Andrei Gennadievich Cherkasov (Russian: ; born 4 July 1970 in Ufa) is a former professional tennis player from Russia.
Career Born in Ufa, Soviet Union, Cherkasov first came to the tennis world's attention as an outstanding junior player. In 1987, he was ranked the World No. 3 junior player and finished runner-up in the boys' singles at the US Open (lost to David Wheaton in the final).
Cherkasov turned professional in 1988. In 1990, Cherkasov claimed his first top-level singles titles when he won the inaugural Kremlin Cup in Moscow, defeating Tim Mayotte in the final 6–2, 6–1. He also reached the quarter-finals of the 1990 Australian Open and US Open.
In June 1991 Cherkasov reached his career-high singles ranking of World No. 13. In November he successfully defended his Kremlin Cup title, saving two match points in a 7–6, 3–6, 7–6 win in the final against Jakob Hlasek.
In 1992 Cherkasov was a quarter-finalist at the French Open and won a men's singles bronze medal at the Olympic Games in Barcelona, notably rallying from 2 sets down to beat Pete Sampras in the third round.
In 1993 Cherkasov saved three match points in 3-hour, 54-minute quarter-final victory over Italy's Andrea Gaudenzi at Tel Aviv, to win 6–7, 7–6, 7–5 in what was the longest best-of-three set match in tour history.
In the end, his two victories at the Kremlin Cup in Moscow proved to be the only top-level titles of Cherkasov's career. He retired from the professional tour in 2000.
ATP career finals
Singles: 6 (2 titles, 4 runner-ups) LegendGrand Slam Tournaments (0–0)ATP World Tour Finals (0–0)ATP Masters 1000 Series (0–0)ATP 500 Series (0–1)ATP 250 Series (2–3)Finals by surfaceHard (0–1)Clay (0–2)Grass (0–0)Carpet (2–1)Finals by settingOutdoors (0–3)Indoors (2–1)
ResultW–LDateTournamentTierSurfaceOpponentScoreLoss0–1Sydney, AustraliaGrand PrixHard Aaron Krickstein4–6, 2–6Win1–1Moscow, USSRGrand PrixCarpet Tim Mayotte6–2, 6–1Loss1–2Brussels, BelgiumChampionship SeriesCarpet Guy Forget3–6, 5–7, 6–3, 6–7(5–7)Win2–2Moscow, USSRWorld SeriesCarpet Jakob Hlasek7–6(7–2), 3–6, 7–6(7–5)Loss2–3Bologna, ItalyWorld SeriesClay Jordi Burillo6–7(4–7), 7–6(9–7), 1–6Loss2–4Bucharest, RomaniaWorld SeriesClay Goran Ivanišević2–6, 6–7(5–7)
Doubles: 2 (2 runners-up)
LegendGrand Slam Tournaments (0–0)ATP World Tour Finals (0–0)ATP Masters Series (0–0)ATP Championship Series (0–0)ATP World Series (0–2)Finals by surfaceHard (0–0)Clay (0–1)Grass (0–0)Carpet (0–1)Finals by settingOutdoors (0–1)Indoors (0–1)
ResultW–LDateTournamentTierSurfacePartnerOpponentsScoreLoss0–1Umag, CroatiaWorld SeriesClay Andrei Olhovskiy Vojtech Flegl Daniel Vacek4–6, 4–6Loss0–2Moscow, USSRWorld SeriesCarpet Alexander Volkov Eric Jelen Carl-Uwe Steeb4–6, 6–7
ATP Challenger and ITF Futures finals
Singles: 9 (5–4) LegendATP Challenger (4–2)ITF Futures (1–2)Finals by surfaceHard (3–0)Clay (2–4)Grass (0–0)Carpet (0–0)
ResultW–LDateTournamentTierSurfaceOpponentScoreWin1-0Oporto, PortugalChallengerClay Javier Sánchez7–6, 7–5Win2-0Lisbon, PortugalChallengerClay Tomas Carbonell7–6, 6–3Loss2-1Ljubljana, SloveniaChallengerClay Daniel Orsanic6–4, 2–6, 5–7Win3-1Singapore, SingaporeChallengerHard Yasufumi Yamamoto6–1, 6–3Win4-1Daytona Beach, United StatesChallengerHard Tommy Haas7–6, 3–6, 7–5Loss4-2Warsaw, PolandChallengerClay Jiri Vanek6–7, 5–7Win5-2USA F9, Stone MountainFuturesHard Robert Kendrick6–1, 6–1Loss5-3Denmark F1, CopenhagenFuturesClay Edouard Roger-Vasselin2–6, 3–6Loss5-4Latvia F1, JūrmalaFuturesClay Timo Nieminen6–4, 4–6, 2–6
Doubles: 7 (3–4) LegendATP Challenger (2–3)ITF Futures (1–1)Finals by surfaceHard (3–0)Clay (0–4)Grass (0–0)Carpet (0–0)
ResultW–LDateTournamentTierSurfacePartnerOpponentsScoreLoss0–1Tashkent, UzbekistanChallengerClay Laurence Tieleman Marcelo Charpentier Albert Portas1–6, 2–6Win1–1Azores, PortugalChallengerHard Gaston Etlis Nils Holm Lars-Anders Wahlgren6–7, 7–5, 6–3Win2–1Eilat, IsraelChallengerHard Patrick Baur Sander Groen Rogier Wassen6–3, 7–6Loss2–2Paget, BermudaChallengerClay Rodolphe Gilbert Doug Flach Richey Reneberg6–3, 4–6, 2–6Loss2–3Poznań, PolandChallengerClay Hugo Armando Massimo Ardinghi Davide Sanguinetti4–6, 4–6Loss2–4Latvia F1, JūrmalaFuturesClay Dmitri Kotchetkov Aleksander Jerinkic Steven Randjelovic3–6, 1–6Win3–4Spain F11, LanzaroteFuturesHard Orest Tereshchuk Jaymon Crabb Brodie Stewart6–3, 4–6, 6–3
Junior Grand Slam finals
Singles: 1 (1 runner-up) ResultYearChampionshipSurfaceOpponentScoreLoss1987US OpenHard David Wheaton5–7, 0–6
Performance timeline
Singles Tournament19881989199019911992199319941995199619971998199920002001SRW–LWin %Grand Slam tournamentsAustralian OpenAAQF2R2R1R2RA1R1RQ12RQ2A0 / 88–8French OpenA2R2R4RQF1R1RQ1Q2Q2Q1Q2Q1Q10 / 69–6WimbledonQ11R1R1R1R1R1RAAAAAAA0 / 60–6US OpenA1RQF1R1R1R1RAAAAQ2Q1A0 / 64–6Win–loss0–01–39–44–45–40–41–40–00–10–10–01–10–00–00 / 2621–26Olympic GamesSummer Olympics2RNot HeldSFNot HeldANot HeldANH0 / 25–2ATP Masters SeriesIndian WellsAAA3RQF1R1RAQ2AAAAA0 / 45–4MiamiAA1R2RQF2R3RAAA1RQ1AA0 / 64–6Monte CarloAAA3R1R3R1RQ21RQ2AQ2AA0 / 54–5HamburgA2R3R2R2RA1R1RAQ1Q1Q2AA0 / 65–6RomeAAAQF2R1R1RAAAAAAA0 / 44–4CincinnatiA1RAQF2R2R2RAAAAAAA0 / 56–5ParisAA2R2R1R2RAQ3AQ2AAAA0 / 43–4Win–loss0–01–23–312–79–74–62–60–10–10–00–10–00–00–00- / 3431–34
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