# Yuri Schukin

Yuri Schukin (Russian: Ю́рий Ива́нович Щу́кин, romanized: Shchukin; born 26 June 1979) is a retired Russian-born Kazakhstani tennis player.
Schukin has a career high ATP singles ranking of World No. 119, achieved on 19 November 2007. He also has a career high ATP doubles ranking of World No. 117, achieved on 16 October 2000.

## Career

Schukin made his ATP Tour singles debut at the 2001 Australian Open where he battled through the qualifying rounds to earn a spot in the main draw. In qualifying, he defeated Neville Godwin 4–6, 6–1, 6–4, Eric Taino 7–5, 6–1 and lastly Robin Vik 0–6, 7–6$^{(7–4)}$, 8–6 to solidify the first main draw appearance of his career. In the first round he was defeated by Australian Wayne Arthurs in four sets 3–6, 5–7, 6–4, 2–6.
He made his ATP double main draw debut at the 2000 Dutch Open in Amsterdam, Netherlands. Alongside Orlin Stanoytchev, they were granted direct entry into the main doubles draw where they proceeded to defeat José Frontera and Sander Groen 6–4, 6–2 in the first round, and followed that up with an upset victory over the first seeds Thomas Shimada and Myles Wakefield 6–3, 3–6, 6–3 before eventually being defeated in the semi-finals at the hands of Edwin Kempes and Dennis van Scheppingen 4–6, 6–3, 1–6.

### 2008

He began the 2008 tour season by losing in the first round to Rajeev Ram at the Chennai Open 6–7, 6–7.
Santos has reached 19 career singles finals, with a record of 9 wins and 10 losses which includes an 8–8 record in ATP Challenger Tour finals. Additionally, he has reached 42 doubles finals with a record of 20 wins and 22 losses, including having an 0–1 record in ATP Tour finals and a 16–17 record in ATP Challenger Tour finals.

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

* Legend
* Grand Slam (0–0)
* ATP Finals (0–0)
* ATP Tour Masters 1000 (0–0)
* ATP Tour 500 (0–0)
* ATP Tour 250 (0–1)
* Titles by surface
* Hard (0–0)
* Clay (0–1)
* Grass (0–0)
* Titles by setting
* Outdoor (0–1)
* Indoor (0–0)
| Result | W–L | Date | Tournament | Tier | Surface | Partner | Opponents | Score |
| Loss | 0–1 | Jun 2008 | Warsaw Open, Poland | 250 Series | Clay | Nikolay Davydenko | Mariusz Fyrstenberg Marcin Matkowski | 0–6, 6–3, [4–10] |

