Everything about Andrei Cherkasov totally explained
Andrei Cherkasov (born
July 4,
1970) is a former professional
tennis 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 boy's 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.
1991 saw Cherkasov successfully defend his Kremlin Cup title, saving two match points in a 7–6, 3–6, 7–6 win in the final against
Jakob Hlasek. Cherkasov reached his career-high singles ranking of World No. 13 in June that year.
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.
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 US$2,259,875.
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