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In this name that follows Eastern Slavic naming customs, the patronymic is Kazbekovich and the family name is Karatsev.
Aslan Karatsev
Аслан Карацев
Country (sports) Russia
ResidenceMoscow, Russia
Born (1993-09-04) 4 September 1993 (age 31)
Vladikavkaz, Russia
Height1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)
PlaysRight-handed (two handed-backhand)
CoachYahor Yatsyk
Prize money$618,354
Singles
Career record8–10
Career titles0
Highest rankingNo. 111 (16 November 2020)
Current rankingNo. 114 (8 February 2021)
Grand Slam singles results
Australian OpenSF (2021)
French OpenQ3 (2016, 2020)
WimbledonQ2 (2015)
US OpenQ3 (2015)
Doubles
Career record3–7
Career titles0
Highest rankingNo. 238 (17 August 2015)
Current rankingNo. 435 (8 February 2021)
Medal record
Representing  Russia
Men's Tennis
Summer Universiade
Gold medal – first place 2017 Taipei Men's Doubles
Silver medal – second place 2015 Gwangju Men's Singles
Bronze medal – third place 2015 Gwangju Mixed Doubles
Last updated on: 8 February 2021.

Aslan Kazbekovich Karatsev (Template:Lang-ru; Template:Lang-he; born 4 September 1993) is a Russian-Israeli professional tennis player.[1][2]

In 2021, Karatsev went through qualifiers to qualify for the Australian Open. In his first main draw of a Grand Slam, he shocked the world with a victory over #8 seed Diego Schwartzman and went on to reach the semifinals. Karatsev is the first man in the Open Era to reach the semifinals in their first Grand Slam.

Early life

Karatsev in 2015

Karatsev was born 4 September 1993 in Vladikavkaz. When he was three years old his parents moved to Israel. Karatsev is Jewish on his mother's side of his family.[3] He resided in Tel-Aviv. When he was 14 he moved back to Russia with his father because the Israel Tennis Association lacked major funding.[4] His mother and sister remained in Israel. From 2011 to 2013 he was coached by Andrey Kesarev.[5] Karatsev speaks Russian, Hebrew and English.[6]

Career

2013-2020

Karatsev made his ATP main draw debut at the 2013 St. Petersburg Open where he received entry to the main draw as a wildcard entrant. In the first round he lost to compatriot and second seed Mikhail Youzhny, 7–6(7–5), 2–6, 2–6. In the doubles event, he partnered Dmitry Tursunov where they reached the semifinals, losing to Dominic Inglot and Denis Istomin, 4–6, 7–5, [9–11]. After searching better coaching opportunities in Spain and Germany, Karatsev hired his new coach, Yahor Yatsyk from Minsk, in 2020. During the COVID-19 lockdown he played exhibition matches in the United States. In 2015 he won his first ATP match in the main draw at the 2015 Kremlin Cup, defeating Youzhny.[7]

2021: Grand Slam debut, Australian Open semi final

He made his Grand Slam debut at the 2021 Australian Open after coming through qualifying by beating Brandon Nakashima, Max Purcell and Alexandre Müller. It was here that he also notched his first top 10 victory, after upsetting 8th seed and world No. 9 Diego Schwartzman, in a rare match between two Jewish players. He also upset 20th seed Félix Auger-Aliassime after dropping the first two sets and coming back to win in 5 to become the first qualifier to reach a Grand Slam quarterfinal since Bernard Tomic at Wimbledon 2011, and the first man to reach a quarterfinal in his Grand Slam debut since Alex Rădulescu in 1996 Wimbledon.[8][9] He then defeated former top ten player Grigor Dimitrov in four sets to reach the semifinals.[10] By doing this, Karatsev became the first qualifier to reach the semifinals since Vladimir Voltchkov in the 2000 Wimbledon Championships and the first to do so at the Australian Open since Bob Giltinan in 1977, the lowest-ranked player to reach a semifinal since Voltchkov, and the first player to reach a Grand Slam semifinal on debut in the Open Era history.[11]

Singles performance timeline

Key
W  F  SF QF #R RR Q# P# DNQ A Z# PO G S B NMS NTI P NH
(W) winner; (F) finalist; (SF) semifinalist; (QF) quarterfinalist; (#R) rounds 4, 3, 2, 1; (RR) round-robin stage; (Q#) qualification round; (P#) preliminary round; (DNQ) did not qualify; (A) absent; (Z#) Davis/Fed Cup Zonal Group (with number indication) or (PO) play-off; (G) gold, (S) silver or (B) bronze Olympic/Paralympic medal; (NMS) not a Masters tournament; (NTI) not a Tier I tournament; (P) postponed; (NH) not held; (SR) strike rate (events won / competed); (W–L) win–loss record.
To avoid confusion and double counting, these charts are updated at the conclusion of a tournament or when the player's participation has ended.

Current through the 2021 ATP Cup.

