Andreas Vinciguerra (Italian pronunciation: [anˌdreːaz vintʃiˈɡwɛrra]; 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.

Andreas Vinciguerra
Country (sports) Sweden
ResidenceMalmö, Sweden
Born (1981-02-19) 19 February 1981 (age 43)
Malmö, Sweden
Height1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
Turned pro1998
Retired2013
PlaysLeft-handed (two-handed backhand)
CoachMikael Tillström
Prize money$1,381,556
Singles
Career record87–103
Career titles1
Highest rankingNo. 33 (5 November 2001)
Grand Slam singles results
Australian Open4R (2001)
French Open2R (2001)
Wimbledon2R (2000, 2001)
US Open2R (2003)
Other tournaments
Olympic Games2R (2000)
Doubles
Career record11–22
Career titles0
Highest rankingNo. 261 (19 February 2001)
Last updated on: 23 April 2022.

Tennis career

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Vinciguerra is of Italian origin on his father's side.

Junior career

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As a junior Vinciguerra reached as high as No. 6 in the world in 1998.

Junior Slam results:

Australian Open: F (1998)
French Open: SF (1998)
Wimbledon: -
US Open: 1R (1998)

Pro career

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He experienced significant problems with a back injury, but in 2006 made a comeback, which has seen him edge towards the top 100 in the ATP rankings.

Has played 9 Davis Cup matches in singles, and won 3 of them.

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. Harel Levy then beat Vinciguerra in the decisive final match in a marathon 3-hour, 44 minutes, 8–6 in the fifth, 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.[1]

After the Davis Cup, Vinciguerra decided to continue playing and reached in 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

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

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Legend
Grand 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 surface
Hard (1–1)
Clay (0–2)
Grass (0–0)
Carpet (0–0)
Finals by setting
Outdoors (0–2)
Indoors (1–1)
Result W–L Date Tournament Tier Surface Opponent Score
Loss 0–1 Jul 1999 Båstad, Sweden International Series Clay   Juan Antonio Marín 4–6, 6–7(4–7)
Win 1–1 Mar 2000 Copenhagen, Denmark International Series Hard   Magnus Larsson 6–3, 7–6(7–5)
Loss 1–2 Jul 2000 Båstad, Sweden International Series Clay   Magnus Norman 1–6, 6–7(6–8)
Loss 1–3 Feb 2001 Copenhagen, Denmark International Series Hard   Tim Henman 3–6, 4–6

ATP Challenger and ITF Futures finals

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Singles: 10 (5–5)

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Legend
ATP Challenger (3–4)
ITF Futures (2–1)
Finals by surface
Hard (1–2)
Clay (3–3)
Grass (0–0)
Carpet (1–0)
Result W–L    Date    Tournament Tier Surface Opponent Score
Loss 0-1 Jul 1998 Denmark F1, Kolding Futures Clay   Frederik Fetterlein 1–6, 2–6
Win 1-1 Oct 1998 Finland F4, Oulu Futures Carpet   Olivier Tauma 6–3, 1–0 ret.
Win 2-1 Sep 1999 Szczecin, Poland Challenger Clay   Juan Antonio Marín 6–2, 6–4
Win 3-1 Jun 2000 Prostějov, Czech Republic Challenger Clay   Jérôme Golmard walkover
Loss 3-2 Mar 2006 Sarajevo, Bosnia & Herzegovina Challenger Hard   Andreas Beck 6–2, 6–7(1–7), 6–7(4–7)
Loss 3-3 Aug 2006 Trani, Italy Challenger Hard   Juan Pablo Guzmán 1–6, 6–3, 6–7(1–7)
Win 4-3 Aug 2006 Manerbio, Italy Challenger Clay   Adrián García 7–6(7–3), 6–1
Loss 4-4 Sep 2006 Düsseldorf, Germany Challenger Clay   Evgeny Korolev 6–7(4–7), 3–6
Loss 4-5 Apr 2009 Rome, Italy Challenger Clay   Daniel Köllerer 3–6, 3–6
Win 5-5 Oct 2012 Sweden F7, Jönköping Futures Hard   Érik Chvojka 6–4, 7–6(7–3)

Doubles: 1 (0–1)

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Legend
ATP Challenger (0–0)
ITF Futures (0–1)
Finals by surface
Hard (0–0)
Clay (0–1)
Grass (0–0)
Carpet (0–0)
Result W–L    Date    Tournament Tier Surface Partner Opponents Score
Loss 0-1 Jun 2013 Italy F10, Cesena Futures Clay   Sander Groen   Guido Andreozzi
  Agustín Velotti
4–6, 1–6

Junior Grand Slam finals

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Singles: 1 (1 runner-up)

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Result Year Tournament Surface Opponent Score
Loss 1998 Australian Open Hard   Julien Jeanpierre 6–4, 4–6, 3–6

Performance timeline

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Key
W  F  SF QF #R RR Q# DNQ A NH
(W) winner; (F) finalist; (SF) semifinalist; (QF) quarterfinalist; (#R) rounds 4, 3, 2, 1; (RR) round-robin stage; (Q#) qualification round; (DNQ) did not qualify; (A) absent; (NH) not held; (SR) strike rate (events won / competed); (W–L) win–loss record.

Singles

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Tournament 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 SR W–L Win %
Grand Slam tournaments
Australian Open 3R 4R 2R 3R A A Q1 0 / 4 8–4 67%
French Open 1R 2R A 1R A A A 0 / 3 1–3 25%
Wimbledon 2R 2R A 1R A A A 0 / 3 2–3 40%
US Open 1R 1R 1R 2R A A A 0 / 4 1–4 20%
Win–loss 3–4 5–4 1–2 3–4 0–0 0–0 0–0 0 / 14 12–14 46%
ATP World Tour Masters 1000
Indian Wells A 1R A A A A A 0 / 1 0–1 0%
Miami 3R 2R A A A A A 0 / 2 3–2 60%
Monte Carlo 1R 1R 1R A A A A 0 / 3 0–3 0%
Rome Q2 SF A A A A A 0 / 1 4–1 80%
Hamburg A 1R A A A A A 0 / 1 0–1 0%
Canada 1R 2R A A A A A 0 / 2 1–2 33%
Cincinnati 1R 1R A A A A A 0 / 2 0–2 0%
Stuttgart 1R 1R Not Held 0 / 2 0–2 0%
Paris A SF A A A A A 0 / 1 4–1 80%
Win–loss 2–5 10–9 0–1 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0 / 15 12–15 44%

References

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