Mikhail Elgin

Mikhail Nikolayevich Elgin (Russian: Михаил Николаевич Елгин, romanized: Mikhail Nikolayevich Yelgin, IPA: [mʲɪxɐˈil jɪlˈɡʲin]; born 14 October 1981) is a Russian professional tennis player.

Mikhail Elgin
Михаил Елгин

Mikhail Elgin playing at Wimbledon 2014
Country (sports)	Russia
Residence	Saint Petersburg, Russia
Born	(1981-10-14) 14 October 1981 Leningrad, Soviet Union
Height	1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)
Turned pro	1998
Plays	Right-handed (One-handed backhand)
Prize money	US$872,056
Singles
Career record	2–9
Career titles	0
Highest ranking	No. 123 (6 July 2009)
Current ranking	No. 861 (23 July 2018)
Grand Slam singles results
Australian Open	Q2 (2009)
French Open	Q2 (2009)
Wimbledon	Q1 (2008, 2009)
Doubles
Career record	62–93
Career titles	1
Highest ranking	No. 53 (25 June 2012)
Current ranking	No. 141 (23 July 2018)
Grand Slam doubles results
Australian Open	2R (2012, 2016)
French Open	3R (2012)
Wimbledon	3R (2012)
US Open	2R (2013, 2017)
Grand Slam mixed doubles results
Wimbledon	QF (2014)
Last updated on: 23 July 2018.

Elgin became famous when he advanced to the quarter–finals in singles at the 2008 St. Petersburg Open, where he lost to Victor Hănescu from Romania 1–6, 4–6.

ATP career finals

Doubles: 4 (1 title, 3 runners-up)

Legend Grand Slam tournaments (0–0) ATP World Tour Finals (0–0) ATP World Tour Masters 1000 (0–0) ATP World Tour 500 Series (0–0) ATP World Tour 250 Series (1–3)

Finals by surface Hard (1–3) Clay (0–0) Grass (0–0) Carpet (0–0)

Result	W/L	Date	Tournament	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Loss	0–1	Oct 2011	St. Petersburg, Russia	Hard (i)	Alexander Kudryavtsev	Colin Fleming Ross Hutchins	3–6, 7–6(7–5), [8–10]
Win	1–1	Oct 2013	Moscow, Russia	Hard (i)	Denis Istomin	Ken Skupski Neal Skupski	6–2, 1–6, [14–12]
Loss	1–2	Feb 2014	Delray Beach, US	Hard	František Čermák	Bob Bryan Mike Bryan	2–6, 3–6
Loss	1–3	Feb 2017	Sofia, Bulgaria	Hard (i)	Andrey Kuznetsov	Viktor Troicki Nenad Zimonjić	4–6, 4–6

Futures and Challenger finals

Singles: 27 (17 titles, 10 runners-up)

Legend
Challengers (4–0)
Futures (13–10)

