Mischa Zverev

Mischa Zverev

Country	Germany
Residence	Monte-Carlo, Monaco
Born	22 August 1987 (1987-08-22) (age 24) Moscow, USSR
Height	1.90 m (6 ft 3 in)
Turned pro	2006
Plays	Left-handed (two-handed backhand)
Career prize money	$1,754,697
Singles
Career record	57–93
Career titles	0
Highest ranking	No. 45 (8 June 2009)
Current ranking	No. 207 (14 November 2011)
Grand Slam results
Australian Open	2R (2007)
French Open	1R (2008, 2009, 2010, 2011)
Wimbledon	3R (2008)
US Open	1R (2008)
Doubles
Career record	38–48
Career titles	2
Highest ranking	No. 44 (8 June 2009)
Current ranking	No. 303 (14 November 2011)
Grand Slam Doubles results
Australian Open	1R (2008, 2009)
French Open	2R (2009)
Wimbledon	3R (2008)
US Open	2R (2008)
Last updated on: 14 November 2011.

Mikhail "Mischa" Zverev (born 22 August 1987, in Moscow, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union) is a German professional tennis player. He is the son of former Russian tennis player Alexander Zverev, who is also his coach. He now resides in Monte-Carlo, Monaco and represents Germany internationally. His career-high ranking is # 45 achieved on 8 June 2009.

Juniors career

He had a successful junior career, attaining a # 3 ranking and reaching the semi-finals of the US Open (losing to Andy Murray), the quarter-finals of Roland Garros (losing to Alex Kuznetsov), and the quarter-finals of the Australian Open (losing to Novak Đoković) in 2004.

Professional career

2006

In October 2006, he made his first ATP-level quarter-final in Bangkok, Thailand, beating former #1 Juan Carlos Ferrero and former #5 Rainer Schüttler before losing to former #1 Marat Safin.

2007

He spent all of 2007 in the top 200. He made his 2nd quarter-final in July, 2007, in Rhode Island. In August 2007, he won a Challenger title at İstanbul, and followed that up with a quarter-final run at the Bronx Challenger, which put him into the top-100 for the first time at # 99.

2008

In the 2008 Australian Open, Zverev nearly knocked off 11th seed Tommy Robredo in the first round. He took the first two sets but went down in 5. In June 2008, Zverev managed to secure his first ATP title by winning the Doubles at the Gerry Weber Open in Halle, Germany together with his partner Mikhail Youzhny.

At the 2008 Wimbledon Championships, Zverev surprisingly reached the 3rd Round after wins versus Alexander Peya and Juan Carlos Ferrero, but was forced to retire in his 3rd Round game versus Stanislas Wawrinka due to pain in his left thigh.

2009

In May, he reached the quarter-finals of the Rome Masters, losing to World No. 2 Roger Federer 7–6 6–2. He later helped Germany reach the final of the ARAG World Team Cup with team mates Nicolas Kiefer, Rainer Schüttler and Philipp Kohlschreiber. In the 2009 Wimbledon Championships, Zverev beat 25th seed Dmitry Tursunov in straight sets. He faced Philipp Petzschner in the 2nd round and lost in five sets. He was nominated by Davis Cup captain Patrik Kühnen for the quarterfinal against Spain in Marbella. He lost his doubles match with Nicolas Kiefer to Feliciano López and Fernando Verdasco in four sets.

2010

Zverev gave his comeback at the Brisbane International in January after a right wrist fracture. However, he lost to Australian Wildcard Carsten Ball in straight sets. He made his next appearance at the Medibank International in Sydney where he lost in the first round of Qualifying. At the 2010 Australian Open he lost to Łukasz Kubot from Poland in straight sets.

He regained his form at the European indoor tournaments. In Marseille he reached the semifinal including a win over #17 Tommy Robredo. He lost to eventual champion Michaël Llodra. His good form carried on – he could save a match point in his first round match in Delray Beach against Michael Russell before falling to Mardy Fish in two sets. He lost his opening match in Indian Wells. At the 2010 Sony Ericsson Open in Miami Zverev was knocked out in the first round of Qualifying. He could not win a Main Draw match of a tournament in the next seven weeks. In preparation for Wimbledon he accepted a Wildcard for the 2010 Gerry Weber Open where he defetated Florent Serra and Jürgen Melzer before falling to Benjamin Becker (6:7, 0:6). He seemed to be in a good form – however, he was defeated by Andre Begemann in the first round of Qualifying in Wimbledon. Zverev then decided to enter more ATP Challenger Tour events. He reached the quarterfinal of Oberstaufen Challenger. Given a Wildcard in Stuttgart and Hamburg he could not manage to win more than one match.

At the 2010 US Open he was knocked out in the first round of Qualifying again. He then returned to Europe playing a clay court ATP Challenger Tour Event in Genoa. He reached the Quarterfinal where he was defeated by eventual champion Fabio Fognini. Two weeks later he managed to qualify for the Open de Moselle in Metz. Zverev reached his maiden ATP World Tour final after victories over Horacio Zeballos, Nicolas Mahut, Jarkko Nieminen and the retirement of Richard Gasquet in the semifinal. In the final Zverev played Gilles Simon who he lost to 6–3, 6–2. He qualified for the Main Draw of the ATP World Tour Masters 1000 tournament in Shanghai. In the Main Draw he lost to Juan Mónaco in round three after beating Sergiy Stakhovsky and Nikolay Davydenko in the first two rounds. At the end of October he again qualified for an ATP tournament – this time at Montpellier. He defeated Robin Haase in the first round before falling to Nikolay Davydenko in the second round. He finished the year at No. 82, a match record of 13–18 and a prize money of $318,805.

2011

Zverev had a slow start into 2011 losing four matches before capturing his first win of the season in Indian Wells defeating Matthew Ebden. Following a second round exit in Indian Wells he lost another four matches in a row before beating Dudi Sela in Round 1 of the Serbia Open 2011.

ATP Career Finals

Singles: 1 (0–1)

Legend (Singles)

Grand Slam (0)

Tennis Masters Cup (0)

ATP Masters Series (0)

ATP World Tour 500 (0/0)

ATP World Tour 250 (0/1)

Outcome	No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Opponent in the final	Score
Runner-up	1.	26 September 2010	Metz, France	Indoor Hard	Gilles Simon	3–6, 2–6

Doubles: 3 (2–1)

Legend (Singles)

Grand Slam (0)

Tennis Masters Cup (0)

ATP Masters Series (0)

ATP World Tour 500 (1/0)

ATP World Tour 250 (1/1)

Outcome	No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Partner	Opponent in the final	Score
Winner	1.	15 June 2008	Halle, Germany	Grass	Mikhail Youzhny	Lukáš Dlouhý Leander Paes	4–6, 6–3, [10–3]
Winner	2.	5 October 2008	Tokyo, Japan	Hard	Mikhail Youzhny	Lukáš Dlouhý Leander Paes	6–3, 6–4
Runner-up	1.	11 January 2009	Brisbane, Australia	Hard	Fernando Verdasco	Marc Gicquel Jo-Wilfried Tsonga	4–6, 3–6

External links

• Mischa Zverev at the Association of Tennis Professionals
• Zverev Recent Match Results
• Zverev World Ranking History
• Zverev ITF Junior Profile

Persondata
Name	Zverev, Mischa
Alternative names
Short description	German tennis players
Date of birth	22 August 1987
Place of birth	Moscow, USSR
Date of death
Place of death