Andreas Seppi

Seppi in 2014
Country (sports)	Italy
Residence	Kaltern an der Weinstraße, South Tyrol, Italy
Born	(1984-02-21) 21 February 1984 (age 34) Bolzano, Italy
Height	1.91 m (6 ft 3 in)
Turned pro	2002
Plays	Right-handed (two-handed backhand)
Coach	Massimo Sartori
Prize money	US$ 9,821,519
Official website	andreasseppi.com
Singles
Career record	351–373 (48.48% in Grand Slam and ATP World Tour main draw matches, and in Davis Cup)
Career titles	3
Highest ranking	No. 18 (28 January 2013)
Current ranking	No. 38 (19 November 2018)[1]
Grand Slam Singles results
Australian Open	4R (2013, 2015, 2017, 2018)
French Open	4R (2012)
Wimbledon	4R (2013)
US Open	3R (2008, 2013, 2015)
Other tournaments
Olympic Games	2R (2008, 2012, 2016)
Doubles
Career record	110–218 (33.54%)
Career titles	1
Highest ranking	No. 50 (14 April 2014)
Current ranking	No. 228 (19 November 2018)
Grand Slam Doubles results
Australian Open	QF (2009)
French Open	3R (2018)
Wimbledon	3R (2012)
US Open	QF (2011)
Other doubles tournaments
Olympic Games	QF (2016)
Mixed doubles
Career record	5–3 (62.5%)
Grand Slam Mixed Doubles results
Wimbledon	2R (2011)
Other mixed doubles tournaments
Olympic Games	1R (2012)
Team competitions
Davis Cup	SF (2014)
Hopman Cup	RR (2013, 2014)
Last updated on: 25 November 2018.

Andreas Seppi (German pronunciation: [ʔanˈdreːas ˈsɛpi];^[2]Italian: [anˈdrɛːas ˈsɛppi];^[3] born 21 February 1984) is an Italian professional tennis player from the South Tyrol region in northern Italy, who turned professional in 2002. He considers clay and hard courts his favourite surfaces and is coached by Massimo Sartori.^[4] Seppi has reached a career-high singles ranking of World No. 18.

Tennis career[edit]

Early career[edit]

Seppi turned pro in 2001, playing exclusively on the ATP Futures and ATP Challenger Series circuit for three seasons. He won his first Futures event in 2003, in Munich, Germany, defeating Lars Übel. In addition, he qualified for his first two ATP events in Kitzbühel and Bucharest, where he was defeated by Olivier Mutis and José Acasuso, respectively.

In 2004, Seppi made his Davis Cup debut against Georgia, losing to Irakli Labadze in five sets. In Kitzbühel, Seppi failed to convert 10 match points against Rainer Schüttler in a second-round loss. A few weeks later, Seppi was able to gain revenge for this loss. In his Grand Slam debut as a qualifier, he defeated Schüttler, coming from two sets to love down.^[5] Seppi finished the 2005 season in the top 100 for the first time. He qualified for four ATP Masters Series events, with his best performance in Hamburg, where he reached the quarterfinals. In the Davis Cup, Seppi came back from two sets to love down and defeated Juan Carlos Ferrero, before losing to Rafael Nadal in the reverse singles. After this performance, he reached his first ATP Tour semifinal in Palermo, where he defeated defending champion Tomáš Berdych, before falling to Igor Andreev.

2006–2007[edit]

In 2006, Seppi made semifinals on hard courts in Sydney and grass in Nottingham, showing that he was able to perform well on other surfaces besides clay. Seppi ended the streak of four consecutive Sydney titles for Lleyton Hewitt and, in the process, saved two match points. Seppi lost against Andre Agassi in his last appearance at Wimbledon.

At the 2007 Australian Open, Seppi defeated American Bobby Reynolds in five sets, after saving a match point. The match was scheduled for the afternoon, but was put back due to the heat.^[6] This match finished at 3:34 am, which was at the time the latest time for a match to be completed until it was surpassed by the Lleyton Hewitt and Marcos Baghdatis match at the 2008 Australian Open which started at 11:47pm and finished at 4:33am because of a two-hour delay.

Seppi made the final of the Sunrise Challenger, defeating Gustavo Kuerten, Juan Martín del Potro, and Nicolás Massú, and then losing to Gaël Monfils. After Sunrise, Seppi struggled with his ranking outside the top 100. He surprisingly made his first ATP Tour final in Gstaad, where he defeated Stefan Koubek and Igor Andreev both in third-set tiebreakers. Seppi led 5–3 in the third set and had the opportunity to serve for the championship but failed to do so losing to Paul-Henri Mathieu. Seppi made his first semi final indoors in Vienna defeating two-time defending champion Ivan Ljubičić along the way to complete the feat of at least making the semi finals of events played on clay, hardcourt, grass and indoors, eventually finishing in the top 80 for the third consecutive year.

