Dmitry Tursunov
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Dmitry Igorevich Tursunov is a Russian professional male tennis player. He was 12 years old when he came to the United States to train and further his prospects of becoming a professional player.
Tursunov is an offensive baseliner with excellent groundstrokes from both sides , and prefers to play on faster surfaces; he jokes about his lack of ability and success on clay
courts. He is sponsored by Fila
and Wilson
.
Tursunov helped the Russian Davis Cup team
win the 2006 Davis Cup
, and reach the finals of the 2007 Davis Cup
.
and won 7–5, 6–4 but lost in the following round. In 1999, the Russian played in the Futures events in Philippines
and United States
and was able to reach 2 semifinals and a quarterfinal.
In 2000, he had a broken leg in January of the same year, which forced him to miss four months of the season. When he came back he continued playing in the Futures events in the United States. He reached his first Futures final in Haines City, Florida
but lost to Australian Jaymon Crabb 2–6, 4–6. He then won his first Futures title the following week defeating another Australian Peter Luczak
6–7, 6–0, 6–2. He reached another final in Hattiesburg, Mississippi
losing to Scott Barron
7–6, 6–7, 3–6 and won two more Futures events in Malibu, California over Jose De Armas
6–2, 6–1 and in Scottsdale, Arizona
over Stefan Wauters 6–4, 7–5.
In 2001 Tursunov won the Futures event in Boca Raton over Jeff Morrison
7–6, 6–3, then the Dallas Challenger defeating Justin Bower 6–2, 6–4. After these 2 lower level tournament successes Tursunov qualified for his first ATP
event in 2001 Kroger St. Jude International
and made the quarterfinals, earning his first top 100 win over then world no. 51 Greg Rusedski
7–6, 3–6, 6–3 along the way before losing to the eventual champion Mark Philippoussis
3–6, 2–6. He then continued playing in the Challenger circuit reaching 3 quarterfinals.
Tursunov's form suffered after his impact in Memphis because of what doctors believed was a bulging disk in his back. He returned after two months away and then suffered a stress fracture
in his leg. As the back pain continued, Tursunov went to see a doctor in Sacramento
and the extent of his injury problems were misdiagnosed as he was suffering from not one, but two fractures in his L–2
vertebra. Tursunov was forced to miss six months and did not come back to tennis until June 2002 and that year he won another title on the United States Futures circuit. and reached a challenger semifinal and two quarterfinals
7–5, 5–7, 4–6 and the Bronx to Ivo Karlovic
3–6, 3–6, Tursunov qualified for his first Grand Slam
event at the US Open defeating former world number one and then world no. 14 Gustavo Kuerten
5–7, 6–2, 6–2, 4–6, 7–6 earning his first top 20 win before losing in the third round to Xavier Malisse
5–7, 4–6, 6–7. Continuing on after the US Open, he won two consecutive Challenger titles: in Mandeville
over Jan Hernych
3–6, 6–3, 6–4, and in San Antonio over Sébastien de Chaunac
6–2, 6–7, 6–4 and then the semifinals of his next two challenger tournaments. At the end of 2003, he finished the year ranked in the top 100 for the first time in his career.
Tursunov started the season of 2004 losing in the first rounds of 2004 Chennai Open and 2004 Australian Open
, but won Waikoloa Challenger over Alejandro Falla
7–5, 7–6. He then reached the quarterfinals of the 2004 Kroger St. Jude
losing to Mardy Fish
3–6, 6–4, 4–6. He then played in his first Masters event but lost in the first rounds of 2004 Pacific Life Open
and 2004 NASDAQ-100 Open
. He then reached the quarterfinals of 2004 U.S. Men's Clay Court Championships
losing to eventual champion Tommy Haas
2–6, 0–6. He then lost in the first round in his next three ATP Tour in the 2004 Torneo Godó
, 2004 French Open
, and 2004 Stella Artois Championships. However, he rebounded in the 2004 Wimbledon upsetting 19th seed and compatriot Marat Safin
4–6, 7–5, 6–3, 7–6 in the first round and eventually fell to 9th seed Carlos Moyá
1–6, 4–6, 5–7 in the third round. At the 2004 TD Waterhouse Cup
, he was able to reach his first ATP Tour semifinals retiring against Lleyton Hewitt
while trailing 3–6, 0–1. After the US Open loss to Fabrice Santoro
1–6, 3–6, 4–6 in the second round, Tursunov was forced out of tennis again for seven months with a broken vertebra suffered in a boating accident
He came back at the 2005 Indian Wells Masters tournament losing to Agustin Calleri
2–6, 6–3, 3–6. In his next ATP Tour tournaments he reached the second rounds of 2005 French Open
and 2005 Stella Artois Championships, and the first round of 2005 10tele.com Open
. At Wimbledon 2005, Tursunov achieved his best ever performance in a Grand Slam
event by making the fourth round. In his second-round match against then world no.9 Tim Henman
, he had to play in a Wimbledon club shirt as two of his shirts were stolen from the locker room before the match. He eventually defeated the local hope in five sets 3–6, 6–2, 3–6, 6–3, 8–6, earning his first top 10 win of his career. He eventually lost in the fourth round to Sébastien Grosjean
in another five-setter 4–6, 7–6, 3–6, 6–3, 1–6. It was the first time Tursunov had ever lost a five-set match, having previously compiled a 5–0 record in five-set matches.
He then reached the second rounds of 2005 RCA Championships
and 2005 Mercedes-Benz Cup, the first rounds of 2005 Western & Southern Financial Group Masters
and 2005 Pilot Pen Tennis
and reached also the second round of his next 4 tournaments including the US Open. At the 2005 ATP Kremlin Cup
, he was able to reach the semifinals losing to compatriot Igor Andreev
7–5, 5–7, 2–6. He then won the challenger event in Kolding, Denmark defeating Steve Darcis
6–3, 6–4. In his last tournament of the year he reached the third round of 2005 BNP Paribas Masters losing to Nikolay Davydenko
6–3, 2–6, 3–6.
2006 was a successful year for Tursunov as he achieved his highest ever ranking thus far, he began by reaching the quarterfinals of 2006 Qatar ExxonMobil Open
and 2006 Medibank International
losing to eventual finalists Gaël Monfils
2–6, 6–7 and Igor Andreev
2–6, 6–3, 4–6 respectively. He then reached the second round of 2006 Australian Open
to Tommy Robredo
6–7, 6–3, 6–7, 3–6. At the 2006 Regions Morgan Keegan Championships he lost in the quarterfinals to Tommy Haas
7–6, 4–6, 4–6. He then won a challenger event in Sunrise, Florida
defeating Alberto Martin
6–3, 6–1. At the 2006 NASDAQ-100 Open he was able to reach the fourth round of a Master Series for the first time losing to world no. 1 Roger Federer
3–6, 3–6.
He then went 1–6 in his next six events only earning a victory over Gastao Elias
6–2, 6–1 at the 2006 Estoril Open
. At the French Open, Tursunov lost to David Nalbandian
after having a 2–0 set lead in the third round, losing 6–2, 7–5, 4–6, 2–6, 4–6. He then reached the quarterfinals of the 2006 Queen's Club Championships
losing to local hero Tim Henman
3–6, 6–7 and the first round of 2006 Nottingham Open
losing to another local hero Andy Murray 4–6, 3–6. He defeated then world no. 4 Ivan Ljubičić
in the third round of 2006 Wimbledon coming back from two sets to love winning 5–7, 4–6, 6–1, 7–6, 6–2, before losing in the next round, 9–7 in the fifth set to Jarkko Nieminen
, after coming backtwo sets to love. After losing his serve in the fifth set to give Nieminen a 8–7 lead, he hit a ball at the chair umpire's chair. He was given a point penalty and later fined £4,000 ($7,500) for "unsportsmanlike conduct". He called the chair umpire, Fergus Murphy, an "idiot" in the news conference he had after the match.
He then reached his first ATP final at the 2006 LA Tennis Open losing to Tommy Haas
6–4, 5–7, 3–6 and followed it up with a semifinal performance at the 2006 Legg Mason Tennis Classic
losing to Andy Murray 2–6, 5–7. He then fell in the third rounds of 2006 Rogers Cup and 2006 US Open, and the second rounds of 2006 Western & Southern Financial Group Masters
and 2006 BCR Open Romania. He then won his first career title at the 2006 Kingfisher Airlines Tennis Open
defeating Tommy Robredo
7–6, 3–6, 6–1 in the semifinals and Tomas Berdych
6–3, 4–6, 7–6 in the final. He then lost four consecutive matches in the third round of 2006 Japan Open Tennis Championships
and the first rounds of 2006 Kremlin Cup
, 2006 Mutua Madrileña Masters Madrid
and 2006 St. Petersburg Open
. He then reached the third round of 2006 BNP Paribas Masters
losing to eventual champion Nikolay Davydenko
2–6, 2–6. At the end of the year, he won a challenger event in Dnepropetrovsk, Ukraine defeating Benjamin Becker
7–6, 6–4 in the final.
On January 6, 2007, Tursunov won the Hopman Cup
in Perth
, Australia, while representing Russia alongside Nadia Petrova
. In the final, Tursunov defeated Tommy Robredo
in straight sets, after teammate Nadia Petrova
's victory over Anabel Medina Garrigues
. Following this match was a proset mixed doubles between Russians Tursunov and Nadia Petrova and Spanish Tommy Robredo and Anabel Medina Garrigues. This match was a clear show of the playful nature of Tursunov and the other players. The match was relaxed since the outcome of the mixed doubles proset match did not matter. At one stage, Anabel Medina Garrigues switched with Tursunov so that Tursunov and Robredo were on one side, while Medina Garrigues and Petrova were on the other. The umpire, playing along, assigned points to Spain regardless.
He then played at the 2007 Australian Open
reaching the third round losing to Tomas Berdych
2–6, 1–6, 1–6. He then lost in the first round of his next 4 ATP Tour toruanments. He then fell in the second rounds of 2007 Estoril Open
and 2007 Internazionali BNL d'Italia, and the first round of the 2007 Hamburg Masters
. At the 2007 French Open
he fell to Spaniard Fernando Verdasco
4–6, 4–6, 4–6. During the grass season he reached the semifinals of 2007 Queen's Club Championships
and 2007 Nottingham Open
to big servers Andy Roddick
4–6, 5–7 and Ivo Karlovic
5–7, 4–6 respectively.
At Wimbledon, Tursunov was beaten in four sets in the 3rd round by Tommy Haas
of Germany, 1–6, 6–4, 7–6, 6–4. Ironically, Haas was unable to go on and play his next game against Roger Federer
due to an abdominal injury.
In Indianapolis, Tursunov won his 2nd career title, defeating surprise finalist Frank Dancevic
6–4, 7–5 while losing only 10 points on serve and never facing a break point. He then lost 3 consecutive matches at the Masters event of the 2007 Rogers Cup and 2007 Cincinnati Masters
, and the 2007 US Open. Tursunov then rebounded by winning his second title of the year at the Thailand Open
, dominating Benjamin Becker
, 6–2, 6–1. He then reached the third round of 2007 AIG Japan Open Tennis Championships losing to Feliciano Lopez
6–7, 4–6. He then lost early in 2007 Kremlin Cup
and 2007 Madrid Masters
. At the 2007 St. Petersburg Open
he fell in the quarterfinals to Andy Murray 6–3, 6–7, 4–6. At the 2007 BNP Paribas Masters, he lost to Mardy Fish
6–7, 4–6. As the defending champion, Dmitry lost in the final of the Challenger in Dnepropetrovsk, Ukraine to Mischa Zverev
4–6, 4–6.
5–7, 3–6 in the quarterfinals. 2008 Medibank International
in Sydney, Australia. He defeated Stanislas Wawrinka
6–3, 6–3, top seed and number eight in the world Richard Gasquet
of France 3–6, 6–3, 6–4, Sébastien Grosjean
of France 6–3, 6–4 and Frenchman Fabrice Santoro
6–3, 6–4. In the final, Tursunov defeated big-serving Australian Chris Guccione
7–6, 7–6. This was his fourth career title.
At the Australian Open, Tursunov beat Xavier Malisse
in the first round in 5 sets, after being down two sets to love 6–7, 5–7, 6–2, 6–1, 6–3 However, he then lost his second round match against Sam Querrey
in four sets 6–7, 6–4, 4–6, 2–6.
Tursunov lost in the first round of the 2008 ABN AMRO World Tennis Tournament
to Rafael Nadal
4–6 4–6, but combined with Tomáš Berdych to win the doubles title, defeating Mikhail Youzhny
and Philipp Kohlschreiber
in the final 7–5, 3–6, 10–7. This was his 2nd doubles career title. In the 2008 Dubai Tennis Championships
he fell to Richard Gasquet
4–6, 4–6. 2008 Pacific Life Open he fell to Juan Ignacio Chela
7–6, 6–7, 4–6. At the 2008 Sony Ericsson Open, he defeated Richard Gasquet
in their third encounter of the year 6–3, 6–7, 7–6 in the second round but lost in the fourth round to Tomáš Berdych
2–6, 2–6. In the 2008 Monte Carlo Masters
he lost to Igor Andreev
5–7, 3–6. At the 2008 Open Sabadell Atlántico Barcelona, he reached the quarterinals to German Denis Gremelmayr
4–6, 0–6. He lost two consecutive first rounds at the 2008 Rome Masters
and 2008 Hamburg Masters
At Roland Garros, Tursunov won his first two round matches against Daniel Brands
and Guillermo García López
, and then lost to Jérémy Chardy
in straight sets. However, Tursunov paired up with Igor Kunitsyn
in the men's doubles event. They reached the semi finals, losing to Daniel Nestor
and Nenad Zimonjić
6–4, 4–6, 4–6. This performance lifted Tursunov to a career high doubles ranking of 36.
On the 17th June at the Slazenger Open in Nottingham, Tursunov walked off the court when losing by a set and a break in a first round doubles match after disagreeing with a line call. The next morning, the ATP announced he had been thrown out of the Wimbledon warm-up tournament because of his actions. This included the singles tournament, handing second round opponent Thomas Johansson
a walk over into the quarterfinals.
At Wimbledon, Tursunov beat Nicolas Mahut
in five sets 6–4, 6–7, 7–6, 3–6, 7–5 Chris Eaton
7–6, 6–2, 6–4 and lost to Janko Tipsarević
6–7, 6–7, 3–6 in the 3rd round.
At the 2008 Indianapolis Tennis Championships
, Tursunov upset the number one seed James Blake
4–6, 6–3, 6–4 to make it to the final. He was unable to defend his title, losing to Gilles Simon
4–6, 4–6 in the championship match. At the 2008 Rogers Cup, Tursunov lost in the 3rd round to James Blake 6–4, 1–6, 4–6, and to eventual champion Andy Murray in the 3rd round at the 2008 Western & Southern Financial Group Masters, after earning his 3rd victory of the year over Richard Gasquet
7–6, 6–0.
Tursunov represented Russia for the first time at the 2008 Beijing Olympics. He lost in the first round to top seed Roger Federer
4–6, 2–6. At the US Open, Tursunov reached the 3rd round by beating Eduardo Schwank
and Victor Hănescu
. He was beaten by his compatriot Nikolay Davydenko
2–6, 6–7, 3–6. Tursunov then celebrated his 5th ATP title win at the 2008 Open de Moselle
in Metz beating Paul-Henri Mathieu
7–6, 1–6, 6–4. He then suffered three consecutive loses at the 2008 Kremlin Cup
, 2008 Madrid Masters and 2008 St. Petersburg Open
. At the 2008 BNP Paribas Masters
he reried in his second round match against Novak Djokovic
while trailing 2–6, 3–4. He then won a Challenger event in Helsinki in his last tournament of the year.
