Alexander Kudryavtsev


Alexander Mikhailovich Kudryavtsev is a 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.

Professional career

Early career

Kudryavtsev 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 and Minsk. 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 in doubles competitions and finished the year ranked No. 96 in doubles.

2008

Kudryavtsev 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, 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.
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 but he could not repeat this in the second round as he lost to Frenchman Richard Gasquet.

2012

Kudryavtsev 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

''This table is current through the 2016 US Open.

Personal life

Kudryavtsev began playing tennis at the age of six while living in St. 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

Career finals

ATP career finals

Doubles: 1 (1 runner-up)


OutcomeNo.DateTournamentSurfacePartnerOpponentsScore
Runner-up1.30 October 2011St. Petersburg, RussiaHard Mikhail Elgin Colin Fleming
Ross Hutchins
3–6, 7–6,

Other finals

Challengers and Futures finals

Singles: 17 (6 titles, 11 runners-up)

OutcomeNo.DateTournamentSurfaceOpponentScore
Runner-up1.22 April 2006Guliston, UzbekistanHard Teodor-Dacian Crăciun0–6, 6–4, 6–7
Winner2.3 February 2007Delhi, IndiaHard Todor Enev6–4, 6–2
Winner3.19 May 2007Minsk, BelarusHard Ivan Cerović6–2, 6–4
Runner-up4.8 February 2009Wrocław, PolandHard Michael Berrer3–6, 4–6
Winner5.20 March 2010Astana, KazakhstanHard Evgeny Donskoy6–4, 6–3
Winner6.1 May 2010Namangan, UzbekistanHard Denys Molchanov6–4, 6–4
Runner-up7.25 September 2010Bangkok, ThailandHard Grigor Dimitrov4–6, 1–6
Runner-up8.19 March 2011Guangzhou, ChinaHard Uladzimir Ignatik4–6, 4–6
Runner-up9.11 September 2011Shanghai, ChinaHard Cedrik-Marcel Stebe4–6, 6–4, 5–7
Runner-up10.19 February 2012Bergamo, ItalyHard Björn Phau4–6, 4–6
Winner11.15 June 2013Herzliya, IsraelHard Albano Olivetti5–7, 6–4, 6–4
Winner12.22 June 2013Herzliya, IsraelHard Ashley Hewitt6–3, 6–4, 6–3
Runner-up13.8 February 2014Chennai, IndiaHard Yuki Bhambri6–4, 3–6, 5–7
Runner-up14.15 June 2014Fergana, UzbekistanHard Blaž Kavčič4–6, 6–7
Runner-up15.22 June 2014Tianjin, ChinaHard Blaž Kavčič2–6, 6–3, 5–7
Runner-up16.21 June 2015Fergana, UzbekistanHard Teymuraz Gabashvili2–6, 0–1 ret.
Runner-up17.29 November 2015Toyota, JapanCarpet Yoshihito Nishioka3–6, 4–6

Doubles: 55 (33 titles, 22 runners-up)

