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Andrei Cherkasov

{{Short description|Russian tennis player}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=January 2024}}

{{Infobox tennis biography

|name = Andrei Cherkasov
Андрей Черкасов

|image = AndreiCherkasov-RG1994.jpg

|caption = Cherkasov at the 1994 French Open

|country = {{USSR}}
{{RUS}}Played for the Soviet Union until its breakup in 1991

|residence = Moscow, Russia

|birth_date = {{Birth date and age|df=yes|1970|7|4}}

|birth_place = Ufa, Soviet Union

|fullname = Andrei Gennadievich Cherkasov

|height = {{convert|1.80|m|ftin|abbr=on}}

|turnedpro = 1988

|retired = 2000

|plays = Right-handed

|careerprizemoney = $2,260,281

|singlesrecord = 193–214

|singlestitles = 2

|highestsinglesranking = No. 13 (10 June 1991)

|AustralianOpenresult = QF (1990)

|FrenchOpenresult = QF (1992)

|Wimbledonresult = 1R (1989, 1990, 1991, 1992, 1993, 1994)

|USOpenresult = QF (1990)

|Othertournaments = Yes

|GrandSlamCupresult= 1R (1990)

|Olympicsresult = SF (1992)

|doublesrecord = 25–44

|doublestitles = 0

|highestdoublesranking = No. 141 (3 August 1998)

|AustralianOpenDoublesresult = 1R (1991)

|WimbledonDoublesresult = Q3 (1989)

|FrenchOpenMixedresult = 1R (1990)

|updated = 1 May 2022

| medaltemplates-expand = yes

| medaltemplates =

{{MedalSport|Men's Tennis}}

{{MedalCountry|{{flagIOC|EUN|1992 Summer}}}}

{{medalCompetition|Olympic Games}}

{{MedalBronze | 1992 Barcelona | Singles}}

}}

Andrei Gennadievich Cherkasov (Russian: {{lang|ru|Андрей Геннадьевич Черкасов}}; born 4 July 1970, Ufa) is a former professional tennis player from Russia.

Career

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 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.

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 against Jakob Hlasek.

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, notably rallying from 2 sets down to beat Pete Sampras in the third round.

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 $2,259,875.

ATP career finals

=Singles: 6 (2 titles, 4 runner-ups)=

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!class="unsortable"|W–L

!Date

!Tournament

!Tier

!Surface

!Opponent

!class="unsortable"|Score

style="background:#ffa07a;"|Loss

|0–1

|1989 New South Wales Open – Men's singles

|Sydney, Australia

|Grand Prix

|Hard

|{{flagicon|USA}} Aaron Krickstein

|4–6, 2–6

style="background:#98fb98;"|Win

|1–1

|1990 Kremlin Cup – Singles

|Moscow, USSR

|Grand Prix

|Carpet

|{{flagicon|USA}} Tim Mayotte

|6–2, 6–1

style="background:#ffa07a;"|Loss

|1–2

|1991 Donnay Indoor Championships – Singles

|style="background:#d4f1c5;"|Brussels, Belgium

|style="background:#d4f1c5;"|Championship Series

|Carpet

|{{flagicon|FRA}} Guy Forget

|3–6, 5–7, 6–3, 6–7(5–7)

style="background:#98fb98;"|Win

|2–2

|1991 Kremlin Cup – Singles

|Moscow, USSR

|World Series

|Carpet

|{{flagicon|SUI}} Jakob Hlasek

|7–6(7–2), 3–6, 7–6(7–5)

style="background:#ffa07a;"|Loss

|2–3

|Bologna Outdoor

|Bologna, Italy

|World Series

|Clay

|{{flagicon|ESP}} Jordi Burillo

|6–7(4–7), 7–6(9–7), 1–6

style="background:#ffa07a;"|Loss

|2–4

|1993 Romanian Open

|Bucharest, Romania

|World Series

|Clay

|{{flagicon|CRO}} Goran Ivanišević

|2–6, 6–7(5–7)

