Mikhail Youzhny, Date of Birth, Place of Birth
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Russian tennis coach and retired tennis player
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Place of Birth: Moscow, Russia
About Mikhail Youzhny
- Mikhail Mikhailovich Youzhny (Russian: ?????? ?????????? ?????, IPA: [m??x?'il m??x?'jl?v??t? 'j??n?j] (listen); born 25 June 1982), nicknamed "Misha" and "Colonel" by his fans, is a Russian retired professional tennis player who was ranked inside the top 10 and was the Russian No.
- 1.
- He achieved a top-10 ranking by the Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP) for the first time on 13 August 2007, and reached a career peak of World No.
- 8 in January 2008, and again in October 2010. Youzhny reached the quarterfinals of all grand slams; going beyond the quarterfinals at the US Open in 2006 and 2010.
- The closest he came to a grand slam final was at the 2006 US Open semifinals when he took the first set from World No.
- 9 Andy Roddick, after upsetting World No.
- 2 Rafael Nadal in the quarterfinals.
- At the other semifinal he lost in straight sets to the eventual champion, Nadal.
- Youzhny reached the finals of twenty-one ATP tour-level titles, winning ten of them.
- His first title win came at the Mercedes Cup held in Stuttgart, Germany, when he defeated Guillermo Cañas from Argentina.
- Youzhny reached ATP finals on all surfaces, but never won a singles title on grass.
- In 2010—his best season—Youzhny reached five ATP finals, winning two and ending the year as a top-10 player.
- Youzhny was a member of the winning Russian national team at the Davis Cup in both 2002 and 2006.
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