Andrei Cherkasov

Andrei Cherkasov
Андрей Черкасов
	Cherkasov at the 1994 French Open
Full name	Andrei Gennadievich Cherkasov
Country (sports)	Soviet Union; Russia
Residence	Moscow, Russia
Born	4 July 1970 (age 54); Ufa, Soviet Union
Height	1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
Turned pro	1988
Retired	2000
Plays	Right-handed
Prize money	$2,260,051
Singles
Career record	193–214
Career titles	2
Highest ranking	No. 13 (10 June 1991)
Grand Slam singles results
Australian Open	QF (1990)
French Open	QF (1992)
Wimbledon	1R (1989, 1990, 1991, 1992, 1993, 1994)
US Open	QF (1990)
Other tournaments
Olympic Games	SF (1992)
Doubles
Career record	26–47
Career titles	0
Highest ranking	No. 141 (3 August 1998)
Medal record
Men's Tennis
Representing Unified Team
Olympic Games

Andrei Gennadievich Cherkasov (Андрей Геннадьевич Черкасов; born 4 July 1970) is a former professional tennis player from Russia.

Career

Born in Ufa, Soviet Union, Cherkasov first came to the tennis world's attention as an outstanding junior player. In 1987, he was ranked the World No. 3 junior player and finished runner-up in the boys' singles at the US Open (lost to David Wheaton in the final).

Cherkasov turned professional in 1988. In 1990, Cherkasov claimed his first top-level singles titles when he won the inaugural Kremlin Cup in Moscow, defeating Tim Mayotte in the final 6–2, 6–1. He also reached the quarter-finals of the 1990 Australian Open and US Open.

1991 saw Cherkasov successfully defend his Kremlin Cup title, saving two match points in a 7–6, 3–6, 7–6 win in the final against Jakob Hlasek. Cherkasov reached his career-high singles ranking of World No. 13 in June that year.

In 1992, Cherkasov was a quarter-finalist at the French Open and won a men's singles Bronze Medal at the Olympic Games in Barcelona, notably rallying from 2 sets down to beat Pete Sampras in the third round.

In 1993, Cherkasov saved three match points in 3-hour, 54-minute quarter-final victory over Italy's Andrea Gaudenzi at Tel Aviv, to win 6–7, 7–6, 7–5 in what was the longest best-of-three set match in tour history.

In the end, his two victories at the Kremlin Cup in Moscow proved to be the only top-level titles of Cherkasov's career. He retired from the professional tour in 2000, having earned prize-money totalling $2,259,875.

Career finals

Singles finals 6 (2–4)

Result	No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Opponent	Score
Loss	1.	Jan 1989	Sydney, Australia	Hard	Aaron Krickstein	4–6, 2–6
Win	1.	Nov 1990	Moscow, USSR	Carpet (i)	Tim Mayotte	6–2, 6–1
Loss	2.	Feb 1991	Brussels, Belgium	Carpet (i)	Guy Forget	3–6, 5–7, 6–3, 6–7^(4–7)
Win	2.	Nov 1991	Moscow, USSR	Carpet (i)	Jakob Hlasek	7–6^(7–2), 3–6, 7–6^(7–5)
Loss	3.	May 1993	Bologna, Italy	Clay	Jordi Burillo	6–7^(4–7), 7–6^(9–7), 1–6
Loss	4.	Sep 1993	Bucharest, Romania	Clay	Goran Ivanišević	2–6, 6–7^(5–7)

Doubles finals 2 (0–2)

Result	No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Loss	1.	May 1990	Umag, Croatia	Clay	Andrei Olhovskiy	Vojtech Flegl Daniel Vacek	4–6, 4–6
Loss	2.	Nov 1991	Moscow, USSR	Carpet (i)	Alexander Volkov	Eric Jelen Carl-Uwe Steeb	4–6, 6–7

Notes

^ Played for the Soviet Union until its breakup in 1991

External links

Andrei Cherkasov at the Association of Tennis Professionals
Andrei Cherkasov at the International Tennis Federation
Andrei Cherkasov at the Davis Cup

[1] Played for the Soviet Union until its breakup in 1991

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