Robby Ginepri

Robert Ginepri
Country (sports)	United States
Residence	Kennesaw, Georgia, United States
Born	October 7, 1982 (age 42); Fort Lauderdale, Florida, United States
Height	6 ft 0 in (183 cm)
Turned pro	2001
Retired	2015
Plays	Right-handed (two-handed backhand)
Prize money	US$3,897,123
Singles
Career record	188–204
Career titles	3
Highest ranking	No. 15 (26 December 2005)
Grand Slam singles results
Australian Open	4R (2004)
French Open	4R (2008, 2010)
Wimbledon	4R (2004)
US Open	SF (2005)
Other tournaments
Olympic Games	1R (2008)
Doubles
Career record	21–81
Career titles	0
Highest ranking	No. 134 (12 January 2004)
Grand Slam doubles results
Australian Open	1R (2005, 2006, 2009)
French Open	1R (2004, 2005, 2007, 2009)
Wimbledon	2R (2007)
US Open	2R (2001, 2003)
	Last updated on: 22 December 2021.

Robert Louis Ginepri (/dʒɪˈnɛpri/ 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

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

2005

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

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

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

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

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

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

Singles: 1 (1 runner-up)

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

Doubles: 1 (1 runner-up)

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

ATP career finals

Singles: 3 (3 titles)

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	Jürgen Melzer	6–4, 6–7^(3–7), 6–1
Win	2–0	Jul 2005	Indianapolis, United States	International Series	Hard	Taylor Dent	4–6, 6–0, 3–0 ret.
Win	3–0	Jul 2009	Indianapolis, United States	250 Series	Hard	Sam Querrey	6–2, 6–4

Doubles: 1 (1 runner-up)

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	Diego Ayala	Mario Ančić Andy Ram	6–2, 6–7^(3–7), 5–7

ATP Challenger and ITF Futures Finals

Singles: 12 (7–5)

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	Alex Kim	6–4, 6–3
Loss	1–1	Dec 2001	Urbana, United States	Challenger	Hard	Ivo Karlovic	4–6, 6–7^(5–7)
Win	2–1	May 2002	Rocky Mount, United States	Challenger	Clay	Alex Kim	6–3, 6–4
Win	3–1	Oct 2002	Burbank, United States	Challenger	Hard	Bjorn Rehnquist	7–6^(8–6), 6–1
Win	4–1	Nov 2002	Champaign-Urbana, United States	Challenger	Hard	Eric Taino	6–1, 3–6, 6–3
Win	5–1	Jan 2003	Waikoloa, United States	Challenger	Hard	Neville Godwin	6–3, 6–3
Loss	5–2	Apr 2010	Tallahassee, United States	Challenger	Hard	Brian Dabul	6–4, 0–4 ret.
Loss	5–3	Aug 2011	Vancouver, Canada	Challenger	Hard	James Ward	5–7, 4–6
Loss	5–4	Jan 2012	Honolulu, United States	Challenger	Hard	Go Soeda	3–6, 6–7^(5–7)
Win	6–4	Jan 2013	USA F2, Sunrise	Futures	Clay	Benjamin Balleret	6–4, 6–2
Loss	6–5	Feb 2013	Dallas, United States	Challenger	Hard	Rhyne Williams	5–7, 3–6
Win	7–5	May 2014	Tallahassee, United States	Challenger	Clay	Frank Dancevic	6–3, 6–4

Doubles: 1 (0–1)

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	Ryan Sachire	Jeff Laski Nick Rainey	3–6, 6–3, 6–7^(4–7)

Performance timelines

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

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

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

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.	Marat Safin	7	Indian Wells, United States	Hard	3R	6–0, 6–1	80
2.	Rainer Schüttler	6	Madrid, Spain	Hard (i)	2R	6–2, 6–4	34
2004
3.	Juan Carlos Ferrero	5	Wimbledon, London, United Kingdom	Grass	3R	6–3, 6–4, 6–1	34
2005
4.	Andy Roddick	4	Indianapolis, United States	Hard	QF	4–6, 7–6^(7–2), 7–5	98
5.	Mariano Puerta	9	Cincinnati, United States	Hard	1R	7–6^(7–2), 6–1	58
6.	Marat Safin	4	Cincinnati, United States	Hard	QF	6–2, 6–3	58
7.	Guillermo Coria	8	US Open, New York, United States	Hard	QF	4–6, 6–1, 7–5, 3–6, 7–5	46
8.	Nikolay Davydenko	8	Madrid, Spain	Hard (i)	3R	6–3, 7–5	21
2006
9.	Tommy Robredo	8	Madrid, Spain	Hard (i)	3R	6–3, 7–6^(7–3)	47
2008
10.	James Blake	9	San Jose, United States	Hard (i)	QF	6–2, 6–2	138
11.	Nikolay Davydenko	6	Madrid, Spain	Hard (i)	2R	4–6, 6–4, 6–4	63
2010
12.	Robin Söderling	8	Chennai, India	Hard	1R	6–4, 7–5	100