# Andrei Cherkasov

Andrei Gennadievich Cherkasov (Russian: Андрей Геннадьевич Черкасов; born 4 July 1970, Ufa) is a former professional 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 (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
### 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 | Tournament | 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 |

### 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 | Not Held | Not Held | SF | Not Held | Not Held | Not Held | A | Not Held | Not Held | 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% |