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Andrey Rublev
Андрей Рублёв

Rublev at the 2017 Wimbledon Championships
Country (sports)	Russia
Residence	Moscow, Russia
Born	(1997-10-20) 20 October 1997 (age 21) Moscow, Russia
Height	1.88 m (6 ft 2 in)
Turned pro	2014
Plays	Right-handed (two-handed backhand)
Coach	Fernando Vicente
Prize money	US$2,472,884
Singles
Career record	48–52 (48%)
Career titles	1
Highest ranking	No. 31 (19 February 2018)
Current ranking	No. 78 (15 October 2018)
Grand Slam Singles results
Australian Open	3R (2018)
French Open	1R (2017)
Wimbledon	2R (2017)
US Open	QF (2017)
Doubles
Career record	17–16 (51.52%)
Career titles	1
Highest ranking	No. 99 (2 July 2018)
Current ranking	No. 101 (27 August 2018)
Grand Slam Doubles results
Australian Open	1R (2018)
US Open	3R (2017)
Medal record Representing  Russia Youth Olympic Games 2014 Nanjing Singles 2014 Nanjing Doubles
Last updated on: 27 August 2018.

Andrey Andreyevich Rublev (Russian: Андре́й Андре́евич Рублёв, tr. Rublyov, pronounced [ɐnˈdrʲej rʊˈblʲɵf]; born 20 October 1997) is a Russian professional tennis player, and currently is the third youngest player in the ATP top 50. He, as of August 2018^[update], reached a career-high singles ranking of No. 31. He has achieved victories over players including David Ferrer, Grigor Dimitrov, and David Goffin. He won the doubles title at the 2015 Kremlin Cup in Moscow with Dmitry Tursunov, and the singles title at the 2017 Croatia Open in Umag.

Rublev won the 2014 French Open junior singles competition, defeating Jaume Munar in the final.^[1] He won a bronze medal in singles and a silver in doubles at the 2014 Summer Youth Olympics in Nanjing.

Personal life

Rublev was born in Moscow to Andrey Rublev Sr., a former professional boxer turned restaurateur,^[2] and tennis coach Marina Marenko,^[3] who worked with tennis players such as Anna Kournikova. His coach, however, became Belarusian Sergey Tarasevich. His heroes include Roger Federer, Rafael Nadal, Grigor Dimitrov and Milos Raonic, whose matches Rublev regularly studies; for example, Raonic's serve, Nadal's foot play and physique, and Federer's fly play and forehand.^[4] Outside tennis, Rublev practices boxing and basketball, particularly interested in Mike Tyson.^[5] His favorite bands include Metallica, AC/DC and Nautilus Pompilius, and he likes action-packed films with fighting.^[6]

Career

Junior career

Rublev playing at the junior US Open in 2013.

Andrey Rublev debuted in Luxembourg at age 13, getting his first win in his second competition in Phoenix.^[4] In the following years, Rublev could climb the third rounds in, singlesand in December 2012 he won one of the top junior competitions, the Orange Bowl.^[4]

Next, in spring of 2013, Rublev achieved the NWU PUKKE/RVTA Junior ITF 1 cup in Potchefstroom, South Africa. He successfully competed in following tournaments, especially on clay surface, including the Trofeo Bonfiglio in Milan, and became quarter-finalist at the 2014 Australian Open junior singles. At the doubles competition he paired with German Alexander Zverev, reaching the quarter-finals. The first notable win was at the 2014 French Open junior singles, crushing Munar Clar.^[4] There he reached the semifinals with partner Stefan Kozlov, before being knocked down by Frenchmen and future winners Benjamin Bonzi / Quentin Halys. Shortly before Wimbledon, Rublev captured the cup at the Nike Junior International Roehampton in Roehampton, Great Britain. In the Wimbledon Championships, Rublev reached the third round before being beaten by 1842nd-ranked Dutch van Rijthoven in three tight sets.^[7] In doubles, Rublev and Kozlov lost to Brazilians Orlando Luz and Marcelo Zormann in three sets, attaining his first junior Grand Slam final in doubles.^[8]

Rublev took a break before competing at the 2014 Summer Youth Olympics, where he played in all three events as first-seeded. In singles, he lost to Kamil Majchrzak in three sets, but received a bronze medal for beating Jumpei Yamasaki. Partnering with fellow Karen Khachanov in doubles, Rublev reached the finals, where they again lost to Brazilians Luz and Zormann. He and his mixed partner Darya Kasatkina only reached the second round, where they were defeated by silver medalists Ye Qiuyu and Yamazaki.

