Andrei Iurievich Stoliarov (russian: Андрей Юрьевич Столяров, born 9 January 1977) is a Russian professional

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player and a former member of the Russia Davis Cup team. Stoliarov gained entry to the

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as a

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, where he won his first round match against

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. In the second round, Stoliarov led world number 1 Lleyton Hewitt 6–4, 5–0, before Hewitt fought back to win 4–6, 7–6⁽⁵⁾, 6–0, 7–5.

Career finals

Singles (1 loss)

Team titles

2002 -

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winner with

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* * * 1977 births Living people Sportspeople from Sochi Russian male tennis players Universiade medalists in tennis Universiade bronze medalists for Russia Medalists at the 1995 Summer Universiade {{Russia-tennis-bio-stub