- Sergiy Stakhovsky
Infobox Tennis player
playername= Sergiy Stakhovsky
country= UKR
residence=Prostějov ,Czech Republic
datebirth= birth date and age|1986|1|06
placebirth=Kiev ,Ukrainian SSR ,Soviet Union
height= height|m=1.93
weight= convert|80|kg|lb st|abbr=on|lk=on
turnedpro=2003
plays= Right-handed
careerprizemoney=US$ 351,861
singlesrecord= 11–13
singlestitles= 1
highestsinglesranking= No. 82 (September 15 ,2008 )
AustralianOpenresult= Qual. 2R (2007)
FrenchOpenresult= Qual. 3R (2007)
Wimbledonresult= 1st (2008)
USOpenresult= Qual. 1R (2006)
doublesrecord= 3–2
doublestitles= 1
highestdoublesranking= No. 128 (August 13 ,2007 )
updated =March 3 ,2008 Sergiy Stakhovsky (Ukrainian: Сергій Стаховський)(born
January 6 ,1986 inKiev ) is a Ukrainian maletennis player. Stakhovsky turned professional in 2003 and has been playing mostly at the Challenger level since 2005. He career high in singles of #82 was reached in September, 2008, and his high of #128 in doubles was reached in August, 2007. [ [http://www.atptennis.com/3/en/players/playerprofiles/?playernumber=SC77 Stakhovsky ATP Profile] ] He won his first career title on1 March ,2008 , as a lucky loser ranked #209, defeating #1 seedIvan Ljubičić in the final, thus becoming the first lucky loser to win a title sinceChristian Miniussi in 1991.Junior career
Stakhovsky reached career highs of #28 in singles and #32 in doubles in the world junior rankings in 2003. In 2004, he had his best junior result, losing in the final of the U.S. Open to
Andy Murray and beating Donald Young in the first round. In 2002 in Luxembourg, he beatNovak Đoković in the quarterfinals before losing toDudi Sela in the final. [ [http://www.itftennis.com/juniors/players/player.asp?player=100011448 Stakhovsky ITF Juniors Page] ]Professional career
2004
Stakhovsky played his first ATP-level singles match in October in Moscow's Kremlin Cup. After beating
Alejandro Falla in qualifying to reach the main draw, he lost toNikolay Davydenko in the first round. He then reached the quartefinals of a couple Challengers to finish the year ranked #335 in singles.2005
Stakhovsky began 2005 where he left off, qualifying into the ATP stop in Qatar in January and losing to
Hyung-Taik Lee in the first round. In February, he won his first ATP-level singles match, qualifying into the main draw, where he beat #100Christophe Rochus and #29Mario Ančić before losing to #37Robin Söderling in the quarterfinals. He spent most of the rest of the year having moderate success at the Challenger level, but did qualify once more into an ATP tournament in Russia in October, reaching the 2nd round.He finished the year ranked #173 in singles.In doubles, he won two Challenger tournaments, in Spain in July and Prague in November.
2006
Stakhovsky started the year out rough in January, losing in the first round of qualifying at three straight ATP stops. By May, his ranking had slipped back to #260 before he began making progress again on the Challenger circuit. Semifinal results at major Challengers in Spain and Istanbul in July got his ranking back to #181.
In October, he qualified into ATP main draws two weeks in a row, losing in the first round to #26
Richard Gasquet in France and beating #21Dmitry Tursunov in the first round in Moscow before losting to #54Arnaud Clément . That brought his singles ranking to a career high of #158.Although he did win his 4th career doubles Challenger title in Ukraine in November, he had no further singles succes and finished the year ranked #198 in singles.
2007
Stakhovsky was not as successful in 2007 in singles. He qualified twice into ATP main draws in January and February, but lost in the first round. He had more success in doubles, winning two more Challenger titles to get to a career high doubles ranking of #128 in August. But by October, his singles ranking had slipped to #294 before he began making progress on the Challenger circuit again. He reached his first Challenger singles final in a major tournament in Malaysia in his final tournament of 2007, to finish the year ranked #199 in singles.
2008
Stakhovsky began 2008 by failing to qualify into several ATP and Challenger tournaments, before qualifying and reaching the quarterfinals of a major Challenger in Poland in February, losing to #68
Simone Bolelli . He then entered the qualifications of the Zagreb tournament, losing in the final round toSlovenia nBlaž Kavčič , but due toMichaël Llodra 's withdrawal, he entered the main draw as a lucky loser. He went on to win the tournament, defeating top players along the way, including #2 seedIvo Karlović in the first round, #8 seedJanko Tipsarević in the quarterfinals,Simone Bolelli in the semifinals, and #1 seedIvan Ljubičić in the final.ATP Tour titles (3)
ingles (2)
References
External links
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* [http://steveghelper.com/MatchResults.php?players=Stakho&weeks=12 Stakhovsky Recent Match Results]
* [http://steveghelper.com/RankingHistory.php?player=Stakho Stakhovsky World Ranking History]
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