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Andrew Ilie
Australian tennis player
Australian tennis player
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| name | Andrew Ilie |
| country | |
| birth_place | Bucharest, SR Romania |
| birth_date | |
| height | 1.80 m |
| turnedpro | 1994 |
| retired | 2003 |
| plays | Right-handed (one-handed backhand) |
| careerprizemoney | $1,327,838 |
| singlesrecord | 89–116 |
| singlestitles | 2 |
| highestsinglesranking | No. 38 (29 May 2000) |
| AustralianOpenresult | 4R (1999, 2001) |
| FrenchOpenresult | 3R (1995, 1998, 1999) |
| Wimbledonresult | 2R (1999) |
| USOpenresult | 2R (2001) |
| Othertournaments | yes |
| Olympicsresult | 1R (2000) |
| doublesrecord | 3–13 |
| doublestitles | 0 |
| highestdoublesranking | No. 296 (12 June 2000) |
| AustralianOpenDoublesresult | 1R (1995, 2000, 2001) |
| AustralianOpenMixedresult | 1R (2000, 2001) |
| updated | 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. He turned professional in 1994 and became a citizen of Australia. He was an Australian Institute of Sport scholarship holder. 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.
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. 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.{{Cite web |access-date=2010-01-23 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091011225755/http://www.tennis.com.au/pages/PlayerProfile.aspx?id=4&pageId=1047&HandlerId=2&PlayerID=219 |archive-date=11 October 2009
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. Following retirement, Ilie married and settled in Hong Kong.
Junior Grand Slam finals
Singles: 1 (1 runner-up)
| Result | Year | Tournament | Surface | Opponent | Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Loss | 1994 | Australian Open | Hard | AUS 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) |
|}
| Result | W–L | Date | Tournament | Tier | Surface | Opponent | Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Win | 1–0 | [](1998-international-tennis-championships-singles) | Coral Springs, United States | World Series | Clay | ITA Davide Sanguinetti | 7–5, 6–4 |
| Win | 2–0 | [](verizon-tennis-challenge) | Atlanta, United States | International Series | Clay | AUS Jason Stoltenberg | 6–3, 7–5 |
| Loss | 2–1 | [](hypo-group-tennis-international) | St. Polten, Austria | International Series | Clay | ROU 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) |
|}
| Result | W–L | Date | Tournament | Tier | Surface | Opponent | Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Win | 1–0 | Lillehammer, Norway | Challenger | Clay | NOR Christian Ruud | 6–3, 6–2 | |
| Win | 2–0 | Perth, Australia | Challenger | Hard | GER Michael Geserer | 7–6, 6–4 | |
| Loss | 2–1 | Prostejov, Czech Republic | Challenger | Clay | AUS Richard Fromberg | 2–6, 2–6 | |
| Win | 3–1 | Biella, Italy | Challenger | Clay | FRA Jean-Baptiste Perlant | 6–7, 6–4, 6–4 | |
| Win | 4–1 | Ostend, Belgium | Challenger | Clay | ARG Martin Rodriguez | 6–2, 6–2 | |
| Loss | 4–2 | Ulm, Germany | Challenger | Clay | MAR Younes El Aynaoui | 6–7, 3–6 | |
| Win | 5–2 | Paget, Bermuda | Challenger | Clay | CZE Michal Tabara | 4–6, 6–3, 6–2 | |
| Win | 6–2 | USA F4, Brownsville | Futures | Hard | USA 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) |
|}
| Result | W–L | Date | Tournament | Tier | Surface | Partner | Opponents | Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Loss | 0–1 | Lillehammer, Norway | Challenger | Clay | AUS Todd Larkham | SWE Thomas Johansson | ||
| SWE Lars-Anders Wahlgren | 6–3, 3–6, 3–6 | |||||||
| Loss | 0–2 | Tel Aviv, Israel | Challenger | Hard | ISR Amir Hadad | ISR Noam Behr | ||
| ISR Eyal Ran | 3–6, 2–6 |
Performance timeline
Singles
| Tournament | 1993 | 1994 | 1995 | 1996 | 1997 | 1998 | 1999 | 2000 | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | SR | W–L | Win % | 0 / 8 | 10–8 | 0 / 6 | 7–6 | 0 / 4 | 1–4 | 0 / 4 | 1–4 | Win–loss | 0–0 | 0–0 | 2–2 | 0–2 | 0–0 | 4–3 | 6–4 | 3–4 | 4–4 | 0–2 | 0–1 | 0 / 22 | 19–22 | 0 / 2 | 0–2 | 0 / 2 | 2–2 | 0 / 2 | 1–2 | 0 / 2 | 2–2 | 0 / 2 | 0–2 | 0 / 4 | 2–4 | 0 / 3 | 0–3 | 0 / 0 | 0–0 | Win–loss | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–2 | 2–6 | 1–3 | 4–6 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0 / 17 | 7–17 |
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| Australian Open | Q1 | Q1 | 1R | 1R | Q1 | 3R | 4R | 3R | 4R | 1R | 1R | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| French Open | A | A | 3R | Q3 | A | 3R | 3R | 2R | 1R | 1R | A | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Wimbledon | A | Q1 | A | 1R | A | A | 2R | 1R | 1R | A | A | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| US Open | A | Q1 | A | A | A | 1R | 1R | 1R | 2R | A | Q1 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Indian Wells | A | A | A | Q1 | A | A | A | 1R | 1R | A | A | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Miami | A | A | A | Q1 | A | A | 2R | Q1 | 2R | A | A | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Hamburg | A | A | A | A | A | A | 1R | A | 3R | A | A | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Canada | A | A | A | A | A | 1R | 2R | 2R | 1R | A | A | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Cincinnati | A | A | A | A | A | 1R | 1R | 1R | A | A | A | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Paris | A | A | A | A | A | Q1 | A | A | A | A | A |
References
References
- Collins, Bud. (24 August 1999). "Ilie has things covered in opener". The Boston Globe.
- [http://www.ausport.gov.au/ais/history/achievements/olympics AIS at the Olympics] {{webarchive. link. (6 June 2011)
- Wertheim, L. Jon. (28 May 2001). "Passion Play". Sports Illustrated.
- Collins, "Ilie has things covered in opener"
- Schlink, Leo. (6 November 2004). "Injuries force Ilie to call it quits". Melbourne Herald Sun.
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