Max Mirnyi

Max Mirnyi
Максім Мірны

Country	Belarus
Residence	Bradenton, Florida, USA. Minsk, Belarus
Born	6 July 1977 (1977-07-06) (age 34) Minsk, USSR
Height	1.95 m (6 ft 5 in)
Turned pro	1996
Plays	Right-handed
Career prize money	$9,335,502
Singles
Career record	239–240
Career titles	1
Highest ranking	No. 18 (18 August 2003)
Grand Slam results
Australian Open	3R (2000, 2006)
French Open	2R (1999, 2006)
Wimbledon	4R (2003, 2005, 2006)
US Open	QF (2002)
Doubles
Career record	525–265
Career titles	40
Highest ranking	No. 1 (9 June 2003)
Grand Slam Doubles results
Australian Open	F (2007)
French Open	W (2005, 2006, 2011)
Wimbledon	F (2003)
US Open	W (2000, 2002)
Mixed Doubles
Career titles	3, finals 3
Grand Slam Mixed Doubles results
Australian Open	F (1999, 2007)
Wimbledon	W (1998)
US Open	W (1998)(2007)
Last updated on: 12 May 2011.

Max Mirnyi Belarusian: Максім Мірны, Maksim Mirny (born 6 July 1977 in Minsk)^[1] is a professional tennis player from Belarus.

Today Mirnyi is a doubles specialist, but he also enjoyed a good singles career, finishing in the top 50 in the world for seven straight years, as well as representing Belarus in Davis Cup competition since April 1994, where he holds a record of 47 wins and 27 losses in 35 ties played. He holds eight Grand Slam titles: men's doubles in the 2000 and 2002 US Open and in the 2005, 2006 and 2011 French Open; and mixed doubles in the 1998 and 2007 U.S. Opens and 1998 Wimbledon. He earned the nickname "The Beast" during his time on tour. Mirnyi has played with a host of doubles partners, namely forming long-term partnerships with Mahesh Bhupathi, Jonas Björkman, Lleyton Hewitt, Jamie Murray, Andy Ram, and Daniel Nestor, and short-term partnerships with other top competitors on the doubles tour.

Career

In 2003 he reached the doubles final at Wimbledon. On 9 June 2003, he reached 1st position in ATP Doubles Entry Ranking. In singles, he achieved his career-high ranking of world no. 18 in August 2003.

He became a national hero in Belarus after the Davis Cup 2004, when he and Vladimir Voltchkov defeated Russia 3–2 and Argentina 5–0, reaching the semifinals, where they lost to the United States. For that achievement, he was awarded the government's highest degree medal of honor.

Mirnyi was supposed to be the flag bearer of the Belarus national team for the official opening of the 2004 Summer Olympic Games, but Belarusian sport officials changed their minds after they found out that Mirnyi let one Belarusian glamour magazine publish erotic images of himself and his wife.

In 2006, he scored an upset as he took down James Blake, 6–4, 3–6, 4–6, 6–1, 6–0, at Wimbledon. He then lost to his doubles partner Jonas Björkman, 6–3, 7–6, 4–6, 2–6, 6–3. Björkman's run to the semifinals may have tired him out as he and Björkman lost to Fabrice Santoro and Nenad Zimonjić in straight sets.

In September 2008, Mirnyi completed his studies at the BSU (Belarus State University), where he got a degree in international law. His thesis was about international protection of children's rights. Since 2005, he has served as a Good Will Ambassador to the United Nations in Belarus and regularly takes part in various programs in the framework of UN AIDS and UNICEF.

Major finals

Grand Slam finals

Doubles: 9 (5–4)

