Andrey Andreyevich Rublev (russian: Андрей Андреевич Рублёв; born 20 October 1997) is a Russian professional
tennis
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player. He has been ranked as high as world No. 5 in singles by the
Association of Tennis Professionals
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(ATP), which he first achieved in September 2021. Rublev has won 12
ATP Tour
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singles titles. He has a career-high doubles ranking of No. 53, achieved on 15 August 2022. He has won three doubles titles and is an Olympic gold medalist, winning the
mixed doubles
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title at the
2020 Summer Olympics
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Tokyo was selected as the host city during the ...
with
Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova
Anastasia Sergeyevna "Nastia" Pavlyuchenkova (russian: Анастаси́я "Настя" Серге́евна Павлюче́нкова; born 3 July 1991) is an inactive Russian professional tennis player. A junior prodigy, Pavlyuchenkova won ...
.In his junior career, Rublev won the
2014 French Open singles title, defeating
Jaume Munar
Jaume Antoni Munar Clar (; ; born 5 May 1997, in Majorca) is a Spanish professional tennis player. Munar has a career-high ATP singles ranking of No. 52 achieved on 20 May 2019. He also has a career-high ATP doubles ranking of No. 149 achieved o ...
in the final. He won the bronze medal in
singles
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* ''Singles'' ...
and the silver in
doubles at the
2014 Summer Youth Olympics
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in
Nanjing
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. Rublev broke into the top 10 of the ATP Tour in October 2020. He has reached the quarterfinals of the
Australian
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,
French
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and
US Opens, and was part of the successful
Russian Davis Cup team in
2021
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. He won his first doubles title at the
2015 Kremlin Cup
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with
Dmitry Tursunov
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, and among his singles titles are home victories in
Moscow
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and
St. Petersburg
Saint Petersburg ( rus, links=no, Санкт-Петербург, a=Ru-Sankt Peterburg Leningrad Petrograd Piter.ogg, r=Sankt-Peterburg, p=ˈsankt pʲɪtʲɪrˈburk), formerly known as Petrograd (1914–1924) and later Leningrad (1924–1991), i ...
.
Personal life
Rublev was born in Moscow to Andrey Rublev Sr., a former professional boxer turned
restaurant manager
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A junior college (sometimes referred to colloquially a ...
, and Marina Marenko (née Tyurakova; russian: links=no, Тюракова), a tennis coach at the
Spartak Tennis Club Spartak Tennis Club, also known as Shiryaevka, is a tennis training ground located near Sokolniki Park in Moscow, Russia. Built in 1979, it formerly formed part of the Spartak sports society. It has 15 outdoor clay courts, which remain open for f ...
. His mother worked with tennis players such as
Anna Kournikova
Anna Sergeyevna Kournikova ( rus, Анна Сергеевна Курникова, p=ˈanːə sʲɪrˈɡʲejɪvnə ˈkurnʲɪkəvə, a=Anna_kournikova.ogg; born 7 June 1981) is a Russian former professional tennis player and American televisio ...
and received the
Medal of the Order "For Merit to the Fatherland"
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in 2009. She is also the mother of
Anna Arina Marenko
Anna Arina Viktorovna Marenko (russian: Анна-Арина Викторовна Марьенко; born 2 January 1992) is a Russian former professional tennis
Tennis is a racket sport that is played either individually against a single ...
, Rublev's older half-sister and former professional tennis player.
Rublev has
Austrian
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ancestry on his paternal side, through his grandmother Larisa Genrikhovna Rubleva. He often credits his paternal grandparents for raising him as a child for five days a week until he was 15. Rublev denies the claims his mother used to be harsh towards him: "She was definitely not harsh. My parents always did everything for me. They love me very much". His maternal grandfather, Andrey Fyodorovich Tyurakov was a pro-coach in
freestyle wrestling
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, an amateur tennis player and doubles partner of Boris Sobkin, a coach of professional tennis player
Mikhail Youzhny
Mikhail Mikhailovich Youzhny (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 Assoc ...
and sparring partner of Grand Slam doubles champion
Olga Morozova
Olga Vasilyevna Morozova ( rus, link=no, Ольга Васильевна Морозова, , ˈolʲɡə mɐˈrozəvə, a=Ru-Olga_Morozova.ogg; born 22 February 1949) is a retired tennis player who competed for the Soviet Union. She was the run ...
in her prime years.
