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Andreas Seppi (born 21 February 1984) is an Italian former professional tennis player. He reached a career-high singles ATP rankings of world No. 18 on 28 January 2013. He became the first Italian to win a title on all three surfaces.
He considered grass and indoor hard courts his favourite surfaces and was coached by Massimo Sartori. His nicknames are Andy and also Seppio, given to him by his coach.
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 at the 2005 Hamburg Masters, 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.
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. 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.
He made the quarterfinals 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 made the semifinals of the 2008 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, before losing to Roger Federer in the semi-finals.
In 2009 Seppi made the semifinals 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.
Seppi won his second ATP title in 2012 at Belgrade defeating David Nalbandian in the semi-finals and Benoît Paire in the final.
En route the quarterfinals at the 2012 Rome Masters, he defeated Stanislas Wawrinka in the third round, 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. He defeated former World No. 3 Nikolay Davydenko in the first round and former top ten player Fernando Verdasco along the way.
He did not fare as well at the other Grand Slam tournaments, losing in the first round of the Australian and US Opens as well as Wimbledon.
He won his third title at the 2012 Kremlin Cup defeating Thomaz Bellucci.
Seppi finished the year 2012 ranked World No. 23 in singles, his best year-end ranking in his career.
At the Sydney International the following week, Seppi reached the semifinals as the third seed, losing to eventual champion Tomic.
Seppi reached the fourth round of the 2013 Australian Open for the first time at this Major, a result which saw him enter the top 20 in singles for the first time at a career-high of World No. 18 on 28 January 2013.
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) and a fourth-round loss in Miami to Andy Murray, who went on to win the tournament.
At the Rotterdam Open, he was defeated by Tomáš Berdych in the first round. He then lost to Michaël 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 rounds 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.
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.
In June, at the 2015 Gerry Weber Open, Roger Federer took his revenge for the earlier in the year loss over Seppi by winning the title. This was the biggest title championship match thus far for Seppi that he lost in straight sets.
Seppi finished the year ranked World No. 87 in singles.
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.
At the 2018 ABN AMRO World Tennis Tournament, 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. In the second round, he upset No.3 seed, Alexander Zverev in straights sets. In the quarterfinals, he defeated Daniil Medvedev to reach the semifinals, but lost to the newly returned to the No.1 position in the ATP rankings, Roger Federer in straight sets, failing to get the spot in the final.
He also reached the final of the 2020 New York Open where he was defeated by Kyle Edmund.
At the 2021 US Open he reached the second round after a five setter with a final set tiebreak 2–6, 7–5, 6–4, 2–6, 7–6(13) where he defeated Márton Fucsovics, saving 5 match points. He then went on to reach the third round for the fourth time in his career defeating tenth seed Hubert Hurkacz in a stunning victory in four sets also with a final set tiebreak 2–6 6–4 6–4 7–6(6).
He failed to qualify for the 2022 French Open ending his consecutive appearances streak at this Major and overall in Majors. He also failed to qualify for the 2022 Wimbledon Championships. As of the 2022 US Open he was in sixth place on the list of Grand Slam appearances overall with 67.
In early October, he announced his retirement after the Sparkassen ATP Challenger in Ortisei, his hometown. He lost in the first round to Yannick Hanfmann.
