Artem Sitak Explained

Artem Sitak
Country: (2002–2010)
(2011–)
Residence:Auckland, New Zealand
Birth Date:8 February 1986
Birth Place:Orenburg, Russia (then part of Soviet Union)
Turnedpro:2001
Retired:January 2024
Plays:Right-handed (two-handed backhand)
Careerprizemoney:US $1,194,577
Singlesrecord:5–6
Singlestitles:0
Highestsinglesranking:No. 299 (11 August 2008)
Australianopenjuniorresult:1R (2003)
Wimbledonjuniorresult:1R (2002)
Doublesrecord:155–174
Doublestitles:5
Highestdoublesranking:No. 32 (10 September 2018)
Australianopendoublesresult:3R (2015)
Frenchopendoublesresult:3R (2018)
Wimbledondoublesresult:QF (2018)
Usopendoublesresult:2R (2014, 2016, 2018)
Australianopenmixedresult:1R (2016, 2018, 2019)
Frenchopenmixedresult:2R (2017)
Wimbledonmixedresult:QF (2019)
Usopenmixedresult:2R (2017)

Artem Yurievich Sitak (;[1] [2] Russian: Артём Юрьевич Ситак|Artyom Sitak; born 8 February 1986) is a Russian-born New Zealand former professional tennis player. On 11 August 2008, he reached his highest ATP singles ranking of World No. 299, whilst his highest doubles ranking of World No. 32 was reached on 10 September 2018, after the US Open. He is the younger brother of Dmitri Sitak, who was also a professional tennis player.[3]

Junior years

Coached during the 1990s by Santini, as a 13-year-old in 1999, Sitak received a wildcard into the main draw of an ITF junior tournament in Russia as a 13-year-old in 1999. He was defeated by Evgeni Smirnov 6–4, 6–1. The following year he entered the qualifying draw of the same tournament, and defeated future ATP top 50 player Denis Istomin 6–0, 6–1 to win his first ITF junior match. Sitak was taken out in the third and final round of qualifying by a future ATP top 100 player Teymuraz Gabashvili 6–4, 7–5.

At the age of 14, Sitak won the prestigious Orange Bowl.

Sitak made his first junior Grand Slam appearance at the age of 15 at the 2002 Australian Open where he was beaten in straight sets by Australian Christopher Roman. Sitak's last junior tournament came a year later at the 2003 Australian Open where he was eliminated by Korean Suk Hyun-joon in the first round.

Professional career

2002: Pro debut

Sitak began his senior career in 2002 at a challenger event in Togliatti, Russia, where he received a wildcard into the main draw but fell in the first round to Thomas Blake, older brother of former top 10 player James Blake.

2005: First Futures title

Sitak's first title came in 2005 in a Russian Futures tournament, where he defeated Pavel Chekhov 4–6, 6–4, 6–4 in the final.

2011

Sitak began 2011 under the New Zealand flag and received a wildcard into the 2011 Heineken Open qualifying, where he was defeated by Frenchman Ludovic Walter 6–3, 6–4 in the first round.

2012

He won the men's singles in the Ojai Tennis Tournament in 2012.[4]

2014: First ATP doubles title

Sitak partnered Polish tennis player Mateusz Kowalczyk to win the 2014 MercedesCup doubles title, defeating Philipp Oswald and Guillermo García López 2–6, 6–1, 10–7 in the final.

2017: New partnership with Koolhof

Sitak's long-running doubles partnership with Nicholas Monroe came to an end after Wimbledon in 2017, and he subsequently teamed up with Dutch player Wesley Koolhof. They reached the final in Atlanta, losing to the Bryan brothers, and lost in the first round at the US Open before winning a Challenger event in Szczecin, Poland, and losing another ATP final, this time in Metz, to Julien Benneteau and Édouard Roger-Vasselin.

2018

Starting the new year in Brisbane, Sitak and Koolhof lost in the semi-finals to Leonardo Mayer and Horacio Zeballos. They lost in the first round in Auckland to Michael Venus and Raven Klaasen, and then 7–6(5), 4–6, 4–6 in the second round of the Australian Open to the eventual winners, Oliver Marach and Mate Pavić. Although they were not in the original draw for the Mixed Doubles, Sitak and Olga Savchuk teamed up as alternates after an injury to Anastasia Rodionova in her women's doubles match meant that she and Marach could not participate. They were beaten in a first-round match tie-break by Nadiia Kichenok and Marcel Granollers.

Sitak and Koolhof then went to Newport Beach in California where, as top seeds, they lost in the first round, 2–6, 1–6, to Treat Huey and Denis Kudla. After that came the Davis Cup where, in Tianjin, Sitak and Marcus Daniell lost their doubles tie to the lowly-ranked Chinese pair of Gong Mao-Xin and Zhang Ze. Sitak and Koolhof then lost in the quarter-finals at Montpellier before going all the way to the final in the New York Open, being beaten by Max Mirnyi and Philipp Oswald in a match tie-break. They followed that up with a first round loss at Delray Beach to Scott Lipsky and Divij Sharan.