OutcomeNo.DateTournamentSurfacePartnerOpponentScore
Winner1.9 July 2004Oberstaufen, GermanyClay Vadim Davletshin Valentino Pest
Alexander Waske
4–6, 6–3, 7–6
Runner-up2.5 August 2005Saransk, RussiaClay Konstantin Kravchuk Simon Stadler
Flavio Cipolla
6–7, 6–4, 6–7
Runner-up3.13 August 2005Sergiyev Posad, RussiaClay Alexey Kedryuk Mikhail Elgin
Mikhail Filima
2–6, 4–6
Runner-up4.22 April 2006Guliston, UzbekistanHard Konstantin Kravchuk Mikhail Elgin
Alexey Kedryuk
7–5, 4–6, 4–6
Winner5.27 May 2006Kiev, UkraineClay Alexandre Krasnoroutskiy Andrei Stoliarov
Aleksandr Yarmola
6–3, 3–6, 6–2
Winner6.4 June 2006Cherkasy, UkraineClay Alexandre Krasnoroutskiy Sergei Bubka
Aleksandr Nedovesov
6–3, 4–6, 6–2
Winner7.25 June 2006Minsk, BelarusHard Alexandre Krasnoroutskiy Alexander Bury
Kyril Harbatsiuk
7–5, 6–3
Runner-up8.20 August 2006Wrocław, PolandClay Alexandre Krasnoroutskiy David Novak
Martin Vacek
6–4, 5–7, 2–6
Winner9.27 August 2006Poznań, PolandClay Alexandre Krasnoroutskiy Tomasz Bednarek
Maciej Diłaj
2–6, 7–5, 6–1
Runner-up10.19 November 2006Sergiyev Posad, RussiaHard Alexandre Krasnoroutskiy David Klier
Filip Polášek
6–7, 6–7
Winner11.26 November 2006Mosrentgen, RussiaHard Alexandre Krasnoroutskiy Sarvar Ikramov
Alexey Tikhonov
6–1, 6–1
Winner12.2 February 2007New Delhi, IndiaHard Alexey Kedryuk Sandeep Kirtane
Purav Raja
6–4, 6–2
Runner-up13.23 February 2007Brownsville, Texas, United StatesHard Horia Tecău Nicholas Monroe
Izak van der Merwe
5–7, 6–7
Runner-up14.4 May 2007Ostrava, Czech RepublicClay Alexandre Krasnoroutskiy Bastian Knittel
Lukáš Rosol
6–2, 5–7,
Winner15.25 May 2007Minsk, BelarusHard Alexandre Krasnoroutskiy Olivier Charroin
Pierre-Ludovic Duclos
2–6, 6–3, 6–2
Runner-up16.22 June 2007Almaty, KazakhstanClay Alexey Kedryuk Kamil Čapkovič
Ivan Dodig
4–6, 6–3,
Runner-up17.29 June 2007Almaty, KazakhstanClay Alexey Kedryuk Teodor-Dacian Crăciun
Florin Mergea
2–6, 1–6
Winner18.27 July 2007Penza, RussiaHard Alexandre Krasnoroutskiy Murad Inoyatov
Denis Istomin
6–1, 4–6,
Winner19.17 August 2007Bukhara, UzbekistanHard Evgeny Kirillov Danila Arsenov
Vaia Uzakov
6–3, 6–1
Runner-up20.31 August 2007Cherkasy, UkraineClay Sergei Bubka Daniel Muñoz de la Nava
Santiago Ventura
2–6, 6–7
Winner21.15 September 2007Ljubljana, SloveniaClay Alexandre Krasnoroutskiy Ivan Dodig
Lovro Zovko
7–6, 1–6,
Winner22.22 September 2007Banja Luka, Bosnia & HerzegovinaClay Alexandre Krasnoroutskiy Diego Junqueira
Vladimir Obradović
6–2, 6–4
Winner23.16 November 2007Helsinki, FinlandHard Mikhail Elgin Harri Heliövaara
Henri Kontinen
4–6, 7–5,
Runner-up24.17 October 2008Tashkent, UzbekistanHard Mikhail Elgin Flavio Cipolla
Pavel Šnobel
3–6, 4–6
Winner25.7 November 2008Astana, KazakhstanHard Mikhail Elgin George Bastl
Marco Chiudinelli
6–4, 6–7,
Runner-up26.1 March 2009Wolfsburg, GermanyCarpet Sergei Bubka Travis Rettenmaier
Ken Skupski
3–6, 4–6
Runner-up27.20 March 2009Bangkok, ThailandHard Mikhail Elgin Josh Goodall
