Farewell: The incredible numbers from Andreas Seppi

3 – Seppi has won ATP tournaments in his career. 2011 in Eastbourne, 2012 in Belgrade and Moscow. He is the first player from Italy to triumph on 3 different surfaces (grass, clay, hard).

5 – He was number 1 in Italy at the end of the season five times: 2009, 2010, 2011, 2013 and 2017.

6 – the number of rounds he reached in Grand Slam tournaments. Four times in Melbourne, once each in Paris and Wimbledon.

In 2012 Seppi won the tournament in Moscow. © AFP / ALEXANDER NEMENOV

7 – He has double finals on the ATP tour. The only win came after six defeats in 6 with Simone Bolelli in Dubai.

9 - that's how many times he has finished a tennis year in the top 50.

10 – He has played finals on the ATP tour in his career. The first in July 2007 in Gstaad against Paul-Henri Mathieu, the last in February 2020 in the hall in New York against Kyle Edmund. 4 days before the birth of daughter Liv.

10 – He celebrated victories against top ten players in 93 matches. The first in Hamburg in 2005 against Guillermo Canas, the last in Moscow in 2019 against Karen Khachanow.

14 – This is the number of finals he has made in Challenger tournaments, he has won 11 finals, twice in Val Gardena and twice in Bergamo.

15 – That’s how many weeks he was in the top 20 of the world rankings.

15 – His years he was top 100 at the end of the season. Italian record.

15 – He has played against Roger Federer more often than anyone else. The victory at the Australian Open 2015 will never be forgotten. 13 matches against Stan Wawrinka and 12 against Novak Djokovic followed.

Seppi (right) played against Federer 15 times. © GETTY IMAGES NORTH AMERICA / JULIAN FINNEY

16 – He fended off match points in so many games on the ATP tour and still won. There were 6 against Wawrinka in Rome in 2012. Pure goosebumps.

18 – this is the best placement in the world rankings. He achieved his best ranking for the first time on January 28, 2013 after the round of XNUMX in Melbourne.

18 – That’s how often he was in the main draw of the US Open. Continuously from 2004 to 2021. He has not played any other tournament more often. He played at least every major 16 times.

45 – The number of his 5-set matches. He won 24 of them. In 2013, 7 in a row.

50 – The number of grass tournaments he has played. Of the active players, only Feliciano Lopez has more tournament participations on grass (55).

64 – This is how many participations in ATP 500 tournaments he has. This is also an Italian record.

66 – Seppi has played Grand Slam tournaments in a row from Wimbledon 2005 to the Australian Open 2022. Only Feliciano Lopez (79) and Fernando Verdasco (67) have more.

Seppi particularly enjoyed playing on grass. © AFP / GLYN KIRK

67 – He has a total of Grand Slam tournaments under his belt. It celebrated its premiere in New York in 2004. That means 9th place in the all-time ranking behind Novak Djokovic, Philipp Kohlschreiber and Richard Gasquet (68 each). Roger Federer and Feliciano Lopez are in first place with 1 major tournaments.

86 – that is the number of Challenger tournaments he has played. He won 11 of them.

92 – He was in the main draw at so many Masters tournaments, only Fabio Fognini (102) has more participations in Italy.

130 – Seppi has played matches at Grand Slam tournaments in his career and celebrated 63 victories. Most of them at the Australian Open (21).

178 – That’s how many ATP 250 tournaments Seppi has played. 13th place in the all-time ranking, number 1 for the “Azzurri”.

220 – the number of his hard court tournaments, one less than Roger Federer. Rank 7 in the professional era.

291 – He has played against so many different players in his professional career.

386 – He won games on the professional tour. In Italy, only Adriano Panatta (408) and Fognini (402) have won more matches.

404 – that’s how many tournaments he has played on the ATP tour in his career. This puts him in seventh place in the all-time professional tennis ranking, directly behind Jimmy Connors (7). The list is headed by Feliciano Lopez (406).

432 – The weeks that Seppi was in the top 50 of the world rankings.

808 – The Kalterer player played games on the ATP tour. Rank 50 in the all-time rankings. There is no longer any “Azzurro” (Fognini 760).

810 – these are the weeks that Seppi was in the top 100. Over 15 years. Lonely Italian record ahead of Fabio Fognini (748).

1400 – This is how many games Seppi has played in total, starting with the satellite circuit in 1999, where he competed in the qualification in Kaltern and Dorf Tirol.

6895 – Days, almost 19 years, passed between his first match on the ATP tour on July 21, 2003 in Kitzbühel against Olivier Mutis and his last match in the main draw of an ATP tournament on June 6, 2022 in s'Hertogenbosch against Adrian Mannarino .

11.815.769 – Dollars, which is almost 12,1 million euros, is what Seppi earned in prize money. Only 62 players have conceded more in the professional era over the last 54 years.

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Farewell: The incredible numbers from Andreas Seppi

On Tuesday Andreas Seppi made his last sporting appearance at the Challenger tournament in Val Gardena, and he will be officially farewelled on Friday. We'll take the opportunity to look back at the Kalterer's incredible career figures.

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