| Grand Slam tournaments | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Australian Open | A | A | Q3 | Q2 | 1R | 2R | 2R | 1R | 1R | 2R | 1R | 4R | 2R | 4R | 3R | 4R | 4R | 3R | 2R | 1R | 1R | 0 / 17 | 21–17 | 55% |
| French Open | A | A | Q3 | Q2 | 1R | 1R | 1R | 2R | 2R | 2R | 4R | 3R | 3R | 1R | 1R | 2R | 1R | 1R | 1R | 2R | Q1 | 0 / 16 | 12–16 | 44% |
| Wimbledon | A | A | Q2 | 1R | 2R | 2R | 3R | 3R | 2R | 2R | 1R | 4R | 1R | 3R | 2R | 2R | 2R | 2R | NH | 2R | Q3 | 0 / 16 | 18–16 | 53% |
| US Open | A | A | 2R | 1R | 1R | 1R | 3R | 1R | 1R | 1R | 1R | 3R | 2R | 3R | 2R | 1R | 2R | 1R | 1R | 3R | Q3 | 0 / 18 | 12–18 | 40% |
| ATP Masters 1000 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Indian Wells Open | A | A | A | Q2 | 1R | 2R | 2R | 2R | 2R | 1R | 2R | 3R | 3R | 3R | 2R | A | A | 1R | NH | A | Q1 | 0 / 12 | 9–12 | 43% |
| Miami Open | A | A | A | 1R | 1R | 1R | 2R | 2R | 1R | 2R | 1R | 4R | 3R | A | 2R | 2R | A | A | NH | A | Q2 | 0 / 12 | 8–12 | 40% |
| Monte-Carlo Masters | A | A | A | 2R | 2R | 2R | 2R | 2R | 2R | A | 2R | 1R | 3R | 1R | A | 1R | 3R | 1R | NH | A | A | 0 / 13 | 11–13 | 46% |
| Madrid Open | A | A | Q1 | Q2 | Q1 | A | 1R | 3R | 1R | A | 2R | 1R | 1R | A | A | Q2 | A | 1R | NH | A | A | 0 / 7 | 3–7 | 30% |
| German Open | A | A | 1R | QF | 2R | Q2 | SF | Not Masters Series | 0 / 4 | 8–4 | 67% | |||||||||||||
| Italian Open | A | A | 1R | 2R | 1R | LQ | 2R | 2R | 2R | 1R | QF | 1R | 1R | A | 2R | 1R | 1R | 1R | A | A | A | 0 / 14 | 8–14 | 36% |
| Canadian Open | A | A | A | Q1 | Q1 | A | 1R | A | A | 1R | 1R | 2R | 2R | 1R | A | A | A | A | NH | A | A | 0 / 6 | 2–6 | 25% |
| Cincinnati Open | A | A | A | Q1 | 1R | Q2 | 3R | 2R | A | 1R | 2R | 1R | 2R | 2R | A | A | A | A | Q1 | Q1 | A | 0 / 8 | 6–8 | 43% |
| Shanghai Masters | Not Masters Series | A | 3R | A | 2R | 2R | A | 1R | Q1 | A | 2R | A | NH | 0 / 5 | 5–5 | 50% | ||||||||
| Paris Masters | A | A | A | 1R | 1R | 2R | 1R | 2R | Q1 | 3R | 2R | 1R | Q1 | 2R | 1R | Q1 | Q1 | 2R | A | Q2 | A | 0 / 11 | 6–11 | 35% |
| Win–loss | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–2 | 5–5 | 2–7 | 3–4 | 10–9 | 8–7 | 5–6 | 3–6 | 9–9 | 5–9 | 6–7 | 3–6 | 3–4 | 1–3 | 3–3 | 0–5 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0 / 92 | 66–92 | 42% |
| Career statistics | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2021 | Career | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Tournaments | 0 | 2 | 9 | 16 | 28 | 23 | 28 | 28 | 28 | 25 | 27 | 27 | 28 | 24 | 24 | 17 | 21 | 24 | 7 | 13 | 5 | Career total: 404 | ||
| Titles | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Career total: 3 | ||
| Finals | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Career total: 10 | ||
| Overall win–loss | 0–0 | 0–2 | 7–10 | 19–17 | 20–30 | 22–24 | 30–30 | 24–31 | 24–28 | 25–24 | 38–27 | 30–29 | 24–30 | 26–25 | 20–25 | 18–18 | 24–23 | 19–24 | 7–7 | 7–13 | 2–5 | 3 / 404 | 386–422 | |
| Win (%) | 0% | 0% | 41% | 53% | 40% | 48% | 50% | 44% | 46% | 51% | 58% | 51% | 44% | 51% | 44% | 50% | 51% | 44% | 50% | 35% | Career total: | |||
