Tennis in Russia

Tennis is one of the most popular sports in the Eastern part of Europe. The rich careers of excellent players from every region have left an everlasting impression, and Russia is no exception. 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.

History

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Introduction of tennis to Russia

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Scotsman Arthur McPherson [ru] sitting in his chair, Russian Empire, c. 1910s

Arthur Davydovich McPherson or Macpherson (1870–1920), a native of St. Petersburg, Russian Empire 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. 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-time  Saint Petersburg
{dependency: then  Russia (Empire's capital and Saint Petersburg Governorate) → now  Russia (Federation)}
George Walter Bray [ru]
(returned to  Britain after 1918)		 — — — —
1908 Saint Petersburg Lev Urusov
(immigrated to  France after 1918)		 — Saint Petersburg George Walter Bray
/
Saint Petersburg Walter George Bray [ru]
(returned to  Britain after 1918)		 — —
1909 Saint Petersburg George Walter Bray (2) Saint Petersburg Ekaterina Polonskaya (Girshfeld)
(immigrated to  France after 1918)		 Saint Petersburg George Walter Bray
/
Saint Petersburg Walter George Bray (2)		 — —
1910 Saint Petersburg Mikhail Sumarokov-Elston
(immigrated to  France after 1918)		 present-time  Moscow
{dependency: then  Russia (Empire's Moscow Governorate) → now  Russia (Federation)}
Nadezhda Martynova-Danilevskaya
(immigrated to  United States after 1918)		 Saint Petersburg George Walter Bray
/
Saint Petersburg Walter George Bray (3)		 — —
1911 Saint Petersburg Mikhail Sumarokov-Elston (2) Moscow Nadezhda Martynova-Danilevskaya (2) Saint Petersburg George Walter Bray
/
Saint Petersburg Walter George Bray (4)		 — —
1912 Saint Petersburg Mikhail Sumarokov-Elston (3) Moscow Nadezhda Martynova-Danilevskaya (3) Saint Petersburg Mikhail Sumarokov-Elston /
? Saint Petersburg Aleksandr Alenitsyn
(couldn't immigrate after 1918 and committed suicide in a Russian prison in 1922)		 — Saint Petersburg Ekaterina Polonskaya (Girshfeld)
/
Saint Petersburg Mikhail Sumarokov-Elston
1913 Saint Petersburg Mikhail Sumarokov-Elston (4) present-time  Estonia
{dependency: then  Russia (Empire's Governorate of Estonia's Ida-Viru County) → now  European Union}
Liudmila Iznar
(immigrated to  France,  Britain and  United States after 1918)		 — — Estonia Liudmila Iznar
/
Saint Petersburg Mikhail Sumarokov-Elston
1914 Saint Petersburg Mikhail Sumarokov-Elston (5) — Saint Petersburg Arthur A. McPherson [ru]
/
Saint Petersburg 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 Estonia — 1.

In the USSR

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External videos
video icon 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[7] (see also the Western stereotype of the male ballet dancer)

Men's & women's singles: locals' clay-and-grass ATP / WTA Tour-level titles proportion (from Dec 1970 to Apr 1990)

  Grass court (12 titles out of 17: 8 men's titles out of 12 & 4 women's titles out of 5) (70.5%)
  Clay court (5 titles out of 17: 4 men's titles out of 12 & 4 women's titles out of 5) (29.5%)

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 royal dynasty. 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.[8] In addition, local men's tennis players were seriously bullied by the other Soviet sportspeople for competing in a 'girlie' sport.[9][10][11] At a certain point, about 80 percent of tennis coaches in the USSR were women.[12]

In 1976, The New York Times reported that there were no tennis clubs in the USSR.[13] This view is explained by the desire to make the sports history of America's enemies less important. According to ancient and/or outdated concepts, people who do not have a centuries-long past cannot count on respect.

