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.
He reached the finals of the Australian Open Jrs in 1994.
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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]
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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 Andrew IlieCountry sports AustraliaResidenceMelbourne AustraliaBorn 1976 04 18 18 April 1976 age 47 Bucharest SR RomaniaHeight1 80 m 5 ft 11 in Turned pro1994Retired2003PlaysRight handed one handed backhand Prize money 1 327 838SinglesCareer record89 116Career titles2Highest rankingNo 38 29 May 2000 Grand Slam singles resultsAustralian Open4R 1999 2001 French Open3R 1995 1998 1999 Wimbledon2R 1999 US Open2R 2001 Other tournamentsOlympic Games1R 2000 DoublesCareer record3 13Career titles0Highest rankingNo 296 12 June 2000 Grand Slam doubles resultsAustralian Open1R 1995 2000 2001 Grand Slam mixed doubles resultsAustralian Open1R 2000 2001 Last updated on 19 October 2021 Contents 1 Career 1 1 Juniors 1 2 Pro Tour 2 Junior Grand Slam finals 2 1 Singles 1 1 runner up 3 ATP career finals 3 1 Singles 3 2 titles 1 runner ups 4 ATP Challenger and ITF Futures finals 4 1 Singles 8 6 2 4 2 Doubles 2 0 2 5 Performance timeline 5 1 Singles 6 References 7 External linksCareer editJuniors edit He reached the finals of the Australian Open Jrs in 1994 Pro Tour edit 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 editSingles 1 1 runner up edit Result Year Tournament Surface Opponent ScoreLoss 1994 Australian Open Hard nbsp Ben Ellwood 7 5 3 6 3 6ATP career finals editSingles 3 2 titles 1 runner ups edit LegendGrand 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 surfaceHard 0 0 Clay 2 1 Grass 0 0 Carpet 0 0 Finals by settingOutdoors 2 1 Indoors 0 0 Result W L Date Tournament Tier Surface Opponent ScoreWin 1 0 May 1998 Coral Springs United States World Series Clay nbsp Davide Sanguinetti 7 5 6 4Win 2 0 Apr 2000 Atlanta United States International Series Clay nbsp Jason Stoltenberg 6 3 7 5Loss 2 1 May 2000 St Polten Austria International Series Clay nbsp Andrei Pavel 5 7 6 3 2 6ATP Challenger and ITF Futures finals editSingles 8 6 2 edit LegendATP Challenger 5 2 ITF Futures 1 0 Finals by surfaceHard 2 0 Clay 4 2 Grass 0 0 Carpet 0 0 Result W L Date Tournament Tier Surface Opponent ScoreWin 1 0 Jul 1995 Lillehammer Norway Challenger Clay nbsp Christian Ruud 6 3 6 2Win 2 0 Dec 1995 Perth Australia Challenger Hard nbsp Michael Geserer 7 6 6 4Loss 2 1 Jun 1998 Prostejov Czech Republic Challenger Clay nbsp Richard Fromberg 2 6 2 6Win 3 1 Jun 1998 Biella Italy Challenger Clay nbsp Jean Baptiste Perlant 6 7 6 4 6 4Win 4 1 Jul 1998 Ostend Belgium Challenger Clay nbsp Martin Rodriguez 6 2 6 2Loss 4 2 Jul 1999 Ulm Germany Challenger Clay nbsp Younes El Aynaoui 6 7 3 6Win 5 2 Apr 2000 Paget Bermuda Challenger Clay nbsp Michal Tabara 4 6 6 3 6 2Win 6 2 Feb 2003 USA F4 Brownsville Futures Hard nbsp Doug Bohaboy 6 7 4 7 6 3 6 4 Doubles 2 0 2 edit LegendATP Challenger 0 2 ITF Futures 0 0 Finals by surfaceHard 0 1 Clay 0 1 Grass 0 0 Carpet 0 0 Result W L Date Tournament Tier Surface Partner Opponents ScoreLoss 0 1 Jul 1995 Lillehammer Norway Challenger Clay nbsp Todd Larkham nbsp Thomas Johansson nbsp Lars Anders Wahlgren 6 3 3 6 3 6Loss 0 2 Oct 1999 Tel Aviv Israel Challenger Hard nbsp Amir Hadad nbsp Noam Behr nbsp Eyal Ran 3 6 2 6Performance timeline editKey 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 edit Tournament 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 SR W L Win Grand Slam tournamentsAustralian Open Q1 Q1 1R 1R Q1 3R 4R 3R 4R 1R 1R 0 8 10 8 56 French Open A A 3R Q3 A 3R 3R 2R 1R 1R A 0 6 7 6 54 Wimbledon A Q1 A 1R A A 2R 1R 1R A A 0 4 1 4 20 US Open A Q1 A A A 1R 1R 1R 2R A Q1 0 4 1 4 20 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 46 ATP Masters SeriesIndian Wells A A A Q1 A A A 1R 1R A A 0 2 0 2 0 Miami A A A Q1 A A 2R Q1 2R A A 0 2 2 2 50 Monte Carlo A A A A A A 1R A 2R A A 0 2 1 2 33 Hamburg A A A A A A 1R A 3R A A 0 2 2 2 50 Rome A A A A A A 1R A 1R A A 0 2 0 2 0 Canada A A A A A 1R 2R 2R 1R A A 0 4 2 4 33 Cincinnati A A A A A 1R 1R 1R A A A 0 3 0 3 0 Paris A A A A A Q1 A A A A A 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 29 References edit Collins Bud 24 August 1999 Ilie has things covered in opener The Boston Globe E8 AIS at the Olympics Archived 6 June 2011 at the Wayback Machine Wertheim L Jon Albert Kim Mark Mravic 28 May 2001 Passion Play Sports Illustrated 94 22 30 31 a b Profiles Andrew Ilie Tennis Australia Archived from the original on 11 October 2009 Retrieved 23 January 2010 Collins Ilie has things covered in opener Schlink Leo 6 November 2004 Injuries force Ilie to call it quits Melbourne Herald Sun 72External links editAndrew Ilie at the Association of Tennis Professionals nbsp Andrew Ilie at the International Tennis Federation nbsp Andrew Ilie at Tennis Australia nbsp Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Andrew Ilie amp oldid 1156989083, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
