DOB: July 14 1983
Height: 182 cm
Weight: 80 kg
Plays: Right-handed
Turned Pro: 2002
Coach: Jose Altur
Titles:
SINGLES (3):
Moscow (2005)
Palermo (2005)
Valencia (2005)
FINALIST (4):
Bucharest (2004)
Gstaad (2004)
Bucharest (2005)
Sydney (2006)
DOUBLES (1):
Moscow (2004)
FINALIST (1):
Moscow (2005)
Current/career-high records:
Current ATP Ranking - Singles: 37
Career High ATP Ranking - Singles: 24 (April 3 2006)
Current ATP Race - Singles: 28
Current Stanford ATP Doubles Ranking: 553
Career High Stanford ATP Doubles Ranking: 59 (July 18 2005)
Andreev began playing tennis at the age of seven in Moscow at sports center Spartak. At the age of 15, Igor moved to Valencia, Spain, where he lives and trains (at Altur & Alvarino Tennis Academy). Igor made himself known in 2002 when he improved year-end ranking more than 700 positions by winning three Futures.
In 2003 Andreev finished in Top 100 for the first time. He played his first ATP match as qualifier in Bucharest, defeating top seed Davydenko in three sets. In Moscow Igor knocked out top seed Schalken in the first round and Ljubicic en route to the first ATP quarterfinals.
Andreev finished in Top 50 for the first time in 2004, the year when he advanced to first ATP final in Gstaad where he lost to Federer in four sets. He won a personal best 28 matches in the year, and also made his Davis Cup debut. Andreev made his Grand Slam debut at the 2004 Australian Open, where he lost in the first round to France's Olivier Patience. At the French Open he made the round of 16, losing to eventual champion Gastón Gaudio in straight sets. At Wimbledon that year, he reached the second round, losing to Fernando González, and lost in the first round at the US Open to Fernando Verdasco.
At the Athens Olympics in August 2004, Andreev made the third round, and lost only to the eventual gold medallist, Chilean Nicolás Massú.
He won his first ATP doubles title in Moscow in October 2004 with Nikolay Davydenko, after defeating Mahesh Bhupathi and Jonas Björkman in the final.
The year 2005 was one of the most fruitful in his career as Andreev captured his first ATP title on clay in Valencia, defeating Spaniards Nadal in quarterfinals and Ferrer in the final game. Igor was one of only two players (Gaudio) to defeat Nadal on clay during that season. Igor reached final in Bucharest where he lost to Serra and won titles in Palermo and hometown Moscow.
In 2006 Andreev had to undergo left knee surgery to repair cartilage damage. When back to court, he reached his seventh career ATP final in Sydney, posting wins over Gasquet, Luczak, Tursunov and Seppi before losing to Blake in a third set tie-break.
Andreev made a full comeback in Davis Cup quarterfinals as he defeated Nicolas Massu in the decisive fifth rubber to send Russia through 3-2 in Chile.