In 2013, however, Belarusian Sergey Tarasevich became his other coach. Then Tarasevich was replaced by
Fernando Vicente
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from Spain. Outside tennis, Rublev practices boxing and basketball, and he is particularly interested in
Mike Tyson
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. Rublev is also pretty serious about creating his own electronic music like his heroes –
Martin Garrix
Martijn Gerard Garritsen (; born 14 May 1996), known professionally as Martin Garrix and also as Ytram and GRX, is a Dutch disc jockey and music producer who was ranked number one on ''DJ Mag''s Top 100 DJs list for three consecutive years—201 ...
and
Alan Walker
Alan Olav Walker (born 24 August 1997) is a British-born Norwegian music producer and DJ primarily known for the critically acclaimed single " Faded" (2015), which was certified platinum in 14 countries. He has also made several songs including ...
. Rublev is nicknamed the "Rubl'" which means the Russian word '
ruble
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, currencies named ''rub ...
'. He speaks Russian, English, and Spanish, and also is a longtime fan of the
Golden State Warriors
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(
NBA
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),
and has been regularly following soccer matches as a supporter of
FC Barcelona
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Founded ...
.
Unlike his key tennis idols growing up –
Rafael Nadal
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and
Marat Safin
Marat Mubinovich Safin ( rus, Мара́т Муби́нович Са́фин, , mɐˈrat ˈsafʲɪn, Ru-Marat-Safin.ogg; tt-Cyrl, Марат Мөбин улы Сафин; born 27 January 1980) is a Russian retired world No. 1 tennis player an ...
– Rublev is
Orthodox Christian
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Orthodoxy within Christianity refers to acceptance of the doctrines defined by various creeds and ecumenical councils in Antiquity, but different Churche ...
and can be regularly seen
crossing himself
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after matches.
Junior career
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Rublev debuted in
Luxembourg
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at age 13, getting his first win in his second competition in
Phoenix
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* Phoenix, Arizona, a city in the United States
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Greek mythological figures
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.
In the following years, Rublev could climb the third rounds in singles and in December 2012 he won one of the top junior competitions, the
Orange Bowl
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.
Next, in spring of 2013, Rublev achieved the NWU PUKKE/RVTA Junior ITF 1 cup in
Potchefstroom
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,
South Africa
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. He successfully competed in following tournaments, especially on clay surface, including the Trofeo Bonfiglio in Milan, and became quarter-finalist at the
2014 Australian Open junior singles. At the
doubles competition he paired with German
Alexander Zverev
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, reaching the quarter-finals. The first notable win was at the
2014 French Open junior singles, crushing
Jaume Munar
Jaume Antoni Munar Clar (; ; born 5 May 1997, in Majorca) is a Spanish professional tennis player. Munar has a career-high ATP singles ranking of No. 52 achieved on 20 May 2019. He also has a career-high ATP doubles ranking of No. 149 achieved o ...
.
There he also reached the semifinals with partner Stefan Kozlov, before being knocked down by Frenchmen and future winners Benjamin Bonzi / Quentin Halys.
[https://www.itftennis.com/en/players/andrey-rublev/800330482/rus/jt/s/titles/ ] He became ITF Junior player World No. 1 on 9 June 2014 after winning the 2014 Junior French Open.
Shortly before
Wimbledon
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* ...
, Rublev captured the cup at the Nike Junior International Roehampton in
Roehampton
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, Great Britain. In the Wimbledon Championships, Rublev reached the third round before being beaten by 1842nd-ranked Dutch van Rijthoven in three tight sets. In doubles, Rublev and Kozlov lost to Brazilians
Orlando Luz
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and
Marcelo Zormann
Marcelo Zormann da Silva (born 10 June 1996 in Lins, São Paulo) is a Brazilian tennis player.
