| 1910 |
(immigrated to  after 1918) | present-day
Nadezhda Martynova-Danilevskaya
(immigrated to  after 1918) | In the USSR
See also: USSR Championships (tennis).
During the Soviet era, tennis was on the edge of survival due to its lack of appearance in the Olympic games, cost, and strong association with the Holstein-Gottorp-Romanov royal dynasty. From 1974 to 1984, Soviet tennis players had been forced by the Tennis Federation of the USSR to boycott all the international competitions, except for the Davis Cup, in an unsuccessful attempt of the government to influence apartheid in South Africa.[6] In addition, local men's tennis players were seriously bullied by the other Soviet sportspeople for competing in a 'girlie' sport.[7] [8] [9] At a certain point, about 80 percent of tennis coaches in the USSR were women.[10]
In 1976, The New York Times reported that while tennis was popular in the USSR, there was a scarcity of equipment, and no tennis clubs.[11]
Men's singles player(s) who won at least one ATP Tour-level tournament on grass
Men's singles player(s) who won at least one ATP Tour-level tournament on clay
- A. Chesnokov – 4 (Monte Carlo ATP-1000, Florence ATP-250, Nice ATP-250, Munich ATP-250)
- D. Poliakov — 1 (Umag ATP-250)
Women's singles player(s) who won at least one WTA Tour-level tournament on grass
Women's singles player(s) who won at least one WTA Tour-level tournament on clay
Players successfully competing for the USSR and/or CIS
Top inactive and/or retired players by the number of ATP / WTA Tour-level singles titles
| | | | | | | | | |
| | Post USSR
Since the end of the Soviet era, tennis has grown in popularity and Russia has produced many famous tennis players. In recent years, the number of top Russian women players has been considerable, with both Maria Sharapova (of Belarusian origin, be|Марыя Юр’еўна Шарапава|Maryja Jur’jeŭna Šarapava) and Dinara Safina (of Tatar origin, tt|Динара Мөбин кызы Сафина|translit=Dinara Mӧbin kızı Safina) reaching number one in the WTA rankings. Other Russian women to achieve international success include Anna Chakvetadze, Elena Dementieva, Svetlana Kuznetsova, Anastasia Myskina, Nadia Petrova, Vera Zvonareva and Anna Kournikova. The Russian Federation has won the Fed Cup 4 times, in 2004, 2005, 2007 and 2008.
At the Beijing 2008 Olympic Tennis Event, Russia swept the women's tennis podium with Elena Dementieva winning the gold, Dinara Safina and Vera Zvonareva the silver and bronze, respectively. As of 5 October 2009, four Russian women were ranked in the WTA tour's top 10.
Russia also boasts three former number 1 men's players–Safina's older brother Marat Safin (of Tatar origin, tt|Марат Мөбин улы Сафин|translit=Marat Möbin ulı Safin|links=no), Yevgeny Kafelnikov and Daniil Medvedev. Russian men currently in the top 10 include Daniil Medvedev and Andrey Rublev, the former of whom was a finalist at the 2019 US Open, 2021 Australian Open, 2022 Australian Open. He won the 2021 US Open.[12] Medvedev had briefly reached the number 1 ranking in February 2022, before being overtaken by Novak Djokovic. He reclaimed his first spot again in June 2022.[13] Medvedev was the first player to reach number 1 without being a member of the 'Big Four'; Novak Djokovic, Roger Federer, Andy Murray, and Rafael Nadal, since February 2004.[14]
Nevertheless, a majority of their projected target audience expects every successful tennis player from Russia to obtain foreign citizenship sooner or later, even if only for the sake of a better travel visa.[15] [16]
Championship winners
Inactive players
Top inactive and/or retired players by the number of ATP / WTA Tour-level singles titles (with 6 and more titles minimum)
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| | Men's singles players who won at least one ATP Tour-level tournament on grass
Active players in bold. Last updated after the 2021 Mallorca Championships.
- Y. Kafelnikov – 3 (Halle ATP-250)
- D. Tursunov – 2 (Eastbourne ATP-250, 's-Hertogenbosch ATP-250)
- D. Medvedev – 1 (Mallorca ATP-250)
Men's singles players who won at least one ATP Tour-level tournament on clay
Active players in bold. Last updated after the 2024 Mutua Madrid Open.
- N. Davydenko – 10 (Hamburg European Open ATP-500, 3 × Pörtschach ATP-250, 2 × Munich ATP-250, Umag ATP-250, Estoril ATP-250, Sopot ATP-250, Warsaw ATP-250)
- A. Rublev – 6 (Monte Carlo Masters ATP-1000, Madrid Open ATP-1000, Hamburg European Open ATP-500, Umag ATP-250, Belgrade ATP-250, Båstad ATP-250)
- Y. Kafelnikov – 3 (French Open GS-2000, Gstaad ATP-250, Prague ATP-250)
- M. Youzhny – 3 (Stuttgart Open ATP-250, Munich ATP-250, Gstaad ATP-250)
- M. Safin – 2 (Barcelona Open ATP-500, Mallorca ATP-250)
- I. Andreev – 2 (Valencia ATP-250, Palermo ATP-250)
- D. Medvedev – 1 (Italian Open ATP-1000)
Women's singles players who won at least one WTA Tour-level tournament on grass
Active players in bold. Last updated after the 2024 Bad Homburg Open.
