# Andrei Cherkasov

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Russian tennis player

Andrei Cherkasov Андрей Черкасов Cherkasov at first Kremlin Cup, 1990 Full name Andrei Gennadievich Cherkasov Country (sports) Soviet Union Russia[1] Born (1970-07-04) 4 July 1970 (age 55) Ufa, Soviet Union Height 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in) Turned pro 1988 Retired 2000 Plays Right-handed Prize money $2,260,281 Singles Career record 193–214 Career titles 2 Highest ranking No. 13 (10 June 1991) Grand Slam singles results Australian Open QF (1990) French Open QF (1992) Wimbledon 1R (1989, 1990, 1991, 1992, 1993, 1994) US Open QF (1990) Other tournaments Grand Slam Cup 1R (1990) Olympic Games SF (1992) Doubles Career record 25–44 Career titles 0 Highest ranking No. 141 (3 August 1998) Grand Slam doubles results Australian Open 1R (1991) Wimbledon Q3 (1989) Grand Slam mixed doubles results French Open 1R (1990) Medal record Men's Tennis Representing Unified Team Olympic Games 1992 Barcelona Singles Last updated on: 1 May 2022.

**Andrei Gennadievich Cherkasov** ([Russian](/source/Russian_language): Андрей Геннадьевич Черкасов; born 4 July 1970 in [Ufa](/source/Ufa)) is a former professional [tennis](/source/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](/source/US_Open_(tennis)) (lost to [David Wheaton](/source/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](/source/1990_Kremlin_Cup) in Moscow, defeating [Tim Mayotte](/source/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](/source/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](/source/Olympic_Games) in Barcelona, notably rallying from 2 sets down to beat [Pete Sampras](/source/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](/source/Andrea_Gaudenzi) at [Tel Aviv](/source/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.

## 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 Aaron Krickstein 4–6, 2–6 Win 1–1 Nov 1990 Moscow, USSR Grand Prix Carpet Tim Mayotte 6–2, 6–1 Loss 1–2 Feb 1991 Brussels, Belgium Championship Series Carpet Guy Forget 3–6, 5–7, 6–3, 6–7(5–7) Win 2–2 Nov 1991 Moscow, USSR World Series Carpet Jakob Hlasek 7–6(7–2), 3–6, 7–6(7–5) Loss 2–3 May 1993 Bologna, Italy World Series Clay Jordi Burillo 6–7(4–7), 7–6(9–7), 1–6 Loss 2–4 Sep 1993 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 May 1990 Umag, Croatia World Series Clay Andrei Olhovskiy Vojtech Flegl Daniel Vacek 4–6, 4–6 Loss 0–2 Nov 1991 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 Apr 1989 Oporto, Portugal Challenger Clay Javier Sánchez 7–6, 7–5 Win 2-0 Apr 1989 Lisbon, Portugal Challenger Clay Tomas Carbonell 7–6, 6–3 Loss 2-1 May 1993 Ljubljana, Slovenia Challenger Clay Daniel Orsanic 6–4, 2–6, 5–7 Win 3-1 Sep 1995 Singapore, Singapore Challenger Hard Yasufumi Yamamoto 6–1, 6–3 Win 4-1 Dec 1996 Daytona Beach, United States Challenger Hard Tommy Haas 7–6, 3–6, 7–5 Loss 4-2 Aug 1998 Warsaw, Poland Challenger Clay Jiri Vanek 6–7, 5–7 Win 5-2 Apr 2001 USA F9, Stone Mountain Futures Hard Robert Kendrick 6–1, 6–1 Loss 5-3 Jul 2002 Denmark F1, Copenhagen Futures Clay Edouard Roger-Vasselin 2–6, 3–6 Loss 5-4 Aug 2002 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 Sep 1996 Tashkent, Uzbekistan Challenger Clay Laurence Tieleman Marcelo Charpentier Albert Portas 1–6, 2–6 Win 1–1 Sep 1997 Azores, Portugal Challenger Hard Gaston Etlis Nils Holm Lars-Anders Wahlgren 6–7, 7–5, 6–3 Win 2–1 Dec 1997 Eilat, Israel Challenger Hard Patrick Baur Sander Groen Rogier Wassen 6–3, 7–6 Loss 2–2 Apr 1998 Paget, Bermuda Challenger Clay Rodolphe Gilbert Doug Flach Richey Reneberg 6–3, 4–6, 2–6 Loss 2–3 Aug 1999 Poznań, Poland Challenger Clay Hugo Armando Massimo Ardinghi Davide Sanguinetti 4–6, 4–6 Loss 2–4 Aug 2002 Latvia F1, Jūrmala Futures Clay Dmitri Kotchetkov Aleksander Jerinkic Steven Randjelovic 3–6, 1–6 Win 3–4 Jun 2004 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)

Result Year Championship Surface Opponent Score Loss 1987 US Open Hard David Wheaton 5–7, 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

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 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. **[^](#cite_ref-1)** Played for the Soviet Union until its breakup in 1991

## External links

- [Andrei Cherkasov](https://www.atptour.com/en/players/-/C260/overview) at the [Association of Tennis Professionals](/source/Association_of_Tennis_Professionals)

- [Andrei Cherkasov](https://www.itftennis.com/en/players/andrey-cherkasov-/800679982/rus) at [World Tennis](/source/World_Tennis)

- [Andrei Cherkasov](https://web.archive.org/web/20250401/https://www.daviscup.com/en/players/player.aspx?id=800179088) at the [Davis Cup](/source/Davis_Cup) (archived)

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