Andrei Medvedev

Andrei Medvedev (; born 31 August 1974) is a Ukrainian former professional tennis player. Medvedev reached the final of the 1999 French Open, the French Open semifinals in 1993, and won four Masters titles during his career, achieving a career-high ranking of world No. 4 in May 1994.

Career In 1991, Medvedev won the junior singles title at the French Open.

As a 17 year old the following year, Medvedev won his first two ATP Tour titles in Genoa and Stuttgart (where he beat then-world No. 2 Stefan Edberg, and finished the season ranked within the world's top 25.

His most successful tournament was the Hamburg Masters (formerly the German Open), which he won three times (1994, 1995 and 1997). 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 the 1999 French Open where — ranked 100 — he defeated Dinu Pescariu, Pete Sampras, Byron Black, Arnaud Di Pasquale, Gustavo Kuerten and Fernando Meligeni en route. Medvedev dominated the first two sets of the final against Andre Agassi before Agassi mounted a come-from-behind victory, which allowed him to complete a career Grand Slam. Afterwards, Medvedev did not score further notable results, and retired from the tour in 2001.

One main rival of Medvedev was Sergi 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 the 1993 and 1994 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).

Personal life His sister, Natalia Medvedeva, formerly a top 25 player on the WTA Tour, partnered with Andrei to represent Ukraine at the seventh Hopman Cup in 1995, finishing runners-up to Germany's Boris Becker and Anke Huber (Medvedev's girlfriend back then) in the final.

Grand Slam finals Singles: 1 (runner-up) ResultYearChampionshipSurfaceOpponentScoreLoss 1999French Open Clay Andre Agassi 6–1, 6–2, 4–6, 3–6, 4–6

Masters Series finals Singles: 5 (4 titles, 1 runner-up)

Career finals Singles: 18 (11 titles, 7 runner-ups) Legend Grand Slam tournaments (0–1) ATP Masters Series (4–1) ATP Championship Series (3–0) ATP Tour (4–5) Finals by surface Hard (2–0) Grass (0–1) Clay (9–5) Carpet (0–1)

Doubles: 1 (runner-up) ResultDateTournamentSurfacePartnerOpponentsScoreLoss Nov 1999 Moscow, Russia Carpet (I) Marat Safin Justin Gimelstob Daniel Vacek 6–2, 6–1

Team ResultDateTournamentSurfacePartnerOpponentsScoreLoss Jan 1995 Hopman Cup, Perth Hard Natalia Medvedeva Anke Huber Boris Becker 0–2

Junior Grand Slam finals

Singles: 1 (1 title)

Doubles: 1 (1 runner-up)

Singles performance timeline

Top 10 wins Season 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 Total Wins 1 6 2 2 2 2 1 3 2 1 22 PlayerRankEventSurfaceRoundScore1992 1. Stefan EdbergNo. 2Stuttgart, GermanyClayQF 1–6, 6–4, 6–4 No. 1001993 2. Ivan LendlNo. 9Barcelona, SpainClayQF 7–6(7–5), 6–2 No. 19 3. Stefan EdbergNo. 3French Open, Paris, FranceClayQF 6–0, 6–7(3–7), 7–5, 6–4 No. 12 4. Petr KordaNo. 9New Haven, United StatesHardF 7–5, 6–4 No. 12 5. Richard KrajicekNo. 9US Open, New York, United StatesHard4R 6–4, 3–6, 6–1, 7–6(7–4)No. 8 6. Jim CourierNo. 2ATP Finals, Frankfurt, GermanyCarpet RR 6–3, 1–6, 7–6(7–4)No. 6 7. Michael ChangNo. 7ATP Finals, Frankfurt, GermanyCarpet RR 2–6, 6–4, 6–2No. 61994 8. Jim CourierNo. 4Monte Carlo, MonacoClayQF 6–7(5–7), 7–5, 7–6(7–3)No. 9 9. Sergi BrugueraNo. 4Monte Carlo, MonacoClayF 7–5, 6–1, 6–3No. 91995 10. Pete SamprasNo. 2Hamburg, GermanyClaySF 6–4, 2–6, 6–4 No. 20 11. Goran IvaniševićNo. 5Hamburg, GermanyClayF 6–3, 6–2, 6–1 No. 201996 12. Yevgeny KafelnikovNo. 7Antwerp, BelgiumCarpet1R 6–1, 6–3 No. 17 13. Yevgeny KafelnikovNo. 7Rome, ItalyClay3R 3–6, 6–3, 6–0 No. 401997 14. Richard KrajicekNo. 5Hamburg, GermanyClay2R 6–1, 6–1 No. 38 15. Yevgeny KafelnikovNo. 4Hamburg, GermanyClaySF 6–3, 6–1 No. 381998 16. Karol KučeraNo. 8 Ostrava, Czech RepublicCarpet2R 6–4, 6–7(4–7), 6–4 No. 721999 17. Pete SamprasNo. 2French Open, Paris, FranceClay2R 7–5, 1–6, 6–4, 6–3 No. 100 18. Gustavo KuertenNo. 8French Open, Paris, FranceClayQF 7–5, 6–4, 6–4 No. 100 19. Richard KrajicekNo. 9Grand Slam Cup, Munich, GermanyHardQF 7–6(7–5), 6–4 No. 342000 20. Tim HenmanNo. 10 Estoril, PortugalClayQF 6–2, 6–3 No. 34 21. Yevgeny KafelnikovNo. 5Stuttgart, GermanyClay2R 6–7(4–7), 7–5, 6–3 No. 482001 22. Tommy HaasNo. 10 St. Petersburg, RussiaHard1R 3–6, 7–6(9–7), 6–4 No. 72

Main achievements 1991 Won junior French Open, beating Thomas Enqvist in the final 1992 Won the title in Stuttgart (Outdoor) with the strongest draw in the history of the event 1993 Semifinalist at the French Open and Masters in Frankfurt 1994 Won the titles in Monte Carlo and Hamburg (Super 9 events) 1995 Won the title in Hamburg 1997 Won the title in Hamburg title for the third time in four years 1999 Reached the final of the French Open