Andrey Kuznetsov (tennis)

Andrey Kuznetsov
Андре́й Кузнецо́в

Kuznetsov playing at the 2015 Wimbledon Championships
Country (sports)	Russia
Residence	Balashikha, Moscow Oblast, Russia
Born	22 February 1991 Tula, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union
Height	1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)
Turned pro	2009
Plays	Right-handed (two-handed backhand)
Prize money	$1,484,853
Singles
Career record	49–62 (ATP Tour and Grand Slam main draws, and in Davis Cup)
Career titles	0 7 Challengers, 7 Futures
Highest ranking	No. 39 (25 April 2016)
Current ranking	No. 39 (25 April 2016)
Grand Slam Singles results
Australian Open	4R (2016)
French Open	3R (2015)
Wimbledon	3R (2014)
US Open	3R (2014)
Doubles
Career record	8–13 (ATP Tour and Grand Slam main draws, and in Davis Cup)
Career titles	0 6 Challengers, 3 Futures
Highest ranking	No. 161 (13 May 2013)
Current ranking	No. 345 (25 April 2016)
Grand Slam Doubles results
Wimbledon	1R (2013)
Last updated on: 25 April 2016.

Andrey Kuznetsov

Medal record
Representing  Russia
Tennis
Universiade
	2013 Kazan	Mixed doubles

Andrey Alexandrovich Kuznetsov (Russian: Андре́й Алекса́ндрович Кузнецо́в, born 22 February 1991) is a professional Russian tennis player.

Kuznetsov won the Boys' Singles title at the 2009 Wimbledon Championships.^[1] On 25 April 2016, he achieved his singles career-high of world No. 39.

Career

Early life

Andrey Kuznestov started playing tennis at age six, coached by his father Alexander. In 2001, his family moved to Balashikha, attending the sports club there. His father resumed coaching Andrey and his elder brother Alexey.^[2]

According to some mass media reports, Andrey allegedly had problems with his back since his childhood, so he attended manual therapies. But Andrey's coach and father declined it, stating he had problems with his hip and the therapy could be described as tough fitness.^[3][4]

2006–09: First Grand Slam Junior title

Kuznetsov played his first ITF junior tournament at the 2006 Black Gold of Udmurtia, but received a walkover in the qualifying round. His first notable achievement was at the Governor Cup in Naberaznaya Martynova, reaching the semi-finals there. He reached his first final at the NBU Cup in Uzbekistan. Most of the tournaments were on a clay court, but in 2007 he played on carpet and hard. In this season he reached three finals in singles, winning once, and three doubles finals in doubles, winning twice. His best season was in 2008, when he won three singles titles and played well in doubles. Andrey's last tournament became the 2009 Wimbledon, winning his first Grand Slam title. For the first time in 43 years a Russian won the Wimbledon since Soviet Vladimir Korotkov achieved that feat in 1965 and 1966.^[5]

As a junior Kuznetsov posted an 80–24 win/loss record in singles, reaching a combined ranking of No. 3 in the world in July 2009.

Tournament	2008	2009
Junior Grand Slam Tournaments
Australian Open	A	A
French Open	2R	2R
Wimbledon	A	W
US Open	A	A

2010–15: Top 100 and unsteadiness

He made his first main draw Grand Slam appearance at the 2010 Wimbledon Championships where he lost in five sets to seeded Romanian Victor Hănescu. He defeated the 11th seed of the 2013 Australian Open, Juan Mónaco in straight sets in the first round to reach the second round of a grand slam for the first time.

At Wimbledon in 2014, Kuznetsov recorded his first win over a player ranked inside the world's top ten by defeating seventh seed David Ferrer in five sets. The win also took Kuznetsov to the third round of a grand slam for the first time.^[6] Later that year, in the US Open, he defeated Fernando Verdasco in the second round, but lost to Andy Murray in the third round.

At the 2015 Australian Open, he got into the second round, but lost to Novak Djokovic.

