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Robert Louis Ginepri ( ; born October 7, 1982) is an American tennis coach and a former professional player. He won three ATP singles titles in his career and achieved a career-high ranking of World No. 15 in December 2005. Ginepri's best Grand Slam result was the semifinals of the 2005 US Open.
In August, he reached the semifinals of an ATP Masters Series tournament for the first time in his career, in Cincinnati, Ohio. He beat 2005 French Open runner-up Mariano Puerta in the first round, David Ferrer in the second round, 1998 French Open champion Carlos Moyá in the third round, and two-time Grand Slam singles titlist Marat Safin in the quarterfinals. He then lost to world no. 1 Roger Federer in the semifinals.
His summer hardcourt record was 14–3 when he arrived two weeks later at the 2005 US Open as an unseeded player. After defeating Guillermo Garcia-Lopez in the first round, and Andy Roddick's conqueror, Gilles Müller, in the second round, both in straight sets, Ginepri then put together three consecutive five-set wins, defeating Tommy Haas in the third round, Richard Gasquet in the fourth round, and Guillermo Coria in the quarterfinals. He then lost to Andre Agassi in the semifinals in five sets. Ginepri thus became the first player in the Open Era to play four consecutive five-set matches at the US Open.
In November at the Madrid Masters, Ginepri made it to another ATP Masters Series semifinal, before losing to eventual champion Rafael Nadal. He also won the inaugural Superset Tennis tournament, a groundbreaking one-set, one-day tournament, earning him prize money of $250,000. He reached world No. 15 in the ATP rankings on 26 December 2005, the highest ranking of his career.
Ginepri lost in the third round of both the 2007 Australian Open and the US Open and the first round of both the French Open and Wimbledon. He finished the year 2007 ranked outside the top 100 for the first time since 2002, at world No. 134.
Ginepri then played the Tennis Masters Series Pacific Life Open in Indian Wells, California, losing in the second round to Carlos Moyá. At the Hypo Group Tennis International in Pörtschach, Austria, Ginepri lost in the quarterfinals to Juan Mónaco. He then made it to the fourth round of the 2008 French Open, before losing to 24th-seeded Fernando González.
On grass court, Ginepri lost in the second round of The Artois Championships in London to Andy Roddick and the first round of Wimbledon to Gonzalez. On June 23, 2008, Ginepri's ranking was world No. 59, a rise of 112 places since January 28, 2008. In August 2008, Ginepri made his Olympic debut at the 2008 Olympic Games in Beijing, China.
In July 2009, Ginepri made his debut in the World Team Tennis league, playing for the new Washington Kastles team. At the 2009 US Open, Ginepri advanced to the second round, before losing to Nicolás Almagro in five sets.
In October, Ginepri was involved in a biking accident causing him to have surgery on his arm. He didn't return to the pro tour until July 2011.
Ginepri participated in the 2011 Atlanta Tennis Championships as a wildcard. His first match was against fellow wildcard Tommy Haas. He received a wildcard to the US Open, where he defeated Brazilian João Souza in the first round in a four-set match. He then lost to John Isner in the second round.
In 2014, having competed in futures tournaments throughout the start of the season, Ginepri participated in his first Challenger at the 2014 Sarasota Open, retiring after one match in the first round of qualifying. After winning the USTA wildcard entry for the 2014 French Open, he lost to Rafael Nadal in the first round, in straight sets.
On February 22, 2007, Ginepri participated on Spike TV's Pros vs. Joes with Rik Smits, Rob Dibble, and Andre Rison. In 2012, he was briefly linked with actress Minnie Driver.
Ginepri coached the U.S. Davis Cup team starting in February 2018. At the same time he continued to coach Frances Tiafoe, with whom he started working since the fall of 2016, until the end of the 2018 season, but not on a completely full-time basis. He started coaching Marcos Giron in mid-2020 season, during the summer, into the 2021 season.
Ginepri coached Mackenzie McDonald in 2023, JJ Wolf in 2024. He coached Alex Michelsen also in 2024 starting around the US Open until the end of the 2025 season.