The Russian began 2009 by losing his first three matches 2009 Qatar ExxonMobil Open
, 2009 Medibank International Sydney
, and 2009 Australian Open
. He then qualified for the 2009 PBZ Zagreb Indoors
but lost to Ernests Gulbis
6–4, 4–6, 4–6. He the fell in the second round of the 2009 ABN AMRO World Tennis Tournament
, 2009 Open 13
and 2009 Dubai Tennis Championships
losing to Jo-Wilfried Tsonga 6–7, 2–6, Feliciano Lopez
6–7, 6–7 and Igor Andreev
7–5, 4–6, 3–6 respectively. He the reached the third rounds of the Masters events 2009 BNP Paribas Open
to Rafael Nadal
3–6, 3–6 and the 2009 Sony Ericsson Open
to Andy Roddick
6–7, 2–6. He then missed the European clay court season due to an ankle surgery. He came back at the 2009 French Open
losing in the first round to Arnaud Clement
3–6, 6–3, 4–6, 1–6. At the Grass Season he reached the second round of the 2009 Gerry Weber Open
to Philipp Kohlschreiber
4–6, 6–7 and won the 2009 AEGON International
defeating Canadian Frank Dancevic
6–3, 7–6 in the final, his first grass court title. He then retired in his first round match of the 2009 Wimbledon losing to Mischa Zverev
4–6, 2–6, 0–3 RET due to an ankle injury. He then reached the quarterfinals 2009 Indianapolis Tennis Championships
to Frank Dancevic
6–3, 6–7, 2–6. He then lost 4 consecutive matches 2009 LA Tennis Open
, 2009 Legg Mason Tennis Classic
, 2009 Rogers Cup
and 2009 US Open
. He then missed the rest of the year due to an ankle injury.
falling to Daniel Gimeno-Traver 6–1 in all three sets. He then played in the Challenger Tour in the 2010 AEGON Trophy
, falling in the second round to Marsel İlhan
. He then fell in the first round of the 2010 Wimbledon to Rainer Schuettler 2–6, 2–6, 3–6. He the fell in the second round of the qualifying draw in the 2010 Campbell's Hall of Fame Tennis Championships
and 2010 Farmers Classic
. He won his first ATP World Tour match of the year at the 2010 Legg Mason Tennis Classic
defeated Teymuraz Gabashvili 5–7, 7–5, 6–4 before falling to Tomáš Berdych
6–7, 6–4, 1–6. He again lost in the first round of the 2010 US Open
to Jürgen Melzer
4–6, 2–6, 6–3, 6–4, 2–6. He then played in Bangkok
losing in the first round and quarterfinals of the Challenger events and in the qualifying competition 2010 PTT Thailand Open
. At the 2010 Rakuten Japan Open Tennis Championships
, Tursunov produced two upsets defeated world no. 25 Ernests Gulbis
6–3, 6–4 and world no. 30 Richard Gasquet
7–6, 1–6, 6–4 before falling in the quarterfinals to world no. 1 and eventual champion Rafael Nadal
4–6, 1–6. In Russia as a wild card he fell in the first round of the 2010 Kremlin Cup
and reached the semifinals of 2010 St. Petersburg Open
losing to compatriot Mikhail Youzhny
in a tight three sets 5–7, 6–4, 6–7. He the retired in his first round match of the 2010 Valencia Open 500
against Pablo Andújar
4–6, 6–3, 1–1 RET due to a left calf injury.
Tursunov began 2011 by losing in the qualifying draw of the 2011 Brisbane International
to Peter Luczak
and the first round of the 2011 Australian Open
to Victor Troicki 2–6, 6–3, 2–6, 0–6. He then competed in the 2011 Singapore ATP Challenger
as a wild card, which he won by dropping only one set in the tournament. In the 2011 ABN AMRO World Tennis Tournament
, Tursunov was able to qualify and beat Andrey Golubev
6–4, 7–5 in the first round before losing to 4th seed Tomáš Berdych
4–6, 6–4, 5–7. At the 2011 Open 13
, the Russian defeated Bulgarian Grigor Dimitrov
in three tight sets, 6–7, 7–5, 7–6. He then defeated Ivan Ljubičić
7–6, 6–3 and then world no. 10 Jürgen Melzer
6–4, 2–6, 6–1, his first victory over a top 10 player in over 2 and a half years. He then lost to top seed Robin Söderling
5–7, 1–6 in the semifinals. In the 2011 Dubai Tennis Championships
, he fell to Spaniard Marcel Granollers
1–6, 3–6. He then competed at the Challenger tour in the 2011 BH Telecom Indoors
, where he lost to a player ranked 449 Mirza Bašić
in the quarterfinals. He then won 2011 AEGON GB Pro–Series Bath
a challenger event defeating Andreas Beck
6–4, 6–4 in the final. Tursunov then reached the finals of the 2011 Status Athens Open
a challenger event but withdrew due to a knee problem. He then fell in the qualifying draw of the 2011 BMW Open
and the first round of the 2011 French Open
. At the grass Tursunov played at the challenger 2011 AEGON Trophy
falling to Matthias Bachinger
. At the 2011 AEGON Championships
he fell in the first round to Feliciano Lopez
in straight sets. At his final Wimbledon warm-up at the 2011 UNICEF Open
, after wins over Robert Kendrick
, Nicolas Mahut
, Santiago Giraldo
and a 6–3, 7–6> win over 3rd seed Xavier Malisse
in the semifinals, Tursunov faced 4th seed Ivan Dodig
in the final and Tursunov won the title with a 6–3, 6–2 victory.
, the problems he was having obtaining United States citizenship became apparent. Tursunov had for years attempted to become a United States citizen, but the process has stalled and Tursunov travels with a Russian passport
and an American visa. In his own words "It's frustrating, but what can you do?" In spite of this, Tursunov was selected for Russia
in the Davis Cup
semi final against Croatia
and won his dead rubber match against Ivo Karlovic
6–4, 6–4.
In 2006 in the first round tie against Netherlands
, he won both his matches against Raemon Sluiter
6–7, 6–4, 7–6, 7–6 and Melle Van Gemerden 7–6, 7–6. He then defeatied Richard Gasquet
6–1, 3–6, 6–7, 6–3, 7–5 in the fourth rubber of the quarterfinal; consequently sending the Russians
into the semi-finals of the Davis Cup. For the second time in 2006, Tursunov sealed victory for Russia
in the Davis Cup
; this time in the semi-final where he defeated Andy Roddick
of the United States 6–3, 6–4, 5–7, 3–6, 17–15 in a match that lasted 4 hours and 48 minutes. By virtue of this victory, he earned Russia the spot in the Davis Cup final against Argentina
, which took place in December. Despite, earning the winning match in the quarterfinals and semifinals, Tursunov only played doubles partnering with Marat Safin, which they won 6–2, 6–3, 6–4 to give Russia a 2–1 lead. Marat Safin later sealed the 2006 Davis Cup
win for Russia with his victory over José Acasuso
.
Tursunov was named in the four-man team that played the United States in the Davis Cup final in 2007, in Portland, Oregon, from 30 November – 2 December 2007. Tursunov lost the first rubber of the 2007 Davis Cup
final against Roddick, who won by a scoreline of 6–4, 6–4, 6–2. Tursunov was on the verge of defeating James Blake
, but Blake won 1–6, 6–3, 7–5 in the 4th dead rubber, the USA having won the tie in the previous doubles match.
In 2008, Tursunov lost both his matches in the first round tie against Serbia losing in doubles and in singles, however they still won the tie 3–2. In the semifinal tie against Argentina, he won his doubles match playing with Igor Kunitsyn
6–2, 6–1, 6–7, 3–6, 8–6. In 2009, Tursunov sealed the victory for Russia, in the first round tie against Romania
defeating Victor Hanescu
4–6, 5–7, 6–3, 6–4, 6–2. In 2011, he won his singles match against Sweden, however it didn't matter as Russia already lost the tie losing the first 3 matches.
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Tursunov is an offensive baseliner with excellent groundstrokes from both sides , and prefers to play on faster surfaces; he jokes about his lack of ability and success on clay
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courts. He is sponsored by Fila
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and Wilson
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.
Tursunov helped the Russian Davis Cup team
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win the 2006 Davis Cup
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, and reach the finals of the 2007 Davis Cup
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.
Tennis career
Tursunov began tennis in Moscow when his father made him play a few hours a day at 5. He came to the United States to train with Vitaly Gorin.I practiced a few hours a day. My dad realized fairly early that I had a lot of potential. A lot of people criticize him for basically choosing that career for me. He understood that I didn’t have many options to make money and since he really liked tennis, he decided that I was to be a tennis player. It just happened that I was naturally good at it.
Early Years
Tursunov played his first match in June 1998 against Chris Groer in a Futures event in Los AngelesLos Ángeles
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and won 7–5, 6–4 but lost in the following round. In 1999, the Russian played in the Futures events in Philippines
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and United States
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and was able to reach 2 semifinals and a quarterfinal.
In 2000, he had a broken leg in January of the same year, which forced him to miss four months of the season. When he came back he continued playing in the Futures events in the United States. He reached his first Futures final in Haines City, Florida
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but lost to Australian Jaymon Crabb 2–6, 4–6. He then won his first Futures title the following week defeating another Australian Peter Luczak
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6–7, 6–0, 6–2. He reached another final in Hattiesburg, Mississippi
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losing to Scott Barron
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7–6, 6–7, 3–6 and won two more Futures events in Malibu, California over Jose De Armas
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6–2, 6–1 and in Scottsdale, Arizona
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over Stefan Wauters 6–4, 7–5.
In 2001 Tursunov won the Futures event in Boca Raton over Jeff Morrison
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7–6, 6–3, then the Dallas Challenger defeating Justin Bower 6–2, 6–4. After these 2 lower level tournament successes Tursunov qualified for his first ATP
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event in 2001 Kroger St. Jude International
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and made the quarterfinals, earning his first top 100 win over then world no. 51 Greg Rusedski
Greg Rusedski
Gregory "Greg" Rusedski is a British Canadian former tennis player who turned professional in 1991 and played until his retirement on 7 April 2007, at the age of 33...
7–6, 3–6, 6–3 along the way before losing to the eventual champion Mark Philippoussis
Mark Philippoussis
Mark Anthony Philippoussis is an Australian tennis player. He turned professional in 1994. His father is Greek, while his mother is of Italian ancestry....
3–6, 2–6. He then continued playing in the Challenger circuit reaching 3 quarterfinals.
Tursunov's form suffered after his impact in Memphis because of what doctors believed was a bulging disk in his back. He returned after two months away and then suffered a stress fracture
Stress fracture
A stress fracture is one type of incomplete fracture in bones. It is caused by "unusual or repeated stress" and also heavy continuous weight on the ankle or leg...
in his leg. As the back pain continued, Tursunov went to see a doctor in Sacramento
Sacramento, California
Sacramento is the capital city of the U.S. state of California and the county seat of Sacramento County. It is located at the confluence of the Sacramento River and the American River in the northern portion of California's expansive Central Valley. With a population of 466,488 at the 2010 census,...
and the extent of his injury problems were misdiagnosed as he was suffering from not one, but two fractures in his L–2
Lumbar vertebrae
The lumbar vertebrae are the largest segments of the movable part of the vertebral column, and are characterized by the absence of the foramen transversarium within the transverse process, and by the absence of facets on the sides of the body...
vertebra. Tursunov was forced to miss six months and did not come back to tennis until June 2002 and that year he won another title on the United States Futures circuit. and reached a challenger semifinal and two quarterfinals
2003–2005
After making two finals on the Challenger circuit in Aptos losing to Jeff SalzensteinJeff Salzenstein
Jeff "Salzy" Salzenstein is an American former tour professional left-handed tennis player.Salzenstein's highest ranking was World No. 91 in June 2004...
7–5, 5–7, 4–6 and the Bronx to Ivo Karlovic
Ivo Karlovic
Ivo Karlović is a Croatian tennis player. He has won four ATP singles titles: three in 2007 and one in 2008. Karlović is the tallest player ever on the ATP Tour at 208 cm . He is a serve-and-volleyer, Karlovic holds the fastest serve recorded in professional tennis, measured at 251 km/h ...
3–6, 3–6, Tursunov qualified for his first Grand Slam
Grand Slam (tennis)
The four Major tennis tournaments, also called the Slams, are the most important tennis events of the year in terms of world tour ranking points, tradition, prize-money awarded, strength and size of player field, and public attention. They are the Australian Open, the French Open, Wimbledon, and...
event at the US Open defeating former world number one and then world no. 14 Gustavo Kuerten
Gustavo Kuerten
Gustavo Kuerten is a retired former World No. 1 tennis player from Brazil. He won the French Open three times between 1997 and 2001, and was the Tennis Masters Cup champion in 2000...
5–7, 6–2, 6–2, 4–6, 7–6 earning his first top 20 win before losing in the third round to Xavier Malisse
Xavier Malisse
Xavier Malisse is a Belgian tennis player. Born in Kortrijk, Belgium, he is the only men's player from his country to have been ranked in the top 20 of the ATP tour. He is sponsored by Prince and Lotto. His nickname is "The X-Man"....
5–7, 4–6, 6–7. Continuing on after the US Open, he won two consecutive Challenger titles: in Mandeville
Mandeville
-People:*Bernard Mandeville, philosopher*Geoffrey de Mandeville, 1st Earl of Essex*Geoffrey de Mandeville, 2nd Earl of Essex*Sir John Mandeville, French language author*William de Mandeville, 3rd Earl of Essex-Places:*Mandeville, Eure, Normandy, France...
over Jan Hernych
Jan Hernych
Jan Mauda Hernych is a professional male tennis player from Czech Republic. Born in Prague, he turned pro in 1998 and achieved his highest ranking of World No. 59 on 27 April 2009. He is currently 241st in the ATP rankings.-External links:...
3–6, 6–3, 6–4, and in San Antonio over Sébastien de Chaunac
Sébastien de Chaunac
Sébastien de Chaunac is a now inactive French professional tennis player. He mainly played ATP Challenger Series tournaments, capturing one singles and two doubles titles...
6–2, 6–7, 6–4 and then the semifinals of his next two challenger tournaments. At the end of 2003, he finished the year ranked in the top 100 for the first time in his career.
Tursunov started the season of 2004 losing in the first rounds of 2004 Chennai Open and 2004 Australian Open
2004 Australian Open
The 2004 Australian Open was a Grand Slam tournament held in Melbourne, Australia 19 January to 1 February, 2004.-Men's Singles: Roger Federer def. Marat Safin, 7–6, 6–4, 6–2...
, but won Waikoloa Challenger over Alejandro Falla
Alejandro Falla
Alejandro Falla Ramirez is a professional male tennis player from Colombia. He turned pro in 2000, plays left-handed, weighs 169 lb and measures 6'1" . At the 2006 Wimbledon tournament, Falla upset 9th seed Nikolay Davydenko and at the 2007 Sony Ericsson Open he beat 9th seed Tommy Haas in...
7–5, 7–6. He then reached the quarterfinals of the 2004 Kroger St. Jude
Regions Morgan Keegan Championships and the Cellular South Cup
The Regions Morgan Keegan Championships and the Cellular South Cup are tennis tournaments held in Memphis, Tennessee, USA. The Regions Morgan Keegan Championships is a men's ATP Tour event that has been held since 1976. In previous years it has been known as the U.S. Indoor Championships, the...
losing to Mardy Fish
Mardy Fish
Mardy Simpson Fish is an American professional tennis player, and Olympic silver medalist. He is a hardcourt specialist...
3–6, 6–4, 4–6. He then played in his first Masters event but lost in the first rounds of 2004 Pacific Life Open
2004 Pacific Life Open
The 2004 Pacific Life Open was a tennis tournament played on outdoor hard courts. It was the 28th edition of the Indian Wells Masters and was part of the Masters Series of the 2004 ATP Tour and of Tier I of the 2004 WTA Tour...
and 2004 NASDAQ-100 Open
2004 NASDAQ-100 Open
The 2004 NASDAQ-100 Open was a tennis tournament played on outdoor hard courts. It was the 20th edition of the Miami Masters and was part of the Masters Series of the 2004 ATP Tour and of Tier I of the 2004 WTA Tour...
