Igor Kunitsyn

Igor Konstantinovich Kunitsyn (Template:Lang-rus; born September 30, 1981) is a retired tennis player from Russia. He made it into the top 100 for the first time in 2006, and reached a career-high singles ranking of world No. 35 in July 2009.

Early life

Kunitsyn was raised by his grandparents in Vladivostok, on the eastern coast of Russia when he was young. He started playing tennis at age seven.

Tennis career

Kunitsyn is arguably best known for two matches against compatriot Marat Safin. The first of which was at the 2007 Tennis Channel Open's round-robin stage. Kunitsyn had won the first set, and had an early break in the second before Safin fought back and then got a 5–3 lead. While serving for the match, Kunitsyn broke Safin and then held to get it to 5–5. The set went to a tiebreaker which Safin won. Kunitsyn was still dangerous, as he won the first three games of the third set, before losing the next four. Kunitsyn performed the same as before, and broke Safin again to get the set on equal terms. At 5–5, Kunitsyn suffered a service break and Safin ultimately won the third set 7–5. The pair met again in the final of the Kremlin Cup, an ATP tournament played in Moscow. Kunitsyn defeated the former two-time Grand Slam winner and world No. 1.

In August 2008, he made the semifinals of the Legg Mason Tennis Classic, beating Mischa Zverev, Fabio Fognini, and Somdev Devvarman, before losing Viktor Troicki.

In June 2009, he lost to Israeli Dudi Sela, at 's-Hertogenbosch in the Netherlands in a grass-court tune-up for Wimbledon. In Wimbledon, he defeated Wimbledon debutant wildcard Grigor Dimitrov due to retirement after suffering a knee injury, before he lost to Andy Roddick in the second round in four sets, winning the third set. Following the tournament, he reached his career-high singles ranking of World No. 35 on 6 July 2009.

Heavily favored Russia was hosted by Israel in a Davis Cup quarterfinal tie in July 2009, on indoor hard courts at the Nokia Arena in Tel Aviv. With Israel having won the first two matches, in what proved to be the deciding third match Israelis Andy Ram and Jonathan Erlich beat Kunitsyn and Marat Safin, 6–3, 6–4, 6–7, 4–6, 6–4, in front of a boisterous crowd of over 10,000. Israel defeated Russia 4–1 for the win.

At the 2009 Indianapolis Tennis Championships in July, Kunistyn was beaten in the second round by 23-year-old American Wayne Odesnik.

In 2012 Wimbledon, he lost his first-round match to Go Soeda.

ATP career finals

Singles: 1 (1 title)

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

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

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

Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Tier	Surface	Opponent	Score
Win	1–0	[[2008 Kremlin Cup – Men's singles|Template:Dts]]	Moscow, Russia	International Series	Hard	Template:Flagicon Marat Safin	7–6(8–6), 6–7(4–7), 6–3

Doubles: 4 (1 title, 3 runner-ups)

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

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

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

Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Tier	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Loss	0–1	[[2006 Nottingham Open – Doubles|Template:Dts]]	Nottingham, Great Britain	International Series	Grass	Template:Flagicon Dmitry Tursunov	Template:Flagicon Jonathan Erlich Template:Flagicon Andy Ram	3–6, 2–6
Loss	0–2	[[2007 Campbell's Hall of Fame Tennis Championships – Doubles|Template:Dts]]	Newport, United States	International Series	Grass	Template:Flagicon Nathan Healey	Template:Flagicon Jordan Kerr Template:Flagicon Jim Thomas	3–6, 5–7
Loss	0–3	[[2009 Proton Malaysian Open – Doubles|Template:Dts]]	Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia	250 Series	Hard	Template:Flagicon Jaroslav Levinský	Template:Flagicon Mariusz Fyrstenberg Template:Flagicon Marcin Matkowski	2–6, 1–6
Win	1–3	[[2010 Kremlin Cup – Men's doubles|Template:Dts]]	Moscow, Russia	250 Series	Hard	Template:Flagicon Dmitry Tursunov	Template:Flagicon Janko Tipsarević Template:Flagicon Viktor Troicki	7–6(10–8), 6–3