Result	No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Opponent	Score
Loss	1.	24 June 2001	Skopje, Macedonia	Clay	Todor Enev	6–7(7–9), 4–6
Win	2.	22 July 2001	Tbilisi, Georgia	Clay	Dmitriy Tomashevich	6–2, 6–3
Loss	3.	23 September 2001	Gorlivka, Ukraine	Clay	Ivan Cinkuš	5–7, 6–4, 3–6
Loss	4.	18 August 2002	Balashikha, Russia	Clay	Igor Andreev	6–4, 3–6, 3–6
Win	5.	17 November 2002	Nonthaburi, Thailand	Hard	Todor Enev	6–4, 6–3
Loss	6.	15 June 2003	Savitaipale, Finland	Clay	Timo Nieminen	3–6, 4–6
Loss	7.	9 December 2006	Ramat HaSharon, Israel	Hard	Fred Hemmes	3–6, 4–6
Win	8.	26 May 2007	Minsk, Belarus	Hard	Illya Marchenko	6–3, 6–2
Loss	9.	21 July 2007	Minsk, Belarus	Hard	Peter Clarke	7–5, 2–6, 3–6
Win	10.	18 August 2007	Moscow, Russia	Clay	Mikhail Kukushkin	7–6(7–5), 7–6(7–5)
Loss	11.	8 September 2007	Sergiyev Posad, Russia	Clay	Pavel Chekhov	6–7(5–7), 6–3, 3–6
Win	12.	12 September 2007	Balashikha, Russia	Clay	Pavel Chekhov	6–2, 4–6, 6–4
Win	13.	8 December 2007	New Delhi, India	Hard	Tomáš Cakl	7–6(7–4), 6–7(6–8), 6–3
Win	14.	3 August 2008	Saransk, Russia	Clay	Denis Istomin	7–6(8–6), 3–6, 6–3
Win	15.	9 August 2008	Samarkand, Uzbekistan	Clay	André Ghem	7–6(7–4), 6–3
Win	16.	13 August 2008	Karshi, Uzbekistan	Hard	Denis Istomin	3–6, 6–7(4–7)
Win	17.	24 April 2010	Andijan, Uzbekistan	Hard	Adrien Bossel	6–4, 6–4
Win	18.	5 September 2010	Moscow, Russia	Clay	Alexander Lobkov	3–6, 7–6(7–5), 7–5
Win	19.	12 September 2010	Vsevolozhsk, Russia	Clay	Alexander Lobkov	6–2, 6–4
Loss	20.	1 October 2010	Astana, Kazakhstan	Hard (i)	Richard Muzaev	6–7(7–9), 6–3, 2–6
Win	21.	8 October 2010	Astana, Kazakhstan	Hard (i)	Dubail Julien	6–4, 7–6(7–1)
Loss	22.	29 August 2011	Vsevolozhsk, Russia	Clay	Andrey Kumantsov	4–6, 2–5, ret.
Win	23.	24 January 2015	Astana, Kazakhstan	Hard (i)	Sanjar Fayziev	6–4, 6–4
Win	24.	31 January 2015	Astana, Kazakhstan	Hard (i)	Dzmitry Zhyrmont	3–6, 6–4, 7–6(7–5)
Win	25.	5 September 2015	Vsevolozhsk, Russia	Clay	Alexey Vatutin	6–4, 6–2
Win	26.	12 September 2015	Vsevolozhsk, Russia	Clay	Egor Gerasimov	6–3, 6–3
Loss	27.	20 August 2017	Moscow, Russia	Clay	Evgeny Karlovskiy	2–6, 0–4 ret.

Doubles: 95 (62 titles, 33 runners-up)

Legend
Challengers (37–19)
Futures (25–14)