2016: Russia's Number One

Andrey debuted in 2016 at the Qatar Open, losing in the quarterfinals to Rafael Nadal in three tight sets. At the 2016 Australian Open, he got his best ever result in a grand slam, beating Dudi Sela to make it to the fourth round. In the following tournaments he successfully got beyond the first rounds. Reaching the second round of the Miami Open, Kuznetsov became Russia's new number one male tennis player, replacing Teymuraz Gabashvili, who lost in Miami in the first round.^[7] Kuznetsov in the second round confidently defeated 4th-seeded Stan Wawrinka, the second time he won against a top-10 player. He then proceeded to beat Adrian Mannarino in the third round 2–6 7–5 6–0.

Playing style

Kuznetsov is an aggressive baseliner.^[8][9] He likes to hit it very hard and especially cross-court.^[10] While his forehand used to be somewhat of a weakness, it has now developed into a competent shot which he can use as a weapon. On the other hand his main weakness is his second serve.^[11]

Patrick Mouratoglou in 2011 noted his flat shots, nice serve and volley play and a great forehand, but also felt his shot placement and movement should be improved.^[12]

ATP Challengers and ITF Futures finals

Singles: 21 (14–7)

Legend
Challengers (7–4)
Futures (7–3)

Outcome	No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Opponent	Score
Runner-up	1.	29 March 2009	6th of October City, Egypt	Clay	Reda El Amrani	6–1, 1–6, 1–6
Winner	2.	14 June 2009	Mestre, Italy	Clay	Matteo Viola	3–6, 6–1, 6–4
Winner	3.	16 August 2009	Moscow, Russia	Clay	Jonathan Eysseric	6–4, 6–4
Winner	4.	10 October 2009	Astana, Kazakhstan	Hard	Andrey Kumantsov	6–2, 4–6, 6–2
Winner	5.	27 March 2010	Almaty, Kazakhstan	Hard (i)	Alexander Peya	6–3, 7–6^(7–1)
Runner-up	6.	4 July 2010	Kassel, Germany	Clay	Farrukh Dustov	4–6, 4–6
Runner-up	7.	24 July 2010	Poznań, Poland	Clay	Denis Gremelmayr	1–6, 2–6
Winner	8.	11 September 2011	Oviedo, Spain	Clay	Taro Daniel	7–5, 6–1
Runner-up	9.	2 October 2011	Umag, Croatia	Clay	Dušan Lajović	4–6, 6–0, 5–7
Winner	10.	29 January 2012	Cairo, Egypt	Clay	Laurent Recouderc	6–4, 6–3
Winner	11.	5 February 2012	Cairo, Egypt	Clay	Pavol Červenák	6–3, 6–3
Winner	12.	29 April 2012	Naples, Italy	Clay	Jonathan Dasnières de Veigy	7–6^(8–6), 7–6^(8–6)
Winner	13.	16 September 2012	Todi, Italy	Clay	Paolo Lorenzi	6–3, 2–0 ret.
Winner	14.	23 September 2012	Trnava, Slovakia	Clay	Adrian Ungur	6–3, 6–3
Winner	15.	30 September 2012	Lermontov, Russia	Clay	Farrukh Dustov	6–7^(7–9), 6–2, 6–2
Runner-up	16.	24 November 2013	Tyumen, Russia	Hard	Andrey Golubev	4–6, 3–6
Winner	17.	4 May 2014	Ostrava, Czech Republic	Clay	Miloslav Mečíř	2–6, 6–3, 6–0
Runner-up	18.	17 August 2014	Meerbusch, Germany	Clay	Jozef Kovalík	1–6, 4–6
Runner-up	19.	26 July 2015	Scheveningen, Netherlands	Clay	Nikoloz Basilashvili	7–6^(7–3), 6–7^(4–7), 3–6
Winner	20.	30 August 2015	Manerbio, Italy	Clay	Daniel Muñoz de la Nava	6–4, 3–6, 6–1
Winner	21.	6 September 2015	Como, Italy	Clay	Daniel Brands	6–3, 6–3

