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Andrei Rublev.
Andrey Andreyevich Rublev (Russian: Андрей Андреевич Рублёв; born 20 October 1997) is a Russian tennis player. He has career-high singles ranking of 154 achieved on 21 March 2016 and he is one of the youngest players in the ATP top 200 to date. He plays regularly at the ATP Challenger Tour and the ATP World Tour. He has victories over players like Fernando Verdasco and Pablo Andujar. He won the doubles titles at the 2015 Kremlin Cup in Moscow with Dmitry Tursunov.
Rublev won the 2014 French Open junior singles competition, defeating Jaume Antoni Munar Clar in the final.[1] He won bronze medal in singles and silver in doubles at the 2014 Summer Youth Olympics in Nanjing.
Personal life
Rublev was born in Moscow to Andrey Rublev Sr., a former professional boxer turned restaurateur,[2] and tennis coach Marina Marenko,[3] who worked with tennis players such as Anna Kournikova. His coach, however, became Belarusian Sergey Tarasevich. His heroes include Roger Federer, Rafael Nadal, Grigor Dimitrov and Milos Raonic, whose matches Rublev regularly studies; for example, Raonic's serve, Nadal's foot play and physique, and Federer's fly play and forehand.[4] Outside tennis, Rublev practices boxing and basketball, he likes Mike Tyson.[5] His favourite bands include Metallica, AC/DC and Nautilus Pompilius, and he likes action-packed films with fighting.[6]
Career
Junior career
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Rublev playing at the junior
US Open in 2013.
Andrey Rublev debuted in Luxembourg at age 13, and already in the his second competition in Phoenix got his first win.[4] In the following years, Rublev could climb the third rounds in singles, and in December 2012 he won one of the top junior competitions, the Orange Bowl.[4]
Next, in spring of 2013, Rublev achieved the NWU PUKKE/RVTA Junior ITF 1 cup in Potchefstroom South Africa. He successfully competed in following tournaments, especially on clay surface, including the Trofeo Bonfiglio in Milan, and became quarter-finalist at the 2014 Australian Open junior singles. At the doubles competition he paired with German Alexander Zverev, reaching the quarter-finals. The first notable win was at the 2014 French Open junior singles, crushing Munar Clar.[4] There he reached the semifinals with partner Stefan Kozlov, before being knocked down by Frenchmen and future winners Benjamin Bonzi / Quentin Halys. Shortly before Wimbledon, Rublev captured the cup at the Nike Junior International Roehampton in Roehampton, Great Britain. In the Wimbledon Championships, Rublev reached the third round before being beaten by 1842nd-ranked Dutch van Rijthoven in a three tight sets.[7] In doubles, Rublev and Kozlov lost to Brazilians Orlando Luz and Marcelo Zormann in three sets, attaining his first junior Grand Slam final in doubles.[8]
Rublev made a break before competing at the 2014 Summer Youth Olympics, where he played on all three events as first seeded. In singles he lost to Kamil Majchrzak in three sets, but received his bronze medal as he beat Jumpei Yamasaki. Partnering with fellow Karen Khachanov in doubles, Rublev reached the finals, where they again lost to Brazilians Luz/Zormann. He and his mixed partner Darya Kasatkina only reached the second round, where they were defeated by silver medalists Ye Qiuyu and Yamazaki.
In April 2015, Rublev finished his junior career by winning the inaugural ITF Junior Masters in Chengdu, China. In the final, the Russian beat Taylor Fritz in three sets.[9]
Early pro career
Rublev debuted at the Bulgaria F6 Futures, reaching the quarterfinals. He continued his career in Bulgaria, where he again reached the quarterfinals, but became runner-up in doubles. The 15-year-old finalised in Minsk, Belarus. After unsuccessful autumn games he received his first win at the USA F31 Futures in Bradenton, United States. In the new 2014 tour he started in Kazakhstan, reaching semifinal and final in the two Future events in Aktobe, respectively. In the latter he beat Belarusian Yaraslau Shyla to reach his second win. Rublev succeeded finals of the Czech Republic F1 Futures in doubles, partnering with Pole Andriej Kapas, and continued his success in the Russia F3 Futures in Moscow, championing in the singles and running-up in the doubles competitions.
2015
In 2015, Rublev entered the first ATP tournament in Delray Beach, where he reached the second round. There he was knocked down by Steve Johnson in two straight sets.
Rublev made his debut at the Davis Cup, where in the second round play-off of the Europe Zone Group I, in the third rubber, he partnered with Konstantin Kravchuk and won the match against the Portuguese team Elias/Sousa in three sets.[10]
The Russian participated at his first Masters 1000 entry in Miami, where he defeated Pablo Carreno Busta, but lost to John Isner. He entered the clay season at the Barcelona Open, where as a qualifier he reached the second round after overcoming Fernando Verdasco.
