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DENIS KUDLA (USA) date OF BIRTH: August 17, 1992 | Born: Kiev, Ukraine | Residence: Arlington, Virginia, USA Turned Pro: 2010 Height: 5’11” (1.80m) Weight: 165lbs (74kg) Career Win-Loss: 10-20 Plays: Right-handed Two-handed backhand Career Prize Money: $485,0938 Career Singles Titles/ Finalist: 0-0 Career Win-Loss vs. Top 10: 0-3 Highest Emirates ATP Ranking: 90 (July 8, 2013) Highest Emirates ATP Doubles Ranking: 229 (October 7, 2013) emirates ATP Ranking History (W-L) 2013: 115 (5-11) 2012: 140 (2-6) 2011: 276 (2-2) 2010: 492 (1-1) 2013 HIGHLIGHTS 2009: 1062 (0-0) 2008: T1215 (0-0) Prize money: $269,843 Matches won-lost: ATP: 5-11 (singles), 2-4 (doubles) Challenger: 17-10 (singles), 6-5 (doubles) Singles quarter-finalist: London/Queen’s Club 2013 IN REVIEW • The young American finished in Top 125 for 1st time with 2 Challenger finals, winning at Tallahassee (d. Stebe) in April and reaching final at Dallas-2 (l. to Melzer) as a qualifier in February • Reached QF or better in 4 Challengers with a 17-10 overall record • In June, advanced to 2nd career ATP World Tour QF at London/Queen’s Club (l. to No. 7 Tsonga) • In Grand Slam play went 2-3, won 1st career Grand Slam match at Wimbledon (d. Duckworth in 1R, l. to Dodig in 2R) as a qualifier and also 2R at US Open (l. to No. 5 Berdych), fell in 1R at Roland Garros (l. to Hajek) as a qualifier, fell in qualifying at Australian Open (l. to Reister). Reached career-high No. 90 on July 8 after Wimbledon • In October, reached SF at Tiburon Challenger (l. to Ebden) and then qualified in Basel (l. to Mathieu) • Compiled records of 4-3 on grass, 1-7 on hard and 0-1 on clay and earned a career-high $269,843 CAREER IN REVIEW • The young American has a career 47-36 (3-1 in finals) record in Challengers and 34-23 (2-0 in finals) record in Futures • In 2012, won 1st career Challenger title at Lexington (d. Chvojka) also won at Charlottesville (d. Kuznetsov) • In 2011, won 1 Futures title • In 2010, as a wild card reached 2R at Newport (d. Ventura, l. to Harrison in 2R) in ATP World Tour debut, won 1st career Futures title • Reached final at US Open juniors in 2010, losing to countryman Jack Sock, ranked as high as No. 3 that year • Was a practice partner on US Davis Cup team for 1st round tie in Serbia in March 2010 • Won Orange Bowl 16s title in ’09 and turned pro afterwards GRAND SLAM HISTORY (Career 5-set record: 1-0) CAREER 13 12 Aus. Open 0-1 — 1st Roland Garros 0-1 1st — Wimbledon 1-1 2nd — US Open 1-2 2nd 1st ATP WORLD TOUR MASTERS 1000 HISTORY (Career W-L: 1-2) CAREER 13 Indian Wells 1-1 2nd Miami 0-1 1st PERSONAL • Began playing tennis at age 7 and went to an academy in Burke, Va. where he was coached by Frank Salazar • Born in Kiev, Ukraine and came over on 1st birthday to Fairfax, Va. with parents • Father is a housing architect; mother, is a housewife. Has older brother, Nikita • At age 13, moved to Arlington, Va. where he now spends part of year along with Boca Raton, Fla. where he trains • Was home-schooled since 9th grade and at age 16 was interested in attending Univ. of Southern California but decided to turn pro • Considers hard courts as favorite surface • Coached by former ATP pro and USTA Player Development Coach Diego Moyano (since Nov. 2010) and Tom Gullikson @deniskudla 106 For more information please visit
MIKHAIL KUKUSHKIN (kaz) date OF BIRTH: December 26, 1987 | Born: Volgograd, Russia | Residence: Astana, Kazakhstan Turned Pro: 2006 Height: 6’0” (1.83m) Weight: 159lbs (72kg) Career Win-Loss: 56-65 Plays: Right-handed Two-handed backhand Career Prize Money: $1,564,3058 Career Singles Titles/ Finalist: 1/1 Career Win-Loss vs. Top 10: 1-9 Highest Emirates ATP Ranking: 49 (June 11, 2012) Highest Emirates ATP Doubles Ranking: 114 (February 27, 2012) emirates ATP Ranking History (W-L) 2013: 67 (6-6) 2012: 106 (12-15) 2011: 91 (10-24) 2013 HIGHLIGHTS 2010: 59 (17-8) 2009: 132 (7-7) 2008: 149 (4-4) Prize money: $276,434 Matches won-lost: Singles finalist: 2007: 203 (0-1) 2006: 767 (0-0) 2005: