Andrei Pavel
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Country (sports) | ![]() |
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Residence | Borgholzhausen, Germany |
Height | 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in) |
Turned pro | 1995 |
Retired | Active |
Plays | Right-handed; one-handed backhand |
Prize money | $5,016,045 |
Singles | |
Career record | 277–253 |
Career titles | 3 |
Highest ranking | No. 13 (October 25, 2004) |
Grand Slam singles results | |
Australian Open | 4th (1999, 2004) |
French Open | QF (2002) |
Wimbledon | 3rd (2000, 2002) |
US Open | 4th (2000, 2004) |
Doubles | |
Career record | 130–124 |
Career titles | 6 |
Highest ranking | No. 18 (April 30, 2007) |
Last updated on: December 18, 2007. |
Andrei Pavel (born January 27, 1974 in Constanţa) is a Romanian tennis player, who turned professional in 1995. He began playing tennis at age eight, and moved to Germany at age sixteen.
Career
Pavel 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,[citation needed] where he lost to Andre Agassi in four sets; 6–7(4), 7–6(10), 7–6(6), 6–2; taking three and half hours. Had Pavel won, it would have been Agassi's last match in a professional tournament.[original research?]
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 US$400,000.
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Singles titles (7)
Legend (Singles) |
Grand Slam (0) |
Tennis Masters Cup (0) |
ATP Masters Series (1) |
ATP Tour (2) |
Challengers (4) |
No. | Date | Tournament | Surface | Opponent in final | Score in final |
1. | July 1, 1996 | ![]() |
Clay | ![]() |
6–3 6–4 |
2. | April 13, 1998 | ![]() |
Hard | ![]() |
6–3 6–4 |
3. | June 28, 1999 | ![]() |
Clay | ![]() |
6–2 6–0 |
4. | May 22, 2000 | ![]() |
Clay | ![]() |
7–5 3–6 6–2 |
5. | July 30, 2001 | ![]() |
Hard | ![]() |
7–6 2–6 6–3 |
6. | November 15, 2004 | ![]() |
Hard (I) | ![]() |
walkover |
7. | November 29, 2004 | ![]() |
Hard | ![]() |
6–3 6–1 |
Runners-ups (10)
No. | Date | Tournament | Surface | Opponent in final | Score in final |
1. | July 17, 1995 | ![]() |
Clay | ![]() |
6–3 6–7 6–4 |
2. | May 5, 1997 | ![]() |
Clay | ![]() |
7–6 6–2 |
3. | May 2, 1998 | ![]() |
Carpet | ![]() |
6–4 6–3 |
4. | April 26, 1999 | ![]() |
Clay | ![]() |
6–4 6–3 |
5. | June 14, 1999 | ![]() |
Grass | ![]() |
3–6 7–6 6–4 |
6. | October 27, 2003 | ![]() |
Carpet | ![]() |
6–2 7–6 7–6 |
7. | April 25, 2005 | ![]() |
Clay | ![]() |
6–4 6–1 |
8. | May 22, 2006 | ![]() |
Clay | ![]() |
6–0 6–3 |
9. | April 30, 2007 | ![]() |
Clay | ![]() |
4–6 7–6 6–2 |
10. | July 23, 2007 | ![]() |
Clay | ![]() |
6–4 6–2 |
ATP Doubles titles (6)
Date | Tournament | Surface | Partnering | Opponents in the final | Score |
September 21, 1998 | Bucharest, Romania | Clay | Gabriel Trifu | George Cosac Dinu Pescariu |
7–6(2), 7–6(4) |
July 31, 2005 | Kitzbühel, Austria | Clay | Leoš Friedl | Christophe Rochus Olivier Rochus |
6–2, 6–7(5), 6–0 |
January 15, 2006 | Auckland, New Zealand | Hard | Rogier Wassen | Simon Aspelin Todd Perry |
6–3, 5–7, (10–4) |
May 7, 2006 | Munich, Germany | Clay | Alexander Waske | Alexander Peya Bjorn Phau |
6–4, 6–2 |
July 16, 2006 | Gstaad, Switzerland | Clay | Jiří Novák | Marco Chiudinelli Jean-Claude Scherrer |
6–3, 6–1 |
April 29, 2007 | Barcelona, Spain | Clay | Alexander Waske | Rafael Nadal Bartolome Salva |
6–3, 7–6(1) |
Doubles runner-ups (4)
Date | Tournament | Surface | Partnering | Opponents in final | Score in final |
February 14, 1999 | St. Petersburg, Russia | Carpet | Menno Oosting | Jeff Tarango Daniel Vacek |
3–6, 6–3, 7–5 |
January 10, 2005 | Doha, Qatar | Hard | Mikhail Youzhny | Albert Costa Rafael Nadal |
6–3, 4–6, 6–3 |
September 18, 2005 | Bucharest, Romania | Clay | Victor Hănescu | José Acasuso Sebastián Prieto |
6–3, 4–6, 6–3 |
February 25, 2007 | Rotterdam, Netherlands | Hard | Alexander Waske | Martin Damm Leander Paes |
6–3, 6–7(5), (10–7) |