Tennis in Russia

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Tennis is one of the most popular sports in Russia. The main Russian National Tennis Centre [ru] (established in September 2009 in Moscow) is named after Juan Antonio Samaranch. For a long time, as it was not an Olympic sport, tennis held a marginal position in Soviet sports.

Arthur Davydovich McPherson or Macpherson (1870–1920) was the founder and president of the first All-Russian Union of Lawn Tennis Clubs, the forerunner of today's Russian Tennis Federation.^[1] In 1903 he organized the first St. Petersburg tennis championship, and four years later he set up the first national tournament. By 1913, the Russian championship was on the international tour and the game was thriving. McPherson also helped establish the country's first Olympic Committee. He was awarded the Order of St. Stanislaus by the monarch for his contribution to the promotion of tennis in Russia. Following the 1917 Revolutions, two in a year – February and October – he was imprisoned and died from typhus in one of Moscow prisons.^[2][3]

After his father's death in January 1920, Arthur Macpherson Jr. (1896–1976, Russian: Артур Артурович Макферсон) could reach his career-best quarterfinals at the 1920 Wimbledon Championships, his first GS event and also the first GS event for any Russia-related or ex-Russian tennis player.^[4] While the generation of Russian, Russia-related and ex-Russian tennis pioneers, e. g. Lev Urusov (1877–1933), Mikhail Sumarokov-Elston (1893–1970) and his mixed doubles partner Nadezhda Martynova-Danilevskaya (1887–1969) were still alive and active, mostly in the immigration (including the ex-Russian Embassy from the Chatham House building, London), none of the other local sportspeople could think about being welcomed by the international sports community.^[1][5]

Russian Imperial Championships (1907—1914)^[6]

Year	Men's Singles	Women's Singles	Men's Doubles	Women's Doubles	Mixed Doubles
1907	present-day  Saint Petersburg {dependency: then  Russia ( Empire's capital and Saint Petersburg Governorate) → now  Russia (Federation's subject and Northwestern Federal District)} George Walter Bray [ru] (returned to  Britain after 1918)	—	—	—	—
1908	Lev Urusov (immigrated to  France after 1918)	—	George Walter Bray / Walter George Bray [ru] (returned to  Britain after 1918)	—	—
1909	George Walter Bray (2)	Ekaterina Polonskaya (Girshfeld) (immigrated to  France after 1918)	George Walter Bray / Walter George Bray (2)	—	—
1910	Mikhail Sumarokov-Elston (immigrated to  France after 1918)	present-day  Moscow {dependency: then  Russia ( Empire's Moscow Governorate) → now  Russia (Federation's subject and Central Federal District)} Nadezhda Martynova-Danilevskaya (immigrated to  United States after 1918)	{ George Walter Bray / Walter George Bray (3)	—	—
1911	Mikhail Sumarokov-Elston (2)	Nadezhda Martynova-Danilevskaya (2)	George Walter Bray / Walter George Bray (4)	—	—
1912	Mikhail Sumarokov-Elston (3)	Nadezhda Martynova-Danilevskaya (3)	Mikhail Sumarokov-Elston / ? Aleksandr Alenitsyn (couldn't immigrate after 1918 and committed suicide in a Russian prison in 1922)	—	Ekaterina Polonskaya (Girshfeld) / Mikhail Sumarokov-Elston
1913	Mikhail Sumarokov-Elston (4)	present-day  Estonia {dependency: then  Russia ( Empire's Governorate of Estland's Ida-Viru County) → now  European Union} Liudmila Iznar (immigrated to  France,  Britain and  United States after 1918)	—	—	Liudmila Iznar / Mikhail Sumarokov-Elston
1914	Mikhail Sumarokov-Elston (5)	present-day  United States Elizabeth Ryan	Arthur A. McPherson [ru] / Robert A. McPherson [ru] (both returned to  Britain in 1915 for the WWI participation)	—	—
SUMMARY: Singles Titles by Governorate 1. Saint Petersburg Governorate — 9; 2. Moscow Governorate — 3; 3. Governorate of Estland [unbanned (1904—1915) by the Russian authorities, Estonian historical flag: ] — 1.[7]

External videos
The Match (1973 Soviet TV video fragment – 2 min), a humorous (especially in the context of the 1973 "Battle of the Sexes") choreographic miniature featuring the Bolshoi Ballet dancers, Vladimir Vasiliev and Ekaterina Maximova, choreographed by Tom Schilling in 1970 to the music of Siegfried Matthus.[8] (See also the Western stereotype of the male ballet dancer.)

During the Soviet era, tennis was on the edge of survival due to its lack of appearance in the Olympic games, cost, and strong association with the Holstein-Gottorp-Romanov (abbr. HGR) royal dynasty.^[a] From 1974 to 1984, Soviet tennis players had been forced by the Tennis Federation of the USSR to boycott all the international competitions, except for the Davis Cup, in an unsuccessful attempt of the government to influence apartheid in South Africa.^[10] In addition, local men's tennis players were seriously bullied by the other Soviet sportspeople for competing in a 'girlie' sport.^[11][12][13] At a certain point, about 80 percent of tennis coaches in the USSR were women.^[14]

In 1976, The New York Times reported that while tennis was popular in the USSR, there was a scarcity of equipment, and no tennis clubs.^[15]

• A. Metreveli – 8 (3 x Adelaide ^{≈ ATP-250}, 2 x Beckenham ^{≈ ATP-250}, Melbourne ^{≈ ATP-250}, Sydney ^{≈ ATP-250}, South Orange ^{≈ ATP-250})

• A. Chesnokov – 4 (Monte Carlo ^ATP-1000, Florence ^ATP-250, Nice ^ATP-250, Munich ^ATP-250)
• D. Poliakov — 1 (Umag ^ATP-250)

• O. Morozova – 4 (Mahwah ^{≈ WTA-250}, London ^{≈ WTA-250}, Adelaide ^{≈ WTA-250}, Beckenham ^{≈ WTA-250})

• O. Morozova – 1 (Buenos Aires ^{≈ WTA-250})

Since the end of the Soviet era, tennis has grown in popularity and Russia has produced many famous tennis players. In recent years, the number of top Russian women players has been considerable, with both Maria Sharapova (of Belarusian origin, Belarusian: Марыя Юр’еўна Шарапава, romanized: Maryja Jur’jeŭna Šarapava) and Dinara Safina (of Tatar origin, Tatar: Динара Мөбин кызы Сафина, romanized: Dinara Mӧbin kızı Safina) reaching number one in the WTA rankings. Other Russian women to achieve international success include Anna Chakvetadze, Elena Dementieva, Svetlana Kuznetsova, Anastasia Myskina, Nadia Petrova, Vera Zvonareva and Anna Kournikova. The Russian Federation has won the Fed Cup 4 times, in 2004, 2005, 2007 and 2008.