In April 2015, Rublev finished his junior career by winning the inaugural ITF Junior Masters in Chengdu, China. In the final, the Russian beat Taylor Fritz in three sets.^[9]

Early pro career

Rublev debuted at the Bulgaria F6 Futures, reaching the quarterfinals. He continued his career in Bulgaria, where he again reached the quarterfinals, but became runner-up in doubles. The 15-year-old finalised in Minsk, Belarus. After unsuccessful autumn games he received his first win at the USA F31 Futures in Bradenton, United States. In the new 2014 tour he started in Kazakhstan, reaching semifinal and final in the two Future events in Aktobe, respectively. In the latter he beat Belarusian Yaraslau Shyla to reach his second win. Rublev succeeded finals of the Czech Republic F1 Futures in doubles, partnering with Pole Andriej Kapaś, and continued his success in the Russia F3 Futures in Moscow, championing in the singles and running-up in the doubles competitions.

2015: First ATP doubles title

In 2015, Rublev entered the first ATP tournament in Delray Beach, where he reached the second round. There he was knocked down by Steve Johnson in two straight sets.

Rublev made his debut at the Davis Cup, where in the second round play-off of the Europe Zone Group I, in the third rubber, he partnered with Konstantin Kravchuk and won the match against the Portuguese team Gastão Elias / João Sousa in three sets.^[10]

The Russian participated at his first Masters 1000 entry in Miami, where he defeated Pablo Carreño Busta, but lost to John Isner. He entered the clay season at the Barcelona Open, where as a qualifier he reached the second round after overcoming Fernando Verdasco.

With his win over Finn Jarkko Nieminen at Geneva Open, 17-year-old Rublev repeated Nadal's success in winning at least once on five ATP tournaments in one season as a teenager who is under 18 years old. Previously, Nadal could manage that in 2004.^[11][12]

Rublev was called for the Davis Cup team in the 2015 Davis Cup Europea/Africa Zone Group I match against Spain, held in Vladivostok. After losing his first match against Tommy Robredo, Rublev rallied to win his second match against Pablo Andújar in sets in the decisive fifth rubber to complete a 0–2 comeback for Russia against five-time champion Spain. This secured team Russia a place in the World Group Play-offs. Russia played in the World Group Play-offs last time in 2012, losing then to Brazil 0–5.^[13]

He made his grandslam debut at 2015 US Open as qualifier. Rublev won his first ATP title at the 2015 Kremlin Cup in doubles, partnering with comeback Dmitry Tursunov.

2016

Rublev started the 2016 ATP World Tour at the Aircel Chennai Open, losing to Stan Wawrinka in the second round. He only reached first and second rounds of ATP 250 and Challenger tournaments. In March this poor performance led to his decidion to part ways with his coach Sergey Tarasevich. Immediately after that, on 6 March 2016 he made a turn by winning his first Challenger in singles, defeating Paul-Henri Mathieu in Quimper, France. As a result, Rublev jumped 47 positions from 208th to 161st ranking position, a new career-high.^[14] In April he joined 4Slam Academy in Barcelona, run by Galo Blanco.^[15]

2017: First ATP singles title, US Open quarterfinals

Rublev started well in the 2017 ATP World Tour, reaching the 2nd Round of the Australian Open after qualification. On the way he beat 60th-ranked Yen-Hsun Lu, but then lost to Andy Murray. Rublev was successful in some Challenger tournaments. He reached the 2017 Open de Rennes Challenger final, losing there to Belarussian Uladzimir Ignatik. Again in Quimper, France, Rublev now reached the semifinals, losing to Peter Gojowczyk. Rublev also reached the semifinals in Irving, Texas.

The Russian made some success on grass court tournaments. He got into the quarterfinals of the Halle Open, losing there to his compatriot Karen Khachanov in a tight match. In the next tournament, the Wimbledon Championships, Rublev could reach the 2nd Round, losing there to Albert Ramos-Vinolas. Despite losing in the qualification round, Rublev as lucky loser reached his first ATP singles final at the Umag Open, beating in the quarterfinals defending champion Fabio Fognini. In the final he beat Paolo Lorenzi in straight sets to win his first ATP singles title. It was the seventh time that a lucky loser would win a tournament, the last tennis player doing so at that time was Rajeev Ram in 2009 Hall of Fame Tennis Championships.^[16]

Rublev went on to compete at the 2017 US Open as a direct entrant. He grabbed his first win against top 10 player, beating No.9 Grigor Dimitrov in straight sets and made through to the quarterfinals, beating David Goffin in the fourth round in straight sets. Rublev lost in straight sets to ATP world #1 and eventual champion Rafael Nadal in the quarterfinals.^[17]

He qualified for the Next Generation ATP Finals in Milan and made it into the finals, but lost to Hyeon Chung.

