Andriy Medvedev


Andriy Medvedev is a former top five professional tennis player from Ukraine. He reached the final of the French Open in 1999, the French Open semifinals in 1993 and won four Masters titles during his career, achieving a career-high ranking of four 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's 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 semi-finals and quarter-finals of the 1993 and 1994 French Opens respectively, with Bruguera winning both matches in straight sets. Medvedev lost six times to the eventual French Open champion.

Personal life

His sister, Natalia Medvedeva, formerly a top 25 player on the WTA Tour, partnered with Andriy to represent Ukraine at the seventh Hopman Cup in 1995, finishing as runners-up to Germany's Boris Becker and Anke Huber in the final.
Andriy is the Ukrainian language spelling of his first name, while Andrei is the Russian spelling, with both regularly used.
He bears no relation to current ATP player, Daniil Medvedev.

Grand Slam finals

Singles: 1 (1 runner-up)

Masters Series finals

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

Career finals

Singles: 18 (11 titles, 7 runners-up)

OutcomeNo.DateChampionshipSurfaceOpponentScore
Winner1.21 June 1992Genoa, ItalyClay Guillermo Pérez Roldán6–3, 6–4
Winner2.19 July 1992Stuttgart, GermanyClay Wayne Ferreira6–1, 6–4, 6–7, 2–6, 6–1
Winner3.20 September 1992Bordeaux, FranceClay Sergi Bruguera6–3, 1–6, 6–2
Winner4.4 April 1993Estoril, PortugalClay Karel Nováček6–4, 6–2
Winner5.11 April 1993Barcelona, SpainClay Sergi Bruguera6–7, 6–3, 7–5, 6–4
Runner-up1.20 June 1993Halle, GermanyGrass Henri Leconte2–6, 3–6
Winner6.22 August 1993New Haven, USAHard Petr Korda7–5, 6–4
Runner-up2.7 November 1993Paris, FranceCarpet Goran Ivanišević4–6, 2–6, 6–7
Runner-up3.3 April 1994Estoril, PortugalClay Carlos Costa6–4, 5–7, 4–6
Winner7.24 April 1994Monte Carlo, MonacoClay Sergi Bruguera7–5, 6–1, 6–3
Winner8.8 May 1994Hamburg, GermanyClay Yevgeny Kafelnikov6–4, 6–4, 3–6, 6–3
Runner-up4.7 August 1994Prague, Czech RepublicClay Sergi Bruguera3–6, 4–6
Winner9.14 May 1995Hamburg, GermanyClay Goran Ivanišević6–3, 6–2, 6–1
Runner-up5.14 July 1996Båstad, SwedenClay Magnus Gustafsson1–6, 3–6
Winner10.25 August 1996Long Island, USAHard Martin Damm7–5, 6–3
Winner11.11 May 1997Hamburg, GermanyClay Félix Mantilla6–0, 6–4, 6–2
Runner-up6.12 July 1998Båstad, SwedenClay Magnus Gustafsson2–6, 3–6
Runner-up7.6 June 1999French Open, Paris, FranceClay Andre Agassi6–1, 6–2, 4–6, 3–6, 4–6

Doubles: 1 (1 runner-up)

Team: 1 (1 runner-up)

Singles performance timeline

Top 10 wins

Main achievements