Alexander Kudryavtsev

Alexander Kudryavtsev
	Alexander Kudryavtsev, St. Petersburg Open 2008
Country (sports)	Russia
Residence	St. Petersburg, Russia
Born	October 26, 1985 (age 38); Ekaterinburg, Russia
Height	1.82 m (6 ft 0 in)
Turned pro	2003
Plays	Right-handed
Prize money	US$417,732
Singles
Career record	3–8
Career titles	0
Highest ranking	123 (September 19, 2011)
Current ranking	123 (September 19, 2011)
Grand Slam singles results
Australian Open	1R (2012)
French Open	Q1 (2011)
Wimbledon	Q3 (2008)
US Open	Q2 (2008, 2010)
Doubles
Career record	6–6
Career titles	0
Highest ranking	73 (October 31, 2011)
	Last updated on: July 29, 2008.

Alexander Kudryavtsev (born 26 October 1985, in St. Petersburg, Russia) 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 # 123 in September 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 #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 #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 May 27, 2008.

Tournament	2008	2009	2010	2011	2012	SR	W–L
Australian Open	Q3	Q3	A	Q1	1R	0 / 1	0–1
French Open	A	A	A	Q1		0 / 0	0–0
Wimbledon	Q3	Q2	Q2	Q2		0 / 0	0–0
US Open	Q2	Q1	Q2	A		0 / 0	0–0
Win–Loss	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–1	0 / 1	0–1
Overall Win-Loss	2–6	0–0	0–1	1–1	0–1	0 / 9	3–9
Year End Ranking	208	205	159	158

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 has been coached by countryman Vadim Davletshin since May 2007.

He married his wife Rushana on March 16, 2007 and they had a son called Egor (born August 6, 2007)^[1]

ATP Career Finals

Doubles: 1 (0–1)

Legend
Grand Slam (0–0)
Tennis Masters Cup (0–0)
ATP Tour Masters 1000 (0–0)
ATP Tour 500 series (0–0)
ATP Tour 250 series (0–1)

Titles by Surface
Hard (0–1)
Clay (0–0)
Grass (0–0)
Carpet (0–0)

Outcome	No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Partner	Opponents in the final	Score in the final
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]

ITF and Challengers Finals

Singles (5)

Wins (2)

No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Opponent in Final	Score
1.	4 February 2007	Delhi, India	Hard	Todor Enev	6–4, 6–2
2.	19 May 2007	Minsk, Belarus	Hard	Ivan Cerovic	6–2, 6–4

Runner Ups (3)

No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Opponent in Final	Score
1.	22 April 2006	Guliston, Uzbekistan	Hard	Teodor-Dacian Crăciun	0–6, 6–4, 6–7^(5–7)
2.	25 September 2010	Bangkok, Thailand	Hard	Grigor Dimitrov	4–6, 1–6
3.	11 September 2011	Shanghai, China	Hard	Cedrik-Marcel Stebe	4–6, 6–4, 5–7

Doubles (18)

Wins (13)

No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Partner	Opponent in Final	Score
1.	11 July 2004	Oberstaufen, Germany	Clay	Vadim Davletshin	Valentino Pest Alexander Waske	4–6, 6–3, 7–6
2.	27 May 2006	Kiev, Ukraine	Clay	Alexander Krasnorutskiy	Andrei Stoliarov Aleksandr Yarmola	6–3, 3–6, 6–2
3.	4 June 2006	Cherkasy, Ukraine	Clay	Alexander Krasnorutskiy	Sergei Bubka Aleksandr Nedovesov	6–3, 4–6, 6–2
4.	25 June 2006	Minsk, Belarus	Hard	Alexander Krasnorutskiy	Alexander Bury Kyril Harbatsiuk	7–5, 6–3
5.	27 August 2006	Poznań, Poland	Clay	Alexander Krasnorutskiy	Tomasz Bednarek Maciej Dilaj	2–6, 7–5, 6–1
6.	26 November 2006	Mosrentgen, Russia	Hard	Alexander Krasnorutskiy	Sarvar Ikramov Alexey Tikhonov	6–1, 6–1
7.	20 August 2011	Karshi, Kazakhstan	Hard	Michail Elgin	Konstantin Kravchuk Denys Molchanov	3–6, 6–3, [11–9]
8.	6 November 2011	Eckental, Germany	Carpet	Andre Begemann	James Cerretani Adil Shamasdin	6–3, 3–6, [11–9]

Runner Ups (5)

No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Partner	Opponent in Final	Score
1.	7 August 2005	Saransk, Russia	Clay	Konstantin Kravchuk	Simon Stadler Flavio Cipolla	6–7^(2–7), 6–4, 6–7^(3–7)
2.	13 August 2005	Sergiyev Posad, Russia	Clay	Alexey Kedryuk	Mikhail Elgin Mikhail Filima	2–6, 4–6
3.	22 April 2006	Guliston, Uzbekistan	Hard	Konstantin Kravchuk	Mikhail Elgin Alexey Kedryuk	7–5, 4–6, 4–6
4.	20 August 2006	Wroclaw, Poland	Clay	Alexander Krasnorutskiy	David Novak Martin Vacek	6–4, 5–7, 2–6
5.	19 November 2006	Sergiev Posad, Russia	Hard	Alexander Krasnorutskiy	David Klier Filip Polášek	6–7^(6–8), 6–7^(5–7)