At the Beijing 2008 Olympic Tennis Event, Russia swept the women's tennis podium with Elena Dementieva winning the gold, Dinara Safina and Vera Zvonareva the silver and bronze, respectively. As of 5 October 2009, four Russian women were ranked in the WTA tour's top 10.

Russia also boasts three former number 1 men's players–Safina's older brother Marat Safin (of Tatar origin, Tatar: Марат Мөбин улы Сафин, romanized: Marat Möbin ulı Safin), Yevgeny Kafelnikov and Daniil Medvedev. Russian men currently in the top 10 include Daniil Medvedev and Andrey Rublev, the former of whom was a finalist at the 2019 US Open, 2021 Australian Open, 2022 Australian Open. He won the 2021 US Open.^[16] Medvedev had briefly reached the number 1 ranking in February 2022, before being overtaken by Novak Djokovic. He reclaimed his first spot again in June 2022.^[17] Medvedev was the first player to reach number 1 without being a member of the 'Big Four'; Novak Djokovic, Roger Federer, Andy Murray, and Rafael Nadal, since February 2004.^[18]

Nevertheless, a majority of their projected target audience expects every successful tennis player from Russia to obtain foreign citizenship sooner or later, even if only for the sake of a better travel visa.^[19][20]

Active players in bold. Last updated after the 2021 Mallorca Championships.

1. Y. Kafelnikov – 3 (Halle ^ATP-250)
2. D. Tursunov – 2 (Eastbourne ^ATP-250, 's-Hertogenbosch ^ATP-250)
3. D. Medvedev – 1 (Mallorca ^ATP-250)

Active players in bold. Last updated after the 2024 Mutua Madrid Open.

1. N. Davydenko – 10 (Hamburg European Open ^ATP-500, 3 × Pörtschach ^ATP-250, 2 × Munich ^ATP-250, Umag ^ATP-250, Estoril ^ATP-250, Sopot ^ATP-250, Warsaw ^ATP-250)
2. A. Rublev – 6 (Monte Carlo Masters ^ATP-1000, Madrid Open ^ATP-1000, Hamburg European Open ^ATP-500, Umag ^ATP-250, Belgrade ^ATP-250, Båstad ^ATP-250)
3. Y. Kafelnikov – 3 (French Open ^GS-2000, Gstaad ^ATP-250, Prague ^ATP-250)
4. M. Youzhny – 3 (Stuttgart Open ^ATP-250, Munich ^ATP-250, Gstaad ^ATP-250)
5. M. Safin – 2 (Barcelona Open ^ATP-500, Mallorca ^ATP-250)
6. I. Andreev – 2 (Valencia ^ATP-250, Palermo ^ATP-250)
7. D. Medvedev – 1 (Italian Open ^ATP-1000)

Active players in bold. Last updated after the 2024 Bad Homburg Open.

1. M. Sharapova – 3 (Wimbledon Championships ^GS-2000 , 2 × Birmingham ^WTA-250)
2. L. Samsonova – 2 (Berlin Open ^WTA-500, 's-Hertogenbosch ^WTA-250)
3. E. Alexandrova – 2 ('s-Hertogenbosch ^WTA-250)
4. S. Kuznetsova – 1 (Eastbourne International ^WTA-500)
5. E. Makarova – 1 (Eastbourne International ^WTA-500)
6. E. Vesnina – 1 (Eastbourne International ^WTA-500)
7. D. Kasatkina – 1 (Eastbourne International ^WTA-500)
8. D. Shnaider – 1 (Bad Homburg Open ^WTA-500)
9. V. Zvonareva – 1 (Birmingham ^WTA-250)
10. A. Chakvetadze – 1 ('s-Hertogenbosch ^WTA-250)
11. N. Petrova – 1 ('s-Hertogenbosch ^WTA-250)

Active players in bold. Last updated after the 2024 Iași Open.

1. M. Sharapova – 11 (2 × French Open ^GS-2000, 3 × Italian Open ^WTA-1000, Madrid Open ^WTA-1000, 3 × Stuttgart Open ^WTA-500, Amelia Island Championships ^WTA-500, Strasbourg ^WTA-250)
2. D. Safina – 6 (Berlin Open ^WTA-1000, Italian Open ^WTA-1000, Madrid Open ^WTA-1000, Warsaw ^WTA-250, Palermo ^WTA-250, Prague ^WTA-250)
3. S. Kuznetsova – 3 (French Open ^GS-2000, Stuttgart ^WTA-500, Stockholm ^WTA-250)
4. A. Myskina – 3 (French Open ^GS-2000, Palermo ^WTA-250, Sarasota ^WTA-250)
5. N. Petrova – 3 (Charleston Open ^WTA-1000, Berlin Open ^WTA-1000, Amelia Island Championships ^WTA-500)
6. A. Pavlyuchenkova – 3 (Estoril ^WTA-250, Rabat ^WTA-250, Strasbourg ^WTA-250)
7. E. Dementieva – 2 (Amelia Island Championships ^WTA-500, Istanbul ^WTA-250)
8. M. Kirilenko – 2 (Estoril ^WTA-250, Barcelona ^WTA-250)
9. V. Zvonareva – 2 (Bol ^WTA-250, Prague ^WTA-250)
10. D. Kasatkina – 1 (Charleston Open ^WTA-500)
11. V. Kudermetova – 1 (Charleston Open ^WTA-500)
12. E. Bovina – 1 (Warsaw ^WTA-250)
13. A. Potapova – 1 (Istanbul ^WTA-250)
14. M. Timofeeva – 1 (Budapest ^WTA-250)
15. D. Shnaider – 1 (Budapest ^WTA-250)
16. M. Andreeva – 1 (Iași ^WTA-250)

