Mischa Zverev

Mischa Zverev
Country (sports)  Germany
Residence Monte-Carlo, Monaco
Born (1987-08-22) 22 August 1987
Moscow, USSR
Height 1.90 m (6 ft 3 in)
Turned pro 2006
Plays Left-handed (two-handed backhand)
Prize money $ 2,146,328
Singles
Career record 68–109
Career titles 0
4 Challengers, 5 Futures
Highest ranking No. 45 (8 June 2009)
Current ranking No. 175 (15 February 2016)
Grand Slam Singles results
Australian Open 2R (2007)
French Open 1R (2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012)
Wimbledon 3R (2008)
US Open 1R (2008)
Doubles
Career record 44–55
Career titles 2
6 Challengers, 5 Futures
Highest ranking No. 44 (8 June 2009)
Current ranking No. 214 (15 February 2016)
Grand Slam Doubles results
Australian Open 1R (2008, 2009, 2010, 2011)
French Open 2R (2009)
Wimbledon 1R (2007, 2009, 2010)
US Open 2R (2008, 2009)
Last updated on: 15 February 2016.

Mikhail "Mischa" Zverev (born 22 August 1987, in Moscow, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union) is a German professional tennis player of Russian descent. He achieved a career-high singles ranking of world no. 45 in June 2009 and reached the quarterfinals of the Rome Masters as a qualifier the same year.

Personal life

He is the son of former Russian tennis player Alexander Zverev, who is also his coach. He now resides in Monte-Carlo, Monaco and represents Germany internationally. His brother, Alexander also plays on the tour.

Juniors

Zverev had a very successful junior career, attaining a No. 3 combined world ranking and reaching the semifinals of the US Open (losing to Andy Murray), the quarterfinals of Roland Garros (losing to Alex Kuznetsov) and the Australian Open (losing to Novak Djokovic) in 2004.

As a junior he compiled a 123–50 win/loss record in singles (and 79–3 in doubles).

Professional career

2006

In October 2006, he made his first ATP-level quarter-final in Bangkok, Thailand, beating former No. 1 Juan Carlos Ferrero and former No. 5 Rainer Schüttler before losing to former No. 1 Marat Safin.

2007

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

2008

In the 2008 Australian Open, Zverev nearly upset 11th seed Tommy Robredo in the first round. He took the first two sets but went down in 5. In June 2008, Zverev managed to secure his first ATP title by winning the Doubles at the Gerry Weber Open in Halle, Germany together with his partner Mikhail Youzhny.

At the 2008 Wimbledon Championships, Zverev surprisingly reached the third round after wins over Alexander Peya and Juan Carlos Ferrero, but was forced to retire in his third round match against Stanislas Wawrinka due to pain in his left thigh.

2009

In May, he reached the quarter-finals of the Rome Masters, losing to World No. 2 Roger Federer 7–6 6–2. He later helped Germany reach the final of the ARAG World Team Cup with team mates Nicolas Kiefer, Rainer Schüttler and Philipp Kohlschreiber. In the 2009 Wimbledon Championships, Zverev beat 25th seed Dmitry Tursunov in straight sets. He faced Philipp Petzschner in the 2nd round and lost in five sets. He was nominated by Davis Cup captain Patrik Kühnen for the quarterfinal against Spain in Marbella. He lost his doubles match with Nicolas Kiefer to Feliciano López and Fernando Verdasco in four sets.

2010

Zverev gave his comeback at the Brisbane International in January after a right wrist fracture. However, he lost to Australian wildcard Carsten Ball in straight sets. He made his next appearance at the Medibank International in Sydney where he lost in the first round of qualifying. At the 2010 Australian Open he lost to Łukasz Kubot from Poland in straight sets.

He regained his form at the European indoor tournaments. In Marseille he reached the semifinal, making a run which included a win over world No. 17 Tommy Robredo. He lost to eventual champion Michaël Llodra. His good form carried on – he went on to win after saving a match point in his first round match in Delray Beach against Michael Russell before falling to Mardy Fish in two sets. He lost his opening match in Indian Wells. At the 2010 Sony Ericsson Open in Miami Zverev was knocked out in the first round of Qualifying. He could not win a main draw match in a tournament for the next seven weeks. In preparation for Wimbledon he accepted a Wildcard for the 2010 Gerry Weber Open where he defetated Florent Serra and Jürgen Melzer before falling to Benjamin Becker 6–7, 0–6. He seemed to be in a good form – however, he was defeated by Andre Begemann in the first round of Qualifying in Wimbledon. Zverev then decided to enter more ATP Challenger Tour events. He reached the quarterfinal of Oberstaufen Challenger. Despite being granted a Wildcard in Stuttgart and Hamburg, he could not manage to win more than one match.

