Andrei Pavel

For the Romanian footballer, see Andrei Pavel (footballer).
Andrei Pavel
Country (sports) Romania
Residence Arizona, United States
Born 27 January 1974
Constanța, SR Romania
Height 1.82 m (5 ft 11+1⁄2 in)
Turned pro 1995
Retired September 23, 2009
Plays Right-handed (one-handed backhand)
Prize money $5,123,329
Singles
Career record 277–266
Career titles 3
Highest ranking No. 13 (25 October 2004)
Grand Slam singles results
Australian Open 4R (1999, 2004)
French Open QF (2002)
Wimbledon 3R (2000, 2002)
US Open 4R (2000, 2004)
Other tournaments
Olympic Games 1R (1992, 1996, 2000, 2004)
Doubles
Career record 137–130
Career titles 6
Highest ranking No. 13 (30 April 2007)

Andrei Pavel (born 27 January 1974) is a Romanian tennis coach and former professional tennis player.

Career

Andrei Pavel in 2009 during his last singles match

Andrei began playing tennis at age eight, and moved to Germany at age sixteen. Turned professional in 1995. He won three singles titles, including the ATP Masters Series tournament in Montreal/Toronto in 2001. He also won seven doubles titles, the latest title being the Open Seat Barcelona, in 2007.

Competed for more than 20 years on the ATP Tour.

Reached No. 13 in the FedEx ATP Rankings and won three singles titles, including the 2001 National Bank Open Presented by Rogers. Reached No. 18 in the FedEx ATP Doubles Rankings and won six doubles titles.

Attended five Olympic Games, and played for 20 years on the Romanian Davis Cup team.

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(4), 7–6(8), 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.

The Romanian, Andrei Pavel in 2002, while he was about to play a quarter-final at Roland Garros, he jumped into a car and made an express round-trip to Germany to attend the birth of his son. Which equals to 1000 miles in 24h, in the pouring rain with... Àlex Corretja waiting for his return on the Central. Story of an epic journey. "It's a bit odd that these two events overlapped, says the Romanian. But no matter the sporting challenge: I would not have missed the birth of Marius for the world. The whole story with the rain was a godsend for the press, but for me, it didn’t really made a difference: I would have gone no matter what."

In 2001 he captured the Masters Series Montreal title.

He played his last singles match in his homeland tournament in Bucharest in 2009 to Pablo Cuevas of Uruguay were 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.

After 25 years of living in Germany, he moved to the US state of Arizona. Now he lives in Bucharest, Romania.

Coaching

Currently coaching Nicholas David Ionel, Filip Jianu and Sebastian Gima.

Coached ATP Tour players Horia Tecău, Benjamin Becker, Marius Copil, the Romanian Davis Cup Team, and worked with Jelena Janković, Tamira Paszek and Simona Halep on the WTA Tour.

2016 Olympic Team Captain (Coach), won silver medal.

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)
Result No. Date Tournament Surface Opponent Score
Win 1. Apr 1998 Tokyo, Japan Hard Byron Black 6–3, 6–4
Loss 1. Apr 1999 Munich, Germany Clay Franco Squillari 4–6, 3–6
Loss 2. Jun 1999 s’Hertogenbosch, Netherlands Grass Patrick Rafter 6–3, 6–7(7–9), 4–6
Win 2. May 2000 St. Pölten, Austria Clay Andrew Ilie 7–5, 3–6, 6–2
Win 3. Jul 2001 Montreal, Canada Hard Patrick Rafter 7–6(7–3), 2–6, 6–3
Loss 3. Oct 2003 Paris, France Carpet Tim Henman 2–6, 6–7(6–8), 6–7(2–7)
Loss 4. Apr 2005 Munich, Germany Clay David Nalbandian 4–6, 1–6
Loss 5. May 2006 Pörtschach, Austria Clay Nikolay Davydenko 0–6, 3–6
Loss 6. Jul 2007 Umag, Croatia Clay Carlos Moyá 4–6, 2–6

Doubles (6 titles, 5 runners-up)

