Andrey Rublev (tennis)

This article is about the tennis player. For the icon painter, see Andrei Rublev.
This name uses Eastern Slavic naming customs; the patronymic is Andreyevich and the family name is Rublev.
Andrey Rublev
Андрей Рублёв

Rublev in Wimbledon Qualifying in 2015
Country (sports)  Russia
Born (1997-10-20) 20 October 1997
Moscow, Russia
Height 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in)
Turned pro 2014
Plays Right-handed (two-handed backhand)
Coach(es) Galo Blanco
Prize money $ 352,657
Singles
Career record 12–19 (38.71% in Grand Slam and ATP World Tour main draw matches, and in Davis Cup)
Career titles 0
1 Challenger, 4 Futures
Highest ranking No. 154 (21 March 2016)
Current ranking No. 156 (21 November 2016)
Grand Slam Singles results
French Open Q2 (2016)
Wimbledon Q2 (2015, 2016)
US Open 1R (2015)
Doubles
Career record 11–3 (78.57% in Grand Slam and ATP World Tour main draw matches, and in Davis Cup)
Career titles 1
2 Challengers, 1 Futures
Highest ranking No. 120 (2 November 2015)
Current ranking No. 424 (21 November 2016)
Last updated on: 21 November 2016.
Medal record
Men's tennis
Representing  Russia
Youth Olympic Games
2014 Nanjing Singles
2014 Nanjing Doubles

Andrey Andreyevich Rublev (Russian: Андрей Андреевич Рублёв; born 20 October 1997) is a Russian tennis player. He has career-high singles ranking of 154 achieved on 21 March 2016 and he is one of the youngest players in the ATP top 200 to date. He plays regularly at the ATP Challenger Tour and the ATP World Tour. He has victories over players like Fernando Verdasco and Pablo Andujar. He won the doubles titles at the 2015 Kremlin Cup in Moscow with Dmitry Tursunov.

Rublev won the 2014 French Open junior singles competition, defeating Jaume Antoni Munar Clar in the final.[1] He won bronze medal in singles and silver in doubles at the 2014 Summer Youth Olympics in Nanjing.

Personal life

Rublev was born in Moscow to Andrey Rublev Sr., a former professional boxer turned restaurateur,[2] and tennis coach Marina Marenko,[3] who worked with tennis players such as Anna Kournikova. His coach, however, became Belarusian Sergey Tarasevich. His heroes include Roger Federer, Rafael Nadal, Grigor Dimitrov and Milos Raonic, whose matches Rublev regularly studies; for example, Raonic's serve, Nadal's foot play and physique, and Federer's fly play and forehand.[4] Outside tennis, Rublev practices boxing and basketball, he likes Mike Tyson.[5] His favourite bands include Metallica, AC/DC and Nautilus Pompilius, and he likes action-packed films with fighting.[6]

Career

Junior career

Rublev playing at the junior US Open in 2013.

Andrey Rublev debuted in Luxembourg at age 13, and already in the his second competition in Phoenix got his first win.[4] In the following years, Rublev could climb the third rounds in singles, and in December 2012 he won one of the top junior competitions, the Orange Bowl.[4]

Next, in spring of 2013, Rublev achieved the NWU PUKKE/RVTA Junior ITF 1 cup in Potchefstroom South Africa. He successfully competed in following tournaments, especially on clay surface, including the Trofeo Bonfiglio in Milan, and became quarter-finalist at the 2014 Australian Open junior singles. At the doubles competition he paired with German Alexander Zverev, reaching the quarter-finals. The first notable win was at the 2014 French Open junior singles, crushing Munar Clar.[4] There he reached the semifinals with partner Stefan Kozlov, before being knocked down by Frenchmen and future winners Benjamin Bonzi / Quentin Halys. Shortly before Wimbledon, Rublev captured the cup at the Nike Junior International Roehampton in Roehampton, Great Britain. In the Wimbledon Championships, Rublev reached the third round before being beaten by 1842nd-ranked Dutch van Rijthoven in a three tight sets.[7] In doubles, Rublev and Kozlov lost to Brazilians Orlando Luz and Marcelo Zormann in three sets, attaining his first junior Grand Slam final in doubles.[8]

Rublev made a break before competing at the 2014 Summer Youth Olympics, where he played on all three events as first seeded. In singles he lost to Kamil Majchrzak in three sets, but received his bronze medal as he beat Jumpei Yamasaki. Partnering with fellow Karen Khachanov in doubles, Rublev reached the finals, where they again lost to Brazilians Luz/Zormann. He and his mixed partner Darya Kasatkina only reached the second round, where they were defeated by silver medalists Ye Qiuyu and Yamazaki.

