Andreas Vinciguerra

Andreas Vinciguerra
Nickname:	Vinci
Nation:	Sweden
Birthday:	19th February 1981
Size:	180 cm
Weight:	73 kg
1st professional season:	1998
Playing hand:	Left, two-handed backhand
Trainer:	Mikael Tillström
Prize money:	$ 1,381,556
singles
Career record:	87: 103
Career title:	1
Highest ranking:	33 (November 5 2001)
Grand Slam record
Double
Career record:	11:22
Career title:	1
Highest ranking:	261 (February 19, 2001)
Sources: official player profiles at the ATP / WTA and ITF (see web links )

Andreas Vinciguerra (born February 19, 1981 in Malmö ) is a former Swedish tennis player .

Career

In 1998 Vinciguerra turned professional and started in several ITF Future tournaments , one of which he won. He also played at the ATP tournaments in Båstad and Stockholm , where he failed in the first round. The following year he reached his first ATP final in Båstad. In Stockholm and Shanghai he made it to the quarter-finals. He ended 1999 at number 99 in the world rankings .

In 2000 Vinciguerra continued to improve. He reached the third round of the Australian Open 2000 / men's singles on his Grand Slam debut and won his first tournament on the ATP Tour in Copenhagen . At the Miami Masters he failed after wins against Karol Kučera and Marat Safin only in the third round after leading the set to Pete Sampras . In his Davis Cup debut against India he won both singles and at the Olympic Games in Sydney he was in the second round.

In 2001 he reached the semi-finals at the Rome Masters and the Paris Masters and reached the second round at the Australian Open . He finished the year in 34th place in the world rankings. In January 2002 a series of injuries began. Shortly after the Australian Open , in which he reached the second round, he broke his finger playing soccer and didn't return to the tour until April. However, after his first round defeat at the Monte Carlo Masters, he had to take a three-month break due to back problems. After a series of defeats, he was able to reach the quarter-finals in Stockholm and the semi-finals in two challenger tournaments. He finished the year in 180th place in the world rankings.

In 2003 he fought his way back, among other things by moving into the third round of the Australian Open in the top 100, but then suffered a serious injury to his left knee. In 2004 he was only able to start at two Challenger tournaments due to knee problems. In 2005 he received a wildcard for the Swedish Open in Båstad, where he reached the second round. Then he played five more Challenger tournaments, in which he came once into the quarter-finals and once into the semi-finals. In 2006 he was on the Challenger Tour four times in the final, he was able to win one final. In 2007 and 2008, he was unable to play a single tournament because of several knee operations. In 2009 he again received a wildcard for the Swedish Open in Båstad and surprisingly reached the semi-finals.

Vinciguerra appeared in nine matches for Sweden in the Davis Cup in singles, he won three of his 15 games.

successes

Legend (number of victories)

Grand Slam

ATP World Tour Finals

ATP World Tour Masters 1000

ATP World Tour 500

ATP International Series / ATP World Tour 250 Series (1)

Tournament victory

No.	date	competition	Topping	Final opponent	Result
1.	February 28, 2000	Copenhagen	Hard court (i)	Magnus Larsson	6: 3, 7: 6 5

Final participation

No.	date	competition	Topping	Final opponent	Result
1.	July 5, 1999	Båstad	sand	Juan Antonio Marín	4: 6, 6: 7 4
2.	July 10, 2000	Båstad	sand	Magnus Norman	1: 6, 6: 7 6
3.	February 12, 2001	Copenhagen	Hard court (i)	Tim Henman	3: 6, 4: 6

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Comeback in Bastad

Web links

Commons : Andreas Vinciguerra  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

• ATP profile of Andreas Vinciguerra (English)
• ITF profile of Andreas Vinciguerra (English)
• Davis Cup stats by Andreas Vinciguerra (English)