• Top-10 of the most domestically popular inactive tennis players in Russia
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  Former WTA No. 8 Anna Kournikova
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  Former ATP No. 1 Marat Safin
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  Former WTA No. 1 Dinara Safina
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  Former WTA No. 2 Anastasia Myskina
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  Former WTA No. 2 Svetlana Kuznetsova
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  Former WTA No. 3 Nadia Petrova
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  Former ATP No. 3 Nikolay Davydenko
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  Former WTA No. 3 Elena Dementieva
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  Former ATP No. 20 Dmitry Tursunov
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  Former WTA No. 1 Maria Sharapova

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XIX Century

• 1875 (June 13 – May 31, old style; often mistakenly listed as June 12 (Russia Day), thus May 30 (old style), or vice versa): The first mention of tennis in Russian history is found in the diary of the Governor of Moscow, Grand Duke Sergei Alexandrovich of Russia.
• 1888: Foundation of the first tennis club in Russia, the Lakhtinsky Lawn Tennis Club, in the village of Lakhta near St. Petersburg (capital of the Russian Empire).
• 1898: There are eight active lawn tennis clubs in Russia at this time. All of them are located in and around St. Petersburg, in places like Kolomiagi [ru], Ozerki, Pavlovsk, Pargolovo, Terijoki and Sestroretsk.
• 1900: Foundation of the first tennis club in Moscow (Russian Empire): the Moscow Society of Lawn Tennis Amateurs on Petrovka.

XX Century

• 1903: The first international tournament is held in Russia – The St. Petersburg Open. For the first time Russian tennis players, George Bray (Russian: Георгий Брей, romanized: Georgy Brei, of British origin) and Ambrosios Petrococino (Russian: Амвросий Петрококино, romanized: Amvrosy Petrokokino, of Greek origin), take part in competitions abroad, in Stockholm.
• 1907: The first All-Russian lawn tennis competitions, the prototype of the Russian Tennis Championship, are contested.
• 1908: Establishment of the All-Russian Union of Lawn Tennis Clubs, essentially the first Russian federation of tennis. There are a total of 48 member clubs in the union.
• 1909: The All-Russian Union of Lawn Tennis Clubs joins the England's Lawn Tennis Association (LTA). The international lawn tennis organization doesn't exist at that time and this step allows Russian tennis players to participate in official international competitions.
• 1912: Russian tennis players [Graf] Mikhail Sumarokov-Elston and Aleksandr Alenitsyn compete in the V Olympiad in London, England, British Empire.
• 1913: The All-Russian Union of Lawn Tennis Clubs, together with the tennis unions of 11 countries, founded the International Lawn Tennis Union (now called the International Tennis Federation, or ITF). It is considered the first Russian organization to participate in the creation of an international sports federation.
• 1914: The last All-Russian lawn tennis competitions, the prototype of the Russian Tennis Championship, are contested. A total of eight men's singles events (from 1907 to 1914) and five women's singles events were held (from 1909 to 1933). Men's singles champions: George Bray (1907, 1909), [Kniaz] Lev Urusov (1908), and [Graf] Mikhail Sumarokov-Elston (1910-1915). Women's singles champions: Ekaterina Polonskaya (1909), Nadezhda Martynova-Danilevskaya (1910-1912), Liudmila Iznar (1913), and Elizabeth Ryan (1914).
• 1920: Arthur McPherson Jr. is celebrated as the first Russian tennis player to compete at the Wimbledon Championships.
• 1926: The first Russian lawn tennis club in exile is created in Paris, France.
• 1929:
  • The Russian Lawn Tennis Federation is created in Paris, France to unite Russian tennis players in exile.
  • The All-Union Tennis Section, essentially the USSR Tennis Federation, is created in Moscow (capital of the Soviet Union).
• 1931: The Russian Lawn Tennis Federation (in Paris, France) becomes a member of the International Lawn Tennis Federation (ILTF).
• 1936-1937: The great French tennis player, Henri Cochet (1901—1987), visits the USSR to open his tennis school in Moscow, where his students include such famous Soviet players as Evgeni Korbut [ru] (1917—1991), Nikolai Ozerov (1922—1997), and Semyon P. Belits-Geiman [ru] (1921—2000; cousin of the famous Soviet swimmer Semyon V. Belits-Geiman).
• 1940: The membership of the Russian Lawn Tennis Federation (in Paris, France) in the International Lawn Tennis Federation (ILTF) is stopped.
• 1956: The Russian SFSR, as part of the USSR, renews its membership in the International Lawn Tennis Federation.
• 1958: Anna Dmitrieva and Andrei Potanin are the first Soviet players to participate in the Junior Wimbledon Championships.
• 1959: The USSR Tennis Federation is officially founded (in Moscow, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union).
• 1962: The USSR team makes its debut in the Davis Cup.
• 1968: The USSR team makes its debut in the Federation Cup.
• 1974: Chris Evert and Olga Morozova win the French Open – Women's doubles title by defeating Gail Chanfreau and Katja Ebbinghaus in the final – and Olga Morozova becomes the first Soviet/Russian tennis player to win a Grand Slam tournament (not in juniors).
• 1976: The USSR team, captained by Shamil Tarpishchev at the time, refuses to play against the Chile team in the Davis Cup semifinals and is suspended by the International Tennis Federation (ITF) from participating in international competitions for two years.
• 1977: The Russian SFSR, as part of the USSR, becomes a member of the European Tennis Association (Tennis Europe).
• 1996: Yevgeny Kafelnikov becomes the first Russian tennis player to win a Slam in singles — French Open in both singles and doubles.
• 1999: Yevgeny Kafelnikov becomes the first Russian tennis player to achieve No.1 in singles.
• 2000: Yevgeny Kafelnikov becomes the first Russian tennis player to win an Olympic gold medal in tennis, in singles.

XXI Century

• 2002: The Russian Tennis Federation (in Moscow, capital of the Russian Federation) is founded, officially re-invented, and renamed (from the All-Russian Tennis Association, previously renamed from the Tennis Federation of the RSFSR, and merged with the leftovers from the Tennis Federation of the USSR).
• 2008: The General Assembly of the International Tennis Federation (ITF) is held in Moscow, Russian Federation, commemorating the centenary of the Russian Tennis Federation.
• 2016:
  • Maria Sharapova, the five-time tennis Grand Slam singles champion, is handed two-year ban (reduced to 15 months de facto) after failing drugs test at the Australian Open in January.
  • Marat Safin becomes the first Russian player to be inducted into the International Tennis Hall of Fame.
• 2021: There are only a small number of 7.2 thousand tennis courts in the Russian Federation, including 2.6 thousand indoor courts. In Moscow, there are 783 tennis courts, of which 261 are indoor courts.
• 2022:
  • The membership of the Russian Tennis Federation (in Moscow, Russia) in the International Tennis Federation has been suspended.
  • The Lawn Tennis Association of the United Kingdom has issued a ban on Daniil Medvedev and other Russian tennis players participating in the Wimbledon Championships.

