Nikita Kryvonos

{{Short description|American tennis player}}

{{Use mdy dates|date=October 2024}}

{{Infobox tennis biography

| name = Mykyta Kryvonos

| image =

| fullname =

| country_represented = {{USA}}

| native_name_lang = uk

| native_name = Микита Кривонос

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1986|09|01}}

| birth_place = Ukrainian SSR, Soviet Union (now Ukraine)

| death_date =

| death_place =

| height = 6 ft 0 in

| plays = Right-handed

| careerprizemoney = $83,982

| singlesrecord =

| singlestitles =

| highestsinglesranking = No. 389 (Feb 5, 2007)

| USOpenresult = Q2 (2006)

| doublesrecord = 0–1

| doublestitles =

| highestdoublesranking = No. 508 (Nov 27, 2006)

| USOpenDoublesresult = 1R (2005)

}}

Nikita Kryvonos{{efn|{{langx|uk|Микита Кривонос|{{transliteration|uk|ukrainian|Mykyta Kryvonos}}}}}} (born September 1, 1986) is a former professional tennis player.{{cite news |last1=German |first1=Beth |title=From Donetsk To Kalamazoo |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2002/08/05/sports/tennis-from-donetsk-to-kalamazoo.html |work=The New York Times |date=August 5, 2002}}

Born in Ukraine, Kryvonos moved with his family from Donetsk to New York City at the age of 13.{{cite news |last1=Link |first1=Dave |title=Kryvonos living the American dream on courts |url=https://archive.knoxnews.com/sports/kryvonos-living-the-american-dream-on-courts-ep-412422712-360092881.html/ |work=Knoxville News Sentinel |date=November 20, 2007 |language=en}}

Kryvonos reached a career best singles world ranking of 389 and won four ITF Futures titles. He was used as a practice partner on the United States Davis Cup team in 2006.{{cite web |last1=DeSimone |first1=Bonnie |title=Clay awaits USA in Davis Cup semis |url=https://www.espn.com/sports/tennis/news/story?id=2592337 |website=Espn.com |language=en |date=September 18, 2006}} While competing on the ATP Challenger Tour he had a win over top 100 player Frank Dancevic. In doubles his best ranking was 508 and he played in the main draw of the 2005 US Open as a wildcard pairing with Denis Zivkovic, losing in the first round to José Acasuso and Sebastián Prieto.{{cite news |title=The Day in Sports |url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/192632702 |work=Los Angeles Times |date=September 2, 2005}}

In 2017, he was handed a 10-year ban and $20,000 fine by the Tennis Integrity Unit for anti-corruption breaches. He was found guilty of colluding with third parties "to contrive the outcome of a match" at a 2015 Challenger tournament.{{cite news |title=American Kryvonos banned for 10 years |url=https://www.bbc.com/sport/tennis/39969340 |work=BBC Sport |date=May 18, 2017}}{{cite news |last1=Naber |first1=Ibrahim |title=U.S. Open Begins Following World Tennis Events Marked by Suspected Match-Fixing |url=https://www.thecity.nyc/2021/8/29/22645185/us-open-grand-slam-investigations |work=The City |date=August 29, 2021 |language=en}}