Mikhail Youzhny

Quick Facts

Full Name	Mikhail Youzhny
Occupation	Tennis Player
Date Of Birth	Jun 25, 1982(1982-06-25)
Age	42
Birthplace	Russia
Country	Soviet Union
Horoscope	Cancer

Mikhail Youzhny Biography

Mikhail Youzhny is one of the most popular and richest Tennis Player who was born on June 25, 1982 in Russia, Soviet Union.

Mikhail Mikhailovich Youzhny (Russian: Михаил Михайлович Южный , IPA: [mʲɪxɐˈil mʲɪxɐˈjləvʲɪtɕ ˈjʉʐnɨj] ( listen ) ; born 25 June 1982), nicknamed “Misha” and “Colonel” by his fans, is a Russian retired professional tennis player who was ranked inside the top 10 and was the Russian No. 1. He achieved a top-10 ranking by the Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP) for the first time on 13 August 2007, and reached a career peak of World No. 8 in January 2008, and again in October 2010.

Youzhny played in his first junior tournament in April 1995 at the 8th Sochi International Junior Tournament, but lost in the first round to Andrei Stoliarov. He next played in a junior tournament—the Ozerov Cup—in 1997, where he reached the semifinals but lost to Belorussian Maxim Belski. In the quarterfinals, Youzhny beat Nikolay Davydenko. He also played doubles at the tournament, partnering with Davydenko; he reached the finals but lost to Belski and Igor Kunitsyn. Youzhny’s first junior tournament win came in August 1997, where he partnered with Igor Kunitsyn and defeated Josef Nesticky and Igor Ogrinc. He first won a junior singles tournament in February 1998, defeating Frantisek Babej in the final. At Wimbledon, his first junior grand slam event, he lost to Andrej Kracman in the first round. At the US Open, he lost in the third round to David Nalbandian. At the junior Australian Open Youzhny defeated second-seed Jarkko Nieminen on his way to the final, which he lost in straight sets to Kristian Pless. Youzhny reached his highest junior world ranking of No. 20 in January 2000.

Mikhail Youzhny Net Worth

Mikhail Youzhny is one of the richest Tennis Player from Soviet Union. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Mikhail Youzhny 's net worth $14,264,450. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)

Youzhny was born on 25 June 1982 to Mikhail, a Soviet army colonel and Lubov, a professional tennis player. 25 June is also his father’s birthday. His father sacrificed his career in the Soviet army to steer Youzhny and his older brother Andrei into becoming tennis players. It was because of his father that Boris Sobkin became his coach. He was very talented. At 13, he was a ballboy for a Russia – United States Davis Cup final in Moscow. Youzhny’s father was recommended that Mikhail and his brother should join the tennis club Spartak Club if they wanted to become professional players. Mikhail and Andrei had to travel on an underground metro train and then on two buses to reach their destination, taking well over an hour to reach the club. His mother had to take a part-time job to pay for their club membership fees. At Spartak Club, Youzhny, along with many others his age, would watch Andrei Chesnokov, a former top-10 player, practice for hours. However, his parents had difficulty finding a good coach for Mikhail and Andrei. According to Mikhail, “It was not so easy. In the beginning me and Andrei would watch how coaches were working with students. Then we would make our own drills with a bag of old balls that we collected.” Remembering Youzhny’s early years, Sobkin said, “Mischa and Andrei were practising together all the time without [a] coach”. Sobkin continued:

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Youzhny began the 2003 season with a semifinal appearance at the Qatar Open in Doha, losing to American world number forty-two Jan-Michael Gambill. Youzhny, who was seeded for the first time at a grand slam event, reached the fourth round of the Australian Open losing to world number nine Andy Roddick in five sets after failing to close out the match with a two-set lead. After this defeat Youzhny fell in the first or second round five consecutive times. At the BMW Open in Munich, Youzhny reached the quarterfinals but lost to world number five Roger Federer. At the Hamburg Masters, Youzhny reached the third round by defeating world number ten Jiří Novák in straight sets before losing in the third round to Argentine world number sixteen Guillermo Coria. At the French Open, Youzhny was seeded number twenty-seven, and for the first time in his career he won his first round, but lost in the second round to Attila Sávolt, world number 141 from Hungary, in a five-setter. At the Gerry Weber Open in Halle, Germany, Youzhny reached the semifinals, but lost to Roger Federer. At Wimbledon Youzhny was seeded 16th, and lost—for the first time in his career before the fourth round—to Spain’s Feliciano Lopez, ranked number fifty-two in the world, in the second round. Youzhny immediately recovered from his defeat to reach the quarterfinals of the Synsam Swedish Open in Båstad, Sweden, but lost in the quarterfinals at the MercedesCup—in which he was the defending champion—to world number seven Guillermo Coria. At the Western & Southern Financial Group Masters in Cincinnati, Youzhny lost for a third consecutive time to Coria—now ranked world number five. At the US Open he continued his poor form by losing in the first round to world number sixty- four Antony Dupuis from France. However, he reached the semifinals of the Grand Prix de Tennis de Lyon in Lyon, losing to world number six Rainer Schüttler from Germany. At his next tournament, the St. Petersburg Open, he reached the quarterfinals but lost again to Schüttler, this time in straight sets. He ended the season with 29–27 win-loss record, making it his worst season since 2001, and ended the year ranked world number forty-three.

Facts & Trivia

Alex Ranked on the list of most popular Tennis Player. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in Soviet Union. Mikhail Youzhny celebrates birthday on June 25 of every year.

Coming to Wimbledon, Youzhny had won only 2 grass matches and he was upset in the first round by 415 ranked Goran Ivanisevic. At the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, Youzhny upset Nicolas Kiefer to reach the quarterfinals, but lost to American Mardy Fish in straight sets. His next tournament was the US Open, where he defeated Albert Montañés and David Nalbandian, before losing to Tomas Berdych in five sets. He responded to his US Open loss by reaching the final of the China Open in Beijing, defeating three top 20 players; Rainer Schüttler, Dominik Hrbatý and Paradorn Srichaphan. Marat Safin, a fellow Russian, defeated Youzhny in the final. Youzhny’s next two events were the Grand Prix de Tennis de Lyon and the Kremlin Cup, where he reached the quarterfinals, losing to Xavier Malisse, and the semifinals, losing to Nikolay Davydenko, respectively. In October at the St. Petersburg Open, Youzhny won his first title since 2002, defeating world No. 53 Karol Beck in two sets. Youzhny ended the year by reaching the quarterfinals of the BNP Paribas Masters in Paris. He had earlier upset eighth ranked Tim Henman but lost in the quarterfinals to Radek Štěpánek. Youzhny’s season tally was a 42–27 win- loss record, and he had a year-end ranking of sixteen.

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How old is Youzhny?

39 years (June 25, 1982)

Where is Auger Aliassime from?

Montreal, Canada

How tall is opelka?

6′ 11″

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