Maksim Mikalaevich "Max" Mirnyi (born 6 July 1977) is a

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ian former professional

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player. Mirnyi became a doubles specialist following his singles career, in which he reached a career-high of World No. 18 (August 2003) and finished in the top 50 in the world for seven straight years despite only winning one ATP singles title (2003 Rotterdam Open). He represented Belarus in Davis Cup competition from April 1994, where he holds a record of 47 wins and 27 losses in 35 ties played. He reached the World No. 1 doubles ranking in June 2003 and won ten Grand Slam titles: Men's doubles in the 2000 and 2002 US Open and the 2005, 2006, 2011 and 2012

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; and mixed doubles in the 1998, 2007, and 2013 U.S. Opens and 1998

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. At the

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in London, Mirnyi carried the flag of Belarus at the Opening Ceremony on 27 July 2012, and won the gold medal in the mixed doubles with

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on 5 August 2012. His nickname is "The Beast of Belarus".

Career

Mirnyi won the 1998 US Open and 1998 Wimbledon mixed doubles titles while partnering with

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, and lost the final of the 1999 Australian Open while partnering with her. His best performance at a Grand Slam in singles came when he got to the quarterfinals of the 2002 US Open, defeating

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, Dominik Hrbatý and

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before losing to

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. In the 2004

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, he and Vladimir Voltchkov defeated Russia 3–2 and

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5–0, reaching the semifinals, where they lost to the United States. In 2006, he scored an upset against James Blake at Wimbledon. That same year, he and

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defeated the

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in men's doubles at the 2006 French Open. In 2011, he and Daniel Nestor defeated

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and Eduardo Schwank at the 2011 French Open. In 2012, he and Daniel Nestor defeated the

, both at the Queen's Club, UK, and again at the 2012 French Open.

Significant finals

Grand Slam tournament finals

Doubles: 10 (6 titles, 4 runner-ups)

Mixed doubles: 8 (4 titles, 4 runner-ups)

Masters 1000 finals

Singles: 1 (1 runner-up)

Doubles: 29 (16 titles, 13 runner-ups)

Year-end championships

Doubles: 4 (2 titles, 2 runner-ups)

Olympic medal matches

Mixed doubles: 1 (1 gold medal)

ATP career finals

Singles: 4 (1 title, 3 runner-ups)

Doubles: 98 (52 titles, 46 runner-ups)

Performance timelines

Singles

Doubles

Mixed doubles

Top 10 wins

Doubles partners

Notes

References

External links

* * * * * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Mirnyi, Max 1977 births Living people Belarusian male tennis players ATP number 1 ranked doubles tennis players Grand Slam (tennis) champions in mixed doubles Grand Slam (tennis) champions in men's doubles French Open champions US Open (tennis) champions Wimbledon champions Olympic tennis players for Belarus Olympic gold medalists for Belarus Olympic medalists in tennis Tennis players at the 2000 Summer Olympics Tennis players at the 2004 Summer Olympics Tennis players at the 2008 Summer Olympics Tennis players at the 2012 Summer Olympics Tennis players at the 2016 Summer Olympics Medalists at the 2012 Summer Olympics Belarusian emigrants to the United States Sportspeople from Bradenton, Florida Tennis players from Minsk