About Andreas Vinciguerra
Born 1981. Andreas Vinciguerra is a Swedish tennis player.
Andreas Vinciguerra (; 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.He is also known as the co-record holder for the longest gap (402 weeks) between semifinals on the ATP Tour; he achieved this by reaching semifinal at the 2009 Swedish Open, his first since the Paris Masters in 2001. He held the record alone, until it was matched by Marco Trungelliti in 2026.
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.
His Junior Slam results include:
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, he made a comeback.
Has played nine Davis Cup matches in singles, and won three .
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 set. Harel Levy then beat Vinciguerra in the decisive final match in a marathon 3-hour, 44 minutes, 8–6 in the fifth set, 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.
After the Davis Cup, Vinciguerra reached his first tournament of the year the final at the Rome Challenger. He then received a wild card to the 2009 Swedish Open where he made it to the semifinals. By making semifinals, his first since and 2001 Paris Masters, he holds the all time record for the longest gap between semi finals on the ATP Tour of 402 weeks. This record was equaled by Marco Trungelliti in April 2026.
ATP career finals
Singles: 4 (1 title, 3 runners-up) LegendGrand 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 surfaceHard (1–1)Clay (0–2)Grass (0–0)Carpet (0–0)Finals by settingOutdoors (0–2)Indoors (1–1)
ATP Challenger and ITF Futures finals
Singles: 10 (5–5) LegendATP Challenger (3–4)ITF Futures (2–1)Finals by surfaceHard (1–2)Clay (3–3)Grass (0–0)Carpet (1–0)
Doubles: 1 (0–1) LegendATP Challenger (0–0)ITF Futures (0–1)Finals by surfaceHard (0–0)Clay (0–1)Grass (0–0)Carpet (0–0)
Junior Grand Slam finals Singles: 1 (1 runner-up)
Performance timeline
Singles
Records Open Era records These records were attained in the Open Era of tennis. Records in bold indicate peer-less achievements.
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Who is Andreas Vinciguerra?
Swedish tennis player
When was Andreas Vinciguerra born?
Andreas Vinciguerra was born on 19 February 1981 in Malmö.
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Andreas Vinciguerra is a tennis player.
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Andreas Vinciguerra is Swedish.
Sources & further reading
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