Orest Tereshchuk (born 18 August 1981) is a former professional

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player from

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Career

Tereshchuk began playing Davis Cup tennis for the Ukrainian national team in 1999. His last appearance in 2007 was his 18th tie for Ukraine, leveling Andrei Medvedev's record. He finished with a 22/10 career record, second only to Medvedev.Davis Cup Profile
/ref> On the

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he made doubles appearances in the 2006 Kremlin Cup (partnering Alexey Kedryuk) and the 2007 St. Petersburg Open (partnering

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) but was unable to progress past the opening round in either.ATP World Tour Profile
/ref> He was however highly successful on the ATP Challenger circuit, winning 11 doubles titles. As a singles player, he had the best win of his career in a Challenger tournament at Dnipropetrovsk in 2003, when he defeated

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, then ranked 66th in the world. The Ukrainian teamed up with

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at the

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and after making it through qualifying they faced the

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pairing of

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and

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in the first round. Tereschchuk and Burgsmüller lost the match in straight sets.

Challenger titles

Doubles: (11)

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Tereshchuk, Orest 1981 births Living people Ukrainian male tennis players Sportspeople from Lviv