Michael Craig Russell

Michael Russell
Michael Craig Russell at the 2014 US Open
Nickname:	Mussell, Wheels, Iron Mike
Nation:	United States
Birthday:	May 1, 1978
Size:	173 cm
Weight:	70 kg
1st professional season:	1998
Resignation:	2015
Playing hand:	Right, two-handed backhand
Trainer:	Nicklas Kroon Peter Lundgren
Prize money:	$ 2,452,569
singles
Career record:	77: 150
Highest ranking:	60 (August 13, 2007)
Grand Slam record
Double
Career record:	26:53
Highest ranking:	164 (June 11, 2012)
Grand Slam record
Mixed
Grand Slam record
Sources: official player profiles at the ATP / WTA and ITF (see web links )

Michael Craig Russell (born May 1, 1978 in Detroit , Michigan ) is a retired American tennis player .

Career

Russell started playing tennis at the age of five. He was coached by his father George from the beginning of his career until 2012. Russell turned pro in 1998. In the same year, the American was at the US Open for the first time in the main draw of a Grand Slam tournament. In the first round he lost to his compatriot Todd Martin .

In 2001 Russell reached the round of 16 of the French Open with victories over Nicolas Mahut , Sergi Bruguera and Xavier Malisse . There he led against the defending champion and eventual winner Gustavo Kuerten 6: 3, 6: 4 and 5: 3, before he was awarded a match point in five sets with 6: 3, 6: 4, 6: 7 (7 : 9), 3: 6 and 1: 6 were defeated. That was his best result in a Grand Slam tournament and also the only time that he got past the second round. Russell was the first player to qualify for the main draw of a Grand Slam tournament four times in a row (Wimbledon 2000, US Open 2000, Australian Open 2001, French Open 2001). During his career, he won 15 singles titles on the Challenger Tour and two more in doubles. He reached his only final on the ATP World Tour in 2012 in Atlanta doubles .

After the US Open 2015 , he ended his career.

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 Series

ATP International Series ATP World Tour 250 Series

ATP Challenger Tour (17)

singles

Tournament victories

No.	date	competition	Topping	Final opponent	Result
1.	February 6, 2000	Amarillo	Hard court (i)	Stefano Pescosolido	7: 5, 6: 2
2.	July 18, 2004	Granby	Hard court	Davide Sanguinetti	6: 3, 6: 2
3.	4th December 2005	Orlando	Hard court	Todd Widom	6: 4, 6: 2
4th	August 20, 2006	Bronx	Hard court	Paul Capdeville	6-0, 6-2
5.	December 3, 2006	Maui	Hard court	Sam Warburg	6: 1, 6: 0
6th	January 7, 2007	Nouméa	Hard court	David Guez	6-0, 6-1
7th	January 28, 2007	Waikoloa	Hard court	Jamie Baker	6: 1, 7: 5
8th.	February 17, 2007	Joplin	Hard court (i)	Frédéric Niemeyer	6: 4, 6: 1
9.	May 10, 2009	Savannah	sand	Alex Kuznetsov	6: 4, 7: 6 6
10.	May 31, 2009	Carson	Hard court	Michael Yani	6: 1, 6: 1
11.	November 21, 2009	Champaign	Hard court (i)	Taylor Dent	7: 5, 6: 4
12.	January 31, 2010	Honolulu	Hard court	Grega Žemlja	6: 0, 6: 3
13.	November 11, 2012	Knoxville	Hard court (i)	Bobby Reynolds	6: 3, 6: 2
14th	July 7, 2013	manta	Hard court	Greg Jones	4: 6, 6: 0, 7: 5
15th	3rd November 2013	Charlottesville	Hard court (i)	Peter Polansky	7: 5, 2: 6, 7: 6 5

Double

Tournament victories

No.	date	competition	Topping	partner	Final opponent	Result
1.	May 20, 2000	Edinburgh	sand	Tommy Robredo	Lars Burgsmüller Ota Fukárek	6-0, 6-2
2.	May 6, 2005	Tunica resorts	Sand (i)	Dušan Vemić	Juan Pablo Brzezicki Juan Pablo Guzmán	7: 6 4 , 6: 3

Final participation

No.	date	competition	Topping	partner	Final opponent	Result
1.	July 22, 2012	Atlanta	Hard court	Xavier Malisse	Matthew Ebden Ryan Harrison	3: 6, 6: 3, [6:10]

Web links

Commons : Michael Russell  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

• ATP profile for Michael Russell (English)
• ITF profile for Michael Russell (English)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Florian Braukmann: US Open: Two tour veterans end their careers. In: insideout-tennis.de. September 9, 2015, accessed November 24, 2017 .