In April 2015, Rublev finished his junior career by winning the inaugural ITF Junior Masters in Chengdu, China. In the final, the Russian beat Taylor Fritz in three sets.[9]

Early pro career

Rublev debuted at the Bulgaria F6 Futures, reaching the quarterfinals. He continued his career in Bulgaria, where he again reached the quarterfinals, but became runner-up in doubles. The 15-year-old finalised in Minsk, Belarus. After unsuccessful autumn games he received his first win at the USA F31 Futures in Bradenton, United States. In the new 2014 tour he started in Kazakhstan, reaching semifinal and final in the two Future events in Aktobe, respectively. In the latter he beat Belarusian Yaraslau Shyla to reach his second win. Rublev succeeded finals of the Czech Republic F1 Futures in doubles, partnering with Pole Andriej Kapas, and continued his success in the Russia F3 Futures in Moscow, championing in the singles and running-up in the doubles competitions.

2015

In 2015, Rublev entered the first ATP tournament in Delray Beach, where he reached the second round. There he was knocked down by Steve Johnson in two straight sets.

Rublev made his debut at the Davis Cup, where in the second round play-off of the Europe Zone Group I, in the third rubber, he partnered with Konstantin Kravchuk and won the match against the Portuguese team Elias/Sousa in three sets.[10]

The Russian participated at his first Masters 1000 entry in Miami, where he defeated Pablo Carreno Busta, but lost to John Isner. He entered the clay season at the Barcelona Open, where as a qualifier he reached the second round after overcoming Fernando Verdasco.

With his win over Finn Jarkko Nieminen at Geneva Open, 17-year-old Rublev repeated Nadal's success in winning at least once on five ATP tournaments in one season as a teenager who is under 18 years old. Previously, Nadal could manage that in 2004.[11][12]

Rublev was called for the Davis Cup team in the 2015 Davis Cup Europea/Africa Zone Group I match against Spain, held in Vladivostok. After losing his first match against Tommy Robredo, Rublev rallied to win his second match against Pablo Andújar in sets in the decisive fifth rubber to complete a 0–2 comeback for Russia against five-time champion Spain. This secured team Russia a place in the World Group Play-offs. Russia played in the World Group Play-offs last time in 2012, losing then to Brazil 0–5.[13]

He made his grandslam debut at 2015 US Open as qualifier. Rublev won his first ATP title at the 2015 Kremlin Cup in doubles, partnering with comeback Dmitry Tursunov.

2016

Rublev started the 2016 ATP World Tour at the Aircel Chennai Open, losing to Stan Wawrinka in the second round. He only reached first and second rounds of ATP 250 and Challenger tournaments. In March this poor performance led to his decidion to part ways with his coach Sergey Tarasevich. Immediately after that, on 6 March 2016 he made a turn by winning his first Challenger in singles, defeating Paul-Henri Mathieu in Quimper, France. As a result, Rublev jumped 47 positions from 208th to 161st ranking position, a new career-high.[14] In April he joined 4Slam Academy in Barcelona, run by Galo Blanco.[15]

Playing style

He personally stated that he does not prefer a particular tennis surface, but his best results come from clay tournaments.[4]

Career finals

ATP career finals

Doubles: 1 (1 title)

