Ivan Andreevich Gakhov ( rus, Ива́н Андре́евич Га́хов, , ɪˈvan ˈɡaxəf; born 4 November 1996) is a Russian

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player. Gakhov has a career high ATP singles ranking of world No. 142 achieved on 19 June 2023. He also has a career high doubles ranking of world No. 170 achieved on 17 September 2018. Gakhov has won one

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title in singles at the 2023 Girona Challenger and one in doubles at the 2018 Fergana Challenger.

Career

2022: ATP debut

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2023: Maiden Challenger title, Masters debut and first ATP win, top 150

He won his maiden

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and twelfth seed

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. In the first round of the main draw, he defeated

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to record his first ATP match win and first at the Masters 1000 tour-level, having played only one ATP match ever. As a result, he moved more then 35 spots in the rankings into the top 165. In the second round, he lost to top seed

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. He reached the top 150 at No. 147 on 12 June 2023.

Challenger and Futures/World Tennis Tour Finals

Singles: 31 (16–15)

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

Awards

;2019 * The Russian Cup in the nomination Student Tennis Players of the Year

References

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* * 1996 births Living people Russian male tennis players Tennis players from Moscow Universiade medalists in tennis FISU World University Games gold medalists for Russia Universiade silver medalists for Russia Universiade bronze medalists for Russia Medalists at the 2019 Summer Universiade {{Russia-tennis-bio-stub