Outcome	Year	Championship	Surface	Partner	Opponents in the final	Score in the final
Winner	2000	US Open	Hard	Lleyton Hewitt	Ellis Ferreira Rick Leach	6–3, 5–7, 7–6(5)
Winner	2002	US Open	Hard	Mahesh Bhupathi	Jiří Novák Radek Štěpánek	6–3, 3–6, 6–4
Runner-up	2003	Wimbledon	Grass	Mahesh Bhupathi	Jonas Björkman Todd Woodbridge	3–6, 4–6
Winner	2005	French Open	Clay	Jonas Björkman	Bob Bryan Mike Bryan	2–6, 6–1, 6–4
Runner-up	2005	US Open	Hard	Jonas Björkman	Bob Bryan Mike Bryan	1–6, 4–6
Winner	2006	French Open	Clay	Jonas Björkman	Bob Bryan Mike Bryan	6–7(5), 6–4, 7–5
Runner-up	2006	US Open	Hard	Jonas Björkman	Martin Damm Leander Paes	7–6(5), 4–6, 3–6
Runner-up	2007	Australian Open	Hard	Jonas Björkman	Bob Bryan Mike Bryan	5–7, 5–7
Winner	2011	French Open	Clay	Daniel Nestor	Juan Sebastián Cabal Eduardo Schwank	7–6(3), 3–6, 6–4

Mixed doubles: 6 (3–3)

Outcome	Year	Championship	Surface	Partner	Opponents in the final	Score in the final
Winner	1998	Wimbledon	Grass	Serena Williams	Mahesh Bhupathi Mirjana Lučić	6–4, 6–4
Winner	1998	US Open	Hard	Serena Williams	Patrick Galbraith Lisa Raymond	6–2, 6–2
Runner-up	1999	Australian Open	Hard	Serena Williams	David Adams Mariaan de Swardt	4–6, 6–4, 6–7(5)
Runner-up	2000	US Open	Hard	Anna Kournikova	Jared Palmer Arantxa Sánchez	4–6, 3–6
Runner-up	2007	Australian Open	Hard	Victoria Azarenka	Daniel Nestor Elena Likhovtseva	4–6, 4–6
Winner	2007	US Open	Hard	Victoria Azarenka	Leander Paes Meghann Shaughnessy	6–4, 7–6(6)

Masters Series finals

Singles: 1 (0–1)

Outcome	Year	Championship	Surface	Opponent in the final	Score in the final
Runner-up	2001	Stuttgart	Hard (i)	Tommy Haas	2–6, 2–6, 2–6

Career finals

Singles: 4 (1–3)

Wins (1)

No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Opponent in the final	Score in the final
1.	17 February 2003	Rotterdam, Netherlands	Hard (i)	Raemon Sluiter	7–6(3), 6–4

Runner-ups (3)

No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Opponent in the final	Score in the final
1.	15 October 2001	Stuttgart, Germany	Hard (i)	Tommy Haas	2–6, 2–6, 2–6
2.	14 February 2005	Memphis, United States	Hard (i)	Kenneth Carlsen	5–7, 5–7
3.	13 June 2005	Nottingham, United Kingdom	Grass	Richard Gasquet	2–6, 3–6

Doubles: 76 (40–36)

Wins (40)

Legend (Doubles) Grand Slam (5) Tennis Masters Cup / ATP World Tour Finals (1) ATP Masters Series / ATP World Tour Masters 1000 (16) ATP International Series Gold / ATP World Tour 500 Series (5) ATP International Series / ATP World Tour 250 Series (13)

Titles by surface Hard (22) Clay (10) Grass (0) Carpet (7)

