# Valery Rudnev

Valery Yuryevich Rudnev (Валерий Юрьевич Руднев; born 16 February 1988) is a Russian former tennis player.

## Tennis career

Rudnev has a career high ATP singles ranking of 210 achieved on 21 July 2014. He also has a career high ATP doubles ranking of 490 achieved on 22 March 2010. Rudnev has won a total of 7 ITF singles titles on the futures circuit as well as 1 ITF doubles title.
As a junior, Rudnev reached the boys' doubles final of the 2006 French Open with his partner Artur Chernov, where they lost to Emiliano Massa and Kei Nishikori 6–2, 1–6, 2–6.
Rudnev made his ATP main draw debut at the 2009 St. Petersburg Open where he received entry to the main draw as a wildcard entrant into the doubles event partnering Pavel Chekhov. The pair lost an all Russian first round encounter, losing to Igor Andreev and Mikhail Youzhny, 7–6$^{(7–4)}$, 4–6, [5–10].

## ATP Challenger and ITF Futures finals
### Singles: 14 (7–7)

* Legend (singles)
* ATP Challenger Tour (0–1)
* ITF Futures Tour (7–6)
* Finals by surface
* Hard (3–1)
* Clay (4–6)
* Grass (0–0)
* Carpet (0–0)
| Result | W–L | Date | Tournament | Tier | Surface | Opponent | Score |
| Loss | 0–1 | Aug 2005 | Russia F1, Sergiyev Posad | Futures | Clay | Alexey Kedryuk | 1–6, 4–6 |
| Win | 1–1 | Aug 2007 | Italy F26, Avezzano | Futures | Clay | Luca Vanni | 6–2, 2–6, 7–6$^{(7–5)}$ |
| Win | 2–1 | Sep 2008 | Russia F6, Moscow | Futures | Clay | Evgeny Kirillov | 6–4, 6–1 |
| Win | 3–1 | Nov 2008 | Iran F6, Kish Island | Futures | Clay | Antonio Veić | 7–6$^{(6–2)}$, 4–6, 7–5 |
| Loss | 3–2 | Mar 2009 | Turkey F2, Antalya | Futures | Clay | Ivan Sergeyev | 3–6, 1–6 |
| Loss | 3–3 | Jun 2009 | France F9, Toulon | Futures | Clay | David Guez | 4–6, 6–7$^{(4–7)}$ |
| Loss | 3–4 | Aug 2009 | Russia F3, Moscow | Futures | Clay | Guillaume Rufin | 2–6, 4–6 |
| Loss | 3–5 | Jun 2010 | France F8, Blois | Futures | Clay | Jonathan Eysseric | 4–6, 6–4, 6–7$^{(1–7)}$ |
| Win | 4–5 | Jan 2011 | Israel F1, Eilat | Futures | Hard | Henri Laaksonen | 6–1, 6–1 |
| Win | 5–5 | Mar 2011 | Russia F2, Tyumen | Futures | Hard | Mikhail Ledovskikh | 5–6, 6–2, 6–4 |
| Win | 6–5 | Dec 2012 | Turkey F50, Istanbul | Futures | Hard | Lorenzo Frigerio | 6–4, 6–3 |
| Win | 7–5 | Aug 2013 | Russia F9, Balashiha | Futures | Clay | Victor Baluda | 6–3, 6–3 |
| Loss | 7–6 | Aug 2013 | Kazan, Russia | Challenger | Hard | Sergiy Stakhovsky | 2–6, 3–6 |
| Loss | 7–7 | Sep 2013 | Russia F13, Taganrog | Futures | Clay | Mikhail Biryukov | 6–7$^{(4–7)}$, 6–7$^{(4–7)}$ |

### Doubles: 6 (1–5)

* Legend (singles)
* ATP Challenger Tour (0–2)
* ITF Futures Tour (1–3)
* Titles by surface
* Hard (0–0)
* Clay (1–4)
* Grass (0–0)
* Carpet (0–1)
| Result | W–L | Date | Tournament | Tier | Surface | Partner | Opponents | Score |
| Win | 1–0 | Nov 2007 | Iran F3, Kish Island | Futures | Clay | Alexey Kedryuk | Attila Balázs György Balázs | 7–6$^{(7–3)}$, 7–5 |
| Loss | 1–1 | Sep 2008 | Russia F8, Sochi | Futures | Clay | Sergei Demekhine | Mikhail Fufygin Vitali Reshetnikov | 2–6, 1–6 |
| Loss | 1–2 | Apr 2009 | Russia F1, Moscow | Futures | Carpet | Pavel Chekhov | Konstantin Kravchuk Lukáš Lacko | 2–6, 4–6 |
| Loss | 1–3 | May 2009 | Poland F1, Katowice | Futures | Clay | Denis Matsukevich | Jerzy Janowicz Mateusz Kowalczyk | 3–6, 3–6 |
| Loss | 1–4 | Aug 2009 | Samarkand, Uzbekistan | Challenger | Clay | Ivan Sergeyev | Kaden Hensel Adam Hubble | 5–7, 5–7 |
| Loss | 1–5 | Sep 2014 | Brașov, Romania | Challenger | Clay | Aslan Karatsev | Daniele Giorgini Adrian Ungur | 6–4, 6–7$^{(4–7)}$, [1–10] |

## Junior Grand Slam finals
### Doubles: 1 (1 runner-up)

| Result | Year | Tournament | Surface | Partner | Opponent | Score |
| Loss | 2006 | French Open | Clay | Artur Chernov | Emiliano Massa Kei Nishikori | 6–2, 1–6, 2–6 |

## Personal life

In June 2023, Rudnev married singer Tatiana Bulanova.