Andrey Kuznetsov (tennis)
![]() Kuznetsov playing at the 2016 Wimbledon Championships | |
Country (sports) |
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Residence | Balashikha, Moscow Oblast, Russia |
Born |
Tula, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union | 22 February 1991
Height | 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in) |
Turned pro | 2009 |
Plays | Right-handed (two-handed backhand) |
Coach(es) | Alexander Kuznetsov, Burghard Riehemann |
Prize money | $1,484,853 |
Singles | |
Career record | 63–75 (45.65% in Grand Slam and ATP World Tour main draw matches, and in Davis Cup) |
Career titles |
0 7 Challengers, 7 Futures |
Highest ranking | No. 39 (25 April 2016) |
Current ranking | No. 46 (21 November 2016) |
Grand Slam Singles results | |
Australian Open | 4R (2016) |
French Open | 3R (2015) |
Wimbledon | 3R (2014, 2016) |
US Open | 3R (2014, 2016) |
Other tournaments | |
Olympic Games | 1R (2016) |
Doubles | |
Career record | 14–20 (41.18% in Grand Slam and ATP World Tour main draw matches, and in Davis Cup) |
Career titles |
0 6 Challengers, 3 Futures |
Highest ranking | No. 161 (13 May 2013) |
Current ranking | No. 241 (21 November 2016) |
Grand Slam Doubles results | |
French Open | 1R (2016) |
Wimbledon | 1R (2013) |
US Open | 1R (2016) |
Last updated on: 21 November 2016. |
Medal record | ||
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Representing ![]() | ||
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: 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 St. Petersburg, 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 junior 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.
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. In the fourth round he lost to Nick Kyrgios 6–7, 3–6.
Kuznetsov debuted at the Olympic Games. In the first round he was forced to retire before the start of the third set of the match against Roberto Bautista Agut because of injury.[8]
Playing style
Kuznetsov is an aggressive baseliner.[9][10] He likes to hit it very hard and especially cross-court.[11] 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.[12]
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.[13]
Junior significant finals
Junior Grand Slam finals
Singles: 1 (1 title)
Outcome | Year | Championship | Surface | Opponent | Score |
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Winner | 2009 | Wimbledon | Grass | ![]() |
4–6, 6–2, 6–2 |
Other finals
Universiade medal matches
Mixed Doubles: 1 (1 gold medal)
Outcome | Year | Championship | Surface | Partner | Opponents | Score |
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Gold | 2013 | Kazan Universiade | Hard | ![]() |
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6–4, 3–6, [12–10] |
Futures and Challenger finals
Singles: 21 (14 titles, 7 runners-up)
Legend |
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Challengers (7–4) |
Futures (7–3) |
Outcome | No. | Date | Tournament | Surface | Opponent | Score |
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Runner-up | 1. | 28 March 2009 | 6th of October City, Egypt | Clay | ![]() |
6–1, 1–6, 1–6 |
Winner | 2. | 13 June 2009 | Mestre, Italy | Clay | ![]() |
3–6, 6–1, 6–4 |
Winner | 3. | 15 August 2009 | Moscow, Russia | Clay | ![]() |
6–4, 6–4 |
Winner | 4. | 10 October 2009 | Astana, Kazakhstan | Hard (i) | ![]() |
6–2, 4–6, 6–2 |
Winner | 5. | 27 March 2010 | Almaty, Kazakhstan | Hard (i) | ![]() |
6–3, 7–6(7–1) |
Runner-up | 6. | 4 July 2010 | Kassel, Germany | Clay | ![]() |
4–6, 4–6 |
Runner-up | 7. | 25 July 2010 | Poznań, Poland | Clay | ![]() |
1–6, 2–6 |
Winner | 8. | 10 September 2011 | Oviedo, Spain | Clay | ![]() |
7–5, 6–1 |
Runner-up | 9. | 2 October 2011 | Umag, Croatia | Clay | ![]() |
4–6, 6–0, 5–7 |
Winner | 10. | 29 January 2012 | Cairo, Egypt | Clay | ![]() |
6–4, 6–3 |