At the 2010 US Open he was knocked out in the first round of Qualifying again. He then returned to Europe playing a clay court ATP Challenger Tour Event in Genoa. He reached the quarterfinal where he was defeated by eventual champion Fabio Fognini. Two weeks later he managed to qualify for the Open de Moselle in Metz. Zverev reached his maiden ATP World Tour final after victories over Horacio Zeballos, Nicolas Mahut, Jarkko Nieminen and the retirement of Richard Gasquet in the semifinal. In the final Zverev played Gilles Simon who he lost to 6–3, 6–2. He qualified for the Main Draw of the ATP World Tour Masters 1000 tournament in Shanghai. In the Main Draw he lost to Juan Mónaco in round three after beating Sergiy Stakhovsky and Nikolay Davydenko in the first two rounds. At the end of October he again qualified for an ATP tournament – this time at Montpellier. He defeated Robin Haase in the first round before falling to Nikolay Davydenko in the second round. He finished the year at No. 82, a match record of 13–18 and a prize money of $318,805.

2011

Zverev had a slow start into 2011 losing four matches before capturing his first win of the season in Indian Wells defeating Matthew Ebden. Following a second round exit in Indian Wells he lost another four matches in a row before beating Dudi Sela in Round 1 of the Serbia Open 2011.

ATP career finals

Singles: 1 (1 runner-up)

Legend (Singles)
Grand Slam (0–0)
Tennis Masters Cup (0–0)
ATP Masters Series (0–0)
ATP World Tour 500 (0–0)
ATP World Tour 250 (0–1)
Outcome No. Date Championship Surface Opponent Score
Runner-up 1. 26 September 2010 Open de Moselle, Metz, France Hard (i) France Gilles Simon 3–6, 2–6

Doubles: 7 (2 titles, 5 runners-up)

Legend (Doubles)
Grand Slam (0–0)
Tennis Masters Cup (0–0)
ATP Masters Series (0–0)
ATP World Tour 500 (1–0)
ATP World Tour 250 (1–5)
Outcome No. Date Championship Surface Partner Opponents Score
Winner 1. 15 June 2008 Gerry Weber Open, Halle, Germany Grass Russia Mikhail Youzhny Czech Republic Lukáš Dlouhý
India Leander Paes		 4–6, 6–3, [10–3]
Runner-up 1. 13 July 2008 MercedesCup, Stuttgart, Germany Clay Germany Michael Berrer Germany Philipp Kohlschreiber
Germany Christopher Kas		 3–6, 4–6
Winner 2. 5 October 2008 Japan Open Tennis Championships, Tokyo, Japan Hard Russia Mikhail Youzhny Czech Republic Lukáš Dlouhý
India Leander Paes		 6–3, 6–4
Runner-up 2. 11 January 2009 Brisbane International, Brisbane, Australia Hard Spain Fernando Verdasco France Marc Gicquel
France Jo-Wilfried Tsonga		 4–6, 3–6
Runner-up 3. 4 October 2009 PTT Thailand Open, Bangkok, Thailand Hard Spain Guillermo García-López United States Eric Butorac
United States Rajeev Ram		 6–7, 3–6
Runner-up 4. 3 May 2015 BMW Open, Munich, Germany Clay Germany Alexander Zverev Austria Alexander Peya
Brazil Bruno Soares		 6–4, 1–6, [5–10]
Runner-up 5. 7 February 2016 Open Sud de France, Montpellier, France Hard (i) Germany Alexander Zverev Croatia Mate Pavić
New Zealand Michael Venus		 5–7, 6–7(4–7)

Performance timelines

Current through the 2016 Open Sud de France.

Singles

Tournament 20062007200820092010201120122013201420152016W–L
Grand Slam tournaments
Australian Open A 2R 1R 1R 1R 1R A Q2 Q2 A Q3 1–5
French Open A Q1 1R 1R 1R 1R 1R Q1 Q1 A 0–5
Wimbledon A 1R 3R 2R Q1 1R Q1 Q2 A A 3–4
US Open Q1 Q1 1R 1R Q1 Q1 Q2 Q2 A A 0–2
Win–Loss 0–0 1–2 2–4 1–4 0–2 0–3 0–1 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 4–16
Career statistics
Overall Win-Loss 3–3 6–8 18–22 15–24 13–18 2–18 0–3 4–5 0–0 7–8 0–0 68–109
Win % 50% 43% 45% 38% 42% 10% 0% 44% – 47% 38%
Year-end ranking 151 88 80 78 82 211 159 176 726 171

Doubles

Tournament 20062007200820092010201120122013201420152016W–L
Grand Slam tournaments
Australian Open A A 1R 1R 1R 1R A A A A A 0–4
French Open A A 1R 2R A A A A A A 1–2
Wimbledon A 1R A 1R 1R A A A A A 0–3
US Open A A 2R 2R A A A A A A 2–2
Win–Loss 0–0 0–1 1–3 2–4 0–2 0–1 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 3–11
Career statistics
Titles / Finals 0/0 0/0 2 / 3 0 / 2 0/0 0/0 0/0 0/0 0/0 0 / 1 0 / 1 2 / 7
Overall Win-Loss 0–0 0–5 16–12 18–16 1–6 3–8 0–1 0–1 0–0 3–4 3–1 44–551
Win % – 0% 57% 53% 14% 27% 0% 0% – 43% 75% 44%
Year-end ranking 169 125 66 87 354 302 197 273 1156 344

1 including Overall Win-Loss 2004 (0–1)

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