Usually, when under the Soviets, all the undisputedly negative things in the USSR (famine, corruption, nepotism, poverty, and facial hair that can contribute to the increased intra-specific aggression, etc.) had been criticized domestically as the "leftovers from the Tsarist regime" (Russian: пережитки царского режима). Internationally, the term "regime" (Russian: режим, meaning strongly associated with imprisonment for all the people of Russia being in opposition to the chairperson) has never been closer to be excluded from any Russia-related narrative (meaning the ex-USSR) than in the "wild 1990s [ru]", although the general 'quarantine period' after the USSR – tacit or open condemnation of everything related to Russia, including people born and raised before the country's collapse in 1991 – has never been even close to an end because of the First Chechen War and the Second Chechen War.[14][15][16][17]

Men's singles player(s) who won at least one ATP Tour-level tournament on grass

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Men's singles player(s) who won at least one ATP Tour-level tournament on clay

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  • A. Chesnokov – 4 (Monte Carlo ATP-1000, Florence ATP-250, Nice ATP-250, Munich ATP-250)

Women's singles player(s) who won at least one WTA Tour-level tournament on grass

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Women's singles player(s) who won at least one WTA Tour-level tournament on clay

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

Post USSR

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Grand Slam singles titles by surface (13 titles for players from the Russian Federation in 25 years: from 1996 to 2021; last updated after the 2021 US Open)

  Hard court (7 titles) (54%)
  Grass court (1 title) (8%)
  Clay court (5 titles) (38%)

Men's & women's singles: locals' clay-and-grass ATP / WTA Tour-level titles proportion (from Jul 1995 to Jun 2024)

  Grass court (21 titles out of 88: 6 men's titles out of 33 & 15 women's titles out of 55) (23.9%)
  Clay court (67 titles out of 88: 27 men's titles out of 33 & 40 women's titles out of 55) (76.1%)

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 and Dinara 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, 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.[18] 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.[19] 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.[20]

Nevertheless, by the majority of their projected target audience, every successful women's (and – to a lesser extent – men's) tennis player from Russia is generally expected[by whom?] to obtain a foreign citizenship sooner or later.[21]

Championship winners

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Grand Slam champions and Olympic champions (main events)
Event Australian Open
(hard court)		 French Open
(clay court)		 Wimbledon
(grass court)		 US Open
(hard court)		 Olympic Tennis Event
Men's singles Y. Kafelnikov 1999
M. Safin 2005		 Y. Kafelnikov 1996 – M. Safin 2000
D. Medvedev 2021		 Y. Kafelnikov 2000 Sydney (hard court)
Women's singles M. Sharapova 2008 A. Myskina 2004
S. Kuznetsova 2009
M. Sharapova 2012
M. Sharapova 2014		 M. Sharapova 2004 S. Kuznetsova 2004
M. Sharapova 2006		 E. Dementieva 2008 Beijing (hard court)

Yevgeny Kafelnikov's 26 ATP Tour-level singles titles by surface

  Hard court (9 titles) (35%)
  Grass court (3 titles) (11.5%)
  Clay court (3 titles) (11.5%)
  Carpet court (11 titles) (42%)

Nikolay Davydenko's 21 ATP Tour-level singles titles by surface

  Hard court (8 titles) (38%)
  Clay court (10 titles) (48%)
  Carpet court (3 titles) (14%)

Rauza Islanova's children – Marat Safin's and Dinara Safina's – 27 ATP / WTA Tour-level singles titles by surface

  Hard court (15 titles: 10 Marat's and 5 Dinara's) (55.6%)
  Clay court (8 titles: 2 Marat's and 6 Dinara's) (29.6%)
  Carpet court (4 titles: 3 Marat's and 1 Dinara's) (14.8%)

Maria Sharapova's 36 WTA Tour-level singles titles by surface

  Hard court (20 titles) (55.6%)
  Grass court (3 titles) (8.3%)
  Clay court (11 titles) (30.6%)
  Carpet court (2 titles) (5.5%)

Men's singles players who won at least one ATP Tour-level tournament on grass

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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)

Men's singles players who won at least one ATP Tour-level tournament on clay

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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)

Women's singles players who won at least one WTA Tour-level tournament on grass

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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)

Women's singles players who won at least one WTA Tour-level tournament on clay

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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)

Milestones

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Main climate-related parts of the Russian Federation (Russia) with population (144 mln in 2018)

  European part of Russia (European Russia: 110 mln) (76.4%)
  Asian part of Russia (North Asia: 34 mln) (23.6%)

[22][23][6]

