Robert Louis Ginepri (/dʒɪˈnɛpri/jih-NEP-ree;[1] born October 7, 1982) is an American tennis coach and a former professional player. He won three ATP singles titles in his career and achieved a career-high ranking of World No. 15 in December 2005.[2] Ginepri's best Grand Slam result was the semifinals of the 2005 US Open.[3]
Robby Ginepri is of Luxembourgish ancestry. His father, Rene, who is originally from Luxembourg, is a systems analyst and his mother, Nancy, is a second grade teacher. Has an older sister Jenni.[2][4]
He attended Joseph Wheeler High School, located in Marietta, Georgia (near Kennesaw).[5] He graduated as a member of the class of 2001.
His summer hardcourt record was 14–3 when he arrived two weeks later at the 2005 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.[9] He then lost to Andre Agassi in the semifinals in five sets.[10][11] Ginepri thus became the first player in the Open Era to play four consecutive five-set matches at the US Open.[12]
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 reached world No. 15 in the ATP rankings on 26 December 2005, the highest ranking of his career.[2]
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 2006 ranked world No. 51 with a 24–26 record.
Ginepri lost in the third round of both the 2007 Australian Open and the US Open and the first round of both the French Open and Wimbledon. He finished the year 2007 ranked outside the top 100 for the first time since 2002, at world No. 134.[2]
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.[14]
On June 23, 2008, Ginepri's ranking was world No. 59, a rise of 112 places since January 28, 2008.
In August 2008, Ginepri made his Olympic debut at the 2008 Olympic Games in Beijing, China.[2]
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.[citation needed]
Ginepri participated in the 2011 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 2013 U.S. Men's Clay Court Championships in Houston before losing to Juan Mónaco. He failed to qualify for the 2013 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. After winning the USTA wildcard entry for the 2014 French Open, he lost to Rafael Nadal in the first round, in straight sets.[17]
Following his retirement in August 2015,[20] he founded the Ginepri Performance Tennis Academy located at the Olde Towne Athletic Club, where he is currently its Director of Tennis Programming and is also an ATP and a USTA coach.[21][22]
Ginepri coached the U.S. Davis Cup team starting in February 2018.[23]
At the same time he continued to coach Frances Tiafoe, with whom he started working since the fall of 2016,[24][25] until the end of the 2018 season, but not on a completely full-time basis.[26]
He started coaching Marcos Giron in mid-2020 season, during the summer, into the 2021 season.[27][28]
^Bowers, Chris (June 15, 2017). Novak Djokovic - The Biography. Kings Road. ISBN9781786065506. Retrieved January 27, 2022. It was not to come at the 2005 French Open or Wimbledon. At Roland Garros, Robby Ginepri became the first man to lose to Djokovic in a Grand Slam main draw,...
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