Andreas Vinciguerra (born February 19, 1981 in Malmö) is a tennis player from Sweden, who turned professional in 1998. The lefthander won one singles title (2000, Copenhagen) so far. He reached his highest singles ATP-ranking on November 5, 2001, when he became the number 33 of the world. Vinciguerra is nicknamedVinci by his countrymen, and comes from same hometown as 1986 Roland Garros finalist Mikael Pernfors. February 19 is the 50th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar. ... 1981 (MCMLXXXI) was a common year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ... â¶(?) IPA: [málmø:] is the third largest city in Sweden, situated in the southernmost province of SkÃ¥ne, near Copenhagen, Denmark. ... Tennis balls This article is about the sport, tennis. ... 1998 (MCMXCVIII) was a common year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar, and was designated the International Year of the Ocean. ... This article is about the year 2000. ... Copenhagen (Danish: København) is the capital of Denmark, and the name of the municipality (Danish, kommune) in which it resides. ... The Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP) was formed in 1972 to protect the interests of male professional Tennis players. ... November 5 is the 309th day of the year (310th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 56 days remaining. ... 2001: A Space Odyssey. ... A nickname is a short, clever, cute, derogatory, or otherwise substitute name for a person or things real name (for example, Tom is short for Thomas). ... Mikael Pernfors (b. ...
Vinciguerra was accompanied into the quarterfinals by Cecil Mamiit of the United States, who defeated third-seeded Andrew Ilie of Australia 6-4, 6-3.
Vinciguerra, seeded fourth, has not dropped a set in his two matches on the fast hardcourt at the KB Hallen.
Vinciguerra, who watched on the sidelines as Sweden went through to the Davis Cup quarterfinals last weekend at nearby Helsingborg, has only played two matches since losing to Yevgeny Kafelnikov in the round of 16 at the Australian Open last month.