Andrei Cherkasov

Andrei Gennadievich Cherkasov (Russian: ; born 4 July 1970, Ufa) is a former professional tennis player from Russia.

Career

Born in Ufa, Soviet Union, Cherkasov first came to the tennis world's attention as an outstanding junior player. In 1987, he was ranked the World No. 3 junior player and finished runner-up in the boys' singles at the US Open (lost to David Wheaton in the final).

Cherkasov turned professional in 1988. In 1990, Cherkasov claimed his first top-level singles titles when he won the inaugural Kremlin Cup in Moscow, defeating Tim Mayotte in the final 6–2, 6–1. He also reached the quarter-finals of the 1990 Australian Open and US Open.

In June 1991 Cherkasov reached his career-high singles ranking of World No. 13. In November he successfully defended his Kremlin Cup title, saving two match points in a 7–6, 3–6, 7–6 win in the final against Jakob Hlasek.

In 1992 Cherkasov was a quarter-finalist at the French Open and won a men's singles bronze medal at the Olympic Games in Barcelona, notably rallying from 2 sets down to beat Pete Sampras in the third round.

In 1993 Cherkasov saved three match points in 3-hour, 54-minute quarter-final victory over Italy's Andrea Gaudenzi at Tel Aviv, to win 6–7, 7–6, 7–5 in what was the longest best-of-three set match in tour history.

In the end, his two victories at the Kremlin Cup in Moscow proved to be the only top-level titles of Cherkasov's career. He retired from the professional tour in 2000, having earned prize-money totalling $2,259,875.

ATP career finals

Singles: 6 (2 titles, 4 runner-ups)

Legend Grand Slam Tournaments (0–0) ATP World Tour Finals (0–0) ATP Masters 1000 Series (0–0) ATP 500 Series (0–1) ATP 250 Series (2–3)

Finals by surface Hard (0–1) Clay (0–2) Grass (0–0) Carpet (2–1)

Finals by setting Outdoors (0–3) Indoors (2–1)

Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Tier	Surface	Opponent	Score
Loss	0–1	[[1989 New South Wales Open – Men's singles|Template:Dts]]	Sydney, Australia	Grand Prix	Hard	Template:Flagicon Aaron Krickstein	4–6, 2–6
Win	1–1	[[1990 Kremlin Cup – Singles|Template:Dts]]	Moscow, USSR	Grand Prix	Carpet	Template:Flagicon Tim Mayotte	6–2, 6–1
Loss	1–2	[[1991 Donnay Indoor Championships – Singles|Template:Dts]]	Brussels, Belgium	Championship Series	Carpet	Template:Flagicon Guy Forget	3–6, 5–7, 6–3, 6–7(5–7)
Win	2–2	[[1991 Kremlin Cup – Singles|Template:Dts]]	Moscow, USSR	World Series	Carpet	Template:Flagicon Jakob Hlasek	7–6(7–2), 3–6, 7–6(7–5)
Loss	2–3	[[Bologna Outdoor|Template:Dts]]	Bologna, Italy	World Series	Clay	Template:Flagicon Jordi Burillo	6–7(4–7), 7–6(9–7), 1–6
Loss	2–4	[[1993 Romanian Open|Template:Dts]]	Bucharest, Romania	World Series	Clay	Template:Flagicon Goran Ivanišević	2–6, 6–7(5–7)

Doubles: 2 (2 runners-up)

Legend Grand Slam Tournaments (0–0) ATP World Tour Finals (0–0) ATP Masters Series (0–0) ATP Championship Series (0–0) ATP World Series (0–2)

Finals by surface Hard (0–0) Clay (0–1) Grass (0–0) Carpet (0–1)

Finals by setting Outdoors (0–1) Indoors (0–1)

Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Tier	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Loss	0–1	[[Croatia Open|Template:Dts]]	Umag, Croatia	World Series	Clay	Template:Flagicon Andrei Olhovskiy	Template:Flagicon Vojtech Flegl Template:Flagicon Daniel Vacek	4–6, 4–6
Loss	0–2	[[1991 Kremlin Cup – Doubles|Template:Dts]]	Moscow, USSR	World Series	Carpet	Template:Flagicon Alexander Volkov	Template:Flagicon Eric Jelen Template:Flagicon Carl-Uwe Steeb	4–6, 6–7

ATP Challenger and ITF Futures finals

Singles: 9 (5–4)

Legend ATP Challenger (4–2) ITF Futures (1–2)

Finals by surface Hard (3–0) Clay (2–4) Grass (0–0) Carpet (0–0)

Result	W–L	Template:NsDateTemplate:Ns	Tournament	Tier	Surface	Opponent	Score
Win	1-0	Template:Dts	Oporto, Portugal	Challenger	Clay	Template:Flagicon Javier Sánchez	7–6, 7–5
Win	2-0	Template:Dts	Lisbon, Portugal	Challenger	Clay	Template:Flagicon Tomas Carbonell	7–6, 6–3
Loss	2-1	Template:Dts	Ljubljana, Slovenia	Challenger	Clay	Template:Flagicon Daniel Orsanic	6–4, 2–6, 5–7
Win	3-1	Template:Dts	Singapore, Singapore	Challenger	Hard	Template:Flagicon Yasufumi Yamamoto	6–1, 6–3
Win	4-1	Template:Dts	Daytona Beach, United States	Challenger	Hard	Template:Flagicon Tommy Haas	7–6, 3–6, 7–5
Loss	4-2	Template:Dts	Warsaw, Poland	Challenger	Clay	Template:Flagicon Jiri Vanek	6–7, 5–7
Win	5-2	Template:Dts	USA F9, Stone Mountain	Futures	Hard	Template:Flagicon Robert Kendrick	6–1, 6–1
Loss	5-3	Template:Dts	Denmark F1, Copenhagen	Futures	Clay	Template:Flagicon Edouard Roger-Vasselin	2–6, 3–6
Loss	5-4	Template:Dts	Latvia F1, Jūrmala	Futures	Clay	Template:Flagicon Timo Nieminen	6–4, 4–6, 2–6

