Andreas Vinciguerra


Andreas Vinciguerra 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.
His Junior Slam results include:
Australian Open: F

French Open: SF

Wimbledon: -

US Open: 1R

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 Swedish Open where he made it to the semifinals.

ATP career finals

Singles: 4 (1 title, 3 runners-up)

ResultW–LDateTournamentTierSurfaceOpponentScore
Loss0–1[1999 Investor Swedish Open – Singles|]Båstad, SwedenInternational SeriesClaydts|Mar 2000

ATP Challenger and ITF Futures finals

Singles: 10 (5–5)

ResultW–LDateTournamentTierSurfaceOpponentScore
Loss0-1Denmark F1, KoldingFuturesClaydts|Oct 1998

Doubles: 1 (0–1)

ResultW–LDateTournamentTierSurfacePartnerOpponentsScore
Loss0-1Italy F10, CesenaFuturesClay