Alexander Mikhailovich Kudryavtsev (Russian: Алекса́ндр Миха́йлович Кудря́вцев; born 26 October 1985) is a retired Russian professional tennis player who has played professionally since 2003. He made his breakthrough in 2008, playing in his first top-level international tournaments on the ATP tour, having spent time playing at the ATP Challenger Tour and Futures events. He reached his career-high singles ranking of 117 on 2 February 2015 and career-high doubles ranking of 70 on 7 November 2011.
 Kudryavtsev at 2015 Wimbledon Qualifying | |
| Country (sports) |  Russia |
|---|---|
| Residence | Saint Petersburg, Russia |
| Born | 26 October 1985 Ekaterinburg, USSR |
| Height | 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in) |
| Turned pro | 2003 |
| Retired | 2017 |
| Plays | Right-handed (two-handed backhand) |
| Coach | Vadim Davletshin |
| Prize money | $ 909,894 |
| Singles | |
| Career record | 5–15 |
| Career titles | 0 |
| Highest ranking | No. 117 (2 February 2015) |
| Grand Slam singles results | |
| Australian Open | 1R (2012, 2015) |
| French Open | Q2 (2015) |
| Wimbledon | 1R (2016) |
| US Open | 2R (2014) |
| Doubles | |
| Career record | 9–11 |
| Career titles | 0 |
| Highest ranking | No. 70 (7 November 2011) |
| Grand Slam doubles results | |
| Australian Open | 2R (2012) |
| Wimbledon | 1R (2008) |
| Last updated on: 23 November 2017. | |
Professional career
editEarly career
editKudryavtsev reached the quarter-finals in a futures event in Bucharest in 2003. In 2004 he advanced to the second round in three futures events, and won a doubles challenger title. In 2005 he was a semi-finalist in a Beijing futures tournament, and reached the quarterfinals in Korolev (Russia) and Minsk (Belarus). In 2006 he became a finalist for the first time in Uzbekistan, as well as reaching the semi-finals once and the quarter-finals twice in other events.
In 2007 he started by winning his first Futures title in India and followed it up by winning a second in Belarus in May. In the second half of the season he was a quarter- or semi-finalist in six Challenger events with a 15–11 win–loss record. He also reached 9 finals (5 wins with three different partners) in doubles competitions and finished the year ranked No. 96 in doubles.
2008
editKudryavtsev began the year positively by reaching the second round of his maiden top-level tournament. After coming through qualifying he beat Prakash Amritraj of India. In the second round he faced former World No. 1 Carlos Moyá and lost in a hard-fought game 3–6, 7–6(4), 2–6. His next international event was at Estoril in Portugal in April where he lost in the first round to France's Thierry Ascione (ranked #82).
He competed in his first Masters Series event at Toronto in Canada in July. In the first round he upset No. 33 ranked Philipp Kohlschreiber of Germany 6–2, 7–6(7) but he could not repeat this in the second round as he lost to Frenchman Richard Gasquet (ranked #12).
2012
editKudryavtsev began the year by qualifying for the Australian Open main draw. He met No. 3 seed Roger Federer in the opening round and lost in three sets.
Singles performance timeline
edit| W | F | SF | QF | #R | RR | Q# | DNQ | A | NH |
This table is current through the 2016 US Open.
| Tournament | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | SR | W–L |
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| Australian Open | Q3 | Q3 | A | Q1 | 1R | A | Q1 | 1R | Q3 | 0 / 2 | 0–2 |
| French Open | A | A | A | Q1 | A | A | A | Q2 | Q1 | 0 / 0 | 0–0 |
| Wimbledon | Q3 | Q2 | Q2 | Q2 | Q1 | A | A | Q1 | 1R | 0 / 1 | 0–1 |
