Andreas Vinciguerra (; born 19 February 1981) is a former

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from

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, who turned professional in 1998. He won 1 singles title in

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; 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

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origin on his father's side.

Junior career

As a junior Vinciguerra reached as high as No. 6 in the world in 1998. Junior Slam results: Australian Open: F (

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French Open: SF (

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Wimbledon: -
US Open: 1R (

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Pro career

He experienced significant problems with a

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, but in 2006 made a comeback, which has seen him edge towards the top 100 in the ATP rankings. Has played 9

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matches in singles, and won 3 of them. In the 2009 World Group Playoffs in March 2009,

faced

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in Vinciguerra's hometown.

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first defeated Vinciguerra 11–9 in the fifth.

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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.https://www.google.com/hostednews/afp/article/ALeqM5gKplpxm13AeRv3D6zy2q7LMkLItg 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

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

ATP Challenger and ITF Futures finals

Singles: 10 (5–5)

Doubles: 1 (0–1)

Junior Grand Slam finals

Singles: 1 (1 runner-up)

Performance timeline

Singles

References

External links

* * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Vinciguerra, Andreas 1981 births Living people Sportspeople from Malmö Swedish male tennis players Swedish people of Italian descent Olympic tennis players of Sweden Tennis players at the 2000 Summer Olympics