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Robert Ginepri
Country (sports) United States
ResidenceKennesaw, Georgia, United States
Born (1982-10-07) October 7, 1982 (age 42)
Fort Lauderdale, Florida, United States
Height6 ft 0 in (183 cm)
Turned pro2001
Retired2015
PlaysRight-handed (two-handed backhand)
Prize moneyUS$3,897,123
Singles
Career record188–204
Career titles3
Highest rankingNo. 15 (26 December 2005)
Grand Slam singles results
Australian Open4R (2004)
French Open4R (2008, 2010)
Wimbledon4R (2004)
US OpenSF (2005)
Other tournaments
Olympic Games1R (2008)
Doubles
Career record21–81
Career titles0
Highest rankingNo. 134 (12 January 2004)
Grand Slam doubles results
Australian Open1R (2005, 2006, 2009)
French Open1R (2004, 2005, 2007, 2009)
Wimbledon2R (2007)
US Open2R (2001, 2003)
Last updated on: 22 December 2021.

Robert Louis Ginepri (/ɪˈnɛpri/ jih-NEP-ree;[1] born October 7, 1982) is an American former professional tennis 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, where he lost to Andre Agassi.

Early life

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Robby Ginepri is of Luxembourgish ancestry. He attended Joseph Wheeler High School, located in Marietta, Georgia. He graduated as a member of the class of 2001.[citation needed]

Career

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2005

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Ginepri was the first player to be beaten by Novak Djokovic in the main draw of a Grand Slam tournament, at the 2005 French Open.[2][3]

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 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.[4]

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 finished 2005 at world no. 15 in the ATP rankings, the highest ranking of his career.

2006–2007

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Ginepri's results in 2006 did not match his successes in 2005. He lost in the second round of the Australian Open and the first round of both the French Open and Wimbledon. At the US Open, he lost in the third round to German Tommy Haas in a fifth-set tiebreaker. He finished the year ranked world no. 51 with a 24–26 record. Ginepri lost in the third round of both the Australian Open and the US Open and the first round of both the French Open and Wimbledon. He finished the year ranked world no. 134.

2008

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At the tournament in Delray Beach, Florida, Ginepri lost in the semifinals to James Blake. In his next tournament, the SAP Open in San Jose, California, Ginepri was able to defeat Blake in the quarterfinals, but lost in the semifinals to Radek Štěpánek.

At the Tennis Channel Open in Las Vegas, Nevada, Ginepri reached the semifinals for his third consecutive tournament. Ginepri defeated Xavier Malisse in the first round, world no. 17 Marcos Baghdatis in the second round, and Ernests Gulbis in the quarterfinals, before falling to Kevin Anderson. 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 French Open, before losing to 24th-seeded Fernando González. On grass, Ginepri lost in the second round of The Artois Championships in London to Andy Roddick and the first round of Wimbledon to Gonzalez.[5]

On June 23, 2008, Ginepri's ranking was world no. 59, a rise of 112 places since January 28, 2008. Ginepri then made his Olympic debut tennis at the 2008 Olympic Games in Beijing, China, losing in the first round. In July, 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.

2010

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Ginepri lost in the first round of the Australian Open. He beat Sam Querrey in four sets in the first round of the French Open and Potito Starace in the second round. He beat no. 16 Juan Carlos Ferrero in five sets, advancing to play in the fourth round, where he lost against Novak Djokovic in four sets. He was the only unseeded player left in the competition, along with qualifier Gabashvili, and the last American in the men's field.

He lost to Robin Söderling in straight sets in the first round of Wimbledon.[6]

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.

2011–2014

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Ginepri participated in the 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 the early part of 2013, Ginepri won a Futures event and made the final of a Challenger tournament. Ginepri made it to the quarterfinals of the US Clay Court Championship in Houston before losing to Juan Mónaco. He failed to qualify for the French Open and did not participate in Wimbledon. 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.[7] After winning the USTA wildcard position for the 2014 French Open, he lost to Rafael Nadal in the first round, 6–0, 6–3, 6–0.

Personal life

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Ginepri was born in Jacksonville and graduated from Joseph Wheeler High School in Marietta, Georgia. Ginepri currently lives in Acworth, Georgia. He owns the Olde Town Athletic Club in Marietta. His father, Rene, who is originally from Luxembourg, is a systems analyst and his mother, Nancy, is a second grade teacher.

Ginepri retired from the tour in 2015. He was briefly linked with actress Minnie Driver. He married Josephine Stafford on September 29, 2012 in Atlanta, Georgia. On February 22, 2007, Ginepri participated on Spike TV's Pros vs. Joes with Rik Smits, Rob Dibble, and Andre Rison.

