Igor Kunitsyn Explained

Igor Kunitsyn
Игорь Куницын
Residence:Vladivostok, Russia
Birth Date:30 September 1981
Birth Place:Vladivostok, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union
Turnedpro:1999
Retired:2013
Plays:Right-handed (two-handed backhand)
Careerprizemoney:$2,861,069
Singlesrecord:89–152
Singlestitles:1
Highestsinglesranking:No. 35 (6 July 2009)
Australianopenresult:2R (2010, 2011)
Frenchopenresult:1R (2007, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012)
Wimbledonresult:2R (2006, 2009, 2011)
Usopenresult:3R (2011)
Doublesrecord:65–87
Doublestitles:1
Highestdoublesranking:No. 49 (9 June 2008)
Australianopendoublesresult:2R (2009)
Frenchopendoublesresult:SF (2008)
Wimbledondoublesresult:2R (2007, 2008)
Usopendoublesresult:3R (2008)
Wimbledonmixedresult:1R (2008)
Team:yes
Daviscupresult:SF (2008)
Updated:27 May 2022

Igor Konstantinovich Kunitsyn (Russian: И́горь Константи́нович Куни́цын||ˈiɡərʲ kʊˈnʲitsɨn; born September 30, 1981) is a retired tennis player from Russia. He made it into the top 100 for the first time in 2006, and reached a career-high singles ranking of world No. 35 in July 2009.[1]

Early life

Kunitsyn was raised by his grandparents in Vladivostok, on the eastern coast of Russia when he was young. He started playing tennis at age seven.[1]

Tennis career

Kunitsyn is arguably best known for two matches against compatriot Marat Safin. The first of which was at the 2007 Tennis Channel Open's round-robin stage. Kunitsyn had won the first set, and had an early break in the second before Safin fought back and then got a 5–3 lead. While serving for the match, Kunitsyn broke Safin and then held to get it to 5–5. The set went to a tiebreaker which Safin won. Kunitsyn was still dangerous, as he won the first three games of the third set, before losing the next four. Kunitsyn performed the same as before, and broke Safin again to get the set on equal terms. At 5–5, Kunitsyn suffered a service break and Safin ultimately won the third set 7–5. The pair met again in the final of the Kremlin Cup, an ATP tournament played in Moscow. Kunitsyn defeated the former two-time Grand Slam winner and world No. 1.

In August 2008, he made the semifinals of the Legg Mason Tennis Classic, beating Mischa Zverev, Fabio Fognini, and Somdev Devvarman, before losing Viktor Troicki.

In June 2009, he lost to Israeli Dudi Sela, at 's-Hertogenbosch in the Netherlands in a grass-court tune-up for Wimbledon. In Wimbledon, he defeated Wimbledon debutant wildcard Grigor Dimitrov due to retirement after suffering a knee injury, before he lost to Andy Roddick in the second round in four sets, winning the third set. Following the tournament, he reached his career-high singles ranking of World No. 35 on 6 July 2009.

Heavily favored Russia was hosted by Israel in a Davis Cup quarterfinal tie in July 2009, on indoor hard courts at the Nokia Arena in Tel Aviv. With Israel having won the first two matches, in what proved to be the deciding third match Israelis Andy Ram and Jonathan Erlich beat Kunitsyn and Marat Safin, 6–3, 6–4, 6–7, 4–6, 6–4, in front of a boisterous crowd of over 10,000.[2] Israel defeated Russia 4–1 for the win.[3]

At the 2009 Indianapolis Tennis Championships in July, Kunistyn was beaten in the second round by 23-year-old American Wayne Odesnik.[4]

In 2012 Wimbledon, he lost his first-round match to Go Soeda.[5]

ATP career finals

Singles: 1 (1 title)

Legend
Grand Slam Tournaments (0–0)
ATP World Tour Finals (0–0)
ATP Masters 1000 Series (0–0)
ATP 500 Series (0–0)
ATP 250 Series (1–0)
Finals by surface
Hard (1–0)
Clay (0–0)
Grass (0–0)
Carpet (0–0)
Finals by setting
Outdoors (0–0)
Indoors (1–0)

Doubles: 4 (1 title, 3 runner-ups)