  • 1875 (June 13 – May 31, old style; often mistakenly listed as June 12, the same as Russia Day – thus May 30, old style, or vice versa): The first mention of tennis in Russian history. An entry about a tennis game 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 a total of eight active lawn tennis clubs in Russia. All of them are located in St. Petersburg and its suburbs - in 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.
  • 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 Brey, 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.
  • 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 Mikhail Sumarokov-Elston and Aleksandr Alenitsyn compete in the V Olympiad in London, England.
  • 1913: The All-Russian Union of Lawn Tennis Clubs, together with tennis unions of 11 countries, are founding the International Lawn Tennis Union (now the International Tennis Federation, ITF). The 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 (1907-1914) and five women's singles events (1909-1913) were held. Men's singles champions: George Bray (1907, 1909), Lev Urusov (1908), Mikhail Sumarokov-Elston (1910—1915). Women's singles champions: Ekaterina Polonskaya (1909), Nadezhda Martynova-Danilevskaya (1910—1912), Liudmila Iznar (1913).
  • 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).
  • 1940: The membership of the Russian Lawn Tennis Federation (in Paris, France) in the International Tennis Federation|International Lawn Tennis Federation (ILTF) is stopped.
  • 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: Soon after Wimbledon's grand ceremony — celebrating 100 years of the men's tournament — Martina Navratilova and Betty Stöve win the US Open – Women's doubles title by defeating Renée Richards (transgender athlete) and Betty Ann Stuart in the final.
  • 1996: Yevgeny Kafelnikov becomes the first Russian tennis player to win a Slam in singles — French Open in both singles and doubles.
  • 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:
  • 2022:
Romanization of Russian — Standards for International Travel Passports and Other Popular Cases[24]
Years in use Masculine tennis player's name
(random example)		 Feminine tennis player's name
(random example)
Russian domestic passport (modern Russian Cyrillic script since 1918) Шамиль Анвярович Тарпищев Мария Юрьевна Шарапова
Soviet (1922—1991) travel passport Chamil Anviarovitch Tarpichtchev Maria Iourievna Charapova
Russian travel passport (1997—2010) Shamil' Anvyarovich Tarpishchev Mariya Yur'yevna Sharapova
Russian travel passport (2010—2012) Shamil' Anvyarovich Tarpishchev Mariia Iurevna Sharapova
Russian travel passport (2012—2016) Shamil Anviarovich Tarpishchev Mariia Iurevna Sharapova
Russian travel passport (2016—now) Shamil Anviarovich Tarpishchev Mariia Iurevna Sharapova
ISO 9 (1995—now) Šamil' Anvârovič Tarpiŝev Mariâ Ûr'evna Šarapova
The German system Schamil' Anwjarowitsch Tarpischtschew Marija Jurjewna Scharapowa
The French system Chamil Anviarovitch Tarpichtchev Maria Iourievna Charapova
Spontaneous transliteration Shamil' Anvyarovich Tarpixhev Mariya Yur'evna Sharapova

Performance table

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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

Big title winners (GS, YEC, 1000s, Olympics)

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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 MS
FS
Year 		FD
Grand Slam singles champions
1 Maria Sharapova[25][26] 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
[27]
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

SO
3 Daniil Medvedev
[28]		 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

CE
NA Elena Rybakina
prior switching to Kazakhstan, also represented the Russian Federation
[29]		 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

[30]

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

[31]

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[32]		 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

Other notable titles winners

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# Name Sex Birth year GS YC ATP
Masters 		OG Other All titles
+ CHL
+ ITF 		DC
/
BJK 		AC
/
UC 		HC LC HOF ITHF BH Rank MS
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
[33]		 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[34] 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
[35]		 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[36]		 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
[35]		 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
[35]		 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
[14]		 VO

Other notable players: with only one ATP / WTA Tour-level title

[edit]
# Name Sex Birth year GS YC ATP
Masters 		OG Other All titles
+ CHL
+ ITF 		DC
/
BJK 		AC
/
UC 		HC LC HOF ITHF BH Rank MS
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
[37]		 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

Other notable players: Top-20 and team cups winners

[edit]
# Name Sex Birth year GS YC ATP
Masters 		OG Other All titles
+ CHL
+ ITF 		DC
/
BJK 		AC
/
UC 		HC LC HOF ITHF BH Rank MS
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
[14]		 NA

Other notable ranked players

[edit]
# Name Sex Birth year GS YC ATP
Masters 		OG Other All titles
+ CHL
+ ITF 		DC
/
BJK 		AC
/
UC 		HC LC HOF ITHF BH Rank MS
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[37]		 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
(4)
1
(9)
19
(58)		 – – – 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
[38]		 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
[14]		 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[39]		 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[40]		 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		 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