Their up and down season continued in Brazil, where they reached the final in São Paulo, but were beaten in straight sets by Federico Delbonis and Máximo González. Their next stop was Irving, Texas, where they lost in the semi-finals of the ATP Challenger to Alexander Peya and Philipp Petzschner. Moving to Europe, and playing in the Alicante Challenger in Spain as preparation for the European clay court season, they won their second title together when they beat Guido Andreozzi and Ariel Behar 6–3, 6–2, in the final, but they lost in the first round of their next tournament in Marrakech. In the Hungarian Open they beat the top seeds Nikola Mektić and Alexander Peya in the first round, but lost in the second to Marcin Matkowski and Sitak's former partner Nicholas Monroe.

Their next tournament was at Estoril where they went all the way to the final before losing to the British pair of Kyle Edmund and Cameron Norrie, 2–6, 4–6. They then lost in the first round of the Bordeaux Challenger tournament after Sitak had been hit in the right ear by a smash from Radu Albot, and also in the first round in Geneva, the last tournament before the French Open.

At Roland Garros, Sitak and Koolhof beat Andre Begemann and Antonio Šančić in the first round, then the ninth seeds Ivan Dodig and Rajeev Ram, before going down to fifth seeds Juan Sebastián Cabal and Robert Farah. All three matches went to a deciding set. After the tournament finished it was announced that the pair would split, with Koolhof joining Sitak's fellow New Zealander, and former partner, Marcus Daniell, and Sitak linking up with Indian Divij Sharan.[5]

Sitak and Sharan's first tournament together was at 's-Hertogenbosch, where they were beaten in the semi-finals by Michael Venus and Raven Klaasen. They then lost in a big upset in the first round of qualifying at Halle, before finding top seeds Cabal and Farah their nemesis in the first round at Eastbourne.

They reached the quarter-finals at Wimbledon, the best-ever result in a Grand Slam tournament for either of them. They had to come from two sets down in both their second and third round matches, against Julio Peralta and Horacio Zeballos and Marcin Matkowski and Jonathan Erlich respectively, before lining up against Mike Bryan and Jack Sock in the quarter-finals. There were three tie-break sets to start, and just one loss of serve in the fourth set was enough to seal their defeat at the hands of the eventual champions. In mixed doubles, Sitak teamed up with Ukrainian Lyudmyla Kichenok to beat Argentina's Leonardo Mayer and María Irigoyen, but he withdrew from the second round due to fatigue from the length of the men's doubles matches.

Sitak teamed up with Erlich for the Hall of Fame Championships in Newport, marching imperiously to the final, where they very quickly swept aside clay-court specialists Marcelo Arévalo and Miguel Ángel Reyes-Varela. Sitak maintained that it was their experience which counted – it was the 39th ATP final for Erlich, and the 11th for Sitak, but just the first for both their opponents.

Moving on to Washington, D.C. for the Citi Open, Sitak and Sharan beat Jamie Cerretani and Leander Paes in the first round before losing to Jamie Murray and Bruno Soares in the quarter-finals. Sitak then entered the Toronto Masters with Stefanos Tsitsipas, and received a first-round call up as an alternate for a withdrawn pair. They ended up playing Michael Venus and Raven Klaasen, and lost 6–4, 6–4. Moving on to Cincinnati for the next Masters event, the pair qualified for direct acceptance. In the first round they were drawn against Ivan Dodig and Robin Haase, and lost in a match tie-break.

In his last tournament before the US Open, Sitak teamed up with Aisam-ul-Haq Qureshi at Winston-Salem. They beat Max Mirnyi and Philipp Oswald, then Marcelo Demoliner and Santiago González, before falling to Jamie Cerretani and Leander Paes in the semi-final. In the US Open, Sitak and Sharan lost to eventual runners-up Łukasz Kubot and Marcelo Melo in the second round, while Sitak and Lyudmyla Kichenok were beaten in a tight first round battle in the mixed doubles, losing 10–8 in the match tie-break to fourth seeds Latisha Chan and Ivan Dodig.

The US Open was followed by New Zealand's Davis Cup tie against Korea in Gimcheon, where Sitak and debutant Ajeet Rai were successful in their doubles rubber. However, New Zealand lost the tie 3–2, and were relegated to Group II of the Asia/Oceania zone for the first time in five years. Dashing back to France for what turned out to be just one match, Sitak, again with Qureshi, lost in the first round at Metz to Oliver Marach and Jürgen Melzer. Reunited with Sharan a week later in China, they were upset in the first round of the Chengdu Open by Austin Krajicek and Jeevan Nedunchezhiyan.

In the Japan Open they drew Jamie Murray and Bruno Soares in the first round, and lost in straight sets, and then were able to get into the Shanghai Masters as an alternate entry, where they lost in the second round to Kubot and Melo, who went on to win the title. Their next event was the European Open in Antwerp where, as fourth seeds, they lost to second seeds Nicolas Mahut and Édouard Roger-Vasselin in an entertaining semi-final.

From there they travelled to Basel for the Swiss Indoors Open, where they lost in an upset result in the semi-finals to Mischa and Alexander Zverev. They finished their season at the Paris Masters where, with only an hour's notice, they again took the court as an alternate. They beat Feliciano and Marc López in the first round, but lost in straight sets in the second round to the best team in the world for 2018, Mike Bryan and Jack Sock.

2019

With a new partner in the left-handed American Austin Krajicek, Sitak began 2019 in Brisbane, where they lost in the quarter-finals to Rajeev Ram and Joe Salisbury. They also lost in the quarter-finals in Auckland, this time to Bob and Mike Bryan, the former playing his first tournament since being injured in Monte Carlo and subsequently having surgery to replace his hip.