With his win over Finn Jarkko Nieminen at Geneva Open, 17-year-old Rublev repeated Nadal's success in winning at least once on five ATP tournaments in one season as a teenager who is under 18 years old. Previously, Nadal could manage that in 2004.[11][12]
Rublev was called for the Davis Cup team in the 2015 Davis Cup Europea/Africa Zone Group I match against Spain, held in Vladivostok. After losing his first match against Tommy Robredo, Rublev rallied to win his second match against Pablo Andújar in sets in the decisive fifth rubber to complete a 0–2 comeback for Russia against five-time champion Spain. This secured team Russia a place in the World Group Play-offs. Russia played in the World Group Play-offs last time in 2012, losing then to Brazil 0–5.[13]
He made his grandslam debut at 2015 US Open as qualifier. Rublev won his first ATP title at the 2015 Kremlin Cup in doubles, partnering with comeback Dmitry Tursunov.
2016
Rublev started the 2016 ATP World Tour at the Aircel Chennai Open, losing to Stan Wawrinka in the second round. He only reached first and second rounds of ATP 250 and Challenger tournaments. In March this poor performance led to his decidion to part ways with his coach Sergey Tarasevich. Immediately after that, on 6 March 2016 he made a turn by winning his first Challenger in singles, defeating Paul-Henri Mathieu in Quimper, France. As a result, Rublev jumped 47 positions from 208th to 161st ranking position, a new career-high.[14] In April he joined 4Slam Academy in Barcelona, run by Galo Blanco.[15]
Playing style
He personally stated that he does not prefer a particular tennis surface, but his best results come from clay tournaments.[4]
Career finals
ATP career finals
Doubles: 1 (1 title)
| Legend |
| Grand Slam tournaments (0–0) |
| ATP World Tour Finals (0–0) |
| ATP World Tour Masters 1000 (0–0) |
| ATP World Tour 500 Series (0–0) |
| ATP World Tour 250 Series (1–0) |
|
| Finals by surface |
|---|
| Hard (1–0) |
| Clay (0–0) |
| Grass (0–0) |
| Carpet (0–0) |
|
Junior significant finals
Junior Grand Slam finals
Singles: 1 (1 title)
Doubles: 1 (1 runner-up)
Youth Olympic medal matches
Singles: 1 (1 bronze medal)
Doubles: 1 (1 silver medal)
Other finals
Futures and Challenger finals
Singles: 8 (5 titles, 3 runners-up)
| Legend |
|---|
| Challengers (1–1) |
| Futures (4–2) |
| Outcome |
No. |
Date |
Tournament |
Surface |
Opponent |
Score |
|---|
| Runner-up |
1. |
000000002013-08-17-000017 August 2013 |
Minsk, Belarus |
Hard |
 Egor Gerasimov |
6–7(2–7), 6–4, 4–6 |
| Winner |
2. |
000000002013-11-17-000017 November 2013 |
Bradenton, United States |
Clay |
 Mārtiņš Podžus |
3–6, 7–6(8–6), 6–3 |
| Winner |
3. |
000000002014-03-08-00008 March 2014 |
Aktobe, Kazakhstan |
Hard(i) |
Yaraslau Shyla |
6–4, 3–6, 6–3 |
| Winner |
4. |
000000002014-05-31-000031 May 2014 |
Moscow, Russia |
Clay |
 Stanislav Vovk |
6–0, 6–4 |
| Runner-up |
5. |
000000002014-11-01-00001 November 2014 |
Tartu, Estonia |
Carpet(i) |
Dzmitry Zhyrmont |
4–6, 2–6 |
| Winner |
6. |
000000002014-12-20-000020 December 2014 |
Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic |
Hard |
 Mitchell Krueger |
6–2, 6–4 |
| Winner |
7. |
000000002016-03-06-00006 March 2016 |
Quimper, France |
Hard (i) |
 Paul-Henri Mathieu |
6–7(6–8), 6–4, 6–4 |
| Runner-up |
8. |
000000002016-11-13-000013 November 2016 |
Mouilleron-le-Captif, France |
Hard (i) |
Julien Benneteau |
5–7, 6–2, 3–6 |
Doubles: 5 (3 titles, 2 runners-up)
| Legend |
|---|
| Challengers (2–0) |
| Futures (1–2) |
| Outcome |
No. |
Date |
Tournament |
Surface |
Partner |
Opponents |
Score |
|---|
| Runner-up |
1. |
000000002013-07-12-000012 July 2013 |
Plovdiv, Bulgaria |
Clay |
Yaraslau Shyla |
 Alexander Lazov
 Laslo Urrutia Fuentes |
6–4, 3–6, [8–10] |
| Winner |
2. |
000000002014-05-16-000016 May 2014 |
Teplice, Czech Republic |
Clay |
 Andriej Kapas |
 David Skoch
Robin Stanek |
7–5, 6–2 |
| Runner-up |
3. |
000000002014-05-31-000031 May 2014 |
Moscow, Russia |
Clay |
Denis Matsukevitch |
Egor Gerasimov
Stanislav Vovk |
6–2, 4–6, [8–10] |
| Winner |
4. |
000000002015-02-08-00008 February 2015 |
Dallas, United States |
Hard (i) |
 Denys Molchanov |
 Hans Hach Verdugo
Luis Patiño |
6–4, 7–6(7–5) |
| Winner |
5. |
000000002015-07-04-00004 July 2015 |
Padova, Italy |
Clay |
Mikhail Elgin |
 Federico Gaio
Alessandro Giannessi |
6–4, 7–6(7–4) |
Performance timelines
Key
| W |
F |
SF |
QF |
R# |
RR |
Q# |
A |
P |
Z# |
PO |
G |
F-S |
SF-B |
NMS |
NH |
(W) Won tournament; reached (F) final, (SF) semifinal, (QF) quarterfinal; (R#) rounds 4, 3, 2, 1; competed at a (RR) round-robin stage; reached a (Q#) qualification round; (A) absent; played in a (Z#) Davis/Fed Cup Zonal Group (with number indication) or (PO) play-off; won a (G) gold, (F-S) silver or (SF-B) bronze Olympic medal; a (NMS) downgraded Masters Series/1000 tournament; or (NH) tournament not held.
