Alexander Kudryavtsev

In this name that follows Eastern Slavic naming customs, the patronymic is Mikhailovich and the family name is Kudryavtsev.

Alexander Mikhailovich Kudryavtsev (Russian: Алекса́ндр Миха́йлович Кудря́вцев; born 26 October 1985) is a retired Russian professional tennis player who has played 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 at the ATP Challenger Tour and Futures events. He reached his career-high singles ranking of 117 on 2 February 2015 and career-high doubles ranking of 70 on 7 November 2011.

Alexander Kudryavtsev
Александр Кудрявцев

Kudryavtsev at 2015 Wimbledon Qualifying
Country (sports)	Russia
Residence	Saint Petersburg, Russia
Born	(1985-10-26) 26 October 1985 (age 39) Ekaterinburg, USSR
Height	1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)
Turned pro	2003
Retired	2017
Plays	Right-handed (two-handed backhand)
Coach	Vadim Davletshin
Prize money	$ 909,894
Singles
Career record	5–15
Career titles	0
Highest ranking	No. 117 (2 February 2015)
Grand Slam singles results
Australian Open	1R (2012, 2015)
French Open	Q2 (2015)
Wimbledon	1R (2016)
US Open	2R (2014)
Doubles
Career record	9–11
Career titles	0
Highest ranking	No. 70 (7 November 2011)
Grand Slam doubles results
Australian Open	2R (2012)
Wimbledon	1R (2008)
Last updated on: 23 November 2017.

Professional career

Early career

Kudryavtsev 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 a Beijing futures tournament, and reached the quarterfinals 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 No. 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. In the second round he faced former World No. 1 Carlos Moyá and lost in a hard-fought game 3–6, 7–6⁽⁴⁾, 2–6. 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).

He competed in his first Masters Series event at Toronto in Canada in July. In the first round he upset No. 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).

2012

Kudryavtsev began the year by qualifying for the Australian Open main draw. He met No. 3 seed Roger Federer in the opening round and lost in three sets.

Singles performance timeline

Key

W

F

SF

QF

#R

RR

Q#

DNQ

A

NH

(W) winner; (F) finalist; (SF) semifinalist; (QF) quarterfinalist; (#R) rounds 4, 3, 2, 1; (RR) round-robin stage; (Q#) qualification round; (DNQ) did not qualify; (A) absent; (NH) not held; (SR) strike rate (events won / competed); (W–L) win–loss record.

This table is current through the 2016 US Open.

Tournament	2008	2009	2010	2011	2012	2013	2014	2015	2016	SR	W–L
Australian Open	Q3	Q3	A	Q1	1R	A	Q1	1R	Q3	0 / 2	0–2
French Open	A	A	A	Q1	A	A	A	Q2	Q1	0 / 0	0–0
Wimbledon	Q3	Q2	Q2	Q2	Q1	A	A	Q1	1R	0 / 1	0–1
US Open	Q2	Q1	Q2	A	A	A	2R	Q2	Q1	0 / 1	1–1
Win–loss	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–1	0–0	1–1	0–1	0–1	0 / 4	1–4
Year End Ranking	208	205	159	158	275	268	119	164	193

Personal life

Kudryavtsev began playing tennis at the age of six while living in Saint 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's coached by Vadim Davletshin. He married his wife Rushana on 16 March 2007 and they had a son named Egor (born 6 August 2007)^[1]

Career finals

ATP career finals

Doubles: 1 (1 runner-up)

Legend Grand Slam (0–0) Tennis Masters Cup (0–0) ATP Tour Masters 1000 (0–0) ATP Tour 500 series (0–0) ATP Tour 250 series (0–1)

Titles by surface Hard (0–1) Clay (0–0) Grass (0–0) Carpet (0–0)

Outcome	No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Runner-up	1.	30 October 2011	St. Petersburg, Russia	Hard (i)	Mikhail Elgin	Colin Fleming Ross Hutchins	3–6, 7–6(7–5), [8–10]

Challengers and Futures finals

Singles: 17 (6 titles, 11 runners-up)

Legend
Challengers (0–10)
Futures (6–1)