Legend
Grand Slam tournaments (0–0)
ATP World Tour Finals (0–0)
ATP World Tour Masters 1000 (0–0)
ATP World Tour 500 Series (0–0)
ATP World Tour 250 Series (1–0)
Finals by surface
Hard (1–0)
Clay (0–0)
Grass (0–0)
Carpet (0–0)
Outcome No. Date Tournament Surface Partner Opponent Score
Winner 1. 25 October 2015 Kremlin Cup, Moscow, Russia Hard (i) Russia Dmitry Tursunov Moldova Radu Albot
Czech Republic František Čermák
2–6, 6–1, [10–6]

Junior significant finals

Junior Grand Slam finals

Singles: 1 (1 title)

Outcome Year Championship Surface Opponent Score
Winner 2014 French Open Clay Spain Jaume Antoni Munar Clar 6–2, 7–5

Doubles: 1 (1 runner-up)

Outcome Year Championship Surface Partner Opponents Score
Runner-up 2014 Wimbledon Grass United States Stefan Kozlov Brazil Orlando Luz
Brazil Marcelo Zormann
4–6, 6–3, 6–8

Youth Olympic medal matches

Singles: 1 (1 bronze medal)

Outcome Year Championship Surface Opponents Score
Bronze 2014 Nanjing Youth Olympics Hard Japan Jumpei Yamasaki 6–1, 6–3

Doubles: 1 (1 silver medal)

Outcome Year Championship Surface Partner Opponents Score
Silver 2014 Nanjing Youth Olympics Hard Russia Karen Khachanov Brazil Orlando Luz
Brazil Marcelo Zormann
5–7, 6–3, [3–10]

Other finals

Futures and Challenger finals

Singles: 8 (5 titles, 3 runners-up)

Legend
Challengers (1–1)
Futures (4–2)
Outcome No. Date Tournament Surface Opponent Score
Runner-up 1. 17 August 2013 Minsk, Belarus Hard Belarus Egor Gerasimov 6–7(2–7), 6–4, 4–6
Winner 2. 17 November 2013 Bradenton, United States Clay Latvia Mārtiņš Podžus 3–6, 7–6(8–6), 6–3
Winner 3. 8 March 2014 Aktobe, Kazakhstan Hard(i) Belarus Yaraslau Shyla 6–4, 3–6, 6–3
Winner 4. 31 May 2014 Moscow, Russia Clay Russia Stanislav Vovk 6–0, 6–4
Runner-up 5. 1 November 2014 Tartu, Estonia Carpet(i) Belarus Dzmitry Zhyrmont 4–6, 2–6
Winner 6. 20 December 2014 Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic Hard United States Mitchell Krueger 6–2, 6–4
Winner 7. 6 March 2016 Quimper, France Hard (i) France Paul-Henri Mathieu 6–7(6–8), 6–4, 6–4
Runner-up 8. 13 November 2016 Mouilleron-le-Captif, France Hard (i) France Julien Benneteau 5–7, 6–2, 3–6

Doubles: 5 (3 titles, 2 runners-up)

Legend
Challengers (2–0)
Futures (1–2)
Outcome No. Date Tournament Surface Partner Opponents Score
Runner-up 1. 12 July 2013 Plovdiv, Bulgaria Clay Belarus Yaraslau Shyla Bulgaria Alexander Lazov
Chile Laslo Urrutia Fuentes
6–4, 3–6, [8–10]
Winner 2. 16 May 2014 Teplice, Czech Republic Clay Poland Andriej Kapas Czech Republic David Skoch
Czech Republic Robin Stanek
7–5, 6–2
Runner-up 3. 31 May 2014 Moscow, Russia Clay Russia Denis Matsukevitch Belarus Egor Gerasimov
Russia Stanislav Vovk
6–2, 4–6, [8–10]
Winner 4. 8 February 2015 Dallas, United States Hard (i) Ukraine Denys Molchanov Mexico Hans Hach Verdugo
Mexico Luis Patiño
6–4, 7–6(7–5)
Winner 5. 4 July 2015 Padova, Italy Clay Russia Mikhail Elgin Italy Federico Gaio
Italy Alessandro Giannessi
6–4, 7–6(7–4)

Performance timelines

Key
W  F  SF QF R# RR Q# A P Z# PO G F-S SF-B NMS NH
(W) Won tournament; reached (F) final, (SF) semifinal, (QF) quarterfinal; (R#) rounds 4, 3, 2, 1; competed at a (RR) round-robin stage; reached a (Q#) qualification round; (A) absent; played in a (Z#) Davis/Fed Cup Zonal Group (with number indication) or (PO) play-off; won a (G) gold, (F-S) silver or (SF-B) bronze Olympic medal; a (NMS) downgraded Masters Series/1000 tournament; or (NH) tournament not held.
To avoid confusion and double counting, these charts are updated either at the conclusion of a tournament, or when the player's participation in the tournament has ended.

