# Alexander Kudryavtsev

Alexander Mikhailovich Kudryavtsev (Russian: Алекса́ндр Миха́йлович Кудря́вцев; born 26 October 1985) is a retired Russian professional tennis player who has played professionally since 2003. He made his breakthrough in 2008, playing in his first top-level international tournaments on the ATP tour, having spent time playing at the ATP Challenger Tour and Futures events. He reached his career-high singles ranking of 117 on 2 February 2015 and career-high doubles ranking of 70 on 7 November 2011.

## Professional career
### Early career

Kudryavtsev reached the quarter-finals in a futures event in Bucharest in 2003. In 2004 he advanced to the second round in three futures events, and won a doubles challenger title. In 2005 he was a semi-finalist in a Beijing futures tournament, and reached the quarterfinals in Korolev (Russia) and Minsk (Belarus). In 2006 he became a finalist for the first time in Uzbekistan, as well as reaching the semi-finals once and the quarter-finals twice in other events.
In 2007 he started by winning his first Futures title in India and followed it up by winning a second in Belarus in May. In the second half of the season he was a quarter- or semi-finalist in six Challenger events with a 15–11 win–loss record. He also reached 9 finals (5 wins with three different partners) in doubles competitions and finished the year ranked No. 96 in doubles.

### 2008

Kudryavtsev began the year positively by reaching the second round of his maiden top-level tournament. After coming through qualifying he beat Prakash Amritraj of India. In the second round he faced former World No. 1 Carlos Moyá and lost in a hard-fought game 3–6, 7–6$^{(4)}$, 2–6. His next international event was at Estoril in Portugal in April where he lost in the first round to France's Thierry Ascione (ranked #82).
He competed in his first Masters Series event at Toronto in Canada in July. In the first round he upset No. 33 ranked Philipp Kohlschreiber of Germany 6–2, 7–6$^{(7)}$ but he could not repeat this in the second round as he lost to Frenchman Richard Gasquet (ranked #12).

### 2012

Kudryavtsev began the year by qualifying for the Australian Open main draw. He met No. 3 seed Roger Federer in the opening round and lost in three sets.

## Singles performance timeline

Key :
| W | F | SF | QF | #R | RR | Q# | DNQ | A | NH |
This table is current through the 2016 US Open.
| Tournament | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | SR | W–L |
| Australian Open | Q3 | Q3 | A | Q1 | 1R | A | Q1 | 1R | Q3 | 0 / 2 | 0–2 |
| French Open | A | A | A | Q1 | A | A | A | Q2 | Q1 | 0 / 0 | 0–0 |
| Wimbledon | Q3 | Q2 | Q2 | Q2 | Q1 | A | A | Q1 | 1R | 0 / 1 | 0–1 |
| US Open | Q2 | Q1 | Q2 | A | A | A | 2R | Q2 | Q1 | 0 / 1 | 1–1 |
| Win–loss | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 0 / 4 | 1–4 |
| Year End Ranking | 208 | 205 | 159 | 158 | 275 | 268 | 119 | 164 | 193 | | |

## Personal life

Kudryavtsev began playing tennis at the age of six while living in Saint Petersburg in Russia. He admired tennis players Andre Agassi and countryman Marat Safin while growing up and strove to be as good as them. As a professional he enjoys playing on most surfaces except grass and does not have a favorite shot. He's coached by Vadim Davletshin. He married his wife Rushana on 16 March 2007 and they had a son named Egor (born 6 August 2007)

## Career finals
### ATP career finals
#### Doubles: 1 (1 runner-up)

* Legend
* Grand Slam (0–0)
* Tennis Masters Cup (0–0)
* ATP Tour Masters 1000 (0–0)
* ATP Tour 500 series (0–0)
* ATP Tour 250 series (0–1)
* Titles by surface
* Hard (0–1)
* Clay (0–0)
* Grass (0–0)
* Carpet (0–0)
| Outcome | No. | Date | Tournament | Surface | Partner | Opponents | Score |
| Runner-up | 1. | 30 October 2011 | St. Petersburg, Russia | Hard (i) | Mikhail Elgin | Colin Fleming Ross Hutchins | 3–6, 7–6$^{(7–5)}$, [8–10] |