ATP Challenger and ITF Futures finals

Singles: 26 (14–12)

Legend ATP Challenger (8–8) ITF Futures (6–4)

Finals by surface Hard (11–10) Clay (3–1) Grass (0–0) Carpet (0–1)

Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Tier	Surface	Opponent	Score
Loss	0–1	Template:Dts	Belarus F1, Minsk	Futures	Carpet	Template:Flagicon Dmitriy Tomashevich	4–6, 6–7
Win	1–1	Template:Dts	Ukraine F2, Gorlovka	Futures	Clay	Template:Flagicon Kirill Ivanov-Smolensky	7–6, 6–3
Win	2–1	Template:Dts	Russia F3, Tolyatti	Futures	Hard	Template:Flagicon Artem Derepasko	6–2, 6–4
Loss	2–2	Template:Dts	Fergana, Uzbekistan	Challenger	Hard	Template:Flagicon Vladimir Voltchkov	6–4, 0–6, 4–6
Loss	2–3	Template:Dts	Tolyatti, Russia	Challenger	Hard	Template:Flagicon Vadim Kutsenko	4–6, 1–6
Win	3–3	Template:Dts	Italy F7, Torino	Futures	Clay	Template:Flagicon Éric Prodon	6–4, 6–1
Win	4–3	Template:Dts	USA F2, Delray Beach	Futures	Hard	Template:Flagicon Giorgio Galimberti	6–4, 6–2
Loss	4–4	Template:Dts	Croatia F1, Zagreb	Futures	Hard	Template:Flagicon Lovro Zovko	6–4, 1–6, 6–7(6–8)
Loss	4–5	Template:Dts	Croatia F2, Zagreb	Futures	Hard	Template:Flagicon Lovro Zovko	2–6, 6–3, 6–7(5–7)
Loss	4–6	Template:Dts	Uzbekistan F1, Karshi	Futures	Hard	Template:Flagicon Jimmy Wang	5–7, 4–6
Win	5–6	Template:Dts	Uzbekistan F4, Namangan	Futures	Hard	Template:Flagicon Tuomas Ketola	6–3, 6–3
Loss	5–7	Template:Dts	Seoul, South Korea	Challenger	Hard	Template:Flagicon Werner Eschauer	2–6, ret.
Loss	5–8	Template:Dts	Wrocław, Poland	Challenger	Hard	Template:Flagicon Karol Kučera	2–6, 1–6
Win	6–8	Template:Dts	Uzbekistan F2, Guliston	Futures	Hard	Template:Flagicon Ivan Cerović	7–5, 6–2
Win	7–8	Template:Dts	Fergana, Uzbekistan	Challenger	Hard	Template:Flagicon Prakash Amritraj	6–4, 7–5
Win	8–8	Template:Dts	Tolyatti, Russia	Challenger	Hard	Template:Flagicon Viktor Bruthans	6–1, 6–2
Win	9–8	Template:Dts	Saransk, Russia	Challenger	Clay	Template:Flagicon Boris Pashanski	7–5, 6–4
Win	10–8	Template:Dts	Shrewsbury, United Kingdom	Challenger	Hard	Template:Flagicon Igor Sijsling	6–2, 6–4
Loss	10–9	Template:Dts	Baton Rouge, United States	Challenger	Hard	Template:Flagicon Bobby Reynolds	3–6, 7–6(7–3), 5–7
Loss	10–10	Template:Dts	Bordeaux, France	Challenger	Clay	Template:Flagicon Eduardo Schwank	2–6, 2–6
Win	11–10	Template:Dts	Donetsk, Ukraine	Challenger	Hard	Template:Flagicon Sergey Bubka	6–3, 6–3
Win	12–10	Template:Dts	Astana, Kazakhstan	Challenger	Hard	Template:Flagicon Konstantin Kravchuk	4–6, 7–6(7–5), 7–6(7–3)
Loss	12–11	Template:Dts	Astana, Kazakhstan	Challenger	Hard	Template:Flagicon Ivan Dodig	4–6, 3–6
Loss	12–12	Template:Dts	San José, Costa Rica	Challenger	Hard	Template:Flagicon Giovanni Lapentti	5–7, 3–6
Win	13–12	Template:Dts	Cremona, Italy	Challenger	Hard	Template:Flagicon Rainer Schüttler	6–2, 7–6(7–2)
Win	14–12	Template:Dts	Karshi, Uzbekistan	Challenger	Hard	Template:Flagicon Dzmitry Zhyrmont	7–6(12–10), 6–2