Tournament 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 SR W–L
Grand Slam tournaments
Australian Open A A Q1 Q2 A A A A 0 / 0 0–0
French Open A A Q1 Q3 A A A Q3 0 / 0 0–0
Wimbledon A Q1 Q2 A A A A NH 0 / 0 0–0
US Open A A Q3 Q1 A A A A 0 / 0 0–0
Win–Loss 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0 / 0 0–0
National representation
Davis Cup A A A Z1 A A A NH 0 / 0 0–1
ATP Tour Masters 1000
Indian Wells Masters A A A A A A A NH 0 / 0 0–0
Miami Open A A A A A A A NH 0 / 0 0–0
Monte-Carlo Masters A A A A A A A NH 0 / 0 0–0
Madrid Open A A A A A A A NH 0 / 0 0–0
Italian Open A A A A A A A A 0 / 0 0–0
Canadian Open A A A A A A A NH 0 / 0 0–0
Cincinnati Masters A A A A A A A A 0 / 0 0–0
Shanghai Masters A A A A A A Q1 NH 0 / 0 0–0
Paris Masters A A A A A A A A 0 / 0 0–0
Win–Loss 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0 / 0 0–0
Career statistics
2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 Career
Tournaments 2 1 1 2 0 0 0 3 0 9
Overall Win–Loss 0–2 0–1 1–1 0–3 0–0 0–0 0–0 2–3 0–0 3–10
Win % 0% 0% 50% 0% – – – 40% – 23%
Year-end ranking 292 218 195 235 621 485 289 112

Career finals

Universiade medal matches

Singles: 1 (1 silver medal)

Outcome Year Championship Surface Opponent Score
Silver 2015 Gwangju Universiade Hard (i) South Korea Chung Hyeon 6–1, 2–6, 0–6

Futures and Challenger finals

Singles: 15 (9 titles, 6 runners-up)

Legend
ATP Challengers (3–5)
ITF Futures (6–1)
Outcome No. Date Tournament Surface Opponent Score
Winner 1. 25 May 2013 Kazan, Russia Clay Ukraine Artem Smirnov 6–4, 6–4
Winner 2. 1 June 2013 Moscow, Russia Clay Russia Victor Baluda 4–6, 6–2, 6–2
Winner 3. 23 June 2013 Sharm el-Sheikh, Egypt Clay Egypt Karim Hossam 6–4, 7–5
Runner-up 4. 17 May 2014 Samarkand, Uzbekistan Clay Uzbekistan Farrukh Dustov 6–7(4–7), 1–6
Runner-up 5. 20 July 2014 Saint-Gervais-les-Bains, France Clay France Martin Vaïsse 3–6, 3–6
Winner 6. 22 March 2015 Kazan, Russia Hard (i) Russia Konstantin Kravchuk 6–4, 4–6, 6–3
Runner-up 7. 20 March 2016 Kazan, Russia Hard (i) Germany Tobias Kamke 4–6, 2–6
Runner-up 8. 24 July 2016 Tampere, Finland Clay Belgium Kimmer Coppejans 4–6, 6–3, 5–7
Winner 9. 16 December 2017 Doha, Qatar Hard Germany Benjamin Hassan 6–4, 6–0
Winner 10. 21 January 2018 Sharm el-Sheikh, Egypt Hard Belgium Yannick Mertens 6–1, 6–2
Winner 11. 28 January 2018 Sharm el-Sheikh, Egypt Hard Ukraine Artem Smirnov 6–3, 6–2
Runner-up 12. 18 January 2020 Bangkok, Thailand Hard Hungary Attila Balazs 6–7(5–7), 6–0, 6–7(6-8)
Runner-up 13. 22 August 2020 Prague, Czech Republic Clay Switzerland Stan Wawrinka 6–7(2–7), 4–6
Winner 14. 30 August 2020 Prague, Czech Republic Clay Netherlands Tallon Griekspoor 6–4, 7–6(8–6)
Winner 15. 6 September 2020 Ostrava, Czech Republic Clay Germany Oscar Otte 6–4, 6–2

Doubles: 8 (4 titles, 4 runners-up)

