Igor Kunitsyn Игорь Куницын
Country (sports) Russia
Residence Vladivostok , RussiaBorn (1981-09-30)30 September 1981(age 44) Vladivostok , Russian SFSR , Soviet Union Height 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
Turned pro 1999
Retired 2013
Plays Right-handed (two-handed backhand)
Prize money $2,861,069
Singles
Career record 89–152
Career titles 1
Highest ranking No. 35 (6 July 2009)
Grand Slam singles results
Australian Open 2R (2010 , 2011 ) French Open 1R (2007 , 2009 , 2010 , 2011 , 2012 ) Wimbledon 2R (2006 , 2009 , 2011 ) Doubles
Career record 65–87
Career titles 1
Highest ranking No. 49 (9 June 2008)
Grand Slam doubles results
Grand Slam mixed doubles results
Team competitions
Last updated on: 27 May 2022.
Igor Konstantinovich Kunitsyn (Russian: И́горь Константи́нович Куни́цын, IPA: [ˈiɡərʲkʊˈnʲitsɨn]; born September 30, 1981) is a Russian former professional tennis player . He made it into the top 100 for the first time in 2006, and reached a career-high singles ranking of world No. 35 in July 2009.
Early life Kunitsyn was raised by his grandparents in Vladivostok, on the eastern coast of Russia when he was young. He started playing tennis at age seven.
Tennis career Kunitsyn is arguably best known for two matches against compatriot Marat Safin . The first of which was at the 2007 Tennis Channel Open's round-robin stage. Kunitsyn had won the first set, and had an early break in the second before Safin fought back and then got a 5–3 lead. While serving for the match, Kunitsyn broke Safin and then held to get it to 5–5. The set went to a tiebreaker which Safin won. Kunitsyn was still dangerous, as he won the first three games of the third set, before losing the next four. Kunitsyn performed the same as before, and broke Safin again to get the set on equal terms. At 5–5, Kunitsyn suffered a service break and Safin ultimately won the third set 7–5. The pair met again in the final of the Kremlin Cup , an ATP tournament played in Moscow. Kunitsyn defeated the former two-time Grand Slam winner and world No. 1.
In August 2008, he made the semifinals of the Legg Mason Tennis Classic , beating Mischa Zverev , Fabio Fognini , and Somdev Devvarman , before losing Viktor Troicki .
In June 2009, he lost to Israeli Dudi Sela , at 's-Hertogenbosch in the Netherlands in a grass-court tune-up for Wimbledon. In Wimbledon , he defeated Wimbledon debutant wildcard Grigor Dimitrov due to retirement after suffering a knee injury, before he lost to Andy Roddick in the second round in four sets, winning the third set. Following the tournament, he reached his career-high singles ranking of World No. 35 on 6 July 2009.
Heavily favored Russia was hosted by Israel in a Davis Cup quarterfinal tie in July 2009, on indoor hard courts at the Nokia Arena in Tel Aviv . With Israel having won the first two matches, in what proved to be the deciding third match Israelis Andy Ram and Jonathan Erlich beat Kunitsyn and Marat Safin, 6–3, 6–4, 6–7, 4–6, 6–4, in front of a boisterous crowd of over 10,000. Israel defeated Russia 4–1 for the win.
At the 2009 Indianapolis Tennis Championships in July, Kunistyn was beaten in the second round by 23-year-old American Wayne Odesnik .
In 2012 Wimbledon , he lost his first-round match to Go Soeda .
ATP career finals Singles: 1 (1 title) Legend Legend Grand Slam Tournaments (0–0) ATP World Tour Finals (0–0) ATP Masters 1000 Series (0–0) ATP 500 Series (0–0) ATP 250 Series (1–0) Finals by surface Hard (1–0) Clay (0–0) Grass (0–0) Carpet (0–0) Finals by setting Outdoors (0–0) Indoors (1–0) Grand Slam Tournaments (0–0) ATP World Tour Finals (0–0) ATP Masters 1000 Series (0–0) ATP 500 Series (0–0) ATP 250 Series (1–0) Finals by surface Hard (1–0) Clay (0–0) Grass (0–0) Carpet (0–0) Finals by setting Outdoors (0–0) Indoors (1–0)
