The 21st century
Russia · born Moscow, 1982 · right-handed · champion at Eastbourne in 2009 and 's-Hertogenbosch in 2011
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2
Grass singles titles: Eastbourne 2009 and 's-Hertogenbosch 2011
2
Wimbledon fourth rounds, 2005 and 2006, his best at any major
7
ATP singles titles, and 7 in doubles
No. 20
Career-high singles ranking, 2 October 2006
2006
Davis Cup winner with Russia, unbeaten in singles
Dmitry Tursunov was born in Moscow in 1982 and introduced to tennis by his father, Igor, a former nuclear research engineer. At 12 he moved to the United States to train, and he settled in California, where he trained near Sacramento. He turned professional in 2000 and entered the top 100 in 2003.
His career high of No. 20 came in October 2006, the year he helped Russia win the Davis Cup: he won all four of his singles rubbers, including a 17-15 fifth set against Andy Roddick that clinched the semi-final, and won the doubles in the final against Argentina with Marat Safin. Russia reached the final again in 2007. He won seven singles and seven doubles titles on the tour, and represented Russia at the 2008 and 2012 Olympics.
Injuries to his ankle, wrist, leg and back interrupted his career; he twice came back from outside the top 100 to the top 40. He played his last match at the 2017 US Open and then turned to coaching, working with Elena Vesnina, Aryna Sabalenka, Anett Kontaveit, Emma Raducanu, Belinda Bencic and Veronika Kudermetova.
| Grass finals | Eastbourne 2009: beat Frank Dancevic 6-3, 7-6 as second seed, his first grass title. 's-Hertogenbosch 2011: beat Ivan Dodig 6-3, 6-2 |
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| Wimbledon 2005 | Ranked 152nd, beat the sixth seed Tim Henman 3-6, 6-2, 3-6, 6-3, 8-6 in the second round for his first top-10 win, then lost to Sébastien Grosjean in five sets in the fourth round |
| Wimbledon 2006 | Came back from two sets down to beat the fourth seed Ivan Ljubičić, then lost to Jarkko Nieminen 5-7, 4-6, 7-6, 7-6, 7-9 in a fourth-round match of four hours |
| Grass doubles | Finals at Nottingham in 2006 with Igor Kunitsyn and at 's-Hertogenbosch in 2012 with Juan Sebastián Cabal, both lost |
| Eastbourne | ||
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| 2009 | Men's singles | |
| 's-Hertogenbosch (Rosmalen) | ||
| 2011 | Men's singles Rosmalen Grass Court Championships | |
Leading grass titles only: the grass majors, tour-level grass events since 1968 and the leading grass championships before 1968. † single source; ‡ sources disagree. Roll of champions
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Wimbledon, June 2005
Ranked 152nd, Tursunov beat the British No. 1 in five sets, 8-6 in the fifth. Henman, told the BBC had apologised to viewers for his language on court, said: "If I said some bad words, I apologise."
Source: Irish ExaminerWimbledon, July 2006
After losing his serve at 7-7 in the fifth set against Jarkko Nieminen he hit a ball towards the umpire, Fergus Murphy, and lost a point. Afterwards he said: "If the guy's an idiot, the guy's an idiot."
Source: Mail & Guardian, from agency reports's-Hertogenbosch, June 2011
He beat Ivan Dodig for the title and spoke to a Russian paper on the train to London. He had chosen the Dutch event, he said, because he did not want to fight for half a practice court for 45 minutes in London in the week before Wimbledon.
Source: Sport-Express, 20 June 2011 (in Russian)ATP biography
His official ATP biography lists his hobbies as romantic walks on the beach, cuddling and annoying people, and his favourite actors as Jackie Chan, Will Ferrell and Owen Wilson.
Source: ATP TourMoscow, 2006
He clinched Russia's Davis Cup semi-final against the United States by beating Andy Roddick 17-15 in the fifth set, then won the doubles with Marat Safin in the final against Argentina.
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