2008–2010[edit]

Andreas Seppi at 2008 US Open

The 2008 season Seppi won his first Challenger title at Bergamo where he defeated Julien Benneteau in the final for the loss of 1 set in the tournament. He made the quarter-finals of the indoor event in Rotterdam where he defeated Lleyton Hewitt in the process saving a match point. Then he scored his biggest win over the then world number 2 Rafael Nadal before losing to Robin Söderling. Seppi qualified for the semi-finals of the Hamburg Masters, this was the first time he reached that stage of the Masters Series events, he defeated Richard Gasquet, Juan Mónaco and Nicolas Kiefer in a match where he led 6–3, 5–3 before winning which included Seppi winning the last 4 games and went for 3 hours and 13 minutes in duration,^[7] before losing to Roger Federer in the semi-finals.

In 2009 Seppi made the semi finals in Belgrade and in Umag both on clay, while winning his second Challenger title in San Marino defeating countryman Potito Starace in the final. Seppi found success at the challenger level in 2010 where he won his third challenger title at Kitzbühel accounting for Victor Crivoi in the final.

2011–2012: Breakthrough[edit]

For the second time Seppi won the Challenger title at Bergamo in 2011 and later in the year followed that victory with his first ATP title in 2011 at Eastbourne which came on grass defeating Janko Tipsarević in the final after the Serbian retired at 5–3 down in the 3rd set. Earlier in the day Seppi played Igor Kunitsyn in the semi final which he also won in 3 sets.

Seppi won his second ATP title in 2012 at Belgrade defeating David Nalbandian in the semi finals and Benoît Paire in the final. At the quarterfinals of the Rome Masters he defeated Stanislas Wawrinka, having saved six match points in the process.

Seppi reached the fourth round of a Grand Slam for the first time in his career at the 2012 French Open, eventually being defeated by world #1 Novak Djokovic in five sets having won the first two sets.^[8] He defeated former World No. 3 Nikolay Davydenko in the first round and former top ten player Fernando Verdasco along the way. He didn't fare well at the other Grand Slam tournaments, losing in the first round of the Australian and US Opens as well as Wimbledon.

Seppi at the 2014 Madrid Open

2013: Entering the top 20[edit]

Seppi started his 2013 season at the Hopman Cup, partnering 2010 French Open champion Francesca Schiavone. Seppi lost all three of his singles rubbers, to Novak Djokovic, Bernard Tomic and Tommy Haas, but combined with Schiavone to win all their doubles rubbers, against the Serbian pairing of Djokovic and Ana Ivanovic,^[9] the Australian pairing of Tomic and Ashleigh Barty^[10] and the German pairing of Haas and Tatjana Malek.^[11] The win over the Serbian pair of Djokovic and Ivanovic marked the first victory for Seppi and Schiavone over their respective opponents in any capacity, as Seppi has never defeated Djokovic^[12] and Schiavone has never beaten Ivanovic^[13] in professional singles matches.

At the Sydney International the following week, Seppi reached the semifinals as the third seed, losing to eventual champion Tomic.^[14]

Seppi reached the fourth round of the 2013 Australian Open, a result which saw him enter the world's top 20 for the first time.^[15]

Mixed results followed the Australian Open, with a quarterfinal loss in Dubai to eventual champion Djokovic (extending the Italian's winless record to 0–11)^[12][16] and a fourth-round loss in Miami to Andy Murray, who went on to win the tournament.^[17]

2014[edit]

Seppi's 2014 season started poorly; losing every match at the Hopman Cup. In the Sydney International, Seppi was seeded 3rd. He was defeated by Marinko Matosevic in the second round (bye first round).^[18] In the Australian Open, he beat Lleyton Hewitt in five sets but lost to Donald Young in the second round.

At the Rotterdam Open, he was defeated by Tomas Berdych in the first round. He then lost to Michael Llodra in Marseille. Seppi did manage to find some form in Dubai, reaching the second round by beating Florian Mayer coming from 3–0 down in the third set. The match ended 4–6, 6–1, 7–5. He was then defeated by Philipp Kohlschreiber. He reached the third of the Indian Wells and the Miami Masters losing to Stan Wawrinka and David Ferrer respectively. At the 2014 Monte-Carlo Rolex Masters Seppi defeated no.13 seed Mikhail Youzhny and Pablo Andújar but lost to Rafael Nadal in the third round.