Last updated after the 2024 Almaty Open.

Top active players by the number of ATP Tour-level singles titles (with 3 and more titles minimum)

Active player Daniil Medvedev's 20 ATP Tour-level singles titles by surface so far (last one of thirteen representing Russia: Sep 2021, US Open; recent one as a neutral athlete: May 2023, Italian Open), born 1996 (in Moscow, now Central Federal District, Russian Federation)   Hard court (18 titles) (90%)   Grass court (1 title) (5%)   Clay court (1 title) (5%)	Active player Andrey Rublev's 16 ATP Tour-level singles titles by surface so far (last one of ten representing Russia: Feb 2022, Open 13; recent one as a neutral athlete: May 2024, Madrid Open), born 1997 (in Moscow, now Central Federal District, Russian Federation)   Hard court (10 titles) (62.5%)   Clay court (6 titles) (37.5%)	Active player Karen Khachanov's 7 ATP Tour-level singles titles by surface so far (last one of four representing Russia: Nov 2018, Paris Masters; recent one as a neutral athlete: Oct 2024, Almaty Open), born 1996 (in Moscow, now Central Federal District, Russian Federation)   Hard court (7 titles) (100%)	Active player Aslan Karatsev's 3 ATP Tour-level singles titles by surface so far (recent one &/or last one of three representing Russia: Jan 2022, Sydney International), born 1993 (in Vladikavkaz, now North Caucasian Federal District, Russian Federation)   Hard court (3 titles) (100%)

Last updated after the 2024 Hong Kong Open.

Top active players by the number of WTA Tour-level singles titles (with 3 and more titles minimum)

Active player Vera Zvonareva's 12 WTA Tour-level singles titles by surface so far (recent one &/or last one of twelve representing Russia: Jul 2011, Baku Cup), born 1984 (in Moscow, now Central Federal District, Russian Federation)   Hard court (9 titles) (75%)   Grass court (1 title) (8.3%)   Clay court (2 titles) (16.7%)	Active player Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova's 12 WTA Tour-level singles titles by surface so far (recent one &/or last one of twelve representing Russia: May 2018, Internationaux de Strasbourg), born 1991 (in Samara, now Volga Federal District, Russian Federation)   Hard court (9 titles) (75%)   Clay court (3 titles) (25%)	Active player Daria Kasatkina's 8 WTA Tour-level singles titles by surface so far (last one of four representing Russia: Feb 2021, St. Petersburg Trophy; recent one as a neutral athlete: Oct 2024, Ningbo Open), born 1997 (in Tolyatti, now Volga Federal District, Russian Federation)   Hard court (6 titles) (75%)   Grass court (1 title) (12.5%)   Clay court (1 title) (12.5%)	Active player Liudmila Samsonova's 5 WTA Tour-level singles titles by surface so far (one representing Russia: Feb 2021, German Open; recent one as a neutral athlete: Jun 2024, Rosmalen Open), born 1998 (in Olenegorsk, now Northwestern Federal District, Russian Federation)   Hard court (3 titles) (60%)   Grass court (2 titles) (40%)	Active player Diana Shnaider's 4 WTA Tour-level singles titles by surface so far (recent one as a neutral athlete: Nov 2024, Hong Kong Open), born 2004 (in Zhigulevsk, now Volga Federal District, Russian Federation)   Hard court (2 titles) (50%)   Grass court (1 title) (25%)   Clay court (1 title) (25%)	Active player Ekaterina Alexandrova's 4 WTA Tour-level singles titles by surface so far (one representing Russia: Jan 2020, Shenzhen Open; recent one as a neutral athlete: Jun 2023, Rosmalen Open), born 1994 (in Chelyabinsk, now Ural Federal District, Russian Federation)   Hard court (2 titles) (50%)   Grass court (2 titles) (50%)	Active player Elena Vesnina's 3 WTA Tour-level singles titles by surface so far (recent one &/or last one of three representing Russia: Mar 2017, Indian Wells Open), born 1986 (in Lviv, now Ukraine)   Hard court (2 titles) (66.67%)   Grass court (1 title) (33.33%)

Last updated after the 2024 Games of the XXXIII Olympiad.

Legend
⛒ – completed Career Grand Slam in singles
– Junior Grand Slam singles champion
– Junior Grand Slam singles runner-up
Universiade (FISU) medalists in singles: – gold – silver – bronze
– Russian Cup awardees in main nominations: Male / Female Player of the Year
‡ – deceased

All-time top Russia-related tennis players by the number of ATP / WTA (male/female) tour-level singles titles
(plus DBL – MX in parentheses, if applied, and career-high singles ranking); active players – in bold; former countries' players, former competitions, and former players by switching from the Russian Federation or through being associated with the Soviet or Russian tennis by means of country of birth (COB) and/or dual citizenship – in italics