The Australian Open also saw them record a win and a loss, beating Leander Paes and Miguel Ángel Reyes-Varela in the first round, but losing a tight match to eventual semi-finalists Ryan Harrison and Sam Querrey in the second, 6–4, 7–6(5). Sitak had another new partner in the mixed doubles, teaming up with former World doubles number one Ekaterina Makarova. Seeded eighth, they lost in the first round to Andreja Klepač and Édouard Roger-Vasselin.

Sitak and Krajicek then lost in the first round at Montpellier before going to Rotterdam, where they got into the main draw as Lucky Losers, but again lost in the first round. The same fate awaited them in Rio de Janeiro, but they had far better luck in Acapulco, where they finished runners-up to Mischa and Alexander Zverev after easily taking the first set of the final. It was the first ATP500 series final for both Sitak and Krajicek.

Because of their relative rankings, Sitak found a new partner for Indian Wells in singles specialist Nikoloz Basilashvili, but they went out in the first round to eighth seeds Henri Kontinen and John Peers. That meant that he and Krajicek were able to go straight to Phoenix, where they had walk-overs in the first two rounds of the Phoenix Challenger, beat Jamie Cerretani and Nicholas Monroe in the semi-finals, and lost to Jamie Murray and Neal Skupski in the final.

From there they went to Miami, where they lost in the first round, and on to Houston for the US Clay Court Championships, where they lost to the Skupski brothers in the semi-finals. That was followed by a loss in qualifying in Barcelona and a quarter-final loss in Munich before a first round loss in Madrid, where they had got in as an alternate pair.

They also got into the Italian Open as an alternate pair, and this time made it to the second round, losing to eventual champions Juan Sebastián Cabal and Robert Farah. Another first round loss, this time as second seeds in Geneva, preceded their attempt at the French Open, where Krajicek dropped a bombshell just a couple of days before their first round match by announcing that he would be ending their partnership after this tournament.[6] Seeded 16th, the pair didn't have a single practice together before losing in the first round to Hsieh Cheng-peng and Christopher Rungkat. He and Makoto Ninomiya played mixed doubles together, but lost in a first round match tie-break to eventual semi-finalists Nadiia Kichenok and Aisam-ul-Haq Qureshi.

Sitak had different partners for each of his first three grass tournaments before winning the Antalya Open with Jonathan Erlich in a week where the on-court temperatures seldom dropped below 40 degrees Celsius. They defeated Ivan Dodig and Filip Polášek in straight sets in the final, having beaten French Open champions Kevin Krawietz and Andreas Mies in the first round. At Wimbledon Sitak and Erlich lost in the first round to Máximo González and Horacio Zeballos, but Sitak went much further in the mixed doubles.

Although he and Laura Siegemund made it to the quarter-finals before losing to fifth seeds Květa Peschke and Wesley Koolhof, it's their first round match against Darija Jurak and Ken Skupski which will go down in history, the sprinklers facing Sitak and Siegemund bursting into life as they sat down with the score at 4–3 in the final set.[7] The match was eventually moved to another court to be finished. As if that wasn't enough, their top quality third round match against third seeds Gabriela Dabrowski and Mate Pavić took three hours and 17 minutes, becoming the first mixed doubles match to require Wimbledon's innovation of a tie-break at 12–12 in the final set.

Sitak and Erlich were unable to defend their title in Newport, losing in the first round, before Sitak teamed up with Radu Albot to reach the semi-finals in Atlanta, but they lost in the first round in Los Cabos. Next up was the US Open, where Sitak and Denys Molchanov lost in the first round to second seeds Łukasz Kubot and Marcelo Melo. The same fate befell him in the mixed doubles, where he and Lucie Hradecká also lost in the first round.

Two more first round losses followed before Sitak reunited with Divij Sharan. Although losing their first match together, they reached the quarter-finals of the Japan Open. They made the Paris Masters as alternates, beating Pavić and Bruno Soares in the first round before losing to Jérémy Chardy and Fabrice Martin in the second. Two first round losses in Challenger events ended the 2019 season for Sitak.

2020

Sitak had a six-week break before he and Sharan started the new year with a first round loss in Doha. They were more successful in Auckland, upsetting top seeds John Peers and Michael Venus in the first round before losing a tight match in the second against Sander Gillé and Joran Vliegen. They lost in the second round of the Australian Open to Mate Pavić and Bruno Soares and in the first round in Pune when seeded second. Then followed three tournaments with a win and a loss – New York, Delray Beach (where they lost to eventual champions Bob and Mike Bryan) and the Chilean capital, Santiago.

The following week saw the pair split up to play for their respective countries in the Davis Cup, with Sitak joining Marcus Daniell for the first time in two years as New Zealand played Venezuela for the first time ever, in Auckland. It was a successful return, as the pair won their rubber in straight sets to help New Zealand to a 3–1 win and a place in the next round, against South Korea. Just a day later came the news that the partnership with Sharan was over, the Indian deciding that their results weren't good enough to justify continuing as a pair.[8] That was followed by the suspension of all international tennis due to the COVID-19 coronavirus.

Sitak returned to action in August with a new partner, Slovakian Igor Zelenay. They lost in the first round in two Challenger events in Prague, but took their first title at the third attempt, in Ostrava. They were the only alternate team to get into the French Open, but lost in the first round, as they did in a Challenger in Parma. They fared better at a new ATP250 tournament in Santa Margherita di Pula, Sardinia, losing in the quarter-finals to eventual winners Marcus Daniell and Philipp Oswald, but this was their last tournament together.

