterwards, Medvedev did not score further notable results, and retired from the tour in 2001.
One main rival of Medvedev wasSergi Bruguera. While their head-to-head record ended deadlocked at 5–5, Bruguera was able to win their two most important matches — the semifinals and quarterfinals of the1993 and1994 French Opens, respectively, with Bruguera winning both matches in straight sets.
In the French Open tournament, Medvedev lost six times to the eventual champion (1992–95, 1997 and 1999).
His sister,Natalia Medvedeva, formerly a top 25 player on theWTA Tour, partnered with Andrei to represent Ukraine at the seventhHopman Cup in 1995, finishing runners-up to Germany'sBoris Becker andAnke Huber (Medvedev's girlfriend back then) in the final.[5]
Ukraine
Andre Agassi
Goran Ivanišević
Sergi Bruguera
Yevgeny Kafelnikov
Guillermo Pérez Roldán
Wayne Ferreira
Karel Nováček
Henri Leconte
Magnus Gustafsson
Anke Huber
John-Laffnie De Jager
Karim Alami
Greg Rusedski
Richard Krajicek
Karol Kučera
Gustavo Kuerten
