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IGOR KUNITSYN (RUS)<br />
Birthdate: September 30, 1981 Turned Pro: 1999<br />
Birthplace: Vladivostok, Russia<br />
Height: 5'11" (1.80m)<br />
Residence: Moscow, Russia<br />
Weight: 165 (75kg)<br />
Career Win-Loss: 68-108<br />
Plays: Right-handed<br />
Career Prize Money: $2,179,239<br />
Two-handed backhand<br />
Career Singles Titles/Finalist: 1/0<br />
Career Win-Loss vs. Top 10: 0-9<br />
Highest Singles South African Airways <strong>ATP</strong> Ranking: 35 (July 6, 2009)<br />
Highest <strong>ATP</strong> Doubles Ranking: 49 (June 9, 2008)<br />
YEAR-END SOUTH AFRICAN AIRWAYS <strong>ATP</strong> RANKING HISTORY (WIN-LOSS)<br />
2010: 100 (6-14) 2007: 125 (16-24) 2004: 161 (2-2) 2001: 388 (0-0)1998: 448 (0-0)<br />
2009: 104 (16-31) 2006: 93 (10-15) 2003: 196 (0-3) 2000: 256 (0-0)<br />
2008: 44 (15-14) 2005: 130 (3-2) 2002: 139 (0-1) 1999: 308 (0-2)<br />
2010 HIGHLIGHTS<br />
Prize money: $250,143. Matches won-lost: <strong>ATP</strong>: 6-14 (singles), 5-5 (doubles) Challenger: 23-13 (singles), 3-2<br />
(doubles). Singles Quarterfinalist: Moscow. Doubles Winner: Moscow(w/Tursunov).<br />
2010 IN REVIEW<br />
The Russian finished Top 100 for third time in past five years…Compiled his best results in Challengers with a<br />
23-13 match record, winning two titles and runner-up at one other…Went 6-14 in <strong>ATP</strong> level play and his best<br />
result was QF in Moscow as a qualifier (d. Andreev, Golubev, l. to Istomin)…Also qualified in Dubai, Atlanta and<br />
Washington…In March, made Davis Cup singles debut vs. India in 1st RD and defeated Devvarman in four sets<br />
in opening match…In doubles, won first <strong>ATP</strong> <strong>World</strong> <strong>Tour</strong> title in Moscow (w/Tursunov).<br />
CAREER IN REVIEW<br />
The Russian made Top 50 breakthrough in ‘08 with first title and a year-end best No. 44 finish…In '09, reached a<br />
career-high No. 35 on July 6 with SFs in St. Petersburg (l. to Zeballos) and QF in Memphis (l. to Sela)…In '08,<br />
earned first title in Moscow (d. Safin) and broke into Top 50 from No. 71 to No. 47…Reached SF at Pörtschach<br />
and Washington…Won a Donetsk Challenger and reached two other finals…Made his Davis Cup debut in SF<br />
tie vs. Argentina (w/Tursunov) to beat Cañas-Nalbandian 8-6 in fifth set…Also reached SF at Roland Garros<br />
(w/Tursunov)…In '07, achieved a personal-best 16 match wins (also in ’09) and reached three QFs…In '06, first<br />
Top 100 finish with SFs at Moscow and St. Petersburg…In doubles, reached first final in Nottingham<br />
(w/Tursunov)…In '05, reached first <strong>ATP</strong> SF in Moscow (l. to Kiefer)…In '04, reached maiden <strong>ATP</strong> QF in<br />
Moscow…Has a 2-4 career Davis Cup record in four ties…Earned a career-high $495,243 in '08.<br />
CAREER TITLES (1): 2008 – Moscow(IH). CAREER DOUBLES TITLES (1). FINALIST (3).<br />
GRAND SLAM HISTORY (Career 5-set record: 1-2)<br />
CAREER 10 09 08 07 06 03 02<br />
AUS. OPEN 1-3 2ND 1ST --- 1ST --- --- ---<br />
ROLAND GARROS 0-3 1ST 1ST --- 1ST --- --- ---<br />
WIMBLEDON 2-6 1ST 2ND 1ST 1ST 2ND 1ST ---<br />
US OPEN 1-5 --- 1ST 1ST 2ND 1ST --- 1ST<br />
<strong>ATP</strong> WORLD TOUR MASTERS 1000 HISTORY* (Career W-L: 4-13)<br />
CAREER 09 08 07 06<br />
INDIAN WELLS 1-3 2ND 1ST 1ST ---<br />
MIAMI 1-4 2ND 1ST 1ST 1ST<br />
MONTE CARLO 0-1 1ST --- --- ---<br />
ROME 0-1 1ST --- --- ---<br />
MADRID 0-1 1ST --- --- ---<br />
TORONTO/MONTREAL 0-1 1ST --- --- ---<br />
CINCINNATI 1-1 2ND --- --- ---<br />
SHANGHAI 1-1 2ND --- --- ---<br />
PERSONAL<br />
Started to play tennis at age seven since there were two hard and two clay courts just a few hundred meters<br />
from where he lived…Went to the courts with friends where coach saw him and asked him to come to train…<br />
Raised by his grandparents, (grandmother), Ninel Kislovskaya, and (grandfather), Nikolay Kislovskiy and are big<br />
tennis fans after traveling with him early in his career to tournaments…Trains in Moscow at CSKA (since age<br />
18)…Originally from Vladivostok on eastern coast of Russia, more than a nine hour flight from the capital…<br />
Enjoys watching hockey when at home…Swam and played basketball as a youth…Is known to be an excellent<br />
gourmet cook of Italian foods and loves going to good restaurants…Used to work with Riccardo Piatti and<br />
became interested in cooking with Piatti’s mother…Speaks English, Italian and Russian…Considers hard courts<br />
as favorite surface and best part of his game are groundstrokes and baseline play…Wife, Irina (married Dec. 8,<br />
2005), son, Alexander, (born May 16, 2010)…Coached by Allen Fox.<br />
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