No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Partnering	Opponent in the final	Score
1.	3 February 1997	Shanghai, China	Carpet	Kevin Ullyett	Tomas Nydahl Stefano Pescosolido	7–6, 6–7, 7–5
2.	8 February 1999	Marseille, France	Hard (i)	Andrei Olhovskiy	David Adams Pavel Vízner	7–5, 7–6(7)
3.	8 March 1999	Copenhagen, Denmark	Carpet	Andrei Olhovskiy	Marc-Kevin Goellner David Prinosil	6–7(5), 7–6(4), 6–1
4.	10 May 1999	Delray Beach, U.S.	Clay	Nenad Zimonjić	Doug Flach Brian MacPhie	7–6(3), 3–6, 6–3
5.	18 October 1999	Singapore	Hard (i)	Eric Taino	Todd Woodbridge Mark Woodforde	6–3, 6–4
6.	10 January 2000	Doha, Qatar	Hard	Mark Knowles	Alex O'Brien Jared Palmer	6–3, 6–4
7.	11 September 2000	U.S. Open, New York	Hard	Lleyton Hewitt	Ellis Ferreira Rick Leach	6–4, 5–7, 7–6(5)
8.	20 November 2000	Paris, France	Carpet	Nicklas Kulti	Paul Haarhuis Daniel Nestor	7–6(6), 7–5
9.	8 October 2001	Moscow, Russia	Carpet	Sandon Stolle	Mahesh Bhupathi Jeff Tarango	6–3, 6–0
10.	22 October 2001	Stuttgart Indoor, Germany	Hard (i)	Sandon Stolle	Ellis Ferreira Jeff Tarango	7–6(3), 6–3
11.	25 February 2002	Rotterdam, Netherlands	Hard (i)	Roger Federer	Mark Knowles Daniel Nestor	4–6, 6–3, [10–4]
12.	9 September 2002	US Open, New York	Hard	Mahesh Bhupathi	Jiří Novák Radek Štěpánek	6–3, 3–6, 6–4
13.	7 October 2002	Moscow, Russia	Carpet	Roger Federer	Joshua Eagle Sandon Stolle	6–4, 7–6(0)
14.	31 March 2003	Miami, USA	Hard	Roger Federer	Leander Paes David Rikl	7–5, 6–3
15.	14 April 2003	Estoril, Portugal	Clay	Mahesh Bhupathi	Lucas Arnold Ker Mariano Hood	6–1, 6–2
16.	21 April 2003	Monte Carlo, Monaco	Clay	Mahesh Bhupathi	Michaël Llodra Fabrice Santoro	4–6, 7–5, 6–2
17.	11 August 2003	Montreal, Canada	Hard	Mahesh Bhupathi	Jonas Björkman Todd Woodbridge	4–1, ret.
18.	6 October 2003	Moscow, Russia	Carpet	Mahesh Bhupathi	Wayne Black Kevin Ullyett	6–3, 7–5
19.	20 October 2003	Madrid, Spain	Hard (i)	Mahesh Bhupathi	Wayne Black Kevin Ullyett	6–2, 2–6, 6–3
20.	10 May 2004	Rome, Italy	Clay	Mahesh Bhupathi	Wayne Arthurs Paul Hanley	1–6, 6–4, 7–6(1)
21.	4 April 2005	Miami, USA	Hard	Jonas Björkman	Wayne Black Kevin Ullyett	6–1, 6–2
22.	16 May 2005	Hamburg, Germany	Clay	Jonas Björkman	Michaël Llodra Fabrice Santoro	6–2, 6–3
23.	6 June 2005	French Open, Paris	Clay	Jonas Björkman	Bob Bryan Mike Bryan	2–6, 6–1, 6–4
24.	22 August 2005	Cincinnati, USA	Hard	Jonas Björkman	Wayne Black Kevin Ullyett	6–4, 5–7, 6–2
25.	17 October 2005	Moscow, Russia	Carpet	Mikhail Youzhny	Igor Andreev Nikolay Davydenko	5–1, 5–1
26.	9 January 2006	Doha, Qatar	Hard	Jonas Björkman	Christophe Rochus Olivier Rochus	2–6, 6–3, [10–8]
27.	3 April 2006	Miami, USA	Hard	Jonas Björkman	Bob Bryan Mike Bryan	6–4, 6–4
28.	24 April 2006	Monte Carlo, Monaco	Clay	Jonas Björkman	Fabrice Santoro Nenad Zimonjić	3–6, 6–3, [10–7]
29.	12 June 2006	French Open, Paris	Clay	Jonas Björkman	Bob Bryan Mike Bryan	6–7(5), 6–4, 7–5
30.	24 July 2006	Stuttgart, Germany	Clay	Gastón Gaudio	Yves Allegro Robert Lindstedt	7–5, 6–7(4), [12–10]
31.	21 August 2006	Cincinnati, USA	Hard	Jonas Björkman	Bob Bryan Mike Bryan	7–6(5), 6–4
32.	20 November 2006	Tennis Masters Cup, Shanghai	Hard (i)	Jonas Björkman	Mark Knowles Daniel Nestor	6–2, 6–4
33.	14 October 2007	Stockholm, Sweden	Hard (i)	Jonas Björkman	Arnaud Clément Michaël Llodra	6–4, 6–4
34.	17 February 2008	Delray Beach, Florida, USA	Hard	Jamie Murray	Bob Bryan Mike Bryan	6–4, 3–6, [10–6]
35.	12 October 2008	Vienna, Austria	Hard (i)	Andy Ram	Philipp Petzschner Alexander Peya	6–1, 7–5
36.	4 April 2009	Miami, USA	Hard	Andy Ram	Ashley Fisher Stephen Huss	6–7(4), 6–2, [10–7]
37.	14 November 2010	Paris, France	Hard (i)	Mahesh Bhupathi	Mark Knowles Andy Ram	7–5, 7–5
38.	20 February 2011	Memphis, USA	Hard (i)	Daniel Nestor	Eric Butorac Jean-Julien Rojer	6–2, 6–7(6), [10–3]
39.	4 June 2011	French Open, Paris	Clay	Daniel Nestor	Juan Sebastián Cabal Eduardo Schwank	7–6(3), 3–6, 6–4
40.	16 October 2011	Shanghai, China	Hard	Daniel Nestor	Michaël Llodra Nenad Zimonjić	3–6, 6–1, [12–10]

