Andrei Chesnokov


Andrei Eduardovich Chesnokov is a former professional tennis player from Russia.

Career

Chesnokov's highest singles ranking was World No. 9 in 1991. The biggest tournament victories of his career came at the Monte Carlo Open in 1990, and at the Canadian Open in 1991.
Chesnokov's best performance at a Grand Slam event came at the French Open in 1989, where he reached the semi-finals by eliminating Pablo Arraya, Jonas Svensson, Carl-Uwe Steeb, Jim Courier and the defending champion Mats Wilander in straight sets in the quarterfinals. He was eliminated by the eventual champion Michael Chang in four sets.
The most famous match in Chesnokov's career took place on 24 September 1995 in the semi-final of the 1995 Davis Cup against Germany. In the fifth set of the final deciding match of the semi-final, playing against Michael Stich, Chesnokov saved nine match points before emerging the winner, the final score being: 6-4, 1-6, 1-6, 6-3, 14-12. The next day President of Russia Boris Yeltsin awarded Chesnokov with Order of Courage.
During his career, Chesnokov won seven top-level singles titles and earned prize-money totalling US$3,084,188. He retired from the professional tour in 1999.
On 20 November 2005, during a visit to Dnipropetrovsk, he was shot twice with rubber bullets after a quarrel in a restaurant with two unidentified men.
As a sixteen-year-old Chesnokov was one of those present at the UEFA Cup match between FC Spartak Moscow and HFC Haarlem during which the Luzhniki disaster happened. He was an honorary member of the committee that organized a benefit match for the victims between Spartak Moscow and Haarlem, that took place on October 20, 2007.
Chesnokov is currently coaching Elena Vesnina.
In 2013, Chesnokov, whose mother was Jewish, who carried the last name Litvinova, celebrated his Bar Mitzvah in France.

Career finals

Singles (7 titles, 8 runners-up)

ResultW/LDateTournamentSurfaceOpponentScore
Win1–0May 1987Florence, ItalyClay Alessandro de Minicis6–1, 6–3
Loss1–1Jan 1988Wellington, New ZealandHard Ramesh Krishnan7–6, 0–6, 4–6, 3–6
Loss1–2Jan 1988Sydney, AustraliaGrass John Fitzgerald3–6, 4–6
Win2–2Mar 1988Orlando, U.S.Hard Miloslav Mečíř7–6, 6–1
Loss2–3Oct 1988Toulouse, FranceHard Jimmy Connors2–6, 0–6
Win3–3Apr 1989Nice, FranceClay Jérôme Potier6–4, 6–4
Win4–3May 1989Munich, West GermanyClay Martin Střelba5–7, 7–6, 6–2
Loss4–4Jan 1990Auckland, New ZealandHard Scott Davis6–4, 3–6, 3–6
Win5–4Apr 1990Monte Carlo, MonacoClay Thomas Muster7–5, 6–3, 6–3
Loss5–5May 1990Rome, ItalyClay Thomas Muster1–6, 3–6, 1–6
Win6–5Oct 1990Tel Aviv, IsraelHard Amos Mansdorf6–4, 6–3
Win7–5Jul 1991Montreal, CanadaHard Petr Korda3–6, 6–4, 6–3
Loss7–6Mar 1992Indian Wells, U.S.Hard Michael Chang3–6, 4–6, 5–7
Loss7–7May 1993Hamburg, GermanyClay Michael Stich3–6, 7–6, 6–7, 4–6
Loss7–8Aug 1993Prague, Czech republicClay Sergi Bruguera5–7, 4–6

Performance timelines

Singles