Andrei Cherkasov Explained

Andrei Gennadievich Cherkasov (Russian: '''Андрей Геннадьевич Черкасов'''; born 4 July 1970) 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		Sydney, Australia	Grand Prix	Hard	Aaron Krickstein	4–6, 2–6
Win	1–1		Moscow, USSR	Grand Prix	Carpet	Tim Mayotte	6–2, 6–1
Loss	1–2		Brussels, Belgium	Championship Series	Carpet	Guy Forget	3–6, 5–7, 6–3, 6–7(4–7)
Win	2–2		Moscow, USSR	World Series	Carpet	Jakob Hlasek	7–6(7–2), 3–6, 7–6(7–5)
Loss	2–3		Bologna, Italy	World Series	Clay	Jordi Burillo	6–7(4–7), 7–6(9–7), 1–6
Loss	2–4		Bucharest, Romania	World Series	Clay	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		Umag, Croatia	World Series	Clay	Andrei Olhovskiy	Vojtech Flegl Daniel Vacek	4–6, 4–6
Loss	0–2		Moscow, USSR	World Series	Carpet	Alexander Volkov	Eric Jelen 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	Date	Tournament	Tier	Surface	Opponent	Score
Win	1-0		Oporto, Portugal	Challenger	Clay	Javier Sánchez	7–6, 7–5
Win	2-0		Lisbon, Portugal	Challenger	Clay	Tomas Carbonell	7–6, 6–3
Loss	2-1		Ljubljana, Slovenia	Challenger	Clay	Daniel Orsanic	6–4, 2–6, 5–7
Win	3-1		Singapore, Singapore	Challenger	Hard	Yasufumi Yamamoto	6–1, 6–3
Win	4-1		Daytona Beach, United States	Challenger	Hard	Tommy Haas	7–6, 3–6, 7–5
Loss	4-2		Warsaw, Poland	Challenger	Clay	Jiri Vanek	6–7, 5–7
Win	5-2		USA F9, Stone Mountain	Futures	Hard	Robert Kendrick	6–1, 6–1
Loss	5-3		Denmark F1, Copenhagen	Futures	Clay	Edouard Roger-Vasselin	2–6, 3–6
Loss	5-4		Latvia F1, Jūrmala	Futures	Clay	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		Tashkent, Uzbekistan	Challenger	Clay	Laurence Tieleman	Marcelo Charpentier Albert Portas	1–6, 2–6
Win	1–1		Azores, Portugal	Challenger	Hard	Gaston Etlis	Nils Holm Lars-Anders Wahlgren	6–7, 7–5, 6–3
Win	2–1		Eilat, Israel	Challenger	Hard	Patrick Baur	Sander Groen Rogier Wassen	6–3, 7–6
Loss	2–2		Paget, Bermuda	Challenger	Clay	Rodolphe Gilbert	Doug Flach Richey Reneberg	6–3, 4–6, 2–6
Loss	2–3		Poznań, Poland	Challenger	Clay	Hugo Armando	Massimo Ardinghi Davide Sanguinetti	4–6, 4–6
Loss	2–4		Latvia F1, Jūrmala	Futures	Clay	Dmitri Kotchetkov	Aleksander Jerinkic Steven Randjelovic	3–6, 1–6
Win	3–4		Spain F11, Lanzarote	Futures	Hard	Orest Tereshchuk	Jaymon Crabb Brodie Stewart	6–3, 4–6, 6–3

Junior Grand Slam finals

Singles: 1 (1 runner-up)

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
French Open	A	2R	2R	4R	QF	1R	1R	Q1	Q2	Q2	Q1	Q2	Q1	Q1	0 / 6	9–6
Wimbledon	Q1	1R	1R	1R	1R	1R	1R	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	0 / 6	0–6
US Open	A	1R	QF	1R	1R	1R	1R	A	A	A	A	Q2	Q1	A	0 / 6	4–6
style=text-align:left	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
Olympic Games
Summer Olympics	style=background:#afeeee	2R	Not Held	style=background:yellow	SF	Not Held	A	Not Held	A	NH	0 / 2	5–2
ATP Masters Series
Indian Wells	A	A	A	3R	QF	1R	1R	A	Q2	A	A	A	A	A	0 / 4	5–4
Miami	A	A	1R	2R	QF	2R	3R	A	A	A	1R	Q1	A	A	0 / 6	4–6
Monte Carlo	A	A	A	3R	1R	3R	1R	Q2	1R	Q2	A	Q2	A	A	0 / 5	4–5
Hamburg	A	2R	3R	2R	2R	A	1R	1R	A	Q1	Q1	Q2	A	A	0 / 6	5–6
Rome	A	A	A	QF	2R	1R	1R	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	0 / 4	4–4
Cincinnati	A	1R	A	QF	2R	2R	2R	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	0 / 5	6–5
Paris	A	A	2R	2R	1R	2R	A	Q3	A	Q2	A	A	A	A	0 / 4	3–4
style=text-align:left	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

Notes and References

1. Played for the Soviet Union until its breakup in 1991