Junior Grand Slam finals

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Singles: 1 (1 runner-up)

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Result Year Tournament Surface Opponent Score
Loss 2000 US Open Hard United States Andy Roddick 1–6, 3–6

Doubles: 1 (1 runner-up)

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Result Year Tournament Surface Partner Opponents Score
Loss 2000 US Open Hard United States Tres Davis United Kingdom Lee Childs
United Kingdom James Nelson
2–6, 4–6

ATP career finals

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Singles: 3 (3 titles)

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Legend
Grand Slam Tournaments (0–0)
ATP World Tour Finals (0–0)
ATP Masters Series (0–0)
ATP Championship Series (0–0)
ATP International Series (3–0)
Finals by surface
Hard (2–0)
Clay (0–0)
Grass (1–0)
Carpet (0–0)
Finals by setting
Outdoors (3–0)
Indoors (0–0)
Result W–L Date Tournament Tier Surface Opponent Score
Win 1–0 Jul 2003 Newport, United States International Series Grass Austria Jürgen Melzer 6–4, 6–7(3–7), 6–1
Win 2–0 Jul 2005 Indianapolis, United States International Series Hard United States Taylor Dent 4–6, 6–0, 3–0 ret.
Win 3–0 Jul 2009 Indianapolis, United States 250 Series Hard United States Sam Querrey 6–2, 6–4

Doubles: 1 (1 runner-up)

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Legend
Grand Slam Tournaments (0–0)
ATP World Tour Finals (0–0)
ATP Masters Series (0–0)
ATP Championship Series (0–0)
ATP International Series (0–1)
Finals by surface
Hard (0–1)
Clay (0–0)
Grass (0–0)
Carpet (0–0)
Finals by setting
Outdoors (0–1)
Indoors (0–0)
Result W–L Date Tournament Tier Surface Partner Opponents Score
Loss 0–1 Jul 2003 Indianapolis, United States International Series Hard United States Diego Ayala Croatia Mario Ančić
Israel Andy Ram
6–2, 6–7(3–7), 5–7

ATP Challenger and ITF Futures Finals

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Singles: 12 (7–5)

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Legend
ATP Challenger (5–5)
ITF Futures (2–0)
Finals by surface
Hard (4–5)
Clay (3–0)
Grass (0–0)
Carpet (0–0)
Result W–L Date Tournament Tier Surface Opponent Score
Win 1–0 Jun 2001 USA F15, Sunnyvale Futures Hard United States Alex Kim 6–4, 6–3
Loss 1–1 Dec 2001 Urbana, United States Challenger Hard Croatia Ivo Karlovic 4–6, 6–7(5–7)
Win 2–1 May 2002 Rocky Mount, United States Challenger Clay United States Alex Kim 6–3, 6–4
Win 3–1 Oct 2002 Burbank, United States Challenger Hard Sweden Bjorn Rehnquist 7–6(8–6), 6–1
Win 4–1 Nov 2002 Champaign-Urbana, United States Challenger Hard Philippines Eric Taino 6–1, 3–6, 6–3
Win 5–1 Jan 2003 Waikoloa, United States Challenger Hard South Africa Neville Godwin 6–3, 6–3
Loss 5–2 Apr 2010 Tallahassee, United States Challenger Hard Argentina Brian Dabul 6–4, 0–4 ret.
Loss 5–3 Aug 2011 Vancouver, Canada Challenger Hard United Kingdom James Ward 5–7, 4–6
Loss 5–4 Jan 2012 Honolulu, United States Challenger Hard Japan Go Soeda 3–6, 6–7(5–7)
Win 6–4 Jan 2013 USA F2, Sunrise Futures Clay Monaco Benjamin Balleret 6–4, 6–2
Loss 6–5 Feb 2013 Dallas, United States Challenger Hard United States Rhyne Williams 5–7, 3–6
Win 7–5 May 2014 Tallahassee, United States Challenger Clay Canada Frank Dancevic 6–3, 6–4

Doubles: 1 (0–1)

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Legend
ATP Challenger (0–0)
ITF Futures (0–1)
Finals by surface
Hard (0–1)
Clay (0–0)
Grass (0–0)
Carpet (0–0)
Result W–L Date Tournament Tier Surface Partner Opponents Score
Loss 0–1 Jun 2001 USA F15, Sunnyvale Futures Hard United States Ryan Sachire United States Jeff Laski
United States Nick Rainey
3–6, 6–3, 6–7(4–7)

Performance timelines

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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.