. He then reached the quarterfinals of 2004 U.S. Men's Clay Court Championships
2004 U.S. Men's Clay Court Championships
The 2004 U.S. Men's Clay Court Championships was a tennis tournament played on outdoor clay courts at the Westside Tennis Club in Houston, Texas in the United States and was part of the International Series of the 2004 ATP Tour...
losing to eventual champion Tommy Haas
Tommy Haas
Tommy Haas is a German and recently naturalized American professional tennis player. He has competed on the ATP Tour since 1996. After breaking into the world top 100 in 1997, and reaching a career-high ranking of world no...
2–6, 0–6. He then lost in the first round in his next three ATP Tour in the 2004 Torneo Godó
2004 Torneo Godó
The 2004 Torneo Godó was the fifty-second edition of the Torneo Godó and it took place from April 24 to May 2, 2004.-Men's Singles: Tommy Robredo def. Gastón Gaudio, 6–3, 4–6, 6–2, 3–6, 6–3-Men's Doubles:...
, 2004 French Open
2004 French Open
The 2004 French Open was the 103rd edition of the tournament. Gastón Gaudio became the first men's Open Era Grand Slam title winner to save match points in the final; the last time that had happened was 70 years earlier. Gaudio also became the first Argentine man since Guillermo Vilas to win a...
, and 2004 Stella Artois Championships. However, he rebounded in the 2004 Wimbledon upsetting 19th seed and compatriot Marat Safin
Marat Safin
Marat Mikhailovich Safin is a retired Russian tennis player of Tatar descent. Safin won two grand slams and reached the world number 1 ranking during his career. He was also famous for his emotional outbursts and sometimes fiery temper on court. Safin also holds the record for most broken...
4–6, 7–5, 6–3, 7–6 in the first round and eventually fell to 9th seed Carlos Moyá
Carlos Moyá
Carlos Moya Llompart is a retired former world no. 1 tennis player from Spain. He was the French Open singles champion in 1998 and was the singles runner-up at the 1997 Australian Open. In 2004, he helped his country win the Davis Cup. He currently resides in Switzerland...
1–6, 4–6, 5–7 in the third round. At the 2004 TD Waterhouse Cup
Pilot Pen Tennis
This article is about the former New Haven joint tennis event. It is now a women's-only event. For the New Haven men's tennis event known as Volvo International , click here....
, he was able to reach his first ATP Tour semifinals retiring against Lleyton Hewitt
Lleyton Hewitt
Lleyton Glynn Hewitt born 24 February 1981) is an Australian professional tennis player and former world no. 1.In 2000, Hewitt had won ATP titles on all three major surfaces and reached one final on carpet. By 2001, he became the youngest male ever to be ranked no. 1 at the age of 20...
while trailing 3–6, 0–1. After the US Open loss to Fabrice Santoro
Fabrice Santoro
Fabrice Vetea Santoro is a retired French professional male tennis player from Tahiti. Though not counted among the top ranked players, he had an unusually long professional career – with many of his accomplishments coming toward the end of his career – and he is popular among spectators and other...
1–6, 3–6, 4–6 in the second round, Tursunov was forced out of tennis again for seven months with a broken vertebra suffered in a boating accident
He came back at the 2005 Indian Wells Masters tournament losing to Agustin Calleri
Agustín Calleri
Agustín Calleri Shaal is a retired professional male tennis player from Argentina. His nickname is Gordo which means Fat in Spanish. He is known as a hard-hitter and he prefers playing on clay....
2–6, 6–3, 3–6. In his next ATP Tour tournaments he reached the second rounds of 2005 French Open
2005 French Open
The 2005 French Open was the 104th edition of the tournament. Rafael Nadal, seeded fourth in his first French Open, was a strong favorite after winning the Rome and Monte Carlo Masters, with Guillermo Coria, a 2004 finalist and runner-up in Monaco, calling Nadal the best clay-court player in the...
and 2005 Stella Artois Championships, and the first round of 2005 10tele.com Open
Nottingham Open
The Slazenger Nottingham Open was a tennis tournament on the ATP Tour that was held in Nottingham, Great Britain...
. At Wimbledon 2005, Tursunov achieved his best ever performance in a Grand Slam
Grand Slam (tennis)
The four Major tennis tournaments, also called the Slams, are the most important tennis events of the year in terms of world tour ranking points, tradition, prize-money awarded, strength and size of player field, and public attention. They are the Australian Open, the French Open, Wimbledon, and...
event by making the fourth round. In his second-round match against then world no.9 Tim Henman
Tim Henman
Timothy Henry "Tim" Henman OBE is a retired English professional tennis player and former British Number One. Henman played a serve-and-volley style of tennis that suited the grass courts of Wimbledon. He was the first player from the United Kingdom since Roger Taylor in the 1970s to reach the...
, he had to play in a Wimbledon club shirt as two of his shirts were stolen from the locker room before the match. He eventually defeated the local hope in five sets 3–6, 6–2, 3–6, 6–3, 8–6, earning his first top 10 win of his career. He eventually lost in the fourth round to Sébastien Grosjean
Sébastien Grosjean
Sébastien René Grosjean is a retired tennis player from France. His career-high ATP Entry ranking is No. 4 . He retired from tennis on May 27, 2010.-Career:...
in another five-setter 4–6, 7–6, 3–6, 6–3, 1–6. It was the first time Tursunov had ever lost a five-set match, having previously compiled a 5–0 record in five-set matches.
He then reached the second rounds of 2005 RCA Championships
2005 RCA Championships
The 2005 RCA Championships was a tennis tournament played on outdoor hard courts. It was the 18th edition of the event known that year as the RCA Championships, and was part of the International Series of the 2005 ATP Tour. It took place at the Indianapolis Tennis Center in Indianapolis, Indiana,...
and 2005 Mercedes-Benz Cup, the first rounds of 2005 Western & Southern Financial Group Masters
2005 Western & Southern Financial Group Masters
The 2005 Cincinnati Masters was a tennis tournament played on outdoor hard courts...
and 2005 Pilot Pen Tennis
Pilot Pen Tennis
This article is about the former New Haven joint tennis event. It is now a women's-only event. For the New Haven men's tennis event known as Volvo International , click here....
and reached also the second round of his next 4 tournaments including the US Open. At the 2005 ATP Kremlin Cup
Kremlin Cup
The Kremlin Cup is a professional tennis tournament played on indoor hard courts. It is currently part of the ATP World Tour 250 series of the ATP Tour and is a Premier Tournament on the WTA Tour...
, he was able to reach the semifinals losing to compatriot Igor Andreev
Igor Andreev
Igor Valerievich Andreev is a Russian professional tennis player, born in Moscow.-2003:Andreev made his ATP debut in September 2003 at Bucharest, Romania as a qualifier and defeated top seed Nikolay Davydenko 7–5, 6–7, 6–0 in the first round, before losing in the next round to José Acasuso.At the...
7–5, 5–7, 2–6. He then won the challenger event in Kolding, Denmark defeating Steve Darcis
Steve Darcis
Steve Darcis is a male professional tennis player. He achieved his career high ranking of #44 on 12 May 2008.-2007:...
6–3, 6–4. In his last tournament of the year he reached the third round of 2005 BNP Paribas Masters losing to Nikolay Davydenko
Nikolay Davydenko
Nikolay Vladimirovich Davydenko is a Ukrainian-Russian tennis player. Davydenko's best result in a Grand Slam tournament has been reaching the semifinals, which he has done on four occasions: twice each at the French Open and the U.S. Open. His biggest achievement to date was winning the 2009 ATP...
6–3, 2–6, 3–6.
2006–2007
2006 Qatar ExxonMobil Open
The 2006 Qatar Open, known as the 2006 Qatar ExxonMobil Open, for sponsorship reasons, was an ATP Tour tennis tournament held in Doha, Qatar from 2 January until 7 January 2006.-Singles: Roger Federer def. Gaël Monfils, 6–3, 7–6...
and 2006 Medibank International
2006 Medibank International
The 2006 Medibank International was a tennis tournament played on outdoor hard courts. It was the 39th edition of the event known that year as the Medibank International, and was part of the International Series of the 2006 ATP Tour, and of the Tier II Series of the 2006 WTA Tour...
losing to eventual finalists Gaël Monfils
Gaël Monfils
Gaël Sébastien Monfils is a French professional tennis player. he was the highest-ranked French tennis player, ranked no. 7 in the world ATP rankings. He was the runner-up at the Paris Masters in 2009 and 2010 and a semifinalist at the 2008 French Open.-2002:In 2002, Monfils finished 24th at the...
2–6, 6–7 and Igor Andreev
Igor Andreev
Igor Valerievich Andreev is a Russian professional tennis player, born in Moscow.-2003:Andreev made his ATP debut in September 2003 at Bucharest, Romania as a qualifier and defeated top seed Nikolay Davydenko 7–5, 6–7, 6–0 in the first round, before losing in the next round to José Acasuso.At the...
2–6, 6–3, 4–6 respectively. He then reached the second round of 2006 Australian Open
2006 Australian Open
The 2006 Australian Open was played between 16 and 29 January 2006.- Leadup :Several leading men's players declined to attend the Open due to injury, including Andre Agassi, Rafael Nadal and defending champion Marat Safin....
to Tommy Robredo
Tommy Robredo
Tommy Robredo Garcés is a Spanish professional tennis player. On 8 May 2006, he broke into the world's top ten for the first time. His highest singles ranking to date is No...
6–7, 6–3, 6–7, 3–6. At the 2006 Regions Morgan Keegan Championships he lost in the quarterfinals to Tommy Haas
Tommy Haas
Tommy Haas is a German and recently naturalized American professional tennis player. He has competed on the ATP Tour since 1996. After breaking into the world top 100 in 1997, and reaching a career-high ranking of world no...
7–6, 4–6, 4–6. He then won a challenger event in Sunrise, Florida
Sunrise, Florida
-Overview:Sunrise is a city in southwestern Broward County, Florida, United States. It was incorporated in 1961 by Norman Johnson – a developer whose World Famous Upside-Down House attracted buyers to what was then a remote area...
defeating Alberto Martin
Alberto Martín
----Alberto Martín Magret is a retired tennis player from Spain. He turned professional in 1995.Martin's best Grand Slam performance was reaching the fourth round of Roland Garros in 2006. En route to this performance, Martín's first round win was his first victory over former World number 1 Andy...
6–3, 6–1. At the 2006 NASDAQ-100 Open he was able to reach the fourth round of a Master Series for the first time losing to world no. 1 Roger Federer
Roger Federer
Roger Federer is a Swiss professional tennis player who held the ATP no. 1 position for a record 237 consecutive weeks, and 285 weeks overall. As of 28 November 2011, he is ranked World No. 3 by the Association of Tennis Professionals . Federer has won a men's record 16 Grand Slam singles titles...
3–6, 3–6.
He then went 1–6 in his next six events only earning a victory over Gastao Elias
Gastao Elias
Gastão Elias is a Portuguese men's professional tennis player that competes in the ATP World Tour. In November 2011, he achieved a career-high singles world ranking no. 163. He has won four futures singles titles...
6–2, 6–1 at the 2006 Estoril Open
2006 Estoril Open
The 2006 Estoril Open was a tennis tournament played on outdoor clay courts. This event was the 17th edition of the Estoril Open, included in the 2006 ATP Tour International Series and in the 2006 WTA Tour Tier IV Series...
. At the French Open, Tursunov lost to David Nalbandian
David Nalbandian
David Pablo Nalbandian is an Argentine professional tennis player and former world no. 3. He was runner-up at the 2002 Wimbledon Championships and the winner of the Tennis Masters Cup in 2005.-Biography:...
after having a 2–0 set lead in the third round, losing 6–2, 7–5, 4–6, 2–6, 4–6. He then reached the quarterfinals of the 2006 Queen's Club Championships
2006 Queen's Club Championships
The 2006 Queen's Club Championships was a tennis tournament on the 2006 ATP Tour and the 35th edition of the event. It took place at the Queen's Club in London, United Kingdom, from June 12 through June 18, 2006. The tournament was part of the International Series.-Singles: Lleyton Hewitt def...
losing to local hero Tim Henman
Tim Henman
Timothy Henry "Tim" Henman OBE is a retired English professional tennis player and former British Number One. Henman played a serve-and-volley style of tennis that suited the grass courts of Wimbledon. He was the first player from the United Kingdom since Roger Taylor in the 1970s to reach the...
3–6, 6–7 and the first round of 2006 Nottingham Open
Nottingham Open
The Slazenger Nottingham Open was a tennis tournament on the ATP Tour that was held in Nottingham, Great Britain...
losing to another local hero Andy Murray 4–6, 3–6. He defeated then world no. 4 Ivan Ljubičić
Ivan Ljubicic
----Ivan Ljubičić is a Croatian tennis player born in Bosnia and Herzegovina . His career-high ATP ranking to date has been no. 3, and he stands at no. 37....
in the third round of 2006 Wimbledon coming back from two sets to love winning 5–7, 4–6, 6–1, 7–6, 6–2, before losing in the next round, 9–7 in the fifth set to Jarkko Nieminen
Jarkko Nieminen
Jarkko Kalervo Nieminen is a professional tennis player from Finland.His highest ranking is 13th, which was achieved on July 10, 2006. He has won one ATP singles title and two doubles titles in his career so far. His best performances in Grand Slam tournaments have been reaching the quarter-finals...
, after coming backtwo sets to love. After losing his serve in the fifth set to give Nieminen a 8–7 lead, he hit a ball at the chair umpire's chair. He was given a point penalty and later fined £4,000 ($7,500) for "unsportsmanlike conduct". He called the chair umpire, Fergus Murphy, an "idiot" in the news conference he had after the match.
He then reached his first ATP final at the 2006 LA Tennis Open losing to Tommy Haas
Tommy Haas
Tommy Haas is a German and recently naturalized American professional tennis player. He has competed on the ATP Tour since 1996. After breaking into the world top 100 in 1997, and reaching a career-high ranking of world no...
6–4, 5–7, 3–6 and followed it up with a semifinal performance at the 2006 Legg Mason Tennis Classic
Legg Mason Tennis Classic
The Legg Mason Tennis Classic is an annual late-summer men's tennis tournament played in Washington, D.C. as part of the ATP Tour. It was first held in 1969. It was later known as the Sovran Bank Classic. . Originally an event of the Grand Prix Tennis Tour and part of the Grand Prix Championship...
losing to Andy Murray 2–6, 5–7. He then fell in the third rounds of 2006 Rogers Cup and 2006 US Open, and the second rounds of 2006 Western & Southern Financial Group Masters
2006 Western & Southern Financial Group Masters
The 2006 Cincinnati Masters was a tennis tournament played on outdoor hard courts...
and 2006 BCR Open Romania. He then won his first career title at the 2006 Kingfisher Airlines Tennis Open
2006 Kingfisher Airlines Tennis Open
The 2006 Kingfisher Airlines Tennis Open was an ATP tournament held at Cricket Club of India in Mumbai, India. The tournament was held from September 25 to October 2.Dmitry Tursunov won his only title of the year, and the 1st of his career.-Men's Singles:...
defeating Tommy Robredo
Tommy Robredo
Tommy Robredo Garcés is a Spanish professional tennis player. On 8 May 2006, he broke into the world's top ten for the first time. His highest singles ranking to date is No...
7–6, 3–6, 6–1 in the semifinals and Tomas Berdych
Tomáš Berdych
Tomáš Berdych is a professional tennis player from the Czech Republic. His most notable achievements are reaching the final of the 2010 Wimbledon Championships, and the semifinals of the 2010 French Open. He defeated the Croatian player Ivan Ljubičić in five sets to win the Paris Masters in 2005...
