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Andrei Pavel
Romanian tennis player

Andrei Pavel

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Romanian tennis player
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Work field
Gender
Male
Place of birth
Constanța, Romania
Age
50 years
Residence
Borgholzhausen, Germany
Stats
Height:
183 cm
Weight:
86 kg
The details (from wikipedia)

Biography

Andrei Pavel (born 27 January 1974) is a Romanian tennis coach and former professional tennis player. He is currently coaching the no. 60 male tennis player Marius Copil.

Career

Andrei Pavel in 2009 during his last singles match

Andrei began playing tennis at age eight, and moved to Germany at age sixteen.

Pavel has turned professional in 1995. He has won three singles titles, including the ATP Masters Series tournament in Montreal/Toronto in 2001. He has also won seven doubles titles, the latest title being the Open Seat Barcelona, in 2007.

Pavel played what John McEnroe considers to be the best first round match at a Grand Slam he has ever seen at the U.S Open in August 2006, where he lost to Andre Agassi in four sets; 6–7, 7–6, 7–6, 6–2; taking three and half hours. Had Pavel won, it would have been Agassi's last match in a professional tournament.

His best single result over the course of his career took place in 2001, when he captured the Masters Series title in Montreal. For his efforts during that week alone, Pavel earned $400,000. When playing Andy Murray in the Australian Open in 2009, Pavel was forced to retire from the game in the second set due to a recurring back injury. He had lost the previous set. Andrei entered the 2009 French Open, where he was defeated by Tommy Haas 6–1, 6–4, 6–4.

He played his last singles match in his homeland tournament in Bucharest in 2009, where he lost in the first round to Pablo Cuevas of Uruguay. In the same tournament he teamed up with his old friend Gabriel Trifu, losing in the quarter finals to Spaniards Ramírez Hidalgo / Ventura. He also played two more exhibition matches, one facing Goran Ivanišević, while in the other he paired up with Ilie Năstase against the Mansour Bahrami / Yannick Noah pair. The week before, he had been the captain of Romania's Davis Cup team, where they lost to Sweden 3–2 in the qualifying rounds.

Pavel's career-high singles ranking was World No. 13 in October 2004.

Coaching

At the start of 2011, former world number one Jelena Janković announced her decision to work with Andrei Pavel on a trial basis. The Serbian player did not perform up to the mark in 2010 and had dropped to as low as number eight in the WTA rankings.

Since the 2012 Indian Wells Masters, Pavel has been coaching Tamira Paszek, a world top-50 tennis player and dual Wimbledon quarter-finalist.

Career finals

Singles (3 wins, 6 losses)

Legend (Singles)
Grand Slam (0)
Tennis Masters Cup (0)
ATP Masters Series (1)
ATP International Series Gold (1)
ATP Tour (1)
ResultNo.DateTournamentSurfaceOpponentScore
Win1.Apr 1998Tokyo, JapanHard Byron Black6–3, 6–4
Loss1.Apr 1999Munich, GermanyClay Franco Squillari4–6, 3–6
Loss2.Jun 1999s’Hertogenbosch, NetherlandsGrass Patrick Rafter6–3, 6–7, 4–6
Win2.May 2000St. Pölten, AustriaClay Andrew Ilie7–5, 3–6, 6–2
Win3.Jul 2001Montreal, CanadaHard Patrick Rafter7–6, 2–6, 6–3
Loss3.Oct 2003Paris, FranceCarpet Tim Henman2–6, 6–7, 6–7
Loss4.Apr 2005Munich, GermanyClay David Nalbandian4–6, 1–6
Loss5.May 2006Portschach, AustriaClay Nikolay Davydenko0–6, 3–6
Loss6.Jul 2007Umag, CroatiaClay Carlos Moyà4–6, 2–6

Doubles (6 titles, 5 runners-up)

ResultNo.DateTournamentSurfacePartnerOpponentsScore
Win1.Sep 1998Bucharest, RomaniaClay Gabriel Trifu George Cosac
Dinu Pescariu
7–6, 7–6
Loss1.Feb 1999St. Petersburg, RussiaCarpet Menno Oosting Jeff Tarango
Daniel Vacek
6–3, 3–6, 5–7
Loss2.Jan 2005Doha, QatarHard Mikhail Youzhny Albert Costa
Rafael Nadal
3–6, 6–4, 3–6
Win2.Jul 2005Kitzbühel, AustriaClay Leoš Friedl Christophe Rochus
Olivier Rochus
6–2, 6–7, 6–0
Loss3.Sep 2005Bucharest, RomaniaClay Victor Hănescu José Acasuso
Sebastián Prieto
3–6, 6–4, 3–6
Win3.Jan 2006Auckland, New ZealandHard Rogier Wassen Simon Aspelin
Todd Perry
3–6, 7–5, [4–10]
Win4.May 2006Munich, GermanyClay Alexander Waske Alexander Peya
Björn Phau
6–4, 6–2
Win5.Jul 2006Gstaad, SwitzerlandClay Jiří Novák Marco Chiudinelli
Jean-Claude Scherrer
6–3, 6–1
Loss4.Feb 2007Rotterdam, NetherlandsHard Alexander Waske Martin Damm
Leander Paes
3–6, 7–6, [7–10]
Win6.Apr 2007Barcelona, SpainClay Alexander Waske Rafael Nadal
Bartolomé Salvá-Vidal
6–3, 7–6
Loss5.May 2009Kitzbühel, AustriaClay Horia Tecău Marcelo Melo
André Sá
7–6, 2–6, [7–10]

Singles performance timeline

Key
W F SFQF#RRRQ#ANH
(W) Won; (F) finalist; (SF) semifinalist; (QF) quarterfinalist; (#R) rounds 4, 3, 2, 1; (RR) round-robin stage; (Q#) qualification round; (A) absent;(NH) not held. SR=strike rate (events won/competed)
Tournament19901991199219931994199519961997199819992000200120022003200420052006200720082009W ‑ LWin %
Grand Slam Tournaments
Australian OpenAAAAAALQ1RA4RA2R3R1R4R2R2RLQ1R1R11–1052
French OpenAAAAAAA2RA1R1R1RQFA2R1R1RLQA1R6–940
WimbledonAAAALQALQ2R1R1R3R1R3RA2R2R2R2RA1R9–1145
US OpenAAAALQA1R1R1R1R4R2R1RA4R1R1R2RA1R8–1142
Win–Loss0–00–00–00–00–00–00–12–40–23–45–32–48–40–18–32–42–42–20–10–434–4145
Olympic Games
SinglesNH1RNot held1RNot held1RNot held1RNot heldANHN/A
ATP Masters Series 1000
Indian Wells MastersAAAAAAAAALQA1R2R1R2R3R1RLQAA
Miami MastersAAAAAAAAA3R3R4RQF2RQF1R1RLQAA
Monte Carlo MastersAAAAAAAAA2RLQ2R3RA3RAA1RAA
Rome MastersAAAAAAAAAA3R1R2RAQF1RAAAA
Madrid Masters(Stuttgart)AAAAALQLQLQ2RQFQF2R1RLQ3R1RA1RAA
Canada MastersAAAAAAAAAA2RW2RA1R2RAAAA
Cincinnati MastersAAAAAAAAA1R1R2R1RA1R1RALQAA
Paris MastersAAAAA1RAALQA1R1R1RF3R1RAAA
Hamburg MastersAAAAAAAAAASF1R2RA3R1RALQA
Year End Ranking4605484893114082141351186841272826691880113751142600NA

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