| US Open | Q2 | Q1 | Q2 | A | A | A | 2R | Q2 | Q1 | 0 / 1 | 1–1 |
| Win–loss | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 0 / 4 | 1–4 |
| Year End Ranking | 208 | 205 | 159 | 158 | 275 | 268 | 119 | 164 | 193 | ||
Personal life
editKudryavtsev began playing tennis at the age of six while living in Saint Petersburg in Russia. He admired tennis players Andre Agassi and countryman Marat Safin while growing up and strove to be as good as them. As a professional he enjoys playing on most surfaces except grass and does not have a favorite shot. He's coached by Vadim Davletshin. He married his wife Rushana on 16 March 2007 and they had a son named Egor (born 6 August 2007)[1]
Career finals
editATP career finals
editDoubles: 1 (1 runner-up)
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| Outcome | No. | Date | Tournament | Surface | Partner | Opponents | Score |
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| Runner-up | 1. | 30 October 2011 | St. Petersburg, Russia | Hard (i) | 3–6, 7–6(7–5), [8–10] |
Challengers and Futures finals
editSingles: 17 (6 titles, 11 runners-up)
edit| Legend |
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| Challengers (0–10) |
| Futures (6–1) |
| Result | No. | Date | Tournament | Surface | Opponent | Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Loss | 1. | 22 April 2006 | Guliston, Uzbekistan | Hard | 0–6, 6–4, 6–7(5–7) | |
| Win | 2. | 3 February 2007 | Delhi, India | Hard | 6–4, 6–2 | |
| Win | 3. | 19 May 2007 | Minsk, Belarus | Hard | 6–2, 6–4 | |
| Loss | 4. | 8 February 2009 | Wrocław, Poland | Hard (i) | 3–6, 4–6 | |
| Win | 5. | 20 March 2010 | Astana, Kazakhstan | Hard (i) | 6–4, 6–3 | |
| Win | 6. | 1 May 2010 | Namangan, Uzbekistan | Hard | 6–4, 6–4 | |
| Loss | 7. | 25 September 2010 | Bangkok, Thailand | Hard | 4–6, 1–6 | |
| Loss | 8. | 19 March 2011 | Guangzhou, China | Hard | 4–6, 4–6 | |
| Loss | 9. | 11 September 2011 | Shanghai, China | Hard | 4–6, 6–4, 5–7 | |
| Loss | 10. | 19 February 2012 | Bergamo, Italy | Hard (i) | 4–6, 4–6 | |
| Win | 11. | 15 June 2013 | Herzliya, Israel | Hard | 5–7, 6–4, 6–4 | |
| Win | 12. | 22 June 2013 | Herzliya, Israel | Hard | 6–3, 6–4, 6–3 | |
| Loss | 13. | 8 February 2014 | Chennai, India | Hard | 6–4, 3–6, 5–7 | |
| Loss | 14. | 15 June 2014 | Fergana, Uzbekistan | Hard | 4–6, 6–7(8–10) | |
| Loss | 15. | 22 June 2014 | Tianjin, China | Hard | 2–6, 6–3, 5–7 | |
| Loss | 16. | 21 June 2015 | Fergana, Uzbekistan | Hard | 2–6, 0–1 ret. | |
| Loss | 17. | 29 November 2015 | Toyota, Japan | Carpet (i) | 3–6, 4–6 |
Doubles: 55 (33 titles, 22 runners-up)
edit| Legend |
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| ATP Challengers (21–15) |
| ITF Futures (12–7) |
| Result | No. | Date | Tournament | Surface | Partner | Opponent | Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Win | 1. | 9 July 2004 | Oberstaufen, Germany | Clay | 4–6, 6–3, 7–6 | ||
| Loss | 2. | 5 August 2005 | Saransk, Russia | Clay | 6–7(2–7), 6–4, 6–7(3–7) | ||
| Loss | 3. | 13 August 2005 | Sergiyev Posad, Russia | Clay | 2–6, 4–6 | ||
| Loss | 4. | 22 April 2006 | Guliston, Uzbekistan | Hard | 7–5, 4–6, 4–6 | ||
| Win | 5. | 27 May 2006 | Kyiv, Ukraine | Clay | 6–3, 3–6, 6–2 | ||
| Win | 6. | 4 June 2006 | Cherkasy, Ukraine | Clay | 6–3, 4–6, 6–2 | ||
| Win | 7. | 25 June 2006 | Minsk, Belarus | Hard | 7–5, 6–3 | ||
| Loss | 8. | 20 August 2006 | Wrocław, Poland | Clay | 6–4, 5–7, 2–6 | ||
| Win | 9. | 27 August 2006 | Poznań, Poland | Clay | 2–6, 7–5, 6–1 | ||
| Loss | 10. | 19 November 2006 | Sergiyev Posad, Russia | Hard (i) | 6–7(6–8), 6–7(5–7) | ||
