Andres Võsand (born 10 March 1966) is a former professional

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player from

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. He represented the

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for most of his career, but was based in

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, then in 1995 took up

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citizenship.All draw sheets on the ATP website give his nationality as German or West German, but he didn't become a German citizen until after he retired from the ATP Tour

Career

Võsand won the mixed doubles title at the 1987 USSR tennis championship and was also a singles semi-finalist. The Estonian appeared in the main draw of five Grand Slam tournaments during his career. He twice made it past the first round, both times in the

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. In 1988 he beat both

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and

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en route to a third round exit, at the hands of

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. He was the only qualifier in the draw to make the final 32 and had gone into the tournament ranked 256th in the world. At the French Open the following year he reached the second round, defeating

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. He also competed in the mixed doubles at the 1988 French Open, with Natalia Egorova, but the pair didn't register a win. On the

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/ ATP circuit, Võsand reached just one quarter-final, which was at Saint-Vincent in 1989. He had his career best win at the 1991 Florence Open, over world number 40

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. In 1993, with

no longer under Soviet control, Võsand began representing his country in

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competition. He played in a total of six ties and won nine of his 13 rubbers, with a 5–3 record in singles and 4–1 record in doubles.

Challenger titles

Singles: (2)

Doubles: (1)

Notes

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Vosand, Andres 1966 births Living people Estonian male tennis players Soviet male tennis players German male tennis players Estonian emigrants to Germany Sportspeople from Rakvere 20th-century German sportsmen