Career
Andriy is the Ukrainian language spelling of his first name, while Andrei is the Russian language spelling of his first name, with both regularly used. He reached a career-high singles ranking of World Number. 4. In the late 1990s, Medvedev"s form and results began to flounder until he unexpectedly reached the final of the 1999 French Open after having defeated Dinu Pescariu, Byron Black, Arnaud Di Pasquale, Fernando Meligeni, Pete Sampras and Gustavo Kuerten en route.
Medvedev dominated the first two sets of the final against Andre Agassi before Agassi mounted a come-from-behind victory, which allowed him to complete a career Grand Slam.
Afterwards, Medvedev did not score further notable results, and retired from the tour in 2001. Medvedev"s junior career was the highlighted by winning the junior 1991 French Open.
Grand Slam finals = Singles: 1 (0–1) Masters Series finals = Singles: 5 (4–1) finals Singles: 18 (11–7) Wins (11) Doubles: 1 (0–1) Runners-up (1).