Andrew Ilie

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Andrew Ilie
Country (sports)Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia
Residence Melbourne, Australia
Born (1976-04-18) 18 April 1976 (age 47)
Bucharest, SR Romania
Height1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
Turned pro1994
Retired2003
PlaysRight-handed (one-handed backhand)
Prize money $1,327,838
Singles
Career record89–116
Career titles2
Highest rankingNo. 38 (29 May 2000)
Grand Slam singles results
Australian Open 4R (1999, 2001)
French Open 3R (1995, 1998, 1999)
Wimbledon 2R (1999)
US Open 2R (2001)
Other tournaments
Olympic Games 1R (2000)
Doubles
Career record3–13
Career titles0
Highest rankingNo. 296 (12 June 2000)
Grand Slam doubles results
Australian Open 1R (1995, 2000, 2001)
Grand Slam mixed doubles results
Australian Open 1R (2000, 2001)
Last updated on: 19 October 2021.

Andrew Ilie (born 18 April 1976) is a former tennis player. Ilie fled Romania at age 10 with his family, spending a year at a refugee camp in Austria before emigrating to Australia. [1] He turned professional in 1994 and became a citizen of Australia. He was an Australian Institute of Sport scholarship holder. [2] He won two ATP Tour singles titles (Coral Springs in 1998 and Atlanta in 2000), as well as five Challenger Series tournaments. Ilie reached his career-high singles ranking of World No. 38 on 29 May 2000.

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Career

Juniors

He reached the finals of the Australian Open Jrs in 1994.

Pro Tour

Ilie never progressed past the fourth round of a Grand Slam tournament, but was a fan-favorite, especially in Australia. Described in 2001 by tennis writer Jon Wertheim as "an emerging cult hero", Ilie developed an avid following whenever he played at the Australian Open in Melbourne. [3] He became well known for adventurous and occasionally outrageous shots, and by ripping his shirt in glee whenever he won a particularly important or hard-fought match. [4] The latter ritual began at the French Open in 1999, as Ilie celebrated his first-round victory in five sets over Jonas Bjorkman, and then repeated the gesture after his second-round victory, also in five sets, over Martin Rodriguez. [5]

The last years of Ilie's career were marred by persistent injuries, including chronic osteitis pubis, which hampered his play. Ilie retired in November 2004. [6] Following retirement, Ilie married and settled in Hong Kong. [4]

Junior Grand Slam finals

Singles: 1 (1 runner-up)

ResultYearTournamentSurfaceOpponentScore
Loss 1994 Australian Open Hard Flag of Australia (converted).svg Ben Ellwood 7–5, 3–6, 3–6


ATP career finals

Singles: 3 (2 titles, 1 runner-ups)

Legend
Grand Slam Tournaments (0–0)
ATP World Tour Finals (0–0)
ATP World Tour Masters 1000 (0–0)
ATP World Tour 500 Series (0–0)
ATP World Tour 250 Series (2–1)
Finals by surface
Hard (0–0)
Clay (2–1)
Grass (0–0)
Carpet (0–0)
Finals by setting
Outdoors (2–1)
Indoors (0–0)
ResultW–LDateTournamentTierSurfaceOpponentScore
Win1–0 May 1998 Coral Springs, United StatesWorld SeriesClay Flag of Italy.svg Davide Sanguinetti 7–5, 6–4
Win2–0 Apr 2000 Atlanta, United StatesInternational SeriesClay Flag of Australia (converted).svg Jason Stoltenberg 6–3, 7–5
Loss2–1 May 2000 St. Polten, AustriaInternational SeriesClay Flag of Romania.svg Andrei Pavel 5–7, 6–3, 2–6


ATP Challenger and ITF Futures finals

Singles: 8 (6–2)

Legend
ATP Challenger (5–2)
ITF Futures (1–0)
Finals by surface
Hard (2–0)
Clay (4–2)
Grass (0–0)
Carpet (0–0)


ResultW–LDateTournamentTierSurfaceOpponentScore
Win1–0Jul 1995 Lillehammer, NorwayChallengerClay Flag of Norway.svg Christian Ruud 6–3, 6–2
Win2–0Dec 1995 Perth, AustraliaChallengerHard Flag of Germany.svg Michael Geserer 7–6, 6–4
Loss2–1Jun 1998 Prostejov, Czech RepublicChallengerClay Flag of Australia (converted).svg Richard Fromberg 2–6, 2–6
Win3–1Jun 1998 Biella, ItalyChallengerClay Flag of France.svg Jean-Baptiste Perlant 6–7, 6–4, 6–4
Win4–1Jul 1998 Ostend, BelgiumChallengerClay Flag of Argentina.svg Martin Rodriguez 6–2, 6–2
Loss4–2Jul 1999 Ulm, GermanyChallengerClay Flag of Morocco.svg Younes El Aynaoui 6–7, 3–6
Win5–2Apr 2000 Paget, BermudaChallengerClay Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Michal Tabara 4–6, 6–3, 6–2
Win6–2Feb 2003USA F4, Brownsville FuturesHard Flag of the United States.svg Doug Bohaboy 6–7(4–7), 6–3, 6–4


Doubles: 2 (0–2)

Legend
ATP Challenger (0–2)
ITF Futures (0–0)
Finals by surface
Hard (0–1)
Clay (0–1)
Grass (0–0)
Carpet (0–0)
ResultW–LDateTournamentTierSurfacePartnerOpponentsScore
Loss0–1Jul 1995 Lillehammer, NorwayChallengerClay Flag of Australia (converted).svg Todd Larkham Flag of Sweden.svg Thomas Johansson
Flag of Sweden.svg Lars-Anders Wahlgren
6–3, 3–6, 3–6
Loss0–2Oct 1999 Tel Aviv, IsraelChallengerHard Flag of Israel.svg Amir Hadad Flag of Israel.svg Noam Behr
Flag of Israel.svg Eyal Ran
3–6, 2–6

Performance timeline

Key
W F SFQF#RRRQ#DNQANH
(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.

Singles

Tournament 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 SRW–LWin %
Grand Slam tournaments
Australian Open Q1 Q1 1R 1R Q1 3R 4R 3R 4R 1R 1R 0 / 810–856%
French Open AA 3R Q3 A 3R 3R 2R 1R 1R A0 / 67–654%
Wimbledon A Q1 A 1R AA 2R 1R 1R AA0 / 41–420%
US Open A Q1 AAA 1R 1R 1R 2R A Q1 0 / 41–420%
Win–loss0–00–02–20–20–04–36–43–44–40–20–10 / 2219–2246%
ATP Masters Series
Indian Wells AAA Q1 AAA 1R 1R AA0 / 20–20%
Miami AAA Q1 AA 2R Q1 2R AA0 / 22–250%
Monte Carlo AAAAAA 1R A 2R AA0 / 21–233%
Hamburg AAAAAA 1R A 3R AA0 / 22–250%
Rome AAAAAA 1R A 1R AA0 / 20–20%
Canada AAAAA 1R 2R 2R 1R AA0 / 42–433%
Cincinnati AAAAA 1R 1R 1R AAA0 / 30–30%
Paris AAAAA Q1 AAAAA0 / 00–0  
Win–loss0–00–00–00–00–00–22–61–34–60–00–00 / 177–1729%

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