Andrei Pavel

For the Romanian footballer, see Andrei Pavel (footballer).

Andrei Pavel (born 27 January 1974) is a Romanian tennis coach and former professional tennis player. He achieved a career-high ATP singles ranking of world No. 13 and won three titles, including the 2001 Canada Masters. He also reached a career-high in doubles of No. 18 and won six doubles titles.

Andrei Pavel in 2009 during his last singles match

Andrei Pavel

Country (sports)	Romania
Residence	Arizona, United States[1]
Born	(1974-01-27) 27 January 1974 (age 51) Constanța, SR Romania
Height	1.82 m (5 ft 11+1⁄2 in)
Turned pro	1995
Retired	23 September 2009
Plays	Right-handed (one-handed backhand)
Prize money	$5,225,028
Singles
Career record	277–266
Career titles	3
Highest ranking	No. 13 (25 October 2004)
Grand Slam singles results
Australian Open	4R (1999, 2004)
French Open	QF (2002)
Wimbledon	3R (2000, 2002)
US Open	4R (2000, 2004)
Other tournaments
Olympic Games	1R (1992, 1996, 2000, 2004)
Doubles
Career record	142–136
Career titles	6
Highest ranking	No. 18 (30 April 2007)
Grand Slam doubles results
Australian Open	QF (2005)
French Open	SF (2006)
Wimbledon	3R (2004, 2007, 2009)
US Open	2R (2004, 2005, 2007, 2009)
Other doubles tournaments
Olympic Games	1R (1996, 2000, 2004)
Grand Slam mixed doubles results
Wimbledon	2R (2009)
US Open	1R (2009)
Last updated on: 18 April 2025.

Early life

Andrei began playing tennis at age eight, and moved to Germany at age sixteen.^[2]

Career

In 2001 he captured his biggest title, the Masters Series 2001 Canada Masters in Montreal, Canada defeating Patrick Rafter.

In 2002, while he was about to play a quarterfinal at Roland Garros, he jumped into a car and made an express round-trip to Germany to attend the birth of his son. It equalled to 1000 miles in 24 hоurs, in the pouring rain with... Àlex Corretja waiting for his return on the Central. "It's a bit odd that these two events overlapped, said the Romanian. But no matter the sporting challenge: I would not have missed the birth of Marius for the world. The whole story with the rain was a godsend for the press, but for me, it didn’t really made a difference: I would have gone no matter what."^{[citation needed]}

In 2006, Pavel played what John McEnroe considers to be the best first round match at a Grand Slam he has ever seen at the US Open in August 2006, where he lost to Andre Agassi in four sets; 6–7⁽⁴⁾, 7–6⁽⁸⁾, 7–6⁽⁶⁾, 6–2; taking three and half hours. Had Pavel won, it would have been Agassi's last match in a professional tournament.^[3]

In 2009, he played his last singles match in his homeland tournament in Bucharest against Pablo Cuevas of Uruguay.^[4] At the same tournament, he also played two more exhibition matches, one facing Goran Ivanišević, while in the other he paired up with Ilie Năstase against Mansour Bahrami and Yannick Noah.^{[citation needed]}

He attended the Olympic Games four times, and played for 20 years on the Romania Davis Cup team. He became the captain of the team in 2009.^{[citation needed]}

Coaching

Currently coaching Nicholas David Ionel, Stefan Palosi and Sebastian Gima.^[5] He also coached ATP Tour players Horia Tecău, Benjamin Becker, Marius Copil, Filip Jianu, the Romanian Davis Cup Team, and worked with Jelena Janković, Tamira Paszek and Simona Halep on the WTA Tour.

Personal information

After 25 years of living in Germany, he moved to the US state of Arizona. Now he lives in Bucharest, Romania.^[6]

Career finals

Singles (3 wins, 6 losses)

Legend (singles)
Grand Slam (0-0)
Tennis Masters Cup (0-0)
ATP Masters Series (1-1)
ATP International Series Gold (1-0)
ATP Tour (1-5)

