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| Country (sports) |  Russia |
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| Residence | Moscow, Russia |
| Born | (1983-07-14)14 July 1983 (age 42) Moscow,Russian SFSR, Soviet Union |
| Height | 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in) |
| Turned pro | 2002 |
| Retired | 2013 |
| Plays | Right-handed (two-handed backhand) |
| Prize money | $4,510,376 |
| Singles | |
| Career record | 237–231 |
| Career titles | 3 |
| Highest ranking | No. 18 (3 November 2008) |
| Grand Slam singles results | |
| Australian Open | 3R (2006,2008,2009) |
| French Open | QF (2007) |
| Wimbledon | 4R (2009) |
| US Open | 4R (2008) |
| Other tournaments | |
| Olympic Games | 3R (2004,2008) |
| Doubles | |
| Career record | 59–83 |
| Career titles | 1 |
| Highest ranking | No. 59 (18 July 2005) |
| Grand Slam doubles results | |
| Australian Open | 2R (2004, 2005) |
| French Open | 3R (2005) |
| Wimbledon | 2R (2009) |
| US Open | 2R (2004, 2005, 2008) |
| Team competitions | |
| Davis Cup | W (2006)(as player) |
| Fed Cup | W (2020–21)(as captain) |
| Coaching career (2018–) | |
Russia BJK Cup team (captain, Apr 2018—)[1] Anastasia Potapova (Aug 2021—May 2024)[2][3] Diana Shnaider (Jun 2024—Nov 2024)[4][5] Ekaterina Alexandrova (Dec 2024—)[6] | |
| Coaching achievements | |
| Coachee singles titles total | 4 |
| List of notable tournaments (with champion) | |
| Last updated on: 24 July 2024. | |
Igor Valeryevich Andreev (Russian:И́горь Вале́рьевич Андре́ев, BGN/PCGN:Andreyev, ISO 9:Andreev,listenⓘ;[7] born 14 July 1983) is a Russian coach and a former professionaltennis player. He won threeATP Tour singles titles, reached the quarterfinals of the2007 French Open and achieved a career-high singles ranking of world No. 18 in November 2008.
Andreev made hisATP debut in September 2003 in Bucharest, Romania as a qualifier and defeated top seedNikolay Davydenko 7–5, 6–7, 6–0 in the first round, before losing in the next round toJosé Acasuso.
At the Moscow ATP tournament later the same month, Andreev defeated the top seedSjeng Schalken in straight sets, 6–3, 6–1, and made his first ATP quarterfinal appearance, eventually losing toPaul-Henri Mathieu 6–2, 3–6, 5–7. He entered the St. Petersburg tournament in October 2003 as a wildcard, and defeated fourth seedMax Mirnyi 6–4, 7–6 before losing toSargis Sargsian in the second round.
Andreev finished in the top 50 of theATP rankings for the first time in his career. During the same year, he also reached two ATP finals: Gstaad, Switzerland in July (losing toRoger Federer), and Bucharest, Romania in September (losing to José Acasuso). He won a personal best 28 matches in the year, and made hisDavis Cup debut.
Andreev made hisGrand Slam debut at the 2004 Australian Open, where he lost in the first round to France'sOlivier Patience, 4–6, 4–6, 7–6(4), 6–1, 6–2. At the French Open, he knocked outdefending championJuan Carlos Ferrero in the second round before losing to eventual championGastón Gaudio 6–4, 7–5, 6–3 in the fourth round.
He won his first ATP doubles title in Moscow in October 2004 withNikolay Davydenko, defeatingMahesh Bhupathi andJonas Björkman 3–6, 6–3, 6–4 in the final.
Andreev's first ATP singles title came in April 2005 in Valencia, Spain, beating SpaniardDavid Ferrer 6–3, 5–7, 6–3 in the final after having taken outRafael Nadal in the quarterfinals. Andreev made the third round at both the French Open and Wimbledon, and reached the quarterfinal at thePilot Pen Tennis Tournament in New Haven, Connecticut. He then reached the final of the event at Bucharest, losing toFlorent Serra 6–3, 6–4.
Andreev continued his consistent performance of the year by winning thePalermo event in September 2005, beatingFilippo Volandri of Italy 0–6, 6–1, 6–3 in the final, and theKremlin Cup at Moscow in October, defeatingNicolas Kiefer 5–7, 7–6, 6–2 in the final.
In the first half of the season, Andreev experienced seven first-round losses, and highlights included reaching the finals at Sydney and the quarterfinals at Indian Wells, losing both matches toJames Blake. A knee injury forced Andreev to miss the second half of the clay court season, including Roland Garross.
Andreev returned in 2007, and made an immediate impact with an impressive showing at theFrench Open. Unseeded, he beat former world no. 1Andy Roddick 3–6, 6–4, 6–3, 6–4 in the first round, thenNicolás Massú,Paul-Henri Mathieu andMarcos Baghdatis in the fourth round to make his first Grand Slam quarterfinal, which he lost in straight sets toNovak Djokovic 6–3, 6–3, 6–3.