Winner | 11. | 4 February 2012 | Cairo, Egypt | Clay | ![]() |
6–3, 6–3 |
Winner | 12. | 29 April 2012 | Naples, Italy | Clay | ![]() |
7–6(8–6), 7–6(8–6) |
Winner | 13. | 16 September 2012 | Todi, Italy | Clay | ![]() |
6–3, 2–0 ret. |
Winner | 14. | 23 September 2012 | Trnava, Slovakia | Clay | ![]() |
6–3, 6–3 |
Winner | 15. | 30 September 2012 | Lermontov, Russia | Clay | ![]() |
6–7(7–9), 6–2, 6–2 |
Runner-up | 16. | 24 November 2013 | Tyumen, Russia | Hard (i) | ![]() |
4–6, 3–6 |
Winner | 17. | 4 May 2014 | Ostrava, Czech Republic | Clay | ![]() |
2–6, 6–3, 6–0 |
Runner-up | 18. | 17 August 2014 | Meerbusch, Germany | Clay | ![]() |
1–6, 4–6 |
Runner-up | 19. | 26 July 2015 | Scheveningen, Netherlands | Clay | ![]() |
7–6(7–3), 6–7(4–7), 3–6 |
Winner | 20. | 30 August 2015 | Manerbio, Italy | Clay | ![]() |
6–4, 3–6, 6–1 |
Winner | 21. | 6 September 2015 | Como, Italy | Clay | ![]() |
6–4, 6–3 |
Doubles: 18 (8 titles, 10 runners-up)
Legend |
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Challengers (5–7) |
Futures (3–3) |
Outcome | No. | Date | Tournament | Surface | Partner | Opponents | Score |
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Winner | 1. | 5 April 2009 | Suiz, Egypt | Clay | ![]() |
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6–2, 6–4 |
Winner | 2. | 9 May 2009 | Teplice, Czech Republic | Clay | ![]() |
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4–6, 7–6(7–5), [10–8] |
Runner-up | 3. | 5 December 2009 | Khanty-Mansiysk, Russia | Hard | ![]() |
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3–6, 2–6 |
Winner | 4. | 17 April 2010 | Vercelli, Italy | Clay | ![]() |
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6–4, 7–6(7–2) |
Runner-up | 5. | 4 July 2010 | Kassel, Germany | Clay | ![]() |
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1–6, 7–6(7–3), [10–12] |
Runner-up | 6. | 30 July 2011 | Dortmund, Germany | Clay | ![]() |
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4–6, 3–6 |
Runner-up | 7. | 13 August 2011 | Samarkand, Uzbekistan | Clay | ![]() |
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6–7(4–7), 6–2, [7–10] |
Runner-up | 8. | 19 August 2011 | Moscow, Russia | Clay | ![]() |
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4–6, 7–6(16–14), [8–10] |
Runner-up | 9. | 13 January 2012 | Moscow, Russia | Hard (i) | ![]() |
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6–7(1–7), 3–6 |
Runner-up | 10. | 2 March 2012 | Casablanca, Morocco | Clay | ![]() |
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6–1, 6–7(5–7), [3–10] |
Runner-up | 11. | 16 June 2012 | Nottingham, Great Britain | Grass | ![]() |
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4–6, 6–7(6–8) |
Runner-up | 12. | 29 July 2012 | Oberstaufen, Germany | Clay | ![]() |
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6–7(4–7), 6–7(1–7) |
Winner | 13. | 17 November 2012 | Marbella, Spain | Clay | ![]() |
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6–3, 6–3 |
Winner | 14. | 3 May 2014 | Ostrava, Czech Republic | Clay | ![]() |
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4–6, 6–3, [10–8] |
Winner | 15. | 9 August 2014 | Prague, Czech Republic | Clay | ![]() |
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7–5, 7–5 |
Winner | 16. | 11 January 2015 | Happy Valley, Australia | Hard | ![]() |
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7–5, 6–4 |
Runner-up | 17. | 27 July 2015 | Scheveningen, Netherlands | Clay | ![]() |
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0–0, ret. |
Winner | 18. | 19 September 2015 | Istanbul, Turkey | Hard | ![]() |
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6–2, 5–7, [10–8] |
Singles performance timeline
W | F | SF | QF | R# | RR | Q# | A | P | Z# | PO | G | F-S | SF-B | NMS | NH |
Current through the 2016 ATP World Tour Finals.
