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.
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Andrei Gennadievich Cherkasov Andrej Gennadevich Cherkasov born 4 July 1970 is a former professional tennis player from Russia Andrei CherkasovAndrej CherkasovCherkasov at the 1994 French OpenFull nameAndrei Gennadievich CherkasovCountry sports Soviet Union Russia 1 ResidenceMoscow RussiaBorn 1970 07 04 4 July 1970 age 53 Ufa Soviet UnionHeight1 80 m 5 ft 11 in Turned pro1988Retired2000PlaysRight handedPrize money 2 260 281SinglesCareer record193 214Career titles2Highest rankingNo 13 10 June 1991 Grand Slam singles resultsAustralian OpenQF 1990 French OpenQF 1992 Wimbledon1R 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 US OpenQF 1990 Other tournamentsOlympic GamesSF 1992 DoublesCareer record25 44Career titles0Highest rankingNo 141 3 August 1998 Grand Slam doubles resultsAustralian Open1R 1991 WimbledonQ3 1989 Grand Slam mixed doubles resultsFrench Open1R 1990 Medal record Men s Tennis Representing Unified Team Olympic Games 1992 Barcelona SinglesLast updated on 1 May 2022 Contents 1 Career 2 ATP career finals 2 1 Singles 6 2 titles 4 runner ups 2 2 Doubles 2 2 runners up 3 ATP Challenger and ITF Futures finals 3 1 Singles 9 5 4 3 2 Doubles 7 3 4 4 Junior Grand Slam finals 4 1 Singles 1 1 runner up 5 Performance timeline 5 1 Singles 6 Notes 7 External linksCareer editBorn 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 editSingles 6 2 titles 4 runner ups edit 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 nbsp Aaron Krickstein 4 6 2 6 Win 1 1 Nov 1990 Moscow USSR Grand Prix Carpet nbsp Tim Mayotte 6 2 6 1 Loss 1 2 Feb 1991 Brussels Belgium Championship Series Carpet nbsp Guy Forget 3 6 5 7 6 3 6 7 4 7 Win 2 2 Nov 1991 Moscow USSR World Series Carpet nbsp Jakob Hlasek 7 6 7 2 3 6 7 6 7 5 Loss 2 3 May 1993 Bologna Italy World Series Clay nbsp Jordi Burillo 6 7 4 7 7 6 9 7 1 6 Loss 2 4 Sep 1993 Bucharest Romania World Series Clay nbsp Goran Ivanisevic 2 6 6 7 5 7 Doubles 2 2 runners up edit 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 nbsp Andrei Olhovskiy nbsp Vojtech Flegl nbsp Daniel Vacek 4 6 4 6 Loss 0 2 Nov 1991 Moscow USSR World Series Carpet nbsp Alexander Volkov nbsp Eric Jelen nbsp Carl Uwe Steeb 4 6 6 7ATP Challenger and ITF Futures finals editSingles 9 5 4 edit 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 nbsp Javier Sanchez 7 6 7 5 Win 2 0 Apr 1989 Lisbon Portugal Challenger Clay nbsp Tomas Carbonell 7 6 6 3 Loss 2 1 May 1993 Ljubljana Slovenia Challenger Clay nbsp Daniel Orsanic 6 4 2 6 5 7 Win 3 1 Sep 1995 Singapore Singapore Challenger Hard nbsp Yasufumi Yamamoto 6 1 6 3 Win 4 1 Dec 1996 Daytona Beach United States Challenger Hard nbsp Tommy Haas 7 6 3 6 7 5 Loss 4 2 Aug 1998 Warsaw Poland Challenger Clay nbsp Jiri Vanek 6 7 5 7 Win 5 2 Apr 2001 USA F9 Stone Mountain Futures Hard nbsp Robert Kendrick 6 1 6 1 Loss 5 3 Jul 2002 Denmark F1 Copenhagen Futures Clay nbsp Edouard Roger Vasselin 2 6 3 6 Loss 5 4 Aug 2002 Latvia F1 Jurmala Futures Clay nbsp Timo Nieminen 6 4 4 6 2 6 Doubles 7 3 4 edit 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 nbsp Laurence Tieleman nbsp Marcelo Charpentier nbsp Albert Portas 1 6 2 6 Win 1 1 Sep 1997 Azores Portugal Challenger Hard nbsp Gaston Etlis nbsp Nils Holm nbsp Lars Anders Wahlgren 6 7 7 5 6 3 Win 2 1 Dec 1997 Eilat Israel Challenger Hard nbsp Patrick Baur nbsp Sander Groen nbsp Rogier Wassen 6 3 7 6 Loss 2 2 Apr 1998 Paget Bermuda Challenger Clay nbsp Rodolphe Gilbert nbsp Doug Flach nbsp Richey Reneberg 6 3 4 6 2 6 Loss 2 3 Aug 1999 Poznan Poland Challenger Clay nbsp Hugo Armando nbsp Massimo Ardinghi nbsp Davide Sanguinetti 4 6 4 6 Loss 2 4 Aug 2002 Latvia F1 Jurmala Futures Clay nbsp Dmitri Kotchetkov nbsp Aleksander Jerinkic nbsp Steven Randjelovic 3 6 1 6 Win 3 4 Jun 2004 Spain F11 Lanzarote Futures Hard nbsp Orest Tereshchuk nbsp Jaymon Crabb nbsp Brodie Stewart 6 3 4 6 6 3Junior Grand Slam finals editSingles 1 1 runner up edit Result Year Tournament Surface Opponent Score Loss 1987 US Open Hard nbsp David Wheaton 5 7 0 6Performance timeline editKey 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 edit 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 edit Played for the Soviet Union until its breakup in 1991External links editAndrei Cherkasov at the Association of Tennis Professionals nbsp Andrei Cherkasov at the International Tennis Federation nbsp Andrei Cherkasov at the Davis Cup nbsp Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Andrei Cherkasov amp oldid 1201391144, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,