Doubles: 11 (5–6)

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

Finals by surface Hard (4–4) Clay (0–2) Grass (0–0) Carpet (1–0)

Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Tier	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Loss	0–1	Template:Dts	Uzbekistan F2, Andijan	Futures	Hard	Template:Flagicon Rik de Voest	Template:Flagicon Jordan Kerr Template:Flagicon Tuomas Ketola	7–5, 2–6, 1–6
Win	1–1	Template:Dts	Fergana, Uzbekistan	Challenger	Hard	Template:Flagicon Rik de Voest	Template:Flagicon Simon Larose Template:Flagicon Michael Tebbutt	6–1, 6–7(4–7), 6–3
Loss	1–2	Template:Dts	Uzbekistan F1, Qarshi	Futures	Hard	Template:Flagicon Dmitri Vlasov	Template:Flagicon Ivan Cerović Template:Flagicon Lazar Magdinchev	3–6, 6–2, 4–6
Win	2–2	Template:Dts	Segovia, Spain	Challenger	Hard	Template:Flagicon Vladimir Voltchkov	Template:Flagicon Daniel Muñoz de la Nava Template:Flagicon Iván Navarro	3–6, 6–3, 6–2
Loss	2–4	Template:Dts	Bronx, United States	Challenger	Hard	Template:Flagicon Uros Vico	Template:Flagicon Huntley Montgomery Template:Flagicon Tripp Phillips	6–7(6–8), 7–6(10–8), 2–6
Loss	2–5	Template:Dts	Kyiv, Ukraine	Challenger	Clay	Template:Flagicon Yuri Schukin	Template:Flagicon Albert Portas Template:Flagicon Sergio Roitman	1–6, 1–6
Win	3–5	Template:Dts	Donetsk, Ukraine	Challenger	Hard	Template:Flagicon Uros Vico	Template:Flagicon Marco Chiudinelli Template:Flagicon Lovro Zovko	3–6, 6–3, 6–4
Win	4–5	Template:Dts	Belgrade, Serbia	Challenger	Carpet	Template:Flagicon Orest Tereshchuk	Template:Flagicon Lukáš Dlouhý Template:Flagicon Jan Vacek	walkover
Win	5–5	Template:Dts	Uzbekistan F1, Qarshi	Futures	Hard	Template:Flagicon Sergei Demekhine	Template:Flagicon Murad Inoyatov Template:Flagicon Denis Istomin	6–4, 5–7, 6–4
Loss	5–6	Template:Dts	Heilbronn, Germany	Challenger	Hard	Template:Flagicon Aisam Qureshi	Template:Flagicon Rik de Voest Template:Flagicon Bobby Reynolds	6–7(2–7), 7–6(7–5), [4–10]
Loss	5–7	Template:Dts	Braunschweig, Germany	Challenger	Clay	Template:Flagicon Yuri Schukin	Template:Flagicon Leonardo Tavares Template:Flagicon Simone Vagnozzi	5–7, 6–7(4–7)