With partners for just one tournament at a time, Sitak lost in the quarter-finals in Istanbul and Nur-Sultan, and in the first round of the Paris Masters. He got to the quarter-finals of the Sofia Open in Bulgaria before flying to South America for a final Challenger event, reaching the semi-finals in Lima.

2021

The early part of 2021 saw Sitak continue to criss-cross the globe. Starting in Australia, Sitak and Federico Delbonis lost in the second round of the Great Ocean Road Open to fellow New Zealanders Marcus Daniell and Michael Venus, before Sitak and Jonny O'Mara were eliminated in the first round of the Australian Open by eventual runners-up Rajeev Ram and Joe Salisbury.

Sitak then paired up with Nicholas Monroe for the first time in several years, losing in the first round in three tournaments in South America before he moved north to Acapulco. Although he and Dominik Koepfer lost in the final qualifying round, they took their place in the main draw as Lucky Losers, but were beaten in a match tie-break by Marcelo Demoliner and Santiago González.

Sitak then headed to Europe, where he and Sergio Martos Gornés lost in the semi-finals of a Challenger event in Lugano, having won a marathon match-tie break (17–15) in their previous match. That was followed by first round losses in both a Challenger and an ATP tournament in Marbella.

At the 2021 Astana Open he reached the semifinal in doubles partnering Ričardas Berankis, where they lost to top seeds and eventual champions Santiago González and Andrés Molteni.[9]

2024: Retirement

In January 2024, Sitak announced that he would retire from professional tennis. He played his final professional match at the 2024 ASB Classic.[10]

ATP career finals

Doubles: 13 (5 titles, 8 runners-up)

Legend
Grand Slam tournaments (0–0)
ATP World Tour Finals (0–0)
ATP World Tour Masters 1000 (0–0)
ATP World Tour 500 Series (0–1)
ATP World Tour 250 Series (5–7)
Finals by surface
Hard (1–5)
Clay (1–3)
Grass (3–0)
Finals by setting
Outdoor (4–4)
Indoor (1–4)
ResultW–LDateTournamentTierSurfacePartnerOpponentsScore
Win1–0Stuttgart Open, Germany250 SeriesClay Mateusz Kowalczyk Guillermo García López
Philipp Oswald
2–6, 6–1, [10–7]
Win2–0Open Sud de France, France250 SeriesHard (i) Marcus Daniell Dominic Inglot
Florin Mergea
3–6, 6–4, [16–14]
Loss2–1Memphis Open, United States250 SeriesHard (i) Donald Young Mariusz Fyrstenberg
Santiago González
7–5, 6–7(1–7), [8–10]
Loss2–2Romanian Open, Romania250 SeriesClay Nicholas Monroe Marius Copil
Adrian Ungur
6–3, 5–7, [15–17]
Win3–2Stuttgart Open, Germany (2)250 SeriesGrass Marcus Daniell Oliver Marach
Fabrice Martin
6–7(4–7), 6–4, [10–8]
Loss3–3Atlanta Open, United States250 SeriesHard Wesley Koolhof Bob Bryan
Mike Bryan
3–6, 4–6
Loss3–4Moselle Open, France250 SeriesHard (i) Wesley Koolhof Julien Benneteau
Édouard Roger-Vasselin
5–7, 3–6
Loss3–5New York Open, United States250 SeriesHard (i) Wesley Koolhof Max Mirnyi
Philipp Oswald
4–6, 6–4, [6–10]
Loss3–6Brasil Open, Brazil250 SeriesClay (i) Wesley Koolhof Federico Delbonis
Máximo González
4–6, 2–6
Loss3–7Estoril Open, Portugal250 SeriesClay Wesley Koolhof Kyle Edmund
Cameron Norrie
4–6, 2–6
Win4–7Hall of Fame Open, United States250 SeriesGrass Jonathan Erlich Marcelo Arévalo
Miguel Ángel Reyes-Varela
6–1, 6–2
Loss4–8Mexican Open, Mexico500 SeriesHard Austin Krajicek Alexander Zverev
Mischa Zverev
6–2, 6–7(4–7), [5–10]
Win5–8Antalya Open, Turkey250 SeriesGrass Jonathan Erlich Ivan Dodig
Filip Polášek
6–3, 6–4

ATP Challenger and ITF Futures finals

Singles: 17 (5 titles, 12 runners-up)