Notable performances included reaching the quarterfinals of Buenos Aires, Dubai, Miami, andMonte Carlo.
Heavily favored Russia was hosted byIsrael in aDavis Cup quarterfinal tie in July 2009 on indoor hard courts at the Nokia Arena in Tel Aviv. Asked if he was nervous, Andreev replied with a smile: "Nervous? Why should I be nervous? Everything is fine."[8]Harel Levy, world no. 210, then beat Andreev 6–4, 6–2, 4–6, 6–2 in the opening match.Dudi Sela (world no. 33) followed by beating Youzhny, and the next day IsraelisAndy Ram andJonathan Erlich beat Safin and doubles specialist Kunitsyn.[9] With the tie clinched for Israel, best-of-three sets were played, with the outcomes of little to no importance.[10]Dudi Sela hurt his wrist in the first set. Israel won 4–1.[11]
After the Australian Open, Andreev played the2010 Brasil Open, his first clay court tournament of the year. Seeded no. 4 in the tournament, Andreev made a run to the semifinals and eventually lost toŁukasz Kubot 6–2, 2–6, 4–6.
His next successful tournament was theMalaysia Open where he reached the semifinals, taking out defending championNikolay Davydenko on the way before falling toMikhail Youzhny in three sets.
A knee injury thwarted Andreev in 2011, and in 2012 a shoulder injury prevented him from achieving decent results in almost every tournament. He lost ranking points and struggled to win a match in the qualifying round of small tournaments. The situation became worse in 2013. After not having played since theMonte-Carlo Rolex Masters in April, he lost in every first round match of the qualifying draw of every tournament he tried to play until theFrench Open 2013. AtWimbledon 2013 Andreev appeared in the main draw as a protected ranking player and in the first round he faced PolishŁukasz Kubot losing 6–1, 7–5, 6–2. Andreev announced his final retirement from tennis due to the multiple injuries that ruined his career after 2010 and 2011.[12]
He was the coach ofAnastasia Potapova andDiana Shnaider.[5] Since December 2024, he has been coachingEkaterina Alexandrova.[6]
Andreev is an offensive baseliner. He possessed one of the more powerful forehands on tour. ATP professional Marcos Baghdatis describes Andreev's forehand as being "more deadly than Nadal's" Andreev is sponsored bySergio Tacchini for clothes[13] andBabolat Aero Pro Drive GT[14] for racquets and Babolat All-Court III for shoes.
He supports bothFC Moscow andFC Dynamo Moscow and is an avid follower of theRussian national football team.
He was in a relationship with fellow Russian playerMaria Kirilenko for several years,[15][16] before they split in 2011.
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| Result | W/L | Date | Tournament | Surface | Opponent | Score |
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| Loss | 0–1 | Jul 2004 | Gstaad, Switzerland | Clay |  Roger Federer | 2–6, 3–6, 7–5, 3–6 |
| Loss | 0–2 | Sep 2004 | Bucharest, Romania | Clay |  José Acasuso | 3–6, 0–6 |
| Win | 1–2 | Apr 2005 | Valencia, Spain | Clay |  David Ferrer | 6–3, 5–7, 6–3 |
| Win | 2–2 | Sep 2005 | Palermo, Italy | Clay |  Filippo Volandri | 0–6, 6–1, 6–3 |
| Loss | 2–3 | Sep 2005 | Bucharest, Romania | Clay |  Florent Serra | 4–6, 3–6 |
| Win | 3–3 | Oct 2005 | Moscow, Russia | Carpet (i) |  Nicolas Kiefer | 5–7, 7–6(7–3), 6–2 |
| Loss | 3–4 | Jan 2006 | Sydney, Australia | Hard |  James Blake | 2–6, 6–3, 6–7(3–7) |
| Loss | 3–5 | Jul 2008 | Gstaad, Switzerland | Clay |  Victor Hănescu | 3–6, 4–6 |
| Loss | 3–6 | Jul 2008 | Umag, Croatia | Clay | Fernando Verdasco | 6–3, 4–6, 6–7(4–7) |
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| Result | W/L | Date | Tournament | Surface | Partner | Opponents | Score |
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| Win | 1–0 | Oct 2004 | Moscow, Russia | Carpet (i) | Nikolay Davydenko |  Mahesh Bhupathi Jonas Björkman | 3–6, 6–3, 6–4 |
| Loss | 1–1 | Oct 2005 | Moscow, Russia | Carpet (i) | Nikolay Davydenko |  Max MirnyiMikhail Youzhny | 1–6, 1–6 |
| W | F | SF | QF | #R | RR | Q# | DNQ | A | NH |
Current till2013 Wimbledon Championships.