Result	No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Opponent	Score
Loss	1.	22 April 2006	Guliston, Uzbekistan	Hard	Teodor-Dacian Crăciun	0–6, 6–4, 6–7(5–7)
Win	2.	3 February 2007	Delhi, India	Hard	Todor Enev	6–4, 6–2
Win	3.	19 May 2007	Minsk, Belarus	Hard	Ivan Cerović	6–2, 6–4
Loss	4.	8 February 2009	Wrocław, Poland	Hard (i)	Michael Berrer	3–6, 4–6
Win	5.	20 March 2010	Astana, Kazakhstan	Hard (i)	Evgeny Donskoy	6–4, 6–3
Win	6.	1 May 2010	Namangan, Uzbekistan	Hard	Denys Molchanov	6–4, 6–4
Loss	7.	25 September 2010	Bangkok, Thailand	Hard	Grigor Dimitrov	4–6, 1–6
Loss	8.	19 March 2011	Guangzhou, China	Hard	Uladzimir Ignatik	4–6, 4–6
Loss	9.	11 September 2011	Shanghai, China	Hard	Cedrik-Marcel Stebe	4–6, 6–4, 5–7
Loss	10.	19 February 2012	Bergamo, Italy	Hard (i)	Björn Phau	4–6, 4–6
Win	11.	15 June 2013	Herzliya, Israel	Hard	Albano Olivetti	5–7, 6–4, 6–4
Win	12.	22 June 2013	Herzliya, Israel	Hard	Ashley Hewitt	6–3, 6–4, 6–3
Loss	13.	8 February 2014	Chennai, India	Hard	Yuki Bhambri	6–4, 3–6, 5–7
Loss	14.	15 June 2014	Fergana, Uzbekistan	Hard	Blaž Kavčič	4–6, 6–7(8–10)
Loss	15.	22 June 2014	Tianjin, China	Hard	Blaž Kavčič	2–6, 6–3, 5–7
Loss	16.	21 June 2015	Fergana, Uzbekistan	Hard	Teymuraz Gabashvili	2–6, 0–1 ret.
Loss	17.	29 November 2015	Toyota, Japan	Carpet (i)	Yoshihito Nishioka	3–6, 4–6

Doubles: 55 (33 titles, 22 runners-up)

Legend
ATP Challengers (21–15)
ITF Futures (12–7)

