Andrei Chesnokov

Andrei Eduardovich Chesnokov (Russian: Андрей Эдуардович Чесноков; born 2 February 1966) is a former professional tennis player from Russia.

For the Scout leader, see Andriy Chesnokov.
Andrei Chesnokov
Андрей Чесноков
Country (sports) Soviet Union
 Russia
ResidenceMoscow, Russia
Born (1966-02-02) 2 February 1966
Moscow, Soviet Union
Height1.87 m (6 ft 2 in)
Turned pro1985
Retired1999
PlaysRight-handed (two-handed backhand)
Prize money$3,084,188
Singles
Career record344–259
Career titles7
Highest rankingNo. 9 (8 April 1991)
Grand Slam Singles results
Australian OpenQF (1988)
French OpenSF (1989)
Wimbledon1R (1986, 1988, 1989, 1992, 1993, 1995, 1996)
US Open4R (1986, 1987, 1989)
Doubles
Career record7–21
Career titles0
Highest rankingNo. 342 (12 October 1992)

Career

Chesnokov's highest singles ranking was World No. 9 in 1991. The biggest tournament victories of his career came at the Monte Carlo Open in 1990, and at the Canadian Open in 1991 (both Tennis Masters Series events).

Chesnokov's best performance at a Grand Slam event came at the French Open in 1989, where he reached the semi-finals by eliminating Pablo Arraya, Jonas Svensson, Carl-Uwe Steeb, Jim Courier and the defending champion Mats Wilander in straight sets in the quarterfinals. He was eliminated by the eventual champion Michael Chang in four sets.

The most famous match in Chesnokov's career took place on 24 September 1995 in the semi-final of the 1995 Davis Cup against Germany. In the fifth set of the final deciding match of the semi-final, playing against Michael Stich, Chesnokov saved nine match points before emerging the winner, the final score being: 6–4, 1–6, 1–6, 6–3, 14–12. The next day President of Russia Boris Yeltsin awarded Chesnokov with Order of Courage.

During his career, Chesnokov won seven top-level singles titles and earned prize-money totalling US$3,084,188. He retired from the professional tour in 1999.

On 20 November 2005, during a visit to Dnipropetrovsk (Ukraine), he was shot twice with rubber bullets after a quarrel in a restaurant with two unidentified men.

As a sixteen-year-old Chesnokov was one of those present at the UEFA Cup match between FC Spartak Moscow and HFC Haarlem during which the Luzhniki disaster happened. He was an honorary member of the committee that organized a benefit match for the victims between Spartak Moscow and Haarlem, that took place on October 20, 2007.

Chesnokov is currently coaching Elena Vesnina.

In 2013, Chesnokov, whose mother was Jewish, who carried the last name Litvinova, celebrated his bar mitzvah in France.[1]

Career finals

Singles (7 titles, 8 runners-up)
Legend
Grand Slam (0-0)
Tennis Masters Cup (0-0)
ATP Masters Series (2-3)
ATP Tour (5-7)
Result W/L Date Tournament Surface Opponent Score
Win 1–0 May 1987 Florence, Italy Clay Alessandro de Minicis 6–1, 6–3
Loss 1–1 Jan 1988 Wellington, New Zealand Hard Ramesh Krishnan 7–6, 0–6, 4–6, 3–6
Loss 1–2 Jan 1988 Sydney, Australia Grass John Fitzgerald 3–6, 4–6
Win 2–2 Mar 1988 Orlando, U.S. Hard Miloslav Mečíř 7–6(8–6), 6–1
Loss 2–3 Oct 1988 Toulouse, France Hard Jimmy Connors 2–6, 0–6
Win 3–3 Apr 1989 Nice, France Clay Jérôme Potier 6–4, 6–4
Win 4–3 May 1989 Munich, West Germany Clay Martin Střelba 5–7, 7–6(8–6), 6–2
Loss 4–4 Jan 1990 Auckland, New Zealand Hard Scott Davis 6–4, 3–6, 3–6
Win 5–4 Apr 1990 Monte Carlo, Monaco Clay Thomas Muster 7–5, 6–3, 6–3
Loss 5–5 May 1990 Rome, Italy Clay Thomas Muster 1–6, 3–6, 1–6
Win 6–5 Oct 1990 Tel Aviv, Israel Hard Amos Mansdorf 6–4, 6–3
Win 7–5 Jul 1991 Montreal, Canada Hard Petr Korda 3–6, 6–4, 6–3
Loss 7–6 Mar 1992 Indian Wells, U.S. Hard Michael Chang 3–6, 4–6, 5–7
Loss 7–7 May 1993 Hamburg, Germany Clay Michael Stich 3–6, 7–6(7–1), 6–7(7–9), 4–6
Loss 7–8 Aug 1993 Prague, Czech republic Clay Sergi Bruguera 5–7, 4–6

Performance timelines

Singles
Tournament19841985198619871988198919901991199219931994199519961997199819992000SRW–L
Grand Slams
Australian Open A 1R A A QF A 2R 1R 4R 2R 1R A 1R 1R A A A 0 / 9 9–9
French Open A 3R QF 3R QF SF 4R 3R 1R 2R 1R 4R 1R A 1R A A 0 / 13 26–13
Wimbledon A A 1R A 1R 1R A A 1R 1R A 1R 1R A A A A 0 / 7 0–7
US Open A A 4R 4R A 4R 3R 2R 2R 1R 2R 2R 1R A A A A 0 / 10 15–10
Win–Loss 0–0 2–2 7–3 5–2 8–3 8–3 6–3 3–3 4–4 2–4 1–3 4–3 0–4 0–1 0–1 0–0 0–0 0 / 39 50–39
ATP Masters Series
Indian Wells A A A 1R A 3R 1R A F 1R 2R 1R A A A A A 0 / 7 8–7
Miami A A A 2R QF 2R 2R A 2R 3R 3R A A A A A A 0 / 7 8–7
Monte Carlo A A A QF 3R 2R W QF QF 2R 2R 1R A A A A A 1 / 9 17–8
Rome A A 3R 1R A A F A A QF 3R 2R A A A A A 0 / 6 13–6
Hamburg A A A 2R A 1R A 1R A F 3R 1R A A A A A 0 / 6 8–6
Canada A A A A A A A W A A A A A A A A A 1 / 1 6–0
Cincinnati A A A A 2R 2R 2R 1R A A A 1R 1R A A A A 0 / 6 3–6
Stockholm/Essen/Stuttgart A A A A A A 3R A 2R 1R 3R A A A A A A 0 / 4 5–4
Paris A A A 1R QF 1R 2R 1R 2R 2R 1R A A A A A A 0 / 8 4–8
Win–Loss 0–0 0–0 2–1 5–6 8–4 4–6 13–6 8–4 10–5 12–7 8–7 1–5 0–1 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 2 / 53 70–51
Year End Ranking 289 137 36 52 14 22 12 31 30 27 32 89 85 209 494 871 715

References
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