- M. Sharapova – 3 (Wimbledon Championships GS-2000, 2 × Birmingham WTA-250)
- L. Samsonova – 2 (Berlin Open WTA-500, 's-Hertogenbosch WTA-250)
- E. Alexandrova – 2 ('s-Hertogenbosch WTA-250)
- S. Kuznetsova – 1 (Eastbourne International WTA-500)
- E. Makarova – 1 (Eastbourne International WTA-500)
- E. Vesnina – 1 (Eastbourne International WTA-500)
- D. Kasatkina – 1 (Eastbourne International WTA-500)
- D. Shnaider – 1 (Bad Homburg Open WTA-500)
- V. Zvonareva – 1 (Birmingham WTA-250)
- A. Chakvetadze – 1 ('s-Hertogenbosch WTA-250)
- N. Petrova – 1 ('s-Hertogenbosch WTA-250)
Women's singles players who won at least one WTA Tour-level tournament on clay
Active players in bold. Last updated after the 2024 Iași Open.
- M. Sharapova – 11 (2 × French Open GS-2000, 3 × Italian Open WTA-1000, Madrid Open WTA-1000, 3 × Stuttgart Open WTA-500, Amelia Island Championships WTA-500, Strasbourg WTA-250)
- D. Safina – 6 (Berlin Open WTA-1000, Italian Open WTA-1000, Madrid Open WTA-1000, Warsaw WTA-250, Palermo WTA-250, Prague WTA-250)
- S. Kuznetsova – 3 (French Open GS-2000, Stuttgart WTA-500, Stockholm WTA-250)
- A. Myskina – 3 (French Open GS-2000, Palermo WTA-250, Sarasota WTA-250)
- N. Petrova – 3 (Charleston Open WTA-1000, Berlin Open WTA-1000, Amelia Island Championships WTA-500)
- A. Pavlyuchenkova – 3 (Estoril WTA-250, Rabat WTA-250, Strasbourg WTA-250)
- E. Dementieva – 2 (Amelia Island Championships WTA-500, Istanbul WTA-250)
- M. Kirilenko – 2 (Estoril WTA-250, Barcelona WTA-250)
- V. Zvonareva – 2 (Bol WTA-250, Prague WTA-250)
- D. Kasatkina – 1 (Charleston Open WTA-500)
- V. Kudermetova – 1 (Charleston Open WTA-500)
- E. Bovina – 1 (Warsaw WTA-250)
- A. Potapova – 1 (Istanbul WTA-250)
- M. Timofeeva – 1 (Budapest WTA-250)
- D. Shnaider – 1 (Budapest WTA-250)
- M. Andreeva – 1 (Iași WTA-250)
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[17] [18] [19] [20] [21]
- XIX Century
- 1875 (June 13 – May 31, old style; often mistakenly listed as June 12 (Russia Day), thus May 30 (old style), or vice versa): The first mention of tennis in Russian history is found in the diary of the Governor of Moscow, Grand Duke Sergei Alexandrovich of Russia.
- 1888: Foundation of the first tennis club in Russia, the Lakhtinsky Lawn Tennis Club, in the village of Lakhta near St. Petersburg (capital of the Russian Empire).
- 1898: There are eight active lawn tennis clubs in Russia at this time. All of them are located in and around St. Petersburg, in places like, Ozerki, Pavlovsk, Pargolovo, Terijoki and Sestroretsk.
- 1900: Foundation of the first tennis club in Moscow (Russian Empire): the Moscow Society of Lawn Tennis Amateurs on Petrovka.
- XX Century
- 1903: The first international tournament is held in Russia – The St. Petersburg Open. For the first time Russian tennis players, George Bray (Russian: Георгий Брей|Georgy Brei, of British origin) and Ambrosios Petrococino (Russian: Амвросий Петрококино|Amvrosy Petrokokino, of Greek origin), take part in competitions abroad, in Stockholm.
- 1907: The first All-Russian lawn tennis competitions, the prototype of the Russian Tennis Championship, are contested.
- 1908: Establishment of the All-Russian Union of Lawn Tennis Clubs, essentially the first Russian federation of tennis. There are a total of 48 member clubs in the union.
- 1909: The All-Russian Union of Lawn Tennis Clubs joins the England's Lawn Tennis Association (LTA). The international lawn tennis organization doesn't exist at that time and this step allows Russian tennis players to participate in official international competitions.
- 1912: Russian tennis players [Graf] Mikhail Sumarokov-Elston and Aleksandr Alenitsyn compete in the V Olympiad in London, England, British Empire.
- 1913: The All-Russian Union of Lawn Tennis Clubs, together with the tennis unions of 11 countries, founded the International Lawn Tennis Union (now called the International Tennis Federation, or ITF). It is considered the first Russian organization to participate in the creation of an international sports federation.
- 1914: The last All-Russian lawn tennis competitions, the prototype of the Russian Tennis Championship, are contested. A total of eight men's singles events (from 1907 to 1914) and five women's singles events were held (from 1909 to 1933). Men's singles champions: George Bray (1907, 1909), [Kniaz] Lev Urusov (1908), and [Graf] Mikhail Sumarokov-Elston (1910-1915). Women's singles champions: Ekaterina Polonskaya (1909), Nadezhda Martynova-Danilevskaya (1910-1912), Liudmila Iznar (1913), and Elizabeth Ryan (1914).