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| ATP World Tour Finals (0–0) |
| ATP Masters Series (0–0) |
| ATP Championship Series (0–0) |
| ATP International Series (3–0) |
| Hard (2–0) |
| Clay (0–0) |
| Grass (1–0) |
| Carpet (0–0) |
| Outdoors (3–0) |
| Indoors (0–0) |
| Win | 1–0 | Newport, United States | International Series | Grass | Jürgen Melzer | 6–4, 6–7(3–7), 6–1 | |
| Win | 2–0 | Indianapolis, United States | International Series | Hard | Taylor Dent | 4–6, 6–0, 3–0 ret. | |
| Win | 3–0 | Indianapolis, United States | 250 Series | Hard | Sam Querrey | 6–2, 6–4 |
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| ATP World Tour Finals (0–0) |
| ATP Masters Series (0–0) |
| ATP Championship Series (0–0) |
| ATP International Series (0–1) |
| Hard (0–1) |
| Clay (0–0) |
| Grass (0–0) |
| Carpet (0–0) |
| Outdoors (0–1) |
| Indoors (0–0) |
| Loss | 0–1 | Indianapolis, United States | International Series | Hard | Diego Ayala | Mario Ančić Andy Ram | 6–2, 6–7(3–7), 5–7 |
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| ATP Challenger (5–5) |
| ITF Futures (2–0) |
| Hard (4–5) |
| Clay (3–0) |
| Grass (0–0) |
| Carpet (0–0) |
| Win | 1–0 | USA F15, Sunnyvale | Futures | Hard | Alex Kim | 6–4, 6–3 | |
| Loss | 1–1 | Urbana, United States | Challenger | Hard | Ivo Karlovic | 4–6, 6–7(5–7) | |
| Win | 2–1 | Rocky Mount, United States | Challenger | Clay | Alex Kim | 6–3, 6–4 | |
| Win | 3–1 | Burbank, United States | Challenger | Hard | Bjorn Rehnquist | 7–6(8–6), 6–1 | |
| Win | 4–1 | Champaign-Urbana, United States | Challenger | Hard | Eric Taino | 6–1, 3–6, 6–3 | |
| Win | 5–1 | Waikoloa, United States | Challenger | Hard | Neville Godwin | 6–3, 6–3 | |
| Loss | 5–2 | Tallahassee, United States | Challenger | Hard | Brian Dabul | 6–4, 0–4 ret. | |
| Loss | 5–3 | Vancouver, Canada | Challenger | Hard | James Ward | 5–7, 4–6 | |
| Loss | 5–4 | Honolulu, United States | Challenger | Hard | Go Soeda | 3–6, 6–7(5–7) | |
| Win | 6–4 | USA F2, Sunrise | Futures | Clay | Benjamin Balleret | 6–4, 6–2 | |
| Loss | 6–5 | Dallas, United States | Challenger | Hard | Rhyne Williams | 5–7, 3–6 | |
| Win | 7–5 | Tallahassee, United States | Challenger | Clay | Frank Dancevic | 6–3, 6–4 |
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| ATP Challenger (0–0) |
| ITF Futures (0–1) |
| Hard (0–1) |
| Clay (0–0) |
| Grass (0–0) |
| Carpet (0–0) |
| Loss | 0–1 | USA F15, Sunnyvale | Futures | Hard | Ryan Sachire | Jeff Laski Nick Rainey | 3–6, 6–3, 6–7(4–7) |
| Grand Slam tournaments | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Australian Open | A | A | 2R | 4R | 1R | 2R | 3R | Q1 | 1R | 1R | A | Q1 | A | A | Q1 | 7–7 | ||||
| French Open | A | 1R | A | 1R | 1R | 1R | 1R | 4R | 1R | 4R | A | Q1 | Q1 | 1R | A | 6–9 | ||||
| Wimbledon | A | A | 1R | 4R | 1R | 1R | 1R | 1R | 1R | 1R | A | Q1 | A | A | A | 3–8 | ||||
| US Open | 2R | 1R | 3R | 1R | SF | 3R | 3R | 2R | 2R | 1R | 2R | 1R | Q2 | A | A | 15–12 | ||||
| ATP World Tour Masters 1000 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Indian Wells | A | A | QF | 2R | 2R | 2R | 2R | 2R | A | 1R | A | 2R | A | 1R | A | 7–9 | ||||
| Miami Masters | 1R | 1R | QF | 3R | 2R | 3R | 1R | A | A | 1R | A | A | 1R | A | A | 8–9 | ||||
| Monte Carlo | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | 0–0 | ||||