Legend
ATP Challenger (0–0)
ITF Futures (5–12)
Finals by surface
Hard (4–8)
Clay (1–4)
Grass (0–0)
ResultW–LDateTournamentTierSurfaceOpponentScore
Loss0–1Qatar F5, DohaFuturesHard Melvyn op der Heijde4–6, 3–6
Loss0–2Spain F13, LanzaroteFuturesHard Jimmy Wang3–6, 3–6
Win1–2Russia F3, KorolyovFuturesClay Pavel Chekhov4–6, 6–4, 6–4
Loss1–3Russia F4, MoscowFuturesClay Vladimir Voltchkov6–7(4–7), 1–6
Loss1–4Portugal F3, AlbufeiraFuturesHard Victor Ioniță3–6, 4–6
Win2–4USA F6, McAllenFuturesHard Tim Smyczek6–4, 6–2
Win3–4USA F8, Little RockFuturesHard Matthew Roberts6–4, 6–3
Loss3–5USA F26, HammondFuturesHard Jean-Yves Aubone4–6, 0–6
Loss3–6USA F12, LoomisFuturesHard Jesse Witten6–4, 6–7(5–7), 2–6
Loss3–7Russia F7, Sergiyev PosadFuturesClay Evgeny Kirillov0–6, 3–6
Loss3–8USA F29, Amelia IslandFuturesClay Jack Sock6–7(5–7), 6–1, 3–6
Win4–8USA F7, McAllenFuturesHard Mario Ančić6–1, 6–4
Loss4–9USA F14, DavisFuturesHard Fritz Wolmarans3–6, 4–6
Loss4–10Russia F4, MoscowFuturesClay Mikhail Vasiliev6–7(3–7), 4–6
Loss4–11Mexico F7, MoreliaFuturesHard Marcel Felder6–2, 4–6, 4–6
Loss4–12USA F24, Costa MesaFuturesHard Steve Johnson3–6, 3–6
Win5–12Cambodia F2, Phnom PenhFuturesHard Alexander Ward6–4, 6–7(3–7), 7–6(7–4)

Doubles: 63 (30 titles, 33 runners-up)