## ATP Challenger and ITF Futures finals
### Singles: 19 (9–10)

* Legend
* ATP Challenger (8–8)
* ITF Futures (1–2)
* Finals by surface
* Hard (1–2)
* Clay (7–7)
* Grass (0–0)
* Carpet (1–1)
| Result | W–L | Date | Tournament | Tier | Surface | Opponent | Score |
| Loss | 0–1 | May 1999 | Great Britain F7, Edinburgh | Futures | Clay | Patrik Fredriksson | 4–6, 4–6 |
| Loss | 0–2 | Apr 2000 | Algeria F1, Algiers | Futures | Clay | Albert Montañés | 0–6, 3–6 |
| Win | 1–2 | Aug 2000 | Sylt, Germany | Challenger | Clay | Jakub Herm-Zahlava | 6–2, 6–4 |
| Loss | 1–3 | Sep 2000 | Skopje, Macedonia | Challenger | Clay | Oliver Gross | 5–7, 4–6 |
| Loss | 1–4 | Aug 2001 | Graz, Austria | Challenger | Hard | Julian Knowle | 3–6, 2–6 |
| Loss | 1–5 | Dec 2001 | Milan, Italy | Challenger | Carpet | Marc Rosset | 6–3, 1–6, 4–6 |
| Loss | 1–6 | Mar 2003 | Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam | Challenger | Hard | Amir Hadad | 4–6, 6–7$^{(2–7)}$ |
| Win | 2–6 | Oct 2003 | Belgaum, India | Challenger | Hard | Dieter Kindlmann | 6–3, 6–2 |
| Win | 3–6 | Jan 2004 | Germany F1, Nussloch | Futures | Carpet | Philipp Marx | 6–7$^{(3–7)}$, 6–4, 6–4 |
| Win | 4–6 | Sep 2004 | Banja Luka, Bosnia & Herzegovina | Challenger | Clay | Werner Eschauer | 7–6$^{(7–3)}$, 7–6$^{(9–7)}$ |
| Loss | 4–7 | Apr 2007 | Fez, Morocco | Challenger | Clay | Peter Luczak | 2–6, 7–6$^{(7–3)}$, 6–7$^{(1–7)}$ |
| Win | 5–7 | May 2007 | Dresden, Germany | Challenger | Clay | Florian Mayer | 7–6$^{(7–5)}$, 7–6$^{(7–3)}$ |
| Win | 6–7 | Aug 2007 | Geneva, Switzerland | Challenger | Clay | Jesse Huta Galung | 6–3, 6–2 |
| Win | 7–7 | Sep 2007 | Napoli, Italy | Challenger | Clay | Martín Vassallo Argüello | 7–6$^{(7–3)}$, 6–1 |
| Loss | 7–8 | Aug 2008 | Geneva, Switzerland | Challenger | Clay | Kristof Vliegen | 2–6, 1–6 |
| Loss | 7–9 | Jul 2009 | Poznań, Poland | Challenger | Clay | Peter Luczak | 6–3, 6–7$^{(4–7)}$, 6–7$^{(6–8)}$ |
| Win | 8–9 | May 2010 | Zagreb, Croatia | Challenger | Clay | Santiago Ventura | 6–3, 7–5 |
| Loss | 8–10 | Sep 2010 | Trnava, Slovakia | Challenger | Clay | Jaroslav Pospíšil | 4–6, 6–4, 3–6 |
| Win | 9–10 | Jun 2011 | Prostějov, Czech Republic | Challenger | Clay | Flavio Cipolla | 6–4, 4–6, 6–0 |

