Andrei Cherkasov
Andrei Cherkasov Gennadjewitsch (Russian: Андрей Геннадьевич Черкасов; born July 4, 1970 in Ufa ) is a former Russian tennis player who won the bronze medal in men's singles tennis at the 1992 Olympic Games.
Career
Andrei Cherkasov was an outstanding tennis player in his youth. In 1987, he was number 3 in the junior and reached the final of the U.S. Open, he lost to the American David Wheaton with 5:7 and 0:6. The following year he started his professional career. When Challenger tournament in Nyon he reached the semifinals, where he lost to Francisco Clavet. In addition, he was appointed to the Soviet Davis Cup team and used against the Netherlands. Both completed matches against Paul Dogger and Mark Koevermans he could win it.
In 1989 he was at the beginning of the year, the final of the ATP tournament in Sydney to achieve, but was defeated by American Aaron Krickstein in two sets. During the year he won the Challenger Tournaments of Porto and Lisbon. He achieved his first success at the end of 1990 an ATP tournament. In Moscow, he sat down with 6:2 and 6:1 against Tim Mayotte. The title he defended in 1991 against Jacob Hlasek and also achieved with Alexander Volkov, the final in the doubles competition, which was lost against the German duo Eric Jelen and Carl -Uwe Steeb with 4:6 and 6:7. At the Olympic Games in Barcelona in 1992, he went to the United team for the Commonwealth of Independent States. In the semifinals of the single tournament he lost to Jordi Arrese 4:6, 6:7, 6:3 and 3:6. Since the third-place match was not played, he shared the bronze medal with Goran Ivanisevic.
In 1993 he was able to reach two finals at ATP tournaments. After that, his career was less successful. Cherkasov et al won In 1995, the Challenger tournament in Singapore against Yasufumi Yamamoto and 1996 the tournament in Daytona Beach against Tommy Haas.
In the Davis Cup, he was employed from 1988 until his career end in 2000. He played 30 matches, of which he won 17.