6–3, 4–6, 7–6 in the final. He then lost four consecutive matches in the third round of 2006 Japan Open Tennis Championships
Japan Open Tennis Championships
The Rakuten Japan Open Tennis Championships is a tennis tournament held in Ariake Tennis Forest Park with its center court Ariake Coliseum, located in Kōtō, Tokyo, Japan. The championship includes both men's and women's, as well as singles and doubles competitions...
and the first rounds of 2006 Kremlin Cup
2006 Kremlin Cup
The 2006 Kremlin Cup was a tennis tournament played on indoor hard courts. It was the 17th edition of the Kremlin Cup, and was part of the International Series of the 2006 ATP Tour, and of the Tier I Series of the 2006 WTA Tour. It took place at the Olympic Stadium in Moscow, Russia from October 9...
, 2006 Mutua Madrileña Masters Madrid
2006 Mutua Madrilena Masters Madrid
The 2006 Madrid Masters was a tennis tournament played on indoor hard courts. It is the 5th edition of the Madrid Masters, and is part of the ATP Masters Series of the 2006 ATP Tour...
and 2006 St. Petersburg Open
St. Petersburg Open
The St. Petersburg Open is a professional tennis tournament played on indoor hard courts. It is currently part of the ATP World Tour 250 series of the Association of Tennis Professionals World Tour. It has been held annually at the Petersburg Sports and Concert Complex in St. Petersburg, Russia,...
. He then reached the third round of 2006 BNP Paribas Masters
2006 BNP Paribas Masters
The 2006 Paris Masters was a tennis tournament played on indoor carpet courts. It was the 32nd edition of the Paris Masters, and was part of the ATP Masters Series of the 2006 ATP Tour...
losing to eventual champion Nikolay Davydenko
Nikolay Davydenko
Nikolay Vladimirovich Davydenko is a Ukrainian-Russian tennis player. Davydenko's best result in a Grand Slam tournament has been reaching the semifinals, which he has done on four occasions: twice each at the French Open and the U.S. Open. His biggest achievement to date was winning the 2009 ATP...
2–6, 2–6. At the end of the year, he won a challenger event in Dnepropetrovsk, Ukraine defeating Benjamin Becker
Benjamin Becker
Benjamin Becker is a German professional tennis player. Becker's primary weapon is a very big serve that he can hit at up to 220km/h, along with powerful groundstrokes....
7–6, 6–4 in the final.
On January 6, 2007, Tursunov won the Hopman Cup
Hopman Cup
The Hopman Cup is an annual international team tennis tournament held in Perth, Western Australia in early January each year, which plays mixed teams on a country by country basis...
in Perth
Perth, Western Australia
Perth is the capital and largest city of the Australian state of Western Australia and the fourth most populous city in Australia. The Perth metropolitan area has an estimated population of almost 1,700,000....
, Australia, while representing Russia alongside Nadia Petrova
Nadia Petrova
Nadezhda Viktorovna Petrova is a Russian professional tennis player.Overall, she has won 28 WTA Titles, ten in singles and eighteen in doubles. In singles, Petrova has reached a career high ranking of World No. 3 in May 2006 and has reached the semi-finals of the French Open in 2003 and 2005...
. In the final, Tursunov defeated Tommy Robredo
Tommy Robredo
Tommy Robredo Garcés is a Spanish professional tennis player. On 8 May 2006, he broke into the world's top ten for the first time. His highest singles ranking to date is No...
in straight sets, after teammate Nadia Petrova
Nadia Petrova
Nadezhda Viktorovna Petrova is a Russian professional tennis player.Overall, she has won 28 WTA Titles, ten in singles and eighteen in doubles. In singles, Petrova has reached a career high ranking of World No. 3 in May 2006 and has reached the semi-finals of the French Open in 2003 and 2005...
's victory over Anabel Medina Garrigues
Anabel Medina Garrigues
Ana Isabel Medina Garrigues , better known as Anabel Medina, is a Spanish female tennis player. She reached a career high WTA Tour ranking of No. 16 on 4 May 2009, and has won 11 singles titles and 14 doubles titles, including the 2008 French Open and 2009 French Open with Virginia Ruano Pascual...
. Following this match was a proset mixed doubles between Russians Tursunov and Nadia Petrova and Spanish Tommy Robredo and Anabel Medina Garrigues. This match was a clear show of the playful nature of Tursunov and the other players. The match was relaxed since the outcome of the mixed doubles proset match did not matter. At one stage, Anabel Medina Garrigues switched with Tursunov so that Tursunov and Robredo were on one side, while Medina Garrigues and Petrova were on the other. The umpire, playing along, assigned points to Spain regardless.
He then played at the 2007 Australian Open
2007 Australian Open
The 2007 Australian Open was a Grand Slam tennis tournament held in Melbourne, Australia from 15 January until 28 January 2007.The total prize pool was set at exactly A$20 million, with the winners of both the men's and women's singles competition each receiving A$1,281,000. Over 500 players...
reaching the third round losing to Tomas Berdych
Tomáš Berdych
Tomáš Berdych is a professional tennis player from the Czech Republic. His most notable achievements are reaching the final of the 2010 Wimbledon Championships, and the semifinals of the 2010 French Open. He defeated the Croatian player Ivan Ljubičić in five sets to win the Paris Masters in 2005...
2–6, 1–6, 1–6. He then lost in the first round of his next 4 ATP Tour toruanments. He then fell in the second rounds of 2007 Estoril Open
2007 Estoril Open
The 2007 Estoril Open was a tennis tournament played on outdoor clay courts. It was the 18th edition of the Estoril Open, and was part of the International Series of the 2007 ATP Tour, and of the Tier IV Series of the 2007 WTA Tour...
and 2007 Internazionali BNL d'Italia, and the first round of the 2007 Hamburg Masters
2007 Hamburg Masters
The 2007 Masters Series Hamburg presented by E.ON Hanse was the 2007 edition of the Hamburg Masters. Roger Federer defeated Rafael Nadal, ending Nadal's 81-match winning streak on clay. Carlos Moyà reached his first Masters Series semi-final in three years, after languishing well outside the top-20...
. At the 2007 French Open
2007 French Open
The 2007 French Open was held in Paris, France from 27 May through to 10 June 2007. Followed two weeks later, as usual, by Wimbledon in London, United Kingdom. Rafael Nadal became the first man to win the tournament 3 times consecutively since Björn Borg, 1978–81; and maintained his unbeaten run...
he fell to Spaniard Fernando Verdasco
Fernando Verdasco
Fernando Verdasco Carmona is a professional tennis player. He is currently ranked no. 22 in the world. Verdasco started playing tennis at four years of age and had a full-time coach when he was eight...
4–6, 4–6, 4–6. During the grass season he reached the semifinals of 2007 Queen's Club Championships
2007 Queen's Club Championships
The 2007 Artois Championships was an ATP Tour International Series tennis tournament held in London from 11 June until 17 June 2007. It was the 35th edition of the Queen's Club Championships....
and 2007 Nottingham Open
2007 Nottingham Open
The 2007 Nottingham Open was the 2007 edition of the Nottingham Open tennis tournament. The tournament was held on June 18-25.Ivo Karlović won his second title of the year.-Men's Singles: Ivo Karlović def. Arnaud Clément, 3-6, 6-4, 6-4----...
to big servers Andy Roddick
Andy Roddick
Andrew Stephen "Andy" Roddick is an American professional tennis player and a former World No. 1. He is currently the second highest-ranked American player, behind Mardy Fish....
4–6, 5–7 and Ivo Karlovic
Ivo Karlovic
Ivo Karlović is a Croatian tennis player. He has won four ATP singles titles: three in 2007 and one in 2008. Karlović is the tallest player ever on the ATP Tour at 208 cm . He is a serve-and-volleyer, Karlovic holds the fastest serve recorded in professional tennis, measured at 251 km/h ...
5–7, 4–6 respectively.
Tommy Haas
Tommy Haas is a German and recently naturalized American professional tennis player. He has competed on the ATP Tour since 1996. After breaking into the world top 100 in 1997, and reaching a career-high ranking of world no...
of Germany, 1–6, 6–4, 7–6, 6–4. Ironically, Haas was unable to go on and play his next game against Roger Federer
Roger Federer
Roger Federer is a Swiss professional tennis player who held the ATP no. 1 position for a record 237 consecutive weeks, and 285 weeks overall. As of 28 November 2011, he is ranked World No. 3 by the Association of Tennis Professionals . Federer has won a men's record 16 Grand Slam singles titles...
due to an abdominal injury.
In Indianapolis, Tursunov won his 2nd career title, defeating surprise finalist Frank Dancevic
Frank Dancevic
Frank Russell Dancevic is a Canadian professional tennis player. He first became the country's top singles player, according to ATP rankings, on February 10, 2003, as an eighteen-year old, and remained so from January 30, 2006 until June 20, 2010. He is the Canada No...
6–4, 7–5 while losing only 10 points on serve and never facing a break point. He then lost 3 consecutive matches at the Masters event of the 2007 Rogers Cup and 2007 Cincinnati Masters
2007 Cincinnati Masters
The 2007 Cincinnati Masters was a tennis tournament played on outdoor hard courts...
, and the 2007 US Open. Tursunov then rebounded by winning his second title of the year at the Thailand Open
Thailand Open (tennis)
The Thailand Open is a professional tennis tournament played on indoor hard courts. It is currently part of the ATP World Tour 250 series of the ATP Tour...
, dominating Benjamin Becker
Benjamin Becker
Benjamin Becker is a German professional tennis player. Becker's primary weapon is a very big serve that he can hit at up to 220km/h, along with powerful groundstrokes....
, 6–2, 6–1. He then reached the third round of 2007 AIG Japan Open Tennis Championships losing to Feliciano Lopez
Feliciano López
Feliciano López Diaz-Guerra is a Spanish professional male tennis player. He was born in Toledo and now lives in the Spanish capital Madrid....
6–7, 4–6. He then lost early in 2007 Kremlin Cup
2007 Kremlin Cup
The 2007 Kremlin Cup was a tennis tournament played on indoor hard courts. It was the 18th edition of the Kremlin Cup, and was part of the International Series of the 2007 ATP Tour, and of the Tier I Series of the 2007 WTA Tour. It took place at the Olympic Stadium in Moscow, Russia, from October 8...
and 2007 Madrid Masters
2007 Madrid Masters
The 2007 Madrid Masters was a tennis tournament played on indoor hard courts. It was the 6th edition of the Madrid Masters, and was part of the ATP Masters Series of the 2007 ATP Tour...
. At the 2007 St. Petersburg Open
2007 St. Petersburg Open
The 2007 St. Petersburg Open was a tennis tournament played on indoor carpet courts. It was the 13th edition of the St. Petersburg Open, and was part of the International Series of the 2007 ATP Tour. It took place at the Petersburg Sports and Concert Complex in Saint Petersburg, Russia, from...
he fell in the quarterfinals to Andy Murray 6–3, 6–7, 4–6. At the 2007 BNP Paribas Masters, he lost to Mardy Fish
Mardy Fish
Mardy Simpson Fish is an American professional tennis player, and Olympic silver medalist. He is a hardcourt specialist...
6–7, 4–6. As the defending champion, Dmitry lost in the final of the Challenger in Dnepropetrovsk, Ukraine to Mischa Zverev
Mischa Zverev
Mikhail "Mischa" Zverev is a German professional tennis player. He is the son of former Russian tennis player Alexander Zverev, who is also his coach. He now resides in Monte-Carlo, Monaco and represents Germany internationally...
4–6, 4–6.
2008–2009
Tursunov played his first tournament of 2008 at the 2008 Qatar Open falling to Nikolay DavydenkoNikolay Davydenko
Nikolay Vladimirovich Davydenko is a Ukrainian-Russian tennis player. Davydenko's best result in a Grand Slam tournament has been reaching the semifinals, which he has done on four occasions: twice each at the French Open and the U.S. Open. His biggest achievement to date was winning the 2009 ATP...
5–7, 3–6 in the quarterfinals. 2008 Medibank International
2008 Medibank International
The 2008 Medibank International was a tennis tournament played on outdoor hard courts. It was the 41st edition of the event known that year as the Medibank International, and was part of the International Series of the 2008 ATP Tour, and of the Tier II Series of the 2008 WTA Tour...
in Sydney, Australia. He defeated Stanislas Wawrinka
Stanislas Wawrinka
Stanislas Wawrinka is a Swiss professional tennis player. He also holds German citizenship as his father is German. His career ranking high is no. 9, achieved on 9 June 2008. He considers clay his best surface and his backhand his best shot...
6–3, 6–3, top seed and number eight in the world Richard Gasquet
Richard Gasquet
Richard Gasquet is a French professional tennis player. He won the mixed doubles Grand Slam title at the 2004 French Open, partnering Tatiana Golovin. His highest ranking in singles is #7. His best achievements in tennis are reaching the semi-finals of Wimbledon in 2007 and later that year...
of France 3–6, 6–3, 6–4, Sébastien Grosjean
Sébastien Grosjean
Sébastien René Grosjean is a retired tennis player from France. His career-high ATP Entry ranking is No. 4 . He retired from tennis on May 27, 2010.-Career:...
of France 6–3, 6–4 and Frenchman Fabrice Santoro
Fabrice Santoro
Fabrice Vetea Santoro is a retired French professional male tennis player from Tahiti. Though not counted among the top ranked players, he had an unusually long professional career – with many of his accomplishments coming toward the end of his career – and he is popular among spectators and other...
6–3, 6–4. In the final, Tursunov defeated big-serving Australian Chris Guccione
Chris Guccione
Christopher "Chris" Luke Guccione , is an Australian professional tennis player from Greenvale, Victoria; his father is Italian and his mother is Australian....
7–6, 7–6. This was his fourth career title.
At the Australian Open, Tursunov beat Xavier Malisse
Xavier Malisse
Xavier Malisse is a Belgian tennis player. Born in Kortrijk, Belgium, he is the only men's player from his country to have been ranked in the top 20 of the ATP tour. He is sponsored by Prince and Lotto. His nickname is "The X-Man"....
in the first round in 5 sets, after being down two sets to love 6–7, 5–7, 6–2, 6–1, 6–3 However, he then lost his second round match against Sam Querrey
Sam Querrey
Sam Austin Querrey is a professional American tennis player from Thousand Oaks, California currently living in Las Vegas, Nevada. As of August 2010, he is the fourth-highest ranked American. His career high rank was #17, achieved on January 31, 2011. His height allows him to play with a strong...
in four sets 6–7, 6–4, 4–6, 2–6.
Tursunov lost in the first round of the 2008 ABN AMRO World Tennis Tournament
2008 ABN AMRO World Tennis Tournament
The 2008 ABN AMRO World Tennis Tournament was a tennis tournament played on indoor hard courts. It was the 36th edition of the event known that year as the ABN AMRO World Tennis Tournament, and was part of the ATP International Series Gold of the 2008 ATP Tour...
to Rafael Nadal
Rafael Nadal
Rafael "Rafa" Nadal Parera is a Spanish professional tennis player and a former World No. 1. , he is ranked No. 2 by the Association of Tennis Professionals...
4–6 4–6, but combined with Tomáš Berdych to win the doubles title, defeating Mikhail Youzhny
Mikhail Youzhny
Mikhail Mikhailovich Youzhny , is a professional Russian tennis player, noted for his consistency and all-court play style. He has been coached by Boris Sobkin for 17 years....
and Philipp Kohlschreiber
Philipp Kohlschreiber
Philipp Kohlschreiber is a tennis player from Germany, who turned professional in 2001. The right-hander has won six doubles and three singles titles. He reached his highest singles ATP-ranking on 28 September 2009, when he achieved a ranking of World No. 22...
in the final 7–5, 3–6, 10–7. This was his 2nd doubles career title. In the 2008 Dubai Tennis Championships
2008 Dubai Tennis Championships
The 2008 Barclays Dubai Tennis Championship was a tennis tournament played on outdoor hard courts. It was the 16th edition of the Dubai Tennis Championships, and was part of the International Series Gold of the 2008 ATP Tour, and of the Tier II Series of the 2008 WTA Tour...
he fell to Richard Gasquet
Richard Gasquet
Richard Gasquet is a French professional tennis player. He won the mixed doubles Grand Slam title at the 2004 French Open, partnering Tatiana Golovin. His highest ranking in singles is #7. His best achievements in tennis are reaching the semi-finals of Wimbledon in 2007 and later that year...