Legend
ATP Challenger (15–19)
ITF Futures (15–14)
Finals by surface
Hard (20–20)
Clay (10–12)
Grass (0–0)
Carpet (0–1)
ResultW–LDateTournamentTierSurfacePartnerOpponentsScore
Win1–0Russia F1, Sergiyev PosadFuturesClay Dmitri Sitak Alexei Ageev
Alexander Markin
6–3, 6–2
Loss1–1Russia F3, ZhukovskyFuturesClay Dmitri Sitak Vitali Chvets
Alexey Sergeev
6–7(4–7), 1–5 ret.
Win2–1Qatar F3, DohaFuturesHard Dmitri Sitak Jaco Mathew
Ravishankar Pathanjali
6–3, 6–3
Win3–1Qatar F4, DohaFuturesHard Dmitri Sitak Yordan Kanev
Ilia Kushev
7–6(7–5), 6–0
Win4–1Qatar F5, DohaFuturesHard Dmitri Sitak Yordan Kanev
Ilia Kushev
Walkover
Loss4–2Spain F2, MurciaFuturesClay Gérald Brémond Antonio Baldellou-Esteva
Germán Puentes
3–6, 5–7
Loss4–3Uzbekistan F2, GulistonFuturesHard Dmitri Sitak Alexey Kedryuk
Sunil-Kumar Sipaeya
3–6, 6–1, 3–6
Win5–3Spain F12, La PalmaFuturesHard Dmitri Sitak Javier Genaro-Martinez
Daniel Vallverdu
7–6(8–6), 7–6(7–4)
Win6–3Russia F3, KorolyovFuturesClay Dmitri Sitak Victor Kozin
Alexei Miller
6–4, 7–6(7–4)
Win7–3Germany F2, StuttgartFuturesHard (i) Stéphane Bohli Philipp Marx
Torsten Popp
6–3, 7–5
Win8–3France F5, LilleFuturesHard (i) Stéphane Bohli Fred Gil
Filip Urban
6–1, 6–2
Loss8–4Penza, RussiaChallengerHard Denis Matsukevich Murad Inoyatov
Denis Istomin
1–6, 3–6
Loss8–5Tunisia F7, MégrineFuturesHard Ludwig Pellerin Patrick Briaud
Adam Davidson
3–6, 7–6(7–5), 4–6
Win9–5Italy F2, TrentoFuturesHard (i) Dmitri Sitak Raphael Durek
Joseph Sirianni
7–6(7–4), 6–3
Loss9–6Russia F2, TyumenFuturesHard (i) Dmitri Sitak Evgeny Kirillov
Konstantin Kravchuk
6–7(5–7), 4–6
Loss9–7Belarus F1, MinskFuturesHard Ivan Cerović Sergey Betov
Vladimir Voltchkov
4–6, 7–5, 3–6
Loss9–8Russia F4, MoscowFuturesClay Dmitri Sitak Alexandre Krasnoroutskiy
Denys Molchanov
4–6, 2–6
Win10–8Lubbock, USChallengerHard Roman Borvanov Alex Bogomolov
Dušan Vemić
6–2, 6–3
Loss10–9Russia F3, MoscowFuturesClay David Savić Ilya Belyaev
Evgeny Donskoy
6–1, 6–7(5–7), [10–12]
Win11–9USA F27, BirminghamFuturesClay Tigran Martirosyan Colt Gaston
Michael Venus
6–3, 6–4
Win12–9USA F28, NicevilleFuturesClay Tigran Martirosyan Sekou Bangoura
Denis Kudla
6–4, 7–5
Win13–9USA F6, HarlingenFuturesHard Cătălin-Ionuț Gârd Matej Bocko
Vladimir Obradović
6–4, 7–6(7–3)
Loss13–10Carson, USChallengerHard Leonardo Tavares Brian Battistone
Nicholas Monroe
7–5, 3–6, [4–10]
Win14–10Ojai, USChallengerHard Leonardo Tavares Harsh Mankad
Izak van der Merwe
4–6, 6–4, [10–8]
Win15–10Beijing, ChinaChallengerHard Pierre-Ludovic Duclos Sadik Kadir
Purav Raja
7–6(7–4), 7–6(7–5)
Loss15–11Russia F4, MoscowFuturesClay Anton Manegin Ilya Belyaev
David Savić
3–6, 3–6
Win16–11USA F9, Little RockFuturesHard Nima Roshan Taylor Fogleman
Benjamin Rogers
6–3, 7–5
Win17–11Mexico F7, MoreliaFuturesHard Marcus Daniell Ruben Gonzales
Chris Kwon
6–0, 6–3
Loss17–12Colombia F4, MedellínFuturesClay Peter Aarts Raony Carvalho
Fabiano de Paula
3–6, 3–6
Loss17–13USA F7, CalabasasFuturesHard Nima Roshan Carsten Ball
Andre Begemann
6–7(7–9), 4–6
Loss17–14Tallahassee, USChallengerHard Blake Strode Martin Emmrich
Andreas Siljeström
2–6, 6–7(4–7)
Loss17–15Turkey F38, AntalyaFuturesHard Edoardo Eremin Maxim Dubarenco
Brydan Klein
4–6, 6–3, [9–11]
Loss17–16USA F31, NicevilleFuturesClay Andrei Vasilevski Jason Jung
Ryan Thacher
5–7, 2–6
Loss17–17Nouméa, New CaledoniaChallengerHard Rubin Statham Sam Groth
Toshihide Matsui
6–7(6–8), 6–1, [4–10]
Win18–17Australia F4, IpswichFuturesHard Rubin Statham Jacob Grills
Dane Propoggia
6–3, 6–1
Loss18–18USA F9, Oklahoma CityFuturesHard Saketh Myneni Jean-Yves Aubone
Dennis Nevolo
1–6, 5–7
Loss18–19Oberstaufen, GermanyChallengerClay Stephan Fransen Dominik Meffert
Philipp Oswald
1–6, 6–3, [12–14]
Win19–19São Paulo, BrazilChallengerClay Roman Borvanov Sergio Galdós
Guido Pella
6–4, 7–6(7–3)
Loss19–20Toyota, JapanChallengerCarpet (i) Marcus Daniell Chase Buchanan
Blaž Rola
6–4, 3–6, [4–10]
Loss19–21León, MexicoChallengerHard Marcus Daniell Sam Groth
Chris Guccione
3–6, 4–6
Win20–21Rome, ItalyChallengerClay Radu Albot Andrea Arnaboldi
Flavio Cipolla
4–6, 6–2, [11–9]
Loss20–22Arad, RomaniaChallengerClay Radu Albot Franko Škugor
Antonio Veić
4–6, 6–7(3–7)
Win21–22Granby, CanadaChallengerHard Marcus Daniell Jordan Kerr
Fabrice Martin
7–6(7–5), 5–7, [10–5]
Loss21–23Vancouver, CanadaChallengerHard Marcus Daniell Austin Krajicek
John-Patrick Smith
3–6, 6–4, [8–10]
Loss21–24Traralgon, AustraliaChallengerHard Marcus Daniell Brydan Klein
Dane Propoggia
6–7(6–8), 6–3, [6–10]
Loss21–25Yokohama, JapanChallengerHard Marcus Daniell Bradley Klahn
Matt Reid
6–4, 4–6, [7–10]
Loss21–26Aix-en-Provence, FranceChallengerClay Nicholas Monroe Robin Haase
Aisam-ul-Haq Qureshi
1–6, 2–6
Win22–26Aptos, USChallengerHard Chris Guccione Yuki Bhambri
Matthew Ebden
6–4, 7–6(7–2)
Loss22–27Tashkent, UzbekistanChallengerHard Andre Begemann Sergey Betov
Mikhail Elgin
4–6, 4–6
Win23–27Puebla, MexicoChallengerHard Marcus Daniell Santiago González
Mate Pavić
3–6, 6–2, [12–10]
Win24–27San Luis Potosí, MexicoChallengerClay Marcus Daniell Santiago González
Mate Pavić
6–3, 7–6(7–4)
Win25–27Guadalajara, MexicoChallengerHard Santiago González Luke Saville
John-Patrick Smith
6–3, 1–6, [10–5]
Loss25–28Bordeaux, FranceChallengerClay Santiago González Purav Raja
Divij Sharan
4–6, 4–6
Win26–28Szczecin, PolandChallengerClay Wesley Koolhof Aliaksandr Bury
Andreas Siljeström
6–1, 7–5
Win27–28Alicante, SpainChallengerClay Wesley Koolhof Guido Andreozzi
Ariel Behar
6–3, 6–2
Loss27–29Phoenix, USChallengerClay Austin Krajicek Jamie Murray
Neal Skupski
7–6(7–2), 5–7, [6–10]
Win28–29Ostrava, Czech RepublicChallengerClay Igor Zelenay Karol Drzewiecki
Szymon Walków
7–5, 6–4
Win29–29Saint-Tropez, FranceChallengerHard Antonio Šančić Manuel Guinard
Romain Arneodo
7–6(7–5), 6–4
Loss29–30Istanbul, TurkeyChallengerHard Antonio Šančić Radu Albot
Alexander Cozbinov
6–4, 5–7, [9–11]
Loss29–31Mexico City, MexicoChallengerClay Jonathan Eysseric Nicolás Jarry
Matheus Pucinelli de Almeida
2–6, 3–6
Loss29–32Granby, CanadaChallengerHard Jonathan Eysseric Julian Cash
Henry Patten
3–6, 2–6
Loss29–33Charlottesville, USAChallengerHard (i) Alex Lawson Julian Cash
Henry Patten
2–6, 4–6
Win30–33Little Rock, USAChallengerHard Nam Ji-sung Alexis Galarneau
Nicolas Moreno de Alboran
6–4, 6–4

