Max Mirnyi
Country (sports) | Belarus |
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Residence | Bradenton, Florida, United States |
Born | Minsk, Byelorussian SSR, Soviet Union | 6 July 1977
Height | 1.96 m (6 ft 5 in) |
Turned pro | 1996 |
Plays | Right-handed (1-handed backhand) |
Prize money | $10,247,720 |
Singles | |
Career record | 239–240 |
Career titles | 1 |
Highest ranking | No. 18 (18 August 2003) |
Grand Slam singles results | |
Australian Open | 3R (2000, 2006) |
French Open | 2R (1999, 2006) |
Wimbledon | 4R (2003, 2005, 2006) |
US Open | QF (2002) |
Other tournaments | |
Olympic Games | QF (2000) |
Doubles | |
Career record | 599–294 |
Career titles | 45 |
Highest ranking | No. 1 (9 June 2003) |
Current ranking | No. 3 (8 October 2012) |
Grand Slam doubles results | |
Australian Open | F (2007) |
French Open | W (2005, 2006, 2011, 2012) |
Wimbledon | F (2003) |
US Open | W (2000, 2002) |
Other doubles tournaments | |
Tour Finals | W (2006, 2011) |
Mixed doubles | |
Career titles | 4 |
Grand Slam mixed doubles results | |
Australian Open | F (1999, 2007) |
French Open | QF (2012) |
Wimbledon | W (1998) |
US Open | W (1998, 2007) |
Other mixed doubles tournaments | |
Olympic Games | Gold Medal (2012) |
Last updated on: September 10, 2012. |
Olympic medal record | ||
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Representing Belarus | ||
Mixed Doubles Tennis | ||
2012 London | Mixed Doubles |
Max Mirnyi (Belarusian: Максім Мікалаевіч Мірны [makˈsʲim ˈmʲirnɨ]; Russian: Максим Николаевич Мирный [mɐkˈsʲim ˈmʲirnɨj]; born 6 July 1977 in Minsk)[1] is a professional tennis player from Belarus.
Today Mirnyi is a doubles specialist, but he also enjoyed a good singles career, reaching a career-high of World No. 18 (August 2003) and finishing in the top 50 in the world for seven straight years, as well as representing Belarus in Davis Cup competition since April 1994, where he holds a record of 47 wins and 27 losses in 35 ties played. Mirnyi reached the World No. 1 doubles ranking in June 2003 and holds nine Grand Slam titles: Men's Doubles in the 2000 and 2002 US Open and in the 2005, 2006, 2011 and 2012 French Open; and mixed doubles in the 1998 and 2007 U.S. Opens and 1998 Wimbledon. He earned the nickname "The Beast" during his time on tour. Mirnyi has played with a host of doubles partners, namely forming long-term partnerships with Mahesh Bhupathi, Jonas Björkman, Lleyton Hewitt, Jamie Murray, Andy Ram, and Daniel Nestor, and short-term partnerships with other top competitors on the doubles tour and the top singles tennis player Roger Federer. At the 2012 Summer Olympics in London, Mirnyi carried the flag of Belarus at the Opening Ceremony on the 27 July 2012,[2] and won the Gold medal in the Mixed Doubles with Victoria Azarenka on 5th August 2012.[3]
Career
He became a national hero in Belarus after the Davis Cup 2004, when he and Vladimir Voltchkov defeated Russia 3–2 and Argentina 5–0, reaching the semifinals, where they lost to the United States. For that achievement, he was awarded the government's highest degree medal of honor.
Mirnyi was supposed to be the flag bearer of the Belarus national team for the official opening of the 2004 Summer Olympic Games, but Belarusian sport officials changed their minds after they found out that Mirnyi let one Belarusian glamour magazine publish erotic images of himself and his wife.
In 2006, he scored an upset as he took down James Blake 6–4, 3–6, 4–6, 6–1, 6–0, at Wimbledon. He then lost to his doubles partner Jonas Björkman 3–6, 6–7, 6–4, 6–2, 3–6. Björkman's run to the semifinals may have tired him out, as he and Björkman lost to Fabrice Santoro and Nenad Zimonjić in straight sets.