Result No. Date Tournament Surface Partner Opponents Score
Win 1. Sep 1998 Bucharest, Romania Clay Gabriel Trifu George Cosac
Dinu Pescariu 		7–6(7–2), 7–6(7–4)
Loss 1. Feb 1999 Saint Petersburg, Russia Carpet Menno Oosting Jeff Tarango
Daniel Vacek 		6–3, 3–6, 5–7
Loss 2. Jan 2005 Doha, Qatar Hard Mikhail Youzhny Albert Costa
Rafael Nadal 		3–6, 6–4, 3–6
Win 2. Jul 2005 Kitzbühel, Austria Clay Leoš Friedl Christophe Rochus
Olivier Rochus 		6–2, 6–7(5–7), 6–0
Loss 3. Sep 2005 Bucharest, Romania Clay Victor Hănescu José Acasuso
Sebastián Prieto 		3–6, 6–4, 3–6
Win 3. Jan 2006 Auckland, New Zealand Hard Rogier Wassen Simon Aspelin
Todd Perry 		3–6, 7–5, [4–10]
Win 4. May 2006 Munich, Germany Clay Alexander Waske Alexander Peya
Björn Phau 		6–4, 6–2
Win 5. Jul 2006 Gstaad, Switzerland Clay Jiří Novák Marco Chiudinelli
Jean-Claude Scherrer 		6–3, 6–1
Loss 4. Feb 2007 Rotterdam, Netherlands Hard Alexander Waske Martin Damm
Leander Paes 		3–6, 7–6(7–5), [7–10]
Win 6. Apr 2007 Barcelona, Spain Clay Alexander Waske Rafael Nadal
Bartolomé Salvá Vidal 		6–3, 7–6(7–1)
Loss 5. May 2009 Kitzbühel, Austria Clay Horia Tecău Marcelo Melo
André Sá 		7–6(11–9), 2–6, [7–10]

Singles performance timeline

Key
W  F  SF QF #R RR Q# DNQ A NH
(W) winner; (F) finalist; (SF) semifinalist; (QF) quarterfinalist; (#R) rounds 4, 3, 2, 1; (RR) round-robin stage; (Q#) qualification round; (DNQ) did not qualify; (A) absent; (NH) not held; (SR) strike rate (events won / competed); (W–L) win–loss record.
Tournament 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 W ‑ L Win %
Grand Slam tournaments
Australian Open A A A A A A LQ 1R A 4R A 2R 3R 1R 4R 2R 2R LQ 1R 1R 11–10 52
French Open A A A A A A A 2R A 1R 1R 1R QF A 2R 1R 1R LQ A 1R 6–9 40
Wimbledon A A A A LQ A LQ 2R 1R 1R 3R 1R 3R A 2R 2R 2R 2R A 1R 9–11 45
US Open A A A A LQ A 1R 1R 1R 1R 4R 2R 1R A 4R 1R 1R 2R A 1R 8–11 42
Win–loss 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–1 2–4 0–2 3–4 5–3 2–4 8–4 0–1 8–3 2–4 2–4 2–2 0–1 0–4 34–41 45
Olympic Games
Singles NH 1R Not held 1R Not held 1R Not held 1R Not held A NH N/A
ATP Masters Series 1000
Indian Wells Masters A A A A A A A A A LQ A 1R 2R 1R 2R 3R 1R LQ A A
Miami Masters A A A A A A A A A 3R 3R 4R QF 2R QF 1R 1R LQ A A
Monte Carlo Masters A A A A A A A A A 2R LQ 2R 3R A 3R A A 1R A A
Rome Masters A A A A A A A A A A 3R 1R 2R A QF 1R A A A A
Madrid Masters(Stuttgart) A A A A A LQ LQ LQ 2R QF QF 2R 1R LQ 3R 1R A 1R A A
Canada Masters A A A A A A A A A A 2R W 2R A 1R 2R A A A A
Cincinnati Masters A A A A A A A A A 1R 1R 2R 1R A 1R 1R A LQ A A
Paris Masters A A A A A 1R A A LQ A 1R 1R 1R F 3R 1R A A A
Hamburg Masters A A A A A A A A A A SF 1R 2R A 3R 1R A LQ A
Year-end ranking 460 548 489 311 408 214 135 118 68 41 27 28 26 69 18 80 113 75 1142 600 NA

a 2004 US Open counts as 3 wins, 0 losses. Roger Federer walkover in round 4, after Pavel withdrew because of a back injury, does not count as a Pavel loss (nor a Federer win).