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Andrei Eduardovich Chesnokov (Шаблон:Lang-ru; born 2 February 1966) is a former professional tennis player from Russia.

Career

Chesnokov's highest singles ranking was World No. 9 in 1991. The biggest tournament victories of his career came at the Monte Carlo Open in 1990, and at the Canadian Open in 1991 (both Tennis Masters Series events).

Chesnokov's best performance at a Grand Slam event came at the French Open in 1989, where he reached the semi-finals by eliminating Pablo Arraya, Jonas Svensson, Carl-Uwe Steeb, Jim Courier and the defending champion Mats Wilander in straight sets in the quarterfinals. He was eliminated by the eventual champion Michael Chang in four sets.

The most famous match in Chesnokov's career took place on 24 September 1995 in the semi-final of the 1995 Davis Cup against Germany. In the fifth set of the final deciding match of the semi-final, playing against Michael Stich, Chesnokov saved nine match points before emerging the winner, the final score being: 6–4, 1–6, 1–6, 6–3, 14–12. The next day President of Russia Boris Yeltsin awarded Chesnokov with Order of Courage.

During his career, Chesnokov won seven top-level singles titles and earned prize-money totalling US$3,084,188. He retired from the professional tour in 1999, even if the last full year on tour was 1995 and from 1996 on he played only a few tournaments.

On 20 November 2005, during a visit to Dnipropetrovsk (Ukraine), he was shot twice with rubber bullets after a quarrel in a restaurant with two unidentified men.

As a sixteen-year-old Chesnokov was one of those present at the UEFA Cup match between FC Spartak Moscow and HFC Haarlem during which the Luzhniki disaster happened. He was an honorary member of the committee that organized a benefit match for the victims between Spartak Moscow and Haarlem, that took place on October 20, 2007.

Chesnokov is currently coaching Elena Vesnina.

In 2013, Chesnokov, whose mother was Jewish, who carried the last name Litvinova, celebrated his bar mitzvah in France.[1]

Legacy

Chesnokov has always been outspoken about the Soviet system as a crucial reason for his less triumphant career.[2][3] In February 2021, considering the fact of a higher level of availability of tennis to the general audience of citizens in the USSR, if compared to modern Russia, he stated: "Formally it was more available. But we had nothing. No balls, no racquets, no tennis shoes. You could count indoor courts on one hand. As a teenager, I could train on the court only 3 hours a week, and in winter I played mostly hockey. I think, if I was not born in the USSR I would have achieved more in tennis."[4] In September 2021, he continued by declaring there was absolutely nothing good in the Soviet rule.[5]

Career finals

Singles (7 titles, 8 runners-up)

Legend
Grand Slam (0-0)
Tennis Masters Cup (0-0)
ATP Masters Series (2-3)
ATP Tour (5-7)
Result W/L Date Tournament Surface Opponent Score
Win 1–0 May 1987 Florence, Italy Clay Шаблон:Flagicon Alessandro de Minicis 6–1, 6–3
Loss 1–1 Jan 1988 Wellington, New Zealand Hard Шаблон:Flagicon Ramesh Krishnan 7–6(9–7), 0–6, 4–6, 3–6
Loss 1–2 Jan 1988 Sydney, Australia Grass Шаблон:Flagicon John Fitzgerald 3–6, 4–6
Win 2–2 Mar 1988 Orlando, U.S. Hard Шаблон:Flagicon Miloslav Mečíř 7–6(8–6), 6–1
Loss 2–3 Oct 1988 Toulouse, France Hard Шаблон:Flagicon Jimmy Connors 2–6, 0–6
Win 3–3 Apr 1989 Nice, France Clay Шаблон:Flagicon Jérôme Potier 6–4, 6–4
Win 4–3 May 1989 Munich, West Germany Clay Шаблон:Flagicon Martin Střelba 5–7, 7–6(8–6), 6–2
Loss 4–4 Jan 1990 Auckland, New Zealand Hard Шаблон:Flagicon Scott Davis 6–4, 3–6, 3–6
Win 5–4 Apr 1990 Monte Carlo, Monaco Clay Шаблон:Flagicon Thomas Muster 7–5, 6–3, 6–3
Loss 5–5 May 1990 Rome, Italy Clay Шаблон:Flagicon Thomas Muster 1–6, 3–6, 1–6
Win 6–5 Oct 1990 Tel Aviv, Israel Hard Шаблон:Flagicon Amos Mansdorf 6–4, 6–3
Win 7–5 Jul 1991 Montreal, Canada Hard Шаблон:Flagicon Petr Korda 3–6, 6–4, 6–3
Loss 7–6 Mar 1992 Indian Wells, U.S. Hard Шаблон:Flagicon Michael Chang 3–6, 4–6, 5–7
Loss 7–7 May 1993 Hamburg, Germany Clay Шаблон:Flagicon Michael Stich 3–6, 7–6(7–1), 6–7(7–9), 4–6
Loss 7–8 Aug 1993 Prague, Czech republic Clay Шаблон:Flagicon Sergi Bruguera 5–7, 4–6