Doubles: 18 (9–9)

Legend
Challengers (6–6)
Futures (3–3)

Outcome	No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Winner	1.	5 April 2009	Suiz, Egypt	Clay	Robert Varga	Radu Albot Teodor-Dacian Craciun	6–2, 6–4
Winner	2.	10 May 2009	Teplice, Czech Republic	Clay	Mateusz Kowalczyk	Michal Tabara Roman Vogeli	4–6, 7–6^(7–5), [10–8]
Runner-up	3.	6 December 2009	Khanty-Mansiysk, Russia	Hard	Evgeny Kirillov	Marcel Granollers Gerard Granollers-Pujol	3–6, 2–6
Winner	4.	17 April 2010	Vercelli, Italy	Clay	Ilya Belyaev	Juan-Martin Aranguren Alejandro Fabbri	6–4, 7–6^(7–2)
Runner-up	5.	4 July 2010	Kassel, Germany	Clay	Denis Matsukevitch	Ivo Klec Alexander Satschko	1–6, 7–6^(7–3), [10–12]
Runner-up	6.	31 July 2011	Dortmund, Germany	Clay	Teymuraz Gabashvili	Dominik Meffert Bjorn Phau	4–6, 3–6
Runner-up	7.	13 August 2011	Samarkand, Uzbekistan	Clay	Radu Albot	Mikhail Elgin Alexander Kudryavtsev	6–7^(4–7), 6–2, [7–10]
Runner-up	8.	21 August 2011	Moscow, Russia	Clay	Deniss Pavlovs	Mikhail Fufygin Sergei Krotiouk	4–6, 7–6^(14–12), [8–10]
Runner-up	9.	13 January 2012	Moscow, Russia	Hard (i)	Stanislav Vovk	Andis Juska Deniss Pavlovs	6–7^(1–7), 3–6
Runner-up	10.	3 March 2012	Casablanca, Morocco	Clay	Evgeny Donskoy	Walter Trusendi Matteo Viola	6–1, 6–7^(5–7), [3–10]
Winner	11.	6 June 2012	Nottingham, Great Britain	Grass	Evgeny Donskoy	Olivier Charroin Martin Fischer	4–6, 6–7^(6–8)
Runner-up	12.	29 July 2012	Oberstaufen, Germany	Clay	Jose Statham	Andrei Daescu Florin Mergea	6–7^(4–7), 6–7^(1–7)
Winner	13.	18 November 2012	Marbella, Spain	Clay	Javier Marti	Emilio Benfele-Alvarez Adelchi Virgili	6–3, 6–3
Winner	14.	4 May 2014	Ostrava, Czech Republic	Clay	Adrian Menendez-Maceiras	Alessandro Motti Matteo Viola	4–6, 6–3, [10–8]
Winner	15.	10 August 2014	Prague, Czech Republic	Clay	Toni Androic	Roberto Maytin Miguel-Angel Reyes-Varela	7–5, 7–5
Winner	16.	5 January 2015	Happy Valley, Australia	Hard	Aleksandr Nedovyesov	Alex Bolt Andrew Whittington	7–5, 6–4
Runner-up	17.	27 July 2015	Scheveningen, Netherlands	Clay	Aslan Karatsev	Ariel Behar Eduardo Dischinger	0–0, ret.
Winner	18.	19 September 2015	Istanbul, Turkey	Hard	Aleksandr Nedovyesov	Aleksandre Metreveli Anton Zaitsev	6–2, 5–7, [10–8]

Singles performance timeline

Key

W

F

SF

QF

R#

RR

Q#

A

P

Z#

PO

G

F-S

SF-B

NMS

NH

(W) Won tournament; reached (F) final, (SF) semifinal, (QF) quarterfinal; (R#) rounds 4, 3, 2, 1; competed at a (RR) round-robin stage; reached a (Q#) qualification round; (A) absent from tournament; played in a (Z#) Davis/Fed Cup Zonal Group (with number indication) or (PO) play-off; won a (G) gold, (F-S) silver or (SF-B) bronze Olympic medal; a (NMS) downgraded Masters Series/1000 tournament; or (NH) tournament not held.