- 1920: Arthur McPherson Jr. is celebrated as the first Russian tennis player to compete at the Wimbledon Championships.
- 1926: The first Russian lawn tennis club in exile is created in Paris, France.
- 1929:
- The Russian Lawn Tennis Federation is created in Paris, France to unite Russian tennis players in exile.
- The All-Union Tennis Section, essentially the USSR Tennis Federation, is created in Moscow (capital of the Soviet Union).
- 1931: The Russian Lawn Tennis Federation (in Paris, France) becomes a member of the International Lawn Tennis Federation (ILTF).
- 1936-1937: The great French tennis player, Henri Cochet (1901—1987), visits the USSR to open his tennis school in Moscow, where his students include such famous Soviet players as (1917—1991), Nikolai Ozerov (1922—1997), and (1921—2000; cousin of the famous Soviet swimmer Semyon V. Belits-Geiman).
- 1940: The membership of the Russian Lawn Tennis Federation (in Paris, France) in the International Lawn Tennis Federation (ILTF) is stopped.
- 1956: The Russian SFSR, as part of the USSR, renews its membership in the International Lawn Tennis Federation.
- 1958: Anna Dmitrieva and Andrei Potanin are the first Soviet players to participate in the Junior Wimbledon Championships.
- 1959: The USSR Tennis Federation is officially founded (in Moscow, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union).
- 1962: The USSR team makes its debut in the Davis Cup.
- 1968: The USSR team makes its debut in the Federation Cup.
- 1974: Chris Evert and Olga Morozova win the French Open – Women's doubles title by defeating Gail Chanfreau and Katja Ebbinghaus in the final – and Olga Morozova becomes the first Soviet/Russian tennis player to win a Grand Slam tournament (not in juniors).
- 1976: The USSR team, captained by Shamil Tarpishchev at the time, refuses to play against the Chile team in the Davis Cup semifinals and is suspended by the International Tennis Federation (ITF) from participating in international competitions for two years.
- 1977: The Russian SFSR, as part of the USSR, becomes a member of the European Tennis Association (Tennis Europe).
- 1996: Yevgeny Kafelnikov becomes the first Russian tennis player to win a Slam in singles — French Open in both singles and doubles.
- 1999: Yevgeny Kafelnikov becomes the first Russian tennis player to achieve No.1 in singles.
- 2000: Yevgeny Kafelnikov becomes the first Russian tennis player to win an Olympic gold medal in tennis, in singles.
- XXI Century
- 2002: The Russian Tennis Federation (in Moscow, capital of the Russian Federation) is founded, officially re-invented, and renamed (from the All-Russian Tennis Association, previously renamed from the Tennis Federation of the RSFSR, and merged with the leftovers from the Tennis Federation of the USSR).
- 2008: The General Assembly of the International Tennis Federation (ITF) is held in Moscow, Russian Federation, commemorating the centenary of the Russian Tennis Federation.
- 2016:
- 2021: There are only a small number of 7.2 thousand tennis courts in the Russian Federation, including 2.6 thousand indoor courts. In Moscow, there are 783 tennis courts, of which 261 are indoor courts.
- 2022:
Active players
Men's singles
Last updated after the 2024 Almaty Open.
Women's singles
Last updated after the 2024 Hong Kong Open.
Performance table
Last updated after the 2024 Games of the XXXIII Olympiad.
Big title winners (GSs, YECs, 1000s, Olympics)
All-time top Russia-related tennis players by the number of ATP / WTA (male/female) tour-level singles titles
(plus – in parentheses, if applied, and career-high singles ranking); active players – in bold; former countries' players, former competitions, and former players by switching from the Russian Federation or through being associated with the Soviet or Russian tennis by means of country of birth (COB) and/or dual citizenship – in italics | Name | Sex | Birth year | GS | | ATP
Masters | OG | Other | All titles
+ | DC
/
BJK | AC
/
UC | HC | LC | | ITHF | BH | | ZMS
FS
Year | FD |
