Alexander Kudryavtsev

Alexander Mikhailovich Kudryavtsev (Russian: Алекса́ндр Миха́йлович Кудря́вцев; born 26 October 1985) is a retired Russian professional tennis player who has played professionally since 2003. He made his breakthrough in 2008, playing in his first top-level international tournaments on the ATP tour, having spent time playing at the ATP Challenger Tour and Futures events. He reached his career-high singles ranking of 117 on 2 February 2015 and career-high doubles ranking of 70 on 7 November 2011.

Alexander Kudryavtsev
Александр Кудрявцев
Country (sports) Russia
ResidenceSt. Petersburg, Russia
Born (1985-10-26) 26 October 1985
Ekaterinburg, USSR
Height1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)
Turned pro2003
Retired2017
PlaysRight-handed (two-handed backhand)
CoachVadim Davletshin
Prize money$ 909,894
Singles
Career record5–15 (25.0% in Grand Slam and ATP World Tour main draw matches, and in Davis Cup)
Career titles0
Highest rankingNo. 117 (2 February 2015)
Grand Slam singles results
Australian Open1R (2012, 2015)
French OpenQ2 (2015)
Wimbledon1R (2016)
US Open2R (2014)
Doubles
Career record9–11 (45.0% in Grand Slam and ATP World Tour main draw matches, and in Davis Cup)
Career titles0
Highest rankingNo. 70 (7 November 2011)
Grand Slam doubles results
Australian Open2R (2012)
Wimbledon1R (2008)
Last updated on: 23 November 2017.

Professional career

Early career

Kudryavtsev reached the quarter-finals in a futures event in Bucharest in 2003. In 2004 he advanced to the second round in three futures events, and won a doubles challenger title. In 2005 he was a semi-finalist in a Beijing futures tournament, and reached the quarterfinals in Korolev (Russia) and Minsk (Belarus). In 2006 he became a finalist for the first time in Uzbekistan, as well as reaching the semi-finals once and the quarter-finals twice in other events.

In 2007 he started by winning his first Futures title in India and followed it up by winning a second in Belarus in May. In the second half of the season he was a quarter- or semi-finalist in six Challenger events with a 15–11 win–loss record. He also reached 9 finals (5 wins with three different partners) in doubles competitions and finished the year ranked No. 96 in doubles.

2008

Kudryavtsev began the year positively by reaching the second round of his maiden top-level tournament. After coming through qualifying he beat Prakash Amritraj of India. In the second round he faced former World No. 1 Carlos Moyá and lost in a hard-fought game 3–6, 7–6(4), 2–6. His next international event was at Estoril in Portugal in April where he lost in the first round to France's Thierry Ascione (ranked #82).

He competed in his first Masters Series event at Toronto in Canada in July. In the first round he upset No. 33 ranked Philipp Kohlschreiber of Germany 6–2, 7–6(7) but he could not repeat this in the second round as he lost to Frenchman Richard Gasquet (ranked #12).

2012

Kudryavtsev began the year by qualifying for the Australian Open main draw. He met No. 3 seed Roger Federer in the opening round and lost in three sets.

Singles performance timeline

Key
W  F  SF QF #R RR Q# DNQ A NH
(W) winner; (F) finalist; (SF) semifinalist; (QF) quarterfinalist; (#R) rounds 4, 3, 2, 1; (RR) round-robin stage; (Q#) qualification round; (DNQ) did not qualify; (A) absent; (NH) not held; (SR) strike rate (events won / competed); (W–L) win–loss record.

This table is current through the 2016 US Open.

Tournament200820092010201120122013201420152016 SR W–L
Australian Open Q3 Q3 A Q1 1R A Q1 1R Q3 0 / 2 0–2
French Open A A A Q1 A A A Q2 Q1 0 / 0 0–0
Wimbledon Q3 Q2 Q2 Q2 Q1 A A Q1 1R 0 / 1 0–1
US Open Q2 Q1 Q2 A A A 2R Q2 Q1 0 / 1 1–1
Win–loss 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–1 0–0 1–1 0–1 0–1 0 / 4 1–4
Year End Ranking 208 205 159 158 275 268 119 164 193