| Rome Masters | A | A | A | 1R | A | 2R | 1R | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | 1–3 | ||||
| Madrid | A | A | 3R | 2R | SF | QF | 2R | 3R | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | 12–6 | ||||
| Hamburg Masters | A | A | A | 1R | A | 1R | 1R | A | NMS | 0–3 | ||||||||||
| Canada | A | A | 1R | 1R | A | 1R | 1R | 2R | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | 1–5 | ||||
| Cincinnati | A | 1R | QF | 1R | SF | 3R | 2R | 2R | 1R | 2R | 1R | LQ | LQ | 2R | A | 13–11 | ||||
| Shanghai | NMS | LQ | A | A | A | A | A | A | 0–0 | |||||||||||
| Paris Masters | A | A | 1R | A | 3R | 3R | A | 1R | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | 3–4 | ||||
| Career statistics | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Year-end ranking | 175 | 100 | 32 | 63 | 15 | 51 | 134 | 51 | 100 | 144 | 311 | 287 | 214 | 223 | 995 ! | |||||
| Grand Slam tournaments | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Australian Open | A | A | A | A | A | 1R | 1R | A | A | 1R | A | A !0 / 3 !0–3 ! | ||||||||||||
| French Open | A | A | A | A | 1R | 1R | A | 1R | A | 1R | A | A !0 / 4 !0–4 ! | ||||||||||||
| Wimbledon | A | A | A | A | 1R | A | A | 2R | A | A | A | A !0 / 2 !1–2 ! | ||||||||||||
| US Open | 1R | 2R | 1R | 2R | 1R | 1R | 1R | 1R | 1R | 1R | 1R | 1R !0 / 12 !2–12 ! | ||||||||||||
| ATP Tour Masters 1000 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Indian Wells | A | A | A | 1R | A | A | 1R | A | A | A | A | A !0 / 2 !0–2 ! | ||||||||||||
| Miami | A | Q1 | A | 2R | A | 2R | 2R | A | A | A | A | A !0 / 3 !3–3 ! | ||||||||||||
| Hamburg | A | A | A | A | A | A | 1R | A | A | Not Masters Series !0 / 1 !0–1 ! | ||||||||||||||
| Rome Masters | A | A | A | A | A | A | 1R | A | A | A | A | A !0 / 1 !0–1 ! | ||||||||||||
| Canada | A | A | A | A | A | A | 1R | A | A | A | A | A !0 / 1 !0–1 ! | ||||||||||||
| Cincinnati | A | 1R | A | A | 1R | A | A | A | A | A | 1R | A !0 / 3 !0–3 ! | ||||||||||||
| Madrid | NH | A | A | A | 1R | A | A | A | A | A | A !0 / 1 !0–1 ! | |||||||||||||
| Win–loss !0–0 !0–1 !0–0 !1–2 !0–1 !1–2 !1–5 !0–0 !0–0 !0–0 !0–1 !0–0 !0 / 12 !3–12 ! | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| 1. | Marat Safin | 7 | Indian Wells, United States | Hard | 3R | 6–0, 6–1 | 80 |
| 2. | Rainer Schüttler | 6 | Madrid, Spain | Hard (i) | 2R | 6–2, 6–4 | 34 |
| 3. | Juan Carlos Ferrero | 5 | Wimbledon, London, United Kingdom | Grass | 3R | 6–3, 6–4, 6–1 | 34 |
| 4. | Andy Roddick | 4 | Indianapolis, United States | Hard | QF | 4–6, 7–6(7–2), 7–5 | 98 |
| 5. | Mariano Puerta | 9 | Cincinnati, United States | Hard | 1R | 7–6(7–2), 6–1 | 58 |
| 6. | Marat Safin | 4 | Cincinnati, United States | Hard | QF | 6–2, 6–3 | 58 |
| 7. | Guillermo Coria | 8 | US Open, New York, United States | Hard | QF | 4–6, 6–1, 7–5, 3–6, 7–5 | 46 |
| 8. | Nikolay Davydenko | 8 | Madrid, Spain | Hard (i) | 3R | 6–3, 7–5 | 21 |
| 9. | Tommy Robredo | 8 | Madrid, Spain | Hard (i) | 3R | 6–3, 7–6(7–3) | 47 |
| 10. | James Blake | 9 | San Jose, United States | Hard (i) | QF | 6–2, 6–2 | 138 |
| 11. | Nikolay Davydenko | 6 | Madrid, Spain | Hard (i) | 2R | 4–6, 6–4, 6–4 | 63 |
| 12. | Robin Söderling | 8 | Maharashtra Open, India | Hard | 1R | 6–4, 7–5 | 100 |
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