4–6, 4–6. 2008 Pacific Life Open he fell to Juan Ignacio Chela
Juan Ignacio Chela
Juan Ignacio Chela is a professional male tennis player from Argentina. Like most Argentine players he is comfortable on Clay courts and owns all six of his career titles on the surface...
7–6, 6–7, 4–6. At the 2008 Sony Ericsson Open, he defeated Richard Gasquet
Richard Gasquet
Richard Gasquet is a French professional tennis player. He won the mixed doubles Grand Slam title at the 2004 French Open, partnering Tatiana Golovin. His highest ranking in singles is #7. His best achievements in tennis are reaching the semi-finals of Wimbledon in 2007 and later that year...
in their third encounter of the year 6–3, 6–7, 7–6 in the second round but lost in the fourth round to Tomáš Berdych
Tomáš Berdych
Tomáš Berdych is a professional tennis player from the Czech Republic. His most notable achievements are reaching the final of the 2010 Wimbledon Championships, and the semifinals of the 2010 French Open. He defeated the Croatian player Ivan Ljubičić in five sets to win the Paris Masters in 2005...
2–6, 2–6. In the 2008 Monte Carlo Masters
2008 Monte Carlo Masters
The 2008 Masters Series Monte-Carlo was a tennis tournament played on outdoor clay courts. It was the 102nd edition of the Monte Carlo Masters, and was part of the ATP Masters Series of the 2008 ATP Tour...
he lost to Igor Andreev
Igor Andreev
Igor Valerievich Andreev is a Russian professional tennis player, born in Moscow.-2003:Andreev made his ATP debut in September 2003 at Bucharest, Romania as a qualifier and defeated top seed Nikolay Davydenko 7–5, 6–7, 6–0 in the first round, before losing in the next round to José Acasuso.At the...
5–7, 3–6. At the 2008 Open Sabadell Atlántico Barcelona, he reached the quarterinals to German Denis Gremelmayr
Denis Gremelmayr
Denis Gremelmayr is a German male tennis player. Gremelmayr turned pro in 2000 and reached #97 in August, 2006. He spent 2007 in the top 200 and finished the year at #119...
4–6, 0–6. He lost two consecutive first rounds at the 2008 Rome Masters
2008 Rome Masters
The 2008 Rome Masters was a tennis tournament played on outdoor clay courts. It was the 65th edition of the Rome Masters, and was part of the ATP Masters Series of the 2008 ATP Tour, and of the Tier I Series of the 2008 WTA Tour...
and 2008 Hamburg Masters
2008 Hamburg Masters
The 2008 Masters Series Hamburg was a tennis tournament played on outdoor clay courts. It was the 101st edition of the Masters Series Hamburg, and was part of the ATP Masters Series of the 2008 ATP Tour. It took place at the Rothenbaum Tennis Center in Hamburg, Germany, from May 10 through May 18,...
At Roland Garros, Tursunov won his first two round matches against Daniel Brands
Daniel Brands
Daniel Brands is a German professional tennis player. His career high rank was No. 66, achieved on July 5, 2010.- 2008 :...
and Guillermo García López
Guillermo Garcia Lopez
Guillermo García López is a professional male tennis player from Spain.He is good friends with fellow Spanish tennis player Juan Carlos Ferrero, and both train at the JC Ferrero Equelite Tennis Academy in Villena, Spain.- Professional career :On November 23, 2009, García-López achieved his...
, and then lost to Jérémy Chardy
Jérémy Chardy
Jérémy Chardy is a French professional tennis player. He won the 2005 Wimbledon Championships Boys' Singles title, and finished as the runner-up at the 2005 US Open Boys' Singles, losing to Ryan Sweeting. His career high rank is no...
in straight sets. However, Tursunov paired up with Igor Kunitsyn
Igor Kunitsyn
Igor Kunitsyn is a professional male tennis player from Russia. He made it into the top 100 for the first time in 2006, and reached a career-high singles ranking of 35 on July 6, 2009.-Early life:...
in the men's doubles event. They reached the semi finals, losing to Daniel Nestor
Daniel Nestor
Daniel Mark Nestor, CM , born Danijel Nestorović September 4, 1972, in Belgrade, Yugoslavia, is a Serbian-born Canadian professional tennis player from Toronto, Ontario, Canada....
and Nenad Zimonjić
Nenad Zimonjic
Nenad Zimonjić is a professional Serbian tennis player who is currently ranked World No. 3 in men's doubles. He is the second tennis doubles player from Serbia to hold the World No.1, after Slobodan Živojinović.-Career:...
6–4, 4–6, 4–6. This performance lifted Tursunov to a career high doubles ranking of 36.
On the 17th June at the Slazenger Open in Nottingham, Tursunov walked off the court when losing by a set and a break in a first round doubles match after disagreeing with a line call. The next morning, the ATP announced he had been thrown out of the Wimbledon warm-up tournament because of his actions. This included the singles tournament, handing second round opponent Thomas Johansson
Thomas Johansson
Karl Thomas Conny Johansson , commonly known as Thomas Johansson, is a former Swedish professional tennis player. He is a former Australian Open singles champion and Olympic silver medalist in doubles.-Junior career:...
a walk over into the quarterfinals.
At Wimbledon, Tursunov beat Nicolas Mahut
Nicolas Mahut
Nicolas Pierre Armand Mahut is a French tennis player. Mahut is right-handed and has previously won the Orange Bowl in 1999, becoming professional in 2000. He is a good serve and volleyer and a doubles expert, having won many tournaments with his doubles partner Julien Benneteau. His career high...
in five sets 6–4, 6–7, 7–6, 3–6, 7–5 Chris Eaton
Chris Eaton (tennis)
Christopher Philip Eaton is an English tennis player. He reached his career-high singles ranking of #319 in June, 2009 and his career-high doubles ranking of #365 in February, 2009 and is the current British #9...
7–6, 6–2, 6–4 and lost to Janko Tipsarević
Janko Tipsarevic
Janko Tipsarević is a Serbian tennis player. His career-high ranking is No. 9, achieved on 14 November 2011. He is the 117th player in history to crack the top 10....
6–7, 6–7, 3–6 in the 3rd round.
At the 2008 Indianapolis Tennis Championships
2008 Indianapolis Tennis Championships
The 2008 Indianapolis Tennis Championships was a tennis tournament played on outdoor hard courts. It was the 21st edition of the Indianapolis Tennis Championships, and was part of the International Series of the 2008 ATP Tour. It took place at the Indianapolis Tennis Center in Indianapolis,...
, Tursunov upset the number one seed James Blake
James Blake
James Riley Blake is an American professional tennis player. Blake is known for his speed and powerful, flat forehand. As of August 2011, Blake is ranked no. 63 among active male players with 24 career finals appearances...
4–6, 6–3, 6–4 to make it to the final. He was unable to defend his title, losing to Gilles Simon
Gilles Simon
Gilles Simon is a French professional tennis player and former world no. 6. He is a nine-time winner on the ATP World Tour...
4–6, 4–6 in the championship match. At the 2008 Rogers Cup, Tursunov lost in the 3rd round to James Blake 6–4, 1–6, 4–6, and to eventual champion Andy Murray in the 3rd round at the 2008 Western & Southern Financial Group Masters, after earning his 3rd victory of the year over Richard Gasquet
Richard Gasquet
Richard Gasquet is a French professional tennis player. He won the mixed doubles Grand Slam title at the 2004 French Open, partnering Tatiana Golovin. His highest ranking in singles is #7. His best achievements in tennis are reaching the semi-finals of Wimbledon in 2007 and later that year...
7–6, 6–0.
Tursunov represented Russia for the first time at the 2008 Beijing Olympics. He lost in the first round to top seed Roger Federer
Roger Federer
Roger Federer is a Swiss professional tennis player who held the ATP no. 1 position for a record 237 consecutive weeks, and 285 weeks overall. As of 28 November 2011, he is ranked World No. 3 by the Association of Tennis Professionals . Federer has won a men's record 16 Grand Slam singles titles...
4–6, 2–6. At the US Open, Tursunov reached the 3rd round by beating Eduardo Schwank
Eduardo Schwank
Eduardo Jonatan Schwank is a professional tennis player from Argentina on the ATP Tour. He is currently coached by Javier Nalbandian, the brother of David Nalbandian....
and Victor Hănescu
Victor Hanescu
Victor Hănescu is a Romanian tennis player. He achieved his career high rank of no. 26 on July 6, 2009.- Professional career :...
. He was beaten by his compatriot Nikolay Davydenko
Nikolay Davydenko
Nikolay Vladimirovich Davydenko is a Ukrainian-Russian tennis player. Davydenko's best result in a Grand Slam tournament has been reaching the semifinals, which he has done on four occasions: twice each at the French Open and the U.S. Open. His biggest achievement to date was winning the 2009 ATP...
2–6, 6–7, 3–6. Tursunov then celebrated his 5th ATP title win at the 2008 Open de Moselle
2008 Open de Moselle
The 2008 Open de Moselle was a tennis tournament played on indoor hard courts. It was the 11th edition of the Open de Moselle, and was part of the International Series of the 2008 ATP Tour. It took place at the Arènes de Metz in Metz, France, from September 29 through October 5, 2008.The announced...
in Metz beating Paul-Henri Mathieu
Paul-Henri Mathieu
Paul-Henri Mathieu is a French tennis player.-Tennis career:Mathieu was born in Strasbourg, France. He first began playing tennis at age 3, with his older brother Pierre-Yves. Between 1997 and 2000 he trained at the Nick Bollettieri Tennis Academy in Bradenton, Florida...
7–6, 1–6, 6–4. He then suffered three consecutive loses at the 2008 Kremlin Cup
2008 Kremlin Cup
The 2008 Kremlin Cup was a tennis tournament played on indoor hard courts. It was the 19th edition of the Kremlin Cup, and was part of the International Series of the 2008 ATP Tour, and of the Tier I Series of the 2008 WTA Tour. It took place at the Olympic Stadium in Moscow, Russia, from October 6...
, 2008 Madrid Masters and 2008 St. Petersburg Open
2008 St. Petersburg Open
The 2008 St. Petersburg Open was a tennis tournament played on indoor hard courts. It was the 14th edition of the St. Petersburg Open, and was part of the International Series of the 2008 ATP Tour. It took place at the Petersburg Sports and Concert Complex in Saint Petersburg, Russia, from October...
. At the 2008 BNP Paribas Masters
2008 BNP Paribas Masters
The 2008 Paris Masters was a tennis tournament played on indoor hard courts. It was the 34th edition of the Paris Masters, and was part of the ATP Masters Series of the 2008 ATP Tour...
he reried in his second round match against Novak Djokovic
Novak Djokovic
Novak Djokovic is a Serbian professional tennis player who has been ranked world no. 1 by the Association of Tennis Professionals since 4 July 2011. He has won four Grand Slam singles titles: the 2008 and 2011 Australian Open, the 2011 Wimbledon Championships, and the 2011 US Open...
while trailing 2–6, 3–4. He then won a Challenger event in Helsinki in his last tournament of the year.
The Russian began 2009 by losing his first three matches 2009 Qatar ExxonMobil Open
2009 Qatar ExxonMobil Open
The 2009 Qatar Open, known as the 2009 Qatar ExxonMobil Open for sponsorship reasons, was a tennis tournament played on outdoor hard courts. It was the 17th edition of the Qatar ExxonMobil Open, and part of the ATP World Tour 250 series of the 2009 ATP World Tour. It took place at the Khalifa...
, 2009 Medibank International Sydney
2009 Medibank International Sydney
The 2009 Medibank International Sydney was a tennis tournament played on outdoor hard courts. It was the 42nd edition of the event known that year as the Medibank International Sydney, and was part of the ATP World Tour 250 series of the 2009 ATP World Tour, and of the WTA Premier tournaments of...
, and 2009 Australian Open
2009 Australian Open
The 2009 Australian Open was a tennis tournament played on outdoor hard courts. It was the 97th edition of the Australian Open, and the first Grand Slam event of the year. It took place at the Melbourne Park in Melbourne, Australia, from 19 January through 1 February 2009. The 2009 men's...
. He then qualified for the 2009 PBZ Zagreb Indoors
2009 PBZ Zagreb Indoors
The 2009 PBZ Zagreb Indoors was an ATP tennis tournament played on hard courts indoors. It was the 6th edition of the PBZ Zagreb Indoors, and part of the ATP World Tour 250 series of the 2009 ATP World Tour. It took place in Zagreb, Croatia from February 2 through February 8, 2009.The singles line...
but lost to Ernests Gulbis
Ernests Gulbis
Ernests Gulbis is a Latvian professional tennis player. In 2008, Gulbis won his first ATP Tour doubles title at the U.S. Men's Clay Court Championships, teaming with Rainer Schüttler, and in 2010 won his first ATP Tour singles title in the Delray Beach, defeating Ivo Karlović in the final...
6–4, 4–6, 4–6. He the fell in the second round of the 2009 ABN AMRO World Tennis Tournament
2009 ABN AMRO World Tennis Tournament
The 2009 ABN AMRO World Tennis Tournament was a tennis tournament played on indoor hard courts. It was the 37th edition of the event known as the ABN AMRO World Tennis Tournament, and is part of the ATP World Tour 500 series of the 2009 ATP World Tour. It took place at the Ahoy Rotterdam indoor...
, 2009 Open 13
2009 Open 13
The 2009 Open 13 was a tennis tournament played on indoor hard courts. It was the 17th edition of the Open 13, and was part of the International Series of the 2009 ATP World Tour...
and 2009 Dubai Tennis Championships
2009 Dubai Tennis Championships
The 2009 Barclays Dubai Tennis Championships was a 500 Series event on the 2009 ATP World Tour and a Premier 5 event on the 2009 WTA Tour. Both of the events took place at The Aviation Club Tennis Centre in Dubai, United Arab Emirates...
losing to Jo-Wilfried Tsonga 6–7, 2–6, Feliciano Lopez
Feliciano López
Feliciano López Diaz-Guerra is a Spanish professional male tennis player. He was born in Toledo and now lives in the Spanish capital Madrid....
6–7, 6–7 and Igor Andreev
Igor Andreev
Igor Valerievich Andreev is a Russian professional tennis player, born in Moscow.-2003:Andreev made his ATP debut in September 2003 at Bucharest, Romania as a qualifier and defeated top seed Nikolay Davydenko 7–5, 6–7, 6–0 in the first round, before losing in the next round to José Acasuso.At the...
7–5, 4–6, 3–6 respectively. He the reached the third rounds of the Masters events 2009 BNP Paribas Open
2009 BNP Paribas Open
The 2009 BNP Paribas Open was a tennis tournament played on outdoor hard courts. It was the 33rd edition of the event, known that year as the BNP Paribas Open, and was classified as an ATP World Tour Masters 1000 event on the 2009 ATP World Tour and a Premier Mandatory event on the 2009 WTA Tour...
to Rafael Nadal
Rafael Nadal
Rafael "Rafa" Nadal Parera is a Spanish professional tennis player and a former World No. 1. , he is ranked No. 2 by the Association of Tennis Professionals...