Performance timelines

Singles

Tournament	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008	2009	2010	2011	2012	2013	SR	W–L	Win%
Grand Slam tournaments
Australian Open	A	A	A	Q1	Q1	Q1	A	1R	Q3	1R	2R	2R	1R	Q2	0 / 5	2–5	Template:Tennis win percentage
French Open	A	A	Q1	Q2	A	A	Q2	1R	A	1R	1R	1R	1R	Q1	0 / 5	0–5	Template:Tennis win percentage
Wimbledon	A	A	Q2	1R	Q2	Q2	2R	1R	1R	2R	1R	2R	1R	Q3	0 / 8	3–8	Template:Tennis win percentage
US Open	Q1	A	1R	Q2	Q1	Q2	1R	2R	1R	1R	A	3R	A	Q2	0 / 6	3–6	Template:Tennis win percentage
Win–loss	0–0	0–0	0–1	0–1	0–0	0–0	1–2	1–4	0–2	1–4	1–3	4–4	0–3	0–0	0 / 24	8–24	Template:Tennis win percentage
ATP World Tour Masters 1000
Indian Wells	A	A	A	A	A	Q1	A	1R	1R	2R	A	A	1R	Q1	0 / 4	1–4	Template:Tennis win percentage
Miami	A	A	A	A	A	Q1	1R	1R	1R	2R	A	2R	2R	A	0 / 6	3–6	Template:Tennis win percentage
Monte Carlo	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	Q2	A	1R	Q2	A	A	A	0 / 1	0–1	Template:Tennis win percentage
Rome	A	A	A	Q1	A	A	Q2	Q2	A	1R	A	A	A	A	0 / 1	0–1	Template:Tennis win percentage
Hamburg	A	A	A	Q1	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	0 / 1	0–1	Template:Tennis win percentage
Madrid	Not Held		A	A	A	A	A	A	A	1R	A	Q1	A	A	0 / 1	0–1	Template:Tennis win percentage
Canada	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	1R	A	A	A	A	0 / 1	0–1	Template:Tennis win percentage
Cincinnati	A	A	A	Q1	A	A	A	A	A	2R	A	A	A	A	0 / 1	1–1	Template:Tennis win percentage
Shanghai	Not Held									2R	A	A	A	A	0 / 1	1–1	Template:Tennis win percentage
Paris	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	2R	A	A	0 / 1	0–1	Template:Tennis win percentage
Win–loss	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–1	0–2	0–2	4–8	0–0	1–2	1–2	0–0	0 / 17	6–17	Template:Tennis win percentage

Doubles

Tournament	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008	2009	2010	2011	2012	SR	W–L	Win%
Grand Slam tournaments
Australian Open	A	A	A	A	1R	1R	2R	2R	A	2R	0 / 5	3–5	Template:Tennis win percentage
French Open	A	A	A	A	QF	SF	QF	A	1R	1R	0 / 5	10–5	Template:Tennis win percentage
Wimbledon	Q1	A	A	A	2R	2R	1R	A	A	A	0 / 3	2–3	Template:Tennis win percentage
US Open	A	A	A	A	1R	3R	1R	A	1R	A	0 / 4	2–4	Template:Tennis win percentage
Win–loss	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	4–4	7–4	4–4	1–1	0–2	1–2	0 / 17	17–17	Template:Tennis win percentage
ATP World Tour Masters 1000
Indian Wells	A	A	A	A	A	A	1R	A	A	A	0 / 1	0–1	Template:Tennis win percentage
Miami	A	A	A	A	A	A	1R	A	A	A	0 / 1	0–1	Template:Tennis win percentage
Canada	A	A	A	A	A	A	1R	A	A	A	0 / 1	0–1	Template:Tennis win percentage
Cincinnati	A	A	A	A	A	A	1R	A	A	A	0 / 1	0–1	Template:Tennis win percentage
Win–loss	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–4	0–0	0–0	0–0	0 / 4	0–4	Template:Tennis win percentage

External links

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• Kunitsyn World Ranking History