| Year End Ranking | 353 | 240 | 146 | 68 | 74 | 50 | 35 | 49 | 52 | 38 | 23 | 25 | 45 | 29 | 87 | 86 | 37 | 72 | 105 | 102 | 358 | |||
| Grand Slam tournaments | |||||||||||||||||||
| Australian Open | A | A | A | 1R | QF | 3R | 1R | 1R | 2R | 2R | 1R | 3R | A | A | 1R | 1R | A | A | 9–11 |
| French Open | A | 1R | A | 1R | 2R | 1R | 1R | 1R | 2R | 1R | 1R | 1R | 2R | 3R | 1R | A | A | A | 5–13 |
| Wimbledon | A | 1R | A | 1R | 1R | 2R | 1R | 3R | 2R | 1R | 1R | 1R | 1R | 1R | 1R | NH | A | A | 4–13 |
| US Open | 1R | 1R | 1R | 1R | 3R | 1R | QF | 1R | 1R | 2R | 2R | 2R | 2R | 2R | 2R | A | A | A | 11–15 |
| Win–loss | 0–1 | 0–3 | 0–1 | 0–4 | 6–4 | 3–4 | 3–4 | 2–4 | 3–4 | 2–4 | 1–4 | 3–4 | 2–3 | 3–3 | 1–4 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 29–52 |
| {class="wikitable" style=font-size:90% !Legend |
| Grand Slam (0–0) |
| ATP Finals (0–0) |
| ATP Masters 1000 (0–0) |
| ATP 500 Series (0–1) |
| International / ATP 250 Series (3–6) |
| Hard (1–4) |
| Clay (1–1) |
| Grass (1–2) |
| Carpet (0–0) |
| Outdoor (2–4) |
| Indoor (1–3) |
| Loss | 0–1 | Swiss Open, Switzerland | International | Clay | Paul-Henri Mathieu | 7–6(7–1), 4–6, 5–7 | |
| Win | 1–1 | Eastbourne International, United Kingdom | 250 Series | Grass | Janko Tipsarević | 7–6(7–5), 3–6, 5–3 ret. | |
| Win | 2–1 | Serbia Open, Serbia | 250 Series | Clay | Benoît Paire | 6–3, 6–2 | |
| Loss | 2–2 | Eastbourne International, United Kingdom | 250 Series | Grass | Andy Roddick | 3–6, 2–6 | |
| Loss | 2–3 | Moselle Open, France | 250 Series | Hard (i) | Jo-Wilfried Tsonga | 1–6, 2–6 | |
| Win | 3–3 | Kremlin Cup, Russia | 250 Series | Hard (i) | Thomaz Bellucci | 3–6, 7–6(7–3), 6–3 | |
| Loss | 3–4 | Zagreb Indoors, Croatia | 250 Series | Hard (i) | Guillermo García López | 6–7(5–7), 3–6 | |
| Loss | 3–5 | Halle Open, Germany | 500 Series | Grass | Roger Federer | 6–7(1–7), 4–6 | |
| Loss | 3–6 | Sydney International, Australia | 250 Series | Hard | Alex de Minaur | 5–7, 6–7(5–7) | |
| Loss | 3–7 | Feb 2020 | New York Open, United States | 250 Series | Hard (i) | Kyle Edmund | 5–7, 1–6 |
| {class="wikitable" style=font-size:90% !Legend |
| Grand Slam (0–0) |
| ATP Finals (0–0) |
| ATP Masters 1000 (0–0) |
| ATP 500 Series (1–2) |
| International / ATP 250 Series (0–4) |
| Hard (1–3) |
| Clay (0–1) |
| Grass (0–1) |
| Carpet (0–1) |
| Outdoor (1–5) |
| Indoor (0–1) |
| Loss | 0–1 | Zagreb Indoors, Croatia | International | Carpet (i) | Davide Sanguinetti | Jaroslav Levinský Michal Mertiňák | 6–7(7–9), 1–6 | |
| Loss | 0–2 | Swedish Open, Sweden | 250 Series | Clay | Simone Vagnozzi | Robert Lindstedt Horia Tecău | 4–6, 5–7 | |
| Loss | 0–3 | Japan Open, Japan | 500 Series | Hard | Dmitry Tursunov | Eric Butorac Jean-Julien Rojer | 3–6, 2–6 | |
| Loss | 0–4 | Qatar Open, Qatar | 250 Series | Hard | Daniele Bracciali | Marc López Rafael Nadal | 3–6, 6–7(4–7) | |
| Loss | 0–5 | Eastbourne International, UK | 250 Series | Grass | Grigor Dimitrov | Jonathan Erlich Andy Ram | 3–6, 3–6 | |
| Loss | 0–6 | China Open, China | 500 Series | Hard | Fabio Fognini | Max Mirnyi Horia Tecău | 4–6, 2–6 | |