Doubles: 7 (3–4)

Legend ATP Challenger (2–3) ITF Futures (1–1)

Finals by surface Hard (3–0) Clay (0–4) Grass (0–0) Carpet (0–0)

Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Tier	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Loss	0–1	Template:Dts	Tashkent, Uzbekistan	Challenger	Clay	Template:Flagicon Laurence Tieleman	Template:Flagicon Marcelo Charpentier Template:Flagicon Albert Portas	1–6, 2–6
Win	1–1	Template:Dts	Azores, Portugal	Challenger	Hard	Template:Flagicon Gaston Etlis	Template:Flagicon Nils Holm Template:Flagicon Lars-Anders Wahlgren	6–7, 7–5, 6–3
Win	2–1	Template:Dts	Eilat, Israel	Challenger	Hard	Template:Flagicon Patrick Baur	Template:Flagicon Sander Groen Template:Flagicon Rogier Wassen	6–3, 7–6
Loss	2–2	Template:Dts	Paget, Bermuda	Challenger	Clay	Template:Flagicon Rodolphe Gilbert	Template:Flagicon Doug Flach Template:Flagicon Richey Reneberg	6–3, 4–6, 2–6
Loss	2–3	Template:Dts	Poznań, Poland	Challenger	Clay	Template:Flagicon Hugo Armando	Template:Flagicon Massimo Ardinghi Template:Flagicon Davide Sanguinetti	4–6, 4–6
Loss	2–4	Template:Dts	Latvia F1, Jūrmala	Futures	Clay	Template:Flagicon Dmitri Kotchetkov	Template:Flagicon Aleksander Jerinkic Template:Flagicon Steven Randjelovic	3–6, 1–6
Win	3–4	Template:Dts	Spain F11, Lanzarote	Futures	Hard	Template:Flagicon Orest Tereshchuk	Template:Flagicon Jaymon Crabb Template:Flagicon Brodie Stewart	6–3, 4–6, 6–3

Junior Grand Slam finals

Singles: 1 (1 runner-up)

Result	Year	Tournament	Surface	Opponent	Score
Loss	1987	US Open	Hard	Template:Flagicon David Wheaton	5–7, 0–6

Performance timeline

Singles

Tournament	1988	1989	1990	1991	1992	1993	1994	1995	1996	1997	1998	1999	2000	2001	SR	W–L	Win %
Grand Slam tournaments
Australian Open	A	A	QF	2R	2R	1R	2R	A	1R	1R	Q1	2R	Q2	A	0 / 8	8–8	Template:Tennis win percentage
French Open	A	2R	2R	4R	QF	1R	1R	Q1	Q2	Q2	Q1	Q2	Q1	Q1	0 / 6	9–6	Template:Tennis win percentage
Wimbledon	Q1	1R	1R	1R	1R	1R	1R	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	0 / 6	0–6	Template:Tennis win percentage
US Open	A	1R	QF	1R	1R	1R	1R	A	A	A	A	Q2	Q1	A	0 / 6	4–6	Template:Tennis win percentage
Win–loss	0–0	1–3	9–4	4–4	5–4	0–4	1–4	0–0	0–1	0–1	0–0	1–1	0–0	0–0	0 / 26	21–26	Template:Tennis win percentage
Olympic Games
Summer Olympics	2R	Not Held			SF	Not Held			A	Not Held			A	NH	0 / 2	5–2	Template:Tennis win percentage
ATP Masters Series
Indian Wells	A	A	A	3R	QF	1R	1R	A	Q2	A	A	A	A	A	0 / 4	5–4	Template:Tennis win percentage
Miami	A	A	1R	2R	QF	2R	3R	A	A	A	1R	Q1	A	A	0 / 6	4–6	Template:Tennis win percentage
Monte Carlo	A	A	A	3R	1R	3R	1R	Q2	1R	Q2	A	Q2	A	A	0 / 5	4–5	Template:Tennis win percentage
Hamburg	A	2R	3R	2R	2R	A	1R	1R	A	Q1	Q1	Q2	A	A	0 / 6	5–6	Template:Tennis win percentage
Rome	A	A	A	QF	2R	1R	1R	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	0 / 4	4–4	Template:Tennis win percentage
Cincinnati	A	1R	A	QF	2R	2R	2R	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	0 / 5	6–5	Template:Tennis win percentage
Paris	A	A	2R	2R	1R	2R	A	Q3	A	Q2	A	A	A	A	0 / 4	3–4	Template:Tennis win percentage
Win–loss	0–0	1–2	3–3	12–7	9–7	4–6	2–6	0–1	0–1	0–0	0–1	0–0	0–0	0–0	0- / 34	31–34	Template:Tennis win percentage

External links

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