Runner-ups (35)

No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Partnering	Opponent in the final	Score
1.	6 October 1997	Toulouse, France	Carpet	Jean-Philippe Fleurian	Jacco Eltingh Paul Haarhuis	6–3, 7–6
2.	13 April 1998	Chennai, India	Hard	Olivier Delaître	Mahesh Bhupathi Leander Paes	6–7, 6–3, 6–2
3.	8 May 2000	Munich, Germany	Clay	Nenad Zimonjić	David Adams John-Laffnie de Jager	6–4, 6–4
4.	21 August 2000	Indianapolis, U.S.	Hard	Jonas Björkman	Lleyton Hewitt Sandon Stolle	7–6(3), 4–6, 7–6(3)
5.	18 June 2001	Halle, Germany	Grass	Patrick Rafter	Daniel Nestor Sandon Stolle	6–4, 6–7(5), 6–1
6.	4 February 2002	Milan, Italy	Carpet	Julien Boutter	Karsten Braasch Andrei Olhovskiy	3–6, 7–6(5), [12–10]
7.	18 February 2002	Marseille, France	Hard (i)	Julien Boutter	Arnaud Clément Nicolas Escudé	6–4, 6–3
8.	18 March 2002	Indian Wells, USA	Hard	Roger Federer	Mark Knowles Daniel Nestor	6–4, 6–4
9.	17 June 2002	London, England	Grass	Mahesh Bhupathi	Wayne Black Kevin Ullyett	7–6(5), 3–6, 6–3
10.	12 August 2002	Cincinnati, USA	Hard	Mahesh Bhupathi	James Blake Todd Martin	7–5, 6–3
11.	19 August 2002	Indianapolis, USA	Hard	Mahesh Bhupathi	Mark Knowles Daniel Nestor	4–6, 7–6(3), 6–4
12.	21 October 2002	Madrid, Spain	Hard (i)	Mahesh Bhupathi	Mark Knowles Daniel Nestor	6–4, 6–3
13.	6 January 2003	Adelaide, Australia	Hard	Jeff Morrison	Jeff Coetzee Chris Haggard	2–6, 6–4, 7–6(7)
14.	24 February 2003	Rotterdam, Netherlands	Hard (i)	Roger Federer	Wayne Arthurs Paul Hanley	7–6(4), 6–2
15.	19 May 2003	Hamburg, Germany	Clay	Mahesh Bhupathi	Mark Knowles Daniel Nestor	6–4, 6–4
16.	16 June 2003	London, England	Grass	Mahesh Bhupathi	Mark Knowles Daniel Nestor	6–3, 6–4
17.	7 July 2003	Wimbledon, London	Grass	Mahesh Bhupathi	Jonas Björkman Todd Woodbridge	3–6, 6–3, 7–6(4), 6–3
18.	13 October 2003	Vienna, Austria	Hard (i)	Mahesh Bhupathi	Yves Allegro Roger Federer	7–6(7), 7–5
19.	2 August 2004	Toronto, Canada	Hard	Jonas Björkman	Mahesh Bhupathi Leander Paes	7–6(2), 6–2
20.	13 June 2005	London, England	Grass	Jonas Björkman	Bob Bryan Mike Bryan	6–7(4), 7–6(2), 7–6(4)
21.	12 September 2005	US Open, USA	Hard	Jonas Björkman	Bob Bryan Mike Bryan	6–1, 6–4
22.	31 October 2005	St. Petersburg, Russia	Carpet	Jonas Björkman	Julian Knowle Jürgen Melzer	4–6, 7–5, 7–5
23.	19 June 2006	London, England	Grass	Jonas Björkman	Paul Hanley Kevin Ullyett	6–4, 7–6(5)
24.	11 September 2006	US Open, USA	Hard	Jonas Björkman	Martin Damm Leander Paes	6–7(5), 6–4, 6–3
25.	29 January 2007	Australian Open, Melbourne	Hard	Jonas Björkman	Bob Bryan Mike Bryan	7–5, 7–5
26.	18 October 2008	St. Petersburg, Russia	Hard (i)	Rohan Bopanna	Travis Parrott Filip Polášek	3–6, 7–6(4), [10–8]
27.	21 March 2009	Indian Wells, USA	Hard	Andy Ram	Mardy Fish Andy Roddick	3–6, 6–1, [14–12]
28.	16 August 2009	Montréal, Canada	Hard	Andy Ram	Mahesh Bhupathi Mark Knowles	6–4, 6–3
29.	29 November 2009	ATP World Tour Finals, London	Hard (i)	Andy Ram	Bob Bryan Mike Bryan	7–6(5), 6–3
30.	3 April 2010	Miami, U.S.	Hard	Mahesh Bhupathi	Lukáš Dlouhý Leander Paes	6–2, 7–5
31.	18 April 2010	Monte Carlo, Monaco	Clay	Mahesh Bhupathi	Daniel Nestor Nenad Zimonjić	6–3, 2–0, RET.
32.	22 August 2010	Cincinnati, Cincinnati	Hard	Mahesh Bhupathi	Bob Bryan Mike Bryan	6–3, 6–4
33.	7 November 2010	Valencia, Spain	Hard (i)	Mahesh Bhupathi	Andy Murray Jamie Murray	7–6(8), 5–7, [10–7]
34.	28 November 2010	ATP World Tour Finals, London	Hard (i)	Mahesh Bhupathi	Daniel Nestor Nenad Zimonjić	7–6(6), 6–4
35.	2 April 2011	Miami, U.S.	Hard	Daniel Nestor	Mahesh Bhupathi Leander Paes	6–7(5), 6–2, [10–5]
36.	5 November 2011	Basel, Switzerland	Hard (i)	Daniel Nestor	Michaël Llodra Nenad Zimonjić	6–4, 7–5

