Kirill Ivanov-Smolensky

Kirill Ivanov-Smolensky
Country (sports) Russia Russia
Born (1981-02-19) 19 February 1981
Moscow, Soviet Union
Turned pro 1998
Plays Right-handed
Prize money $98,959
Singles
Career record 0-5
Career titles 0
Highest ranking No. 278 (17 Jan 2005)
Doubles
Career record 2-6
Career titles 0
Highest ranking No. 224 (24 Jun 2002)

Kirill Ivanov-Smolensky (born 19 February 1981) is a former professional tennis player from Russia.[1]

Career

Ivanov-Smolensky was a boy's singles semi-finalist in the 1998 Wimbledon Championships.[2] He also made the semi-finals in the boy's doubles, with Slovakian Frantisek Babej, which matched his efforts from Wimbledon the previous year, when he partnered Adrian Barnes to the semi-finals.[2] During his junior career he played a doubles tournament with Roger Federer, held at the Bollettieri Sports Academy in 1997.[2]

In 1998, Ivanov-Smolensky represented Russia in their Davis Cup World Group win over Japan in Osaka.[3] He played one match, a dead rubber against Takao Suzuki, which he lost in straight sets.[3]

On the ATP Tour, he appeared in the main singles draw of four tournaments, the 1998 St. Petersburg Open, 1999 Heineken Trophy, 2002 President's Cup and 2002 Ordina Open.[4] At each of those events he was beaten in the opening round, by four different Germans.[4] He did however make two doubles quarter-finals, at Tashkent in 1998 (with Dmitri Tomashevich) and Chennai in 2000 (with Orlin Stanoytchev).[4]

References

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