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Evgeny Donskoy

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In this name that follows Eastern Slavic naming customs, the patronymic is Evgenyevich and the family name is Donskoy.
Evgeny Donskoy
Евгений Донской
Donskoy at the 2023 Wimbledon Championships
Country (sports) Russia
ResidenceMoscow, Russia
Born (1990-05-09) 9 May 1990 (age 34)
Moscow, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union
Height1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)
Turned pro2007
PlaysRight-handed (two-handed backhand)
Prize moneyUS$ 3,355,738
Singles
Career record55–117
Career titles0
Highest rankingNo. 65 (8 July 2013)
Current rankingNo. 396 (26 August 2024)
Grand Slam singles results
Australian Open3R (2013)
French Open2R (2013)
Wimbledon1R (2013, 2014, 2016, 2017, 2018)
US Open3R (2013)
Other tournaments
Olympic Games3R (2016)
Doubles
Career record16–34
Career titles0
Highest rankingNo. 161 (5 November 2012)
Current rankingNo. 1053 (25 September 2023)
Grand Slam doubles results
French Open2R (2018)
Wimbledon1R (2013)
Team competitions
Davis CupW (2021)
Medal record
Summer Universiade
Bronze medal – third place 2009 Belgrade Singles
Last updated on: 31 October 2023.

Evgeny Evgenyevich Donskoy (Russian: Евге́ний Евге́ньевич Донско́й, IPA: [jɪvˈɡʲenʲɪj dɐnˈskoj]; born 9 May 1990) is a Russian professional tennis player. His career-high ATP singles ranking is world No. 65, achieved on 8 July 2013, after winning five Challenger events throughout the previous year.

Personal life

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He was born and currently resides in Moscow, Russia. Donskoy was mentored by former player and two-time Grand Slam champion Marat Safin.[1] His favourite surface is hard courts.[citation needed]

Career

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In 2010, Donskoy played doubles with the British player Morgan Phillips at the Seville Challenger, losing in the first round.[2]

By 2013, Marat Safin had built a coaching team for Donskoy that included Morgan Phillips.[3][4]

Donskoy entered 2013 Australian Open's main draw for the first time, reaching the third round and defeating 23rd seed Mikhail Youzhny en route. He also pushed Andy Murray to three sets in the Indian Wells Masters 1000 event.[5][6]

Consequently, Donskoy made his Davis Cup debut in Europe/Africa Zone Group I match against Great Britain in Coventry. Donskoy won the first rubber against James Ward, 4–6, 4–6, 7–5, 6–2, 8–6, to help give Russia a 2–0 lead heading into the doubles rubber the following day. Great Britain won the doubles rubber, where Ward opened the day. Ward defeated Dmitry Tursunov, 6–4, 5–7, 5–7, 6–4, 6–4, to level the tie. Dan Evans ranked No. 325 would eventually complete a turnaround, with a straight sets victory over world No. 80 Donskoy.[7]

Also for the first time, Donskoy entered the 2013 French Open's main draw, beating Jan-Lennard Struff in the first round.[citation needed] At the 2013 TOPSHELF Open held in 's-Hertogenbosch, he took out third seed John Isner in the first round and beat Robin Haase in the second to reach his first ATP Tour quarterfinals.[citation needed]

In December 2014, Donskoy decided to join the team of Boris Sobkin, coach of Mikhail Youzhny.[8]

In 2016, Donskoy debuted at the Summer Olympics. He defeated 7th seed David Ferrer in the second round, but then lost to Steve Johnson in the third.[citation needed]

In 2017, Donskoy beat Australian Open champion Roger Federer in the second round of the Dubai Tennis Championships, having saved three match points in the second set, trailing 5–2 in the final set and down 5–1 in the final set tie-breaker. This was Donskoy's first career win over a top-ten player.[9][10]

At the 2021 US Open he qualified for his ninth consecutive main draw appearance at this Major.[11][12] He lost to Félix Auger-Aliassime in the first round.[13]

Style of play

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Donskoy has very powerful, flat groundstrokes, especially his forehand, which can produce spectacular points but also a lot of unforced errors.[14]

Challenger and Futures finals

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Singles: 26 (16–10)

