- Alexandre Kudryavtsev
Infobox Tennis biography
playername = Alexandre Kudryavtsev
nickname =
country = RUS
residence =St. Petersburg ,Russia
datebirth = birth date and age|1985|10|26
placebirth =St. Petersburg ,Russia
height = height|m=1.82
weight = lb to kg|165|abbr=yes
turnedpro = 2003
retired =
plays = Right-handed
careerprizemoney =US$ 137,761
singlesrecord = 2–3*
singlestitles = 0
highestsinglesranking = 177 (July 28, 2008)
AustralianOpenresult =
FrenchOpenresult =
Wimbledonresult =
USOpenresult =
*ATP tour only: Challengers 24–26; Futures 53–51
doublesrecord = 1–4
doublestitles = 0
highestdoublesranking = 95 (May 3, 2008)
updated =July 29 ,2008 Alexandre Kudryavtsev (born
26 October 1985 inSt. Petersburg ,Russia ) is a Russian professional tennis player who has being playing professionally since 2003. He made his breakthrough in 2008, playing in his first top-level international tournaments on theATP tour , having spent time playing in "Challenger" and "Futures" events. He reached his career-high singles ranking of #177 in July 2008.Professional career
Early career
Kudryavtsev turned professional in 2003. He 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 inBeijing futures tournament and reached the quarter finals inKorolev (Russia ) andMinsk (Belarus . In 2006 he became a finalist for the first time inUzbekistan , 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 ofIndia 6-3 4-6 7-6(8). In the second round he faced former World No. 1Carlos Moya but lost in a hard-fought game 6-3 6-7(4), 6-2. His next international event was at Estoril inPortugal in April where he lost in the first round toFrance 'sThierry Ascione (ranked #82) 6-1 6-4.He competed in his first
Masters Series event atToronto inCanada in July. In the first round he surprisingly beat #33 rankedPhilipp Kohlschreiber of Germany 6-2 7-6(7) but he could not repeat this in the second round as he lost to FrenchmanRichard Gasquet (ranked #12) 7-5 6-3.ingles performance timeline
"To prevent confusion and double counting, information in this table is updated only after a tournament or the player's participation in the tournament has concluded. Davis Cup matches are included in the statistics. This table is current through
May 27 ,2008 ."
*A = did not participate in the tournament
*SR = the ratio of the number of singles tournaments won to the number of those tournaments played.Personal life
Kudryavtsev began playing tennis at the age of six while living in
St. Petersburg inRussia He admired tennis playersAndre Agassi and countrymanMarat 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 countrymanVadim Davletshin since May 2007.He married his wife Rushana on
March 16 2007 and they had a son called Egor (born Aug. 6, 2007) [cite web |url=http://www.atptennis.com/5/en/players/playerprofiles/highlights.asp?playernumber=K596|title=Kudryavtsev profile - Background |publisher=ATP]References
External links
*ATP|id=K596
*ITF male profile|id=100003967
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