To avoid confusion and double counting, these charts are updated either at the conclusion of a tournament, or when the player's participation in the tournament has ended.

Current through the 2016 Madrid Open.

Tournament/Year	2010	2011	2012	2013	2014	2015	2016	SR	W–L
Grand Slam tournaments
Australian Open	A	Q1	A	2R	A	2R	4R	0 / 3	5–3
French Open	A	Q3	1R	1R	Q3	3R		0 / 3	2–3
Wimbledon	1R	Q2	1R	2R	3R	Q2		0 / 4	3–4
US Open	A	A	A	1R	3R	A		0 / 2	2–2
Win–loss	0–1	0–0	0–2	2–4	4–2	3–2	3–1	0 / 12	12–12
Year-End Championships
ATP World Tour Finals	A	A	A	A	A	A		0 / 0	0–0
ATP World Tour Masters 1000
Indian Wells Masters	A	A	A	1R	Q1	A	3R	0 / 2	2–2
Miami Open	A	A	A	1R	A	A	4R	0 / 2	3–2
Monte-Carlo Masters	A	A	A	A	A	1R	1R	0 / 1	0–2
Italian Open	A	A	A	2R	A	Q1		0 / 1	1–1
Madrid Open	A	A	A	A	A	A	2R	0 / 1	1–1
Canadian Open	A	A	A	A	A	A		0 / 0	0–0
Cincinnati Masters	A	A	A	A	A	A		0 / 0	0–0
Shanghai Masters	A	A	A	A	A	1R		0 / 1	0–1
Paris Masters	A	A	Q1	A	A	A		0 / 0	0–0
Win–Loss	0–0	0–0	0–0	1–3	0–0	0–2	5–2	0 / 7	6–7
National representation
Summer Olympics	NH		A	NH				0 / 0	0–0
Davis Cup	A	A	A	Z1	Z1	PO		0 / 3	5–0
Career statistics
	2010	2011	2012	2013	2014	2015	2016	SR	W–L
Tournaments	3	6	6	15	10	12	7	59
Titles	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Finals Reached	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Hard Win–Loss	0–2	0–1	0–2	0–4	2–2	3–4	9–5	0 / 20	14–20
Grass Win–Loss	2–1	0–0	0–0	1–2	0–2	0–0	–	0 / 5	3–5
Clay Win–Loss	0–0	2–3	2–1	5–10	2–2	2–6	3–2	0 / 24	16–24
Overall Win–Loss	2–3	2–4	2–3	6–16	4–6	5–10	12–7	0 / 62	50–62
Win %	40%	33%	40%	27%	40%	33%	65%	45%
Year-end Ranking	231	222	78	134	92	79		$ 1,516,879

Davis Cup

Participations: (5–0)

Group membership World Group (0–0) WG Play-off (0–0) Group I (5–0) Group II (0–0) Group III (0–0) Group IV (0–0)

Matches by Surface Hard (5–0) Clay (0–0) Grass (0–0) Carpet (0–0)

Matches by Type Singles (4–0) Doubles (1–0)

• indicates the outcome of the Davis Cup match followed by the score, date, place of event, the zonal classification and its phase, and the court surface.