3–6, 3–6 and the 2009 Sony Ericsson Open
2009 Sony Ericsson Open
The 2009 Sony Ericsson Open was a men's and women's tennis tournament held from March 23 to April 5, 2009. It was the 25th edition of the Miami Masters event and was played on outdoor hard courts at the Tennis Center at Crandon Park in Key Biscayne, Florida, located near Miami...
to Andy Roddick
Andy Roddick
Andrew Stephen "Andy" Roddick is an American professional tennis player and a former World No. 1. He is currently the second highest-ranked American player, behind Mardy Fish....
6–7, 2–6. He then missed the European clay court season due to an ankle surgery. He came back at the 2009 French Open
2009 French Open
The 2009 French Open was a tennis tournament played on outdoor clay courts. It was the 108th edition of the French Open, and the second Grand Slam event of the year...
losing in the first round to Arnaud Clement
Arnaud Clément
Arnaud Clément is a professional tennis player from France. His best achievement is reaching the final of the 2001 Australian Open.-Career:Clément was born in Aix-en-Provence, and currently lives in Geneva, Switzerland...
3–6, 6–3, 4–6, 1–6. At the Grass Season he reached the second round of the 2009 Gerry Weber Open
2009 Gerry Weber Open
The 2009 Gerry Weber Open was a tennis tournament played on outdoor grass courts. It was the 17th edition of the event known that year as the Gerry Weber Open, and was part of the ATP World Tour 250 series of the 2009 ATP World Tour...
to Philipp Kohlschreiber
Philipp Kohlschreiber
Philipp Kohlschreiber is a tennis player from Germany, who turned professional in 2001. The right-hander has won six doubles and three singles titles. He reached his highest singles ATP-ranking on 28 September 2009, when he achieved a ranking of World No. 22...
4–6, 6–7 and won the 2009 AEGON International
2009 AEGON International
The 2009 AEGON International is a combined men's and women's tennis tournament to be played on outdoor grass courts. It will be the 34th edition of the event for the women and the 1st edition for the men. It is classified as a WTA Premier tournament on the 2009 WTA Tour and as an ATP World Tour 250...
defeating Canadian Frank Dancevic
Frank Dancevic
Frank Russell Dancevic is a Canadian professional tennis player. He first became the country's top singles player, according to ATP rankings, on February 10, 2003, as an eighteen-year old, and remained so from January 30, 2006 until June 20, 2010. He is the Canada No...
6–3, 7–6 in the final, his first grass court title. He then retired in his first round match of the 2009 Wimbledon losing to Mischa Zverev
Mischa Zverev
Mikhail "Mischa" Zverev is a German professional tennis player. He is the son of former Russian tennis player Alexander Zverev, who is also his coach. He now resides in Monte-Carlo, Monaco and represents Germany internationally...
4–6, 2–6, 0–3 RET due to an ankle injury. He then reached the quarterfinals 2009 Indianapolis Tennis Championships
2009 Indianapolis Tennis Championships
The 2009 Indianapolis Tennis Championships was a tennis tournament played on outdoor hard courts. It was the 22nd edition of the event known that year as the Indianapolis Tennis Championships and was part of the ATP World Tour 250 series of the 2009 ATP World Tour...
to Frank Dancevic
Frank Dancevic
Frank Russell Dancevic is a Canadian professional tennis player. He first became the country's top singles player, according to ATP rankings, on February 10, 2003, as an eighteen-year old, and remained so from January 30, 2006 until June 20, 2010. He is the Canada No...
6–3, 6–7, 2–6. He then lost 4 consecutive matches 2009 LA Tennis Open
2009 LA Tennis Open
The 2009 LA Tennis Open was a tennis tournament played on outdoor hard courts. It was the 83rd edition of the event known that year as the LA Tennis Open and is part of the ATP World Tour 250 series of the 2009 ATP World Tour...
, 2009 Legg Mason Tennis Classic
2009 Legg Mason Tennis Classic
The 2009 Legg Mason Tennis Classic was a tennis tournament played on outdoor hard courts. It was the 41st edition of the event known that year as Legg Mason Tennis Classic, and was part of the ATP World Tour 500 series of the 2009 ATP World Tour. It took place at the William H.G...
, 2009 Rogers Cup
2009 Rogers Cup
The 2009 Canada Masters was a tennis tournament played on outdoor hard courts. It was the 120th edition of the Canada Masters, and was part of the ATP World Tour Masters 1000 of the 2009 ATP World Tour, and of the Premier 5 of the 2009 WTA Tour...
and 2009 US Open
2009 US Open (tennis)
The 2009 US Open was a tennis tournament played on outdoor hard courts, held from August 31 to September 14, 2009 in the USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center at Flushing Meadows, New York City, United States. Originally, it was scheduled to end with the mens' singles final match on Sunday,...
. He then missed the rest of the year due to an ankle injury.
2010–2011
Dmitry missed most of the first part of 2010 due to an left ankle injury and ankle surgery in February. He played his first tournament in 2010 at the 2010 French Open2010 French Open
The 2010 French Open was a tennis tournament played on outdoor clay courts. It was the 109th edition of the French Open, and the second Grand Slam event of the year...
falling to Daniel Gimeno-Traver 6–1 in all three sets. He then played in the Challenger Tour in the 2010 AEGON Trophy
2010 AEGON Trophy
The 2010 AEGON Trophy was a professional tennis tournament played on outdoor grass courts. It was part of the 2010 ATP Challenger Tour. It took place in Nottingham, Great Britain between May 31 and June 6, 2010.-Seeds:*Rankings are as of May 24, 2010....
, falling in the second round to Marsel İlhan
Marsel Ilhan
Marsel İlhan is a Turkish tennis player, ranked No. 1 in Turkey and No. 109, as of October 10th, 2011, in the world...
. He then fell in the first round of the 2010 Wimbledon to Rainer Schuettler 2–6, 2–6, 3–6. He the fell in the second round of the qualifying draw in the 2010 Campbell's Hall of Fame Tennis Championships
2010 Campbell's Hall of Fame Tennis Championships
The 2010 Hall of Fame Tennis Championships is a tennis tournament played on outdoor grass courts. It was the 35th edition of the Hall of Fame Tennis Championships, and is part of the ATP World Tour 250 series of the 2010 ATP World Tour...
and 2010 Farmers Classic
2010 Farmers Classic
The 2010 Farmers Classic, presented by Mercedes-Benz, was a tennis tournament played on outdoor hard courts. It was the 84th edition of the Los Angeles Open, and was part of the Olympus US Open Series of the 2010 ATP World Tour. It took place at the Los Angeles Tennis Center in Los Angeles,...
. He won his first ATP World Tour match of the year at the 2010 Legg Mason Tennis Classic
2010 Legg Mason Tennis Classic
The 2010 Legg Mason Tennis Classic was a tennis tournament to played on outdoor hard courts. It was the 42nd edition of this event and was part of the ATP World Tour 500 series of the 2010 ATP World Tour. It took place at the William H.G...
defeated Teymuraz Gabashvili 5–7, 7–5, 6–4 before falling to Tomáš Berdych
Tomáš Berdych
Tomáš Berdych is a professional tennis player from the Czech Republic. His most notable achievements are reaching the final of the 2010 Wimbledon Championships, and the semifinals of the 2010 French Open. He defeated the Croatian player Ivan Ljubičić in five sets to win the Paris Masters in 2005...
6–7, 6–4, 1–6. He again lost in the first round of the 2010 US Open
2010 US Open (tennis)
The 2010 US Open was a tennis tournament played on outdoor hard courts, held from August 30 to September 13, 2010 in the USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center at Flushing Meadows, Queens, New York City, United States....
to Jürgen Melzer
Jürgen Melzer
Jürgen Melzer is an Austrian tennis player. He reached a career-high ranking of no. 8 on 18 April 2011, and a doubles ranking of no. 6 on 13 September 2010. He is the only current player on the ATP Tour to be ranked in the top 10 in both singles and doubles. He is a left-handed tennis player, but...
4–6, 2–6, 6–3, 6–4, 2–6. He then played in Bangkok
Bangkok
Bangkok is the capital and largest urban area city in Thailand. It is known in Thai as Krung Thep Maha Nakhon or simply Krung Thep , meaning "city of angels." The full name of Bangkok is Krung Thep Mahanakhon Amon Rattanakosin Mahintharayutthaya Mahadilok Phop Noppharat Ratchathani Burirom...
losing in the first round and quarterfinals of the Challenger events and in the qualifying competition 2010 PTT Thailand Open
2010 PTT Thailand Open
The 2010 PTT Thailand Open was a tennis tournament played on indoor hard courts. It was the 8th edition of the Thailand Open, and was part of the ATP World Tour 250 Series of the 2010 ATP World Tour...
. At the 2010 Rakuten Japan Open Tennis Championships
2010 Rakuten Japan Open Tennis Championships
The 2010 Rakuten Japan Open Tennis Championships was a tennis tournament played on outdoor hard courts. It was the 38th edition of the event known that year as the Rakuten Japan Open Tennis Championships, and was part of the 500 Series of the 2010 ATP World Tour...
, Tursunov produced two upsets defeated world no. 25 Ernests Gulbis
Ernests Gulbis
Ernests Gulbis is a Latvian professional tennis player. In 2008, Gulbis won his first ATP Tour doubles title at the U.S. Men's Clay Court Championships, teaming with Rainer Schüttler, and in 2010 won his first ATP Tour singles title in the Delray Beach, defeating Ivo Karlović in the final...
6–3, 6–4 and world no. 30 Richard Gasquet
Richard Gasquet
Richard Gasquet is a French professional tennis player. He won the mixed doubles Grand Slam title at the 2004 French Open, partnering Tatiana Golovin. His highest ranking in singles is #7. His best achievements in tennis are reaching the semi-finals of Wimbledon in 2007 and later that year...
7–6, 1–6, 6–4 before falling in the quarterfinals to world no. 1 and eventual champion Rafael Nadal
Rafael Nadal
Rafael "Rafa" Nadal Parera is a Spanish professional tennis player and a former World No. 1. , he is ranked No. 2 by the Association of Tennis Professionals...
4–6, 1–6. In Russia as a wild card he fell in the first round of the 2010 Kremlin Cup
2010 Kremlin Cup
The 2010 Kremlin Cup was a tennis tournament played on indoor hard courts. It was the 21st edition of the Kremlin Cup, and was part of the ATP World Tour 250 Series of the 2010 ATP World Tour, and of the Premier Series of the 2010 WTA Tour...
and reached the semifinals of 2010 St. Petersburg Open
2010 St. Petersburg Open
The 2010 St. Petersburg Open was a tennis tournament played on indoor hard courts. It was the 16th edition of the St. Petersburg Open, and part of the ATP World Tour 250 Series of the 2010 ATP World Tour...
losing to compatriot Mikhail Youzhny
Mikhail Youzhny
Mikhail Mikhailovich Youzhny , is a professional Russian tennis player, noted for his consistency and all-court play style. He has been coached by Boris Sobkin for 17 years....
in a tight three sets 5–7, 6–4, 6–7. He the retired in his first round match of the 2010 Valencia Open 500
2010 Valencia Open 500
The 2010 Valencia Open 500 was a tennis tournament played on indoor hard courts. It was the 16th edition of the Open de Tenis Comunidad Valenciana, and was part of the 500 Series of the 2010 ATP World Tour...
against Pablo Andújar
Pablo Andújar
Pablo Andújar Alba is a professional male tennis player from Spain. Andújar has played since he was 6 years old and has won 4 Challengers and several futures. He trained in Valencia, Spain in the Tennis Club El Collao. He has been in the 2010 Australian Open, but he lost to Gilles Simon 6–4, 6–1,...
4–6, 6–3, 1–1 RET due to a left calf injury.
Tursunov began 2011 by losing in the qualifying draw of the 2011 Brisbane International
2011 Brisbane International
The 2011 Brisbane International was a joint ATP and WTA tennis tournament, played on outdoor hard courts. It was the 3rd edition of the tournament and took place at the Queensland Tennis Centre in Tennyson, Brisbane. It was held from 2 to 9 January...
to Peter Luczak
Peter Luczak
Peter Luczak is a professional tennis player for Australia. His career-high ATP Entry ranking was No. 64 on 12 October 2009.At the 2010 Commonwealth Games held in Delhi, Luczak won the gold in the doubles....
and the first round of the 2011 Australian Open
2011 Australian Open
The 2011 Australian Open was a tennis tournament featuring six different competitions, and part of the 2011 ATP World Tour, the 2011 WTA Tour, ITF Junior Tour and the NEC Tour, as tournaments for professional, junior and wheelchair players were held...
to Victor Troicki 2–6, 6–3, 2–6, 0–6. He then competed in the 2011 Singapore ATP Challenger
2011 Singapore ATP Challenger
The 2011 Singapore ATP Challenger was a professional tennis tournament played on hard courts. It was the first edition of the tournament which was part of the 2011 ATP Challenger Tour...
as a wild card, which he won by dropping only one set in the tournament. In the 2011 ABN AMRO World Tennis Tournament
2011 ABN AMRO World Tennis Tournament
The 2011 ABN AMRO World Tennis Tournament was a tennis tournament played on indoor hard courts. It was the 38th edition of the event known as the ABN AMRO World Tennis Tournament, and was part of the ATP World Tour 500 series of the 2011 ATP World Tour...
, Tursunov was able to qualify and beat Andrey Golubev
Andrey Golubev
Andrey Golubev is a Kazakhstani professional tennis playercurrently living in Italy. His career high rank is #33, achieved on October 4, 2010. He has participated in all Grand Slam tournaments, the first being the 2008 US Open, as well in the main draw of ATP Masters Series and ATP International...
6–4, 7–5 in the first round before losing to 4th seed Tomáš Berdych
Tomáš Berdych
Tomáš Berdych is a professional tennis player from the Czech Republic. His most notable achievements are reaching the final of the 2010 Wimbledon Championships, and the semifinals of the 2010 French Open. He defeated the Croatian player Ivan Ljubičić in five sets to win the Paris Masters in 2005...
4–6, 6–4, 5–7. At the 2011 Open 13
2011 Open 13
The 2011 Open 13 was a tennis tournament played on indoor hard courts. It was the 18th edition of the Open 13, and was part of the International Series of the 2011 ATP World Tour...
, the Russian defeated Bulgarian Grigor Dimitrov
Grigor Dimitrov
Grigor Dimitrov is a tennis player from Bulgaria. He achieved a career high ranking of World No. 52 on August 22, 2011. Dimitrov also enjoyed a very successful junior career, in which he held the World No...
in three tight sets, 6–7, 7–5, 7–6. He then defeated Ivan Ljubičić
Ivan Ljubicic
----Ivan Ljubičić is a Croatian tennis player born in Bosnia and Herzegovina . His career-high ATP ranking to date has been no. 3, and he stands at no. 37....
7–6, 6–3 and then world no. 10 Jürgen Melzer
Jürgen Melzer
Jürgen Melzer is an Austrian tennis player. He reached a career-high ranking of no. 8 on 18 April 2011, and a doubles ranking of no. 6 on 13 September 2010. He is the only current player on the ATP Tour to be ranked in the top 10 in both singles and doubles. He is a left-handed tennis player, but...
6–4, 2–6, 6–1, his first victory over a top 10 player in over 2 and a half years. He then lost to top seed Robin Söderling
Robin Söderling
Robin Bo Carl Söderling is a professional tennis player from Sweden who is currently ranked number 13 in the ATP rankings. Söderling reached successive French Open finals in 2009 and 2010...
5–7, 1–6 in the semifinals. In the 2011 Dubai Tennis Championships
2011 Dubai Tennis Championships
The 2011 Dubai Tennis Championships was a 500 Series event on the 2011 ATP World Tour and a Premier 5 event on the 2011 WTA Tour. The tournament was known as the Dubai Duty Free Tennis Championships for sponsorship reasons...
, he fell to Spaniard Marcel Granollers
Marcel Granollers
Marcel Granollers i Pujol is a professional tennis player from Spain who turned professional in 2003. He reached his highest singles ranking of World Number 33 on August 1, 2011, and his highest doubles ranking of World Number 5.-2006:Granollers made the first round of the Wimbledon tournament in...
