Robby Ginepri (born October 7, 1982) is an American tennis player who turned professional in 2001.
Ginepri had the best year of his young career in 2005. In August 2005 he reached the semifinal of an ATP Masters Series tournament for the first time in his career, in Cincinnati, USA. He beat 2004 French Open runner-up Mariano Puerta (7-6, 6-1) and David Ferrer (6-4, 6-3) in rounds 1 and 2, 1998 French Open and past Cincinnati champion Carlos Moya (6-3, 6-4) in round 3, and two-time Grand Slam winner Marat Safin (6-2, 6-3) in the quarterfinal. He gave World No. 1 Roger Federer the biggest test Federer had endured in quite a while in semifinal, but fell 4-6, 7-5, 6-4.
His summer hardcourt record was at 14-3 when he arrived at the U.S. Open two weeks later. Ginepri continued winning, and reached his first semifinal of Grand Slam. He lost that semifinal match to veteran Andre Agassi in five sets. His third-round, fourth-round and quarterfinal matches also went five sets, making him the first player in US Open history to play four consecutive five-set matches.
In November at the Madrid Masters, Ginepri made it to another ATP Masters Series semifinal before losing to eventual champion Rafael Nadal, 7-6, 7-5.
His achievements at the Masters Series and Grand Slam level helped him finish 2005 at No. 15 in the ATP Rankings, the highest ranking of his career to date.
The 5'11" (1.80 m), 174-pound (79 kg) Ginepri was born in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, graduated from Wheeler High School, and currently lives in Marietta, Georgia. His father, Rene, is a systems analyst and his mother, Nancy, is a second grade teacher at Sedalia Park Elementary School.