Legend
Grand Slam Tournaments (0–0)
ATP World Tour Finals (0–0)
ATP Masters 1000 Series (0–0)
ATP 500 Series (0–0)
ATP 250 Series (1–3)
Finals by surface
Hard (1–1)
Clay (0–0)
Grass (0–2)
Carpet (0–0)
Finals by setting
Outdoors (0–2)
Indoors (1–1)
ResultW–LDateTournamentTierSurfacePartnerOpponentsScore
Loss0–1Nottingham, Great BritainInternational SeriesGrass Dmitry Tursunov Jonathan Erlich
Andy Ram		3–6, 2–6
Loss0–2Newport, United StatesInternational SeriesGrass Nathan Healey Jordan Kerr
Jim Thomas		3–6, 5–7
Loss0–3Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia250 SeriesHard Jaroslav Levinský Mariusz Fyrstenberg
Marcin Matkowski		2–6, 1–6
Win1–3Moscow, Russia250 SeriesHard Dmitry Tursunov Janko Tipsarević
Viktor Troicki		7–6(10–8), 6–3

ATP Challenger and ITF Futures finals

Singles: 26 (14–12)

Legend
ATP Challenger (8–8)
ITF Futures (6–4)
Finals by surface
Hard (11–10)
Clay (3–1)
Grass (0–0)
Carpet (0–1)
ResultW–LDateTournamentTierSurfaceOpponentScore
Loss0–1Belarus F1, MinskFuturesCarpet Dmitriy Tomashevich4–6, 6–7
Win1–1Ukraine F2, GorlovkaFuturesClay Kirill Ivanov-Smolensky7–6, 6–3
Win2–1Russia F3, TolyattiFuturesHard Artem Derepasko6–2, 6–4
Loss2–2Fergana, UzbekistanChallengerHard Vladimir Voltchkov6–4, 0–6, 4–6
Loss2–3Tolyatti, RussiaChallengerHard Vadim Kutsenko4–6, 1–6
Win3–3Italy F7, TorinoFuturesClay Éric Prodon6–4, 6–1
Win4–3USA F2, Delray BeachFuturesHard Giorgio Galimberti6–4, 6–2
Loss4–4Croatia F1, ZagrebFuturesHard Lovro Zovko6–4, 1–6, 6–7(6–8)
Loss4–5Croatia F2, ZagrebFuturesHard Lovro Zovko2–6, 6–3, 6–7(5–7)
Loss4–6Uzbekistan F1, KarshiFuturesHard Jimmy Wang5–7, 4–6
Win5–6Uzbekistan F4, NamanganFuturesHard Tuomas Ketola6–3, 6–3
Loss5–7Seoul, South KoreaChallengerHard Werner Eschauer2–6, ret.
Loss5–8Wrocław, PolandChallengerHard Karol Kučera2–6, 1–6
Win6–8Uzbekistan F2, GulistonFuturesHard Ivan Cerović7–5, 6–2
Win7–8Fergana, UzbekistanChallengerHard Prakash Amritraj6–4, 7–5
Win8–8Tolyatti, RussiaChallengerHard Viktor Bruthans6–1, 6–2
Win9–8Saransk, RussiaChallengerClay Boris Pashanski7–5, 6–4
Win10–8Shrewsbury, United KingdomChallengerHard Igor Sijsling6–2, 6–4
Loss10–9Baton Rouge, United StatesChallengerHard Bobby Reynolds3–6, 7–6(7–3), 5–7
Loss10–10Bordeaux, FranceChallengerClay Eduardo Schwank2–6, 2–6
Win11–10Donetsk, UkraineChallengerHard Sergey Bubka6–3, 6–3
Win12–10Astana, KazakhstanChallengerHard Konstantin Kravchuk4–6, 7–6(7–5), 7–6(7–3)
Loss12–11Astana, KazakhstanChallengerHard Ivan Dodig4–6, 3–6
Loss12–12San José, Costa RicaChallengerHard Giovanni Lapentti5–7, 3–6
Win13–12Cremona, ItalyChallengerHard Rainer Schüttler6–2, 7–6(7–2)
Win14–12Karshi, UzbekistanChallengerHard Dzmitry Zhyrmont7–6(12–10), 6–2

Doubles: 11 (5–6)

