Andrei Cherkasov
Андрей Черкасов
Cherkasov at the 1994 French Open
Full nameAndrei Gennadievich Cherkasov
Country (sports) Soviet Union
 Russia[1]
ResidenceMoscow, Russia
Born (1970-07-04) 4 July 1970
Ufa, Soviet Union
Height1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
Turned pro1988
Retired2000
PlaysRight-handed
Prize money$2,260,281
Singles
Career record193–214
Career titles2
Highest rankingNo. 13 (10 June 1991)
Grand Slam singles results
Australian OpenQF (1990)
French OpenQF (1992)
Wimbledon1R (1989, 1990, 1991, 1992, 1993, 1994)
US OpenQF (1990)
Other tournaments
Olympic GamesSF (1992)
Doubles
Career record25–44
Career titles0
Highest rankingNo. 141 (3 August 1998)
Grand Slam doubles results
Australian Open1R (1991)
WimbledonQ3 (1989)
Grand Slam mixed doubles results
French Open1R (1990)
Medal record
Men's Tennis
Representing  Unified Team
Olympic Games
Bronze medal – third place 1992 Barcelona Singles
Last updated on: 1 May 2022.

Andrei Gennadievich Cherkasov (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 Jan 1989 Sydney, Australia Grand Prix Hard United States Aaron Krickstein 4–6, 2–6
Win 1–1 Nov 1990 Moscow, USSR Grand Prix Carpet United States Tim Mayotte 6–2, 6–1
Loss 1–2 Feb 1991 Brussels, Belgium Championship Series Carpet France Guy Forget 3–6, 5–7, 6–3, 6–7(4–7)
Win 2–2 Nov 1991 Moscow, USSR World Series Carpet Switzerland Jakob Hlasek 7–6(7–2), 3–6, 7–6(7–5)
Loss 2–3 May 1993 Bologna, Italy World Series Clay Spain Jordi Burillo 6–7(4–7), 7–6(9–7), 1–6
Loss 2–4 Sep 1993 Bucharest, Romania World Series Clay Croatia 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 May 1990 Umag, Croatia World Series Clay Soviet Union Andrei Olhovskiy Czech Republic Vojtech Flegl
Czech Republic Daniel Vacek
4–6, 4–6
Loss 0–2 Nov 1991 Moscow, USSR World Series Carpet Soviet Union Alexander Volkov Germany Eric Jelen
Germany 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 Apr 1989 Oporto, Portugal Challenger Clay Spain Javier Sánchez 7–6, 7–5
Win 2-0 Apr 1989 Lisbon, Portugal Challenger Clay Spain Tomas Carbonell 7–6, 6–3
Loss 2-1 May 1993 Ljubljana, Slovenia Challenger Clay Argentina Daniel Orsanic 6–4, 2–6, 5–7
Win 3-1 Sep 1995 Singapore, Singapore Challenger Hard Japan Yasufumi Yamamoto 6–1, 6–3
Win 4-1 Dec 1996 Daytona Beach, United States Challenger Hard Germany Tommy Haas 7–6, 3–6, 7–5
Loss 4-2 Aug 1998 Warsaw, Poland Challenger Clay Czech Republic Jiri Vanek 6–7, 5–7
Win 5-2 Apr 2001 USA F9, Stone Mountain Futures Hard United States Robert Kendrick 6–1, 6–1
Loss 5-3 Jul 2002 Denmark F1, Copenhagen Futures Clay France Edouard Roger-Vasselin 2–6, 3–6
Loss 5-4 Aug 2002 Latvia F1, Jūrmala Futures Clay Finland 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 Sep 1996 Tashkent, Uzbekistan Challenger Clay Italy Laurence Tieleman Argentina Marcelo Charpentier
Spain Albert Portas
1–6, 2–6
Win 1–1 Sep 1997 Azores, Portugal Challenger Hard Argentina Gaston Etlis Sweden Nils Holm
Sweden Lars-Anders Wahlgren
6–7, 7–5, 6–3
Win 2–1 Dec 1997 Eilat, Israel Challenger Hard Germany Patrick Baur Netherlands Sander Groen
Netherlands Rogier Wassen
6–3, 7–6
Loss 2–2 Apr 1998 Paget, Bermuda Challenger Clay France Rodolphe Gilbert United States Doug Flach
United States Richey Reneberg
6–3, 4–6, 2–6
Loss 2–3 Aug 1999 Poznan, Poland Challenger Clay United States Hugo Armando Italy Massimo Ardinghi
Italy Davide Sanguinetti
4–6, 4–6
Loss 2–4 Aug 2002 Latvia F1, Jūrmala Futures Clay Austria Dmitri Kotchetkov Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Aleksander Jerinkic
Australia Steven Randjelovic
3–6, 1–6
Win 3–4 Jun 2004 Spain F11, Lanzarote Futures Hard Ukraine Orest Tereshchuk Australia Jaymon Crabb
Australia Brodie Stewart
6–3, 4–6, 6–3

Junior Grand Slam finals

Singles: 1 (1 runner-up)

Result Year Tournament Surface Opponent Score
Loss1987US OpenHardUnited States David Wheaton5–7, 0–6

Performance timeline

Key
W  F  SF QF #R RR Q# DNQ A NH
(W) winner; (F) finalist; (SF) semifinalist; (QF) quarterfinalist; (#R) rounds 4, 3, 2, 1; (RR) round-robin stage; (Q#) qualification round; (DNQ) did not qualify; (A) absent; (NH) not held; (SR) strike rate (events won / competed); (W–L) win–loss record.

Singles

Tournament19881989199019911992199319941995199619971998199920002001SRW–LWin %
Grand Slam tournaments
Australian Open A A QF 2R 2R 1R 2R A 1R 1R Q1 2R Q2 A 0 / 8 8–8 50%
French Open A 2R 2R 4R QF 1R 1R Q1 Q2 Q2 Q1 Q2 Q1 Q1 0 / 6 9–6 60%
Wimbledon Q1 1R 1R 1R 1R 1R 1R A A A A A A A 0 / 6 0–6 0%
US Open A 1R QF 1R 1R 1R 1R A A A A Q2 Q1 A 0 / 6 4–6 40%
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 45%
Olympic Games
Summer Olympics 2R Not Held SF Not Held A Not Held A NH 0 / 2 5–2 71%
ATP Masters Series
Indian Wells A A A 3R QF 1R 1R A Q2 A A A A A 0 / 4 5–4 56%
Miami A A 1R 2R QF 2R 3R A A A 1R Q1 A A 0 / 6 4–6 40%
Monte Carlo A A A 3R 1R 3R 1R Q2 1R Q2 A Q2 A A 0 / 5 4–5 44%
Hamburg A 2R 3R 2R 2R A 1R 1R A Q1 Q1 Q2 A A 0 / 6 5–6 45%
Rome A A A QF 2R 1R 1R A A A A A A A 0 / 4 4–4 50%
Cincinnati A 1R A QF 2R 2R 2R A A A A A A A 0 / 5 6–5 55%
Paris A A 2R 2R 1R 2R A Q3 A Q2 A A A A 0 / 4 3–4 43%
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 48%

Notes

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


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