=Doubles: 2 (2 runners-up)=

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!class="unsortable"|Score

style="background:#ffa07a;"|Loss

|0–1

|Croatia Open

|Umag, Croatia

|World Series

|Clay

|{{flagicon|URS}} Andrei Olhovskiy

|{{flagicon|CZE}} Vojtech Flegl
{{flagicon|CZE}} Daniel Vacek

|4–6, 4–6

style="background:#ffa07a;"|Loss

|0–2

|1991 Kremlin Cup – Doubles

|Moscow, USSR

|World Series

|Carpet

|{{flagicon|URS}} Alexander Volkov

|{{flagicon|GER}} Eric Jelen
{{flagicon|GER}} Carl-Uwe Steeb

|4–6, 6–7

ATP Challenger and ITF Futures finals

=Singles: 9 (5–4)=

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!class="unsortable"|W–L

!{{ns}}Date{{ns}}

!Tournament

!Tier

!Surface

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!class="unsortable"|Score

style="background:#98fb98;"|Win

|1-0

|{{dts|Apr 1989}}

|style="background:moccasin;"|Oporto, Portugal

|style="background:moccasin;"|Challenger

|Clay

|{{flagicon|ESP}} Javier Sánchez

|7–6, 7–5

style="background:#98fb98;"|Win

|2-0

|{{dts|Apr 1989}}

|style="background:moccasin;"|Lisbon, Portugal

|style="background:moccasin;"|Challenger

|Clay

|{{flagicon|ESP}} Tomas Carbonell

|7–6, 6–3

style="background:#ffa07a;"|Loss

|2-1

|{{dts|May 1993}}

|style="background:moccasin;"|Ljubljana, Slovenia

|style="background:moccasin;"|Challenger

|Clay

|{{flagicon|ARG}} Daniel Orsanic

|6–4, 2–6, 5–7

style="background:#98fb98;"|Win

|3-1

|{{dts|Sep 1995}}

|style="background:moccasin;"|Singapore, Singapore

|style="background:moccasin;"|Challenger

|Hard

|{{flagicon|JPN}} Yasufumi Yamamoto

|6–1, 6–3

style="background:#98fb98;"|Win

|4-1

|{{dts|Dec 1996}}

|style="background:moccasin;"|Daytona Beach, United States

|style="background:moccasin;"|Challenger

|Hard

|{{flagicon|GER}} Tommy Haas

|7–6, 3–6, 7–5

style="background:#ffa07a;"|Loss

|4-2

|{{dts|Aug 1998}}

|style="background:moccasin;"|Warsaw, Poland

|style="background:moccasin;"|Challenger

|Clay

|{{flagicon|CZE}} Jiri Vanek

|6–7, 5–7

style="background:#98fb98;"|Win

|5-2

|{{dts|Apr 2001}}

|style="background:#cffcff;"|USA F9, Stone Mountain

|style="background:#cffcff;"|Futures

|Hard

|{{flagicon|USA}} Robert Kendrick

|6–1, 6–1

style="background:#ffa07a;"|Loss

|5-3

|{{dts|Jul 2002}}

|style="background:#cffcff;"|Denmark F1, Copenhagen

|style="background:#cffcff;"|Futures

|Clay

|{{flagicon|FRA}} Edouard Roger-Vasselin

|2–6, 3–6

style="background:#ffa07a;"|Loss

|5-4

|{{dts|Aug 2002}}

|style="background:#cffcff;"|Latvia F1, Jūrmala

|style="background:#cffcff;"|Futures

|Clay

|{{flagicon|FIN}} Timo Nieminen

|6–4, 4–6, 2–6

=Doubles: 7 (3–4)=

