Sergei Demekhine

Sergei Demekhine
Сергей Демёхин
Country (sports)	Russia
Residence	Moscow, Russia
Born	30 March 1984 (age 40); Kursk, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union
Height	1.92 m (6 ft 3+1⁄2 in)
Turned pro	2001
Plays	Right–handed
Prize money	$25,848
Singles
Career record	37–52
Career titles	1 ITF
Highest ranking	No. 673 (30 July 2007)
Doubles
Career record	106–69
Career titles	8 ITF
Highest ranking	No. 438 (17 October 2005)

Sergei Gennadievich Demekhine (Russian: Сергей Геннадьевич Демёхин;^[1] born 30 March 1984) is a Russian tennis coach and former player. Under his guidance, Vera Zvonareva reached two Grand Slam finals – at the 2010 Wimbledon Championships and the 2010 US Open — and world No. 2 ranking. Demekhine also occasionally used to work as a model for Armani, Rocco Barocco, and Abercrombie & Fitch.^[2]

Personal life

Demekhine was born on 30 March 1984 in Kursk and currently resides in Moscow.^[3]

Since 2017, he has been married to Russian tennis player Veronika Kudermetova, whom he also coaches.

Tennis career

As a professional tennis player, Demekhine won one ITF Futures title in singles, and eight in doubles. He played the qualifications for the Kremlin Cup in 2001,^[4] 2002,^[5] 2003^[6] 2006^[7] and 2008,^[8] but never reached the main draw. Demekhin made two appearances in a ATP Tour main draw in doubles, both at the Kremlin Cup. In 2005, he and Igor Kunitsyn lost to Mariusz Fyrstenberg and Răzvan Sabău 3–5, 4–5 in the first round. In 2008, Demekhin partnered with Konstantin Kravchuk, but they were beaten by Sergiy Stakhovsky and Potito Starace 7–6⁽⁴⁾, 1–6, [10–7] in the first round. He has been inactive since 2009.

Coaching career

Demekhine briefly coached Russian player Alla Kudryavtseva,^[9] then coached Vera Zvonareva. The two began working together in April 2010 after the 2010 Family Circle Cup in Charleston, South Carolina.^[10] At first, he was her hitting partner and then became her coach.^[11] Under his guidance, Zvonareva reached the finals of the 2010 Wimbledon Championships^[12]^[13] and the 2010 US Open,^[14] the semifinals of the 2011 Australian Open,^[15] and the world No. 2 ranking.^[16] In April 2011, Vera Zvonareva split with Demekhine.^[17]

He currently is coaching his wife Veronika Kudermetova.

Career statistics

IFT Futures finals

Singles (1–0)

Outcome	No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Opponent	Score
Winner	1.	11 May 2008	Bucharest, Romania	Clay	Sergei Krotiouk	5–7, 6–1, 6–4

Doubles (8–12)

Outcome	#	Date	Tournament	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Runner–up	1.	4 November 2001	Sardinia, Italy	Hard	Igor Kunitsyn	Stefano Mocci Ivan Stelko	3–6, 4–6
Runner–up	2.	25 November 2001	Sardinia, Italy	Hard	Igor Kunitsyn	Josh Goffi Chris James	3–6, 6–7⁽⁴⁾
Runner–up	3.	4 May 2002	Mumbai, India	Hard	Ivan Syrov	Mustafa Ghouse Vijay Kannan	3–6, 6–7⁽³⁾
Runner–up	4.	30 June 2002	Sardinia, Italy	Clay	Stefano Tarallo	Florian Allgauer Federico Cardinali	7–5, 2–6, 4–6
Runner–up	5.	25 August 2002	Saransk, Russia	Clay	Ivan Syrov	Teymuraz Gabashvili Alexander Pavlioutchenkov	4–6, 6–7⁽³⁾
Runner–up	6.	15 December 2002	Ourense, Spain	Hard	Ivan Syrov	Oliver Freelove Joan Jiménez Guerra	4–6, 2–6
Runner–up	7.	13 April 2003	Frascati, Italy	Clay	Ivan Syrov	Gergely Kisgyörgy Giancarlo Petrazzuolo	4–6, 2–1 ret.
Winners	1.	29 August 2004	Krasnoarmeisk, Russia	Hard	Alexander Pavlioutchenkov	Philipp Mukhometov Evgueni Smirnov	6–2, 6–4
Winners	2.	17 April 2005	Qarshi, Uzbekistan	Hard	Igor Kunitsyn	Murad Inoyatov Denis Istomin	6–4, 5–7, 6–4
Runner–up	8.	7 May 2005	Namangan, Uzbekistan	Hard	Andrei Stoliarov	Raven Klaasen Konstantin Kravchuk	2–6, 7–6⁽⁵⁾, 6–7⁽⁴⁾
Winners	3.	11 September 2005	Minsk, Belarus	Clay	Alexandre Krasnoroutskiy	Konstantin Kravchuk Denis Matsukevich	7–6⁽⁸⁾, 7–6⁽⁵⁾
Winners	4.	18 September 2005	Minsk, Belarus	Hard	Alexandre Krasnoroutskiy	Konstantin Kravchuk Denis Matsukevich	6–2, 4–6, 6–1
Runner–up	9.	16 July 2006	Carpi, Italy	Clay	Luca Vanni	Mattia Livraghi Matteo Volante	6–1, 6–7⁽⁸⁾, 4–6
Winners	5.	23 July 2006	Carpi, Italy	Clay	Luca Vanni	Hermes Gamonal Guillermo Hormazábal	6–2, 6–3
Winners	6.	17 February 2008	La Habana, Cuba	Hard	Pavel Katliarov	Luis Javier Cuellar Contreras Roberto Maytín	6–7⁽²⁾, 6–4, [10–5]
Runner–up	10.	24 February 2008	La Habana, Cuba	Hard	Pavel Katliarov	Piero Luisi Roberto Maytín	1–6, 6–4, [10–8]
Winners	7.	12 April 2008	Moscow, Russia	Carpet (i)	Konstantin Kravchuk	Chris Eaton Alexander Slabinsky	6–1, 6–2
Winners	8.	23 May 2008	Bucharest, Romania	Clay	Pavel Katliarov	Victor-Mugurel Anagnastopol Thomas Cazes Carrere	2–6, 7–5, [10–8]
Runner–up	11.	21 June 2008	Minsk, Belarus	Hard	Pavel Katliarov	Pierre-Ludovic Duclos Dmitri Sitak	5–7, 4–6
Runner–up	12.	21 September 2008	Sochi, Russia	Clay	Valery Rudnev	Mikhail Fufygin Vitali Reshetnikov	2–6, 1–6