Current through the 2016 ATP World Tour Finals.

Singles

Tournament/Year 2014 2015 2016 SR W–L
Grand Slam tournaments
Australian Open A A A 0 / 0 0–0
French Open A A Q2 0 / 0 0–0
Wimbledon A Q2 Q2 0 / 0 0–0
US Open A 1R Q1 0 / 1 0–1
Win–Loss 0–0 0–1 0–0 0 / 1 0–1
ATP World Tour Masters 1000
Indian Wells Masters A A Q2 0 / 0 0–0
Miami Open A 2R 1R 0 / 2 1–2
Monte-Carlo Masters A A 1R 0 / 1 0–1
Madrid Open A A A 0 / 0 0–0
Italian Open A Q2 A 0 / 0 0–0
Canadian Open A A A 0 / 0 0–0
Cincinnati Masters A A A 0 / 0 0–0
Shanghai Masters A A A 0 / 0 0–0
Paris Masters A A A 0 / 0 0–0
Win–Loss 0–0 1–1 0–2 0 / 3 1–3
National representation
Summer Olympics NH A 0 / 0 0–0
Davis Cup Z1 PO PO 0 / 0 4–2
Win–Loss 1–0 2–2 1–0 0 / 0 4–2
Career statistics
2014 2015 2016 Career
Tournaments 1 11 5 17
Titles 0 0 0 0
Finals Reached 0 0 0 0
Hard Win–Loss 1–1 5–8 3–3 9–12
Grass Win–Loss 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0
Clay Win–Loss 0–0 3–5 0–2 3–7
Overall Win–Loss 1–1 8–13 3–5 12–19
Win % 50% 38% 38% 39%
Year-end Ranking 437 185

Doubles

2014 2015 2016 Career
National representation
Davis Cup 1–0 1–0 2–0 4–0
Career statistics
Titles 0 1 0 1
Finals Reached 0 1 0 1
Overall Win-Loss 3–1 5–1 3–1 11–3
Win % 75% 83% 75% 79%
Year-end Ranking 446 129

Davis Cup

Participations: (8–2)

Group membership
World Group (0–0)
WG Play-off (1–1)
Group I (7–1)
Group II (0–0)
Group III (0–0)
Group IV (0–0)
Matches by surface
Hard (8–2)
Clay (0–0)
Grass (0–0)
Carpet (0–0)
Matches by type
Singles (4–2)
Doubles (4–0)
Rubber outcome No. Rubber Match type (partner if any) Opponent nation Opponent player(s) Score
Increase4–1; 12–14 September 2014; Olympic Stadium, Moscow, Russia; Europe/Africa Second round play-off; Hard (i) surface
Victory 1 III Doubles (with Konstantin Kravchuk) Portugal Portugal Gastão Elias / João Sousa 6–3, 6–4, 6–4
Victory 2 V Singles (dead rubber) Frederico Ferreira Silva 6–4, 6–4
Increase4–1; 6–8 March 2015; Sport Complex Gazprom Dobycha Yamburg, Novy Urengoy, Russia; Europe/Africa First round; Hard (i) surface
Victory 3 III Doubles (with Konstantin Kravchuk) Denmark Denmark Thomas Kromann / Frederik Nielsen 6–1, 3–6, 6–3, 6–4
Victory 4 V Singles (dead rubber) Martin Pedersen 6–4, 6–3
Increase3–2; 17–19 July 2015; Fetisov Arena, Vladivostok, Russia; Europe/Africa Second round; Hard (i) surface
Defeat 5 I Singles Spain Spain Tommy Robredo 6–2, 6–2, 6–3
Victory 6 V Singles Pablo Andújar 6–4, 7–6(7–4), 6–3
Decrease1–4; 18–20 September 2015; Baikal-Arena, Irkutsk, Russia; World Group play-offs; Hard (i) surface
Defeat 7 II Singles Italy Italy Fabio Fognini 7–6(10–8), 6–2, 6–2
Increase4–1; 15–17 July 2016; National Tennis Centre, Moscow, Russia; World Group Second round; Hard surface
Victory 8 I Singles Netherlands Netherlands Robin Haase 7–6(7–2), 6–3, 6–4
Victory 9 III Doubles (with Konstantin Kravchuk) Robin Haase / Matwé Middelkoop 6–3, 6–4, 7–5
Increase3–1; 17–18 September 2016; National Tennis Center, Moscow, Russia; World Group play-offs; Hard surface
Victory 10 III Doubles (with Konstantin Kravchuk) Kazakhstan Kazakhstan Andrey Golubev / Aleksandr Nedovyesov 6–3, 6–7(3–7), 6–2, 7–5