Other notable unranked players

[edit]
Before the Open Era (1968)
Name Sex Birth year YC All titles
+ CHL
+ ITF 		AC
/
UC 		HOF BH MS
Year
In chronological order
Lev Vladimirovich Urusov
represented the Russian Empire		 M 1877 0 0
≈
1
≈
3
[5]		 NA 2008 1H/? NA
George Walter Bray
(aka Georgi Vasilievich Brei [ru]),
represented the Russian Empire before switching to the British Empire		 M 1880 0 0
≈
3
(6)
≈
32
[41]		 NA 2004 1H/? NA
Aleksandr Appolonovich Alenitsyn M 1884 0 0
≈
4
(5)
≈
120
[42]		 NA 2005 1H NA
Walter George Bray
(aka Vladimir Vasilievich Brei [ru]),
represented the Russian Empire before switching to the British Empire		 M 1886 0 0
≈
0
(4)
≈
0
(16)
[41]		 NA 2004 1H/? NA
Nadezhda Viktorovna Martynova-Danilevskaya
(aka Nadia Danilevsky)		 F 1887 0 0
≈
3
7
[43]		 NA 2014 1H/? NA
Liudmila Nikolaievna Iznar F 1892 0 0
≈
1
[44]		 NA – 1H/? NA
Mikhail Nikolaievich Sumarokov-Elston M 1893 0 0
≈
6
(10)
≈
39
[45]		 NA 2002 1H/L NA
Arthur Macpherson Jr.
(aka Artur Arturovich Makferson [ru], first son of Artur Davydovich Makferson [ru]), represented the Russian Empire before switching to the British Empire		 M 1896 QF1 ?
?
?		 NA – 1H/? NA
Robert Macpherson
(1897–1916, aka Robert Arturovich Makferson [ru], second son of Artur Davydovich Makferson [ru])		 M 1897 – ?
?
?		 NA – 1H/? NA
Other notable unranked players and Russian Tennis Hall of Fame [ru] inductees and/or USSR Championships winners
(in chronological order; all representing the USSR)[46]
Evgeni Stepanovich Ovanesov M 1893 0 0
≈
0
(0)		 NA – 1H NA
1936
(URS)
Sofia Vasilievna Maltseva F 1895 0 0
≈
2
(3)		 NA 2007 1H NA
1947
(URS)
Evgeni Arkadievich Kudryavtsev M 1898 0 0
≈
4
(12–17)		 NA 2004 1H NA
1934
(URS)
Viacheslav Konstantinovich Multino
real surname: Multinenko		 M 1899 0 0
≈
0
(2–4)		 NA 2010 1H NA
1946
(URS)
Nikolai Nikolaievich Ivanov M 1901 0 0
≈
0
(1)		 NA 2012 1H NA
1946
(URS)
Zinaida Georgievna Klochkova F 1903 0 0
≈
0
(4–9)		 NA 2007 1H NA
1947
(URS)
Nina Sergeevna Teplyakova F 1904 0 0
≈
7
(9)		 NA 2003 1H NA
1936
(URS)
Eduard Eduardovich Negrebetsky M 1908 0 0
≈
4
(13–18)		 NA 2006 1H NA
1948
(URS)
Galina Sergeevna Korovina F 1909 0 0
≈
0
(12–13)		 NA 2009 1H NA
1945
(URS)
Boris Ilyich Novikov M 1909 0 0
≈
5		 NA 2005 1H NA
1938
(URS)
Nadezhda Mitrofanovna Slavinskaya-Belonenko F 1911 0 0
≈
3
(4)		 NA – 1H NA
1950
(URS)
Olga Nikolaievna Kalmykova F 1913 0 0
≈
2
(3–4)		 NA – 1H NA
1948
(URS)
Elizaveta Mikhailovna Chuvyrina
[47]		 F 1914 0 0
≈
4
(6–8)		 NA – 1H –
Tatiana Borisovna Nalimova F 1915 0 0
≈
0
(12–21)		 NA 2011 1H NA
1948
(URS)
Evgeni Vladimirovich Korbut M 1917 0 0
≈
0		 NA 2006 1H –
Semyon Pavlovich Belits-Geiman M 1921 0 0
≈
0
(2)		 NA 2008 1H –
Natalya Borisovna Vetoshnikova F 1921 0 0
≈
0
0		 NA 2013 1H –
Nikolai Nikolaievich Ozerov M 1922 0 0
≈
5
(18–24)		 NA 2003 1H NA
1947
(URS)
Sergei Sergeevich Andreev M 1923 0 0
?
(?)		 NA 2005 1H NA
1947
(URS)
Larisa Dmitrievna Preobrazhenskaya F 1929 – 0
1
(3–4)		 NA 2006 ?H –
Valeria Ivanovna Kuzmenko-Titova F 1934 2R1 0
?
(?)		 NA 2007 ?H NA
1991
(URS)
Irina Evgenievna Ermolova
 F 1938 1R1 0
4
(14)		 NA – ? –
Anna Vladimirovna Dmitrieva
 F 1940 4R3 0
12
(25)		 NA 2004 1H/L NA
1964
(URS)
Toomas Leius