Result W–L Date Tournament Tier Surface Opponent Score Win 1–0 Oct 2008 Moscow , RussiaInternational Series Hard Russia Marat Safin 7–6(8–6), 6–7(4–7), 6–3
Doubles: 4 (1 title, 3 runner-ups) Legend Legend Grand Slam Tournaments (0–0) ATP World Tour Finals (0–0) ATP Masters 1000 Series (0–0) ATP 500 Series (0–0) ATP 250 Series (1–3) Finals by surface Hard (1–1) Clay (0–0) Grass (0–2) Carpet (0–0) Finals by setting Outdoors (0–2) Indoors (1–1) Grand Slam Tournaments (0–0) ATP World Tour Finals (0–0) ATP Masters 1000 Series (0–0) ATP 500 Series (0–0) ATP 250 Series (1–3) Finals by surface Hard (1–1) Clay (0–0) Grass (0–2) Carpet (0–0) Finals by setting Outdoors (0–2) Indoors (1–1)
ATP Challenger and ITF Futures finals Singles: 26 (14–12) Legend Legend ATP Challenger (8–8) ITF Futures (6–4) Finals by surface Hard (11–10) Clay (3–1) Grass (0–0) Carpet (0–1) ATP Challenger (8–8) ITF Futures (6–4) Finals by surface Hard (11–10) Clay (3–1) Grass (0–0) Carpet (0–1)
Result W–L Date Tournament Tier Surface Opponent Score Loss 0–1 Aug 1998 Belarus F1, Minsk Futures Carpet Uzbekistan Dmitriy Tomashevich 4–6, 6–7 Win 1–1 Sep 1998 Ukraine F2, Gorlovka Futures Clay Russia Kirill Ivanov-Smolensky 7–6, 6–3 Win 2–1 Sep 1999 Russia F3, Tolyatti Futures Hard Russia Artem Derepasko 6–2, 6–4 Loss 2–2 May 2000 Fergana , UzbekistanChallenger Hard Belarus Vladimir Voltchkov 6–4, 0–6, 4–6 Loss 2–3 Aug 2000 Tolyatti , RussiaChallenger Hard Uzbekistan Vadim Kutsenko 4–6, 1–6 Win 3–3 Jun 2001 Italy F7, Turin Futures Clay France Éric Prodon 6–4, 6–1 Win 4–3 Jan 2002 USA F2, Delray Beach Futures Hard Italy Giorgio Galimberti 6–4, 6–2 Loss 4–4 Feb 2002 Croatia F1, Zagreb Futures Hard Croatia Lovro Zovko 6–4, 1–6, 6–7(6–8) Loss 4–5 Feb 2002 Croatia F2, Zagreb Futures Hard Croatia Lovro Zovko 2–6, 6–3, 6–7(5–7) Loss 4–6 Apr 2002 Uzbekistan F1, Karshi Futures Hard Chinese Taipei Jimmy Wang 5–7, 4–6 Win 5–6 May 2002 Uzbekistan F4, Namangan Futures Hard Finland Tuomas Ketola 6–3, 6–3 Loss 5–7 Oct 2002 Seoul , South KoreaChallenger Hard Austria Werner Eschauer 2–6, ret. Loss 5–8 Feb 2003 Wrocław , PolandChallenger Hard Slovakia Karol Kučera 2–6, 1–6 Win 6–8 Apr 2004 Uzbekistan F2, Guliston Futures Hard Croatia Ivan Cerović 7–5, 6–2 Win 7–8 May 2004 Fergana , UzbekistanChallenger Hard India Prakash Amritraj 6–4, 7–5 Win 8–8 Jul 2005 Tolyatti , RussiaChallenger Hard Slovakia Viktor Bruthans 6–1, 6–2 Win 9–8 Aug 2005 Saransk , RussiaChallenger Clay Serbia and Montenegro Boris Pashanski 7–5, 6–4 Win 10–8 Nov 2007 Shrewsbury , United KingdomChallenger Hard Netherlands Igor Sijsling 6–2, 6–4 Loss 10–9 Apr 2008 Baton Rouge , United StatesChallenger Hard United States Bobby Reynolds 3–6, 7–6(7–3), 5–7 Loss 10–10 May 2008 Bordeaux , FranceChallenger Clay Argentina Eduardo Schwank 2–6, 2–6 Win 11–10 Sep 2008 Donetsk , UkraineChallenger Hard Ukraine Sergey Bubka 6–3, 6–3 Win 12–10 Sep 2010 Astana , KazakhstanChallenger Hard Russia Konstantin Kravchuk 4–6, 7–6(7–5), 7–6(7–3) Loss 12–11 Nov 2010 Astana , KazakhstanChallenger Hard Croatia Ivan Dodig 4–6, 3–6 Loss 12–12 Mar 2011 San José, Costa Rica Challenger Hard Ecuador Giovanni Lapentti 5–7, 3–6 Win 13–12 May 2011 Cremona , ItalyChallenger Hard Germany Rainer Schüttler 6–2, 7–6(7–2) Win 14–12 Aug 2012 Karshi , UzbekistanChallenger Hard Belarus Dzmitry Zhyrmont 7–6(12–10), 6–2
