- Andrei Chesnokov
Infobox Tennis player
playername = Andrei Chesnokov
nickname =
country = USSR
Russia
residence =Moscow, Russia
datebirth = birth date and age|1966|02|02
placebirth =Moscow ,Soviet Union
height = height|m=1.87
weight = convert|75.7|kg|lb st|abbr=on
turnedpro = 1985
retired = 1999
plays = Right-handed; two-handed backhand
careerprizemoney = $3,084,188
singlesrecord = 344–259
singlestitles = 7
highestsinglesranking = No. 9 (April 8 ,1991 )
AustralianOpenresult = QF (1988)
FrenchOpenresult = SF (1989)
Wimbledonresult = 1R (1986, 1988, 1989, 1992, 1993, 1995, 1996)
USOpenresult = 4R (1986, 1987, 1989)
doublesrecord = 7–21
doublestitles = 0
highestdoublesranking = No. 342 (October 12 ,1992 )
updated =April 21 ,2008 Andrei Eduardovich Chesnokov ( _ru. Андрей Эдуардович Чесноков; born
February 2 1966 ) is a former professionaltennis player fromRussia .He was born in
Moscow ,Soviet Union .Chesnokov's highest singles ranking was World No. 9 in 1991. The biggest tournament victories of his career came at the Monte Carlo Open in 1990, and at the Canadian Open in 1991 (both
Tennis Masters Series events).Chesnokov's best performance at a Grand Slam event came at the
French Open in 1989, where he reached the semi-finals before being eliminated by the eventual championMichael Chang .During his career, Chesnokov won seven top-level singles titles and earned prize-money totalling US$3,084,188. He retired from the professional tour in 1999.
On
November 20 2005 , during a visit toDnepropetrovsk (Ukraine ), he was shot twice with rubber bullets after a quarrel in a restaurant with two unidentified men.As a sixteen-year-old Chesnokov was one of those present at the UEFA Cup match between
FC Spartak Moscow andHFC Haarlem during which theLuzhniki disaster happened. He was an honorary member of the committee that organized a benefit match for the victims between Spartak Moscow and Haarlem, that took place on October 20 2007.Titles
ingles wins (7)
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