Legend
ATP Challenger (4–4)
ITF Futures (1–2)
Finals by surface
Hard (4–4)
Clay (0–2)
Grass (0–0)
Carpet (1–0)
ResultW–LDateTournamentTierSurfacePartnerOpponentsScore
Loss0–1Uzbekistan F2, AndijanFuturesHard Rik de Voest Jordan Kerr
Tuomas Ketola		7–5, 2–6, 1–6
Win1–1Fergana, UzbekistanChallengerHard Rik de Voest Simon Larose
Michael Tebbutt		6–1, 6–7(4–7), 6–3
Loss1–2Uzbekistan F1, QarshiFuturesHard Dmitri Vlasov Ivan Cerović
Lazar Magdinchev		3–6, 6–2, 4–6
Win2–2Segovia, SpainChallengerHard Vladimir Voltchkov Daniel Muñoz de la Nava
Iván Navarro		3–6, 6–3, 6–2
Loss2–4Bronx, United StatesChallengerHard Uros Vico Huntley Montgomery
Tripp Phillips		6–7(6–8), 7–6(10–8), 2–6
Loss2–5Kiev, UkraineChallengerClay Yuri Schukin Albert Portas
Sergio Roitman		1–6, 1–6
Win3–5Donetsk, UkraineChallengerHard Uros Vico Marco Chiudinelli
Lovro Zovko		3–6, 6–3, 6–4
Win4–5Belgrade, SerbiaChallengerCarpet Orest Tereshchuk Lukáš Dlouhý
Jan Vacek		walkover
Win5–5Uzbekistan F1, QarshiFuturesHard Sergei Demekhine Murad Inoyatov
Denis Istomin		6–4, 5–7, 6–4
Loss5–6Heilbronn, GermanyChallengerHard Aisam Qureshi Rik de Voest
Bobby Reynolds		6–7(2–7), 7–6(7–5), [4–10]
Loss5–7Braunschweig, GermanyChallengerClay Yuri Schukin Leonardo Tavares
Simone Vagnozzi		5–7, 6–7(4–7)

Performance timelines

Singles

Tournament20002001200220032004200520062007200820092010201120122013SRW–LWin%
Grand Slam tournaments
Australian OpenAAAQ1Q1Q1A1RQ31R2R2R1RQ20 / 52–5
French OpenAAQ1Q2AAQ21RA1R1R1R1RQ10 / 50–5
WimbledonAAQ21RQ2Q22R1R1R2R1R2R1RQ30 / 83–8
US OpenQ1A1RQ2Q1Q21R2R1R1RA3RAQ20 / 63–6
style=text-align:leftWin–loss0–00–00–10–10–00–01–21–40–21–41–34–40–30–00 / 248–24
ATP World Tour Masters 1000
Indian WellsAAAAAQ1A1R1R2RAA1RQ10 / 41–4
MiamiAAAAAQ11R1R1R2RA2R2RA0 / 63–6
Monte CarloAAAAAAAQ2A1RQ2AAA0 / 10–1
RomeAAAQ1AAQ2Q2A1RAAAA0 / 10–1
HamburgAAAQ1AAAAAAAAAA0 / 10–1
MadridNot HeldAAAAAAA1RAQ1AA0 / 10–1
CanadaAAAAAAAAA1RAAAA0 / 10–1
CincinnatiAAAQ1AAAAA2RAAAA0 / 11–1
ShanghaiNot Held2RAAAA0 / 11–1
ParisAAAAAAAAAAA2RAA0 / 10–1
style=text-align:leftWin–loss0–00–00–00–00–00–00–10–20–24–80–01–21–20–00 / 176–17

Doubles

Tournament2003200420052006200720082009201020112012SRW–LWin%
Grand Slam tournaments
Australian OpenAAAA1R1R2R2RA2R0 / 53–5
French OpenAAAAQFbgcolor=yellowSFQFA1R1R0 / 510–5
WimbledonQ1AAA2R2R1RAAA0 / 32–3
US OpenAAAA1R3R1RA1RA0 / 42–4
style=text-align:leftWin–loss0–00–00–00–04–47–44–41–10–21–20 / 1717–17
ATP World Tour Masters 1000
Indian WellsAAAAAA1RAAA0 / 10–1
MiamiAAAAAA1RAAA0 / 10–1
CanadaAAAAAA1RAAA0 / 10–1
CincinnatiAAAAAA1RAAA0 / 10–1
style=text-align:leftWin–loss0–00–00–00–00–00–00–40–00–00–00 / 40–4

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Igor Kunitsyn – Overview – ATP World Tour – Tennis. atpworldtour.com.
  2. http://fr.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?cid=1246443776842&pagename=JPost/JPArticle/ShowFull "Netanyahu: Davis Cup team has filled nation with pride"
  3. Web site: Netanyahu to Israel tennis team: You put Israel back on the map . . Mirkaei Tikshoret Ltd . Sinai, Allon . 4 July 2009 . 3 July 2013 .
  4. Web site: Tennis News, Videos, Results, Rankings, Photos, Schedule – FOX Sports on MSN . 2009-07-23 . https://archive.today/20120711082850/http://msn.foxsports.com/tennis/story/9833664/Sela,-Kunitsyn-ousted-from-Indy-in-2nd-round . 2012-07-11 . dead .
  5. Web site: Igor Kunitsyn. . 2012-06-27.

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