|---|
| Grand Slam singles champions |
|---|
| 1 |
[22] [23] | F | 1987 | 5 | 1 | 14 | |
⛒
200520062012
| 36
(39)
40
(43) | | | – | | – | – | | 121 w(41)----JNR6 | KDA2004 | SO | | 2 |
[24]
before the also represented the USSR and the CIS | M | 1974 | 2
(6) | 0 | 0
(7) | G-2000 | 1994199519961997199819992001 | 26
(53)
27
(56) | 2002 | | – | – | 2002 | 2019 | | 16 w(4) | KDA1996 | | 3 |
[25] | M | 1996 | 1 | 1 | 6 | QF
(1R–1R) | 201920212023 | 20
21
25
(29) | 2021 | 2021 | – | 2021 | – | – | | 116 w(170)----JNR13 | MOW2019 | CE | | 4 | | F | 1985 | 2
(4) | 0 | 2
(6) | QF
(QF) |
2016 | 18
(34)
19
(35) | 2004
2007
2008 | | – | | 2015 | – | | 2(3)----JNR1 | SPE2004 | NW | | 5 | | M | 1980 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 2R | 2004 | 15
(17)
16
(19) | 2002
2006 | | – | – | 2010 | 2016 | | 19 w(71)----JNR345 | MOW2000 | CE | | 6 | | F | 1981 | 1 | 0 | 2
(3) | SF
(2R) | 2003 | 10
(15)
13
(21) | 2004
2005 | | – | | 2011 | – | | 2(15)----JNR48 | MOW2004 | |
prior switching to Kazakhstan, also represented the Russian Federation
[26] | F | 1999 | 1 | 0 | 2 | SF | | 8
12
(16) | – | – | – | | | – | | 3(48)----JNR3 | | | | Year-End Championships winners with no Grand Slam singles title |
|---|
| 7 | | M | 1981 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 2R
(QF) | 2003200520062008 | 21
(23)
25
(27)
26
(28) | 2006 | | – | – | 2012 | – | | 3(31)----JNR510 | VGG2007 | SO | | Champions of ATP-Masters/ WTA-1000 without GS and/or singles title |
|---|
| 8 | | F | 1981 | 2 | 0
(1) | 3
(5) | S-2000
G-2008
(1R) | 2001 | 16
(22)
19
(28) | 2005 | | – | | 2011 | – | | 3(5)----JNR4 | MOW2000 | CE | | 9 | | M | 1997 | 10 | 0 | 2
(3) | 1R
(1R–G) | | 16
(20–21)
17
(23–24)
21
(28–29) | 2021 | 2021 | – | 2021 | – | – | | 5(55)----JNR1 | MOW2021 | CE | | 10 | [27] | F | 1982 | 2 | 0
(2) | 3
(12) | 3R
(B) |
2012 | 13
(37)
17
(41) | 2007 | | 2007 | | 2013 | – | | 3(3)----JNR3 | MOW2008 | CE | | 11 | | F | 1984 | 2
(3–5) | 0
(1) | 1
(5) | B-2008
(QF) | 20102023 | 12
(28–30)
12
(30–32)
15
(34–37) | 2004
2008 | – | – | | 2014 | – | | 2(7)----JNR3 | MOW2004 | CE | | 12 | [28] | F | 1986 | 3
(1) | 0 | 5
(6) | S-2008
(QF) | | 12
(21)
15
(27) | 2005
2008 | | – | | – | – | | 126 w(8)----JNR9 | MOW2006 | CE | |
before Ukraine, also represented the USSR & the CIS[29] | M | 1974 | 1 | 0 | 4 | – | | 11 | – | | – | – | – | – | | 4(185) | 2000(UKR) | | | 13 | | F | 1987 | 1 | 0 | 1 | – |
2007 | 8
10
(11) | 2007
2008 | | – | | – | – | | 5(53)----JNR20 | MOW2008 | CE | | 14 |
before the Russian Federation, also represented the USSR, the CIS & the Unified Team | M | 1966 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2R | | 7
10 | – | | – | – | 2003 | – | | 9(342) | MOW1998 | CE | | 15 | | M | 1996 | 2 | 0 | 1
(2) | S-2020
(1R) | 2018 | 6
(7)
8
(9)
14
(15) | 2021 | – | – | – | – | – | | 8(64)----JNR16 | MOW2021 | CE | | 16 | | F | 1986 | 1
(3–4) | 0
(1) | 1
(9) | 2R
(G–S) | | 3
(21–22)
5
(29–30) | 2007
2008 | | – | | – | – | | 13(1)----JNR116 | KDA2008 | SO | | Other notable titles winners
| Name | Sex | Birth year | GS | | ATP
Masters | OG | Other | All titles
+ | DC
/
BJK | AC
/
UC | HC | LC | | ITHF | BH | | ZMS
FS
Year | FD |
|---|
| Champions without GS and/or YEC and/or ATP-Masters / WTA-1000 singles title |
|---|
| 17 | | F | 1991 | 1 | 0 | 0
(2) | QF
(–G) |
2021 | 12
(18–19)
17
(31–32) | 2021 | | – | | – | – | | 11
(21)
JNR
1 | | CE | |
before switching to Israel, also represented the USSR in juniors
[30] | F | 1976 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1R | | 12
19 | – | | – | | | – | | 15
(275) | | | | 18 | | M | 1982 | 2 | 0 | 0 | QF
(2R) |
2010 | 10
(19)
15
(25)
19
(30) | 2002
2006 | | – | – | 2012 | – | | 8
(38)
JNR
20 | | CE | |
represented the USSR | M | 1944 | 1 | 0 | 0 | – | | 9
(10) | – | | | | 2002 | – | | 9
(80) |
1966
(URS) | | |
represented the USSR | F | 1949 | 2
(1) | 0 | | – |
| 8
(24)
33
(75) | – | | | | 2006 | – | | 7
(–) |
1971
(URS) | | | 19 | [31] | M | 1982 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1R
(2R) | | 7
(14)
19
(31)