| Tournament | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | W–L | ||||||||
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| Grand Slam tournaments | |||||||||||||||||||
| Australian Open | 1R | 2R | 3R | 1R | 3R | 3R | 1R | 2R | Q2 | A | 8–8 | ||||||||
| French Open | 4R | 3R | A | QF | 2R | 3R | A | 2R | 1R | Q1 | 13–7 | ||||||||
| Wimbledon | 2R | 3R | A | 1R | 2R | 4R | 1R | 2R | 2R | 1R | 9–9 | ||||||||
| US Open | 1R | 2R | A | 2R | 4R | 1R | 2R | 1R | 1R | A | 6–8 | ||||||||
| Win–loss | 4–4 | 6–4 | 2–1 | 5–4 | 7–4 | 7–4 | 1–3 | 3–4 | 1–3 | 0–1 | 36–31 | ||||||||
| ATP World Tour Masters 1000 | |||||||||||||||||||
| Indian Wells Masters | 1R | 1R | QF | A | 1R | 4R | 2R | 2R | Q1 | A | 6–7 | ||||||||
| Miami Masters | 1R | 3R | 2R | 1R | QF | 3R | 2R | 2R | Q1 | A | 9–8 | ||||||||
| Monte-Carlo Masters | 1R | 1R | 1R | 3R | QF | 1R | 2R | A | A | Q1 | 6–7 | ||||||||
| Rome Masters | 1R | 1R | A | 2R | 3R | 1R | 1R | 2R | A | Q1 | 4–7 | ||||||||
| Madrid Masters | A | A | A | 1R | 1R | A | 1R | Q2 | 2R | Q1 | 1–4 | ||||||||
| Canada Masters | 2R | 1R | A | A | 3R | 2R | A | A | A | A | 4–4 | ||||||||
| Cincinnati Masters | A | 1R | A | Q2 | 3R | 2R | A | Q2 | Q1 | A | 3–3 | ||||||||
| Shanghai Masters | Not Masters Series | 1R | Q1 | A | A | A | 0–1 | ||||||||||||
| Paris Masters | A | A | 2R | A | 2R | A | A | A | A | A | 2–2 | ||||||||
| Hamburg Masters | A | 1R | A | 3R | 1R | Not Masters Series | 2–3 | ||||||||||||
| Win–loss | 1–5 | 2–7 | 5–4 | 5–5 | 13–9 | 5–7 | 2–5 | 3–3 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 37–46 | ||||||||
| Career statistics | |||||||||||||||||||
| Titles–Finals | 0–2 | 3–4 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 0–2 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 3–9 | ||||||||
| Year-end ranking | 50 | 26 | 91 | 33 | 19 | 35 | 79 | 115 | 110 | 1013 | |||||||||
| Tournament | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | W–L |
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| Grand Slam tournaments | |||||||||
| Australian Open | 2R | 2R | 1R | 1R | A | 1R | 2R | A | 3–6 |
| French Open | 2R | 3R | A | 1R | A | 1R | A | A | 3–4 |
| Wimbledon | 1R | A | A | 1R | A | 2R | A | A | 1–3 |
| US Open | 2R | 2R | A | A | 2R | A | A | 1R | 3–4 |
| Season | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | Total |
| Wins | 0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11 |
| # | Player | Rank | Event | Surface | Rd | Score |
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| 2004 | ||||||
| 1. | Juan Carlos Ferrero | 4 | French Open, Paris, France | Clay | 2R | 6–4, 6–2, 6–3 |
| 2. | Andre Agassi | 9 | Queen's Club, London, United Kingdom | Grass | 2R | 4–6, 7–6(7–2), 7–6(7–3) |
| 3. | Rainer Schüttler | 8 | Gstaad, Switzerland | Clay | SF | 6–2, 3–6, 7–6(8–6) |
| 2005 | ||||||
| 4. | Mariano Puerta | 10 | Bucharest, Romania | Clay | QF | 4–6, 6–1, 6–1 |
| 2006 | ||||||
| 5. | Andy Roddick | 3 | Indian Wells, United States | Hard | 4R | 6–4, 6–7(5–7), 6–1 |
| 2007 | ||||||
| 6. |  Fernando González | 5 | Davis Cup, La Serena, Chile | Clay | RR | 4–6, 6–4, 6–3, 6–2 |
| 7. | Fernando González | 5 | Monte Carlo, Monaco | Clay | 2R | 6–2, 2–6, 6–3 |
| 8. | Andy Roddick | 3 | French Open, Paris, France | Clay | 1R | 3–6, 6–4, 6–3, 6–4 |
| 9. | Richard Gasquet | 7 | Gstaad, Switzerland | Clay | QF | 7–5, 6–2 |
| 2008 | ||||||
| 10. | Richard Gasquet | 8 | Dubai, United Arab Emirates | Hard | 2R | 6–3, 6–4 |
| 2010 | ||||||
| 11. | Nikolay Davydenko | 6 | Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia | Hard (i) | 2R | 7–6(7–5), 5–7, 6–3 |
| Awards and achievements | ||
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| Preceded by | ATP Comeback Player of the Year 2007 | Succeeded by |
Russian Cup — Male Tennis Player of the Year | |
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Note:1 = postponed to 2021 due to theCOVID-19 pandemic in Russia. |