Result	No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Opponent	Score
Win	1.	Apr 1998	Tokyo, Japan	Hard	Byron Black	6–3, 6–4
Loss	1.	Apr 1999	Munich, Germany	Clay	Franco Squillari	4–6, 3–6
Loss	2.	Jun 1999	s’Hertogenbosch, Netherlands	Grass	Patrick Rafter	6–3, 6–7(7–9), 4–6
Win	2.	May 2000	St. Pölten, Austria	Clay	Andrew Ilie	7–5, 3–6, 6–2
Win	3.	Jul 2001	Montreal, Canada	Hard	Patrick Rafter	7–6(7–3), 2–6, 6–3
Loss	3.	Oct 2003	Paris, France	Carpet	Tim Henman	2–6, 6–7(6–8), 6–7(2–7)
Loss	4.	Apr 2005	Munich, Germany	Clay	David Nalbandian	4–6, 1–6
Loss	5.	May 2006	Pörtschach, Austria	Clay	Nikolay Davydenko	0–6, 3–6
Loss	6.	Jul 2007	Umag, Croatia	Clay	Carlos Moyá	4–6, 2–6

Doubles (6 titles, 5 runners-up)

Result	No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Win	1.	Sep 1998	Bucharest, Romania	Clay	Gabriel Trifu	George Cosac Dinu Pescariu	7–6(7–2), 7–6(7–4)
Loss	1.	Feb 1999	Saint Petersburg, Russia	Carpet	Menno Oosting	Jeff Tarango Daniel Vacek	6–3, 3–6, 5–7
Loss	2.	Jan 2005	Doha, Qatar	Hard	Mikhail Youzhny	Albert Costa Rafael Nadal	3–6, 6–4, 3–6
Win	2.	Jul 2005	Kitzbühel, Austria	Clay	Leoš Friedl	Christophe Rochus Olivier Rochus	6–2, 6–7(5–7), 6–0
Loss	3.	Sep 2005	Bucharest, Romania	Clay	Victor Hănescu	José Acasuso Sebastián Prieto	3–6, 6–4, 3–6
Win	3.	Jan 2006	Auckland, New Zealand	Hard	Rogier Wassen	Simon Aspelin Todd Perry	3–6, 7–5, [4–10]
Win	4.	May 2006	Munich, Germany	Clay	Alexander Waske	Alexander Peya Björn Phau	6–4, 6–2
Win	5.	Jul 2006	Gstaad, Switzerland	Clay	Jiří Novák	Marco Chiudinelli Jean-Claude Scherrer	6–3, 6–1
Loss	4.	Feb 2007	Rotterdam, Netherlands	Hard	Alexander Waske	Martin Damm Leander Paes	3–6, 7–6(7–5), [7–10]
Win	6.	Apr 2007	Barcelona, Spain	Clay	Alexander Waske	Rafael Nadal Bartolomé Salvá Vidal	6–3, 7–6(7–1)
Loss	5.	May 2009	Kitzbühel, Austria	Clay	Horia Tecău	Marcelo Melo André Sá	7–6(11–9), 2–6, [7–10]

ATP Challenger and ITF Futures finals

Singles: 8 (4–4)

Legend ATP Challenger (4–4) ITF Futures (0–0)

Finals by surface Hard (2–0) Clay (2–3) Grass (0–0) Carpet (0–1)

Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Tier	Surface	Opponent	Score
Loss	0–1	Jul 1995	Scheveningen, Netherlands	Challenger	Clay	Jordi Arrese	3–6, 7–6, 4–6
Win	1–1	Jul 1996	Montauban, France	Challenger	Clay	Stephane Huet	6–4, 6–3
Loss	1–2	May 1997	Ljubljana, Slovenia	Challenger	Clay	Brett Steven	6–7, 2–6
Loss	1–3	Mar 1998	Magdeburg, Germany	Challenger	Carpet	Lars Burgsmuller	3–7, 4–6
Win	2–3	Jul 1999	Venice, Italy	Challenger	Clay	Slava Dosedel	6–2, 6–0
Win	3–3	Nov 2004	Dnepropetrovsk, Ukraine	Challenger	Hard	Karol Kucera	walkover
Win	4–3	Dec 2004	Port Louis, Mauritius	Challenger	Hard	Lee Hyung-taik	6–3, 6–1
Loss	4–4	May 2007	Tunis, Tunisia	Challenger	Clay	Simone Bolelli	6–4, 6–7(4–7), 2–6

Doubles: 9 (5–4)

Legend ATP Challenger (5–4) ITF Futures (0–0)

Finals by surface Hard (1–1) Clay (4–2) Grass (0–1) Carpet (0–0)

Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Tier	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Win	1–0	Jul 1994	Prague, Czech Republic	Challenger	Clay	Alex Radulescu	Eyal Ran Glenn Wilson	6–4, 6–2
Win	2–0	Jul 1995	Scheveningen, Netherlands	Challenger	Clay	Eyal Ran	Emilio Benfele Álvarez Pepe Imaz	6–4, 6–4
Win	3–0	Sep 1995	Prostejov, Czech Republic	Challenger	Clay	Glenn Wilson	Jeff Belloli Jack Waite	7–5, 6–3
Loss	3–1	Jun 1996	Zagreb, Croatia	Challenger	Clay	Clinton Ferreira	Donald Johnson Jack Waite	6–3, 1–6, 0–6
Loss	3–2	Jul 1996	Montauban, France	Challenger	Clay	Clinton Ferreira	Gilles Bastie Claude N'Goran	4–6, 6–1, 6–7
Loss	3–3	Nov 1996	Port Louis, Mauritius	Challenger	Grass	Sander Groen	Patrick Baur Joost Winnink	1–0 ret.
Win	4–3	Sep 1999	Brasov, Romania	Challenger	Clay	Gabriel Trifu	Gheorghe Cosac Dinu-Mihai Pescariu	6–2, 6–2
Loss	4–4	Nov 2004	Dnepropetrovsk, Ukraine	Challenger	Hard	Gabriel Trifu	Karol Beck Jaroslav Levinsky	7–6(7–4), 6–7(4–7), 6–7(2–7)
Win	5–4	Dec 2004	Port Louis, Mauritius	Challenger	Hard	Gabriel Trifu	Jeff Coetzee Rik De Voest	6–3, 6–4

Junior Grand Slam finals

Singles: 1 (1 title)

Result	Year	Tournament	Surface	Opponent	Score
Win	1992	French Open	Clay	Mose Navarra	6–1, 3–6, 6–3

Singles performance timeline

Key

W

F

SF

QF

#R

RR

Q#

DNQ

A

NH

(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.

Tournament	1990	1991	1992	1993	1994	1995	1996	1997	1998	1999	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008	2009	W ‑ L	Win %
Grand Slam tournaments
Australian Open	A	A	A	A	A	A	LQ	1R	A	4R	A	2R	3R	1R	4R	2R	2R	LQ	1R	1R	11–10	52
French Open	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	2R	A	1R	1R	1R	QF	A	2R	1R	1R	LQ	A	1R	6–9	40
Wimbledon	A	A	A	A	LQ	A	LQ	2R	1R	1R	3R	1R	3R	A	2R	2R	2R	2R	A	1R	9–11	45
US Open	A	A	A	A	LQ	A	1R	1R	1R	1R	4R	2R	1R	A	4R[a]	1R	1R	2R	A	1R	8–11	42
Win–loss	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–1	2–4	0–2	3–4	5–3	2–4	8–4	0–1	8–3	2–4	2–4	2–2	0–1	0–4	34–41	45
Olympic Games
Singles	NH		1R	Not held			1R	Not held			1R	Not held			1R	Not held			A	NH	N/A
ATP Masters Series 1000
Indian Wells Masters	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	LQ	A	1R	2R	1R	2R	3R	1R	LQ	A	A
Miami Masters	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	3R	3R	4R	QF	2R	QF	1R	1R	LQ	A	A
Monte Carlo Masters	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	2R	LQ	2R	3R	A	3R	A	A	1R	A	A
Rome Masters	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	3R	1R	2R	A	QF	1R	A	A	A	A
Madrid Masters(Stuttgart)	A	A	A	A	A	LQ	LQ	LQ	2R	QF	QF	2R	1R	LQ	3R	1R	A	1R	A	A
Canada Masters	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	2R	W	2R	A	1R	2R	A	A	A	A
Cincinnati Masters	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	1R	1R	2R	1R	A	1R	1R	A	LQ	A	A
Paris Masters	A	A	A	A	A	1R	A	A	LQ	A	1R	1R	1R	F	3R	1R	A	A	A
Hamburg Masters	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	SF	1R	2R	A	3R	1R	A	LQ	A
Year-end ranking	460	548	489	311	408	214	135	118	68	41	27	28	26	69	18	80	113	75	1142	600	NA

^a 2004 US Open counts as 3 wins, 0 losses. Roger Federer walkover in round 4, after Pavel withdrew because of a back injury, ^[7] does not count as a Pavel loss (nor a Federer win).