24
(37) | | | | – | 2014 | – | | 20
(36)
JNR
246 | | CE | | 20 | | F | 1997 | 1 | 0 | 0 | QF
(QF) | | 7
(8)
14
(15) | 2021 | | – | | – | – | | 8
(43)
JNR
3 | SAM
2022
[32] | VO | | 21 | | F | 1987 | 3 | 0
(1) | 0
(3) | SF
(B) |
2012 | 6
(18)
8
(20) | – | | – | | – | – | | 10
(5)
JNR
2 | | CE | | Champions without GS and/or YEC and/or ATP-Masters / WTA-1000 singles title |
|---|
|
before Georgia, also represented the USSR, the CIS & the Unified Team | F | 1968 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2R
(B) |
| 5
(10)
6
(13) | – | | – | | | – | | 12
(21) | | | | 22 |
while apart from the Russian Federation, also represented Italy | F | 1998 | 2 | 0 | 0
(1) | – | | 5
(6)
5
(6)
9
(12) | 2021 | – | – | | – | – | | 12
(40)
JNR
65 | – | NW | |
born in Georgia, also represented the Russian Federation in juniors[33] | M | 1992 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3R | | 5
10
20
(22) | – | – | – | | | – | | 16
(148)
JNR
59 | | | | Champions without GS and/or YEC and/or ATP-Masters / WTA-1000 singles title |
|---|
|
before Belarus, also represented the USSR, the CIS & the Unified Team | F | 1971 | 1
(18–20) | 0
(3) | 0
(23) | QF
(B) | | 4
(84–86)
7
(90–92) | – | | – | | 2009 | 2010 | | 5
(1) |
1991
(URS) | | |
before Ukraine, also represented the USSR & the CIS | F | 1971 | 4 | 0 | 0 | –
(1R) | | 4
(16)
4
(17) | – | | – | | – | – | | 23
(21) |
2000
(UKR) | | | 23 | | F | 1994 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2R | | 4
(5)
7
(8)
14
(15) | 2021 | – | – | | – | – | | 15
(58)
JNR
925 | CHE
2022
| UR | |
prior switching to Kazakhstan, also represented the Russian Federation | M | 1997 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1R
(1R) | | 4
10
14
(17) | – | – | – | – | | – | | 18
(47)
JNR
19 | | | | Champions without GS and/or YEC and/or ATP-Masters / WTA-1000 singles title |
|---|
| 24 |
prior switching to the Russian Federation, also represented the USSR, the CIS & Kazakhstan | F | 1975 | 1
(0–2) | 0 | 0
(4) | 1R
(2R) | 1996 | 3
(30–32)
5
(38–40) | – | | – | | 2010 | – | | 15
(3) | | CE | | 25 | | F | 1988 | 2
(3–4) | 0
(1) | 0
(7) | 3R
(G) | 2012 | 3
(18–19)
6
(30–31) | | | – | – | – | – | | 8
(1)
JNR
20 | | CE | | 26 | | F | 1983 | 1
(0–1) | 0 | 0
(2) | | | 3
(8–9)
11
(27–28) | | | – | | – | – | | 14
(14)
JNR
87 | – | CE | | 27 | | M | 1993 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2R
(1R–S) | | 3
(4)
6
(8)
16
(21) | | | – | – | – | – | | 14
(87)
JNR
47 | RU-SE
2021 | NC | | 28 | | M | 1983 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3R
(QF) | 2007 | 3
(4)
3
(7)
7
(11) | 2006
/
2021 | | – | – | 2013 | – | | 18
(59)
JNR
116 | | CE | | 29 |
before the Russian Federation, also represented the USSR & the CIS | M | 1967
‡ | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1R
(1R) | | 3
4
7
(11) | – | | – | – | 2005 | – | | 14
(136) | KGD
1999 | NW | | 30 | | F | 2004 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2R
(S) | | 3
5
(6)
10
(14) | – | – | – | | – | – | | 20
(65)
JNR
2 | – | VO | |
prior switching to Kazakhstan, also represented the Russian Federation | F | 1995 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1R | | 3
3
9 | – | – | – | | | – | | 27
(158)
JNR
3 | | | | Champions without GS and/or YEC and/or ATP-Masters / WTA-1000 singles title |
|---|
|
before Ukraine → Latvia, also represented the USSR | F | 1966 | 2
(2–6) | 0 | 0
(10) | QF
(QF) | | 2
(67–71)
4
(72–76) | – | | – | | 2006 | – | | 13
(1) |
1991
(URS) | | | 31 |
before the Russian Federation, also represented the USSR & the CIS | M | 1966 | 2
(0–2) | 0 | 0 | QF | | 2
(22–24)
2
(29–31)
2
(30–32) | – | | – | – | 2005 | – | | 49
(6) | MOW
1997 | CE | | 32 | | F | 1997 | 1 | 0
(1) | 0
(3) | 1R
(SF) | | 2
(10)
3
(15)
7
(35) | 2021 | – | – | | – | – | | 9
(2)
JNR
22 | RU-TA
2022
| VO | | 33 | | F | 1989 | 2 | 0 | 0
(1) | – | | 2
(7)
16
(34) | – | | – | | – | – | | 20
(10)
JNR
3 | – | CE | | 34 | | F | 1994 | 1 | 0 | 0 | – | | 2
(6)
11
(23) | – | – | – | | – | – | | 41
(25)
JNR
35 | – | CE | | 34 | | F | 2001 | 1 | 0 | 0 | – | | 2