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!Date

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!class="unsortable"|Score

style="background:#ffa07a;"|Loss

|0–1

|{{dts|Sep 1996}}

|style="background:moccasin;"|Tashkent, Uzbekistan

|style="background:moccasin;"|Challenger

|Clay

|{{flagicon|ITA}} Laurence Tieleman

|{{flagicon|ARG}} Marcelo Charpentier
{{flagicon|ESP}} Albert Portas

|1–6, 2–6

style="background:#98fb98;"|Win

|1–1

|{{dts|Sep 1997}}

|style="background:moccasin;"|Azores, Portugal

|style="background:moccasin;"|Challenger

|Hard

|{{flagicon|ARG}} Gaston Etlis

|{{flagicon|SWE}} Nils Holm
{{flagicon|SWE}} Lars-Anders Wahlgren

|6–7, 7–5, 6–3

style="background:#98fb98;"|Win

|2–1

|{{dts|Dec 1997}}

|style="background:moccasin;"|Eilat, Israel

|style="background:moccasin;"|Challenger

|Hard

|{{flagicon|GER}} Patrick Baur

|{{flagicon|NED}} Sander Groen
{{flagicon|NED}} Rogier Wassen

|6–3, 7–6

style="background:#ffa07a;"|Loss

|2–2

|{{dts|Apr 1998}}

|style="background:moccasin;"|Paget, Bermuda

|style="background:moccasin;"|Challenger

|Clay

|{{flagicon|FRA}} Rodolphe Gilbert

|{{flagicon|USA}} Doug Flach
{{flagicon|USA}} Richey Reneberg

|6–3, 4–6, 2–6

style="background:#ffa07a;"|Loss

|2–3

|{{dts|Aug 1999}}

|style="background:moccasin;"|Poznań, Poland

|style="background:moccasin;"|Challenger

|Clay

|{{flagicon|USA}} Hugo Armando

|{{flagicon|ITA}} Massimo Ardinghi
{{flagicon|ITA}} Davide Sanguinetti

|4–6, 4–6

style="background:#ffa07a;"|Loss

|2–4

|{{dts|Aug 2002}}

|style="background:#cffcff;"|Latvia F1, Jūrmala

|style="background:#cffcff;"|Futures

|Clay

|{{flagicon|AUT}} Dmitri Kotchetkov

|{{flagicon|YUG}} Aleksander Jerinkic
{{flagicon|AUS}} Steven Randjelovic

|3–6, 1–6

style="background:#98fb98;"|Win

|3–4

|{{dts|Jun 2004}}

|style="background:#cffcff;"|Spain F11, Lanzarote

|style="background:#cffcff;"|Futures

|Hard

|{{flagicon|UKR}} Orest Tereshchuk

|{{flagicon|AUS}} Jaymon Crabb
{{flagicon|AUS}} Brodie Stewart

|6–3, 4–6, 6–3

Junior Grand Slam finals

=Singles: 1 (1 runner-up)=

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!style="width:150px;"|Tournament

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!style="width:125px;" class="unsortable"|Score

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|style="background:#ffa07a;"|Loss

1987US OpenHard{{flagicon|USA}} David Wheaton5–7, 0–6

Performance timeline

{{Performance key|short=yes|active=no}}

=Singles=

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!Tournament!!1988!!1989!!1990!!1991!!1992!!1993!!1994!!1995!!1996!!1997!!1998!!1999!!2000!!2001!!SR!!W–L!!Win %

