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 in St. 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 the ATP 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 in Beijing futures tournament and reached the quarter finals in Korolev (Russia) and Minsk (Belarus. In 2006 he became a finalist for the first time in Uzbekistan, 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 of India 6-3 4-6 7-6(8). In the second round he faced former World No. 1 Carlos Moya but lost in a hard-fought game 6-3 6-7(4), 6-2. His next international event was at Estoril in Portugal in April where he lost in the first round to France's Thierry Ascione (ranked #82) 6-1 6-4.

He competed in his first Masters Series event at Toronto in Canada in July. In the first round he surprisingly beat #33 ranked Philipp Kohlschreiber of Germany 6-2 7-6(7) but he could not repeat this in the second round as he lost to Frenchman Richard 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 in Russia He admired tennis players Andre Agassi and countryman Marat 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 countryman Vadim 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