Rubber outcome	No.	Rubber	Match type (partner if any)	Opponent nation	Opponent player(s)	Score
5–0; 25–27 October 2013; Olympic Stadium, Moscow, Russia; Europe/Africa Second round play-off; Hard(i) surface
Victory	1	III	Doubles (with Konstantin Kravchuk)	South Africa	Raven Klaasen / Tucker Vorster	2–6, 6–3, 7–6^(7–4), 6–2
Victory	2	IV	Singles (Dead rubber)	Dennis O'Brien	6–2, 6–3
4–1; 12–14 September 2014; Olympic Stadium, Moscow, Russia; Europe/Africa Second round play-off; Hard(i) surface
Victory	3	I	Singles	Portugal	Gastão Elias	6–2, 6–4, 6–4
4–1; 6–8 March 2015; Sport Complex Gazprom Dobycha Yamburg, Novy Urengoy, Russia; Europe/Africa First round; Hard(i) surface
Victory	4	IV	Singles	Denmark	Frederik Nielsen	7–5, 6–3, 6–2
5–0; 4–6 March 2016; Kazan Tennis Academy, Kazan, Russia; Europe/Africa First round; Hard(i) surface
Victory	5	I	Singles	Sweden	Isak Arvidsson	4–6, 6–1, 6–1, 6–4

Wins over top 10 players

#	Player	Rank	Event	Surface	Rd	Score	Kuznetsov Rank
2014
1.	David Ferrer	7	Wimbledon Championships, London, Great Britain	Grass	2R	6–7^(5–7), 6–0, 3–6, 6–3, 6–2	118
2016
2.	Stan Wawrinka	4	Miami Open, Miami, United States	Hard	3R	6–4, 6–3	51

References

1. Wimbledon report – Boys singles final
2. Inna Varyukhina (27 May 2014). "Они начинают... Екатерина Косминская и Андрей Кузнецов" [They begin... Ekaterina Kosminskaya and Andrey Kuznetsov] (in Russian). korch.com.ru. Retrieved 24 January 2016.
3. Maria Vorobyova, Andrey Simonenko (16 September 2014). "Андрей Кузнецов: теперь и со звездами выхожу играть на победу" [Andrey Kuznetsov: Now I go for a win against stars] (in Russian). R-Sport. Retrieved 27 March 2016.
4. Nikolay Mysin (2 October 2012). "Тульский пряник. Как 21‑летний Андрей Кузнецов из Тулы стал третьей ракеткой России" [Tula Gingerbread. How 21-years old Andrey Kuznetsov from Tula became the third Russian racket] (in Russian). Sovetsky Sport. Retrieved 27 March 2016.
5. Anna Kozina (7 July 2009). ""Большой шлем" к лицу Андрюше" ["Grand Slam" suits Andrey] (in Russian). Rossiyskaya Gazeta. Retrieved 28 March 2016.
6. "Kuznetsov dumps Ferrer out". SportingLife. 25 June 2014.
7. "Андрей Кузнецов станет первой ракеткой России после «Мастерса» в Майами" [Andrey Kuznetsov becomes number-one racket of Russia after the Miami Masters] (in Russian). Eurosport. 26 March 2016. Retrieved 28 March 2016.
8. Greg Baum (15 January 2016). "Australian Open 2016: Well, look who's still here". The Canberra Times. Retrieved 29 March 2016.
9. Hannah Wilks (6 January 2016). "Rafael Nadal vs Andrey Kuznetsov ATP Doha tennis live: Nadal targets return to Qatar Open semifinals". livetennis.com. Retrieved 29 March 2016.
10. Live Tennis Staff (21 January 2015). "Novak Djokovic Australian Open 2015 second round – Faces Andrey Kuznetsov as he hopes flu bug has gone". livetennis.com. Retrieved 29 March 2016.
11. Joely Cook (28 May 2015). "French Open: Nadal – Almagro Second Round Recap". Vavel. Retrieved 29 March 2016.
12. Patrick Mouratoglou (13 July 2011). "The young guns set to challenge big four". Yahoo! Sports. Retrieved 29 March 2016.

External links

• Andrey Kuznetsov at the Association of Tennis Professionals
• Andrey Kuznetsov at the International Tennis Federation
• Andrey Kuznetsov at the Davis Cup