#	Name	Sex	Birth year	GS	YC	ATP Masters	OG	Other	All titles + CHL + ITF	DC / BJK	AC / UC	HC	LC	HOF	ITHF	BH	Rank	ZMS FS Year	FD
Grand Slam singles champions
1	Maria Sharapova [26][27]	F	1987	5	1	14	S-2012	⛒ 200520062012	36 (39) 40 (43)	2008	RTD 2020	–	NA	–	–	2H	121 w (41) JNR 6	KDA 2004	SO
2	Yevgeny Kafelnikov [28] before the Russian Federation also represented the USSR and the CIS	M	1974	2 (6)	0	0 (7)	G-2000	1994199519961997199819992001	26 (53) 27 (56)	2002	RTD 2003 2010	–	–	2002	2019	2H	16 w (4)	KDA 1996
3	Daniil Medvedev [29]	M	1996	1	1	6	QF (1R–1R)	201920212023	20 21 25 (29)	2021	2021	–	2021	–	–	2H	116 w (170) JNR 13	MOW 2019	CE
4	Svetlana Kuznetsova	F	1985	2 (4)	0	2 (6)	QF (QF)	2016	18 (34) 19 (35)	2004 2007 2008	RTD 2021	–	NA	2015	–	2H	2 (3) JNR 1	SPE 2004	NW
5	Marat Safin	M	1980	2	0	5	2R	2004	15 (17) 16 (19)	2002 2006	RTD 2009	–	–	2010	2016	2H	19 w (71) JNR 345	MOW 2000	CE
6	Anastasia Myskina	F	1981	1	0	2 (3)	SF (2R)	2003	10 (15) 13 (21)	2004 2005	RTD 2007	–	NA	2011	–	2H	2 (15) JNR 48	MOW 2004
NA	Elena Rybakina prior switching to Kazakhstan, also represented the Russian Federation [30]	F	1999	1	0	2	SF		8 12 (16)	–	–	–	NA	NA	–	2H	3 (48) JNR 3	NA	NA
Year-End Championships winners with no Grand Slam singles title
7	Nikolay Davydenko	M	1981	SF4	1	3	2R (QF)	2003200520062008	21 (23) 25 (27) 26 (28)	2006	RTD 2014	–	–	2012	–	2H	3 (31) JNR 510	VGG 2007	SO
Champions of ATP-Masters/ WTA-1000 without GS and/or YEC singles title
8	Elena Dementieva	F	1981	RU2	0 (1)	3 (5)	S-2000 G-2008 (1R)	2001	16 (22) 19 (28)	2005	RTD 2010	–	NA	2011	–	2H	3 (5) JNR 4	MOW 2000	CE
9	Andrey Rublev	M	1997	QF10	0	2 (3)	1R (1R–G)		16 (20–21) 17 (23–24) 21 (28–29)	2021	2021	–	2021	–	–	2H	5 (55) JNR 1	MOW 2021	CE
10	Nadezhda "Nadia" Petrova [31]	F	1982	SF2	0 (2)	3 (12)	3R (B)	2012	13 (37) 17 (41)	2007	RTD 2013	2007	NA	2013	–	2H	3 (3) JNR 3	MOW 2008	CE
11	Vera Zvonareva	F	1984	RU2 (3–5)	0 (1)	1 (5)	B-2008 (QF)	20102023	12 (28–30) 12 (30–32) 15 (34–37)	2004 2008	–	–	NA	2014	–	2H	2 (7) JNR 3	MOW 2004	CE
12	Dinara Safina [32]	F	1986	RU3 (1)	0	5 (6)	S-2008 (QF)		12 (21) 15 (27)	2005 2008	RTD 2011 2014	–	NA	–	–	2H	126 w (8) JNR 9	MOW 2006	CE
NA	Andrei Medvedev before Ukraine, also represented the USSR & the CIS[33]	M	1974	RU1	0	4	–		11	–	RTD 2001	–	–	–	–	2H	4 (185)	NA 2000 (UKR)	NA
13	Anna Chakvetadze	F	1987	SF1	0	1	–	2007	8 10 (11)	2007 2008	RTD 2013	–	NA	–	–	2H	5 (53) JNR 20	MOW 2008	CE
14	Andrei Chesnokov before the Russian Federation, also represented the USSR, the CIS & the Unified Team	M	1966	SF1	0	2	2R		7 10	–	RTD 1999	–	–	2003	–	2H	9 (342)	MOW 1998	CE
15	Karen Khachanov	M	1996	SF2	0	1 (2)	S-2020 (1R)	2018	6 (7) 8 (9) 14 (15)	2021	–	–	–	–	–	2H	8 (64) JNR 16	MOW 2021	CE
16	Elena Vesnina	F	1986	SF1 (3–4)	0 (1)	1 (9)	2R (G–S)		3 (21–22) 5 (29–30)	2007 2008	RTD 2021	–	NA	–	–	2H	13 (1) JNR 116	KDA 2008	SO

