Andrei Pavel

For the Romanian footballer, see Andrei Pavel (footballer).
Andrei Pavel
Country (sports) Romania
ResidenceArizona, United States[1]
Born (1974-01-27) 27 January 1974
Constanța, SR Romania
Height1.82 m (5 ft 11+1⁄2 in)
Turned pro1995
Retired23 September 2009
PlaysRight-handed (one-handed backhand)
Prize money$5,225,028
Singles
Career record277–266
Career titles3
4 Challenger, 0 Futures
Highest rankingNo. 13 (25 October 2004)
Grand Slam singles results
Australian Open4R (1999, 2004)
French OpenQF (2002)
Wimbledon3R (2000, 2002)
US Open4R (2000, 2004)
Other tournaments
Olympic Games1R (1992, 1996, 2000, 2004)
Doubles
Career record142–136
Career titles6
5 Challenger, 0 Futures
Highest rankingNo. 18 (30 April 2007)
Grand Slam doubles results
Australian OpenQF (2005)
French OpenSF (2006)
Wimbledon3R (2004, 2007, 2009)
US Open2R (2004, 2005, 2007, 2009)
Other doubles tournaments
Olympic Games1R (1996, 2000, 2004)
Grand Slam mixed doubles results
Wimbledon2R (2009)
US Open1R (2009)
Last updated on: 18 April 2025.

Andrei Pavel (born 27 January 1974) is a Romanian tennis coach and former professional tennis player. He achieved a career-high ATP singles ranking of world No. 13 and won three titles, including the 2001 Canada Masters. He also reached a career-high in doubles of No. 18 and won six doubles titles.

Early life

Andrei began playing tennis at age eight, and moved to Germany at age sixteen.[2]

Career

In 2001 he captured his biggest title, the Masters Series 2001 Canada Masters in Montreal, Canada defeating Patrick Rafter.

In 2002, while he was about to play a quarterfinal at Roland Garros, he jumped into a car and made an express round-trip to Germany to attend the birth of his son. It equalled to 1000 miles in 24 hоurs, in the pouring rain with... Àlex Corretja waiting for his return on the Central. "It's a bit odd that these two events overlapped, said 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 2006, Pavel played what John McEnroe considers to be the best first round match at a Grand Slam he has ever seen at the US 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.[3]

In 2009, he played his last singles match in his homeland tournament in Bucharest against Pablo Cuevas of Uruguay.[4] At the same tournament, he also played two more exhibition matches, one facing Goran Ivanišević, while in the other he paired up with Ilie Năstase against Mansour Bahrami and Yannick Noah.

He attended the Olympic Games four times, and played for 20 years on the Romania Davis Cup team. He became the captain of the team in 2009.

Coaching

Currently coaching Nicholas David Ionel, Stefan Palosi and Sebastian Gima.[5] He also coached ATP Tour players Horia Tecău, Benjamin Becker, Marius Copil, Filip Jianu, the Romanian Davis Cup Team, and worked with Jelena Janković, Tamira Paszek and Simona Halep on the WTA Tour.

Personal information

After 25 years of living in Germany, he moved to the US state of Arizona. Now he lives in Bucharest, Romania.[6]

Career finals

Singles (3 wins, 6 losses)

Legend (singles)
Grand Slam (0-0)
Tennis Masters Cup (0-0)
ATP Masters Series (1-1)
ATP International Series Gold (1-0)
ATP Tour (1-5)
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]

ATP Challenger and ITF Futures finals

Singles: 8 (4–4)