Result	No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Partner	Opponent	Score
Win	1.	9 July 2004	Oberstaufen, Germany	Clay	Vadim Davletshin	Valentino Pest Alexander Waske	4–6, 6–3, 7–6
Loss	2.	5 August 2005	Saransk, Russia	Clay	Konstantin Kravchuk	Simon Stadler Flavio Cipolla	6–7(2–7), 6–4, 6–7(3–7)
Loss	3.	13 August 2005	Sergiyev Posad, Russia	Clay	Alexey Kedryuk	Mikhail Elgin Mikhail Filima	2–6, 4–6
Loss	4.	22 April 2006	Guliston, Uzbekistan	Hard	Konstantin Kravchuk	Mikhail Elgin Alexey Kedryuk	7–5, 4–6, 4–6
Win	5.	27 May 2006	Kyiv, Ukraine	Clay	Alexandre Krasnoroutskiy	Andrei Stoliarov Aleksandr Yarmola	6–3, 3–6, 6–2
Win	6.	4 June 2006	Cherkasy, Ukraine	Clay	Alexandre Krasnoroutskiy	Sergei Bubka Aleksandr Nedovesov	6–3, 4–6, 6–2
Win	7.	25 June 2006	Minsk, Belarus	Hard	Alexandre Krasnoroutskiy	Alexander Bury Kyril Harbatsiuk	7–5, 6–3
Loss	8.	20 August 2006	Wrocław, Poland	Clay	Alexandre Krasnoroutskiy	David Novak Martin Vacek	6–4, 5–7, 2–6
Win	9.	27 August 2006	Poznań, Poland	Clay	Alexandre Krasnoroutskiy	Tomasz Bednarek Maciej Diłaj	2–6, 7–5, 6–1
Loss	10.	19 November 2006	Sergiyev Posad, Russia	Hard (i)	Alexandre Krasnoroutskiy	David Klier Filip Polášek	6–7(6–8), 6–7(5–7)
Win	11.	26 November 2006	Mosrentgen, Russia	Hard (i)	Alexandre Krasnoroutskiy	Sarvar Ikramov Alexey Tikhonov	6–1, 6–1
Win	12.	2 February 2007	New Delhi, India	Hard	Alexey Kedryuk	Sandeep Kirtane Purav Raja	6–4, 6–2
Loss	13.	23 February 2007	Brownsville, Texas, United States	Hard	Horia Tecău	Nicholas Monroe Izak van der Merwe	5–7, 6–7(5–7)
Loss	14.	4 May 2007	Ostrava, Czech Republic	Clay	Alexandre Krasnoroutskiy	Bastian Knittel Lukáš Rosol	6–2, 5–7, [9–11]
Win	15.	25 May 2007	Minsk, Belarus	Hard	Alexandre Krasnoroutskiy	Olivier Charroin Pierre-Ludovic Duclos	2–6, 6–3, 6–2
Loss	16.	22 June 2007	Almaty, Kazakhstan	Clay	Alexey Kedryuk	Kamil Čapkovič Ivan Dodig	4–6, 6–3, [7–10]
Loss	17.	29 June 2007	Almaty, Kazakhstan	Clay	Alexey Kedryuk	Teodor-Dacian Crăciun Florin Mergea	2–6, 1–6
Win	18.	27 July 2007	Penza, Russia	Hard	Alexandre Krasnoroutskiy	Murad Inoyatov Denis Istomin	6–1, 4–6, [10–4]
Win	19.	17 August 2007	Bukhara, Uzbekistan	Hard	Evgeny Kirillov	Danila Arsenov Vaja Uzakov	6–3, 6–1
Loss	20.	31 August 2007	Cherkasy, Ukraine	Clay	Sergei Bubka	Daniel Muñoz de la Nava Santiago Ventura	2–6, 6–7(4–7)
Win	21.	15 September 2007	Ljubljana, Slovenia	Clay	Alexandre Krasnoroutskiy	Ivan Dodig Lovro Zovko	7–6(11–9), 1–6, [10–6]
Win	22.	22 September 2007	Banja Luka, Bosnia & Herzegovina	Clay	Alexandre Krasnoroutskiy	Diego Junqueira Vladimir Obradović	6–2, 6–4
Win	23.	16 November 2007	Helsinki, Finland	Hard (i)	Mikhail Elgin	Harri Heliövaara Henri Kontinen	4–6, 7–5, [13–11]
Loss	24.	17 October 2008	Tashkent, Uzbekistan	Hard	Mikhail Elgin	Flavio Cipolla Pavel Šnobel	3–6, 4–6
Win	25.	7 November 2008	Astana, Kazakhstan	Hard (i)	Mikhail Elgin	George Bastl Marco Chiudinelli	6–4, 6–7(8–10), [10–8]
Loss	26.	1 March 2009	Wolfsburg, Germany	Carpet (i)	Sergei Bubka	Travis Rettenmaier Ken Skupski	3–6, 4–6
Loss	27.	20 March 2009	Bangkok, Thailand	Hard	Mikhail Elgin	Josh Goodall Joseph Sirianni	3–6, 1–6