2018

Rublev commenced the 2018 season in Doha, where he went to the final, eventually losing in straight sets to Gaël Monfils.
Next, the Russian reached the Round of 32 of the Australian Open, where he was seeded for the first time in a Grand Slam event at number 30, but lost to third seed Grigor Dimitrov in four sets.

Rublev continued his run of good form by reaching back-to-back quarterfinals in Montepellier and Rotterdam, losing to Jo-Wilfried Tsonga and Grigor Dimitrov, respectively. The Russian then had a first round exit in Acapulco, losing to David Ferrer. He did not compete at the 2018 French Open or 2018 Wimbledon due to a back injury he sustained at the
Monte Carlo Masters where he lost in the third round to Dominic Thiem after having gained one match point.^[18]

Later in the season after returning to active play he lost to Frenchman Jeremy Chardy in the first round of the US Open, 2-6 6-4 4-6 1-6.

Playing style

Andrey Rublev is an offensive baseliner with a big forehand - his favorite shot, and has a dangerous and consistent two-handed backhand. His running forehand is particularly lethal because of his consistency and comfort with the shot, making many passing shots with it. Despite his power, Andrey is often hyper-aggressive and can enter situations where he makes consecutive unforced errors, causing technical and mental difficulty to follow. However, he can also demonstrate periods when his forehand is elusive. He states that he does not prefer a particular tennis surface, but his best results have come in clay tournaments.^[4]

Rublev has a powerful 1st serve that often reaches 200+ km/h (125+ mph). His second serve however, is underwhelming because of his high number of double faults during matches, as well as being much slower than his first serve.

Significant finals

Masters tournaments

Doubles: 1 (1 runner-up)

Result	Year	Tournament	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Loss	2018	Miami Open	Hard	Karen Khachanov	Bob Bryan Mike Bryan	6–4, 6–7(5–7), [4–10]

ATP career finals

Singles: 2 (1 title, 1 runner-up)

Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Tier	Surface	Opponent	Score
Win	1–0	Jul 2017	Croatia Open, Croatia	250 Series	Clay	Paolo Lorenzi	6–4, 6–2
Loss	1–1	Jan 2018	Qatar Open, Qatar	250 Series	Hard	Gaël Monfils	2–6, 3–6

Doubles: 2 (1 title, 1 runner-up)

Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Tier	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Win	1–0	Oct 2015	Kremlin Cup, Russia	250 Series	Hard (i)	Dmitry Tursunov	Radu Albot František Čermák	2–6, 6–1, [10–6]
Loss	1–1	Mar 2018	Miami Open, United States	Masters 1000	Hard	Karen Khachanov	Bob Bryan Mike Bryan	6–4, 6–7(5–7), [4–10]

ATP NextGen finals

Singles: 1 (1 runner-up)

Result	Date	Tournament	Surface	Opponent	Score
Loss	2017	Next Generation ATP Finals, Italy	Hard (i)	Chung Hyeon	4–3(7–5), 3–4(2–7), 2–4, 2–4

Junior Grand Slam finals

Singles: 1 (1 title)

Result	Year	Tournament	Surface	Opponent	Score
Win	2014	French Open	Clay	Jaume Munar	6–2, 7–5

Doubles: 1 (1 runner-up)

Result	Year	Tournament	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Loss	2014	Wimbledon	Grass	Stefan Kozlov	Orlando Luz Marcelo Zormann	4–6, 6–3, 6–8

Youth Olympic medal matches

Singles: 1 (1 bronze medal)

Result	Year	Tournament	Surface	Opponent	Score
Bronze	2014	Youth Olympic Games	Hard	Jumpei Yamasaki	6–1, 6–3

Doubles: 1 (1 silver medal)

Result	Year	Tournament	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Silver	2014	Youth Olympic Games	Hard	Karen Khachanov	Orlando Luz Marcelo Zormann	5–7, 6–3, [3–10]

ATP Challenger and ITF Futures finals

Singles: 9 (5 titles, 4 runners-up)

Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Tier	Surface	Opponent	Score
Loss	0–1	Aug 2013	Minsk, Belarus	Futures	Hard	Egor Gerasimov	6–7(2–7), 6–4, 4–6
Win	1–1	Nov 2013	Bradenton, United States	Futures	Clay	Mārtiņš Podžus	3–6, 7–6(8–6), 6–3
Win	2–1	Mar 2014	Aktobe, Kazakhstan	Futures	Hard(i)	Yaraslau Shyla	6–4, 3–6, 6–3
Win	3–1	May 2014	Moscow, Russia	Futures	Clay	Stanislav Vovk	6–0, 6–4
Loss	3–2	Nov 2014	Tartu, Estonia	Futures	Carpet(i)	Dzmitry Zhyrmont	4–6, 2–6
Win	4–2	Dec 2014	Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic	Futures	Hard	Mitchell Krueger	6–2, 6–4
Win	1–0	Mar 2016	Quimper, France	Challenger	Hard (i)	Paul-Henri Mathieu	6–7(6–8), 6–4, 6–4
Loss	1–1	Nov 2016	Mouilleron-le-Captif, France	Challenger	Hard (i)	Julien Benneteau	5–7, 6–2, 3–6
Loss	1–2	Jan 2017	Rennes, France	Challenger	Hard (i)	Uladzimir Ignatik	7–6(8–6), 3–6, 6–7(5–7)

Doubles: 5 (3 titles, 2 runners-up)

Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Tier	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Loss	0–1	Jul 2013	Plovdiv, Bulgaria	Futures	Clay	Yaraslau Shyla	Alexander Lazov Laslo Urrutia Fuentes	6–4, 3–6, [8–10]
Win	1–1	May 2014	Teplice, Czech Republic	Futures	Clay	Andriej Kapaś	David Škoch Robin Staněk	7–5, 6–2
Loss	1–2	May 2014	Moscow, Russia	Futures	Clay	Denis Matsukevitch	Egor Gerasimov Stanislav Vovk	6–2, 4–6, [8–10]
Win	1–0	Feb 2015	Dallas, United States	Challenger	Hard (i)	Denys Molchanov	Hans Hach Verdugo Luis Patiño	6–4, 7–6(7–5)
Win	2–0	Jul 2015	Padova, Italy	Challenger	Clay	Mikhail Elgin	Federico Gaio Alessandro Giannessi	6–4, 7–6(7–4)

Performance timelines

Singles

Current through the 2018 Rolex Paris Masters.

Doubles

Record against other players

Record against top-10 players

Rublev's match record against players who have been ranked in the Top 10, with those who are active in boldface.

Opponent	Highest ranking	Matches	Won	Lost	Win %	Last match
Andy Murray	1	1	0	1	0%	Lost (3–6, 0–6, 2–6) at 2017 Australian Open 2R
Rafael Nadal	1	1	0	1	0%	Lost (1–6, 2–6, 2–6) at 2017 US Open QF
David Ferrer	3	2	1	1	50%	Lost (4–6, 3–6) at 2018 Acapulco 1R
Grigor Dimitrov	3	3	1	2	33%	Lost (3–6, 4–6) at 2018 Rotterdam QF
Marin Čilić	3	1	0	1	0%	Lost (6–4, 6–7(7–9), 1–6) at 2016 Geneva 2R
Juan Martín del Potro	3	1	0	1	0%	Lost (3–6, 4–6) at 2017 Shanghai 1R
Stan Wawrinka	3	1	0	1	0%	Lost (3–6, 2–6) at 2016 Chennai 2R
Alexander Zverev	3	2	0	2	0%	Lost (2–6, 3–6) at 2017 Beijing QF
Tomáš Berdych	4	2	1	1	50%	Won (1–6, 6–4, 6–1) at 2017 Beijing 2R
Kei Nishikori	4	1	0	1	0%	Lost (5–7, 3–6) at 2018 Cincinnati 1R
Dominic Thiem	4	2	0	2	0%	Lost (7–5, 5–7, 5–7) at 2018 Monte Carlo 2R
Kevin Anderson	5	1	0	1	0%	Lost (6–7(1–7), 7–6(7–5), 5–7, 3–6) at 2015 US Open 1R
Tommy Robredo	5	1	0	1	0%	Lost (2–6, 3–6, 3–6) at 2015 Davis Cup Z1 2R
Jo-Wilfried Tsonga	5	1	0	1	0%	Lost (4–6, 6–7(1–7)) at 2018 Montpellier QF
Gaël Monfils	6	1	0	1	0%	Lost (2–6, 3–6) at 2018 Doha F
David Goffin	7	1	1	0	100%	Won (7–5, 7–6(7–5), 6–3) at 2017 US Open 4R
Fernando Verdasco	7	3	2	1	67%	Won (6–4, 3–6, 6–4) at 2018 Doha 2R
Marcos Baghdatis	8	1	1	0	100%	Won (6–4, 6–7(5–7), 6–4, 6–2) at 2018 Australian Open 2R
Jack Sock	8	1	1	0	100%	Won (3–6, 6–1, 6–2) at 2017 Beijing 1R
Mikhail Youzhny	8	1	1	0	100%	Won (6–0, 3–6, 6–3) at 2017 Halle 2R
John Isner	8	1	0	1	0%	Lost (3–6, 4–6) at 2015 Miami 2R
Pablo Carreño Busta	10	1	1	0	100%	Won (1–6, 6–1, 6–4) at 2015 Miami 1R
Lucas Pouille	10	1	1	0	100%	Won (7–5, 6–4) at 2018 Rotterdam 1R
Total		31	11	20	35.48%	* Statistics correct as of 13 August 2018