#	Name	Sex	Birth year	GS	YC	ATP Masters	OG	Other	All titles + CHL + ITF	DC / BJK	AC / UC	HC	LC	HOF	ITHF	BH	Rank	ZMS FS Year	FD
Champions without GS and/or YEC and/or ATP-Masters / WTA-1000 singles title
17	Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova	F	1991	RU1	0	0 (2)	QF ( –G)	2021	12 (18–19) 17 (31–32)	2021	NA	–	NA	–	–	2H	11 (21) JNR 1	MOS 2021	CE
NA	Anna Smashnova before switching to Israel, also represented the USSR in juniors [34]	F	1976	4R2	0	0	1R		12 19	–	RTD 2007	–	NA	NA	–	1H	15 (275)	NA	NA
18	Mikhail Youzhny	M	1982	SF2	0	0	QF (2R)	2010	10 (19) 15 (25) 19 (30)	2002 2006	RTD 2018	–	–	2012	–	1H	8 (38) JNR 20	MOW 2003	CE
NA	Alexander "Alex" Iraklievich Metreveli represented the USSR	M	1944	RU1	0	0	–		9 (10)	–	RTD 1979	NA	NA	2002	–	1H	9 (80)	NA 1966 (URS)	NA
NA	Olga Vasilievna Morozova represented the USSR	F	1949	RU2 (1)	0	NA	–		8 (24) 33 (75)	–	RTD 1977 1989	NA	NA	2006	–	1H	7 (–)	NA 1971 (URS)	NA
19	Dmitry Tursunov[35]	M	1982	4R1	0	0	1R (2R)		7 (14) 19 (31) 24 (37)	2006	RTD 2017	2007	–	2014	–	2H	20 (36) JNR 246	MOW 2007	CE
20	Daria Kasatkina	F	1997	SF1	0	0	QF (QF)		7 (8) 14 (15)	2021	NA	–	NA	–	–	2H	8 (43) JNR 3	SAM 2022 [36]	VO
21	Maria Kirilenko	F	1987	QF3	0 (1)	0 (3)	SF (B)	2012	6 (18) 8 (20)	–	RTD 2014	–	NA	–	–	2H	10 (5) JNR 2	MOS 2012	CE
Champions without GS and/or YEC and/or ATP-Masters / WTA-1000 singles title
NA	Leila Meskhi before Georgia, also represented the USSR, the CIS & the Unified Team	F	1968	QF1	0	0	2R (B)		5 (10) 6 (13)	–	RTD 1995	–	NA	NA	–	2H	12 (21)	NA	NA
22	Liudmila Samsonova while apart from the Russian Federation, also represented Italy	F	1998	4R2	0	0 (1)	–		5 (6) 5 (6) 9 (12)	2021	–	–	NA	–	–	2H	12 (40) JNR 65	–	NW
NA	Nikoloz Basilashvili born in Georgia, also represented the Russian Federation in juniors[37]	M	1992	4R1	0	0	3R		5 10 20 (22)	–	–	–	NA	NA	–	2H	16 (148) JNR 59	NA	NA
Champions without GS and/or YEC and/or ATP-Masters / WTA-1000 singles title
NA	Natalia "Natasha" Zvereva before Belarus, also represented the USSR, the CIS & the Unified Team	F	1971	RU1 (18–20)	0 (3)	0 (23)	QF (B)		4 (84–86) 7 (90–92)	–	RTD 2002	–	NA	2009	2010	2H	5 (1)	NA 1991 (URS)	NA
NA	Natalia Medvedeva before Ukraine, also represented the USSR & the CIS	F	1971	3R4	0	0	– (1R)		4 (16) 4 (17)	–	RTD 1998	–	NA	–	–	2H	23 (21)	NA 2000 (UKR)	NA
23	Ekaterina Alexandrova	F	1994	4R1	0	0	2R		4 (5) 7 (8) 14 (15)	2021	–	–	NA	–	–	2H	15 (58) JNR 925	CHE 2022 [36]	UR
NA	Alexander Bublik prior switching to Kazakhstan, also represented the Russian Federation	M	1997	4R1	0	0	1R (1R)		4 10 14 (17)	–	–	–	–	NA	–	2H	18 (47) JNR 19	NA	NA
Champions without GS and/or YEC and/or ATP-Masters / WTA-1000 singles title
24	Elena Likhovtseva prior switching to the Russian Federation, also represented the USSR, the CIS & Kazakhstan	F	1975	SF1 (0–2)	0	0 (4)	1R (2R)	1996	3 (30–32) 5 (38–40)	–	RTD 2007	–	NA	2010	–	2H	15 (3)	MOW 2000	CE
25	Ekaterina Makarova	F	1988	SF2 (3–4)	0 (1)	0 (7)	3R (G)	2012	3 (18–19) 6 (30–31)	2008	RTD 2019	–	–	–	–	2H/L	8 (1) JNR 20	MOW 2009	CE
26	Elena Bovina	F	1983	QF1 (0–1)	0	0 (2)	RTD 2018		3 (8–9) 11 (27–28)	2005	RTD 2012	–	NA	–	–	2H	14 (14) JNR 87	–	CE
27	Aslan Karatsev	M	1993	SF1	0	0	2R (1R–S)		3 (4) 6 (8) 16 (21)	2021	2021	–	–	–	–	2H	14 (87) JNR 47	RU-SE 2021	NC
28	Igor Andreev	M	1983	QF1	0	0	3R (QF)	2007	3 (4) 3 (7) 7 (11)	2006 / CPT 2021	RTD 2013	–	–	2013	–	2H	18 (59) JNR 116	MOW 2008	CE
29	Alexander Volkov before the Russian Federation, also represented the USSR & the CIS	M	1967 ‡	SF1	0	0	1R (1R)		3 4 7 (11)	–	RTD 1998	–	–	2005	–	2H/L	14 (136)	KGD 1999	NW
30	Diana Shnaider	F	2004	2R2	0	0	2R (S)		3 5 (6) 10 (14)	–	–	–	NA	–	–	2H/L	20 (65) JNR 2	–	VO
NA	Yulia Putintseva prior switching to Kazakhstan, also represented the Russian Federation	F	1995	QF3	0	0	1R		3 3 9	–	–	–	NA	NA	–	2H	27 (158) JNR 3	NA	NA
Champions without GS and/or YEC and/or ATP-Masters / WTA-1000 singles title
NA	Larisa Savchenko-Neiland before Ukraine → Latvia, also represented the USSR	F	1966	QF2 (2–6)	0	0 (10)	QF (QF)		2 (67–71) 4 (72–76)	–	RTD 2010	–	NA	2006	–	1H	13 (1)	NA 1991 (URS)	NA
31	Andrei Olhovskiy before the Russian Federation, also represented the USSR & the CIS	M	1966	4R2 (0–2)	0	0	QF		2 (22–24) 2 (29–31) 2 (30–32)	–	RTD 1998 2005	–	–	2005	–	2H	49 (6)	MOW 1997	CE
32	Veronika Kudermetova	F	1997	QF1	0 (1)	0 (3)	1R (SF)		2 (10) 3 (15) 7 (35)	2021	–	–	NA	–	–	2H	9 (2) JNR 22	RU-TA 2022 [36]	VO
33	Alisa Kleybanova	F	1989	4R2	0	0 (1)	–		2 (7) 16 (34)	–	RTD 2018	–	NA	–	–	2H	20 (10) JNR 3	–	CE
34	Margarita Betova	F	1994	4R1	0	0	–		2 (6) 11 (23)	–	–	–	NA	–	–	1H	41 (25) JNR 35	–	CE
34	Anastasia Potapova	F	2001	4R1	0	0	–		2 (5) 3 (8)	–	–	–	NA	–	–	2H	21 (40) JNR 1	–	VO
35	Andrei Cherkasov before the Russian Federation, also represented the USSR, the CIS & the Unified Team	M	1970	QF3	0	0	B-1992		2 6 (8) 7 (10)	–	RTD 2000	–	–	2005	–	2H	13 (141)	RU-BA 1992 &/or 1999 [38]	VO

