Andrei Medvedev (tennis)


Andrei Medvedev 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, which he won three times. 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.

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 in the final.

Grand Slam finals

Singles: 1 (runner-up)

Masters Series finals

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

Career finals

Singles: 18 (11 titles, 7 runner-ups)

ResultNo.DateTournamentSurfaceOpponentScore
Win1.Jun 1992Genoa, ItalyClay

Doubles: 1 (runner-up)

Team

Junior Grand Slam finals

Singles: 1 (1 title)

Doubles: 1 (1 runner-up)

Singles performance timeline

Top 10 wins

Main achievements

  • 1991 Won junior French Open, beating Thomas Enqvist in the final
  • 1992 Won the title in Stuttgart 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
  • 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