Personal life

Kudryavtsev began playing tennis at the age of six while living in St. Petersburg in Russia. He admired tennis players Andre Agassi and countryman Marat Safin while growing up and strove to be as good as them. As a professional he enjoys playing on most surfaces except grass and does not have a favorite shot. He's coached by Vadim Davletshin. He married his wife Rushana on 16 March 2007 and they had a son named Egor (born 6 August 2007)[1]

Career finals

Doubles: 1 (1 runner-up)

Legend
Grand Slam (0–0)
Tennis Masters Cup (0–0)
ATP Tour Masters 1000 (0–0)
ATP Tour 500 series (0–0)
ATP Tour 250 series (0–1)
Titles by surface
Hard (0–1)
Clay (0–0)
Grass (0–0)
Carpet (0–0)
Outcome No. Date Tournament Surface Partner Opponents Score
Runner-up 1. 30 October 2011 St. Petersburg, Russia Hard (i) Mikhail Elgin Colin Fleming
Ross Hutchins
3–6, 7–6(7–5), [8–10]

Challengers and Futures finals

Singles: 17 (6 titles, 11 runners-up)

Legend
Challengers (0–10)
Futures (6–1)
Result No. Date Tournament Surface Opponent Score
Loss 1. 22 April 2006 Guliston, Uzbekistan Hard Teodor-Dacian Crăciun 0–6, 6–4, 6–7(5–7)
Win 2. 3 February 2007 Delhi, India Hard Todor Enev 6–4, 6–2
Win 3. 19 May 2007 Minsk, Belarus Hard Ivan Cerović 6–2, 6–4
Loss 4. 8 February 2009 Wrocław, Poland Hard (i) Michael Berrer 3–6, 4–6
Win 5. 20 March 2010 Astana, Kazakhstan Hard (i) Evgeny Donskoy 6–4, 6–3
Win 6. 1 May 2010 Namangan, Uzbekistan Hard Denys Molchanov 6–4, 6–4
Loss 7. 25 September 2010 Bangkok, Thailand Hard Grigor Dimitrov 4–6, 1–6
Loss 8. 19 March 2011 Guangzhou, China Hard Uladzimir Ignatik 4–6, 4–6
Loss 9. 11 September 2011 Shanghai, China Hard Cedrik-Marcel Stebe 4–6, 6–4, 5–7
Loss 10. 19 February 2012 Bergamo, Italy Hard (i) Björn Phau 4–6, 4–6
Win 11. 15 June 2013 Herzliya, Israel Hard Albano Olivetti 5–7, 6–4, 6–4
Win 12. 22 June 2013 Herzliya, Israel Hard Ashley Hewitt 6–3, 6–4, 6–3
Loss 13. 8 February 2014 Chennai, India Hard Yuki Bhambri 6–4, 3–6, 5–7
Loss 14. 15 June 2014 Fergana, Uzbekistan Hard Blaž Kavčič 4–6, 6–7(8–10)
Loss 15. 22 June 2014 Tianjin, China Hard Blaž Kavčič 2–6, 6–3, 5–7
Loss 16. 21 June 2015 Fergana, Uzbekistan Hard Teymuraz Gabashvili 2–6, 0–1 ret.
Loss 17. 29 November 2015 Toyota, Japan Carpet (i) Yoshihito Nishioka 3–6, 4–6

Doubles: 55 (33 titles, 22 runners-up)