Legend
ATP Challenger (4–4)
ITF Futures (0–0)
Finals by surface
Hard (2–0)
Clay (2–3)
Grass (0–0)
Carpet (0–1)
Result W–L    Date    Tournament Tier Surface Opponent Score
Loss 0–1 Jul 1995 Scheveningen, Netherlands Challenger Clay Jordi Arrese 3–6, 7–6, 4–6
Win 1–1 Jul 1996 Montauban, France Challenger Clay Stephane Huet 6–4, 6–3
Loss 1–2 May 1997 Ljubljana, Slovenia Challenger Clay Brett Steven 6–7, 2–6
Loss 1–3 Mar 1998 Magdeburg, Germany Challenger Carpet Lars Burgsmuller 3–7, 4–6
Win 2–3 Jul 1999 Venice, Italy Challenger Clay Slava Dosedel 6–2, 6–0
Win 3–3 Nov 2004 Dnepropetrovsk, Ukraine Challenger Hard Karol Kucera walkover
Win 4–3 Dec 2004 Port Louis, Mauritius Challenger Hard Lee Hyung-taik 6–3, 6–1
Loss 4–4 May 2007 Tunis, Tunisia Challenger Clay Simone Bolelli 6–4, 6–7(4–7), 2–6

Doubles: 9 (5–4)

Legend
ATP Challenger (5–4)
ITF Futures (0–0)
Finals by surface
Hard (1–1)
Clay (4–2)
Grass (0–1)
Carpet (0–0)
Result W–L    Date    Tournament Tier Surface Partner Opponents Score
Win 1–0 Jul 1994 Prague, Czech Republic Challenger Clay Alex Radulescu Eyal Ran
Glenn Wilson 		6–4, 6–2
Win 2–0 Jul 1995 Scheveningen, Netherlands Challenger Clay Eyal Ran Emilio Benfele Álvarez
Pepe Imaz 		6–4, 6–4
Win 3–0 Sep 1995 Prostejov, Czech Republic Challenger Clay Glenn Wilson Jeff Belloli
Jack Waite 		7–5, 6–3
Loss 3–1 Jun 1996 Zagreb, Croatia Challenger Clay Clinton Ferreira Donald Johnson
Jack Waite 		6–3, 1–6, 0–6
Loss 3–2 Jul 1996 Montauban, France Challenger Clay Clinton Ferreira Gilles Bastie
Claude N'Goran 		4–6, 6–1, 6–7
Loss 3–3 Nov 1996 Port Louis, Mauritius Challenger Grass Sander Groen Patrick Baur
Joost Winnink 		1–0 ret.
Win 4–3 Sep 1999 Brasov, Romania Challenger Clay Gabriel Trifu Gheorghe Cosac
Dinu-Mihai Pescariu 		6–2, 6–2
Loss 4–4 Nov 2004 Dnepropetrovsk, Ukraine Challenger Hard Gabriel Trifu Karol Beck
Jaroslav Levinsky 		7–6(7–4), 6–7(4–7), 6–7(2–7)
Win 5–4 Dec 2004 Port Louis, Mauritius Challenger Hard Gabriel Trifu Jeff Coetzee
Rik De Voest 		6–3, 6–4

Junior Grand Slam finals

Singles: 1 (1 title)

Result Year Tournament Surface Opponent Score
Win 1992 French Open Clay Mose Navarra 6–1, 3–6, 6–3


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[a] 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, [7] does not count as a Pavel loss (nor a Federer win).

References

  1. ^ "Andrei Pavel şi-a deschis Academie de tenis în SUA".
  2. ^ "Marius Copil on tennisnet's Instagram livestream: "I miss Germany"". TennisNet. 7 February 2022. Retrieved 7 February 2022.
  3. ^ "Agassi Survives Three Tie Breakers". The New York Times. 7 February 2022. Retrieved 7 February 2022.
  4. ^ "The statistical tribute to Andrei Pavel (1990-2009)". MensTennisForums. 7 February 2022. Retrieved 7 February 2022.
  5. ^ "Coaches".
  6. ^ "Tenismanul Andrei Pavel a început o viaţă nouă în Gilbert, Arizona". Gandaculdecolorado. 7 February 2022. Retrieved 7 February 2022.
  7. ^ "Agassi sets up Federer tie". BBC Sport. September 6, 2004. Retrieved July 30, 2012.
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