## Challengers and Futures finals
### Singles: 17 (6 titles, 11 runners-up)

* Legend
* Challengers (0–10)
* Futures (6–1)
| Result | No. | Date | Tournament | Surface | Opponent | Score |
| Loss | 1. | 22 April 2006 | Guliston, Uzbekistan | Hard | Teodor-Dacian Crăciun | 0–6, 6–4, 6–7$^{(5–7)}$ |
| Win | 2. | 3 February 2007 | Delhi, India | Hard | Todor Enev | 6–4, 6–2 |
| Win | 3. | 19 May 2007 | Minsk, Belarus | Hard | Ivan Cerović | 6–2, 6–4 |
| Loss | 4. | 8 February 2009 | Wrocław, Poland | Hard (i) | Michael Berrer | 3–6, 4–6 |
| Win | 5. | 20 March 2010 | Astana, Kazakhstan | Hard (i) | Evgeny Donskoy | 6–4, 6–3 |
| Win | 6. | 1 May 2010 | Namangan, Uzbekistan | Hard | Denys Molchanov | 6–4, 6–4 |
| Loss | 7. | 25 September 2010 | Bangkok, Thailand | Hard | Grigor Dimitrov | 4–6, 1–6 |
| Loss | 8. | 19 March 2011 | Guangzhou, China | Hard | Uladzimir Ignatik | 4–6, 4–6 |
| Loss | 9. | 11 September 2011 | Shanghai, China | Hard | Cedrik-Marcel Stebe | 4–6, 6–4, 5–7 |
| Loss | 10. | 19 February 2012 | Bergamo, Italy | Hard (i) | Björn Phau | 4–6, 4–6 |
| Win | 11. | 15 June 2013 | Herzliya, Israel | Hard | Albano Olivetti | 5–7, 6–4, 6–4 |
| Win | 12. | 22 June 2013 | Herzliya, Israel | Hard | Ashley Hewitt | 6–3, 6–4, 6–3 |
| Loss | 13. | 8 February 2014 | Chennai, India | Hard | Yuki Bhambri | 6–4, 3–6, 5–7 |
| Loss | 14. | 15 June 2014 | Fergana, Uzbekistan | Hard | Blaž Kavčič | 4–6, 6–7$^{(8–10)}$ |
| Loss | 15. | 22 June 2014 | Tianjin, China | Hard | Blaž Kavčič | 2–6, 6–3, 5–7 |
| Loss | 16. | 21 June 2015 | Fergana, Uzbekistan | Hard | Teymuraz Gabashvili | 2–6, 0–1 ret. |
| Loss | 17. | 29 November 2015 | Toyota, Japan | Carpet (i) | Yoshihito Nishioka | 3–6, 4–6 |

