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Swedish tennis player

Andreas Vinciguerra

Country (sports)	Sweden
Born	(1981-02-19) 19 February 1981 (age 44)
Height	1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
Turned pro	1998
Retired	2013
Plays	Left-handed (two-handed backhand)
Coach	Mikael Tillström
Prize money	$1,381,556
Career record	87–103
Career titles	1
Highest ranking	No. 33 (5 November 2001)
Australian Open	4R (2001)
French Open	2R (2001)
Wimbledon	2R (2000, 2001)
US Open	2R (2003)
Olympic Games	2R (2000)
Career record	11–22
Career titles	0
Highest ranking	No. 261 (19 February 2001)
Last updated on: 23 April 2022.

Andreas Vinciguerra (Italian pronunciation: [anˈdrɛːaz vintʃiˈɡwɛrra];^{[needs Swedish IPA]} born 19 February 1981) is a former tennis player from Sweden, who turned professional in 1998. He won 1 singles title in Copenhagen; reached the semi-finals of the 2001 Rome Masters and 2001 Paris Masters; and attained a career-high singles ranking of World No. 33 in November 2001.

Vinciguerra is of Italian origin on his father’s side.

As a junior, Vinciguerra reached as high as No. 6 in the world in 1998.

His Junior Slam results include:

Australian Open: F (1998)
French Open: SF (1998)
Wimbledon: –
US Open: 1R (1998)

He experienced significant problems with a back injury, but in 2006, he made a comeback.

Has played nine Davis Cup matches in singles, and won three .

In the 2009 World Group Playoffs in March 2009, Sweden faced Israel in Vinciguerra’s hometown. Dudi Sela first defeated Vinciguerra 11–9 in the fifth set. Harel Levy then beat Vinciguerra in the decisive final match in a marathon 3-hour, 44 minutes, 8–6 in the fifth set, to lead the Israeli team to a come-from-behind 3–2 victory over the 7-time Davis Cup champion Swedes at Baltic Hall in Malmö, Sweden, and allow Israel to advance in the 2009 Davis Cup.^[1]

After the Davis Cup, Vinciguerra reached his first tournament of the year the final at the Rome Challenger. He then received a wild card to the Swedish Open where he made it to the semifinals.

Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Tier	Surface	Opponent	Score
Loss	0-1	Jul 1998	Denmark F1, Kolding	Futures	Clay	Frederik Fetterlein	1–6, 2–6
Win	1-1	Oct 1998	Finland F4, Oulu	Futures	Carpet	Olivier Tauma	6–3, 1–0 ret.
Win	2-1	Sep 1999	Szczecin, Poland	Challenger	Clay	Juan Antonio Marín	6–2, 6–4
Win	3-1	Jun 2000	Prostějov, Czech Republic	Challenger	Clay	Jérôme Golmard	walkover
Loss	3-2	Mar 2006	Sarajevo, Bosnia & Herzegovina	Challenger	Hard	Andreas Beck	6–2, 6–7(1–7), 6–7(4–7)
Loss	3-3	Aug 2006	Trani, Italy	Challenger	Hard	Juan Pablo Guzmán	1–6, 6–3, 6–7(1–7)
Win	4-3	Aug 2006	Manerbio, Italy	Challenger	Clay	Adrián García	7–6(7–3), 6–1
Loss	4-4	Sep 2006	Düsseldorf, Germany	Challenger	Clay	Evgeny Korolev	6–7(4–7), 3–6
Loss	4-5	Apr 2009	Rome, Italy	Challenger	Clay	Daniel Köllerer	3–6, 3–6
Win	5-5	Oct 2012	Sweden F7, Jönköping	Futures	Hard	Érik Chvojka	6–4, 7–6(7–3)

(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.