Андрей Медведев: Украин теннисшісінің мансабы

Ukrainian tennis player

Andrei Medvedev (Андрій Медведєв; born 31 August 1974) is a Ukrainian former professional tennis player. Medvedev reached the final of the 1999 French Open, the French Open semifinals in 1993, and won four Masters titles during his career, achieving a career high ranking of world No. 4 in May 1994.

In 1991, Medvedev won the junior singles title at the French Open. As a 17 year old the following year, Medvedev won his first two ATP Tour titles in Genoa and Stuttgart (where he beat then world No. 2 Stefan Edberg, and finished the season ranked within the world's top 25. His most successful tournament was the Hamburg Masters (formerly the German Open), which he won three times (1994, 1995 and 1997). He reached a career high singles ranking of world No. 4. In the late 1990s, Medvedev's form and results began to flounder until he unexpectedly reached the final of the 1999 French Open where — ranked 100 — he defeated Dinu Pescariu, Pete Sampras, Byron Black, Arnaud Di Pasquale, Gustavo Kuerten and Fernando Meligeni en route. Medvedev dominated the first two sets of the final against Andre Agassi before Agassi mounted a come from behind victory, which allowed him to complete a career Grand Slam. Afterwards, Medvedev did not score further notable results, and retired from the tour in 2001. One main rival of Medvedev was Sergi Bruguera. While their head to head record ended deadlocked at 5–5, Bruguera was able to win their two most important matches — the semifinals and quarterfinals of the 1993 and 1994 French Opens, respectively, with Bruguera winning both matches in straight sets. In the French Open tournament, Medvedev lost six times to the eventual champion (1992–95, 1997 and 1999).

His sister, Natalia Medvedeva, formerly a top 25 player on the WTA Tour, partnered with Andrei to represent Ukraine at the seventh Hopman Cup in 1995, finishing runners up to Germany's Boris Becker and Anke Huber (Medvedev's girlfriend back then) in the final.