2015[edit]

In January at the 2015 Australian Open, the unseeded Seppi caused a huge upset by beating second seed and four-time champion Roger Federer in the third round in four sets, after having lost to him in ten previous meetings.^[19] Seppi was defeated in the next round by Nick Kyrgios in five sets, despite having a match point in the fourth set.^[20]

Seppi's next tournament after the Australian Open was the 2015 PBZ Zagreb Indoors, where he was seeded fifth. There, he reached his first final since 2012 but lost to Spaniard Guillermo García-López in straight sets.^[21]

2016: Struggle with form & decline in rankings[edit]

He started off with a decent result in the 2016 Australian Open, as the 28th seed he managed to get to the third round before losing to eventual champion Novak Djokovic. He had two disappointing results in the 2016 Indian Wells Masters & the 2016 Miami Open, In the 2016 Indian Wells Masters he lost to 9th seed John Isner and in the 2016 Miami Open he lost to 27th seed Alexandr Dolgopolov. In the Italian Open he lost to Richard Gasquet in the second round. Seppi crashed out of the 2016 French Open in the first round to Ernest Gulbis. In 2016 Wimbledon Championships, Seppi smashed Guillermo García-López in straight sets before losing to eventual finalist Milos Raonic in the second round. In the US Open, Seppi beat Frenchman Stéphane Robert before falling to 4 seed Rafa Nadal.

2017[edit]

Seppi's first ATP tournament of the year was the Australian Open. After beating Paul-Henri Mathieu in the first round, he upset No.14 Nick Kyrgios, despite losing the first 2 sets of the match. He then took down Steve Darcis in 4 sets before falling to Stan Wawrinka in a tight 3-set, 3-tiebreak match.^[22] This matched Seppi's best result in singles at a Major. He then played the Sofia Open where he lost to Steve Darcis in the Round of 16. He lost in the first round of a challenger in Bergamo. He then lost in the first round of the Dubai Duty Free Tennis Championships to an in-form Fernando Verdasco.

2018: Semifinal Rotterdam Open[edit]

At the Australian Open 2018 He again reached the L16 before losing to Kyle Edmund in 4 sets. At the Rotterdam Open, he entered in the qualifying draw, but lost in qualifying competition to Martin Kližan. Seppi, then, gained a spot in the main draw as lucky loser, where he defeated João Sousa in three sets at first round. At second round, he upset a No.4, Alexander Zverev Jr. in straights sets. In the quarterfinals, he defeated Daniil Medvedev to reach the semifinal, but lost to a newly returning to the No.1 position in the ATP Rankings, Roger Federer in straight sets, failing, then, to get a spot in the 2018 ABN AMRO World Tennis Tournament final.

Personal life[edit]

Seppi is bilingual in both German and Italian. He also speaks English. He supports A.C. Milan and his nicknames are Andy and also Seppio, given to him by his coach.^[4]

Equipment and sponsoring[edit]

Seppi currently uses Pro Kennex tennis racquets and wears Fila gear.^[23]

ATP career finals[edit]

Singles: 8 (3 titles, 5 runner-ups)[edit]

Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Tier	Surface	Opponent	Score
Loss	0–1	Jul 2007	Swiss Open, Switzerland	International	Clay	Paul-Henri Mathieu	7–6(7–1), 4–6, 5–7
Win	1–1	Jun 2011	Eastbourne International, UK	250 Series	Grass	Janko Tipsarević	7–6(7–5), 3–6, 5–3 ret.
Win	2–1	May 2012	Serbia Open, Serbia	250 Series	Clay	Benoît Paire	6–3, 6–2
Loss	2–2	Jun 2012	Eastbourne International, UK	250 Series	Grass	Andy Roddick	3–6, 2–6
Loss	2–3	Sep 2012	Moselle Open, France	250 Series	Hard (i)	Jo-Wilfried Tsonga	1–6, 2–6
Win	3–3	Oct 2012	Kremlin Cup, Russia	250 Series	Hard (i)	Thomaz Bellucci	3–6, 7–6(7–3), 6–3
Loss	3–4	Feb 2015	Zagreb Indoors, Croatia	250 Series	Hard (i)	Guillermo García-López	6–7(5–7), 3–6
Loss	3–5	Jun 2015	Halle Open, Germany	500 Series	Grass	Roger Federer	6–7(1–7), 4–6

Doubles: 7 (1 title, 6 runner-ups)[edit]

Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Tier	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Loss	0–1	Feb 2006	Zagreb Indoors, Croatia	International	Carpet (i)	Davide Sanguinetti	Jaroslav Levinský Michal Mertiňák	6–7(7–9), 1–6
Loss	0–2	Jul 2010	Swedish Open, Sweden	250 Series	Clay	Simone Vagnozzi	Robert Lindstedt Horia Tecău	4–6, 5–7
Loss	0–3	Oct 2010	Japan Open, Japan	500 Series	Hard	Dmitry Tursunov	Eric Butorac Jean-Julien Rojer	3–6, 2–6
Loss	0–3	Jan 2011	Qatar Open, Qatar	250 Series	Hard	Daniele Bracciali	Marc López Rafael Nadal	3–6, 6–7(4–7)
Loss	0–4	Jun 2011	Eastbourne International, UK	250 Series	Grass	Grigor Dimitrov	Jonathan Erlich Andy Ram	3–6, 3–6
Loss	0–5	Oct 2013	China Open, China	500 Series	Hard	Fabio Fognini	Max Mirnyi Horia Tecău	4–6, 2–6
Win	1–5	Feb 2016	Dubai Tennis Championships, UAE	500 Series	Hard	Simone Bolelli	Feliciano López Marc López	6–2, 3–6, [14–12]

Challenger and Futures finals[edit]

Singles: 12 (9–3)[edit]

Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Tier	Surface	Opponent	Score
Win	1–0	Jan 2003	Germany F1C, Munich	Futures	Carpet (i)	Lars Übel	6–4, 7–5
Loss	1–1	Jul 2003	Sunrise, USA	Challenger	Hard	Gaël Monfils	3–6, 6–1, 1–6
Loss	1–2	Mar 2007	Oberstaufen, Germany	Challenger	Clay	Martín Vassallo Argüello	1–6, 4–6
Win	2–2	Feb 2008	Bergamo, Italy	Challenger	Hard (i)	Julien Benneteau	2–6, 6–2, 7–5
Win	3–2	Aug 2009	San Marino, San Marino	Challenger	Clay	Potito Starace	7–6(7–4), 2–6, 6–4
Win	4–2	Aug 2010	Kitzbühel, Austria	Challenger	Clay	Victor Crivoi	6–2, 6–1
Win	5–2	Feb 2011	Bergamo, Italy	Challenger	Hard (i)	Gilles Müller	3–6, 6–3, 6–4
Win	6–2	Oct 2011	Mons, Belgium	Challenger	Hard (i)	Julien Benneteau	2–6, 6–3, 7–6(7–4)
Loss	6–3	Nov 2012	Ortisei, Italy	Challenger	Carpet	Benjamin Becker	1–6, 4–6
Win	7–3	Nov 2013	Ortisei, Italy	Challenger	Hard (i)	Simon Greul	7–6(7–4), 6–2
Win	8–3	Nov 2014	Ortisei, Italy	Challenger	Hard (i)	Matthias Bachinger	6–4, 6–3
Win	9–3	Jan 2018	Canberra, Australia	Challenger	Hard	Márton Fucsovics	5–7, 6–4, 6–3

Doubles: 2 (1–1)[edit]

Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Tier	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Loss	0–1	Jun 2004	Reggio Emilia, Italy	Challenger	Clay	Simone Vagnozzi	Tomas Behrend Tomas Tenconi	4–6, 2–6
Win	1–1	Feb 2008	Bergamo, Italy	Challenger	Hard (i)	Simone Bolelli	James Cerretani Igor Zelenay	6–3, 6–0

Performance timelines[edit]

Singles[edit]

Current through the 2018 Swiss Indoors.

Doubles performance timeline[edit]

Top 10 wins[edit]

• He has a 9–82 (.099) record against players who were, at the time the match was played, ranked in the top 10.

#	Player	Rank	Event	Surface	Rd	Score
2005
1.	Guillermo Cañas	10	Hamburg, Germany	Clay	2R	7–6(11–9), 6–2
2006
2.	Lleyton Hewitt	4	Sydney, Australia	Hard	QF	4–6, 7–5, 7–5
2007
3.	Mario Ančić	9	Marseille, France	Hard (i)	1R	4–0, ret.
2008
4.	Rafael Nadal	2	Rotterdam, Netherlands	Hard (i)	2R	3–6, 6–3, 6–4
5.	Richard Gasquet	9	Hamburg, Germany	Clay	2R	6–3, 6–2
2012
6.	John Isner	10	Rome, Italy	Clay	2R	2–6, 7–6(7–5), 7–5
2015
7.	Roger Federer	2	Australian Open, Melbourne, Australia	Hard	3R	6–4, 7–6(7–5), 4–6, 7–6(7–5)
8.	Kei Nishikori	5	Halle, Germany	Grass	SF	4–1, ret.
2018
9.	Alexander Zverev	4	Rotterdam, Netherlands	Hard (i)	2R	6–4, 6–3

References[edit]

External links[edit]

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Andreas Seppi.

• Official Andreas Seppi website


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  Andreas Seppi at the Association of Tennis Professionals


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  Andreas Seppi at the Davis Cup


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  Andreas Seppi at the International Tennis Federation


• Seppi World Ranking History