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Legend (singles)
ATP Challenger Tour (12–9)
ITF Futures/World Tennis Tour (4–1)
Titles by surface
Hard (12–8)
Clay (4–1)
Grass (0–1)
Carpet (0–0)
Result W–L    Date    Tournament Tier Surface Opponent Score
Win 1–0 Jun 2008 Ukraine F3, Illichevsk Futures Clay Ukraine Denys Molchanov 6–7(10–12), 7–6(7–5), 6–4
Loss 1–1 Mar 2010 Kazakhstan F1, Astana Futures Hard (i) Russia Alexander Kudryavtsev 4–6, 3–6
Win 2–1 Feb 2011 Casablanca, Morocco Challenger Clay Italy Alessio di Mauro 2–6, 6–3, 6–3
Win 3–1 Mar 2011 Spain F7, Sabadell Futures Clay Italy Simone Vagnozzi 7–5, 7–5
Loss 3–2 Jul 2011 Braunschweig, Germany Challenger Clay Czech Republic Lukáš Rosol 5–7, 6–7(2–7)
Win 4–2 Feb 2012 Meknes, Morocco Challenger Clay Romania Adrian Ungur 6–1, 6–3
Loss 4–3 Jul 2012 Penza, Russia Challenger Hard Ukraine Illya Marchenko 5–7, 3–6
Win 5–3 Jul 2012 Astana, Kazakhstan Challenger Hard Turkey Marsel İlhan 6–3, 6–4
Win 6–3 Aug 2012 Segovia, Spain Challenger Hard France Albano Olivetti 6–1, 7–6(13–11)
Win 7–3 Nov 2012 Loughborough, Great Britain Challenger Hard (i) Germany Jan-Lennard Struff 6–2, 4–6, 6–1
Win 8–3 Nov 2012 Tyumen, Russia Challenger Hard (i) Ukraine Illya Marchenko 6–7(6–8), 6–3, 6–2
Loss 8–4 Feb 2014 Kolkata, India Challenger Hard Serbia Ilija Bozoljac 1–6, 1–6
Loss 8–5 May 2015 Karshi, Uzbekistan Challenger Hard Russia Teymuraz Gabashvili 2–5 ret.
Loss 8–6 Aug 2015 Astana, Kazakhstan Challenger Hard Kazakhstan Mikhail Kukushkin 2–6, 2–6
Win 9–6 Aug 2015 Segovia, Spain Challenger Hard Switzerland Marco Chiudinelli 7–6(7–2), 6–3
Loss 9–7 Oct 2015 Pune, India Challenger Hard India Yuki Bhambri 2–6, 6–7(4–7)
Win 10–7 Apr 2016 Ra'anana, Israel Challenger Hard Lithuania Ričardas Berankis 6–4, 6–4
Win 11–7 Jul 2016 Astana, Kazakhstan Challenger Hard Russia Konstantin Kravchuk 6–3, 6–3
Win 12–7 Mar 2017 Zhuhai, China, P.R. Challenger Hard Italy Thomas Fabbiano 6–3, 6–4
Loss 12–8 Aug 2017 Chengdu, China, P.R. Challenger Hard Chinese Taipei Lu Yen-hsun 3–6, 4–6
Win 13–8 Oct 2017 Kaohsiung, Chinese Taipei Challenger Hard Romania Marius Copil 7–6(7–0), 7–5
Loss 13–9 Jun 2019 Nottingham, Great Britain Challenger Grass United Kingdom Daniel Evans 6–7(3–7), 3–6
Win 14–9 Jul 2019 Nur-Sultan, Kazakhstan Challenger Hard United States Sebastian Korda 7–6(7–5), 3–6, 6–4
Loss 14–10 Oct 2019 Brest, France Challenger Hard (i) France Ugo Humbert 2–6, 3–6
Win 15–10 Mar 2023 M25 New Delhi, India World Tennis Tour Hard Japan Yusuke Takahashi 6–1, 6–3
Win 16–10 Mar 2023 M25 Lucknow, India World Tennis Tour Hard Ukraine Eric Vanshelboim 6–2, 7–5

Doubles: 11 (5–6)