Wins over top 10 players

#	Player	Rank	Event	Surface	Round	Score	Rublev Rank
2017
1.	Grigor Dimitrov	No. 9	US Open, New York, United States	Hard	2nd Round	7–5, 7–6(7–3), 6–3	53

Davis Cup

Participations: (8–6)

Group	Rd	Date	Opponent nation	Score	Venue	Surface	Match	Opponent player(s)	W/L	Rubber score
2014
G1	2R PO	Sep 2014	Portugal	4–1	Moscow	Hard (i)	Doubles (w/ K Kravchuk)	G Elias / J Sousa	Win	6–3, 6–4, 6–4
							Singles 5 (dead)	Frederico Ferreira Silva	Win	6–4, 6–4
2015
G1	1R	Mar 2015	Denmark	4–1	Novy Urengoy	Hard (i)	Doubles (w/ K Kravchuk)	T Kromann / F Nielsen	Win	6–1, 3–6, 6–3, 6–4
							Singles 5 (dead)	Martin Pedersen	Win	6–4, 6–3
	2R	Jul 2015	Spain	3–2	Vladivostok	Hard (i)	Singles 1	Tommy Robredo	Loss	2–6, 3–6, 3–6
							Singles 5 (decider)	Pablo Andújar	W	6–4, 7–6(7–4), 6–3
WG	PO	Sep 2015	Italy	1–4	Irkutsk	Hard (i)	Singles 2	Fabio Fognini	Loss	6–7(8–10), 2–6, 2–6
2016
G1	1R	Jul 2016	Netherlands	4–1	Moscow	Hard	Singles 1	Robin Haase	Win	7–6(7–2), 6–3, 6–4
							Doubles (w/ K Kravchuk)	R Haase / M Middelkoop	Win	6–3, 6–4, 7–5
WG	PO	Sep 2016	Kazakhstan	3–1	Moscow	Hard	Doubles (w/ K Kravchuk)	A Golubev / A Nedovyesov	Win	6–3, 6–7(3–7), 6–2, 7–5
2017
WG	PO	Sep 2017	Hungary	1–3	Budapest	Clay	Singles 1	Márton Fucsovics	Loss	2–6, 4–6, 7–5, 6–2, 3–6
2018
G1	2R	Apr 2018	Austria	1–3	Moscow	Hard (i)	Singles 1	Dennis Novak	Loss	6–7(5–7), 4–6
							Doubles (w/ K Khachanov)	J Melzer / P Oswald	Loss	3–6, 6–7(3–7)
	1R PO	Sep 2018	Belarus	3–2	Moscow	Hard (i)	Doubles (w/ K Khachanov)	M Mirnyi / A Vasilevski	Loss	5–7, 3–6

Awards

2013

• The Russian Cup in the nomination Team of the Year^[19][20]
  

2014

• The Russian Cup in the nomination Junior of the Year^[21]
  


• ITF Junior World Champion

Records

• These records were attained in the Open Era of tennis.

References

External links

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  Andrey Rublev at the Association of Tennis Professionals
  


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  Andrey Rublev at the International Tennis Federation
  


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  Andrey Rublev at the Davis Cup
  

Awards and achievements
Preceded by Alexander Zverev	ITF Junior World Champion 2014	Succeeded by Taylor Fritz