Loss	28.	19 April 2009	Johannesburg, South Africa	Hard	Mikhail Elgin	George Bastl Chris Guccione	2–6, 6–4, [9–11]
Win	29.	24 July 2009	Penza, Russia	Hard	Mikhail Elgin	Alexey Kedryuk Denis Matsukevitch	4–6, 6–3, [10–6]
Loss	30.	18 September 2009	Mulhouse, France	Hard (i)	Konstantin Kravchuk	Ruben Bemelmans Yannick Mertens	3–6, 6–7(6–8)
Win	31.	28 November 2009	Toyota, Japan	Carpet (i)	Andis Juška	Alexey Kedryuk Junn Mitsuhashi	6–4, 7–6(8–6)
Win	32.	19 March 2010	Astana, Kazakhstan	Hard (i)	Evgeny Kirillov	Alexander Peya Alexander Slabinsky	6–3, 6–4
Win	33.	26 March 2010	Almaty, Kazakhstan	Hard (i)	Evgeny Kirillov	Alexey Kedryuk Denys Molchanov	7–5, 6–4
Win	34.	23 April 2010	Andijan, Uzbekistan	Hard	Denys Molchanov	Mikhail Elgin Alexey Kedryuk	6–2, 6–1
Win	35.	2 July 2010	Palma del Río, Spain	Hard	Evgeny Kirillov	Marc Fornell Mestres Pablo Martin Adalia	6–4, 6–2
Loss	36.	6 November 2010	Astana, Kazakhstan	Hard (i)	Mikhail Elgin	Colin Fleming Ross Hutchins	3–6, 6–7(10–12)
Win	37.	13 November 2010	Ortisei, Italy	Carpet (i)	Mikhail Elgin	Tomasz Bednarek Michał Przysiężny	3–6, 6–3, [10–3]
Loss	38.	5 February 2011	Kazan, Russia	Hard (i)	Mikhail Elgin	Yves Allegro Andreas Beck	4–6, 4–6
Loss	39.	12 February 2011	Bergamo, Italy	Hard (i)	Mikhail Elgin	Frederik Nielsen Ken Skupski	w/o
Win	40.	19 March 2011	Guangzhou, China	Hard	Mikhail Elgin	Sanchai Ratiwatana Sonchat Ratiwatana	7–6(7–3), 6–3
Win	41.	26 March 2011	Pingguo, China	Hard	Mikhail Elgin	Harri Heliövaara Jose Statham	6–3, 6–2
Loss	42.	30 April 2011	Ostrava, Czech Republic	Clay	Andis Juška	Olivier Charroin Stéphane Robert	4–6, 3–6
Win	43.	12 August 2011	Samarkand, Uzbekistan	Clay	Mikhail Elgin	Radu Albot Andrey Kuznetsov	7–6(7–4), 2–6, [10–7]
Win	44.	19 August 2011	Qarshi, Uzbekistan	Hard	Mikhail Elgin	Konstantin Kravchuk Denys Molchanov	3–6, 6–3, [11–9]
Win	45.	6 November 2011	Eckental, Germany	Carpet (i)	Andre Begemann	James Cerretani Adil Shamasdin	6–3, 3–6, [11–9]
Win	46.	21 February 2013	Aktobe, Kazakhstan	Hard (i)	Yuri Schukin	Victor Baluda Mate Pavić	7–6(8–6), 6–2
Loss	47.	29 March 2013	Novokuznetsk, Russia	Hard (i)	Mikhail Elgin	Sergey Betov Mikhail Biryukov	1–6, 6–7(3–7)
Win	48.	1 August 2014	Segovia, Spain	Hard	Victor Baluda	Brydan Klein Nikola Mektić	6–2, 4–6, [10–3]
Loss	49.	15 September 2014	İzmir, Turkey	Hard	Malek Jaziri	Ken Skupski Neal Skupski	1–6, 4–6
Win	50.	22 February 2015	New Delhi, India	Hard	Egor Gerasimov	Riccardo Ghedin Toshihide Matsui	6–7(5–7), 6–4, [10–6]
Win	51.	8 August 2015	Segovia, Spain	Hard	Denys Molchanov	Alexander Bury Andreas Siljeström	6–2, 6–4
Win	52.	20 March 2016	Guangzhou, China	Hard	Denys Molchanov	Sanchai Ratiwatana Sonchat Ratiwatana	6–2, 6–2
Loss	53.	30 July 2016	Astana, Kazakhstan	Hard	Mikhail Elgin	Yaraslav Shyla Andrei Vasilevski	4–6, 4–6
Win	54.	29 October 2016	Suzhou, China	Hard	Mikhail Elgin	Andrea Arnaboldi Jonathan Eysseric	4–6, 6–1, [10–7]
Win	55.	19 November 2016	Brescia, Italy	Carpet (i)	Mikhail Elgin	Wesley Koolhof Matwé Middelkoop	7–6(7–4), 6–3

References

1. "Alexander Kudryavtsev – Bio". ATP.

External links

• Alexander Kudryavtsev at the Association of Tennis Professionals
• Alexander Kudryavtsev at the International Tennis Federation