(5)
3
(8) | – | – | – | | – | – | | 21
(40)
JNR
1 | – | VO | | 35 |
before the Russian Federation, also represented the USSR, the CIS & the Unified Team | M | 1970 | 3 | 0 | 0 | | | 2
6
(8)
7
(10) | – | | – | – | 2005 | – | | 13
(141) | RU-BA
1992
&/or
1999
[34] | VO | |
Other notable players: with only one ATP / WTA Tour-level title
| Name | Sex | Birth year | GS | | ATP
Masters | OG | Other | All titles
+ | DC
/
BJK | AC
/
UC | HC | LC | | ITHF | BH | | ZMS
FS
Year | FD |
|---|
| Champions without GS and/or YEC and/or ATP-Masters / WTA-1000 singles title |
|---|
|
before Belarus, also represented the CIS in juniors for the ITF | M | 1977 | 1
(6–10) | 0
(2) | 0
(16) | QF
(QF–G) | | 1
(53–58)
1
(60–65)
4
(66–71) | – | | – | – | – | – | | 18
(1) |
2001
(BLR) | | |
prior switching to Kazakhstan, also represented the (abbr. RF) | F | 1987 | 3
(2) | 0 | 0
(2) | 1R
(–1R) | | 1
(14)
2
(16)
6
(23) | – | | – | | | – | | 25
(3)
JNR
13 | | | | 37 | | F | 1987 | 1 | 0 | 0 | – | | 1
(10)
3
(27) | 2008 | | – | | – | – | | 56
(15)
JNR
16 | MOW
2008 | CE | |
prior switching to Australia, also represented the Russian Federation | F | 1994 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1R
(1R) | | 1
(3)
5
(9) | – | – | AUS
2016 | | | – | | 20
(45)
JNR
1 | | | | 38 | | F | 1986 | 1 | 0 | 0 | – | | 1
(2)
2
(8) | 2005 | | – | – | – | – | | 31
(27)
JNR
1 | | CE | | 39 | | F | 1998 | 4 | 0 | 0 | – | | 1
(2)
2
(4)
5
(17) | 2021 | – | – | | – | – | | 34
(45)
JNR
3 | – | CE | | 40 | | M | 1981 | 1 | 0 | 0 | – | | 1
(2)
9
(14)
15
(21) | – | | – | – | – | – | | 35
(49)
JNR
61 | – | FE | | 41 | | F | 2007 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1R
(S–1R) | | 1
1
7 | – | – | – | | – | – | | 23
(94)
JNR
1 | – | SI | |
prior switching to Kazakhstan, also represented the Russian Federation | M | 1987 | 4 | 0 | 0 | –
(1R–1R) | | 1
8
(23)
13
(32) | – | – | – | – | | – | | 33
(24)
JNR
101 | | | | 42 |
in-between competing for the Russian Federation, also represented Kazakhstan
[35] | F | 1991 | 1 | 0 | 0 | – | | 1
10
(13) | – | | – | | – | – | | 37
(123)
JNR
5 | – | UR | |
prior switching to Kazakhstan, also represented the Russian Federation | M | 1987 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2R | | 1
15
16
(17) | – | – | – | – | | – | | 39
(67) | | | | 43 | | F | 2003 | 1 | 0 | 0 | – | | 1
1
6
(12) | – | – | – | | – | – | | 93
(179)
JNR
33 | – | CE | |
before Ukraine, also represented the USSR & the CIS | M | 1968 | 3 | 0 | 0 | – | | 1
5
(10) | – | | – | | | – | | 93
(119) | – | | |
Other notable players: Top-20 and team cups winners
| Name | Sex | Birth year | GS | | ATP
Masters | OG | Other | All titles
+ | DC
/
BJK | AC
/
UC | HC | LC | | ITHF | BH | | ZMS
FS
Year | FD |
|---|
| Top-10 singles rankings champions without ATP / WTA tour-level singles title |
|---|
| 44 | | F | 1981 | 1
(2) | 0
(2) | 0
(4) | 1R | 19971998 | 0
(16)
2
(18) | – | | – | | 2015 | – | | 8
(1)
JNR
130 | | CE | | Top-20 singles rankings champions without ATP / WTA tour-level singles title |
|---|
| 45 | | F | 1998 | 1 | 0 | 0 | – | | 0
(3)
1
(4)
8
(20) | 2021 | – | – | | – | – | | 16
(49)
JNR
3 | – | CE | | 46 | | F | 1976 | 8 | 0 | 0 | – | | 0
6 | – | | – | | – | – | | 20
(75) | – | CE | | Champions of team cups and/or DBL–MX Grand Slams without ATP / WTA tour-level singles title |
|---|
|
prior switching to Kazakhstan, also represented the (abbr. RF) | F | 1995 | 0
(0–1) | 0 | 0 | – | | 0
(5–6)
0
(8–9)
1
(35–36) | – | – | – | | | – | | 269
(10)
JNR
3 | | | | 47 | | F | 1968 | 2
(0–1) | 0 | 0 | – | | 0
(4–5)
3
(27–28) | – | | – | | – | – | | 66
(18) | | CE | | 48 | | M | 1990 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3R | | 0
12
(15)
14
(19) | 2021 | | – | – | – | – | | 65
(161)
JNR
20 | – | CE | | 49 | | M | 1977 | 1 | 0 | 0 | – | | 0
1
(5)
3
(9) | 2002 | | – | – | – | – | | 71
(151) | | SO | |
represented the USSR | M | 1948 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | | 0 |
2002
2006
2021
/
2004
2005
2007
2008 | | – | – | 2002
⇒
| – | | – | MOW
1996
| | |
