Alexander Kudryavtsev

Alexander Kudryavtsev

Alexander Kudryavtsev, 2015 in Wimbledon
Country (sports)	Russia
Residence	St. Petersburg, Russia
Born	(1985-10-26) 26 October 1985 Ekaterinburg, USSR
Height	1.82 m (5 ft 11 1⁄2 in)
Turned pro	2003
Plays	Right-handed (two-handed backhand)
Coach(es)	Vadim Davletshin
Prize money	$ 773,916
Singles
Career record	5–15
Career titles	0
Highest ranking	No. 117 (2 February 2015)
Current ranking	No. 176 (31 October 2016)
Grand Slam Singles results
Australian Open	1R (2012, 2015)
French Open	Q2 (2015)
Wimbledon	1R (2016)
US Open	2R (2014)
Doubles
Career record	9–11
Career titles	0
Highest ranking	No. 70 (7 November 2011)
Current ranking	No. 139 (31 October 2016)
Last updated on: 31 October 2016.

Alexander Mikhailovich Kudryavtsev (Russian: Александр Михайлович Кудрявцев; born 26 October 1985) 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 # 117 in February 2015 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 2016 US 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]

Career finals

ATP career finals

Doubles: 1 (1 runner-up)

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]

Other finals

Challengers and Futures finals

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

Outcome	No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Opponent	Score
Runner-up	1.	22 April, 2006	Guliston, Uzbekistan	Hard	Teodor-Dacian Crăciun	0–6, 6–4, 6–7(5–7)
Winner	2.	4 February 2007	Delhi, India	Hard	Todor Enev	6–4, 6–2
Winner	3.	19 May 2007	Minsk, Belarus	Hard	Ivan Cerović	6–2, 6–4
Runner-up	4.	2 February 2009	Wroclaw, Poland	Hard(i)	Michael Berrer	3–6, 4–6
Winner	5.	15 March 2010	Astana, Kazakhstan	Hard(i)	Evgeny Donskoy	6–4, 6–3
Winner	6.	26 April 2010	Andijan, Uzbekistan	Hard	Denys Molchanov	6–4, 6–4
Runner-up	7.	20 September 2010	Bangkok, Thailand	Hard	Grigor Dimitrov	4–6, 1–6
Runner-up	8.	14 March 2011	Guangzhou, China	Hard	Uladzimir Ignatik	4–6, 4–6
Runner-up	9.	5 September 2011	Shanghai, China	Hard	Cedrik-Marcel Stebe	4-6, 6-4, 5-7
Runner-up	10.	19 February 2012	Bergamo, Italy	Hard	Björn Phau	4–6, 4–6
Winner	11.	15 June 2013	Herzlia, Israel	Hard	Albano Olivetti	5–7, 6–4, 6–4
Winner	12.	22 June 2013	Herzlia, Israel	Hard	Ashley Hewitt	6–3, 6–4, 6–3
Runner-up	13.	3 February 2014	Chennai, India	Hard	Yuki Bhambri	6–4, 3–6, 5–7
Runner-up	14.	9 June 2014	Fergana, Uzbekistan	Hard	Blaž Kavčič	4–6, 6–7(8–10)
Runner-up	15.	16 June 2014	Tianjin, China	Hard	Blaž Kavčič	2–6, 6–3, 5–7
Runner-up	16.	15 June 2015	Fergana, Uzbekistan	Hard	Teymuraz Gabashvili	2–6, 0–1 RET
Runner-up	17.	23 November 2015	Toyota, Japan	Carpet (i)	Yoshihito Nishioka	3–6, 4–6

Doubles: 54 (32 titles, 22 runners-up)

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

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 28 November 2016
1. Andrey Kuznetsov (46 ) 2. Karen Khachanov (53 ) 3. Mikhail Youzhny (57 ) 4. Konstantin Kravchuk (85 4) 5. Daniil Medvedev (99 1)
6. Evgeny Donskoy (125 1) 7. Teymuraz Gabashvili (138 2) 8. Andrey Rublev (156 ) 9. Alexander Kudryavtsev (195 20) 10. Aslan Karatsev (238 1)