Russian tennis player
Andrei Gennadievich Cherkasov (Russian:Андрей Геннадьевич Черкасов; born 4 July 1970 inUfa) is a former professionaltennis player from Russia.
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 theUS Open (lost toDavid Wheaton in the final).
Cherkasov turned professional in 1988. In 1990, Cherkasov claimed his first top-level singles titles when he won theinaugural Kremlin Cup in Moscow, defeatingTim 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 againstJakob Hlasek.
In 1992 Cherkasov was a quarter-finalist at the French Open and won a men's singles bronze medal at theOlympic Games in Barcelona, notably rallying from 2 sets down to beatPete Sampras in the third round.
In 1993 Cherkasov saved three match points in 3-hour, 54-minute quarter-final victory over Italy'sAndrea Gaudenzi atTel 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.
Singles: 6 (2 titles, 4 runner-ups)
[edit]| Legend |
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| 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 |
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| Hard (0–1) | | Clay (0–2) | | Grass (0–0) | | Carpet (2–1) |
| | Finals by setting |
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| Outdoors (0–3) | | Indoors (2–1) |
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| Result | W–L | Date | Tournament | Tier | Surface | Opponent | Score |
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| 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)
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| 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 |
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| Hard (0–0) | | Clay (0–1) | | Grass (0–0) | | Carpet (0–1) |
| | Finals by setting |
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| Outdoors (0–1) | | Indoors (0–1) |
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ATP Challenger and ITF Futures finals
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| ATP Challenger (4–2) | | ITF Futures (1–2) |
| | Finals by surface |
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| Hard (3–0) | | Clay (2–4) | | Grass (0–0) | | Carpet (0–0) |
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| Result | W–L | Date | Tournament | Tier | Surface | Opponent | Score |
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| 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 |
| Legend |
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| ATP Challenger (2–3) | | ITF Futures (1–1) |
| | Finals by surface |
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| Hard (3–0) | | Clay (0–4) | | Grass (0–0) | | Carpet (0–0) |
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| Result | W–L | Date | Tournament | Tier | Surface | Partner | Opponents | Score |
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| 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
[edit]Singles: 1 (1 runner-up)
[edit]Performance timeline
[edit](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.
- ^Played for the Soviet Union until its breakup in 1991
Soviet Union
Russia[1]