Doubles: 11 (5–6) Legend Legend ATP Challenger (4–4) ITF Futures (1–2) Finals by surface Hard (4–4) Clay (0–2) Grass (0–0) Carpet (1–0) ATP Challenger (4–4) ITF Futures (1–2) Finals by surface Hard (4–4) Clay (0–2) Grass (0–0) Carpet (1–0)
Result W–L Date Tournament Tier Surface Partner Opponents Score Loss 0–1 May 2001 Uzbekistan F2, Andijan Futures Hard South Africa Rik de Voest Australia Jordan Kerr Finland Tuomas Ketola 7–5, 2–6, 1–6 Win 1–1 May 2001 Fergana , UzbekistanChallenger Hard South Africa Rik de Voest Canada Simon Larose Australia Michael Tebbutt 6–1, 6–7(4–7), 6–3 Loss 1–2 Apr 2004 Uzbekistan F1, Qarshi Futures Hard Russia Dmitri Vlasov Croatia Ivan Cerović North Macedonia Lazar Magdinchev 3–6, 6–2, 4–6 Win 2–2 Aug 2004 Segovia , SpainChallenger Hard Belarus Vladimir Voltchkov Spain Daniel Muñoz de la Nava Spain Iván Navarro 3–6, 6–3, 6–2 Loss 2–4 Aug 2004 Bronx , United StatesChallenger Hard Italy Uros Vico United States Huntley Montgomery United States Tripp Phillips 6–7(6–8), 7–6(10–8), 2–6 Loss 2–5 Sep 2004 Kyiv , UkraineChallenger Clay Russia Yuri Schukin Spain Albert Portas Argentina Sergio Roitman 1–6, 1–6 Win 3–5 Sep 2004 Donetsk , UkraineChallenger Hard Italy Uros Vico Switzerland Marco Chiudinelli Croatia Lovro Zovko 3–6, 6–3, 6–4 Win 4–5 Feb 2005 Belgrade , SerbiaChallenger Carpet Ukraine Orest Tereshchuk Czech Republic Lukáš Dlouhý Czech Republic Jan Vacek walkover Win 5–5 Apr 2005 Uzbekistan F1, Qarshi Futures Hard Russia Sergei Demekhine Uzbekistan Murad Inoyatov Uzbekistan Denis Istomin 6–4, 5–7, 6–4 Loss 5–6 Jan 2008 Heilbronn , GermanyChallenger Hard Pakistan Aisam Qureshi South Africa Rik de Voest United States Bobby Reynolds 6–7(2–7), 7–6(7–5), [4–10] Loss 5–7 Jul 2010 Braunschweig , GermanyChallenger Clay Kazakhstan Yuri Schukin Portugal Leonardo Tavares Italy Simone Vagnozzi 5–7, 6–7(4–7)
Performance timelines Singles Tournament 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 SR W–L Win% Grand Slam tournaments Australian Open A A A Q1 Q1 Q1 A 1R Q3 1R 2R 2R 1R Q2 0 / 5 2–5 29% French Open A A Q1 Q2 A A Q2 1R A 1R 1R 1R 1R Q1 0 / 5 0–5 0% Wimbledon A A Q2 1R Q2 Q2 2R 1R 1R 2R 1R 2R 1R Q3 0 / 8 3–8 27% US Open Q1 A 1R Q2 Q1 Q2 1R 2R 1R 1R A 3R A Q2 0 / 6 3–6 33% Win–loss 0–0 0–0 0–1 0–1 0–0 0–0 1–2 1–4 0–2 1–4 1–3 4–4 0–3 0–0 0 / 24 8–24 25% ATP World Tour Masters 1000 Indian Wells A A A A A Q1 A 1R 1R 2R A A 1R Q1 0 / 4 1–4 20% Miami A A A A A Q1 1R 1R 1R 2R A 2R 2R A 0 / 6 3–6 33% Monte Carlo A A A A A A A Q2 A 1R Q2 A A A 0 / 1 0–1 0% Rome A A A Q1 A A Q2 Q2 A 1R A A A A 0 / 1 0–1 0% Hamburg A A A Q1 A A A A A A A A A A 0 / 1 0–1 0% Madrid Not Held A A A A A A A 1R A Q1 A A 0 / 1 0–1 0% Canada A A A A A A A A A 1R A A A A 0 / 1 0–1 0% Cincinnati A A A Q1 A A A A A 2R A A A A 0 / 1 1–1 50% Shanghai Not Held 2R A A A A 0 / 1 1–1 50% Paris A A A A A A A A A A A 2R A A 0 / 1 0–1 0% Win–loss 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–1 0–2 0–2 4–8 0–0 1–2 1–2 0–0 0 / 17 6–17 26%
Doubles Tournament 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 SR W–L Win% Grand Slam tournaments Australian Open A A A A 1R 1R 2R 2R A 2R 0 / 5 3–5 38% French Open A A A A QF SF QF A 1R 1R 0 / 5 10–5 67% Wimbledon Q1 A A A 2R 2R 1R A A A 0 / 3 2–3 40% US Open A A A A 1R 3R 1R A 1R A 0 / 4 2–4 33% Win–loss 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 4–4 7–4 4–4 1–1 0–2 1–2 0 / 17 17–17 50% ATP World Tour Masters 1000 Indian Wells A A A A A A 1R A A A 0 / 1 0–1 0% Miami A A A A A A 1R A A A 0 / 1 0–1 0% Canada A A A A A A 1R A A A 0 / 1 0–1 0% Cincinnati A A A A A A 1R A A A 0 / 1 0–1 0% Win–loss 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–4 0–0 0–0 0–0 0 / 4 0–4 0%
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