Result	No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Win	1.	27 August 2000	Zhukovski, Russia	Clay	Ruslan Nurmatov	Sergei Krotiuk Evgeny Smirnov	3–6, 6–3, 6–0
Loss	2.	17 June 2001	Skopje, Macedonia	Clay	Evgeny Smirnov	Ivan Cinkuš Gergely Kisyorgy	5–7, 6–7(2–7)
Win	3.	24 June 2001	Skopje, Macedonia	Clay	Evgeny Smirnov	Todor Enev Milen Velev	5–7, 6–7(2–7)
Win	4.	29 July 2001	Tbilisi, Georgia	Clay	Artem Derepasko	Francesc Llegal-Garres Carlos Rexach-Itoiz	walkover
Loss	5.	6 April 2002	Karshi, Uzbekistan	Hard	Kirill Ivanov-Smolensky	Rodolphe Cadart Benjamin Cassaigne	6–4, 3–6, 4–6
Win	6.	13 April 2002	Guliston, Uzbekistan	Hard	Artem Derepasko	Benjamin Cassaigne Kirill Ivanov-Smolensky	walkover
Loss	7.	21 July 2002	Tolyatti, Russia	Hard	Artem Derepasko	Philipp Mukhometov Dmitry Vlasov	4–6, 4–6
Win	8.	18 August 2002	Balashikha, Russia	Clay	Dmitry Vlasov	Aleksandr Yarmola Sergei Yaroshenko	6–2, 6–7(2–7), 6–1
Loss	9.	15 September 2002	Donetsk, Ukraine	Clay	Dmitry Vlasov	Leonardo Azzaro Federico Brown	7–6(7–3), 6–7(4–7), 5–7
Loss	10.	6 April 2003	Karshi, Uzbekistan	Hard	Dmitry Vlasov	Petr Dezort Jaroslav Levinský	5–7, 2–6
Loss	11.	15 June 2003	Savitaipale, Finland	Clay	Ivan Syrov	Fabio Colangelo Alessandro Motti	5–7, 5–7
Win	12.	3 August 2003	St. Petersburg, Russia	Clay	Orest Tereshchuk	Yuriy Schukin Dmitry Vlasov	3–6, 6–3, 7–5
Win	13.	14 August 2003	Balashikha, Russia	Clay	Dmitry Vlasov	Vadim Davletshin Sergei Pozdnev	6–2, 6–2
Win	14.	15 August 2004	St. Petersburg, Russia	Clay	Andrei Mishin	Daniele Giorgini Simone Vagnozzi	6–3, 5–7, 6–4
Win	15.	13 August 2005	Sergiyev Posad, Russia	Clay	Mikhail Filima	Alexey Kedryuk Alexander Kudryavtsev	6–2, 6–4
Win	16.	20 August 2005	Noginsk, Russia	Carpet	Mikhail Filima	Konstantin Kravchuk Alexander Pavlyuchenkov	6–2, 6–2
Win	17.	26 November 2005	Monastir, Tunisia	Hard	Denis Matsukevich	Martin Emmrich Tony Holzinger	6–3, 6–0
Win	18.	12 March 2006	Cairo, Tunisia	Clay	Adam Thompson	Jan Masik Michal Navrátil	6–2, 6–2
Loss	19.	26 March 2006	Cairo, Tunisia	Clay	Michal Navrátil	Mahmoud-Bahaa Hamed Sherif Sabry	walkover
Win	20.	22 April 2006	Guliston, Uzbekistan	Hard	Alexey Kedryuk	Konstantin Kravchuk Alexander Kudryavtsev	5–7, 6–4, 6–4
Loss	21.	13 May 2006	Andijan, Uzbekistan	Hard	Murad Inoyatov	Sunil-Kumar Sipaeya Dmitri Sitak	3–6, 4–6
Win	22.	11 June 2006	Gorlovka, Ukraine	Clay	Aleksandr Nedovyesov	Andrei Gorban Ernest Zurabian	7–6(7–4), 6–2
Win	23.	25 November 2006	Ramat HaSharon, Israel	Hard	Amit Inbar	Roman Kelečić Vjekoslav Skenderović	3–6, 6–3, 7–6(7–5)
Win	24.	9 December 2006	Ramat HaSharon, Israel	Hard	Daniel King-Turner	Max Raditschnigg Sven Swinnen	3–6, 6–3, 6–2
Win	25.	18 March 2007	Poreč, Croatia	Clay	Alexandre Krasnoroutskiy	Nikola Martinović Joško Topić	3–6, 6–0, 6–2
Win	26.	25 March 2007	Vrsar, Croatia	Clay	Alexandre Krasnoroutskiy	Jan Masik Jaroslav Pospíšil	7–5, 6–0
Win	27.	17 June 2007	Minsk, Belarus	Clay	Alexandre Krasnoroutskiy	Cesar Ferrer-Victoria Leonardo Tavares	6–4, 6–0
Win	28.	23 June 2007	Minsk, Belarus	Clay	Alexandre Krasnoroutskiy	Aleksandr Nedovyesov Deniss Pavlovs	6–3, 6–4
Loss	29.	21 July 2007	Yerevan, Armenia	Hard	Lado Chikhladze	Jiří Krkoška Michal Pazicky	4–6, 5–7
Loss	30.	21 July 2007	Tbilisi, Georgia	Hard	Sergey Betov	Jiří Krkoška Daniel Lustig	6–7(2–7), 4–6
Win	31.	18 August 2007	Moscow, Russia	Clay	Alexey Kedryuk	Evgeny Donskoy Vladimir Karusevich	6–3, 6–0
Win	32.	1 September 2007	Sochi, Russia	Clay	Ervand Gasparyan	Aleksandr Agafonov Gleb Alekseenko	6–3, 6–3