T1523 (0-0) ATP: 6-6 (singles) Challenger: 29-10 (singles), 7-7 (doubles) Moscow 2013 IN REVIEW • Top player from Kazakhstan finished in Top 100 for 3rd time in past 4 years after ranking as low as No. 324 in June • Best result of season came in final tournament played in Moscow where he qualified and reached his 2nd career ATP World Tour final (d. Dolgopolov, defending champ Seppi, l. to No. 9 Gasquet in 3 sets). Afterwards jumped from No. 102 to No. 67. Fell in 1R at Australian Open (l. to Melzer) • Had 0-4 record on ATP World Tour before qualifying and winning 2 rounds at US Open (d. A. Martin, Haider-Maurer, l. to No. 4 Ferrer in 4 sets). Fell 1R at Aus. Open (l. to Melzer) • Compiled a 29-10 match record in Challengers and 3-2 mark in finals. Won title in Kosice (d. Dzumhur) in June and back-to-back Turkish titles in Istanbul-2 (d. Marchenko) and Izmir (d. Sorensen) in September. Broke Top 100 afterwards on Sept. 23. Also runner-up in Tanger (ret. vs Carreño Busta with right hip injury) • In July, withdrew from QF at Istanbul Challenger (vs. Sela) due to right shoulder injury and 3 weeks later advanced to final on home soil at Astana Challenger (l. to Sela) • Had 0-4 record on ATP World Tour before qualifying and winning 2 rounds at US Open (d. A. Martin, Haider-Maurer, l. to No. 4 Ferrer in 4 sets) • Compiled records of 6-5 on hard and 0-1 on clay and went 0-2 vs. Top 10 opponents with highest-ranked win over No. 22 Seppi in Moscow CAREER IN REVIEW • The Kazakhstan resident has compiled double-digit wins in 3 of past 4 seasons. Has compiled a 128-64 Challenger record and 10-4 in finals • In 2012, finished as top player from Kazakhstan and finished outside Top 100 (No. 106) despite missing final 2 months of season. Underwent left hip surgery on Sept. 25 and 2 weeks later had right hip surgery on Oct. 8. Advanced to Grand Slam-best 4R at Australian Open with wins over Garcia-Lopez, No. 23 Troicki and No. 15 Monfils (both in 5 sets) before retiring vs. Murray due to hip injury. Also QF in Nice (d. Querrey, Tomic, l. to Baker in 3rd set TB) and 2R at Roland Garros (d. Gulbis in 5 sets, l. to Seppi in 5). Broke Top 50 on June 11. Earned a career-high $333,009 • In 2011, had season-best result with a QF in Basel (l. to Nishikori) as a LL. In Challengers, was 11-3 with 1 title in 2 finals • In 2010, finished in Top 60 for 1st time in career. Captured his 1st ATP World Tour title in St. Petersburg (d. Youzhny). Became 2nd player from Kazakhstan to win an ATP title (Golubev won Hamburg in July). Won career high 17 matches • In 2009, qualified in Moscow and advanced to his 1st ATP World Tour SF. Captured Penza Challenger title • In 2008, qualified and won his 1st ATP World Tour matches in Barcelona with wins over No. 24 Nieminen and Cuevas (l. to Montañes in 3R). Qualified and won Barletta Challenger title (d. Pashanski) in Italy • In 2007, picked up Challenger titles at Saransk and Samarkan. Qualified for 1st ATP tournament in St. Petersburg • In Davis Cup, 12-6 career singles record in 11 ties • Has 0-1 Olympics record (‘12 London 1R) CAREER TITLES (1): 2010 – St. Petersburg(IH). FINALIST (1): 2013 – Moscow(IH). GRAND SLAM HISTORY (Career 5-set record: 5-2) CAREER 13 12 11 10 Aus. Open 3-3 1st 4th 1st — Roland Garros 2-2 — 2nd 2nd — Wimbledon 0-2 — 1st 1st — US Open 3-4 3rd 1st 2nd 1st ATP WORLD TOUR MASTERS 1000 HISTORY (Career W-L: 5-7) CAREER 12 11 09 Indian Wells 0-1 — 1st — Miami 2-3 1st 2nd 2nd Monte-Carlo 2-1 3rd — — Toronto/Montreal 1-1 2nd — — Shanghai 0-1 — 1st — PERSONAL • Began playing tennis at age 6 with father Alexander who coached him until age 17 • Mother, Tatiana; has older sister, Ekaterina • Likes to play on hard courts, best shots are ground strokes • Moved to Kazakhstan in 2008 • Likes movies and reading Russian books • Best friends on the tour are Davis Cup teammates Andrey Golubev and Yuri Schukin • Married to coach Anastasiia Kukushkina (November 19, 2011), who he’s worked with since May 2009 For more information please visit 107
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