Performance timelines

Шаблон:Performance key

Singles

Tournament 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 SR W–L
Grand Slam tournaments
Australian Open A 1R A A QF A 2R 1R 4R 2R 1R A 1R 1R A A A 0 / 9 9–9
French Open A 3R QF 3R QF SF 4R 3R 1R 2R 1R 4R 1R A 1R A A 0 / 13 26–13
Wimbledon A A 1R A 1R 1R A A 1R 1R A 1R 1R A A A A 0 / 7 0–7
US Open A A 4R 4R A 4R 3R 2R 2R 1R 2R 2R 1R A A A A 0 / 10 15–10
Win–loss 0–0 2–2 7–3 5–2 8–3 8–3 6–3 3–3 4–4 2–4 1–3 4–3 0–4 0–1 0–1 0–0 0–0 0 / 39 50–39
ATP Masters Series
Indian Wells A A A 1R A 3R 1R A F 1R 2R 1R A A A A A 0 / 7 8–7
Miami A A A 2R QF 2R 2R A 2R 3R 3R A A A A A A 0 / 7 8–7
Monte Carlo A A A QF 3R 2R W QF QF 2R 2R 1R A A A A A 1 / 9 17–8
Rome A A 3R 1R A A F A A QF 3R 2R A A A A A 0 / 6 13–6
Hamburg A A A 2R A 1R A 1R A F 3R 1R A A A A A 0 / 6 8–6
Canada A A A A A A A W A A A A A A A A A 1 / 1 6–0
Cincinnati A A A A 2R 2R 2R 1R A A A 1R 1R A A A A 0 / 6 3–6
Stockholm/Essen/Stuttgart A A A A A A 3R A 2R 1R 3R A A A A A A 0 / 4 5–4
Paris A A A 1R QF 1R 2R 1R 2R 2R 1R A A A A A A 0 / 8 4–8
Win–loss 0–0 0–0 2–1 5–6 8–4 4–6 13–6 8–4 10–5 12–7 8–7 1–5 0–1 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 2 / 53 70–51
Year-end ranking 289 137 36 52 14 22 12 31 30 27 32 89 85 209 494 871 715

1986 Goodwill Games singles matches

Шаблон:Center
Round Opponent Result Score
Шаблон:Center Bye
Шаблон:Center Шаблон:Flagicon Konstantinos Glavas Win 6–0, 6–0
Шаблон:Center Шаблон:Flagicon Bobby Blair Win 6–4, 6–2
Шаблон:Center Шаблон:Flagicon Sergey Leonyuk Win 6–1, 6–1
Шаблон:Center Шаблон:Flagicon Brad Pearce Win 6–1, 7–5
Шаблон:Center Шаблон:Flagicon Alexander Zverev Sr. Win 4–6, 7–5, 6–2

References

External links

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