Loss	33.	8 September 2007	Sergiyev Posad, Russia	Clay	Dmitry Vlasov	Pavel Chekhov Victor Kozin	2–6, 2–6
Win	34.	12 September 2007	Balashikha, Russia	Clay	Vladimir Karusevich	Vladyslav Klymenko Denys Molchanov	7–6(7–3), 4–6, [10–8]
Win	35.	18 November 2007	Helsinki, Finland	Hard (i)	Alexander Kudryavtsev	Harri Heliövaara Henri Kontinen	4–6, 7–5, [13–11]
Loss	36.	8 December 2007	New Delhi, India	Hard	Pavel Chekhov	Xin-Yuan Yu Shao-Xuan Zeng	3–6, 3–6
Loss	37.	22 March 2008	Meknes, Morocco	Clay	Yuriy Shukin	Alberto Martín Daniel Muñoz de la Nava	4–6, 7–6(7–2), [6–10]
Loss	38.	12 July 2008	Ramat HaSharon, Israel	Hard	Sergey Bubka	Jonathan Erlich Andy Ram	3–6, 6–7(3–7)
Win	39.	16 August 2008	Bukhara, Uzbekistan	Hard	Pavel Chekhov	Łukasz Kubot Oliver Marach	7–6(7–2), 6–1
Win	40.	7 September 2008	Cherkassy, Ukraine	Clay	Alexandre Krasnoroutskiy	Sergey Bubka Sergiy Stakhovsky	6–4, 7–5
Loss	41.	19 October 2008	Tashkent, Uzbekistan	Hard	Alexander Kudryavtsev	Flavio Cipolla Pavel Šnobel	3–6, 4–6
Win	42.	8 November 2008	Astana, Kazakhstan	Hard (i)	Alexander Kudryavtsev	George Bastl Marco Chiudinelli	6–4, 6–7(8–10), [10–8]
Loss	43.	22 March 2009	Bangkok, Thailand	Hard	Alexander Kudryavtsev	Josh Goodall Joseph Sirianni	3–6, 2–6
Loss	44.	19 April 2009	Johannesburg, South Africa	Hard	Alexander Kudryavtsev	George Bastl Chris Guccione	2–6, 6–4, [9–11]
Win	45.	25 July 2009	Penza, Russia	Hard	Alexander Kudryavtsev	Alexey Kedryuk Denis Matsukevich	4–6, 6–3, [10–6]
Win	46.	2 August 2009	Saransk, Russia	Clay	Evgeny Kirillov	Alexey Kedryuk Denis Matsukevich	6–2, 6–1
Loss	47.	24 April 2010	Andijan, Uzbekistan	Hard	Alexey Kedryuk	Alexander Kudryavtsev Denys Molchanov	2–6, 2–6
Win	48.	1 May 2010	Namangan, Uzbekistan	Hard	Alexey Kedryuk	Rohan Gajjar Karan Rastogi	6–4, 7–6(7–3)
Win	49.	24 July 2010	Penza, Russia	Hard	Nikolaus Moser	Aliaksandr Bury Kiryl Harbatsiuk	6–4, 6–4
Win	50.	1 August 2010	Saransk, Russia	Clay	Ilya Belyaev	Denys Molchanov Artem Smirnov	3–6, 7–6(8–6), [11–9]
Win	51.	7 August 2010	Moscow, Russia	Clay	Ilya Belyaev	Alexey Kedryuk Denis Matsukevich	6–2, 6–2
Win	52.	29 August 2010	Astana, Kazakhstan	Hard (i)	Nikolaus Moser	Di Wu Ze Zhang	6–0, 6–4
Win	53.	5 September 2010	Moscow, Russia	Clay	Deniss Pavlovs	Alexander Lobkov Alexander Rumyantsev	4–6, 6–4, [10–7]
Win	54.	8 October 2010	Astana, Kazakhstan	Hard (i)	Andrei Vasilevski	Sergey Betov Alexey Kedryuk	5–7, 6–4, [10–4]
Loss	55.	7 November 2010	Astana, Kazakhstan	Hard (i)	Alexander Kudryavtsev	Colin Fleming Ross Hutchins	3–6, 6–7(10–12)
Win	56.	13 November 2010	Ortisei, Italy	Clay	Alexander Kudryavtsev	Tomasz Bednarek Michał Przysiężny	3–6, 6–3, [10–3]
Loss	57.	6 February 2011	Kazan, Russia	Hard (i)	Alexander Kudryavtsev	Yves Allegro Andreas Beck	4–6, 4–6
Loss	58.	13 February 2011	Bergamo, Italy	Hard (i)	Alexander Kudryavtsev	Frederik Nielsen Ken Skupski	walkover
Win	59.	19 March 2011	Guangzhou, China	Hard	Alexander Kudryavtsev	Sanchai Ratiwatana Sonchat Ratiwatana	7–6(7–3), 6–3
Win	60.	27 March 2011	Pingguo, China	Hard	Alexander Kudryavtsev	Harri Heliövaara Jose Statham	6–3, 6–2
Win	61.	10 July 2011	Pozoblanco, Spain	Hard	Alexander Kudryavtsev	Illya Marchenko Denys Molchanov	walkover
Win	62.	13 August 2011	Samarkand, Uzbekistan	Clay	Alexander Kudryavtsev	Radu Albot Andrey Kuznetsov	7–6(7–4), 2–6, [10–7]
Win	63.	21 August 2011	Karshi, Uzbekistan	Hard	Alexander Kudryavtsev	Konstantin Kravchuk Denys Molchanov	3–6, 6–3, [11–9]