colspan=23 align=left|Grand Slam tournaments
align=left|Australian Open

|A

|A

|bgcolor=ffebcd|QF

|bgcolor=afeeee|2R

|bgcolor=afeeee|2R

|bgcolor=afeeee|1R

|bgcolor=afeeee|2R

|A

|bgcolor=afeeee|1R

|bgcolor=afeeee|1R

|bgcolor=ecf2ff|Q1

|bgcolor=afeeee|2R

|bgcolor=ecf2ff|Q2

|A

!0 / 8

!8–8

!{{tennis win percentage|won=8|lost=8|integer=yes}}

align=left|French Open

|A

|bgcolor=ffebcd|2R

|bgcolor=afeeee|2R

|bgcolor=afeeee|4R

|bgcolor=ffebcd|QF

|bgcolor=afeeee|1R

|bgcolor=afeeee|1R

|bgcolor=ecf2ff|Q1

|bgcolor=ecf2ff|Q2

|bgcolor=ecf2ff|Q2

|bgcolor=ecf2ff|Q1

|bgcolor=ecf2ff|Q2

|bgcolor=ecf2ff|Q1

|bgcolor=ecf2ff|Q1

!0 / 6

!9–6

!{{tennis win percentage|won=9|lost=6|integer=yes}}

align=left|Wimbledon

|bgcolor=ecf2ff|Q1

|bgcolor=afeeee|1R

|bgcolor=afeeee|1R

|bgcolor=afeeee|1R

|bgcolor=afeeee|1R

|bgcolor=afeeee|1R

|bgcolor=afeeee|1R

|A

|A

|A

|A

|A

|A

|A

!0 / 6

!0–6

!{{tennis win percentage|won=0|lost=6|integer=yes}}

align=left|US Open

|A

|bgcolor=afeeee|1R

|bgcolor=ffebcd|QF

|bgcolor=afeeee|1R

|bgcolor=afeeee|1R

|bgcolor=afeeee|1R

|bgcolor=afeeee|1R

|A

|A

|A

|A

|bgcolor=ecf2ff|Q2

|bgcolor=ecf2ff|Q1

|A

!0 / 6

!4–6

!{{tennis win percentage|won=4|lost=6|integer=yes}}

style=text-align:left|Win–loss

!0–0

!1–3

!9–4

!4–4

!5–4

!0–4

!1–4

!0–0

!0–1

!0–1

!0–0

!1–1

!0–0

!0–0

!0 / 26

!21–26

!{{tennis win percentage|won=21|lost=26|integer=yes}}

colspan=22 align=left|Olympic Games
align=left|Summer Olympics

|style=background:#afeeee|2R

|colspan=3 style=color:#cccccc|Not Held

|style=background:yellow|SF

|colspan=3 style=color:#cccccc|Not Held

|A

|colspan=3 style=color:#cccccc|Not Held

|A

|colspan=1 style=color:#cccccc|NH

!0 / 2

!5–2

!{{tennis win percentage|won=5|lost=2|integer=yes}}

colspan=23 align=left|ATP Masters Series
align=left|Indian Wells

|A

|A

|A

|bgcolor=afeeee|3R

|bgcolor=ffebcd|QF

|bgcolor=afeeee|1R

|bgcolor=afeeee|1R

|A

|bgcolor=ecf2ff|Q2

|A

|A

|A

|A

|A

!0 / 4

!5–4

!{{tennis win percentage|won=5|lost=4|integer=yes}}

align=left|Miami

|A

|A

|bgcolor=afeeee|1R

|bgcolor=afeeee|2R

|bgcolor=ffebcd|QF

|bgcolor=afeeee|2R

|bgcolor=afeeee|3R

|A

|A

|A

|bgcolor=afeeee|1R

|bgcolor=ecf2ff|Q1

|A

|A

!0 / 6

!4–6

!{{tennis win percentage|won=4|lost=6|integer=yes}}

align=left|Monte Carlo

|A

|A

|A

|bgcolor=afeeee|3R

|bgcolor=afeeee|1R

|bgcolor=afeeee|3R

|bgcolor=afeeee|1R

|bgcolor=ecf2ff|Q2

|bgcolor=afeeee|1R

|bgcolor=ecf2ff|Q2

|A

|bgcolor=ecf2ff|Q2

|A

|A

!0 / 5

!4–5

!{{tennis win percentage|won=4|lost=5|integer=yes}}

align=left|Hamburg

|A

|bgcolor=afeeee|2R

|bgcolor=afeeee|3R

|bgcolor=afeeee|2R

|bgcolor=afeeee|2R

|A

|bgcolor=afeeee|1R

|bgcolor=afeeee|1R

|A

|bgcolor=ecf2ff|Q1

|bgcolor=ecf2ff|Q1

|bgcolor=ecf2ff|Q2

|A

|A

!0 / 6

!5–6

!{{tennis win percentage|won=5|lost=6|integer=yes}}

align=left|Rome

|A

|A

|A

|bgcolor=ffebcd|QF

|bgcolor=afeeee|2R

|bgcolor=afeeee|1R

|bgcolor=afeeee|1R

|A

|A

|A

|A

|A

|A

|A

!0 / 4

!4–4

!{{tennis win percentage|won=4|lost=4|integer=yes}}

align=left|Cincinnati

|A

|bgcolor=afeeee|1R

|A

|bgcolor=ffebcd|QF

|bgcolor=afeeee|2R

|bgcolor=afeeee|2R

|bgcolor=afeeee|2R

|A

|A

|A

|A

|A

|A

|A

!0 / 5

!6–5

!{{tennis win percentage|won=6|lost=5|integer=yes}}

align=left|Paris

|A

|A

|bgcolor=afeeee|2R

|bgcolor=afeeee|2R

|bgcolor=afeeee|1R

|bgcolor=afeeee|2R

|A

|bgcolor=ecf2ff|Q3

|A

|bgcolor=ecf2ff|Q2

|A

|A

|A

|A

!0 / 4

!3–4

!{{tennis win percentage|won=3|lost=4|integer=yes}}

style=text-align:left|Win–loss

!0–0

!1–2

!3–3

!12–7

!9–7

!4–6

!2–6

!0–1

!0–1

!0–0

!0–1

!0–0

!0–0

!0–0

!0- / 34

!31–34

!{{tennis win percentage|won=31|lost=34|integer=yes}}

Notes

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External links

  • {{ATP}}
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  • {{Davis Cup player}}

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