Born in Nazi-occupied Estonia		 M 1941 QF1 0
?
(?)		 NA 2009 1H NA
1964
(URS)
Tiiu Parmas

Born in Nazi-occupied Estonia		 F 1943 3R1 0
?
(?)		 NA – ? –
Galina Petrovna Baksheeva
 F 1945 4R2 0
?
(?)		 NA – ? –
Marina Petrovna Chuvyrina
[47]		 F 1947 2R1 0
≈
0
(2–3)		 NA – ? –
Rauza Muhamedzhanovna Islanova[48] F 1948 – 0
?
(?)		 NA 2009 ?H –
Vladimir Viktorovich Korotkov
 M 1948 3R1 0
?
(?)		 NA 2014 1H NA
1991
(URS)
Eugenia Anatolievna Isopaitis
 F 1950 1R2 0
?
(?)		 NA – ? –
Eugenia Iourievna Birioukova
 F 1952 3R1 0
?
(?)		 NA – ? –
Marina Vasilievna Kroschina

 F 1953 3R3 0
?
(?)		 NA 2011 1H NA
1986
(URS)
Yelena Grigoryevna Granaturova
 F 1953 1R1 0
3
(4)		 NA – ? –
Vadim Vadimovich Borisov
 M 1955 1R1 0
?
(?)		 NA 2008 2H NA
1985
(URS)
Natalia "Natasha" Yurievna Chmyreva

 F 1958 SF1 0
?
(?)		 NA – ? NA
1991
(URS)
Olga Vladimirovna Zaitseva
 F 1962 0 0
?
(?)		 NA ? –

Olympics medals proportion

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See also: Tennis at the Summer Olympics § Medal tables
RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1 Russia (RUS)3328
2 ROC (ROC)1203
3 Individual Neutral Athletes (AIN)0101
4 Unified Team (EUN)0022
5 Russian Empire (RU1)0000
 Soviet Union (URS)0000
Totals (6 entries)46414
Tennis events (1896–2024) and Russia-related Summer Olympics participations
in the context of Coubertin's idea that participation is more important than winning ("L'important c'est de participer");
Olympic motto from Paris-1924 to Tokyo-2020: Citius, Altius, Fortius ("Faster, Higher, Stronger")
Olympic motto since Paris-2024: Citius, Altius, Fortius – Communiter ("Faster, Higher, Stronger – Together")[49][50]
I). 1896 – 1 event: Russian Empire (RU1) ❌didn't compete; tennis included: men's singles [abbr. SGL] and men's doubles [abbr. DBL]
 
 3%
II). 1900–1912 – 4 events (incl. indoor/outdoor as one in 1908-1912): Russian Empire (RU1) ✔competed; tennis included: men's and women's SGL, men's DBL, mixed doubles [abbr. MX]
 
 12%
Olympic Games cancelled because of the World War I: 1916 – 1 event (Games of the VI Olympiad in Berlin, German Empire)
 
 3%
III). 1920 – 1 event: Russian Empire (RU1) didn't exist, RSFSR (≈RU2) ❌didn't compete; tennis included: men's and women's SGL, men's and women's DBL, MX
 
 3%
IV). 1924 – 1 event: Russian Empire (RU1) didn't exist, Soviet Union (±RU2 → URS) ❌didn't compete; tennis included: men's and women's SGL, men's and women's DBL, MX
 