Win	64.	11 November 2012	Bratislava, Slovakia	Hard (i)	Lukáš Dlouhý	Philipp Marx Florin Mergea	6–7(5–7), 6–2, [10–6]
Win	65.	18 November 2012	Helsinki, Finland	Hard (i)	Igor Zelenay	Uladzimir Ignatik Jimmy Wang	4–6, 7–6(7–0), [10–4]
Loss	66.	30 March 2013	Novokuznetsk, Russia	Hard (i)	Alexander Kudryavtsev	Sergey Betov Mikhail Biryukov	1–6, 6–7(3–7)
Loss	67.	4 August 2013	Segovia, Spain	Hard	Uladzimir Ignatik	Ken Skupski Neal Skupski	3–6, 7–6(7–4), [6–10]
Win	68.	13 October 2013	Tashkent, Uzbekistan	Hard	Teymuraz Gabashvili	Purav Raja Divij Sharan	6–4, 6–4
Win	69.	23 March 2014	Panama City, Panama	Clay	František Čermák	Martín Alund Guillermo Durán	4–6, 6–3, [10–8]
Loss	70.	23 March 2014	Barranquilla, Colombia	Clay	František Čermák	Pablo Cuevas Pere Riba	4–6, 3–6
Loss	71.	24 January 2015	Astana, Kazakhstan	Hard (i)	Karen Khachanov	Yaraslau Shyla Andrei Vasilevski	6–3, 6–7(2–7), [4–10]
Win	72.	22 March 2015	Kazan, Russia	Hard	Igor Zelenay	Andrea Arnaboldi Matteo Viola	6–3, 6–3
Loss	73.	26 April 2015	Vercelli, Italy	Clay	Sergey Betov	Andrea Arnaboldi Hans Podlipnik-Castillo	6–7(5–7), 7–5, [10–3]
Loss	74.	9 May 2015	Qarshi, Uzbekistan	Hard	Sergey Betov	Yuki Bhambri Adrián Menéndez Maceiras	5–7, 6–3, [10–8]
Win	75.	16 May 2015	Samarkand, Uzbekistan	Clay	Sergey Betov	Laslo Djere Peđa Krstin	6–4, 6–3
Win	76.	21 May 2015	Eskişehir, Turkey	Hard	Sergey Betov	Chen Ti Ruan Roelofse	6–4, 6–7(2–7), [10–7]
Win	77.	20 June 2015	Fergana, Uzbekistan	Hard	Sergey Betov	Denys Molchanov Franko Škugor	6–3, 7–5
Win	78.	5 July 2015	Padova, Italy	Clay	Evgeny Donskoy	Federico Gaio Alessandro Giannessi	6–4, 7–6(7–4)
Win	79.	11 July 2015	Braunschweig, Germany	Clay	Sergey Betov	Damir Džumhur Franko Škugor	3–6, 6–1, [10–5]
Win	80.	11 July 2015	Poznań, Poland	Clay	Mateusz Kowalczyk	Julio Peralta Matt Seeberger	3–6, 6–3, [10–6]
Loss	81.	15 August 2015	Prague, Czech Republic	Clay	Sergey Betov	Wesley Koolhof Matwé Middelkoop	4–6, 6–3, [7–10]
Win	82.	16 October 2015	Tashkent, Uzbekistan	Hard	Sergey Betov	Andre Begemann Artem Sitak	6–4, 6–4
Loss	83.	30 July 2016	Astana, Kazakhstan	Hard	Alexander Kudryavtsev	Yaraslav Shyla Andrei Vasilevski	4–6, 4–6
Win	84.	21 August 2016	Meerbusch, Germany	Clay	Andrei Vasilevski	Sander Gillé Joran Vliegen	7–6(8–6), 6–4
Win	85.	14 October 2016	Tashkent, Uzbekistan	Hard	Denis Istomin	Andre Begemann Leander Paes	6–4, 6–2
Win	86.	29 October 2016	Suzhou, China	Hard	Alexander Kudryavtsev	Andrea Arnaboldi Jonathan Eysseric	4–6, 6–1, [10–7]
Win	87.	19 November 2016	Brescia, Italy	Carpet (i)	Alexander Kudryavtsev	Wesley Koolhof Matwé Middelkoop	7–6(7–4), 6–3
Loss	88.	14 October 2016	Astana, Kazakhstan	Hard (i)	Denis Istomin	Timur Khabibulin Aleksandr Nedovyesov	6–7(7–9), 2–6
Win	89.	29 January 2017	Rennes, France	Hard (i)	Evgeny Donskoy	Julian Knowle Jonathan Marray	6–4, 3–6, [11–9]
Win	90.	5 February 2017	Quimper, France	Hard (i)	Igor Zelenay	Ken Skupski Neal Skupski	2–6, 7–5, [10–5]
Loss	91.	5 March 2017	Wrocław, Poland	Hard (i)	Denys Molchanov	Adil Shamasdin Andrei Vasilevski	3–6, 6–3, [19–21]
Loss	92.	26 August 2017	Manerbio, Italy	Clay	Roman Jebavý	Romain Arneodo Hugo Nys	6–4, 6–7(3–7), [5–10]
Win	93.	24 November 2017	Bangalore, India	Hard	Divij Sharan	Ivan Sabanov Matej Sabanov	6–3, 6–0
Loss	94.	19 May 2018	Samarkand, Uzbekistan	Clay	Denis Istomin	Sriram Balaji Vishnu Vardhan	walkover
Win	95.	21 July 2018	Astana, Kazakhstan	Hard	Yaraslav Shyla	Arjun Kadhe Denis Yevseyev	7–5, 7–6(8–6)