1–6, 3–6. He then competed at the Challenger tour in the 2011 BH Telecom Indoors
2011 BH Telecom Indoors
The 2011 BH Telecom Indoors was a professional tennis tournament played on hard courts. It was the ninth edition of the tournament which was part of the 2011 ATP Challenger Tour...
, where he lost to a player ranked 449 Mirza Bašić
Mirza Bašić
Mirza Bašić is a Bosnian tennis player.In 2008 Wimbledon Championships – Boys' Doubles, Bašić and Chinese Di Wu reached the semifinals.Bašić is member of Bosnia and Herzegovina Davis Cup team.-Sources:*...
in the quarterfinals. He then won 2011 AEGON GB Pro–Series Bath
2011 AEGON GB Pro–Series Bath
The 2011 AEGON GB Pro–Series Bath was a professional tennis tournament played on hard courts. It was the first edition of the tournament which was part of the 2011 ATP Challenger Tour and the 2011 ITF Women's Circuit...
a challenger event defeating Andreas Beck
Andreas Beck (tennis)
Andreas Beck is a professional male tennis player of Germany. His career high rank was #33, achieved on November 2, 2009.- 2008 :...
6–4, 6–4 in the final. Tursunov then reached the finals of the 2011 Status Athens Open
2011 Status Athens Open
The 2011 Status Athens Open was a professional tennis tournament played on hard courts. It was the fourth edition of the tournament which is part of the 2011 ATP Challenger Tour...
a challenger event but withdrew due to a knee problem. He then fell in the qualifying draw of the 2011 BMW Open
2011 BMW Open
The 2011 BMW Open was a tennis tournament played on outdoor clay courts. It was the 96th edition of the event. It was part of the ATP World Tour 250 series of the 2011 ATP World Tour. It took place at the MTTC Iphitos complex in München, Germany, from April 23 through May 1...
and the first round of the 2011 French Open
2011 French Open
The 2011 French Open was a tennis tournament played on outdoor clay courts. It was the 110th edition of the French Open, and the second Grand Slam event of the year...
. At the grass Tursunov played at the challenger 2011 AEGON Trophy
2011 AEGON Trophy
The 2011 AEGON Trophy was a professional tennis tournament played on outdoor grass courts. It was part of the 2011 ATP Challenger Tour and the 2011 ITF Women's Circuit...
falling to Matthias Bachinger
Matthias Bachinger
Matthias Bachinger is a professional tennis player from Germany who turned professional in 2005. His career high rank was No. 85, achieved on August 15, 2011.-Professional career:...
. At the 2011 AEGON Championships
2011 AEGON Championships
The 2011 AEGON Championships was a tennis tournament played on outdoor grass courts. It was the 108th edition of the AEGON Championships and was part of the ATP World Tour 250 series of the 2011 ATP World Tour. It took place at the Queen's Club in London, United Kingdom, in the club's 125th year...
he fell in the first round to Feliciano Lopez
Feliciano López
Feliciano López Diaz-Guerra is a Spanish professional male tennis player. He was born in Toledo and now lives in the Spanish capital Madrid....
in straight sets. At his final Wimbledon warm-up at the 2011 UNICEF Open
2011 UNICEF Open
The 2011 UNICEF Open was a tennis tournament played on outdoor grass courts. It was the 22nd edition of the UNICEF Open, and was part of the 250 Series of the 2011 ATP World Tour, and of the WTA International tournaments of the 2011 WTA Tour...
, after wins over Robert Kendrick
Robert Kendrick
Robert Bradley Kendrick is an American tennis player. He turned professional in 1999. His career high single ranking is world no. 69, achieved on July 20, 2009. He was suspended for a year after testing positive at the 2011 French Open for the drug methylhexanamine, which has been banned in sport...
, Nicolas Mahut
Nicolas Mahut
Nicolas Pierre Armand Mahut is a French tennis player. Mahut is right-handed and has previously won the Orange Bowl in 1999, becoming professional in 2000. He is a good serve and volleyer and a doubles expert, having won many tournaments with his doubles partner Julien Benneteau. His career high...
, Santiago Giraldo
Santiago Giraldo
Santiago Giraldo Salazar is a Colombian male tennis player from Pereira in Colombia. He plays on the ATP tour and represents Colombia in the Davis Cup competition.-ATP Tour:...
and a 6–3, 7–6> win over 3rd seed Xavier Malisse
Xavier Malisse
Xavier Malisse is a Belgian tennis player. Born in Kortrijk, Belgium, he is the only men's player from his country to have been ranked in the top 20 of the ATP tour. He is sponsored by Prince and Lotto. His nickname is "The X-Man"....
in the semifinals, Tursunov faced 4th seed Ivan Dodig
Ivan Dodig
Ivan Dodig is a Croatian tennis player. His career-high rank ATP singles ranking is No. 32 and his best doubles rank is No. 129.-2010:...
in the final and Tursunov won the title with a 6–3, 6–2 victory.
Davis Cup
As Tursunov's form started to improve and he came into calculation for selection in the Russia Davis Cup teamRussia Davis Cup team
The Russia Davis Cup team represents Russia in Davis Cup tennis competition and is governed by the Russian Tennis Federation. The team started playing in 1993....
, the problems he was having obtaining United States citizenship became apparent. Tursunov had for years attempted to become a United States citizen, but the process has stalled and Tursunov travels with a Russian passport
Russian passport
Russian passports are of two types: domestic passports issued to citizens of Russia for the purpose of certifying identity, international passports are issued for the purpose of international travel.- Internal passport :...
and an American visa. In his own words "It's frustrating, but what can you do?" In spite of this, Tursunov was selected for Russia
Russia Davis Cup team
The Russia Davis Cup team represents Russia in Davis Cup tennis competition and is governed by the Russian Tennis Federation. The team started playing in 1993....
in the Davis Cup
Davis Cup
The Davis Cup is the premier international team event in men's tennis. It is run by the International Tennis Federation and is contested between teams of players from competing countries in a knock-out format. The competition began in 1900 as a challenge between Britain and the United States. By...
semi final against Croatia
Croatia Davis Cup team
The Croatia Davis Cup team represents Croatia in Davis Cup tennis competition and are governed by the Croatian Tennis Association.Croatia won the Davis Cup in 2005...
and won his dead rubber match against Ivo Karlovic
Ivo Karlovic
Ivo Karlović is a Croatian tennis player. He has won four ATP singles titles: three in 2007 and one in 2008. Karlović is the tallest player ever on the ATP Tour at 208 cm . He is a serve-and-volleyer, Karlovic holds the fastest serve recorded in professional tennis, measured at 251 km/h ...
6–4, 6–4.
In 2006 in the first round tie against Netherlands
Netherlands Davis Cup team
The Netherlands Davis Cup team represents the Netherlands in Davis Cup tennis competition and are governed by the Royal Dutch Lawn Tennis Federation.The Netherlands currently competes in the Europe/Africa Zone Group I...
, he won both his matches against Raemon Sluiter
Raemon Sluiter
Raemon Sluiter is a professional male tennis player from the Netherlands. His career-high Association of Tennis Professionals Entry ranking is Number 46...
6–7, 6–4, 7–6, 7–6 and Melle Van Gemerden 7–6, 7–6. He then defeatied Richard Gasquet
Richard Gasquet
Richard Gasquet is a French professional tennis player. He won the mixed doubles Grand Slam title at the 2004 French Open, partnering Tatiana Golovin. His highest ranking in singles is #7. His best achievements in tennis are reaching the semi-finals of Wimbledon in 2007 and later that year...
6–1, 3–6, 6–7, 6–3, 7–5 in the fourth rubber of the quarterfinal; consequently sending the Russians
Russia Davis Cup team
The Russia Davis Cup team represents Russia in Davis Cup tennis competition and is governed by the Russian Tennis Federation. The team started playing in 1993....
into the semi-finals of the Davis Cup. For the second time in 2006, Tursunov sealed victory for Russia
Russia Davis Cup team
The Russia Davis Cup team represents Russia in Davis Cup tennis competition and is governed by the Russian Tennis Federation. The team started playing in 1993....
in the Davis Cup
Davis Cup
The Davis Cup is the premier international team event in men's tennis. It is run by the International Tennis Federation and is contested between teams of players from competing countries in a knock-out format. The competition began in 1900 as a challenge between Britain and the United States. By...
; this time in the semi-final where he defeated Andy Roddick
Andy Roddick
Andrew Stephen "Andy" Roddick is an American professional tennis player and a former World No. 1. He is currently the second highest-ranked American player, behind Mardy Fish....
of the United States 6–3, 6–4, 5–7, 3–6, 17–15 in a match that lasted 4 hours and 48 minutes. By virtue of this victory, he earned Russia the spot in the Davis Cup final against Argentina
Argentina Davis Cup team
The Argentina Davis Cup team represents Argentina in Davis Cup tennis competition and is governed by the Asociación Argentina de Tenis.Argentina has never won the tournament, but have finished as the runner-up three times, in 1981, 2006 and 2008....
, which took place in December. Despite, earning the winning match in the quarterfinals and semifinals, Tursunov only played doubles partnering with Marat Safin, which they won 6–2, 6–3, 6–4 to give Russia a 2–1 lead. Marat Safin later sealed the 2006 Davis Cup
2006 Davis Cup
The 2006 Davis Cup was the 95th edition of the most important tournament between nations in men's tennis. Sixteen teams participated in the World Group and 125 participated in total...
win for Russia with his victory over José Acasuso
José Acasuso
José Javier "Chucho" Acasuso is a professional male tennis player from Argentina. Like many of his fellow countrymen, he favours clay. He is known for his strong serve and his hard groundstrokes off both sides...
.
Tursunov was named in the four-man team that played the United States in the Davis Cup final in 2007, in Portland, Oregon, from 30 November – 2 December 2007. Tursunov lost the first rubber of the 2007 Davis Cup
2007 Davis Cup
The 2007 Davis Cup was the 96th edition of the Davis Cup, the most important tournament between national teams in men's tennis. Sixteen teams participated in the World Group and 123 took part in different regional groups...
final against Roddick, who won by a scoreline of 6–4, 6–4, 6–2. Tursunov was on the verge of defeating James Blake
James Blake
James Riley Blake is an American professional tennis player. Blake is known for his speed and powerful, flat forehand. As of August 2011, Blake is ranked no. 63 among active male players with 24 career finals appearances...
, but Blake won 1–6, 6–3, 7–5 in the 4th dead rubber, the USA having won the tie in the previous doubles match.
In 2008, Tursunov lost both his matches in the first round tie against Serbia losing in doubles and in singles, however they still won the tie 3–2. In the semifinal tie against Argentina, he won his doubles match playing with Igor Kunitsyn
Igor Kunitsyn
Igor Kunitsyn is a professional male tennis player from Russia. He made it into the top 100 for the first time in 2006, and reached a career-high singles ranking of 35 on July 6, 2009.-Early life:...
6–2, 6–1, 6–7, 3–6, 8–6. In 2009, Tursunov sealed the victory for Russia, in the first round tie against Romania
Romania Davis Cup team
The Romania Davis Cup team represents Romania in Davis Cup tennis competition , being governed by the Romanian Tennis Federation and currently competes in the 2011 Davis Cup World Group.Romania has finished as runners-up three times...
defeating Victor Hanescu
Victor Hanescu
Victor Hănescu is a Romanian tennis player. He achieved his career high rank of no. 26 on July 6, 2009.- Professional career :...
4–6, 5–7, 6–3, 6–4, 6–2. In 2011, he won his singles match against Sweden, however it didn't matter as Russia already lost the tie losing the first 3 matches.
Music
He has been mixing personal dance track compilations since he was a teenager, using them for practice sessions.Other information
Tursunov was the December month in the 2009 Association of Tennis ProfessionalsAssociation of Tennis Professionals
The Association of Tennis Professionals or ATP was formed in 1972 by Donald Dell, Jack Kramer, and Cliff Drysdale to protect the interests of male professional tennis players. Since 1990, the association has organized the worldwide tennis tour for men and linked the title of the tour with the...
calendar.