Other notable ranked players
| Name | Sex | Birth year | GS | | ATP
Masters | OG | Other | All titles
+ | DC
/
BJK | AC
/
UC | HC | LC | | ITHF | BH | | ZMS
FS
Year | FD |
|---|
| Other notable players in the Top-50 |
|---|
| 50 | | F | 1984 | 1 | 0 | 0 | – |
1999 | 0
(1)
1
(2) | – | | – | | – | – | | 25
(22)
JNR
1 | – | CE | |
before Belarus, also represented the USSR and CIS in juniors (not for the ITF) | M | 1978 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2R
(2R) | | 0
(1)
8
(14)
13
(25) | – | | – | – | – | – | | 25
(71)
JNR
7 | – | | | 51 |
before switching to the, represented the United States | M | 1983 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2R | | 0
(1)
10
(16)
14
(22) | – | | – | | – | – | | 33
(100)
JNR
57 | – | CE | | 52 | | M | 1997 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3R
(1R) |
| 0
4
(5)
23
(27) | – | – | – | | – | – | | 36
(239)
JNR
2 | – | CE | |
prior switching to France, also represented the Russian Federation | F | 2000 | 1
(1) | 0 | 0 | 1R
(1R) | | 0
0
7 | – | – | – | – | | – | | 39
(135)
JNR
19 | | | | 53 | | M | 1991 | 1 | 0 | 0 | – | | 0
8
(12)
15
(24) | – | | – | | – | – | | 39
(137)
JNR
3 | – | CE | | 54 | | F | 1973 | 4 | 0 | 0 | – |
19941995 | 0
(1)
6
(13) | – | | – | | – | – | | 43
(41) | – | CE | | 55 | | M | 1985 | 2 | 0 | 0 | – | | 0
(1)
10
(21)
15
(29) | – | | – | | – | – | | 43
(101)
JNR
33 | – | CE | |
prior switching to Kazakhstan, also represented the Russian Federation | M | 2000 | 2
(1) | 0 | 0 | 1R | | 0
4
7
(9) | – | – | – | – | | – | | 45
(406)
JNR
339 | | | | 56 | | M | 1998 | 1
(1) | 0 | 0 | 1R | | 0
3
(4)
6
(7) | – | – | – | | – | – | | 50
(226)
JNR
34 | – | CE | | Other notable players and inductees in the Top-100 |
|---|
|
prior switching to Armenia, also represented the Russian Federation | F | 2002 | 2
(1) | 0 | 0 | – | | 0
0
5
(16) | – | – | – | – | | – | | 58
(168)
JNR
32 | | | | 57 | | M | 1985 | 1 | 0 | 0 | – | | 0
3
(16)
12
(36) | – | | – | | – | – | | 78
(100)
JNR
45 | – | CE | | 58 | | F | 1996 | 1 | 0 | 0 | – | | 0
0
(0)
7
(8) | – | | – | – | – | – | | 87
(312)
JNR
3 | – | SI | | 59 | | F | 2004 | 1 | 0 | 0 | – | | 0
0
3
(5) | – | – | – | | – | – | | 88
(274)
JNR
| – | SI | | 60 | | F | 1995 | 4 | 0 | 0 | – | | 0
(5)
1
(10)
19
(61) | – | – | – | | – | – | | 89
(40)
JNR
1 | – | CE | |
represented the USSR | M | 1947
‡ | 1 | | | | | 0
| – | | | | 2008 | – | | 91 |
1977
(URS) | | |
before Belarus, represented the USSR and the CIS | F | 1974 | 1 | | | | | 0
1 | – | | | | – | – | | 91
(570) | – | | | Other notable players and inductees in the Top-200 |
|---|
| 61 | | F | 1999 | 2 | 0 | 0 | – | | 0
0
6 | – | | – | | – | – | | 116
(–)
JNR
4 | – | CE | | 62 | | F | 2007 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | | 0
0
3
(4) | – | – | – | | – | – | | 128
(261)
JNR
1 | – | CE | | 63 |
[36] | M | 1996 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | | 0
2
(3)
16
(17) | – | – | – | | – | – | | 142
(170)
JNR
616 | – | CE | | | M | 1948 | 2 | 0 | 0 | – | | 0 | – | | – | – | 2013 | – | | 163 | MOW
2003
| | | 64 | | F | 1990 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | | 0
6
(21) | – | | – | | – | – | | 171
(108)
JNR
4 | – | VO | |
represented the USSR | M | 1960 | 2 | | | | | 0 | – | | | | 2015 | – | | 175
(307) |
1991
(URS) | | |
prior switching to Greece, also represented the USSR[37] | F | 1964 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | | 0
0
3
(4) | – | | – | | | – | | 194
(130) | | | | Other notable players in the Top-300 |
|---|
| 65 | | M | 1987 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | | 0
1
7 | – | | – | | – | – | | 205
(195)
JNR
15 | – | CE | |
prior switching to Georgia, also represented the Russian Federation | F | 1993 | 0
(3) | 0 | 0 | – | | 0
(3)
0
(6)
10
(45) | – | – | – | – | | – | | 245
(43)
JNR
224 | | | | 66 | | F | | 1982 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | | 0
2
(13) | – | | – | | – | – | | | | 246
(102)
JNR
106 | – | CE | |
before Latvia, represented the USSR | M | 1963 | 2 | 0 | 0 | – | | 0
0
(4) | – | | | | – | – | | 273
