Yevgeny Evgenyevich Korolev

Yevgeny Korolyov
Korolyov 2009 in Delray Beach
Nickname:	Zhenya
Nation:	Kazakhstan 2011–2016 Russia 2005–2011, 2016–
Birthday:	February 14, 1988
Size:	185 cm
Weight:	82 kg
1st professional season:	2005
Resignation:	November 21, 2014
Playing hand:	Right, two-handed backhand
Trainer:	Yevgeny Korolev (father) Alexey Korolev (brother)
Prize money:	$ 1,510,466
singles
Career record:	74:98
Highest ranking:	46 (February 22, 2010)
Grand Slam record
Double
Career record:	10:30
Highest ranking:	113 (March 22, 2010)
Grand Slam record
Sources: official player profiles at the ATP / WTA and ITF (see web links )

Evgeni Evgenjewitsch Koroljow ( Russian Евгений Евгеньевич Королёв , scientific transliteration: Evgeny Korolev , born February 14, 1988 in Moscow , Soviet Union ) is a former Russian - Kazakh tennis player . He is a cousin of the former Russian tennis player Anna Kurnikowa .

Career

Yevgeny Korolev was born in Moscow , where he started playing tennis with his father at the age of four. He played ice hockey and is still his coach today . Although Koroljow never played in the juniors, he got his first ATP points at three Challenger tournaments in Germany at the age of 15 . His older brother Alexey supports him with business matters and is also his physiotherapist . In addition to Russian , he also speaks German and English , which he already practiced with a private tutor at the age of seven.

Koroljow won his first individual title on the Challenger Tour in Aachen in 2005 , followed by the title in Düsseldorf the following year . In 2006 he secured his first double title in Grenoble with Teimuras Gabashvili . In the two seasons out Korolyov succeeded each tournament win in Aachen, before 2009 not only in Szczecin his fifth single and in Mons with Denis Istomin won his second doubles title at Challenger level, but in Delray Beach for the first time in a final of the World Tour stood. In this Koroljow, who only moved into the main field after successful qualification, lost to Mardy Fish with 5: 7 and 3: 6. His last title win was in 2013 at the Challenger tournament in Marburg with victory in the doubles competition. His partner this time was Andrei Golubev . In Grand Slam tournaments, he only made it past the second round in singles at the Australian Open in 2010 , but then failed in round three. In doubles he was eliminated three times in the first and twice in the second round in a total of five Grand Slam participations. He achieved his highest placements in the world rankings in the 2010 season with 46th place in singles and 113th place in doubles.

Between 2011 and 2015 Korolev played a total of nine matches for the Kazakh Davis Cup team . He won one of his five singles games while he lost all of his four doubles. Before 2011 he was and from 2016 he is again listed as a Russian by the ATP .

After persistent injury problems, he announced his resignation in November 2014, but since then he has occasionally competed in tournaments, mostly challengers.

successes

Legend (number of victories)

Grand Slam

Tennis Masters Cup ATP World Tour Finals

ATP Masters Series ATP World Tour Masters 1000

ATP International Series Gold ATP World Tour 500

ATP International Series ATP World Tour 250

ATP Challenger Tour (8)

Koroljow during a Bundesliga match in Düsseldorf

singles

Tournament victories

No.	date	competition	Topping	Final opponent	Result
1.	October 31, 2005	Aachen (1)	Hard court (i)	Raemon Sluiter	6: 3, 7: 6 7
2.	September 4, 2006	Dusseldorf	sand	Andreas Vinciguerra	7: 6 4 , 6: 3
3.	October 29, 2007	Aachen (2)	Hard court (i)	Andreas Beck	6: 4, 6: 4
4th	October 27, 2008	Aachen (3)	Hard court (i)	Ruben Bemelmans	7: 6 5 , 7: 6 3
5.	September 20, 2009	Szczecin	Hard court (i)	Florent Serra	6: 4, 6: 3

Final participation

No.	date	competition	Topping	Final opponent	Result
1.	March 1, 2009	Delray Beach	Hard court (i)	Mardy Fish	5: 7, 3: 6

Double

Tournament victories

No.	date	competition	Topping	partner	Final opponent	Result
1.	September 30, 2006	Grenoble	Hard court (i)	Teimuras Gabashvili	Thomas Oger Nicolas Tourte	7: 5, 6: 4
2.	October 11, 2009	Mons	Hard court (i)	Denis Istomin	Alejandro Falla Teimuras Gabashvili	6: 7 4 , 7: 6 4 , [11: 9]
3.	June 29, 2013	Marburg	sand	Andrei Golubev	Jesse Huta Galung Jordan Kerr	6: 3, 1: 6, [10: 6]

Web links

Commons : Yevgeny Korolev  - collection of pictures, videos and audio files

• ATP profile Evgeny Korolev (English)
• ITF profile of Yevgeny Korolyov (English)
• Davis Cup statistics from Yevgeny Korolev (English)

Individual evidence

1. ^ Fish beats Russian qualifier at Delray Beach final. In: nytimes.com. The New York Times , March 2, 2009, accessed May 21, 2020 .