Mischa Zverev

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Mischa Zverev
Country Germany Flag of Germany
Residence Hamburg, Germany
Date of birth August 22, 1987 (1987-08-22) (age 20)
Place of birth Moscow, USSR
Height 1.90 m (6 ft 3 in)
Weight 80 kg (180 lb/13 st)
Turned pro NA
Plays Left-handed
Career prize money $331,338
Singles
Career record: 12 - 14
Career titles: 0
Highest ranking: 71 (April 28, 2008)
Grand Slam results
Australian Open 2nd (2007)
French Open 1st (2008)
Wimbledon 1st (2007)
US Open -
Doubles
Career record: 0 - 8
Career titles: 0
Highest ranking: 104 (July 9, 2007)

Infobox last updated on: February 25, 2008.

Michael "Mischa" Zverev (born August 22, 1987, Moscow, Russia) is a male professional tennis player. He is the son of former Russian tennis player Alexander Zverev, who is also his coach. He now resides in Hamburg, Germany and represents Germany internationally. His career high ranking is #71, achieved on April 28, 2008.

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[edit] Juniors Career

He had a successful junior career, attaining a #3 ranking and reaching the semifinal of the US Open (losing to Andy Murray), the quarterfinal of Roland Garros (losing to Alex Kuznetsov), and the quarterfinal of the Australian Open (losing to Novak Đoković) in 2004.

[edit] Professional Career

[edit] 2006

In October, 2006, he made his first ATP-level quarterfinal in Bangkok, Thailand, beating former #1 Juan Carlos Ferrero and former #5 Rainer Schüttler before losing to former #1 Marat Safin.

[edit] 2007

He has spent all of 2007 in the top 200, and made his 2nd quartefinal in July, 2007, in Rhode Island. In August 2007, he won a Challenger title at İstanbul, and followed that up with a quarterfinal run at the Bronx Challenger, which put him into the top-100 for the first time at # 99.

[edit] Singles Titles

Legend (Singles)
Grand Slam (0)
Tennis Masters Cup (0)
ATP Masters Series (0)
ATP Tour (0)
Challengers (4)


No. Date Tournament Surface Opponent in the final Score
1. July 3, 2006 Flag of Ireland Dublin Carpet Flag of Denmark Kristian Pless 7–5 7–6
2. May 28, 2007 Flag of Germany Karlsruhe Clay Flag of the United States Wayne Odesnik 2–6 6–4 6–3
3. August 6, 2007 Flag of Turkey Istanbul Hard Flag of Slovakia Lukas Lacko 6–4 6–4
4. November 12, 2007 Flag of Ukraine Dnepropetrovsk Hard (I) Flag of Russia Dmitry Tursunov 6–4 6–4


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