Legend
ATP Challengers (21–15)
ITF Futures (12–7)
Result No. Date Tournament Surface Partner Opponent Score
Win 1. 9 July 2004 Oberstaufen, Germany Clay Vadim Davletshin Valentino Pest
Alexander Waske
4–6, 6–3, 7–6
Loss 2. 5 August 2005 Saransk, Russia Clay Konstantin Kravchuk Simon Stadler
Flavio Cipolla
6–7(2–7), 6–4, 6–7(3–7)
Loss 3. 13 August 2005 Sergiyev Posad, Russia Clay Alexey Kedryuk Mikhail Elgin
Mikhail Filima
2–6, 4–6
Loss 4. 22 April 2006 Guliston, Uzbekistan Hard Konstantin Kravchuk Mikhail Elgin
Alexey Kedryuk
7–5, 4–6, 4–6
Win 5. 27 May 2006 Kyiv, Ukraine Clay Alexandre Krasnoroutskiy Andrei Stoliarov
Aleksandr Yarmola
6–3, 3–6, 6–2
Win 6. 4 June 2006 Cherkasy, Ukraine Clay Alexandre Krasnoroutskiy Sergei Bubka
Aleksandr Nedovesov
6–3, 4–6, 6–2
Win 7. 25 June 2006 Minsk, Belarus Hard Alexandre Krasnoroutskiy Alexander Bury
Kyril Harbatsiuk
7–5, 6–3
Loss 8. 20 August 2006 Wrocław, Poland Clay Alexandre Krasnoroutskiy David Novak
Martin Vacek
6–4, 5–7, 2–6
Win 9. 27 August 2006 Poznań, Poland Clay Alexandre Krasnoroutskiy Tomasz Bednarek
Maciej Diłaj
2–6, 7–5, 6–1
Loss 10. 19 November 2006 Sergiyev Posad, Russia Hard (i) Alexandre Krasnoroutskiy David Klier
Filip Polášek
6–7(6–8), 6–7(5–7)
Win 11. 26 November 2006 Mosrentgen, Russia Hard (i) Alexandre Krasnoroutskiy Sarvar Ikramov
Alexey Tikhonov
6–1, 6–1
Win 12. 2 February 2007 New Delhi, India Hard Alexey Kedryuk Sandeep Kirtane
Purav Raja
6–4, 6–2
Loss 13. 23 February 2007 Brownsville, Texas, United States Hard Horia Tecău Nicholas Monroe
Izak van der Merwe
5–7, 6–7(5–7)
Loss 14. 4 May 2007 Ostrava, Czech Republic Clay Alexandre Krasnoroutskiy Bastian Knittel
Lukáš Rosol
6–2, 5–7, [9–11]
Win 15. 25 May 2007 Minsk, Belarus Hard Alexandre Krasnoroutskiy Olivier Charroin
Pierre-Ludovic Duclos
2–6, 6–3, 6–2
Loss 16. 22 June 2007 Almaty, Kazakhstan Clay Alexey Kedryuk Kamil Čapkovič
Ivan Dodig
4–6, 6–3, [7–10]
Loss 17. 29 June 2007 Almaty, Kazakhstan Clay Alexey Kedryuk Teodor-Dacian Crăciun
Florin Mergea
2–6, 1–6
Win 18. 27 July 2007 Penza, Russia Hard Alexandre Krasnoroutskiy Murad Inoyatov
Denis Istomin
6–1, 4–6, [10–4]
Win 19. 17 August 2007 Bukhara, Uzbekistan Hard Evgeny Kirillov Danila Arsenov
Vaia Uzakov
6–3, 6–1
Loss 20. 31 August 2007 Cherkasy, Ukraine Clay Sergei Bubka Daniel Muñoz de la Nava
Santiago Ventura
2–6, 6–7(4–7)
Win 21. 15 September 2007 Ljubljana, Slovenia Clay Alexandre Krasnoroutskiy Ivan Dodig
Lovro Zovko
7–6(11–9), 1–6, [10–6]
Win 22. 22 September 2007 Banja Luka, Bosnia & Herzegovina Clay Alexandre Krasnoroutskiy Diego Junqueira
Vladimir Obradović
6–2, 6–4
Win 23. 16 November 2007 Helsinki, Finland Hard (i) Mikhail Elgin Harri Heliövaara
Henri Kontinen
4–6, 7–5, [13–11]
Loss 24. 17 October 2008 Tashkent, Uzbekistan Hard Mikhail Elgin Flavio Cipolla
Pavel Šnobel
3–6, 4–6
Win 25. 7 November 2008 Astana, Kazakhstan Hard (i) Mikhail Elgin George Bastl
Marco Chiudinelli
6–4, 6–7(8–10), [10–8]
Loss 26. 1 March 2009 Wolfsburg, Germany Carpet (i) Sergei Bubka Travis Rettenmaier
Ken Skupski
3–6, 4–6
Loss 27. 20 March 2009 Bangkok, Thailand Hard Mikhail Elgin Josh Goodall