To avoid confusion and double counting, these charts are updated either at the conclusion of a tournament, or when the player's participation in the tournament has ended.
Current through the 2016 ATP World Tour Finals.
Singles
Doubles
| | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | Career |
|---|
| National representation |
| Davis Cup |
1–0 |
1–0 |
2–0 |
4–0 |
| Career statistics |
| Titles |
0 |
1 |
0 |
1 |
| Finals Reached |
0 |
1 |
0 |
1 |
| Overall Win-Loss |
3–1 |
5–1 |
3–1 |
11–3 |
| Win % |
75% |
83% |
75% |
79% |
| Year-end Ranking |
446 |
129 |
|
|
Davis Cup
Participations: (8–2)
| Group membership |
|---|
| World Group (0–0) |
| WG Play-off (1–1) |
| Group I (7–1) |
| Group II (0–0) |
| Group III (0–0) |
| Group IV (0–0) |
|
| Matches by surface |
|---|
| Hard (8–2) |
| Clay (0–0) |
| Grass (0–0) |
| Carpet (0–0) |
|
| Matches by type |
| Singles (4–2) |
| Doubles (4–0) |
|
| Rubber outcome |
No. |
Rubber |
Match type (partner if any) |
Opponent nation |
Opponent player(s) |
Score |
|---|
 4–1; 12–14 September 2014; Olympic Stadium, Moscow, Russia; Europe/Africa Second round play-off; Hard (i) surface |
| Victory |
1 |
III |
Doubles (with Konstantin Kravchuk) |
 Portugal |
Gastão Elias / João Sousa |
6–3, 6–4, 6–4 |
|
| Victory |
2 |
V |
Singles (dead rubber) |
Frederico Ferreira Silva |
6–4, 6–4 |
| 4–1; 6–8 March 2015; Sport Complex Gazprom Dobycha Yamburg, Novy Urengoy, Russia; Europe/Africa First round; Hard (i) surface |
| Victory |
3 |
III |
Doubles (with Konstantin Kravchuk) |
 Denmark |
Thomas Kromann / Frederik Nielsen |
6–1, 3–6, 6–3, 6–4 |
|
| Victory |
4 |
V |
Singles (dead rubber) |
Martin Pedersen |
6–4, 6–3 |
| 3–2; 17–19 July 2015; Fetisov Arena, Vladivostok, Russia; Europe/Africa Second round; Hard (i) surface |
| Defeat |
5 |
I |
Singles |
 Spain |
Tommy Robredo |
6–2, 6–2, 6–3 |
|
| Victory |
6 |
V |
Singles |
Pablo Andújar |
6–4, 7–6(7–4), 6–3 |
 1–4; 18–20 September 2015; Baikal-Arena, Irkutsk, Russia; World Group play-offs; Hard (i) surface |
| Defeat |
7 |
II |
Singles |
Italy |
Fabio Fognini |
7–6(10–8), 6–2, 6–2 |
| 4–1; 15–17 July 2016; National Tennis Centre, Moscow, Russia; World Group Second round; Hard surface |
| Victory |
8 |
I |
Singles |
 Netherlands |
Robin Haase |
7–6(7–2), 6–3, 6–4 |
| Victory |
9 |
III |
Doubles (with Konstantin Kravchuk) |
Robin Haase / Matwé Middelkoop |
6–3, 6–4, 7–5 |
| 3–1; 17–18 September 2016; National Tennis Center, Moscow, Russia; World Group play-offs; Hard surface |
| Victory |
10 |
III |
Doubles (with Konstantin Kravchuk) |
 Kazakhstan |
Andrey Golubev / Aleksandr Nedovyesov |
6–3, 6–7(3–7), 6–2, 7–5 |
Awards
- 2013
- 2014
References
External links
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