Alexander Kudryavtsev

Alexander Kudryavtsev

Alexander Kudryavtsev, St. Petersburg Open 2008
Country	Russia
Residence	St. Petersburg, Russia
Born	(1985-10-26) 26 October 1985 Ekaterinburg, Russia
Height	1.82 m (6 ft 0 in)
Turned pro	2003
Plays	Right-handed (two-handed backhand)
Coach(es)	Vadim Davletshin
Prize money	$634,800
Singles
Career record	5–11
Career titles	0
Highest ranking	No. 120 (17 November 2014)
Current ranking	No. 120 (17 November 2014)
Grand Slam Singles results
Australian Open	1R (2012, 2015)
French Open	Q1 (2011)
Wimbledon	Q3 (2008)
US Open	2R (2014)
Doubles
Career record	7-9
Career titles	0
Highest ranking	No. 70 (7 November 2011)
Current ranking	No. 258 (17 November 2014)
Last updated on: 20 November 2014.

Alexander Mikhailovich Kudryavtsev (Russian: Александр Михайлович Кудрявцев; born 26 October 1985, in St. Petersburg, Russia) is a 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 in "Challenger" and "Futures" events. He reached his career-high singles ranking of # 123 in September 2011 and career-high doubles ranking of 70 on 7 November 2011.

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 6–3 4–6 7–6(8). In the second round he faced former World No. 1 Carlos Moyà but lost in a hard-fought game 6–3 6–7(4), 6–2. 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) 6–1 6–4.

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) 7–5 6–3.

2012

Kudryavtsev began the year by qualifying for the Australian Open main draw. He met Roger Federer in the opening round and lost in three sets (7–5, 6–2, 6–2).

Singles performance timeline

This table is current through the 2015 Australian Open.

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]

ATP career finals

Singles:1(0-1)

Outcome	No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Opponent	Score
Runner-up	1.	8 February 2014	Chennai, India	Hard	Yuki Bhambri	6-4, 3-6, 5-7

Doubles: 1 (0–1)

Outcome	No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Runner-up	1.	30 October 2011	St. Petersburg, Russia	Hard (i)	Michail Elgin	Colin Fleming Ross Hutchins	3–6, 7–6(7–5), [8–10]

ITF and Challengers Finals

Singles (8)

Wins (4)

No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Opponent in Final	Score
1.	4 February 2007	Delhi, India	Hard	Todor Enev	6–4, 6–2
2.	19 May 2007	Minsk, Belarus	Hard	Ivan Cerovic	6–2, 6–4
3.	15 June 2013	Herzlia 2, Israel	Hard	Albano Olivetti	5–7, 6–4, 6–4
4.	22 June 2013	Herzlia 3, Israel	Hard	Ashley Hewitt	6–3, 6–4, 6–3

Runners-up (4)

No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Opponent in Final	Score
1.	22 April 2006	Guliston, Uzbekistan	Hard	Teodor-Dacian Crăciun	0–6, 6–4, 6–7(5–7)
2.	25 September 2010	Bangkok, Thailand	Hard	Grigor Dimitrov	4–6, 1–6
3.	19 February 2012	Bergamo, Italy	Hard	Björn Phau	4–6, 4–6

Doubles (19)

Wins (14)

No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Partner	Opponent in Final	Score
1.	11 July 2004	Oberstaufen, Germany	Clay	Vadim Davletshin	Valentino Pest Alexander Waske	4–6, 6–3, 7–6
2.	27 May 2006	Kiev, Ukraine	Clay	Alexander Krasnorutskiy	Andrei Stoliarov Aleksandr Yarmola	6–3, 3–6, 6–2
3.	4 June 2006	Cherkasy, Ukraine	Clay	Alexander Krasnorutskiy	Sergei Bubka Aleksandr Nedovesov	6–3, 4–6, 6–2
4.	25 June 2006	Minsk, Belarus	Hard	Alexander Krasnorutskiy	Alexander Bury Kyril Harbatsiuk	7–5, 6–3
5.	27 August 2006	Poznań, Poland	Clay	Alexander Krasnorutskiy	Tomasz Bednarek Maciej Dilaj	2–6, 7–5, 6–1
6.	26 November 2006	Mosrentgen, Russia	Hard	Alexander Krasnorutskiy	Sarvar Ikramov Alexey Tikhonov	6–1, 6–1
7.	20 August 2011	Karshi, Kazakhstan	Hard	Michail Elgin	Konstantin Kravchuk Denys Molchanov	3–6, 6–3, [11–9]
8.	6 November 2011	Eckental, Germany	Carpet	Andre Begemann	James Cerretani Adil Shamasdin	6–3, 3–6, [11–9]
9.	22 February 2015	New Delhi, India	Hard	Egor Gerasimov	Riccardo Ghedin Toshihide Matsui	6–7(5–7), 6–4, [10–6]

Runners-up (5)

No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Partner	Opponent in Final	Score
1.	7 August 2005	Saransk, Russia	Clay	Konstantin Kravchuk	Simon Stadler Flavio Cipolla	6–7(2–7), 6–4, 6–7(3–7)
2.	13 August 2005	Sergiyev Posad, Russia	Clay	Alexey Kedryuk	Mikhail Elgin Mikhail Filima	2–6, 4–6
3.	22 April 2006	Guliston, Uzbekistan	Hard	Konstantin Kravchuk	Mikhail Elgin Alexey Kedryuk	7–5, 4–6, 4–6
4.	20 August 2006	Wroclaw, Poland	Clay	Alexander Krasnorutskiy	David Novak Martin Vacek	6–4, 5–7, 2–6
5.	19 November 2006	Sergiev Posad, Russia	Hard	Alexander Krasnorutskiy	David Klier Filip Polášek	6–7(6–8), 6–7(5–7)

References

External links

• Alexander Kudryavtsev at the Association of Tennis Professionals
• Alexander Kudryavtsev at the International Tennis Federation

Association of Tennis Professionals: Top ten Russian male singles tennis players as of 13 April 2015 1. Mikhail Youzhny (58 3) 2. Teymuraz Gabashvili (73 6) 3. Andrey Kuznetsov (101 10) 4. Alexander Kudryavtsev (127 ) 5. Konstantin Kravchuk (164 ) 6. Aslan Karatsev (165 2) 7. Dmitry Tursunov (176 1) 8. Evgeny Donskoy (184 2) 9. Karen Khachanov (278 3) 10. Roman Safiullin (319 1)