#	Name	Sex	Birth year	GS	YC	ATP Masters	OG	Other	All titles + CHL + ITF	DC / BJK	AC / UC	HC	LC	HOF	ITHF	BH	Rank	ZMS FS Year	FD
Champions without GS and/or YEC and/or ATP-Masters / WTA-1000 singles title
NA	Max Mirnyi before Belarus, also represented the CIS in juniors for the ITF	M	1977	QF1 (6–10)	0 (2)	0 (16)	QF (QF–G)		1 (53–58) 1 (60–65) 4 (66–71)	–	RTD 2018	–	–	–	–	1H	18 (1)	NA 2001 (BLR)	NA
NA	Yaroslava Shvedova prior switching to Kazakhstan, also represented the Russian Federation (abbr. RF)	F	1987	QF3 (2)	0	0 (2)	1R ( –1R)		1 (14) 2 (16) 6 (23)	–	RTD 2021	–	NA	NA	–	2H	25 (3) JNR 13	NA	NA
37	Alla Kudryavtseva	F	1987	4R1	0	0	–		1 (10) 3 (27)	2008	RTD 2021	–	NA	–	–	2H	56 (15) JNR 16	MOW 2008	CE
NA	Daria Saville prior switching to Australia, also represented the Russian Federation	F	1994	4R2	0	0	1R (1R)		1 (3) 5 (9)	–	–	AUS 2016	NA	NA	–	2H	20 (45) JNR 1	NA	NA
38	Vera Dushevina	F	1986	4R1	0	0	–		1 (2) 2 (8)	2005	RTD 2017	–	–	–	–	2H	31 (27) JNR 1	MOS 2006	CE
39	Anna Blinkova	F	1998	3R4	0	0	–		1 (2) 2 (4) 5 (17)	2021	–	–	NA	–	–	2H	34 (45) JNR 3	–	CE
40	Igor Kunitsyn	M	1981	3R1	0	0	–		1 (2) 9 (14) 15 (21)	–	RTD 2013	–	–	–	–	2H	35 (49) JNR 61	–	FE
41	Mirra Andreeva	F	2007	SF1	0	0	1R (S–1R)		1 1 7	–	–	–	NA	–	–	2H	23 (94) JNR 1	–	SI
NA	Andrey Golubev prior switching to Kazakhstan, also represented the Russian Federation	M	1987	2R4	0	0	– (1R–1R)		1 8 (23) 13 (32)	–	–	–	–	NA	–	1H	33 (24) JNR 101	NA	NA
42	Ksenia Pervak in-between competing for the Russian Federation, also represented Kazakhstan [39]	F	1991	4R1	0	0	–		1 10 (13)	–	RTD 2015	–	NA	–	–	2H/L	37 (123) JNR 5	–	UR
NA	Mikhail Kukushkin prior switching to Kazakhstan, also represented the Russian Federation	M	1987	4R2	0	0	2R		1 15 16 (17)	–	–	–	–	NA	–	2H	39 (67)	NA	NA
43	Maria Timofeeva	F	2003	4R1	0	0	–		1 1 6 (12)	–	–	–	NA	–	–	2H	93 (179) JNR 33	–	CE
NA	Dimitri Poliakov before Ukraine, also represented the USSR & the CIS	M	1968	2R3	0	0	–		1 5 (10)	–	RTD 1998	–	NA	NA	–	2H	93 (119)	–	NA

#	Name	Sex	Birth year	GS	YC	ATP Masters	OG	Other	All titles + CHL + ITF	DC / BJK	AC / UC	HC	LC	HOF	ITHF	BH	Rank	ZMS FS Year	FD
Top-10 singles rankings champions without ATP / WTA tour-level singles title
44	Anna Kournikova	F	1981	SF1 (2)	0 (2)	0 (4)	1R	19971998	0 (16) 2 (18)	–	RTD 2003	–	NA	2015	–	2H	8 (1) JNR 130	MOW 1999	CE
Top-20 singles rankings champions without ATP / WTA tour-level singles title
45	Anna Kalinskaya	F	1998	QF1	0	0	–		0 (3) 1 (4) 8 (20)	2021	–	–	NA	–	–	2H	16 (49) JNR 3	–	CE
46	Tatiana Panova	F	1976	3R8	0	0	–		0 6	–	RTD 2006	–	NA	–	–	2H	20 (75)	–	CE
Champions of team cups and/or DBL–MX Grand Slams without ATP / WTA tour-level singles title
NA	Anna Danilina prior switching to Kazakhstan, also represented the Russian Federation (abbr. RF)	F	1995	0 (0–1)	0	0	–		0 (5–6) 0 (8–9) 1 (35–36)	–	–	–	NA	NA	–	2H	269 (10) JNR 3	NA	NA
47	Eugenia Maniokova	F	1968	2R2 (0–1)	0	0	–		0 (4–5) 3 (27–28)	–	RTD 1996	–	NA	–	–	2H	66 (18)	MOW 2001	CE
48	Evgeny Donskoy	M	1990	3R2	0	0	3R		0 12 (15) 14 (19)	2021	2021	–	–	–	–	2H	65 (161) JNR 20	–	CE
49	Andrei Stoliarov	M	1977	3R1	0	0	–		0 1 (5) 3 (9)	2002	RTD 2008	–	–	–	–	2H	71 (151)	KDA 2003	SO
NA	Shamil Anvyarovich Tarpischev represented the USSR	M	1948	0	0	0	–		0	CPT 2002 2006 2021 / CPT 2004 2005 2007 2008	RTD 1974	–	–	2002 ⇒ EXPLD 2022	–	2H	–	MOW 1996 [38]	NA