 3%
V). 1928–1936 – 3 events: Russian Empire (RU1) didn't exist, Soviet Union (URS) ❌didn't compete; tennis excluded
 
 9%
Olympic Games cancelled because of the World War II: 1940–1944 – 2 events (Games of the XII Olympiad in Tokyo, Japanese Empire → Helsinki, Finland and Games of the XIII Olympiad in London, British Empire)
 
 6%
VI). 1948 – 1 event: Russian Empire (RU1) didn't exist, Soviet Union (URS) ❌didn't compete; tennis excluded
 
 3%
VII). 1952–1980 – 8 events: Russian Empire (RU1) didn't exist, Soviet Union (URS) ✔ competed; tennis excluded
 
 24%
VIII). 1984 – 1 event: Russian Empire (RU1) didn't exist, Soviet Union (URS) ❌ didn't compete; tennis excluded
 
 3%
IX). 1988 – 1 event: Russian Empire (RU1) didn't exist, Soviet Union (URS) ✔competed; tennis included: men's and women's SGL, men's and women's DBL
 
 3%
X). 1992 – 1 event: Russian Empire (RU1) & Soviet Union (URS) didn't exist, Unified Team (±URS → EUN) ✔competed; tennis included: men's and women's SGL, men's and women's DBL
 
 3%
XI). 1996–2016 – 6 events: Russian Empire (RU1) & Soviet Union (URS) didn't exist, Russian Federation (±EUN → RUS) ✔competed; tennis included: men's and women's SGL, men's and women's DBL, MX
 
 18%
Olympic Games postponed because of the COVID-19 pandemic: 2020 de jure ⇒ 2021 de facto (Games of the XXXII Olympiad in Tokyo, Japan)
 
 %
XII). 2021 – 1 event: Russian Empire (RU1) & Soviet Union (URS) didn't exist, ROC (±RUS → ROC) ✔competed; tennis included: men's and women's SGL, men's and women's DBL, MX
 
 3%
XIII). 2024 – 1 event: Russian Empire (RU1) & Soviet Union (URS) didn't exist, Individual Neutral Athletes (±ROC → AIN) ✔competed; tennis included: men's and women's SGL, men's and women's DBL, MX
 
 3%
Future Olympic Games left to 2052 (incl. XL Olympiad), the 60th anniversary of the Unified Team's (±URS → EUN) participation: 7 events
 
 21%
Future Olympic Games left from 2056 (XLI Olympiad) to 2084 (XLVIII Olympiad, the 60th anniversary of the Individual Neutral Athletes' (±ROC → AIN) participation): 8 events
 
 24%
Singles (SGL), Doubles (DBL), Mixed Doubles (MX); main events in bold
(Timeline: RU1 → URS → EUN {de jure; also de facto: CIS – Commonwealth of Independent States} → RUS → ROC → AIN {de jure; also de facto: URB – Union of Russia and Belarus})

Medals' proportion (EUN in 1992 only)

  SGL: 1 out of 2 (men's – A. Cherkasov) (50%)
  DBL: 1 out of 2 (women's) (50%)

Medals' proportion (RUS, from 1996 to 2016, only)

  SGL: 6 out of 8 (1 men's – Y. Kafelnikov & 5 women's – E. Dementieva x 2, V. Zvonareva, D. Safina, M. Sharapova) (75%)
  DBL: 2 out of 8 (women's) (25%)
  MX: 0 (0%)

Medals' proportion (ROC in 2021 only)

  SGL: 1 out of 3 (men's – K. Khachanov) (33.3%)
  DBL: 0 (0%)
  MX: 2 out of 3 (66.7%)

Medals' proportion (AIN in 2024 only)

  SGL: 0 (0%)
  DBL: 1 out of 1 (women's) (100%)
  MX: 0 (0%)
Timeline of anthems' keys: Lvov's F major (RU1) → Rouget de Lisle's G major (RU2) → De Geyter's C major (RU3 → URS.1) → Alexandrov's E-flat major from 1944 to 1977 (URS.2) → Alexandrov's non-original key — C major (URS.3) → Glinka's G major (Russia's for EUN → RUS.1) → Alexandrov's non-original key[51] — C major (RUS.2) → Tchaikovsky's B-flat minor (ROC) → unknown composer's or neural network's C major (AIN)

See also

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