Grand Slam singles performance timeline

Tournament	1995	1996	1997	1998	1999	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008	Career SR	Career W-L
Australian Open	A	A	A	A	A	3R	2R	1R	1R	1R	1R	3R	2R	A	0 / 8	6–8
French Open	A	A	A	A	2R	1R	1R	1R	1R	1R	1R	2R	1R	A	0 / 9	2–9
Wimbledon	A	A	A	A	A	2R	2R	1R	4R	1R	4R	4R	2R	LQ	0 / 8	12–8
US Open	A	A	A	A	2R	3R	3R	QF	1R	1R	3R	1R	2R	A	0 / 9	12–9
Win–loss	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	2–2	5–4	4–4	4–4	3–4	0–4	5–4	6–4	3–4	0–0	0 / 34	32–34
ATP Masters Series
Indian Wells	A	A	A	A	A	3R	1R	1R	3R	3R	2R	1R	1R	2R	0 / 9	7–9
Miami	A	A	A	A	A	2R	2R	2R	2R	3R	1R	2R	1R	LQ	0 / 8	5–8
Monte Carlo	A	A	A	A	A	A	1R	1R	1R	2R	1R	1R	3R	A	0 / 7	3–7
Rome	A	A	A	A	A	A	1R	1R	2R	2R	1R	1R	LQ	LQ	0 / 6	2–6
Madrid(Stuttgart)	A	A	A	A	A	A	F	1R	2R	2R	2R	A	A	A	0 / 5	8–5
Canada	A	A	A	A	2R	2R	2R	1R	QF	3R	2R	1R	1R	A	0 / 9	9–9
Cincinnati	A	A	A	A	A	3R	3R	1R	SF	1R	1R	2R	LQ	A	0 / 7	9–7
Paris	A	A	A	A	A	2R	1R	1R	1R	SF	2R	1R	LQ	A	0 / 7	6–7
Hamburg	A	A	A	A	A	2R	2R	SF	1R	1R	1R	QF	LQ	LQ	0 / 7	9–7
Win–loss	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	1–1	8–6	10–9	5–9	11–9	11–9	4–9	5–8	2–4	1–1	0 / 65	58–65
Ranking	399	314	340	274	74	40	35	43	23	47	35	59	152	523

