Andrei Eduardowitsch Tschesnokow

Andrei Chesnokov
Nation:	Russia
Birthday:	2nd February 1966
Size:	188 cm
Weight:	76 kg
1st professional season:	1985
Resignation:	1999
Playing hand:	Right, two-handed backhand
Trainer:	Tatiana Naumko
Prize money:	$ 3,084,188
singles
Career record:	344: 259
Career title:	7th
Highest ranking:	9 (April 8 1991)
Grand Slam record
Double
Career record:	7:21
Highest ranking:	342 (October 12, 1992)
Grand Slam record
Mixed
Grand Slam record
Sources: official player profiles at the ATP / WTA and ITF (see web links )

Andrei Eduardowitsch Tschesnokov ( Russian Андрей Эдуардович Чесноков , scientific transliteration Andrej Ėduardovič Česnokov ; born February 2, 1966 in Moscow ) is a former Russian tennis player .

Career

Tschesnokow started professional tennis in 1985. He reached his highest world ranking position (9th place) in 1991, in that year he also won the tournament in Montreal , which is part of the Tennis Masters Series . He celebrated his first victory at a Masters tournament in 1990 in Monte Carlo , where he defeated the then clay court king Thomas Muster in the final without losing a set.

Between 1987 and 1990 he won another five titles in tournaments on the ATP Tour . His greatest success at a Grand Slam tournament dates back to 1989 - at the French Open , Chesnokov advanced to the semi-finals, but was then defeated by the eventual champion Michael Chang .

Tschesnokow also competed in 1988 for the Soviet Union and 1992 for the Commonwealth of Independent States at the Olympic Games .

In the Davis Cup between 1983 and 1997 he made a total of 46 appearances, of which he was able to make 28 victorious.

successes

Legend

Grand Slam (0)

Tennis Masters Cup (0)

ATP Masters Series (2)

ATP Tour (5)

No.	date	competition	Topping	Final opponent	Result
1.	May 25, 1987	Florence	sand	Alessandro De Minicis	6: 1, 6: 3
2.	March 14, 1988	Orlando	Hard court	Miloslav Mečíř	7: 6 6 , 6: 1
3.	April 24, 1989	Nice	sand	Jérôme Potier	6: 4, 6: 4
4th	May 8, 1989	Munich	sand	Martin Střelba	5: 7, 7: 6 6 , 6: 2
5.	April 30, 1990	Monte Carlo	sand	Thomas Muster	7: 5, 6: 3, 6: 3
6th	October 15, 1990	Tel Aviv	Hard court	Amos Mansdorf	6: 4, 6: 3
7th	July 29, 1991	Montreal	Hard court	Petr Korda	3: 6, 6: 4, 6: 3

Web links

• ATP profile of Andrei Tschesnokow (English)
• ITF profile of Andrei Tschesnokow (English)
• Davis Cup statistics from Andrei Tschesnokow (English)