- Andrei Cherkasov
Infobox Tennis player
playername= Andrei Cherkasov
country= RUS [Played for the Soviet Union until its breakup in 1991]
residence=Monte Carlo ,Monaco
datebirth= Birth date and age|1970|7|4
placebirth=Ufa ,Soviet Union
height= height|m=1.80
weight= convert|75|kg|lb st|abbr=on
turnedpro= 1988
retired= 2000
plays= Right-handed
careerprizemoney=US$ 2,260,051
singlesrecord= 193–214
singlestitles= 2
highestsinglesranking= 13 (June 10 ,1991 )
AustralianOpenresult= QF (1990)
FrenchOpenresult= QF (1992)
Wimbledonresult=1r (1989–94)
USOpenresult= QF (1990)
doublesrecord= 26–47
doublestitles= 0
highestdoublesranking= 141 (August 3 ,1998 )
updated=Andrei Cherkasov ( _ru. Андрей Черкасов; born
July 4 ,1970 inUfa ) is a former professionaltennis player fromRussia .Born in
Ufa ,Soviet Union , Cherkasov first came to the tennis world's attention as an outstanding junior player. In 1987, he was ranked the World No. 3 junior player and finished runner-up in the boy's singles at the US Open (lost toDavid Wheaton in the final).Cherkasov turned professional in 1988. In 1990, Cherkasov claimed his first top-level singles titles when he won the inaugural
Kremlin Cup inMoscow , defeatingTim Mayotte in the final 6–2, 6–1. He also reached the quarter-finals of the 1990Australian Open and US Open.1991 saw Cherkasov successfully defend his Kremlin Cup title, saving two match points in a 7–6, 3–6, 7–6 win in the final against
Jakob Hlasek . Cherkasov reached his career-high singles ranking of World No. 13 in June that year.In 1992, Cherkasov was a quarter-finalist at the
French Open and won a men's singles Bronze Medal at theOlympic Games inBarcelona .In 1993, Cherkasov saved three match points in 3-hour, 54-minute quarter-final victory over Italy's
Andrea Gaudenzi atTel Aviv , to win 6–7, 7–6, 7–5 in what was the longest best-of-three set match in tour history.In the end, his two victories at the Kremlin Cup in Moscow proved to be the only top-level titles of Cherkasov's career. He retired from the professional tour in 2000, having earned prize-money totalling US$2,259,875.
ATP Tour finals (8)
ingles titles (2)
ingles finalist (4)
*1989: Sydney (lost to
Aaron Krickstein )
*1991: Brussels (lost toGuy Forget )
*1993: Bologna (lost toJordi Burillo )
*1993: Bucharest (lost toGoran Ivanisevic )Doubles finalist (2)
*1990: Umag (with
Andrei Olhovskiy , lost toVojtech Flegl /Daniel Vacek )
*1991: Moscow (withAlexander Volkov , lost toEric Jelen /Carl-Uwe Steeb )Notes
External links
*ATP|id=C260
*ITF male profile|number=10000253
*DavisCupplayerlink|id=10000253
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