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Legend (doubles)
ATP Challenger Tour (3–2)
ITF Futures Tour (2–4)
Titles by surface
Hard (3–0)
Clay (1–4)
Grass (0–1)
Carpet (1–1)
Result W–L    Date    Tournament Tier Surface Partner Opponents Score
Loss 0–1 Aug 2007 Russia F3, Moscow Futures Clay Russia Vladimir Karusevich Russia Mikhail Elgin
Kazakhstan Alexey Kedryuk 		3–6, 0–6
Win 1–1 Apr 2008 Russia F2, Tyumen Futures Carpet (i) Russia Danila Arsenov Ukraine Vladyslav Klymenko
Ukraine Aleksandr Yarmola 		7–5, 7–6(7–3)
Loss 1–2 Jun 2008 Ukraine F3, Illichevsk Futures Clay Russia Victor Kozin Ukraine Denys Molchanov
Ukraine Artem Smirnov 		4–6, 7–6(7–3), [10–12]
Loss 1–3 Apr 2009 Russia F2, Tyumen Futures Carpet (i) Russia Konstantin Kravchuk Kazakhstan Alexey Kedryuk
Russia Denis Matsukevich 		3–6, 7–6(9–7), [13–15]
Win 2–3 Aug 2009 Russia F3, Moscow Futures Clay Russia Ilya Belyaev Serbia David Savić
Russia Artem Sitak 		1–6, 7–6(7–5), [12–10]
Loss 2–4 Apr 2010 France F7, Grasse Futures Clay Russia Ilya Belyaev France Olivier Charroin
France Vincent Stouff 		6–4, 2–6, [3–10]
Win 3–4 Nov 2011 Geneva, Switzerland Challenger Hard (i) Russia Igor Andreev United States James Cerretani
Canada Adil Shamasdin 		7–6(7–1), 7–6(7–2)
Loss 3–5 Mar 2012 Casablanca, Morocco Challenger Clay Russia Andrey Kuznetsov Italy Walter Trusendi
Italy Matteo Viola 		6–1, 6–7(5–7), [3–10]
Loss 3–6 Jun 2012 Nottingham, Great Britain Challenger Grass Russia Andrey Kuznetsov France Olivier Charroin
Austria Martin Fischer 		4–6, 6–7(6–8)
Win 4–6 Jan 2017 Rennes, France Challenger Hard (i) Russia Mikhail Elgin Austria Julian Knowle
United Kingdom Jonathan Marray 		6–4, 3–6, [11–9]
Win 5–6 Aug 2022 Nonthaburi, Thailand Challenger Hard Alibek Kachmazov South Korea Nam Ji-sung
South Korea Song Min-kyu 		6–3, 1–6, [10–7]

Performance timeline

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Key
W  F  SF QF #R RR Q# DNQ A NH
(W) winner; (F) finalist; (SF) semifinalist; (QF) quarterfinalist; (#R) rounds 4, 3, 2, 1; (RR) round-robin stage; (Q#) qualification round; (DNQ) did not qualify; (A) absent; (NH) not held; (SR) strike rate (events won / competed); (W–L) win–loss record.
To avoid confusion and double counting, these charts are updated at the conclusion of a tournament or when the player's participation has ended.

Current through the 2022 Australian Open.

Singles

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Tournament 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 SR W–L
Grand Slam tournaments
Australian Open A Q1 Q1 3R A Q1 2R Q3 2R 2R 1R Q1 Q1 0 / 5 5–5
French Open A Q2 Q1 2R Q2 Q3 1R 1R 1R Q1 Q1 Q2 Q1 0 / 4 1–4
Wimbledon A A Q1 1R 1R Q2 1R 1R 1R Q2 NH Q1 A 0 / 5 0–5
US Open Q1 Q2 A 3R 1R 2R 1R 2R 1R 1R 1R 1R A 0 / 9 4–9
Win–loss 0–0 0–0 0–0 5–4 0–2 1–1 1–4 1–3 1–4 1–2 0–2 0–1 0–0 0 / 23 10–23

Doubles

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Tournament 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019–2022 SR W–L
Grand Slam tournaments
Australian Open A A A A A A A 0 / 0 0–0
French Open 1R A A 1R A 2R A 0 / 3 1–3
Wimbledon 1R Q1 A A A A A 0 / 1 0–1
US Open A A A A A A A 0 / 0 0–0
Win–loss 0–2 0–0 0–0 0–1 0–0 1–1 0–0 0 / 4 1–4

National representation

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Davis Cup (5–6)