### Doubles: 55 (33 titles, 22 runners-up)

* Legend
* ATP Challengers (21–15)
* ITF Futures (12–7)
| Result | No. | Date | Tournament | Surface | Partner | Opponent | Score |
| Win | 1. | 9 July 2004 | Oberstaufen, Germany | Clay | Vadim Davletshin | Valentino Pest Alexander Waske | 4–6, 6–3, 7–6 |
| Loss | 2. | 5 August 2005 | Saransk, Russia | Clay | Konstantin Kravchuk | Simon Stadler Flavio Cipolla | 6–7$^{(2–7)}$, 6–4, 6–7$^{(3–7)}$ |
| Loss | 3. | 13 August 2005 | Sergiyev Posad, Russia | Clay | Alexey Kedryuk | Mikhail Elgin Mikhail Filima | 2–6, 4–6 |
| Loss | 4. | 22 April 2006 | Guliston, Uzbekistan | Hard | Konstantin Kravchuk | Mikhail Elgin Alexey Kedryuk | 7–5, 4–6, 4–6 |
| Win | 5. | 27 May 2006 | Kyiv, Ukraine | Clay | Alexandre Krasnoroutskiy | Andrei Stoliarov Aleksandr Yarmola | 6–3, 3–6, 6–2 |
| Win | 6. | 4 June 2006 | Cherkasy, Ukraine | Clay | Alexandre Krasnoroutskiy | Sergei Bubka Aleksandr Nedovesov | 6–3, 4–6, 6–2 |
| Win | 7. | 25 June 2006 | Minsk, Belarus | Hard | Alexandre Krasnoroutskiy | Alexander Bury Kyril Harbatsiuk | 7–5, 6–3 |
| Loss | 8. | 20 August 2006 | Wrocław, Poland | Clay | Alexandre Krasnoroutskiy | David Novak Martin Vacek | 6–4, 5–7, 2–6 |
| Win | 9. | 27 August 2006 | Poznań, Poland | Clay | Alexandre Krasnoroutskiy | Tomasz Bednarek Maciej Diłaj | 2–6, 7–5, 6–1 |
| Loss | 10. | 19 November 2006 | Sergiyev Posad, Russia | Hard (i) | Alexandre Krasnoroutskiy | David Klier Filip Polášek | 6–7$^{(6–8)}$, 6–7$^{(5–7)}$ |
| Win | 11. | 26 November 2006 | Mosrentgen, Russia | Hard (i) | Alexandre Krasnoroutskiy | Sarvar Ikramov Alexey Tikhonov | 6–1, 6–1 |
| Win | 12. | 2 February 2007 | New Delhi, India | Hard | Alexey Kedryuk | Sandeep Kirtane Purav Raja | 6–4, 6–2 |
| Loss | 13. | 23 February 2007 | Brownsville, Texas, United States | Hard | Horia Tecău | Nicholas Monroe Izak van der Merwe | 5–7, 6–7$^{(5–7)}$ |
| Loss | 14. | 4 May 2007 | Ostrava, Czech Republic | Clay | Alexandre Krasnoroutskiy | Bastian Knittel Lukáš Rosol | 6–2, 5–7, [9–11] |
| Win | 15. | 25 May 2007 | Minsk, Belarus | Hard | Alexandre Krasnoroutskiy | Olivier Charroin Pierre-Ludovic Duclos | 2–6, 6–3, 6–2 |
| Loss | 16. | 22 June 2007 | Almaty, Kazakhstan | Clay | Alexey Kedryuk | Kamil Čapkovič Ivan Dodig | 4–6, 6–3, [7–10] |
| Loss | 17. | 29 June 2007 | Almaty, Kazakhstan | Clay | Alexey Kedryuk | Teodor-Dacian Crăciun Florin Mergea | 2–6, 1–6 |
| Win | 18. | 27 July 2007 | Penza, Russia | Hard | Alexandre Krasnoroutskiy | Murad Inoyatov Denis Istomin | 6–1, 4–6, [10–4] |
| Win | 19. | 17 August 2007 | Bukhara, Uzbekistan | Hard | Evgeny Kirillov | Danila Arsenov Vaja Uzakov | 6–3, 6–1 |
| Loss | 20. | 31 August 2007 | Cherkasy, Ukraine | Clay | Sergei Bubka | Daniel Muñoz de la Nava Santiago Ventura | 2–6, 6–7$^{(4–7)}$ |
| Win | 21. | 15 September 2007 | Ljubljana, Slovenia | Clay | Alexandre Krasnoroutskiy | Ivan Dodig Lovro Zovko | 7–6$^{(11–9)}$, 1–6, [10–6] |
| Win | 22. | 22 September 2007 | Banja Luka, Bosnia & Herzegovina | Clay | Alexandre Krasnoroutskiy | Diego Junqueira Vladimir Obradović | 6–2, 6–4 |
| Win | 23. | 16 November 2007 | Helsinki, Finland | Hard (i) | Mikhail Elgin | Harri Heliövaara Henri Kontinen | 4–6, 7–5, [13–11] |
| Loss | 24. | 17 October 2008 | Tashkent, Uzbekistan | Hard | Mikhail Elgin | Flavio Cipolla Pavel Šnobel | 3–6, 4–6 |
| Win | 25. | 7 November 2008 | Astana, Kazakhstan | Hard (i) | Mikhail Elgin | George Bastl Marco Chiudinelli | 6–4, 6–7$^{(8–10)}$, [10–8] |
| Loss | 26. | 1 March 2009 | Wolfsburg, Germany | Carpet (i) | Sergei Bubka | Travis Rettenmaier Ken Skupski | 3–6, 4–6 |
