Английская Википедия:Alexander Kudryavtsev
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Alexander Mikhailovich Kudryavtsev (Шаблон:Lang-ru; born 26 October 1985) is a retired 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 at the ATP Challenger Tour and Futures events. He reached his career-high singles ranking of 117 on 2 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. In the second round he faced former World No. 1 Carlos Moyá and lost in a hard-fought game 3–6, 7–6(4), 2–6. 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).
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).
2012
Kudryavtsev began the year by qualifying for the Australian Open main draw. He met No. 3 seed Roger Federer in the opening round and lost in three sets.
Singles performance timeline
Шаблон:Performance key This table is current through the 2016 US Open.
| Tournament | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | Шаблон:Tooltip | Шаблон:Tooltip |
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| Australian Open | Q3 | Q3 | A | Q1 | 1R | A | Q1 | 1R | Q3 | 0 / 2 | 0–2 |
| French Open | A | A | A | Q1 | A | A | A | Q2 | Q1 | 0 / 0 | 0–0 |
| Wimbledon | Q3 | Q2 | Q2 | Q2 | Q1 | A | A | Q1 | 1R | 0 / 1 | 0–1 |
| US Open | Q2 | Q1 | Q2 | A | A | A | 2R | Q2 | Q1 | 0 / 1 | 1–1 |
| Win–loss | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 0 / 4 | 1–4 |
| Year End Ranking | 208 | 205 | 159 | 158 | 275 | 268 | 119 | 164 | 193 | ||
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)
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| Outcome | No. | Date | Tournament | Surface | Partner | Opponents | Score |
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| Runner-up | 1. | 30 October 2011 | St. Petersburg, Russia | Hard (i) | Шаблон:Flagicon Mikhail Elgin | Шаблон:Flagicon Colin Fleming Шаблон:Flagicon Ross Hutchins |
3–6, 7–6(7–5), [8–10] |
Challengers and Futures finals
Singles: 17 (6 titles, 11 runners-up)
| Legend |
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| Challengers (0–10) |
| Futures (6–1) |
| Result | No. | Date | Tournament | Surface | Opponent | Score |
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| Loss | 1. | 22 April 2006 | Guliston, Uzbekistan | Hard | Шаблон:Flagicon Teodor-Dacian Crăciun | 0–6, 6–4, 6–7(5–7) |
| Win | 2. | 3 February 2007 | Delhi, India | Hard | Шаблон:Flagicon Todor Enev | 6–4, 6–2 |
| Win | 3. | 19 May 2007 | Minsk, Belarus | Hard | Шаблон:Flagicon Ivan Cerović | 6–2, 6–4 |
| Loss | 4. | 8 February 2009 | Wrocław, Poland | Hard (i) | Шаблон:Flagicon Michael Berrer | 3–6, 4–6 |
| Win | 5. | 20 March 2010 | Astana, Kazakhstan | Hard (i) | Шаблон:Flagicon Evgeny Donskoy | 6–4, 6–3 |
| Win | 6. | 1 May 2010 | Namangan, Uzbekistan | Hard | Шаблон:Flagicon Denys Molchanov | 6–4, 6–4 |
| Loss | 7. | 25 September 2010 | Bangkok, Thailand | Hard | Шаблон:Flagicon Grigor Dimitrov | 4–6, 1–6 |
| Loss | 8. | 19 March 2011 | Guangzhou, China | Hard | Шаблон:Flagicon Uladzimir Ignatik | 4–6, 4–6 |
| Loss | 9. | 11 September 2011 | Shanghai, China | Hard | Шаблон:Flagicon Cedrik-Marcel Stebe | 4–6, 6–4, 5–7 |
| Loss | 10. | 19 February 2012 | Bergamo, Italy | Hard (i) | Шаблон:Flagicon Björn Phau | 4–6, 4–6 |
| Win | 11. | 15 June 2013 | Herzliya, Israel | Hard | Шаблон:Flagicon Albano Olivetti | 5–7, 6–4, 6–4 |
| Win | 12. | 22 June 2013 | Herzliya, Israel | Hard | Шаблон:Flagicon Ashley Hewitt | 6–3, 6–4, 6–3 |
| Loss | 13. | 8 February 2014 | Chennai, India | Hard | Шаблон:Flagicon Yuki Bhambri | 6–4, 3–6, 5–7 |
| Loss | 14. | 15 June 2014 | Fergana, Uzbekistan | Hard | Шаблон:Flagicon Blaž Kavčič | 4–6, 6–7(8–10) |
| Loss | 15. | 22 June 2014 | Tianjin, China | Hard | Шаблон:Flagicon Blaž Kavčič | 2–6, 6–3, 5–7 |
| Loss | 16. | 21 June 2015 | Fergana, Uzbekistan | Hard | Шаблон:Flagicon Teymuraz Gabashvili | 2–6, 0–1 ret. |
| Loss | 17. | 29 November 2015 | Toyota, Japan | Carpet (i) | Шаблон:Flagicon Yoshihito Nishioka | 3–6, 4–6 |
Doubles: 55 (33 titles, 22 runners-up)
| Legend |
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| ATP Challengers (21–15) |
| ITF Futures (12–7) |
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