Davis Cup (21)

Group membership
World Group (0)
Group I (12–5)
Group II (2–2)
Group III (0)
Group IV (0)
Results by surface
Hard (14–3)
Grass (0–1)
Clay (1–2)
Carpet (0–0)
Results by setting
Outdoors (6–3)
Indoors (9–3)

Note: walkover victory when Pakistan abandoned the tie in 2013 is not counted as a match played

Rubber outcomeNo.RubberMatch type (partner if any)Opponent nationOpponent player(s)Score
2–3; 4–6 March 2011; Sport Complex Pahlavon, Namangan, Uzbekistan; Group I Asia/Oceania First round; Clay (i) surface
Defeat1.ISingles UzbekistanFarrukh Dustov0–6, 3–6, 1–6
Victory1.IVSingles (dead rubber)Murad Inoyatov6–1, 6–7(5–7), 6–3
5–0; 8–10 July 2011; TSB Hub, Hāwera, New Zealand; Group I Asia/Oceania First round play-off; Hard (i) surface
Victory2.IIIDoubles (with Marcus Daniell) PhilippinesRuben Gonzales / Cecil Mamiit7–6(7–0), 6–3, 6–2
Victory3.VSingles (dead rubber)Cecil Mamiit6–4, 7–5
2–3; 10–12 February 2012; TECT Arena, Tauranga, New Zealand; Group I Asia/Oceania First round; Hard (i) surface
Victory4.IVSingles (dead rubber) UzbekistanMurad Inoyatov6–2, 3–6, 6–3
0–5; 14–16 September 2012; CLTA Tennis Stadium, Chandigarh, India; Group I Asia/Oceania First round play-off; Hard surface
Defeat2.VSingles (dead rubber) IndiaSanam Singh4–6, 1–6
2–3; 19–21 October 2012; Kaohsiung Yangming Tennis Courts, Kaohsiung, Taiwan; Group I Asia/Oceania Relegation playoff, 2nd round play-off; Hard surface
Victory5.VSingles (dead rubber) Chinese TaipeiYang Tsung-hua6–1, 7–6(7–3)
5–0; 1–3 February 2013; Albany Tennis Park, Auckland, New Zealand; Group II Asia/Oceania First round; Hard (i) surface
Victory6.IISingles LebanonKarim Alayli6–2, 6–1, 6–0
Victory7.VSingles (dead rubber)Michael Massih6–0, 6–0
4–1; 5–7 April 2013; Pun Hiang Golf & Country Club, Yangon, Myanmar; Group II Asia/Oceania Second round; Grass surface
Defeat3.ISingles PakistanAqeel Khan5–7, 6–3, 2–6, 5–7
Victory(not counted as match played)VSingles (dead rubber)Aisam-ul-Haq QureshiWalkover
3–2; 13–15 September 2013; Plantation Bay Resort & Spa, Lapu-Lapu, Philippines; Group II Asia/Oceania Third round; Clay surface
Defeat4.IIIDoubles (with Marcus Daniell) PhilippinesFrancis Casey Alcantara / Treat Huey4–6, 3–6, 4–6
4–1; 24–26 October 2014; Z Energy Wilding Park Tennis Centre, Christchurch, New Zealand; Group I Asia/Oceania Relegation play-off 2nd round play-off; Hard (i) surface
Victory8.IIIDoubles (with Marcus Daniell) Chinese TaipeiPeng Hsien-yin / Wang Chieh-fu6–0, 6–4, 6–2
Defeat5.IVSinglesYang Tsung-hua3–6, 7–5, 2–6
4–1; 6–8 March 2015; ASB Tennis Centre, Auckland, New Zealand; Group I Asia/Oceania First round; Hard surface
Victory9.IIIDoubles (with Marcus Daniell) ChinaLi Zhe / Zhang Ze6–7(3–7), 6–7(4–7), 7–6(7–1), 6–3, 6–2
2–3; 17–19 July 2015; Wilding Park Tennis Centre, Christchurch, New Zealand; Group I Asia/Oceania Second round; Hard (i) surface
Victory10.IIIDoubles (with Marcus Daniell) IndiaRohan Bopanna / Saketh Myneni6–3, 7–6(7–1), 6–3
1–3; 4–6 March 2016; Seoul Olympic Park Tennis Center, Seoul, South Korea; Group I Asia/Oceania Second round; Hard surface
Victory11.IIIDoubles (with Michael Venus) South KoreaLee Duck-hee / Lim Yong-kyu7–6(7–3), 6–4, 4–6, 6–4
1–4; 3–5 February 2017; Balewadi Sports Complex, Pune, India; Group I Asia/Oceania First round; Hard surface
Victory12.IIIDoubles (with Michael Venus) IndiaLeander Paes / Vishnu Vardhan3–6, 6–3, 7–6(8–6), 6–3
3–2; 7–9 April 2017; ASB Tennis Centre, Auckland, New Zealand; Group I Asia/Oceania Relegation play-off 1st round play-off; Hard surface
Victory13.IIIDoubles (with Marcus Daniell) South KoreaChung Hong / Lee Jea-moon6–2, 4–6, 6–4, 7–6(7–4)
1–3; 1–3 February 2018; Tianjin Tennis Center, Tianjin, China; Group I Asia/Oceania First round; Hard (i) surface
Defeat6.IIIDoubles (with Marcus Daniell) ChinaGong Maoxin / Zhang Ze4–6, 4–6
2–3; 14–15 September 2018; Gimcheon Sports Town Tennis Courts, Gimcheon, South Korea; Group I Asia/Oceania Relegation playoff, 2nd round playoff; Hard (i) surface
Victory14.IIIDoubles (with Ajeet Rai) South KoreaHong Seong-chan / Lee Jea-moon7–5, 6–3
3–1; 6–7 March 2020; ASB Tennis Centre, Auckland, New Zealand; World Group I Play-off, Play-off round; Hard surface
Victory15.IIIDoubles (with Marcus Daniell) VenezuelaLuis David Martínez / Jordi Muñoz Abreu6–3, 7–6(7–3)