| Loss | 27. | 20 March 2009 | Bangkok, Thailand | Hard | Mikhail Elgin | Josh Goodall Joseph Sirianni | 3–6, 1–6 |
| Loss | 28. | 19 April 2009 | Johannesburg, South Africa | Hard | Mikhail Elgin | George Bastl Chris Guccione | 2–6, 6–4, [9–11] |
| Win | 29. | 24 July 2009 | Penza, Russia | Hard | Mikhail Elgin | Alexey Kedryuk Denis Matsukevitch | 4–6, 6–3, [10–6] |
| Loss | 30. | 18 September 2009 | Mulhouse, France | Hard (i) | Konstantin Kravchuk | Ruben Bemelmans Yannick Mertens | 3–6, 6–7$^{(6–8)}$ |
| Win | 31. | 28 November 2009 | Toyota, Japan | Carpet (i) | Andis Juška | Alexey Kedryuk Junn Mitsuhashi | 6–4, 7–6$^{(8–6)}$ |
| Win | 32. | 19 March 2010 | Astana, Kazakhstan | Hard (i) | Evgeny Kirillov | Alexander Peya Alexander Slabinsky | 6–3, 6–4 |
| Win | 33. | 26 March 2010 | Almaty, Kazakhstan | Hard (i) | Evgeny Kirillov | Alexey Kedryuk Denys Molchanov | 7–5, 6–4 |
| Win | 34. | 23 April 2010 | Andijan, Uzbekistan | Hard | Denys Molchanov | Mikhail Elgin Alexey Kedryuk | 6–2, 6–1 |
| Win | 35. | 2 July 2010 | Palma del Río, Spain | Hard | Evgeny Kirillov | Marc Fornell Mestres Pablo Martin Adalia | 6–4, 6–2 |
| Loss | 36. | 6 November 2010 | Astana, Kazakhstan | Hard (i) | Mikhail Elgin | Colin Fleming Ross Hutchins | 3–6, 6–7$^{(10–12)}$ |
| Win | 37. | 13 November 2010 | Ortisei, Italy | Carpet (i) | Mikhail Elgin | Tomasz Bednarek Michał Przysiężny | 3–6, 6–3, [10–3] |
| Loss | 38. | 5 February 2011 | Kazan, Russia | Hard (i) | Mikhail Elgin | Yves Allegro Andreas Beck | 4–6, 4–6 |
| Loss | 39. | 12 February 2011 | Bergamo, Italy | Hard (i) | Mikhail Elgin | Frederik Nielsen Ken Skupski | w/o |
| Win | 40. | 19 March 2011 | Guangzhou, China | Hard | Mikhail Elgin | Sanchai Ratiwatana Sonchat Ratiwatana | 7–6$^{(7–3)}$, 6–3 |
| Win | 41. | 26 March 2011 | Pingguo, China | Hard | Mikhail Elgin | Harri Heliövaara Jose Statham | 6–3, 6–2 |
| Loss | 42. | 30 April 2011 | Ostrava, Czech Republic | Clay | Andis Juška | Olivier Charroin Stéphane Robert | 4–6, 3–6 |
| Win | 43. | 12 August 2011 | Samarkand, Uzbekistan | Clay | Mikhail Elgin | Radu Albot Andrey Kuznetsov | 7–6$^{(7–4)}$, 2–6, [10–7] |
| Win | 44. | 19 August 2011 | Qarshi, Uzbekistan | Hard | Mikhail Elgin | Konstantin Kravchuk Denys Molchanov | 3–6, 6–3, [11–9] |
| Win | 45. | 6 November 2011 | Eckental, Germany | Carpet (i) | Andre Begemann | James Cerretani Adil Shamasdin | 6–3, 3–6, [11–9] |
| Win | 46. | 21 February 2013 | Aktobe, Kazakhstan | Hard (i) | Yuri Schukin | Victor Baluda Mate Pavić | 7–6$^{(8–6)}$, 6–2 |
| Loss | 47. | 29 March 2013 | Novokuznetsk, Russia | Hard (i) | Mikhail Elgin | Sergey Betov Mikhail Biryukov | 1–6, 6–7$^{(3–7)}$ |
| Win | 48. | 1 August 2014 | Segovia, Spain | Hard | Victor Baluda | Brydan Klein Nikola Mektić | 6–2, 4–6, [10–3] |
| Loss | 49. | 15 September 2014 | İzmir, Turkey | Hard | Malek Jaziri | Ken Skupski Neal Skupski | 1–6, 4–6 |
| Win | 50. | 22 February 2015 | New Delhi, India | Hard | Egor Gerasimov | Riccardo Ghedin Toshihide Matsui | 6–7$^{(5–7)}$, 6–4, [10–6] |
| Win | 51. | 8 August 2015 | Segovia, Spain | Hard | Denys Molchanov | Alexander Bury Andreas Siljeström | 6–2, 6–4 |
| Win | 52. | 20 March 2016 | Guangzhou, China | Hard | Denys Molchanov | Sanchai Ratiwatana Sonchat Ratiwatana | 6–2, 6–2 |
| Loss | 53. | 30 July 2016 | Astana, Kazakhstan | Hard | Mikhail Elgin | Yaraslav Shyla Andrei Vasilevski | 4–6, 4–6 |
| Win | 54. | 29 October 2016 | Suzhou, China | Hard | Mikhail Elgin | Andrea Arnaboldi Jonathan Eysseric | 4–6, 6–1, [10–7] |
| Win | 55. | 19 November 2016 | Brescia, Italy | Carpet (i) | Mikhail Elgin | Wesley Koolhof Matwé Middelkoop | 7–6$^{(7–4)}$, 6–3 |