(108) | – | | |
represented the USSR | M | 1955 | 1 | | | | | 0 | – | | | | – | – | | 281
(237) |
1991
(URS) | | |
prior switching to New Zealand, also represented the Russian Federation | M | 1986 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | | 0
(5)
0
(15)
5
(35) | – | – | – | – | | – | | 299
(32)
JNR
79 | | | | Other notable players in the Top-500 |
|---|
| 67 | | F | 2002 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | | 0
0
4
(8) | – | – | – | | – | – | | 317
(312)
JNR
12 | – | CE | |
represented the USSR | M | 1960 | 0 | | | | | 0
0
(1) | – | | | | – | – | | 327
(245) | – | | | 68 | | F | 1992 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | | 0
0
2
(3) | – | | – | | – | – | | 334
(569)
JNR
12 | – | VO | | 69 | | M | 1983 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | | 0
0
(1)
2
(7) | – | | – | | – | – | | 355
(312)
JNR
38 | – | CE | | 70 |
if counting her 1993-1994 comeback attempt (because she was already based in Germany), represented the USSR, the CIS and the Russian Federation[38] | F | 1967 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | | 0
1
(2) | – | | – | | | – | | 380
(466) | | SO | | Other notable players outside the Top-500 |
|---|
| 71 |
married Veronika Kudermetova[39] | M | 1984 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | | 0
0
1
(9) | – | – | – | | – | – | | 637
(438)
JNR
95 | – | CE | | 72 | | M | 2005 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | | 0
0
1 | – | – | – | | – | – | | 789
(1305)
JNR
1 | – | CE | |
|---|
|
Other notable unranked players
Before the Open Era (1968)| Name | Sex | Birth year | | All titles
+ | AC
/
UC | | BH
[40] | ZMS
Year |
|---|
| In chronological order |
|---|
represented the Russian Empire
(aka Leon Ouroussoff) | M | 1877
‡ | 0 | 0
1
3
[41] | | 2008 | | |
(aka ),
represented the Russian Empire before switching to the British Empire | M | 1880
‡ | 0 | 0
3
(6)
32
[42] | | 2004 | | | | M | 1884
‡ | 0 | 0
4
(5)
120
[43] | | 2005 | | |
(aka ),
represented the Russian Empire before switching to the British Empire | M | 1886
‡ | 0 | 0
0
(4)
0
(16)
| | 2004 | | |
(aka Nadia Danilevsky) | F | 1887
‡ | 0 | 0
3
7
[44] | | 2014 | | | | F | 1892
‡ | 0 | 0
1
[45] | | – | | |
(aka Michel de Soumarokoff-Elston) | M | 1893
‡ | 0 | 0
6
(10)
39
[46] | | 2002 | | |
(aka, first son of), represented the Russian Empire before switching to the British Empire | M | 1896
‡ | 1 |
| | – | | |
(1897–1916, aka, second son of) | M | 1897
‡ | – |
| | – | | | Other notable unranked players and inductees and/or USSR Championships winners
(in chronological order; all representing the USSR)[47] |
|---|
| M | 1893
‡ | 0 | 0
0
(0) | | – | |
1936
(URS) | | F | 1895
‡ | 0 | 0
2
(3) | | 2007 | |
1947
(URS) | | M | 1898
‡ | 0 | 0
4
(12–17) | | 2004 | |
1934
(URS) |
real surname: Multinenko | M | 1899
‡ | 0 | 0
0
(2–4) | | 2010 | |
1946
(URS) | | M | 1901
‡ | 0 | 0
0
(1) | | 2012 | |
1946
(URS) | | F | 1903
‡ | 0 | 0
0
(4–9) | | 2007 | |
1947
(URS) | | F | 1904
‡ | 0 | 0
7
(9) | | 2003 | |
1936
(URS) | | M | 1908
‡ | 0 | 0
4
(13–18) | | 2006 | |
1948
(URS) | | F | 1909
‡ | 0 | 0
0
(12–13) | | 2009 | |
1945
(URS) | | M | 1909
‡ | 0 | 0
5 | | 2005 | |
1938
(URS) | | F | 1911
‡ | 0 | 0
3
(4) | | – | |
1950
(URS) | | F | 1913
‡ | 0 | 0
2
(3–4) | | – | |
1948
(URS) |
| F | 1914
‡ | 0 | 0
4
(6–8) | | – | | – | | F | 1915
‡ | 0 | 0
0
(12–21) | | 2011 | |
1948
(URS) | | M | 1917
‡ | 0 | 0
0 | | 2006 | | – | | | M | 1921
‡ | 0 | 0
0
(2) | | 2008 | | – | | | F | 1921 | 0 | 0
0
0 | | 2013 | | – | | | M | 1922
‡ | 0 | 0
5
(18–24) | | 2003 | |
1947
(URS) | | | M | 1923
‡ | 0 | 0
| | 2005 | |
1947
(URS) | | F | 1929
‡ | – | 0
1
(3–4) | | 2006 | | – | | | F | 1934
‡ | 1 | 0
| | 2007 | | |
| F | 1938 | 1 | 0
4
(14) | | – | | – |
| F | 1940
‡ | 3 | 0
12
(25) | | 2004 | |
1964
(URS) |
Born in Nazi-occupied Estonia | M | 1941 | 1 | 0
| | 2009 | |
1964
(URS) |
Born in Nazi-occupied Estonia | F | 1943
‡ | 1 | 0
| | – | | – |
| F | 1945
‡ | 2 | 0
| | – | | – |
[48] | | F | 1947 | 1 | 0
0
(2–3) | | – | | – |