#	Name	Sex	Birth year	GS	YC	ATP Masters	OG	Other	All titles + CHL + ITF	DC / BJK	AC / UC	HC	LC	HOF	ITHF	BH	Rank	ZMS FS Year	FD
Other notable players in the Top-50
50	Lina Krasnoroutskaya	F	1984	QF1	0	0	–	1999	0 (1) 1 (2)	–	RTD 2005	–	NA	–	–	2H	25 (22) JNR 1	–	CE
NA	Vladimir Voltchkov before Belarus, also represented the USSR and CIS in juniors (not for the ITF)	M	1978	SF1	0	0	2R (2R)		0 (1) 8 (14) 13 (25)	–	RTD 2008	–	–	–	–	2H	25 (71) JNR 7	–	NA
51	Alex Bogomolov Jr. before switching to the Russian Federation, represented the United States[39]	M	1983	3R2	0	0	2R		0 (1) 10 (16) 14 (22)	–	RTD 2014	–	NA	–	–	2H	33 (100) JNR 57	–	CE
52	Roman Safiullin	M	1997	QF1	0	0	3R (1R)		0 4 (5) 23 (27)	–	–	–	NA	–	–	2H	36 (239) JNR 2	–	CE
NA	Varvara Gracheva prior switching to France, also represented the Russian Federation	F	2000	4R1 (3R1)	0	0	1R (1R)		0 0 7	–	–	–	–	NA	–	2H	39 (135) JNR 19	NA	NA
53	Andrey Kuznetsov	M	1991	4R1	0	0	–		0 8 (12) 15 (24)	–	RTD 2023	–	NA	–	–	2H	39 (137) JNR 3	–	CE
54	Elena Makarova	F	1973	3R4	0	0	–	19941995	0 (1) 6 (13)	–	RTD 1999	–	NA	–	–	2H	43 (41)	–	CE
55	Teymuraz Gabashvili	M	1985	4R2	0	0	–		0 (1) 10 (21) 15 (29)	–	RTD 2018 2020	–	NA	–	–	2H	43 (101) JNR 33	–	CE
NA	Alexander Shevchenko prior switching to Kazakhstan, also represented the Russian Federation	M	2000	2R2 (2R1)	0	0	1R		0 4 7 (9)	–	–	–	–	NA	–	2H	45 (406) JNR 339	NA	NA
56	Pavel Kotov	M	1998	3R1 (1R1)	0	0	1R		0 3 (4) 6 (7)	–	–	–	NA	–	–	2H	50 (226) JNR 34	–	CE
Other notable players and Russian Tennis Hall of Fame [ru] inductees in the Top-100
NA	Elina Avanesyan prior switching to Armenia, also represented the Russian Federation	F	2002	4R2 (3R1)	0	0	–		0 0 5 (16)	–	–	–	–	NA	–	2H	58 (168) JNR 32	NA	NA
57	Konstantin Kravchuk	M	1985	2R1	0	0	–		0 3 (16) 12 (36)	–	RTD 2017 2020	–	NA	–	–	2H	78 (100) JNR 45	–	CE
58	Elizaveta Kulichkova	F	1996	3R1	0	0	–		0 0 (0) 7 (8)	–	RTD 2017	–	–	–	–	2H	87 (312) JNR 3	–	SI
59	Erika Andreeva	F	2004	2R1	0	0	–		0 0 3 (5)	–	–	–	NA	–	–	2H	88 (274) JNR	–	SI
60	Irina Khromacheva	F	1995	1R4	0	0	–		0 (5) 1 (10) 19 (61)	–	–	–	NA	–	–	2H/L	89 (40) JNR 1	–	CE
NA	Teimuraz Iraklievich Kakulia represented the USSR	M	1947 ‡	4R1	NA	NA	NA		0 ? (?)	–	RTD 1978	NA	NA	2008	–	1H	91	NA 1977 (URS)	NA
NA	Tatiana Ignatieva before Belarus, represented the USSR and the CIS	F	1974	2R1	NA	NA	NA		0 1	–	RTD 1997	NA	NA	–	–	2H	91 (570)	–	NA
Other notable players and Russian Tennis Hall of Fame [ru] inductees in the Top-200
61	Sofya Zhuk	F	1999	1R2	0	0	–		0 0 6	–	RTD 2019	–	NA	–	–	2H	116 (–) JNR 4	–	CE
62	Alina Korneeva	F	2007	0	0	0	–		0 0 3 (4)	–	–	–	NA	–	–	2H	128 (261) JNR 1	–	CE
63	Ivan Gakhov [40]	M	1996	0	0	0	–		0 2 (3) 16 (17)	–	–	–	NA	–	–	2H/L	142 (170) JNR 616	–	CE
NA	Anatoli Filippovich Volkov	M	1948	2R2	0	0	–		0	–	RTD 1981	–	–	2013	–	?H	163	MOW 2003 [38]	NA
64	Ksenia Lykina	F	1990	0	0	0	–		0 6 (21)	–	RTD 2018	–	NA	–	–	2H	171 (108) JNR 4	–	VO
NA	Alexander Mikhailovich Zverev represented the USSR	M	1960	1R2	NA	NA	NA		0	–	NA	NA	NA	2015	–	2H	175 (307)	NA 1991 (URS)	NA
NA	Julia Apostoli prior switching to Greece, also represented the USSR[41]	F	1964	0	0	0	–		0 0 3 (4)	–	RTD 1991	–	NA	NA	–	1H	194 (130)	NA	NA
Other notable players in the Top-300
65	Evgeny Kirillov	M	1987	0	0	0	–		0 1 7	–	RTD 2012 2015	–	NA	–	–	2H	205 (195) JNR 15	–	CE
NA	Natela Dzalamidze prior switching to Georgia, also represented the Russian Federation	F	1993	0 (2R3)	0	0	–		0 (3) 0 (6) 10 (45)	–	–	–	–	NA	–	2H	245 (43) JNR 224	NA	NA
66	Gulnara Fattakhetdinova	F	1982	0	0	0	–		0 2 (13)	–	RTD 2004	–	NA	–	–	?	246 (102) JNR 106	–	CE
NA	Ģirts Dzelde before Latvia, represented the USSR	M	1963	2R2	0	0	–		0 0 (4)	–	RTD 2000	NA	NA	–	–	2H	273 (108)	–	NA
NA	Konstantin Pavlovich Pugaev represented the USSR	M	1955	2R1	NA	NA	NA		0	–	NA	NA	NA	–	–	?	281 (237)	NA 1991 (URS)	NA
NA	Artem Sitak prior switching to New Zealand, also represented the Russian Federation	M	1986	0	0	0	–		0 (5) 0 (15) 5 (35)	–	–	–	–	NA	–	2H	299 (32) JNR 79	NA	NA
Other notable players in the Top-500
67	Alina Charaeva	F	2002	0	0	0	–		0 0 4 (8)	–	–	–	NA	–	–	2H	317 (312) JNR 12	–	CE
NA	Sergey Nikolayevich Leonyuk represented the USSR	M	1960	0	NA	NA	NA		0 0 (1)	–	NA	NA	NA	–	–	?	327 (245)	–	NA
68	Yana Buchina	F	1992	0	0	0	–		0 0 2 (3)	–	RTD 2014	–	NA	–	–	2H	334 (569) JNR 12	–	VO
69	Philipp Mukhometov	M	1983	0	0	0	–		0 0 (1) 2 (7)	–	RTD 2018	–	NA	–	–	?	355 (312) JNR 38	–	CE
70	Irina Zvereva if counting her 1993-1994 comeback attempt (because she was already based in Germany), represented the USSR, the CIS and the Russian Federation[42]	F	1967	0	0	0	–		0 1 (2)	–	RTD 1994	–	NA	NA	–	1H	380 (466)	NA	SO
Other notable players outside the Top-500
71	Sergei Demekhine married Veronika Kudermetova[43]	M	1984	0	0	0	–		0 0 1 (9)	–	–	–	NA	–	–	2H	637 (438) JNR 95	–	CE
72	Yaroslav Demin	M	2005	0	0	0	–		0 0 1	–	–	–	NA	–	–	2H	789 (1305) JNR 1	–	CE