Singles

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Tournament 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 W–L
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
Win–loss 1–1 0–2 3–3 6–4 5–4 3–4 4–4 4–3 1–4 3–4 1–1 0–1 0–0 0–1 0–0 31–36
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 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 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 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 A A 1R A 3R 3R A 1R A A A A A A A 3–4
Career statistics
Titles–Finals 0–0 0–0 1–1 0–0 1–1 0–0 0–0 0–0 1–1 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 3–3
Year-end ranking 175 100 32 63 15 51 134 51 100 144 311 287 214 223 995

Doubles

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Tournament 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 SR W–L Win %
Grand Slam tournaments
Australian Open A A A A A 1R 1R A A 1R A A 0 / 3 0–3 0%
French Open A A A A 1R 1R A 1R A 1R A A 0 / 4 0–4 0%
Wimbledon A A A A 1R A A 2R A A A A 0 / 2 1–2 33%
US Open 1R 2R 1R 2R 1R 1R 1R 1R 1R 1R 1R 1R 0 / 12 2–12 14%
Win–loss 0–1 1–1 0–1 1–1 0–3 0–3 0–2 1–3 0–1 0–3 0–1 0–1 0 / 21 3–21 13%
ATP Tour Masters 1000
Indian Wells A A A 1R A A 1R A A A A A 0 / 2 0–2 0%
Miami A Q1 A 2R A 2R 2R A A A A A 0 / 3 3–3 50%
Hamburg A A A A A A 1R A A Not Masters Series 0 / 1 0–1 0%
Rome A A A A A A 1R A A A A A 0 / 1 0–1 0%
Canada A A A A A A 1R A A A A A 0 / 1 0–1 0%
Cincinnati A 1R A A 1R A A A A A 1R A 0 / 3 0–3 0%
Madrid NH A A A 1R A A A A A A 0 / 1 0–1 0%
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 20%

Top 10 wins

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Season 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 Total
Wins 0 0 2 1 5 1 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 12
# Player Rank Event Surface Rd Score Ginepri
Rank
2003
1. Russia Marat Safin 7 Indian Wells, United States Hard 3R 6–0, 6–1 80
2. Germany Rainer Schüttler 6 Madrid, Spain Hard (i) 2R 6–2, 6–4 34
2004
3. Spain Juan Carlos Ferrero 5 Wimbledon, London, United Kingdom Grass 3R 6–3, 6–4, 6–1 34
2005
4. United States Andy Roddick 4 Indianapolis, United States Hard QF 4–6, 7–6(7–2), 7–5 98
5. Argentina Mariano Puerta 9 Cincinnati, United States Hard 1R 7–6(7–2), 6–1 58
6. Russia Marat Safin 4 Cincinnati, United States Hard QF 6–2, 6–3 58
7. Argentina Guillermo Coria 8 US Open, New York, United States Hard QF 4–6, 6–1, 7–5, 3–6, 7–5 46
8. Russia Nikolay Davydenko 8 Madrid, Spain Hard (i) 3R 6–3, 7–5 21
2006
9. Spain Tommy Robredo 8 Madrid, Spain Hard (i) 3R 6–3, 7–6(7–3) 47
2008
10. United States James Blake 9 San Jose, United States Hard (i) QF 6–2, 6–2 138
11. Russia Nikolay Davydenko 6 Madrid, Spain Hard (i) 2R 4–6, 6–4, 6–4 63
2010
12. Sweden Robin Söderling 8 Chennai, India Hard 1R 6–4, 7–5 100

References

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  1. ^ ATPWorldTour (July 21, 2010). "Atlanta 2010 Robby Ginepri Tour". YouTube. Retrieved January 25, 2018.
  2. ^ Sias, Van (June 6, 2019). "A LOOK BACK AT THE FRENCH OPEN SEMIFINALISTS DEBUTS". tennis.com. Retrieved January 27, 2022.
  3. ^ Bowers, Chris (June 15, 2017). Novak Djokovic - The Biography. ISBN 9781786065506. Retrieved January 27, 2022. It was not to come at the 2005 French Open or Wimbledon. At Roland Garros, Robby Ginepri became the first man to lose to Djokovic in a Grand Slam main draw,...
  4. ^ US Open Men's Day 13 – Federer and Agassi to decide title
  5. ^ Statistics
  6. ^ "2010 Draws Archive - Gentlemen's Singles". www.wimbledon.com. AELTC.
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