Awards

2013
2014

References

  1. Russians Kasatkina, Rublev win French Open junior titles
  2. "Rublev's menu is varied in food, but steady in tennis". ITF. 5 June 2014. Retrieved 3 October 2016.
  3. "Tennis is family affair for Rublev". Sarasota Herald-Tribune. 3 December 2013. Retrieved 3 October 2016.
  4. 1 2 3 4 5 "Поколение Next: Андрей Рублев" [Generation Next: Andrey Rublev] (in Russian). SportBox. 9 June 2014. Retrieved 3 July 2014.
  5. Yakov Chudakov (23 July 2012). Чемпионат Европы. Андрей Рублёв: Играть в теннис помогает бокс [European Championships. Andrey Rublev: Boxing helps me playing tennis] (in Russian). GoTennis. Retrieved 3 July 2014.
  6. Evgeny Fedyakov (30 June 2014). Андрей Рублев: "Что я должен делать?" – спросил меня Макинрой" [Andrey Rublev: "What Should I Do?", asked me McEnroe] (in Russian). Sport-Express. Retrieved 3 July 2014.
  7. "Wimbledon. Андрей Рублёв покидает юниорские соревнования" [Wimbledon. Rublev leaves junior tournament] (in Russian). GoTennis. 3 July 2014. Retrieved 7 July 2014.
  8. Рублёв и Козлов проиграли в финале юниорского Уимблдона в парном разряде [Doubles team Rublev and Kozlov lost in the finals of the Wimbledon Junior match] (in Russian). Championat. 6 July 2014. Retrieved 7 July 2014.
  9. Who's who: ITF Junior Masters
  10. "Russia v Portugal". daviscup.com.
  11. "Андрей Рублёв повторил достижение Рафаэля Надаля" (in Russian). Championat.com. 17 May 2015.
  12. "Young Gun Rublev Reaches Geneva Second Round; Giraldo Advances".
  13. "Zone Group I latest: Russia stun Spain".
  14. Первый челленджер Рублёва
  15. "Andrey Rublev will work at Galo Blanco´s 4Slam Academy from April". Tennis World USA. 8 March 2016. Retrieved 10 October 2016.
  16. (as part of the Boys Under-16 Team: Roman Safiulin, Evgeny Tyurnev; captain Ivan Pridankin)
  17. "The "Russian Cup" – Honorary Prizes Found Their Owners" (in Russian). GoTennis. 6 November 2013. Retrieved 19 November 2014.
  18. Дарья Касаткина и Андрей Рублёв стали обладателями премии "Русский Кубок" в номинации "Юниор года" (in Russian). GoTennis. 10 November 2014. Retrieved 14 November 2014.

External links

Awards and achievements
Preceded by
Germany Alexander Zverev
ITF Junior World Champion
2014
Succeeded by
United States Taylor Fritz
This article is issued from Wikipedia - version of the 11/29/2016. The text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution/Share Alike but additional terms may apply for the media files.