### Doubles: 41 (20–21)

* Legend
* ATP Challenger (16–17)
* ITF Futures (4–4)
* Finals by surface
* Hard (2–2)
* Clay (17–18)
* Grass (0–1)
* Carpet (1–0)
| Result | W–L | Date | Tournament | Tier | Surface | Partner | Opponents | Score |
| Loss | 0–1 | Jun 1999 | Germany F4B, Riemerling | Futures | Clay | Erik Truempler | Enrique Abaroa Damián Furmanski | 4–6, 0–6 |
| Win | 1–1 | Jul 1999 | Germany F7, Kassel | Futures | Clay | Andreas Tattermusch | Frank Moser Bernard Parun | 6–4, 6–1 |
| Loss | 1–2 | Sep 1999 | Ukraine F5, Gorlivka | Futures | Clay | Kornél Bardóczky | Scott Barron Andreas Tattermusch | 3–6, 6–7 |
| Loss | 1–3 | Dec 1999 | Jaipur, India | Challenger | Grass | Ivo Karlović | Tomas Anzari Satoshi Iwabuchi | 6–7, 6–4, 6–7 |
| Loss | 1–4 | Jul 2000 | Poland F3, Katowice | Futures | Clay | Maciej Domka | Krzysztof Kwinta Marcin Matkowski | 3–6, 5–7 |
| Loss | 1–5 | Aug 2000 | Togliatti, Russia | Challenger | Hard | Ionuț Moldovan | Dušan Vemić Lovro Zovko | 4–6, 4–6 |
| Win | 2–5 | Aug 2000 | Sylt, Germany | Challenger | Clay | Ionuț Moldovan | Ashley Fisher Gareth Williams | 6–4, 6–2 |
| Win | 3–5 | Sep 2000 | Freudenstadt, Germany | Challenger | Clay | Ionuț Moldovan | Julian Knowle Jean-Claude Scherrer | 3–6, 6–3, 6–4 |
| Win | 4–5 | Sep 2000 | Brașov, Romania | Challenger | Clay | Ionuț Moldovan | Dick Norman Wolfgang Schranz | 6–4, 6–1 |
| Win | 5–5 | Oct 2000 | Tangiers, Morocco | Challenger | Clay | Ionuț Moldovan | Cristian Kordasz Cristiano Testa | 6–4, 2–6, 6–2 |
| Loss | 5–6 | Jun 2001 | Bucharest, Romania | Challenger | Clay | Ionuț Moldovan | Mark Merklein Paul Rosner | 4–6, 4–6 |
| Loss | 5–7 | Sep 2001 | Budapest II, Hungary | Challenger | Clay | Orest Tereshchuk | Oliver Marach Jarkko Nieminen | 2–6, 2–6 |
| Loss | 5–8 | Sep 2002 | Freudenstadt, Germany | Challenger | Clay | Juan-Manuel Balcells | Diego del Río Leonardo Olguín | 6–7$^{(2–7)}$, 4–6 |
| Loss | 5–9 | Sep 2002 | Kyiv, Ukraine | Challenger | Clay | Irakli Labadze | Fred Hemmes Federico Browne | 4–6, 3–6 |
| Win | 6–9 | Sep 2002 | Banja Luka, Bosnia & Herzegovina | Challenger | Clay | Jaroslav Levinský | Daniel Orsanic Juan Pablo Guzmán | 7–6$^{(7–5)}$, 7–5 |
| Loss | 6–10 | Aug 2003 | St. Petersburg, Russia | Challenger | Clay | Dmitry Vlasov | Mikhail Elgin Orest Tereshchuk | 6–3, 3–6, 5–7 |
| Win | 7–10 | Sep 2003 | Banja Luka, Bosnia & Herzegovina | Challenger | Clay | Ionuț Moldovan | Goran Tošić Nikola Ćirić | 6–2, 7–5 |
| Win | 8–10 | Jan 2004 | Germany F1, Nussloch | Futures | Carpet | Dmitry Vlasov | Aleksey Malajko Lado Chikhladze | 7–5, 6–3 |
| Loss | 8–11 | Feb 2004 | Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam | Challenger | Hard | Vadim Kutsenko | Rik de Voest Fred Hemmes | 3–6, 3–6 |
| Win | 9–11 | Apr 2004 | Italy F1, Frascati | Futures | Clay | Marcello Craca | Giancarlo Petrazzuolo Daniele Giorgini | 6–7$^{(3–7)}$, 6–3, 6–4 |
| Loss | 9–12 | Sep 2004 | Kyiv, Ukraine | Challenger | Clay | Igor Kunitsyn | Sergio Roitman Albert Portas | 1–6, 1–6 |
| Loss | 9–13 | Oct 2004 | Dubrovnik, Croatia | Challenger | Clay | Leonardo Azzaro | Juan Pablo Brzezicki Martín Vassallo Argüello | 1–6, 2–6 |
| Loss | 9–14 | Mar 2005 | Barletta, Italy | Challenger | Clay | Lukáš Dlouhý | Tom Vanhoudt Kristof Vliegen | 4–6, 7–5, 5–7 |