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Group membership
World Group (0–0)
WG Play-off (0–3)
Group I (5–3)
Group II (0–0)
Group III (0–0)
Group IV (0–0)
Matches by surface
Hard (5–6)
Clay (0–0)
Grass (0–0)
Carpet (0–0)
Matches by Type
Singles (3–4)
Doubles (2–2)
Rubber outcome No. Rubber Match type (partner if any) Opponent nation Opponent player(s) Score
Decrease2–3; 5–7 April 2013; Ricoh Arena, Coventry, Great Britain; Europe/Africa second round; hard(i) surface
Victory 1 II Singles United Kingdom Great Britain James Ward 4–6, 4–6, 7–5, 6–3, 8–6
Defeat 2 V Singles Daniel Evans 4–6, 4–6, 1–6
Increase4–1; 12–14 September 2014; Olympic Stadium, Moscow, Russia; Europe/Africa second round play-off; hard(i) surface
Victory 3 II Singles Portugal Portugal João Sousa 7–6(9–7), 6–4, 3–6, 6–1
Increase4–1; 6–8 March 2015; Sport Complex Gazprom Dobycha Yamburg, Novy Urengoy, Russia; Europe/Africa first round; hard(i) surface
Defeat 4 I Singles Denmark Denmark Frederik Nielsen 6–2, 3–6, 2–6, 6–7(5–7)
Increase3–2; 17–19 July 2015; Fetisov Arena, Vladivostok, Russia; Europe/Africa second round; hard(i) surface
Victory 5 III Doubles (with Konstantin Kravchuk) Spain Spain Marc López / David Marrero 4–6, 7–6(7–3), 5–7, 7–5, 6–4
Victory 6 IV Singles Tommy Robredo 6–3, 5–6, 6–2, 7–6(7–3)
Decrease1–4; 18–20 September 2015; Baikal-Arena, Irkutsk, Russia; World Group play-offs; hard(i) surface
Defeat 7 III Doubles (with Konstantin Kravchuk) Italy Italy Simone Bolelli / Fabio Fognini 5–7, 6–2, 6–7(5–7), 6–7(2–7)
Increase5–0; 4–6 March 2016; Kazan Tennis Academy, Kazan, Russia; Europe/Africa first round; hard(i) surface
Victory 8 III Doubles (with Konstantin Kravchuk) Sweden Sweden Johan Brunström / Robert Lindstedt 6–3, 7–6(7–5), 6–2
Increase3–1; 17–18 September 2016; National Tennis Center, Moscow, Russia; World Group play-offs; hard surface
Defeat 9 II Singles Kazakhstan Kazakhstan Mikhail Kukushkin 7–6(9–7), 2–6, 6–4, 2–6, 2–6
Decrease1–3; 6–7 April 2018; Luzhniki Small Sports Arena, Moscow, Russia; Europe/Africa second round; hard(i) surface
Defeat 10 IV Singles Austria Austria Jürgen Melzer 3–6, 6–3, 3–6
Increase3–1; 1–2 February 2019; Swiss Tennis Arena, Biel/Bienne, Switzerland; qualifying round; hard(i) surface
Defeat 11 III Doubles (with Andrey Rublev) Switzerland Switzerland Jérôme Kym / Henri Laaksonen 6–4, 3–6, 6–7(1–7)

ATP Cup (0–2)

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Matches by surface
Hard (0–2)
Clay (0–0)
Grass (0–0)
Matches by type
Singles (0–0)
Doubles (0–2)
Rubber outcome No. Rubber Match type (partner if any) Opponent nation Opponent player(s) Score
Increase4–2; 2–3 February 2021; Melbourne Park, Melbourne, Australia; group stage; hard surface
Defeat 1 III Doubles (with Aslan Karatsev) Japan Ben McLachlan / Yoshihito Nishioka 6–4, 3–6, [10–12]
Increase2–1; 6–7 February 2021; Melbourne Park, Melbourne, Australia; Knockout stage; hard surface
Defeat 2 III Doubles (with Aslan Karatsev) Germany Kevin Krawietz / Jan-Lennard Struff 3–6, 6–7(2–7)

Wins over top 10 players

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# Player Rank Event Surface Rd Score EDR
2017
1. Switzerland Roger Federer 10 Dubai Tennis Championships, United Arab Emirates Hard 2R 3–6, 7–6(9–7), 7–6(7–5) 116

Record against top 10 players

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Donskoy's match record against those who have been ranked in the top 10. Players who have been No. 1 are in boldface.

As of 21 July 2021


Team titles

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2021

Awards

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2019

References

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  1. ^ Djokovic looms as Hewitt closes in on quarter-finals, www.smh.com.au, 3 September 2013
  2. ^ "Evgeny Donskoy/Morgan Phillips". Tennis Live. September 6, 2010.
  3. ^ "Britons lack the finishing touch". Express. Northern and Shell Media Publications. April 5, 2013.
  4. ^ "Evgeny Donskoy – player profile". Tennis Alternative. January 16, 2013.
  5. ^ "Murray survives Indian Wells test". BBC Sport.
  6. ^ "Evgeny Donskoy at ITF". Retrieved July 24, 2010.
  7. ^ "GB's James Ward and Dan Evans see off Russia and make Davis Cup history". Guardian. April 7, 2013.
  8. ^ "Собкин постарается вывести Донского из карьерного застоя". Sport-Express (in Russian). December 11, 2014. Retrieved November 1, 2016.
  9. ^ Qualifier Donskoy Stuns Federer In Dubai
  10. ^ Тушите свет. Донской обыграл Федерера в Дубае
  11. ^ "US Open: Meet the 16 Men's Singles Qualifiers". Tennis Now.
  12. ^ "US Open Qualifying Oscar Otte Leads Germans into Main Draw". ATP Tour.
  13. ^ "Felix Auger-Aliassime Fires into R3 at US Open, to Play Roberto Bautista Agut".
  14. ^ "Andy Murray overcomes sluggish start to defeat Evgeny Donskoy at Indian Wells", The Telegraph, 10th March 2013.
  15. ^ «Русский Кубок»-2019 [2019 Russian Cup] (in Russian). RTF. December 3, 2019. Retrieved December 3, 2019.
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