Evgeny Donskoy


Evgeny Evgenyevich Donskoy is a Russian tennis player playing on the regular ATP tour. He was born and currently resides in Moscow, Russia. Donskoy was mentored by former player and two-time Grand Slam champion Marat Safin. In December 2014, Donskoy decided to join the team of Boris Sobkin, coach of Mikhail Youzhny.

Career

His career-high ATP singles ranking is World No. 65, achieved in July 2013, after winning five Challenger events throughout the previous year. His favourite surface is hard courts.
In 2010, Donskoy played doubles with the British player Morgan Phillips at the Seville Challenger, losing in the first round.
By 2013, Marat Safin had built a coaching team for Donskoy that included Morgan Phillips.
Donskoy entered 2013 Australian Open's main draw for the first time, reaching the third round and defeating 23rd seed Mikhail Youzhny en route. He also pushed Andy Murray to three sets in the Indian Wells Masters 1000 event.
Consequently, Donskoy made his Davis Cup debut in Europe/Africa Zone Group I match against Great Britain in Coventry. Donskoy won the first rubber against James Ward, 4–6, 4–6, 7–5, 6–2, 8–6, to help give Russia a 2–0 lead heading into the doubles rubber the following day. Great Britain won the doubles rubber, where Ward opened the day. Ward defeated Dmitry Tursunov, 6–4, 5–7, 5–7, 6–4, 6–4, to level the tie. Dan Evans ranked 325 would eventually complete a turnaround, with a straight sets victory over world no. 80 Donskoy.
Also for the first time, Donskoy entered the French Open's main draw, beating Jan-Lennard Struff in the first round.
At the 2013 TOPSHELF Open held in 's-Hertogenbosch, he took out third seed John Isner in the first round and beat Robin Haase in the second to reach his first ATP Tour quarterfinals.
In 2016, Donskoy debuted at the Summer Olympics. He defeated 7th seed David Ferrer in the second round, but then lost to Steve Johnson in the third.
In 2017, Donskoy beat Australian Open champion Roger Federer in the second round of the Dubai Tennis Championships, having saved three match points in the second set, trailing 5–2 in the final set and down 5–1 in the final set tie-breaker. This was Donskoy's first career win over a top-ten player.

Style of play

He has very powerful, flat groundstrokes, especially his forehand, which can produce spectacular points but also a lot of unforced errors.

Challenger and Futures finals

Singles: 24 (14–10)