| Win | 1–6 | Dubai Tennis Championships, UAE | 500 Series | Hard | Simone Bolelli | Feliciano López Marc López | 6–2, 3–6, 14–12 |
| {class=wikitable style=font-size:90% !Legend (singles) |
| ATP Challenger Tour (10–3) |
| ITF Futures Tour (1–0) |
| Hard (8–1) |
| Clay (2–1) |
| Grass (0–0) |
| Carpet (1–1) |
| Win | 1–0 | Germany F1C, Munich | Futures | Carpet (i) | Lars Uebel | 6–4, 7–5 | |
| Loss | 1–1 | Oberstaufen Cup, Germany | Challenger | Clay | Martín Vassallo Argüello | 1–6, 4–6 | |
| Loss | 1–2 | Sunrise, United States | Challenger | Hard | Gaël Monfils | 3–6, 6–1, 1–6 | |
| Win | 2–2 | Bergamo, Italy | Challenger | Hard (i) | Julien Benneteau | 2–6, 6–2, 7–5 | |
| Win | 3–2 | San Marino, San Marino | Challenger | Clay | Potito Starace | 7–6(7–4), 2–6, 6–4 | |
| Win | 4–2 | Kitzbühel, Austria | Challenger | Clay | Victor Crivoi | 6–2, 6–1 | |
| Win | 5–2 | Bergamo, Italy | Challenger | Hard (i) | Gilles Müller | 3–6, 6–3, 6–4 | |
| Win | 6–2 | Ethias Trophy, Belgium | Challenger | Hard (i) | Julien Benneteau | 2–6, 6–3, 7–6(7–4) | |
| Loss | 6–3 | Ortisei, Italy | Challenger | Carpet | Benjamin Becker | 1–6, 4–6 | |
| Win | 7–3 | Ortisei, Italy | Challenger | Hard (i) | Simon Greul | 7–6(7–4), 6–2 | |
| Win | 8–3 | Ortisei, Italy | Challenger | Hard (i) | Matthias Bachinger | 6–4, 6–3 | |
| Win | 9–3 | Canberra, Australia | Challenger | Hard | Márton Fucsovics | 5–7, 6–4, 6–3 | |
| Win | 10–3 | Cary Challenger, United States | Challenger | Hard | Michael Mmoh | 6–2, 6–7, 6–3 | |
| Win | 11–3 | Biella, Italy | Challenger | Hard (i) | Liam Broady | 6–2, 6–1 |
| {class=wikitable style=font-size:90% !Legend (doubles) |
| ATP Challenger Tour (1–1) |
| ITF Futures Tour (0–0) |
| Hard (1–0) |
| Clay (0–1) |
| Grass (0–0) |
| Carpet (0–0) |
| Loss | 0–1 | Reggio Emilia, Italy | Challenger | Clay | Simone Vagnozzi | Tomas Behrend Tomas Tenconi | 4–6, 2–6 | |
| Win | 1–1 | Bergamo, Italy | Challenger | Hard (i) | Simone Bolelli | James Cerretani Igor Zelenay | 6–3, 6–0 |
| 10 |
| 2005 | ||||||
| 1. | Guillermo Cañas | 10 | German Open, Germany | Clay | 2R | 7–6(11–9), 6–2 |
| 2006 | ||||||
| 2. | Lleyton Hewitt | 4 | Sydney International, Australia | Hard | QF | 4–6, 7–5, 7–5 |
| 2007 | ||||||
| 3. | Mario Ančić | 9 | Open 13, France | Hard (i) | 1R | 4–0, ret. |
| 2008 | ||||||
| 4. | Rafael Nadal | 2 | Rotterdam Open, Netherlands | Hard (i) | 2R | 3–6, 6–3, 6–4 |
| 5. | Richard Gasquet | 9 | German Open, Germany | Clay | 2R | 6–3, 6–2 |
| 2012 | ||||||
| 6. | John Isner | 10 | Italian Open, Italy | Clay | 2R | 2–6, 7–6(7–5), 7–5 |
| 2015 | ||||||
| 7. | Roger Federer | 2 | Australian Open, Australia | Hard | 3R | 6–4, 7–6(7–5), 4–6, 7–6(7–5) |
| 8. | Kei Nishikori | 5 | Halle Open, Germany | Grass | SF | 4–1, ret. |
| 2018 | ||||||
| 9. | Alexander Zverev | 4 | Rotterdam Open, Netherlands | Hard (i) | 2R | 6–4, 6–3 |
| 2019 | ||||||
| 10. | Karen Khachanov | 8 | Kremlin Cup, Russia | Hard (i) | QF | 3–6, 6–3, 6–3 |
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