Legend
Challengers (1–2)
Futures (3–2)
Outcome No. Date Tournament Surface Partner Opponents Score
Runner-up 1. 23 August 2012 Vsevolozhsk, Russia Clay Russia Vitali Reshetnikov Russia Vitaliy Kachanovskiy
Russia Richard Muzaev 		2–6, 3–6
Winner 2. 7 September 2013 Taganrog, Russia Clay Russia Mikhail Vaks Ukraine Ivan Anikanov
Belarus Vladzimir Kruk 		3–6, 7–5, [10–5]
Winner 3. 6 June 2014 Moscow, Russia Clay Russia Richard Muzaev Russia Evgeny Elistratov
Russia Vladimir Polyakov 		6–2, 6–3
Runner-up 4. 6 September 2014 Brașov, Romania Clay Russia Valery Rudnev Italy Daniele Giorgini
Romania Adrian Ungur 		6–4, 6–7(4–7), [1–10]
Winner 5. 11 April 2015 Batman, Turkey Hard Belarus Yaraslav Shyla Croatia Mate Pavić
Australia Michael Venus 		7–6(7–4), 4–6, [10–5]
Runner-up 6. 27 July 2015 Scheveningen, Netherlands Clay Russia Andrey Kuznetsov Uruguay Ariel Behar
Brazil Eduardo Dischinger 		0–0 retired
Runner-up 7. 16 December 2017 Doha, Qatar Hard Croatia Fran Zvonimir Zgombić Turkey Tuna Altuna
Sweden Markus Eriksson 		1–6, 2–6
Winner 8. 13 May 2018 Antalya, Turkey Clay Russia Alexander Boborykin Romania Răzvan Marius Codescu
Romania Dan Alexandru Tomescu 		6–4, 6–3

National representation

Davis Cup (0–1)

Group membership
World Group (0–0)
WG Play-off (0–0)
Group I (0–1)
Group II (0–0)
Group III (0–0)
Group IV (0–0)
Matches by surface
Hard (0–1)
Clay (0–0)
Grass (0–0)
Carpet (0–0)
Matches by type
Singles (0–1)
Doubles (0–0)
Rubber outcome No. Rubber Match type (partner if any) Opponent nation Opponent player(s) Score
Increase4–1; 15–17 July 2016; National Tennis Centre, Moscow, Russia; World Group Second round; Hard surface
Defeat 1 V Singles (dead rubber) Netherlands Netherlands Matwé Middelkoop 6–4, 1–6, 4–6

ATP Cup (0–3)

Matches by surface
Hard (0–3)
Clay (0–0)
Grass (0–0)
Matches by type
Singles (0–0)
Doubles (0–3)
Rubber outcome No. Rubber Match type (partner if any) Opponent nation Opponent player(s) Score
Increase4–2; 2–3 February 2021; Melbourne Park, Melbourne, Australia; Group stage; Hard surface
Defeat 1 III Doubles (with Andrey Rublev) Argentina Argentina Máximo González / Horacio Zeballos 4–6, 6–7(4–7)
Defeat 2 III Doubles (with Evgeny Donskoy) Japan Japan Ben McLachlan / Yoshihito Nishioka 6–4, 3–6, [10–12]
Increase2–1; 6–7 February 2021; Melbourne Park, Melbourne, Australia; Knockout stage; Hard surface
Defeat 3 III Doubles (with Evgeny Donskoy) Germany Germany Kevin Krawietz / Jan-Lennard Struff 3–6, 6–7(2–7)

Record against other players

Record against top 10 players

Karatsev's match record against those who have been ranked in the top 10, with those who have been No. 1 in boldface. Only ATP Tour main draw matches are considered.

* As of 16 February 2021.

Top-10 wins

Karatsev has a 1–0 record against players who were, at the time the match was played, ranked in the top 10.

Year 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 Total
Wins 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1
No. Player Rank Event Surface Rd Score AK Rank
2021
1. Argentina Diego Schwartzman No. 9 Australian Open, Australia Hard 3R 6–3, 6–3, 6–3 No. 114

References

  1. ^ "Russian-Israeli tennis player Aslan Karatsev makes Australian Open history". The Jerusalem Post. 2021-02-16. Retrieved 2021-02-16.
  2. ^ "Russian-Israeli in Australian Open semis". The Australian Jewish News. 2021-02-16. Retrieved 2021-02-16.
  3. ^ "World No. 1 Novak Djokovic Set To Face Russian Cinderella Story Aslan Karatsev In Australian Open Semis". Forbes. 2021-02-16. Retrieved 2021-02-16.
  4. ^ "Russian-Israeli tennis player Aslan Karatsev makes history at the Australian Open". Jewish Telegraphic Agency. 2021-02-16. Retrieved 2021-02-16.
  5. ^ "Кто такой Аслан Карацев и какие у него перспективы в теннисной туре. Интервью". Спорт-Экспресс. 2020-10-16. Retrieved 2021-02-07.
  6. ^ "Aslan Karatsev of Russia Continues an Unlikely Run at Australian Open". NYTimes. 2021-02-16. Retrieved 2021-02-16.
  7. ^ Теннисный Илья Муромец. Кто такой Аслан Карацев, десять лет ждавший звездного часа
  8. ^ Karatsev: 'Am I Surprised? I Try Not To Show It'
  9. ^ Giant-killer Karatsev in 25-year first at Australian Open
  10. ^ "Aslan Karatsev defeats Dimitrov for historic Australian Open semi-final run". Guardian. 16 February 2021. Retrieved 16 February 2021.
  11. ^ "World No. 114 Karatsev's Historic Run Continues Into Australian Open SFs". ATP Tour. 16 February 2021.

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