Andreas Vinciguerra Explained
| Andreas Vinciguerra |
| Residence: | Malmö, Sweden |
| Birth Date: | 19 February 1981 |
| Birth Place: | Malmö, Sweden |
| Turnedpro: | 1998 |
| Retired: | 2013 |
| Plays: | Left-handed (two-handed backhand) |
| Careerprizemoney: | $1,381,556 |
| Coach: | Mikael Tillström |
| Singlesrecord: | 87–103 |
| Singlestitles: | 1 |
| Highestsinglesranking: | No. 33 (5 November 2001) |
| Australianopenresult: | 4R (2001) |
| Frenchopenresult: | 2R (2001) |
| Wimbledonresult: | 2R (2000, 2001) |
| Usopenresult: | 2R (2003) |
| Othertournaments: | yes |
| Olympicsresult: | 2R (2000) |
| Doublesrecord: | 11–22 |
| Doublestitles: | 0 |
| Highestdoublesranking: | No. 261 (19 February 2001) |
| Updated: | 23 April 2022 |
Andreas Vinciguerra (pronounced as /it/; born 19 February 1981) is a former tennis player from Sweden, who turned professional in 1998. He won 1 singles title in Copenhagen; reached the semi-finals of the 2001 Rome Masters and 2001 Paris Masters; and attained a career-high singles ranking of World No. 33 in November 2001.
Tennis career
Vinciguerra is of Italian origin on his father's side.
Junior career
As a junior Vinciguerra reached as high as No. 6 in the world in 1998.
Junior Slam results:
Australian Open: F (1998)
French Open: SF (1998)
Wimbledon: -
US Open: 1R (1998)
Pro career
He experienced significant problems with a back injury, but in 2006 made a comeback, which has seen him edge towards the top 100 in the ATP rankings.
Has played 9 Davis Cup matches in singles, and won 3 of them.
In the 2009 World Group Playoffs in March 2009, Sweden faced Israel in Vinciguerra's hometown. Dudi Sela first defeated Vinciguerra 11–9 in the fifth. Harel Levy then beat Vinciguerra in the decisive final match in a marathon 3-hour, 44 minutes, 8–6 in the fifth, to lead the Israeli team to a come-from-behind 3–2 victory over the 7-time Davis Cup champion Swedes at Baltic Hall in Malmö, Sweden, and allow Israel to advance in the 2009 Davis Cup.[1]
After the Davis Cup, Vinciguerra decided to continue playing and reached in his first tournament of the year the final at the Rome Challenger. He then received a Wild Card to the Swedish Open where he made it to the semifinals.
ATP career finals
Singles: 4 (1 title, 3 runners-up)
| Legend |
|---|
| Grand Slam Tournaments (0–0) | | ATP World Tour Finals (0–0) | | ATP Masters 1000 Series (0–0) | | ATP 500 Series (0–0) | | ATP 250 Series (1–3) | |
| | Finals by surface |
|---|
| Hard (1–1) | | Clay (0–2) | | Grass (0–0) | | Carpet (0–0) | |
| | Finals by setting |
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| Outdoors (0–2) | | Indoors (1–1) | |
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ATP Challenger and ITF Futures finals
Singles: 10 (5–5)
| Legend |
|---|
| ATP Challenger (3–4) | | ITF Futures (2–1) | |
| | Finals by surface |
|---|
| Hard (1–2) | | Clay (3–3) | | Grass (0–0) | | Carpet (1–0) | |
| |
| Result | W–L | Date | Tournament | Tier | Surface | Opponent | Score |
|---|
| Loss | 0-1 | | Denmark F1, Kolding | Futures | Clay | Frederik Fetterlein | 1–6, 2–6 |
| Win | 1-1 | | Finland F4, Oulu | Futures | Carpet |  Olivier Tauma | 6–3, 1–0 ret. |
| Win | 2-1 | | Szczecin, Poland | Challenger | Clay | Juan Antonio Marín | 6–2, 6–4 |
| Win | 3-1 | | Prostějov, Czech Republic | Challenger | Clay | Jérôme Golmard | walkover |
| Loss | 3-2 | | Sarajevo, Bosnia & Herzegovina | Challenger | Hard | Andreas Beck | 6–2, 6–7(1–7), 6–7(4–7) |
| Loss | 3-3 | | Trani, Italy | Challenger | Hard |  Juan Pablo Guzmán | 1–6, 6–3, 6–7(1–7) |
| Win | 4-3 | | Manerbio, Italy | Challenger | Clay | Adrián García | 7–6(7–3), 6–1 |
| Loss | 4-4 | | Düsseldorf, Germany | Challenger | Clay |  Evgeny Korolev | 6–7(4–7), 3–6 |
| Loss | 4-5 | | Rome, Italy | Challenger | Clay |  Daniel Köllerer | 3–6, 3–6 |
| Win | 5-5 | | Sweden F7, Jönköping | Futures | Hard |  Érik Chvojka | 6–4, 7–6(7–3) | |
Doubles: 1 (0–1)
| Legend |
|---|
| ATP Challenger (0–0) | | ITF Futures (0–1) | |
| | Finals by surface |
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| Hard (0–0) | | Clay (0–1) | | Grass (0–0) | | Carpet (0–0) | |
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Junior Grand Slam finals
Singles: 1 (1 runner-up)
Performance timeline
Singles
References
- https://archive.today/20120907114355/http://www.google.com/hostednews/afp/article/ALeqM5gKplpxm13AeRv3D6zy2q7LMkLItg
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