ResultW–LDateTournamentTierSurfaceOpponentScore
Win1–0Ukraine F3, IllichevskFuturesClay Denys Molchanov6–7, 7–6, 6–4
Loss1–1Kazakhstan F1, AstanaFuturesHard Alexander Kudryavtsev4–6, 3–6
Win2–12011 Morocco Tennis Tour – Casablanca – Singles|Casablanca, MoroccoChallengerClay Alessio di Mauro2–6, 6–3, 6–3
Win3–1Spain F7, SabadellFuturesClay Simone Vagnozzi7–5, 7–5
Loss3–22011 Sparkassen Open – Singles|Braunschweig, GermanyChallengerClay Lukáš Rosol5–7, 6–7
Win4–22012 Morocco Tennis Tour – Meknes – Singles|Meknes, MoroccoChallengerClay Adrian Ungur6–1, 6–3
Loss4–32012 Penza Cup – Singles|Penza, RussiaChallengerHard Illya Marchenko5–7, 3–6
Win5–32012 President's Cup – Men's Singles|Astana, KazakhstanChallengerHard Marsel İlhan6–3, 6–4
Win6–32012 Open Castilla y León – Singles|Segovia, SpainChallengerHard Albano Olivetti6–1, 7–6
Win7–32012 Aegon Pro-Series Loughborough – Men's Singles|Loughborough, Great BritainChallengerHard Jan-Lennard Struff6–2, 4–6, 6–1
Win8–32012 Siberia Cup – Singles|Tyumen, RussiaChallengerHard Illya Marchenko6–7, 6–3, 6–2
Loss8–42014 State Bank of India ATP Challenger Tour – Singles|Kolkata, IndiaChallengerHard Ilija Bozoljac1–6, 1–6
Loss8–52015 Karshi Challenger – Singles|Karshi, UzbekistanChallengerHard Teymuraz Gabashvili2–5 ret.
Loss8–62015 President's Cup – Men's Singles|Astana, KazakhstanChallengerHard Mikhail Kukushkin2–6, 2–6
Win9–62015 Open Castilla y León – Singles|Segovia, SpainChallengerHard Marco Chiudinelli7–6, 6–3
Loss9–72015 KPIT MSLTA Challenger – Singles|Pune, IndiaChallengerHard Yuki Bhambri2–6, 6–7
Win10–72016 Israel Open – Singles|Ra'anana, IsraelChallengerHard Ričardas Berankis6–4, 6–4
Win11–72016 President's Cup – Men's Singles|Astana, KazakhstanChallengerHard Konstantin Kravchuk6–3, 6–3
Win12–72017 Zhuhai Open – Men's Singles|Zhuhai, China, P.R.ChallengerHard Thomas Fabbiano6–3, 6–4
Loss12–82017 Chengdu Challenger – Singles|Chengdu, China, P.R.ChallengerHard Lu Yen-hsun3–6, 4–6
Win13–82017 OEC Kaohsiung – Singles|Kaohsiung, Chinese TaipeiChallengerHard Marius Copil7–6, 7–5
Loss13–92019 Nottingham Open – Men's Singles|Nottingham, Great BritainChallengerGrass Daniel Evans6–7, 3–6
Win14–92019 President's Cup – Men's Singles|Nur-Sultan, KazakhstanChallengerHard Sebastian Korda7–6, 3–6, 6–4
Loss14–102019 Brest Challenger – Singles|Brest, FranceChallengerHard Ugo Humbert2–6, 3–6

Doubles: 10 (4–6)

ResultW–LDateTournamentTierSurfacePartnerOpponentsScore
Loss0–1Russia F3, MoscowFuturesClay Vladimir Karusevich Mikhail Elgin
Alexey Kedryuk		3–6, 0–6
Win1–1Russia F2, TyumenFuturesCarpet Danila Arsenov Vladyslav Klymenko
Aleksandr Yarmola		7–5, 7–6
Loss1–2Ukraine F3, IllichevskFuturesClay Victor Kozin Denys Molchanov
Artem Smirnov		4–6, 7–6,
Loss1–3Russia F2, TyumenFuturesCarpet Konstantin Kravchuk Alexey Kedryuk
Denis Matsukevitch		3–6, 7–6,
Win2–3Russia F3, MoscowFuturesClay Ilya Belyaev David Savić
Artem Sitak		1–6, 7–6,
Loss2–4France F7, GrasseFuturesClay Ilya Belyaev Olivier Charroin
Vincent Stouff		6–4, 2–6,
Win3–42011 IPP Trophy – Doubles|Geneva, SwitzerlandChallengerHard Igor Andreev James Cerretani
Adil Shamasdin		7–6, 7–6
Loss3–52012 Morocco Tennis Tour – Casablanca – Doubles|Casablanca, MoroccoChallengerClay Andrey Kuznetsov Walter Trusendi
Matteo Viola		6–1, 6–7,
Loss3–62012 Aegon Nottingham Challenge – Men's Doubles|Nottingham, Great BritainChallengerGrass Andrey Kuznetsov Olivier Charroin
Martin Fischer		4–6, 6–7
Win4–62017 Open de Rennes – Doubles|Rennes, FranceChallengerHard Mikhail Elgin Julian Knowle
Jonathan Marray		6–4, 3–6,

Performance timeline

Current through the 2018 US Open.

Singles

Doubles

Davis Cup

Participations: (5–6)


Record against top 10 players

Donskoy's match record against those who have been ranked in the top 10 is as follows:
As of 8 August 2018
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