Singles: 9 (7–2)
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| Outcome | No. | Date | Tournament | Surface | Opponent in the final | Score in the final |
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| Runner-up | 1. | 31 July, 2006 |  Los Angeles, United States |
Hard |  Tommy HaasTommy Haas Tommy Haas is a German and recently naturalized American professional tennis player. He has competed on the ATP Tour since 1996. After breaking into the world top 100 in 1997, and reaching a career-high ranking of world no... |
6–4, 5–7, 3–6 |
| Winner | 1. | 25 September, 2006 |  MumbaiKingfisher Airlines Tennis Open The Kingfisher Airlines Tennis Open was a professional tennis tournament played on outdoor hard courts. It was part of the International Series of the ATP Tour... , India |
Hard |  Tomáš BerdychTomáš Berdych Tomáš Berdych is a professional tennis player from the Czech Republic. His most notable achievements are reaching the final of the 2010 Wimbledon Championships, and the semifinals of the 2010 French Open. He defeated the Croatian player Ivan Ljubičić in five sets to win the Paris Masters in 2005... |
6–3, 4–6, 7–6(7–5) |
| Winner | 2. | 29 July, 2007 | Indianapolis, U.S. |
Hard |  Frank DancevicFrank Dancevic Frank Russell Dancevic is a Canadian professional tennis player. He first became the country's top singles player, according to ATP rankings, on February 10, 2003, as an eighteen-year old, and remained so from January 30, 2006 until June 20, 2010. He is the Canada No... |
6–4, 7–5 |
| Winner | 3. | 30 September, 2007 |  BangkokThailand Open (tennis) The Thailand Open is a professional tennis tournament played on indoor hard courts. It is currently part of the ATP World Tour 250 series of the ATP Tour... , Thailand |
Hard (i) | Benjamin Becker Benjamin Becker Benjamin Becker is a German professional tennis player. Becker's primary weapon is a very big serve that he can hit at up to 220km/h, along with powerful groundstrokes.... |
6–2, 6–1 |
| Winner | 4. | 12 January, 2008 |  Sydney, Australia |
Hard | Chris Guccione Chris Guccione Christopher "Chris" Luke Guccione , is an Australian professional tennis player from Greenvale, Victoria; his father is Italian and his mother is Australian.... |
7–6(7–3), 7–6(7–4) |
| Runner-up | 2. | 20 July, 2008 | Indianapolis, U.S. |
Hard |  Gilles SimonGilles Simon Gilles Simon is a French professional tennis player and former world no. 6. He is a nine-time winner on the ATP World Tour... |
4–6, 4–6 |
| Winner | 5. | 5 October, 2008 | Metz Open de Moselle The Open de Moselle is a professional tennis tournament played on indoor hard courts. It is currently part of the ATP World Tour 250 series of the ATP Tour. It has been held annually since 2003. The venue for the tournament was the Arènes until 2010 and is now the Parc des Expositions since 2011... , France |
Hard (i) | Paul-Henri Mathieu Paul-Henri Mathieu Paul-Henri Mathieu is a French tennis player.-Tennis career:Mathieu was born in Strasbourg, France. He first began playing tennis at age 3, with his older brother Pierre-Yves. Between 1997 and 2000 he trained at the Nick Bollettieri Tennis Academy in Bradenton, Florida... |
7–6(8–6), 1–6, 6–4 |
| Winner | 6. | 20 June, 2009 |  Eastbourne, United Kingdom |
Grass | Frank Dancevic |
6–3, 7–6(7–5) |
| Winner | 7. | 18 June, 2011 |  's-Hertogenbosch, Nethelands |
Grass |  Ivan DodigIvan Dodig Ivan Dodig is a Croatian tennis player. His career-high rank ATP singles ranking is No. 32 and his best doubles rank is No. 129.-2010:... |
6–3, 6–2 |
Doubles: 8 (5–3)
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| Outcome | No. | Date | Tournament | Surface | Partner | Opponent in the final | Score in the final |
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| Runner-up | 1. | August 23, 2004 | Washington Legg Mason Tennis Classic The Legg Mason Tennis Classic is an annual late-summer men's tennis tournament played in Washington, D.C. as part of the ATP Tour. It was first held in 1969. It was later known as the Sovran Bank Classic. . Originally an event of the Grand Prix Tennis Tour and part of the Grand Prix Championship... , United States |
Hard | Travis Parrott Travis Parrott Travis Parrott is an American professional ATP tennis doubles player. He is primarily a doubles specialist... |
 Chris HaggardChris Haggard Chris Haggard is a professional tennis player from South Africa.After finishing runner-up in the NAIA national men's tennis championship singles draw in 1991 while playing for Auburn University-Montgomery, Haggard turned pro in 1993. He has won six ATP Tour doubles titles and finished runner-up a... Robbie KoenigRobbie Koenig Robbie Koenig is a retired professional tennis player from South Africa. Most notable for reaching the semi finals of the 1998 US Open Men's doubles competition... |
6–7(3–7), 1–6 |
| Runner-up | 2. | September 19, 2005 |  BeijingChina Open (tennis) The China Open is an annual professional tennis tournament held in Beijing, China. The men's singles and doubles events were first held in 1993, the year in which the Qatar Open and Dubai Tennis Championships were also introduced to the men's tour, as the ATP opened a series of new tournaments in... , China |
Hard |  Mikhail YouzhnyMikhail Youzhny Mikhail Mikhailovich Youzhny , is a professional Russian tennis player, noted for his consistency and all-court play style. He has been coached by Boris Sobkin for 17 years.... |
Justin Gimelstob Justin Gimelstob Justin Jeremy Gimelstob is a retired American tennis player. Gimelstob has been a resident of Morristown, New Jersey and as of 2009 resided in Santa Monica, California.... Nathan HealeyNathan Healey Nathan Healey is an Australian tennis player.Turning professional in 1998, Healey has won 3 doubles titles.... |
6–4, 3–6, 2–6 |
| Runner-up | 3. | June 26, 2006 | Nottingham Nottingham Open The Slazenger Nottingham Open was a tennis tournament on the ATP Tour that was held in Nottingham, Great Britain... , United Kingdom |
Grass | Igor Kunitsyn Igor Kunitsyn Igor Kunitsyn is a professional male tennis player from Russia. He made it into the top 100 for the first time in 2006, and reached a career-high singles ranking of 35 on July 6, 2009.-Early life:... |
 Jonathan ErlichJonathan Erlich Jonathan Dario "Yoni" Erlich is a professional Israeli tennis player... Andy RamAndy Ram Andy Ram is a professional tennis player from Israel, and the first Israeli tennis player to win a seniors Grand Slam event . He plays more doubles than singles as he prefers doubles more and wins more matches... |
3–6, 2–6 |
| Winner | 1. | October 15, 2007 | Moscow Kremlin Cup The Kremlin Cup is a professional tennis tournament played on indoor hard courts. It is currently part of the ATP World Tour 250 series of the ATP Tour and is a Premier Tournament on the WTA Tour... , Russia |
Carpet | Marat Safin Marat Safin Marat Mikhailovich Safin is a retired Russian tennis player of Tatar descent. Safin won two grand slams and reached the world number 1 ranking during his career. He was also famous for his emotional outbursts and sometimes fiery temper on court. Safin also holds the record for most broken... |
Tomáš Cibulec Tomáš Cibulec Tomáš Cibulec is a quad-lingual professional Czech tennis player who turned professional in 1996. Cibulec reached his highest singles ranking on August 3, 1998, becoming world number 646. His highest doubles ranking is world number 21, which he reached on March 17, 2003... Lovro ZovkoLovro Zovko Lovro Zovko is a professional Croatian tennis player.-Tennis career:Early on in 2000 and 2001, Zovko reached the Umag final both years with Ivan Ljubičić.... |
6–4, 6–2 |
| Winner | 2. | February 24, 2008 | Rotterdam 2008 ABN AMRO World Tennis Tournament The 2008 ABN AMRO World Tennis Tournament was a tennis tournament played on indoor hard courts. It was the 36th edition of the event known that year as the ABN AMRO World Tennis Tournament, and was part of the ATP International Series Gold of the 2008 ATP Tour... , Netherlands |
Hard (i) | Tomáš Berdych Tomáš Berdych Tomáš Berdych is a professional tennis player from the Czech Republic. His most notable achievements are reaching the final of the 2010 Wimbledon Championships, and the semifinals of the 2010 French Open. He defeated the Croatian player Ivan Ljubičić in five sets to win the Paris Masters in 2005... |
Philipp Kohlschreiber Philipp Kohlschreiber Philipp Kohlschreiber is a tennis player from Germany, who turned professional in 2001. The right-hander has won six doubles and three singles titles. He reached his highest singles ATP-ranking on 28 September 2009, when he achieved a ranking of World No. 22... Mikhail YouzhnyMikhail Youzhny Mikhail Mikhailovich Youzhny , is a professional Russian tennis player, noted for his consistency and all-court play style. He has been coached by Boris Sobkin for 17 years.... |
7–5, 3–6, [10–7] |
| Winner | 3. | February 28, 2009 |  Dubai, United Arab EmiratesUnited Arab Emirates The United Arab Emirates, abbreviated as the UAE, or shortened to "the Emirates", is a state situated in the southeast of the Arabian Peninsula in Western Asia on the Persian Gulf, bordering Oman, and Saudi Arabia, and sharing sea borders with Iraq, Kuwait, Bahrain, Qatar, and Iran.The UAE is a... |
Hard | Rik de Voest Rik de Voest Rik de Voest is a professional South African tennis player. As of September 6, 2007, de Voest's career-high ranking was World Number 110, which he achieved on August 21, 2006.... |
Martin Damm Martin Damm Martin Damm was a professional tennis player from Czechia. He is 6'2" 195 lb and is best known as a doubles player . ,his highest singles ranking 42 as of August 1997...  Robert LindstedtRobert Lindstedt Robert Lindstedt is a Swedish professional tennis player, who turned pro in 1998, and is a doubles specialist... |
4–6, 6–3, [10–5] |
| Winner | 4. | July 26, 2009 | Indianapolis, United States |
Hard |  Ernests GulbisErnests Gulbis Ernests Gulbis is a Latvian professional tennis player. In 2008, Gulbis won his first ATP Tour doubles title at the U.S. Men's Clay Court Championships, teaming with Rainer Schüttler, and in 2010 won his first ATP Tour singles title in the Delray Beach, defeating Ivo Karlović in the final... |
Ashley Fisher Ashley Fisher Ashley Fisher is a professional tennis player who comes from New South Wales in Australia. Fisher turned professional in 1998. Fisher has never played a major singles match on the ATP Tour, but has won four notable doubles titles on tour. The doubles specialist reached his highest doubles ranking... Jordan KerrJordan Kerr Jordan Kerr is an Australian professional tennis player. His highest ATP singles ranking is 356th, which he reached on 7 August 2000. His career high in doubles was at 23rd, which he reached on 18 August 2008... |
6–4, 3–6, [11–9] |
| Winner | 5. | October 24, 2010 | Moscow Kremlin Cup The Kremlin Cup is a professional tennis tournament played on indoor hard courts. It is currently part of the ATP World Tour 250 series of the ATP Tour and is a Premier Tournament on the WTA Tour... , Russia |
Hard (i) | Igor Kunitsyn Igor Kunitsyn Igor Kunitsyn is a professional male tennis player from Russia. He made it into the top 100 for the first time in 2006, and reached a career-high singles ranking of 35 on July 6, 2009.-Early life:... |
 Janko TipsarevićJanko Tipsarevic Janko Tipsarević is a Serbian tennis player. His career-high ranking is No. 9, achieved on 14 November 2011. He is the 117th player in history to crack the top 10.... Viktor TroickiViktor Troicki Viktor Troicki is a Serbian professional tennis player. He has Serb and Russian ethnic roots. His paternal grandparents emigrated from Tver and Rostov-on-Don to Serbia in 1917. His career-high ranking is no. 12, achieved on 6 June 2011. He won his first ATP singles title at the 2010 Kremlin Cup,... |
7–6(10–8), 6–3 |
Singles Performance Timeline
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| Grand Slam Tournaments Grand Slam (tennis) The four Major tennis tournaments, also called the Slams, are the most important tennis events of the year in terms of world tour ranking points, tradition, prize-money awarded, strength and size of player field, and public attention. They are the Australian Open, the French Open, Wimbledon, and... |
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| Australian Open Australian Open The Australian Open is the only Grand Slam tennis tournament held in the southern hemisphere. The tournament was held for the first time in 1905 and was last contested on grass in 1987. Since 1972 the Australian Open has been held in Melbourne, Victoria. In 1988, the tournament became a hard court... |
A | A | LQ | 1R | A | 2R | 3R | 2R | 1R | A | 1R 2011 Australian Open – Men's Singles Roger Federer was the defending champion, but lost in the semifinals to Novak Djokovic, who went on to win the tournament by defeating Andy Murray 6–4, 6–2, 6–3 in the final. It was Djokovic's 2nd title at the Australian Open, with this title bearing many resemblances to his title in 2008. Djokovic... |
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| French Open | A | A | LQ | 1R | 2R | 3R | 2R | 3R | 1R 2009 French Open – Men's Singles Rafael Nadal was the defending champion but lost in the fourth round to Robin Söderling. This was Nadal's first ever defeat at the French Open, having won the title in all six of his other appearances... |
1R 2010 French Open – Men's Singles Roger Federer was the defending champion, but lost in the quarterfinals to Robin Söderling, which allowed him to make a second-successive final here. This was the first time since the 2004 French Open that Federer did not reach the semifinals of a Grand Slam tournament.Rafael Nadal won his fifth... |
1R 2011 French Open – Men's Singles Rafael Nadal, the defending champion and, after this tournament, six-time winner of this event defended his title by beating long-time rival Roger Federer for his sixth French Open title, tying him with Björn Borg for most all-time in the open era. Notably, the Spaniard played his first ever... |
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| Wimbledon | LQ | A | LQ | 3R | 4R | 4R | 3R | 3R | 1R | 1R 2010 Wimbledon Championships – Men's Singles The Men's Singles event at the 2010 saw Rafael Nadal, the World No. 1 and 2nd seed, defeat 12th seed Tomáš Berdych 6–3 7–5 6–4 in the final to win his 2nd Wimbledon title, and his 8th Grand Slam title overall.... |
2R 2011 Wimbledon Championships – Men's Singles Rafael Nadal was the defending champion but lost to Novak Djokovic in the final.Djokovic won his first Wimbledon title. Upon reaching the final, he gained the World No.1 ranking as a result. This marks the first time that neither Roger Federer nor Rafael Nadal is ranked No... |
13–8 | |||
| US Open | LQ | A | 3R | 2R | 2R | 3R | 1R | 3R | 1R | 1R 2010 US Open – Men's Singles Juan Martín del Potro was the defending champion, but chose not to participate this year, after undergoing a wrist operation in May and only starting to practice again in August... |
1R 2011 US Open – Men's Singles Rafael Nadal was the defending champion, but was defeated in the final by Novak Djokovic with a score of 6–2, 6–4, 6–7, 6–1. Djokovic claimed his first US Open title, his third Grand Slam of the year, and his fourth Grand Slam overall.-Seeds:... |
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| Win–Loss | 0–0 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 3–4 | 5–3 | 8–4 | 5–4 | 7–4 | 0–4 | 0–3 | 1–4 | 31–31 | |||
| ATP Masters Series ATP Masters Series The ATP Masters Series was a series of nine tennis tournaments that formed part of the Association of Tennis Professionals tour, held annually throughout the year in Europe, North America... |
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| Indian Wells Masters Indian Wells Masters The Indian Wells Masters is an annual tennis tournament held in Indian Wells, California.... |
A | A | A | 1R | 1R | 2R | 2R | 2R | 3R | A | A | 3–6 | |||
| Miami Masters Miami Masters The Miami Masters is an annual tennis tournament for men and women held in Key Biscayne, Miami, Florida. It is an ATP World Tour Masters 1000 event on the men's tour and a Premier Mandatory event on the women's tour and is played on hard courts at the Tennis Center at Crandon Park... |
A | A | A | 1R | A | 4R | 2R | 4R | 3R | A | A | 7–5 | |||
| Monte Carlo Masters | A | A | A | A | A | 1R | 1R | 1R | A | A | A | 0–3 | |||
| Rome Masters Rome Masters The Italian Open is an annual tennis tournament held in Rome, Italy. It is the most prestigious red clay tennis tournament in the world after the French Open, with the men's competition being an ATP World Tour Masters 1000 event on the Association of Tennis Professionals tour, and the women's... |
A | A | A | LQ | A | 1R | 2R | 1R | A | A | A | 1–3 | |||
| Madrid Masters Madrid Masters There are two sporting events named the Madrid Masters:*Mutua Madrileña Madrid Open — a men's and women's tennis tournament*Madrid Masters... |
A | A | A | A | A | 1R | 1R | 1R | A | A | A | 0–3 | |||
| Canada Masters Canada Masters The Canada Masters , currently sponsored as the Rogers Cup, is an annual tennis tournament held in Canada. The men's competition is a Masters 1000 event on the Association of Tennis Professionals tour. The women's competition is a Premier 5 tournament on the Women's Tennis Association tour... |
A | A | A | A | A | 3R | 1R | 3R | 1R | A | A | 4–4 | |||
| Cincinnati Masters Cincinnati Masters The Cincinnati Open is an annual outdoor hardcourts tennis event held in the Cincinnati suburb of Mason, Ohio, USA. The event started on September 18, 1899 and is the oldest tennis tournament in the United States played in its original city., Between... |
A | A | A | 1R | 1R | 2R | 1R | 3R | A | A | A | 3–5 | |||
| Shanghai Masters Shanghai Masters (tennis) The Shanghai Masters is a professional tennis tournament played on outdoor hard courts. It is currently part of the ATP World Tour Masters 1000 of the Association of Tennis Professionals World Tour. It is held annually in October at the Qizhong Forest Sports City Arena in Shanghai, People's... |
Not Masters Series | A | A | 2R 2011 Shanghai Rolex Masters – Singles Andy Murray was the defending champion and successfully defended his title by beating David Ferrer 7–5, 6–4 in the final.-Seeds:The top eight seeds receive a bye into the second round.# Rafael Nadal # Andy Murray ... |
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| Paris Masters Paris Masters The Paris Masters is an annual tennis tournament for male professional players held in Paris, France. It is played indoors at the Palais Omnisports de Paris-Bercy. The event is part of the ATP World Tour Masters 1000 on the Association of Tennis Professionals Tour... |
A | A | A | A | 3R | 3R | 1R | 2R | A | A | 1R 2011 BNP Paribas Masters – Singles Robin Söderling was the defending champion, but could not participate due to mononucleosis.Roger Federer won the title, defeating Jo-Wilfried Tsonga 6–1, 7–6 in the final.-Seeds:All seeds received a bye into the second round.... |
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| Hamburg Masters Hamburg Masters The German Open Hamburg, established in 1892, is an annual tennis tournament for male professional players held in Hamburg, Germany and part of the Association of Tennis Professionals Tour. Originally a Grand Prix Tennis Tour event between 1978 and 1989 it was part of the Grand Prix Championship... |
A | A | A | A | A | 1R | 1R | 1R | NMS | 0–3 | |||||
| Win–Loss | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–3 | 2–3 | 8–9 | 1–9 | 9–9 | 2–3 | 0–0 | 1–2 | 23–38 | |||
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| Titles–Finals | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 1–2 | 2–2 | 2–3 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 7–9 | |||
| Year-End Ranking | 174 | 320 | 98 | 80 | 60 | 22 | 34 | 22 | 89 | 197 | 40 | ||||