Joseph Sirianni
3–6, 1–6
Loss 28. 19 April 2009 Johannesburg, South Africa Hard Mikhail Elgin George Bastl
Chris Guccione
2–6, 6–4, [9–11]
Win 29. 24 July 2009 Penza, Russia Hard Mikhail Elgin Alexey Kedryuk
Denis Matsukevitch
4–6, 6–3, [10–6]
Loss 30. 18 September 2009 Mulhouse, France Hard (i) Konstantin Kravchuk Ruben Bemelmans
Yannick Mertens
3–6, 6–7(6–8)
Win 31. 28 November 2009 Toyota, Japan Carpet (i) Andis Juška Alexey Kedryuk
Junn Mitsuhashi
6–4, 7–6(8–6)
Win 32. 19 March 2010 Astana, Kazakhstan Hard (i) Evgeny Kirillov Alexander Peya
Alexander Slabinsky
6–3, 6–4
Win 33. 26 March 2010 Almaty, Kazakhstan Hard (i) Evgeny Kirillov Alexey Kedryuk
Denys Molchanov
7–5, 6–4
Win 34. 23 April 2010 Andijan, Uzbekistan Hard Denys Molchanov Mikhail Elgin
Alexey Kedryuk
6–2, 6–1
Win 35. 2 July 2010 Palma del Río, Spain Hard Evgeny Kirillov Marc Fornell Mestres
Pablo Martin Adalia
6–4, 6–2
Loss 36. 6 November 2010 Astana, Kazakhstan Hard (i) Mikhail Elgin Colin Fleming
Ross Hutchins
3–6, 6–7(10–12)
Win 37. 13 November 2010 Ortisei, Italy Carpet (i) Mikhail Elgin Tomasz Bednarek
Michał Przysiężny
3–6, 6–3, [10–3]
Loss 38. 5 February 2011 Kazan, Russia Hard (i) Mikhail Elgin Yves Allegro
Andreas Beck
4–6, 4–6
Loss 39. 12 February 2011 Bergamo, Italy Hard (i) Mikhail Elgin Frederik Nielsen
Ken Skupski
w/o
Win 40. 19 March 2011 Guangzhou, China Hard Mikhail Elgin Sanchai Ratiwatana
Sonchat Ratiwatana
7–6(7–3), 6–3
Win 41. 26 March 2011 Pingguo, China Hard Mikhail Elgin Harri Heliövaara
Jose Statham
6–3, 6–2
Loss 42. 30 April 2011 Ostrava, Czech Republic Clay Andis Juška Olivier Charroin
Stéphane Robert
4–6, 3–6
Win 43. 12 August 2011 Samarkand, Uzbekistan Clay Mikhail Elgin Radu Albot
Andrey Kuznetsov
7–6(7–4), 2–6, [10–7]
Win 44. 19 August 2011 Qarshi, Uzbekistan Hard Mikhail Elgin Konstantin Kravchuk
Denys Molchanov
3–6, 6–3, [11–9]
Win 45. 6 November 2011 Eckental, Germany Carpet (i) Andre Begemann James Cerretani
Adil Shamasdin
6–3, 3–6, [11–9]
Win 46. 21 February 2013 Aktobe, Kazakhstan Hard (i) Yuriy Shukin Victor Baluda
Mate Pavić
7–6(8–6), 6–2
Loss 47. 29 March 2013 Novokuznetsk, Russia Hard (i) Mikhail Elgin Sergey Betov
Mikhail Biryukov
1–6, 6–7(3–7)
Win 48. 1 August 2014 Segovia, Spain Hard Victor Baluda Brydan Klein
Nikola Mektić
6–2, 4–6, [10–3]
Loss 49. 15 September 2014 İzmir, Turkey Hard Malek Jaziri Ken Skupski
Neal Skupski
1–6, 4–6
Win 50. 22 February 2015 New Delhi, India Hard Egor Gerasimov Riccardo Ghedin
Toshihide Matsui
6–7(5–7), 6–4, [10–6]
Win 51. 8 August 2015 Segovia, Spain Hard Denys Molchanov Alexander Bury
Andreas Siljeström
6–2, 6–4
Win 52. 20 March 2016 Guangzhou, China Hard Denys Molchanov Sanchai Ratiwatana
Sonchat Ratiwatana
6–2, 6–2
Loss 53. 30 July 2016 Astana, Kazakhstan Hard Mikhail Elgin Yaraslav Shyla
Andrei Vasilevski
4–6, 4–6
Win 54. 29 October 2016 Suzhou, China Hard Mikhail Elgin Andrea Arnaboldi
Jonathan Eysseric
4–6, 6–1, [10–7]
Win 55. 19 November 2016 Brescia, Italy Carpet (i) Mikhail Elgin Wesley Koolhof
Matwé Middelkoop
7–6(7–4), 6–3

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