| Win | 10–14 | Jun 2005 | Reggio Emilia, Italy | Challenger | Clay | Irakli Labadze | Francesco Aldi Tomas Tenconi | 6–4, 6–3 |
| Win | 11–14 | Aug 2006 | Geneva, Switzerland | Challenger | Clay | Michal Navrátil | Lovro Zovko Konstantinos Economidis | 1–6, 6–2, [10–6] |
| Loss | 11–15 | Mar 2007 | Morocco F2, Rabat | Futures | Clay | Torsten Popp | Kamil Čapkovič Pavol Červenák | 2–6, 0–6 |
| Win | 12–15 | Mar 2007 | Rabat, Morocco | Challenger | Clay | Orest Tereshchuk | Boris Pashanski Peter Luczak | 6–7$^{(8–10)}$, 7–6$^{(7–4)}$, [10–3] |
| Win | 13–15 | Aug 2007 | Graz, Austria | Challenger | Clay | Sebastián Decoud | Jérémy Chardy Predrag Rusevski | 3–6, 6–3, [10–7] |
| Win | 14–15 | Aug 2007 | Geneva, Switzerland | Challenger | Clay | Sebastián Decoud | Olivier Charroin James Cerretani | 6–3, 6–7$^{(4–7)}$, [10–4] |
| Loss | 14–16 | Mar 2008 | Meknes, Morocco | Challenger | Clay | Mikhail Elgin | Daniel Munoz-de la Nava Alberto Martín | 4–6, 7–6$^{(7–2)}$, [6–10] |
| Win | 15–16 | May 2009 | San Remo, Italy | Challenger | Clay | Dmitri Sitak | Daniele Bracciali Giancarlo Petrazzuolo | 6–4, 7–6$^{(7–4)}$ |
| Win | 16–16 | Aug 2009 | Tampere, Finland | Challenger | Clay | Peter Luczak | Simone Vagnozzi Uros Vico | 6–1, 6–7$^{(6–8)}$, [10–4] |
| Win | 17–16 | Feb 2010 | Kazan, Russia | Challenger | Hard | Jan Mertl | Tobias Kamke Julian Reister | 6–2, 6–4 |
| Loss | 17–17 | Jul 2010 | Braunschweig, Germany | Challenger | Clay | Igor Kunitsyn | Leonardo Tavares Simone Vagnozzi | 5–7, 6–7$^{(4–7)}$ |
| Loss | 17–18 | Mar 2011 | Rabat, Morocco | Challenger | Clay | Evgeny Korolev | Alessio di Mauro Simone Vagnozzi | 4–6, 4–6 |
| Loss | 17–19 | Sep 2011 | Szczecin, Poland | Challenger | Clay | Andrey Golubev | Andriej Kapaś Marcin Gawron | 4–6, 3–6 |
| Win | 18–19 | Oct 2011 | Napoli, Italy | Challenger | Clay | Antonio Veić | Hsieh Cheng-peng Lee Hsin-han | 6–7$^{(5–7)}$, 7–5, [10–8] |
| Win | 19–19 | Jun 2012 | Monza, Italy | Challenger | Clay | Andrey Golubev | Stefano Ianni Teymuraz Gabashvili | 7–6$^{(7–4)}$, 5–7, [10–7] |
| Loss | 19–20 | Jul 2012 | Milan, Italy | Challenger | Clay | Andrey Golubev | Simon Stadler Nicholas Monroe | 4–6, 6–3, [9–11] |
| Loss | 19–21 | Sep 2012 | Lermontov, Russia | Challenger | Clay | Andrey Golubev | Konstantin Kravchuk Denys Molchanov | 3–6, 4–6 |
| Win | 20–21 | Feb 2013 | Kazakhstan F1, Aktobe | Futures | Hard | Alexander Kudryavtsev | Mate Pavić Victor Baluda | 7–6$^{(8–6)}$, 6–2 |

## Performance timeline

Key :
| W | F | SF | QF | #R | RR | Q# | DNQ | A | NH |

### Singles

| Tournament | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | SR | W–L | Win % |
| Grand Slam tournaments ||||||||||||||||
| Australian Open | 1R | Q3 | Q1 | A | Q2 | Q1 | Q2 | Q1 | Q1 | A | A | Q1 | 0 / 1 | 0–1 | 0% |
| French Open | Q2 | Q3 | Q1 | A | Q2 | A | Q1 | Q3 | Q1 | 2R | Q1 | Q1 | 0 / 1 | 1–1 | 50% |
| Wimbledon | A | Q1 | Q1 | Q1 | Q1 | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | 0 / 0 | 0–0 | – |
| US Open | Q2 | A | A | A | Q1 | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | 0 / 0 | 0–0 | – |
| Win–loss | 0–1 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0 / 2 | 1–2 | 33% |