Performance timelines

Doubles

Tournament200520062007200820092010201120122013201420152016201720182019202020212022
Grand Slam tournaments
Australian OpenAAAAAAAAAA3R1R2R2R2R2R1R1R0 / 86–8
French OpenAAAAAAAAAA2R2R1R3R1R1RAA0 / 64–6
WimbledonAAAAAAAAAQ12R1R3RQF1Rstyle=color:#767676NH1RA0 / 66–6
US OpenAAAAAAAAA2R1R2R1R2R1RAAA0 / 63–6
style=text-align:leftWin–loss0–00–00–00–00–00–00–00–00–01–14–42–43–47–41–41–20–20–10 / 2619–26
ATP World Tour Masters 1000
Indian Wells MastersAAAAAAAAAAAAAA1RNHAA0 / 10–1
Miami OpenAAAAAAAAAAAAAA1Rstyle=color:#767676NHAA0 / 10–1
Monte-Carlo MastersAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAstyle=color:#767676NHAA0 / 00–0
Madrid OpenAAAAAAAAAAAAAA1Rstyle=color:#767676NHAA0 / 10–1
Italian OpenAAAAAAAAAAAAAA2RAAA0 / 11–1
Canadian OpenAAAAAAAAAAAAA1RAstyle=color:#767676NHAA0 / 10–1
Cincinnati MastersAAAAAAAAAAAAA1RAAAA0 / 10–1
Shanghai MastersNot HeldAAAAAAAAA2RANHA0 / 11–1
Paris MastersAAAAAAAAAAAAA2R2R1RAA0 / 32–3
style=text-align:leftWin–loss0–00–00–00–00–00–00–00–00–00–00–00–00–02–42–50–10–00–00 / 104–10
National representation
Davis CupAAAAAAZ1Z1Z2Z1Z1Z1Z1Z1APOA0 / 010–2
Career statistics
Tournaments1000001114242423303012174172
style=text-align:leftTitles0000000001110110005
style=text-align:leftFinals00000000013124200014
style=text-align:leftOverall win–loss0–10–00–00–00–00–01–10–10–26–327–2321–2326–2336–2919–278–125–173–4152–166
Year-end ranking42341946751835418235735114468436255346278110

Mixed doubles

Although the US and French Opens took place in 2020, mixed doubles were not included in either event due to the COVID-19 coronavirus.

Tournament20152016201720182019202020212022
Grand Slam tournaments
Australian OpenA1RA1R1RAA0 / 30–3
French OpenAA2RA1Rstyle=color:#767676NHA0 / 21–2
Wimbledon3R2R2R2RQFstyle=color:#767676NHA0 / 58–5
US OpenAA2R1R1Rstyle=color:#767676NHA0 / 31–3
style=text-align:leftWin–loss2–11–23–31–33–40–00–00–00 / 1310–13

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Artem Sitak Wins '08 USTA Futures Event in Little Rock, AR. YouTube. nogreenmowers. 20 April 2008. 8 February 2018.
  2. Web site: The Crowd Goes Wild – featuring Artem Sitak and Marcus Daniell at the US Open. YouTube. Tennis New Zealand. 6 September 2016. 8 February 2018.
  3. News: Artem Sitak's biography at ITF . 9 January 2011 . 27 September 2013 . https://web.archive.org/web/20130927210157/http://www.itftennis.com/procircuit/players/player/profile.aspx?playerid=30022504 . dead .
  4. Web site: OJAI Records of Events Index . The Ojai Tennis Tournament . https://web.archive.org/web/20220922202728/http://ojaitourney.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/12/Past_Champions-070513.pdf . 22 September 2022 . dead.
  5. Web site: Big changes for Kiwi doubles players for grass court season. NZ Herald. 20 June 2018.
  6. Web site: Tennis: Kiwi doubles ace Artem Sitak reveals partner's bombshell just before French Open. The New Zealand Herald. 19 May 2019. 20 April 2020.
  7. Web site: Rogue sprinkler causes chaos at Wimbledon. Australian Broadcasting Corporation. 6 July 2019. 20 April 2020.
  8. News: Artem Sitak on the hunt for another doubles partner after Divij Sharan splits. Stuff. 9 March 2020. 11 May 2020.
  9. Web site: Santiago González and Andrés Molteni Reach Nur-Sultan Final.
  10. Web site: Long. David. 10 January 2024. Artem Sitak gets special send off at ASB Classic after final match of his career. Stuff. 10 January 2024.