From Halle to Halle: The 300 victories of Andreas Seppi

Like most great tennis players, Seppi began his career with appearances in smaller ITF and Challenger tournaments. That was in 2002. A season later he made his debut on the ATP World Tour in Kitzbühel. Shortly afterwards he celebrated winning the first set in Bucharest, but he still had to be patient until his debut victory in an ATP competition. This was achieved in 2004 at the grass tournament in Halle when he Nikolay Davydenko defeated 7:6(5), 2:6, 6:3. “I never thought that my career would develop like this,” said Seppi on Monday evening after his success against Ferrer. “I am happy that I was able to celebrate this anniversary victory here in Halle. This is a very special place for me. "

It all started in the Davis Cup However, Massimo Sartori's protégé celebrated the first of his 300 victories a few weeks earlier, in April 2004, at the Davis Cup match between Italy and Georgia. At that time he forced Lado Chikhladze with 6:2, 6:4, 6:4 on their knees.

The following years saw memorable triumphs against in the Davis Cup Juan Carlos Ferrero and James Ward follow: He defeated the Spanish clay court specialist in five sets in 2005, but in 2014 he led Italy to the semi-finals with a win against the Brit.

First Grand Slam victory doesn't take long to wait 2004 was not only the year in which Seppi celebrated his first victories in the Davis Cup and on the ATP tour, but also in which he was able to raise his hands to the sky for the first time at a Grand Slam. In his main draw debut at the US Open, he left the number XNUMX seed Rainer Schüttler look old.

To date, the Überetscher has made it to the fourth round four times at Grand Slam tournaments. Namely in 2012 in Roland Garros, in 2013 at the Australian Open and in Wimbledon and again in Australia in 2015 when he played against Roger Federer He also celebrated what was probably his greatest success to date.

More memorable moments followed Seppi had two key experiences in 2008 when he was ranked second in the world rankings on February 21st, his birthday Rafa Nadal defeated. Three months later he managed to win against in Hamburg Nicolas Kiefer reached the semi-finals of a Master 1000 tournament for the first time.

The tennis professional from South Tyrol achieved his first tournament victory on grass in Eastbourne in 2011, followed a year later by triumphs in Belgrade and Moscow. Last season he finally made it to the final of an ATP 500 competition for the first time. It was in Halle again.

There is still an anniversary victory to come in Halle Seppi can set another milestone today at the prestigious lawn tournament in Westphalia. He is about to achieve his 100th victory in doubles. He wants to achieve this, together with Joao Sousa, in a duel with Brian Baker and Denis Istomin.

In addition to his current 99 Seppi has one-two victories overall in his career 240 Successes on the ATP World Tour 17 in the Davis Cup and 43 -Grand Slam victories to book.

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From Halle to Halle: The 300 victories of Andreas Seppi

Monday's two-set win against David Ferrer was Andreas Seppi's 300th victory in major international tennis (ATP, Grand Slam, Davis Cup). A round number that becomes even more impressive upon closer analysis.

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