Zormann along with Orlando Luz won the 2014 Wimbledon boys' doubles title after defeating Stefan Kozlov and Andrey Rublev
Andrey Andreyevich Ru ...
in three sets, attaining his first junior Grand Slam final in doubles.
Rublev took a break before competing at the
2014 Summer Youth Olympics
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, where he played in all three events as first-seeded. In
singles
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, he lost to
Kamil Majchrzak
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in three sets, but received a bronze medal for beating Jumpei Yamasaki. Partnering with fellow
Karen Khachanov
Karen Abgarovich Khachanov (russian: Каре́н Абга́рович Хача́нов; born 21 May 1996) is a Russian professional tennis player. Khachanov has won four ATP Tour singles titles, including a ATP Tour Masters 1000, Masters 1000 ti ...
in
doubles, Rublev reached the finals, where they again lost to Brazilians Luz and Zormann. He and his mixed partner
Darya Kasatkina
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only reached the second round, where they were defeated by silver medalists
Ye Qiuyu
Ye Qiuyu (; ; born 29 November 1997) is an inactive Chinese tennis player.
Ye has won nine doubles titles on the ITF Women's Circuit in her career. On 30 April 2018, she reached her best singles ranking of world No. 480. On 20 November 2017, s ...
and Yamazaki.
In April 2015, Rublev finished his junior career by winning the inaugural ITF Junior Masters in
Chengdu
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, China. In the final, the Russian beat
Taylor Fritz
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in three sets.
Professional career
2013-2014: Early career and Davis Cup debut
![Andrey Rublev (16400062606)](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/dd/Andrey_Rublev_%2816400062606%29.jpg)
Rublev debuted at the Bulgaria F6 Futures, reaching the quarterfinals. He continued his career in
Bulgaria
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, where he again reached the quarterfinals, but became runner-up in doubles. The 15-year-old reached his first ITF Futures final in 2013 in
Minsk, Belarus
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. After an unsuccessful fall, he recorded his first win at the USA F31 Futures in
Bradenton, United States.
In the 2014 Tour he started in
Kazakhstan
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, reaching a semifinal and a final in the two Futures events in
Aktobe
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Aktobe is located in the west of K ...
, respectively. In the latter he beat Belarusian
Yaraslav Shyla
Yaraslav Iharavich Shyla ( be, Яраслаў Ігаравіч Шыла; russian: Ярослав Игоревич Шило; born 5 March 1993 in Minsk) is a Belarusian tennis player.
Shyla has a career high ATP singles ranking of 306 achieved on ...
for his second win. Rublev reached the final of the Czech F1 Futures in doubles, partnering with Pole
Andriej Kapaś
Andriej Kapaś (; born 11 August 1989) is a Polish professional tennis player. He competes mainly on the ATP Challenger Tour and ITF Futures, both in singles and doubles. He reached his highest ATP singles ranking, No. 323, and his highest ATP d ...
, and continued his success in the Russian F3 Futures in Moscow, becoming champion in singles and runner-up in the doubles competition.
2015: ATP debut, First doubles title
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In
2015
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, Rublev entered his first ATP tournament in
Delray Beach
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, where he reached the second round losing to
Steve Johnson in straight sets.
Rublev made his debut at the
Davis Cup
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, where in the second round play-off of the
Europe Zone Group I, in the third rubber, he partnered with
Konstantin Kravchuk
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and won the match against the Portuguese team
Gastão Elias
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/
João Sousa
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in three sets.
The Russian participated at his first Masters 1000 entry in
Miami
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, where he defeated
Pablo Carreño Busta
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, but lost to
John Isner
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Considered one of the best servers e ...
. He entered the clay season at the
Barcelona Open There are two sporting events named the Barcelona Open:
* Barcelona Open (golf)
* Barcelona Open (tennis)
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