Konstantin Vladimirovich Kravchuk ( rus, Константи́н Влади́мирович Кравчу́к, , kənstɐnʲˈtʲin krɐfˈtɕuk; born 23 February 1985) is a Russian professional
tennis
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player. He is known for his strong serve and good skills on fast and indoor courts.
Personal life
Kravchuk was born in Moscow to Vladimir, a chief of security, and Irina, a psychologist. He started playing tennis at age five. His mother played amateur tennis and it was her dream that the son become a professional tennis player.
Kravchuk married Veronika, a fashion model, on 12 February 2011;
the couple have a daughter, Eva.
Career
In 2013 at age 28 Kravchuk made his debut at the
Davis Cup in the
2013 Davis Cup Europe/Africa Zone Group I
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In the Europe and Africa Zone there are four different groups in which teams compete against each other to advance to the next group. Winners in Gr ...
Second round play-off match against
South Africa
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. In the third rubber, he partnered with
Andrey Kuznetsov and defeated
Raven Klaasen
Raven Klaasen ( ; born 16 October 1982) is a South African professional tennis player who specialises in doubles.
He achieved his career-high doubles ranking of world No. 7 in August 2019, and has won 19 doubles titles on the ATP Tour, includi ...
and
Tucker Vorster
Tucker Vorster (born 3 September 1988) is a South African tennis player.
Vorster has a career high ATP singles ranking of 278 achieved on 14 September 2015. He also has a career high ATP doubles ranking of 258 achieved on 15 August 2016.
Pl ...
in four sets. Kravchuk also took part in the fifth
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against Jacob Coenraad de Klerk, who retired during the first set of the match.
After his debut Kravchuk took part in all matches in the Davis Cup until the
2017 season. He played all the doubles matches partnering with five different teammates.
Challenger and Futures/World Tennis Tour finals
Singles: 29 (12–17)
Doubles: 48 (24 titles, 24 runners-up)
National representation
Davis Cup (10–7)
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ATP Cup (2–1)
References
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1985 births
Living people
Russian male tennis players
Universiade medalists in tennis
Universiade silver medalists for Russia
Universiade bronze medalists for Russia
Medalists at the 2013 Summer Universiade
Tennis players from Moscow