Mikhail Sergeyevich Biryukov (russian: Михаил Сергеевич Бирюков; 28 April 1992 – 4 October 2019) was a Russian junior

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player. His highest ATP singles ranking was 292. After his retirement from professional tennis at age 22, he served as a coach of under 16 player Alexey Zakharov.

Tennis career

On 21 August 2010, Mikhail, representing

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, won the doubles silver medal in the inaugural

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held in

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with Victor Baluda. Mikhail and Victor were defeated by the Briton

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and by the Czech Jiri Vesely 6–3, 6–1.

Personal life and death

Biryukov was the son of four-time

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in modern pentathlon,

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. On 4 October 2019, Biryukov was found dead in Moscow. He died by suicide.

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