Evgeny Donskoy

Evgeny Donskoy

Evgeny Donskoy at the 2015 Wimbledon qualifying tournament
Country (sports)	Russia
Residence	Moscow, Russia
Born	(1990-05-09) 9 May 1990 Moscow, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union
Height	1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)
Turned pro	2007
Plays	Right-handed (two-handed backhand)
Coach(es)	Boris Sobkin
Prize money	$ 1,227,957
Singles
Career record	31–65
Career titles	0 11 Challengers
Highest ranking	No. 65 (8 July 2013)
Current ranking	No. 118 (31 October 2016)
Grand Slam Singles results
Australian Open	3R (2013)
French Open	2R (2013)
Wimbledon	1R (2013, 2014, 2016)
US Open	3R (2013)
Other tournaments
Olympic Games	3R (2016)
Doubles
Career record	11–20
Career titles	0
Highest ranking	No. 161 (5 November 2012)
Current ranking	—
Grand Slam Doubles results
French Open	1R (2013, 2016)
Wimbledon	1R (2013)
Medal record Summer Universiade 2009 Belgrade Singles
Last updated on: 31 October 2016.

Evgeny Evgenyevich Donskoy (Russian: Евгений Евгеньевич Донской; born 9 May 1990) 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.^[1][2] In December 2014, Donskoy desided to join the team of Boris Sobkin, coach of Mikhail Youzhny.^[3]

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.^[4]

By 2013, Marat Safin had built a coaching team for Donskoy that included Morgan Phillips.^[5][6]

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.^[7][8] 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.^[9]

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.

Style of play

He has very powerful, flat groundstrokes, especially his forehand, which can produce spectacular points but also a lot of unforced errors.^[10]

Performance timeline

Current through the 2016 US Open.

Singles

Doubles

ITF & Challenger finals

Singles: 18 (11–7)

Outcome	No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Opponent	Score
Winner	1.	16 June 2008	Illichivsk, Ukraine	Clay	Denys Molchanov	6–7(10–12), 7–6(7–5), 6–4
Runner-up	1.	15 March 2010	Astana, Kazakhstan	Hard	Alexander Kudryavtsev	4–6, 3–6
Winner	2.	26 February 2011	Casablanca, Morocco	Clay	Alessio di Mauro	2–6, 6–3, 6–3
Winner	3.	7 March 2011	Sabadell, Spain	Clay	Simone Vagnozzi	7–5, 7–5
Runner-up	2.	3 July 2011	Braunschweig, Germany	Clay	Lukáš Rosol	5–7, 6–7(2–7)
Winner	4.	25 February 2012	Meknes, Morocco	Clay	Adrian Ungur	6–1, 6–3
Runner-up	3.	21 July 2012	Penza, Russia	Hard	Illya Marchenko	5–7, 3–6
Winner	5.	29 July 2012	Astana, Kazakhstan	Hard	Marsel İlhan	6–3, 6–4
Winner	6.	26 August 2012	Segovia, Spain	Hard	Albano Olivetti	6–1, 7–6(13–11)
Winner	7.	11 November 2012	Loughborough, United Kingdom	Hard	Jan-Lennard Struff	6–2, 4–6, 6–1
Winner	8.	25 November 2012	Tyumen, Russia	Hard	Illya Marchenko	6–7(6–8), 6–3, 6–2
Runner-up	4.	15 February 2014	Kolkata, India	Hard	Ilija Bozoljac	6–1, 6–1
Runner-up	5.	9 May 2015	Karshi, Uzbekistan	Hard	Teymuraz Gabashvili	2–5 ret.
Runner-up	6.	2 August 2015	Astana, Kazakhstan	Hard	Mikhail Kukushkin	2–6, 2–6
Winner	9.	9 August 2015	Segovia, Spain	Hard	Marco Chiudinelli	7–6(7–2), 6–3
Runner-up	7.	31 October 2015	Pune, India	Hard	Yuki Bhambri	2–6, 6–7(4–7)
Winner	10.	3 April 2016	Ra'anana, Israel	Hard	Ričardas Berankis	6–4, 6–4
Winner	11.	31 July 2016	Astana, Kazakhstan	Hard	Konstantin Kravchuk	6–3, 6–3

Davis Cup

Participations: (5–4)

• indicates the outcome of the Davis Cup match followed by the score, date, place of event, the zonal classification and its phase, and the court surface.

Rubber outcome	No.	Rubber	Match type (partner if any)	Opponent nation	Opponent player(s)	Score
2–3; 5–7 April 2013; Ricoh Arena, Coventry, Great Britain; Europe/Africa Second round; Hard(i) surface
Victory	1	II	Singles	Great Britain	James Ward	4–6, 4–6, 7–5, 6–3, 8–6
Defeat	2	V	Singles	Daniel Evans	4–6, 4–6, 1–6
4–1; 12–14 September 2014; Olympic Stadium, Moscow, Russia; Europe/Africa Second round play-off; Hard(i) surface
Victory	3	II	Singles	Portugal	Joao Sousa	7–6(9–7), 6–4, 3–6, 6–1
4–1; 6–8 March 2015; Sport Complex Gazprom Dobycha Yamburg, Novy Urengoy, Russia; Europe/Africa First round; Hard(i) surface
Defeat	4	I	Singles	Denmark	Frederik Nielsen	6–2, 3–6, 2–6, 6–7(5–7)
3–2; 17–19 July 2015; Fetisov Arena, Vladivostok, Russia; Europe/Africa Second round; Hard(i) surface
Victory	5	III	Doubles (with Konstantin Kravchuk)	Spain	Marc Lopez / David Marrero	4–6, 7–6(7–3), 5–7, 7–5, 6–4
Victory	6	IV	Singles	Tommy Robredo	6–3, 5–6, 6–2, 7–6(7–3)
1–4; 18–20 September 2015; Baikal-Arena, Irkutsk, Russia; World Group play-offs; Hard(i) surface
Defeat	7	III	Doubles (with Konstantin Kravchuk)	Italy	Simone Bolelli / Fabio Fognini	5–7, 6–2, 6–7(5–7), 6–7(2–7)
5–0; 4–6 March 2016; Kazan Tennis Academy, Kazan, Russia; Europe/Africa First round; Hard(i) surface
Victory	8	III	Doubles (with Konstantin Kravchuk)	Sweden	Johan Brunström / Robert Lindstedt	6–3, 7–6(7–5), 6–2
3–1; 17–18 September 2016; National Tennis Center, Moscow, Russia; World Group play-offs; Hard surface
Defeat	9	II	Singles	Kazakhstan	Mikhail Kukushkin	7–6(9–7), 2–6, 6–4, 2–6, 2–6

References

External links

• Evgeny Donskoy at the Association of Tennis Professionals
• Evgeny Donskoy at the International Tennis Federation
• Evgeny Donskoy at the Davis Cup

Association of Tennis Professionals: Top ten Russian male singles tennis players as of 28 November 2016
1. Andrey Kuznetsov (46 ) 2. Karen Khachanov (53 ) 3. Mikhail Youzhny (57 ) 4. Konstantin Kravchuk (85 4) 5. Daniil Medvedev (99 1)
6. Evgeny Donskoy (125 1) 7. Teymuraz Gabashvili (138 2) 8. Andrey Rublev (156 ) 9. Alexander Kudryavtsev (195 20) 10. Aslan Karatsev (238 1)