In September 2008, Mirnyi completed his studies at the BSU (Belarus State University), where he got a degree in international law. His thesis was about international protection of children's rights. Since 2005, he has served as a Good Will Ambassador to the United Nations in Belarus and regularly takes part in various programs in the framework of UN AIDS and UNICEF.
Major Finals
Grand Slam
Doubles: 10 (6–4)
Outcome | Year | Championship | Surface | Partner | Opponents | Score |
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Winner | 2000 | US Open | Hard | Lleyton Hewitt | Ellis Ferreira Rick Leach |
6–3, 5–7, 7–6(7–5) |
Winner | 2002 | US Open | Hard | Mahesh Bhupathi | Jiří Novák Radek Štěpánek |
6–3, 3–6, 6–4 |
Runner-up | 2003 | Wimbledon | Grass | Mahesh Bhupathi | Jonas Björkman Todd Woodbridge |
3–6, 4–6 |
Winner | 2005 | French Open | Clay | Jonas Björkman | Bob Bryan Mike Bryan |
2–6, 6–1, 6–4 |
Runner-up | 2005 | US Open | Hard | Jonas Björkman | Bob Bryan Mike Bryan |
1–6, 4–6 |
Winner | 2006 | French Open | Clay | Jonas Björkman | Bob Bryan Mike Bryan |
6–7(5–7), 6–4, 7–5 |
Runner-up | 2006 | US Open | Hard | Jonas Björkman | Martin Damm Leander Paes |
7–6(7–5), 4–6, 3–6 |
Runner-up | 2007 | Australian Open | Hard | Jonas Björkman | Bob Bryan Mike Bryan |
5–7, 5–7 |
Winner | 2011 | French Open | Clay | Daniel Nestor | Juan Sebastián Cabal Eduardo Schwank |
7–6(7–3), 3–6, 6–4 |
Winner | 2012 | French Open | Clay | Daniel Nestor | Bob Bryan Mike Bryan |
6–4, 6–4 |
Mixed doubles: 6 (3–3)
Outcome | Year | Championship | Surface | Partner | Opponents | Score |
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Winner | 1998 | Wimbledon | Grass | Serena Williams | Mahesh Bhupathi Mirjana Lučić |
6–4, 6–4 |
Winner | 1998 | US Open | Hard | Serena Williams | Patrick Galbraith Lisa Raymond |
6–2, 6–2 |
Runner-up | 1999 | Australian Open | Hard | Serena Williams | David Adams Mariaan de Swardt |
4–6, 6–4, 6–7(5–7) |
Runner-up | 2000 | US Open | Hard | Anna Kournikova | Jared Palmer Arantxa Sánchez |
4–6, 3–6 |
Runner-up | 2007 | Australian Open | Hard | Victoria Azarenka | Daniel Nestor Elena Likhovtseva |
4–6, 4–6 |
Winner | 2007 | US Open | Hard | Victoria Azarenka | Leander Paes Meghann Shaughnessy |
6–4, 7–6(8–6) |
Olympic finals
Mixed doubles: 1 (1 gold medal)
Outcome | Year | Championship | Surface | Partner | Opponents | Score |
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Winner | 2012 | London | Grass | Victoria Azarenka | Laura Robson Andy Murray |
2–6, 6–3, [10–8] |
Masters Series finals
Singles: 1 (0–1)
Outcome | Year | Championship | Surface | Opponent | Score |
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Runner-up | 2001 | Stuttgart | Hard (i) | Tommy Haas | 2–6, 2–6, 2–6 |
Doubles
Outcome | Year | Championship | Surface | Partner | Opponents | Score |
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Runner–up | 2002 | Indian Wells | Hard | Roger Federer | Mark Knowles Daniel Nestor |
4–6, 4–6 |
Winner | 2003 | Miami | Hard | Roger Federer | Leander Paes David Rikl |
7–5, 6–3 |
ATP career finals
Singles: 4 (1–3)
Doubles: 84 (45–39)
Grand Slam singles performance timeline
Doubles performance timeline
Doubles partnersReferences
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