Career statistics

Doubles performance timeline

Key

W

F

SF

QF

#R

RR

Q#

DNQ

A

NH

(W) winner; (F) finalist; (SF) semifinalist; (QF) quarterfinalist; (#R) rounds 4, 3, 2, 1; (RR) round-robin stage; (Q#) qualification round; (DNQ) did not qualify; (A) absent; (NH) not held; (SR) strike rate (events won / competed); (W–L) win–loss record.

To avoid confusion and double counting, these charts are updated at the conclusion of a tournament or when the player's participation has ended.

Tournament	2008	2009	2010	2011	2012	2013	2014	2015	2016	2017	2018	SR	W–L
Grand Slam tournaments
Australian Open	A	A	A	A	2R	1R	1R	A	2R	A	1R	0 / 5	2–5
French Open	A	A	A	A	3R	2R	1R	A	1R	2R	A	0 / 5	4–5
Wimbledon	1R	Q1	A	Q1	3R	1R	1R	A	A	1R	A	0 / 5	2–5
US Open	A	A	A	A	1R	2R	1R	A	A	2R		0 / 4	2–4
Win–loss	0–1	0–0	0–0	0–0	5–4	2–4	0–4	0–0	1–2	2–3	0–1	0 / 19	10–19

External links

• Mikhail Elgin at the Association of Tennis Professionals
• Mikhail Elgin at the International Tennis Federation