Tournament/Year | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | SR | W–L | |||||||||||
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Grand Slam tournaments | |||||||||||||||||||||
Australian Open | A | A | Q1 | A | 2R | A | 2R | 4R | 0 / 3 | 5–3 | |||||||||||
French Open | A | A | Q3 | 1R | 1R | Q3 | 3R | 2R | 0 / 4 | 3–4 | |||||||||||
Wimbledon | A | 1R | Q2 | 1R | 2R | 3R | Q2 | 3R | 0 / 5 | 5–5 | |||||||||||
US Open | A | A | A | A | 1R | 3R | A | 3R | 0 / 3 | 4–3 | |||||||||||
Win–loss | 0–0 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 0–2 | 2–4 | 4–2 | 3–2 | 8–4 | 0 / 15 | 17–15 | |||||||||||
Year-End Championships | |||||||||||||||||||||
ATP World Tour Finals | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | 0 / 0 | 0–0 | |||||||||||
ATP World Tour Masters 1000 | |||||||||||||||||||||
Indian Wells Masters | A | A | A | A | 1R | Q1 | A | 3R | 0 / 2 | 2–2 | |||||||||||
Miami Open | A | A | A | A | 1R | A | A | 4R | 0 / 2 | 3–2 | |||||||||||
Monte-Carlo Masters | A | A | A | A | A | A | 1R | 1R | 0 / 2 | 0–2 | |||||||||||
Italian Open | A | A | A | A | 2R | A | Q1 | A | 0 / 1 | 1–1 | |||||||||||
Madrid Open | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | 2R | 0 / 1 | 1–1 | |||||||||||
Canadian Open | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | 1R | 0 / 1 | 0–1 | |||||||||||
Cincinnati Masters | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | 0 / 0 | 0–0 | |||||||||||
Shanghai Masters | A | A | A | A | A | A | 1R | A | 0 / 1 | 0–1 | |||||||||||
Paris Masters | A | A | A | Q1 | A | A | A | A | 0 / 0 | 0–0 | |||||||||||
Win–Loss | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 1–3 | 0–0 | 0–2 | 6–5 | 0 / 10 | 7–10 | |||||||||||
National representation | |||||||||||||||||||||
Summer Olympics | NH | A | NH | 1R | 0 / 1 | 0–1 | |||||||||||||||
Davis Cup | A | A | A | A | Z1 | Z1 | PO | PO | 0 / 4 | 6–0 | |||||||||||
Career statistics | |||||||||||||||||||||
2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | SR | W–L | ||||||||||||
Tournaments | 2 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 19 | 8 | 12 | 21 | 75 | ||||||||||||
Titles | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||||
Finals Reached | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||||
Hard Win–Loss | 1–2 | 0–2 | 0–1 | 0–2 | 2–6 | 5–3 | 6–5 | 21–14 | 0 / 35 | 35–35 | |||||||||||
Grass Win–Loss | 0–0 | 1–2 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 2–3 | 2–3 | 0–0 | 2–2 | 0 / 11 | 7–11 | |||||||||||
Clay Win–Loss | 0–0 | 0–0 | 2–3 | 2–2 | 5–10 | 2–2 | 4–7 | 6–5 | 0 / 29 | 21–29 | |||||||||||
Overall Win–Loss | 1–2 | 1–4 | 2–4 | 2–5 | 9–19 | 9–8 | 10–12 | 29–21 | 0 / 75 | 63–75 | |||||||||||
Win % | 33% | 20% | 33% | 29% | 32% | 53% | 45% | 58% | 46% | ||||||||||||
Year-end Ranking | 301 | 231 | 222 | 78 | 134 | 92 | 79 | $ 2,220,606 |
Davis Cup
Participations: (8–0)
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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 |
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Victory | 1 | III | Doubles (with Konstantin Kravchuk) | ![]() |
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 | |
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Victory | 3 | I | Singles | ![]() |
Gastão Elias | 6–2, 6–4, 6–4 |
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Victory | 4 | II | Singles | ![]() |
Martin Pedersen | 6–1, 6–4, 7–5 |
Victory | 5 | IV | Frederik Nielsen | 7–5, 6–3, 6–2 | ||
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Victory | 6 | I | Singles | ![]() |
Isak Arvidsson | 4–6, 6–1, 6–1, 6–4 |
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Victory | 7 | I | Singles | ![]() |
Aleksandr Nedovyesov | 6–3, 6–4, 5–7, 7–5 |
Victory | 8 | IV | Mikhail Kukushkin | 6–1, 6–2, 6–2 | ||
Wins over top 10 players
Yr | # | Player | Rk | Event | Surface | Rd | Score | AK Rk |
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2014 | 1. | ![]() |
7 | Wimbledon, London, United Kingdom | Grass | 2R | 6–7(5–7), 6–0, 3–6, 6–3, 6–2 | 118 |
2016 | 2. | ![]() |
4 | Miami Open, Miami, United States | Hard | 3R | 6–4, 6–3 | 51 |
References
- ↑ Wimbledon report – Boys singles final
- ↑ 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.
- ↑ 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.
- ↑ 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.
- ↑ Anna Kozina (7 July 2009). ""Большой шлем" к лицу Андрюше" ["Grand Slam" suits Andrey] (in Russian). Rossiyskaya Gazeta. Retrieved 28 March 2016.
- ↑ "Kuznetsov dumps Ferrer out". SportingLife. 25 June 2014.
- ↑ "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.
- ↑ "RIO OLYMPICS - MEN'S SINGLES: Juan Martin del Potro Stuns Novak Djokovic in First Round". Tennis World USA. 8 August 2016. Retrieved 9 November 2016.
- ↑ Greg Baum (15 January 2016). "Australian Open 2016: Well, look who's still here". The Canberra Times. Retrieved 29 March 2016.
- ↑ 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.
- ↑ 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.
- ↑ Joely Cook (28 May 2015). "French Open: Nadal – Almagro Second Round Recap". Vavel. Retrieved 29 March 2016.
- ↑ 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