Nikolay Davydenko,Biography,RANKING...

Born

1981, June 2nd 1981, the Soviet Union, Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic, Syeverodonets’k

Height

1.78 metres, 1.77 metres

Freebase ID

"/guid/9202a8c04000641f80000000006344a2"

Gender

male

Residence

Volgograd

Class

tennis player, person, Gemini person

Born During

1980s

Attributes

male, russian

Sponsors

Prince, Airness

DBPedia URI

http://dbpedia.org/resource/Nikolay_Davydenko

Anniversary Of Creation

the 3rd of June

Birthday

the 3rd of June 

The famous Russian tennis player Nikolay Davydenko entered into the quarter finals of the Shanghai Masters. He defeated Chile’s Fernando Gonzalez by 6-3, 7-5. The sixth-seeded Davydenko beat the 10th seed Gonzalez to make it closer to the ATP’s season ending final. He is currently eighth in the race to World Tour Finals in London. His best result in a Grand Slam tournament has been reaching the semi-finals, which he has done on four occasions, twice each at the French Open and the U.S. Open.

BIOGRAPHY

Nikolay Davydenko was born on June 2, 1981 in Severodonetsk, Ukrainian SSR, Soviet Union. At the age of 11 he left his parents to live with his elder brother Eduard in Volgograd. His brother worked as a tennis coach for kids. In 1999 at the age of 18 he granted Russian citizenship. In 2007 he applied for Austrian citizenship, and has also previously applied for German citizenship. Tennis fans nicknamed him as “Koyla”. He  has also been called “Iron Man” because he plays more tournaments than any other players. His other nickname is “The Machine”. His favorite players are Ivan Lendl and Yannick Noah. His hobbies are cycling, fishing, soccer, and hockey. He is also a Guns N’ Roses fan. He speaks Russian, German and English. He is married  to his girlfriend Irina. He turned to professional in 1999. In 2000 he played in some main tournaments. He made his Grand Slam debut in 2001 at the Australian Open, but he lost the tournament. In 2002, he played on both the ATP Tour and Challenger events. He started the 2003 season, with his first ATP title in Adelaide defeating Kristof Vliegen. In this season he finished in the top 50 for the first time in his career.  In 2004, he won in Munich for his third title. He finished in the top 30 for the first in his career.In 2005 he reached the quarter final of Grand slam Australian open for the first time. In the same year, he also reached his first Grand Slam at the French Open. He reached the top 10 for the first time after the French Open. This great performance season allowed him to qualified Tennis Masters Cup in Shanghai for the first time and reached the semi-finals losing to David Nalbandian. He finished the year as No. 1 Russian and world No. 5. In 2006 he reached the second Grand Slam semi-final at the U.S. Open, losing to Roger Federer. He finished the season with a win in Moscow and his first career TMS title in Paris. He reached a career high ranking of No. 3 which he finished on for the year. 2007 started with another quarter-final appearance at the Australian Open for the third consecutive year.In this year, he reached the semi finals of french open,losing to Roger Federer again. Davydenko ended the year ranked No. 4 and in the top 5 for the third straight year. In 2008, the top Russian finished in Top 5 for a fourth straight season. In 2009 , because of a left heel injury he withdrew from Australian open.In this year, he won 2 straight titles in 2009 International German Open defeating Paul-Henri Mathieu 6-4, 6-2 and in ATP Studena Croatia Open Umag defeating Juan Carlos Ferrero 6-3 6-0, dropping only one set in 10 matches.He won his 3rd title of the year in the 2009 Malaysian Open by defeating Fernando Verdasco 6-4 7-5 in the finals.

RANKING	Rollover
Current Singles	40
Current Doubles
Career High Singles	3 * (06 Nov 2006)
Career High Doubles	31 * (13 Jun 2005)
Singles Year End	22
Doubles Year End

WIN - LOSS (Main Draw)	Win	Loss
Current Year Singles	8	9
Current Year Doubles	0	0
Career Singles (Tour Level Only)	413	258
Career Doubles (Tour Level Only)	51	56
Career Singles (incl. ITF Challengers and ITF Pro Circuits)	527	319
Career Doubles (incl. ITF Challengers and ITF Pro Circuits)	64	79

YEAR-END ATP RANKING	Singles	Doubles
2010	22	-
2009	6	278
2008	5	219
2007	4	-
2006	3	158
2005	5	45
2004	28	72
2003	44	254
2002	85	1186 =
2001	79	-
2000	134	869 =

SINGLES TITLES
2010	Doha (H)
2009	Hamburg (CL) Umag (CL) Kuala Lumpur (H) Shanghai (H) ATP World Tour Finals (IH)
2008	Miami (H) Portschach (CL) Warsaw (CL)
2007	Moscow (IH)
2006	Portschach (CL) Sopot (CL) New Haven (H) Moscow (IC) Paris Open (IC)
2005	St. Polten (CL)
2004	Munich (CL) Moscow (IC)
2003	Adelaide (H) Estoril (CL)

DOUBLES TITLES
2004	Moscow (IC) - w/I. ANDREEV

GRAND SLAMS	Australian Open		Roland Garros		Wimbledon		US Open
	Singles	Doubles	Singles	Doubles	Singles	Doubles	Singles	Doubles
2011	R128	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
2010	QF	-	-	-	R64	-	R64	-
2009	-	-	QF	-	R32	-	R16	-
2008	R16	-	R32	-	R128	-	R16	-
2007	QF	-	SF	-	R16	-	SF	-
2006	QF	R64	QF	-	R128	-	SF	-
2005	QF	R32	SF	R16	R64	-	R64	R32
2004	R64	R64	R128	R32	R128	QF	R32	R32
2003	R128	-	R64	-	R128	R64	R64	R64
2002	R128	-	R64	-	R128	-	R64	-
2001	R64	-	R64	-	-	-	R128	-