| Win | 11. | 26 November 2006 | Mosrentgen, Russia | Hard (i) | 6–1, 6–1 | ||
| Win | 12. | 2 February 2007 | New Delhi, India | Hard | 6–4, 6–2 | ||
| Loss | 13. | 23 February 2007 | Brownsville, Texas, United States | Hard | 5–7, 6–7(5–7) | ||
| Loss | 14. | 4 May 2007 | Ostrava, Czech Republic | Clay | 6–2, 5–7, [9–11] | ||
| Win | 15. | 25 May 2007 | Minsk, Belarus | Hard | 2–6, 6–3, 6–2 | ||
| Loss | 16. | 22 June 2007 | Almaty, Kazakhstan | Clay | 4–6, 6–3, [7–10] | ||
| Loss | 17. | 29 June 2007 | Almaty, Kazakhstan | Clay | 2–6, 1–6 | ||
| Win | 18. | 27 July 2007 | Penza, Russia | Hard | 6–1, 4–6, [10–4] | ||
| Win | 19. | 17 August 2007 | Bukhara, Uzbekistan | Hard | 6–3, 6–1 | ||
| Loss | 20. | 31 August 2007 | Cherkasy, Ukraine | Clay | 2–6, 6–7(4–7) | ||
| Win | 21. | 15 September 2007 | Ljubljana, Slovenia | Clay | 7–6(11–9), 1–6, [10–6] | ||
| Win | 22. | 22 September 2007 | Banja Luka, Bosnia & Herzegovina | Clay | 6–2, 6–4 | ||
| Win | 23. | 16 November 2007 | Helsinki, Finland | Hard (i) | 4–6, 7–5, [13–11] | ||
| Loss | 24. | 17 October 2008 | Tashkent, Uzbekistan | Hard | 3–6, 4–6 | ||
| Win | 25. | 7 November 2008 | Astana, Kazakhstan | Hard (i) | 6–4, 6–7(8–10), [10–8] | ||
| Loss | 26. | 1 March 2009 | Wolfsburg, Germany | Carpet (i) | 3–6, 4–6 | ||
| Loss | 27. | 20 March 2009 | Bangkok, Thailand | Hard | 3–6, 1–6 | ||
| Loss | 28. | 19 April 2009 | Johannesburg, South Africa | Hard | 2–6, 6–4, [9–11] | ||
| Win | 29. | 24 July 2009 | Penza, Russia | Hard | 4–6, 6–3, [10–6] | ||
| Loss | 30. | 18 September 2009 | Mulhouse, France | Hard (i) | 3–6, 6–7(6–8) | ||
| Win | 31. | 28 November 2009 | Toyota, Japan | Carpet (i) | 6–4, 7–6(8–6) | ||
| Win | 32. | 19 March 2010 | Astana, Kazakhstan | Hard (i) | 6–3, 6–4 | ||
| Win | 33. | 26 March 2010 | Almaty, Kazakhstan | Hard (i) | 7–5, 6–4 | ||
| Win | 34. | 23 April 2010 | Andijan, Uzbekistan | Hard | 6–2, 6–1 | ||
| Win | 35. | 2 July 2010 | Palma del Río, Spain | Hard | 6–4, 6–2 | ||
| Loss | 36. | 6 November 2010 | Astana, Kazakhstan | Hard (i) | 3–6, 6–7(10–12) | ||
| Win | 37. | 13 November 2010 | Ortisei, Italy | Carpet (i) | 3–6, 6–3, [10–3] | ||
| Loss | 38. | 5 February 2011 | Kazan, Russia | Hard (i) | 4–6, 4–6 | ||
| Loss | 39. | 12 February 2011 | Bergamo, Italy | Hard (i) | w/o | ||
| Win | 40. | 19 March 2011 | Guangzhou, China | Hard | 7–6(7–3), 6–3 | ||
| Win | 41. | 26 March 2011 | Pingguo, China | Hard | 6–3, 6–2 | ||
| Loss | 42. | 30 April 2011 | Ostrava, Czech Republic | Clay | 4–6, 3–6 | ||
| Win | 43. | 12 August 2011 | Samarkand, Uzbekistan | Clay | 7–6(7–4), 2–6, [10–7] | ||
| Win | 44. | 19 August 2011 | Qarshi, Uzbekistan | Hard | 3–6, 6–3, [11–9] | ||
| Win | 45. | 6 November 2011 | Eckental, Germany | Carpet (i) | 6–3, 3–6, [11–9] | ||
| Win | 46. | 21 February 2013 | Aktobe, Kazakhstan | Hard (i) | 7–6(8–6), 6–2 | ||
| Loss | 47. | 29 March 2013 | Novokuznetsk, Russia | Hard (i) | 1–6, 6–7(3–7) | ||
| Win | 48. | 1 August 2014 | Segovia, Spain | Hard | 6–2, 4–6, [10–3] | ||
| Loss | 49. | 15 September 2014 | İzmir, Turkey | Hard | 1–6, 4–6 | ||
| Win | 50. | 22 February 2015 | New Delhi, India | Hard | 6–7(5–7), 6–4, [10–6] | ||
| Win | 51. | 8 August 2015 | Segovia, Spain | Hard | 6–2, 6–4 | ||
| Win | 52. | 20 March 2016 | Guangzhou, China | Hard | 6–2, 6–2 | ||
| Loss | 53. | 30 July 2016 | Astana, Kazakhstan | Hard | 4–6, 4–6 | ||
| Win | 54. | 29 October 2016 | Suzhou, China | Hard | 4–6, 6–1, [10–7] | ||
| Win | 55. | 19 November 2016 | Brescia, Italy | Carpet (i) | 7–6(7–4), 6–3 |