Joseph Sirianni
3–6, 1–6
Runner-up28.19 April 2009Johannesburg, South AfricaHard Mikhail Elgin George Bastl
Chris Guccione
2–6, 6–4,
Winner29.24 July 2009Penza, RussiaHard Mikhail Elgin Alexey Kedryuk
Denis Matsukevitch
4–6, 6–3,
Runner-up30.18 September 2009Mulhouse, FranceHard Konstantin Kravchuk Ruben Bemelmans
Yannick Mertens
3–6, 6–7
Winner31.28 November 2009Toyota, JapanCarpet Andis Juška Alexey Kedryuk
Junn Mitsuhashi
6–4, 7–6
Winner32.19 March 2010Astana, KazakhstanHard Evgeny Kirillov Alexander Peya
Alexander Slabinsky
6–3, 6–4
Winner33.26 March 2010Almaty, KazakhstanHard Evgeny Kirillov Alexey Kedryuk
Denys Molchanov
7–5, 6–4
Winner34.23 April 2010Andijan, UzbekistanHard Denys Molchanov Mikhail Elgin
Alexey Kedryuk
6–2, 6–1
Winner35.2 July 2010Palma del Río, SpainHard Evgeny Kirillov Marc Fornell Mestres
Pablo Martin Adalia
6–4, 6–2
Runner-up36.6 November 2010Astana, KazakhstanHard Mikhail Elgin Colin Fleming
Ross Hutchins
3–6, 6–7
Winner37.13 November 2010Ortisei, ItalyCarpet Mikhail Elgin Tomasz Bednarek
Michał Przysiężny
3–6, 6–3,
Runner-up38.5 February 2011Kazan, RussiaHard Mikhail Elgin Yves Allegro
Andreas Beck
4–6, 4–6
Runner-up39.12 February 2011Bergamo, ItalyHard Mikhail Elgin Frederik Nielsen
Ken Skupski
w/o
Winner40.19 March 2011Guangzhou, ChinaHard Mikhail Elgin Sanchai Ratiwatana
Sonchat Ratiwatana
7–6, 6–3
Winner41.26 March 2011Pingguo, ChinaHard Mikhail Elgin Harri Heliövaara
Jose Statham
6–3, 6–2
Runner-up42.30 April 2011Ostrava, Czech RepublicClay Andis Juška Olivier Charroin
Stéphane Robert
4–6, 3–6
Winner43.12 August 2011Samarkand, UzbekistanClay Mikhail Elgin Radu Albot
Andrey Kuznetsov
7–6, 2–6,
Winner44.19 August 2011Qarshi, UzbekistanHard Mikhail Elgin Konstantin Kravchuk
Denys Molchanov
3–6, 6–3,
Winner45.6 November 2011Eckental, GermanyCarpet Andre Begemann James Cerretani
Adil Shamasdin
6–3, 3–6,
Winner46.21 February 2013Aktobe, KazakhstanHard Yuriy Shukin Victor Baluda
Mate Pavić
7–6, 6–2
Runner-up47.29 March 2013Novokuznetsk, RussiaHard Mikhail Elgin Sergey Betov
Mikhail Biryukov
1–6, 6–7
Winner48.1 August 2014Segovia, SpainHard Victor Baluda Brydan Klein
Nikola Mektić
6–2, 4–6,
Runner-up49.15 September 2014İzmir, TurkeyHard Malek Jaziri Ken Skupski
Neal Skupski
1–6, 4–6
Winner50.22 February 2015New Delhi, IndiaHard Egor Gerasimov Riccardo Ghedin
Toshihide Matsui
6–7, 6–4,
Winner51.8 August 2015Segovia, SpainHard Denys Molchanov Alexander Bury
Andreas Siljeström
6–2, 6–4
Winner52.20 March 2016Guangzhou, ChinaHard Denys Molchanov Sanchai Ratiwatana
Sonchat Ratiwatana
6–2, 6–2
Runner-up53.30 July 2016Astana, KazakhstanHard Mikhail Elgin Yaraslav Shyla
Andrei Vasilevski
4–6, 4–6
Winner54.29 October 2016Suzhou, ChinaHard Mikhail Elgin Andrea Arnaboldi
Jonathan Eysseric
4–6, 6–1,
Winner55.19 November 2016Brescia, ItalyCarpet Mikhail Elgin Wesley Koolhof
Matwé Middelkoop
7–6, 6–3

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