Doubles performance timeline

Tournament	1995	1996	1997	1998	1999	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008	2009	2010	2011	Career SR	Career W-L
Grand Slams
Australian Open	A	A	1R	1R	3R	3R	2R	A	2R	QF	SF	QF	F	1R	2R	1R	SF	0 / 14	26–14
French Open	A	A	1R	A	QF	1R	3R	SF	QF	SF	W	W	QF	1R	1R	2R	W	3 / 13	31–11
Wimbledon	A	A	1R	1R	2R	1R	SF	QF	F	3R	SF	QF	1R	3R	3R	3R	2R	0 / 15	28–14
US Open	A	A	1R	1R	1R	W	SF	W	QF	3R	F	F	3R	1R	SF	2R	2R	2 / 15	38–13
Win–loss	0–0	0–0	0–4	0–3	6–3	8–3	11–4	13–2	11–4	10–4	19–3	16–3	10–4	2–4	7–4	4–4	12–3	4 / 57	123–52
Year-End Championship
Tennis Masters Cup	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	NH	RR	RR	RR	W	RR	A	F	F		0 / 7	14–13
ATP Masters Series
Indian Wells	A	A	A	A	A	1R	1R	F	QF	SF	SF	SF	SF	SF	F	1R	1R	0 / 12	24–12
Miami	A	A	A	1R	2R	2R	3R	SF	W	2R	W	W	QF	1R	W	F	F	4 / 14	36–10
Monte Carlo	A	A	1R	A	A	2R	1R	1R	W	QF	2R	W	QF	1R	A	F	QF	2 / 12	15–10
Rome	A	A	A	A	A	1R	A	QF	SF	W	SF	SF	2R	2R	QF	2R	2R	1 / 11	14–10
Madrid	A	A	A	A	A	2R	W	F	W	SF	1R	SF	SF	2R	2R	A	QF	2 / 11	19–9
Canada	A	A	1R	1R	2R	SF	2R	2R	W	F	SF	QF	QF	A	F	SF	SF	1 / 14	23–12
Cincinnati	A	A	A	A	1R	QF	2R	F	SF	SF	W	W	2R	A	2R	F	2R	1 / 12	23–10
Shanghai	Not Held														2R	QF	W	1 / 3	5–2
Paris	A	A	A	A	A	W	QF	2R	1R	SF	1R	SF	QF	1R	A	W	SF	2 / 11	14–9
Hamburg	A	A	A	A	A	2R	QF	A	F	2R	W	QF	QF	1R	NM1			1 / 8	12–7
Win–loss	0–0	0–0	0–2	0–2	2–3	10–8	10–6	17–8	24–5	18–8	20–6	24–6	11–9	5–7	14–6	16–7	14–8	16 / 108	185–92
Ranking	316	146	94	104	33	9	11	3	1	10	4	3	16	32	11	7

References

1. ^ maxmirnyi.com

External links

• Max Mirnyi at the Association of Tennis Professionals
• Max Mirnyi at the Davis Cup
• Site for Max Mirnyi
• Mirnyi Recent Match Results
• Mirnyi World Ranking History

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Persondata
Name	Mirnyi, Max
Alternative names
Short description	Tennis player
Date of birth	6 July 1977
Place of birth	Minsk, USSR
Date of death
Place of death