Artem Sitak

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Artem Sitak
Sitak at the 2022 BNP Paribas Primrose Bordeaux
Country (sports) Russia (2002–2010)
 New Zealand (2011–)
ResidenceAuckland, New Zealand
Born (1986-02-08) 8 February 1986 (age 38)
Orenburg, Russia (then part of Soviet Union)
Height1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)
Turned pro2001
RetiredJanuary 2024
PlaysRight-handed (two-handed backhand)
Prize moneyUS $1,194,577
Singles
Career record5–6
Career titles0
Highest rankingNo. 299 (11 August 2008)
Grand Slam singles results
Australian Open Junior1R (2003)
Wimbledon Junior1R (2002)
Doubles
Career record155–174
Career titles5
Highest rankingNo. 32 (10 September 2018)
Grand Slam doubles results
Australian Open3R (2015)
French Open3R (2018)
WimbledonQF (2018)
US Open2R (2014, 2016, 2018)
Grand Slam mixed doubles results
Australian Open1R (2016, 2018, 2019)
French Open2R (2017)
WimbledonQF (2019)
US Open2R (2017)
Artem Sitak
Medal record
Tennis
Representing  Russia
Summer Universiade
Gold medal – first place 2005 Izmir Singles
Gold medal – first place 2005 Izmir Doubles

Artem Yurievich Sitak (/ˈɑːrtəm ˈsɪtæk/ ART-əm SIT-ak;[1][2] Russian: Артём Юрьевич Ситак, romanized: Artyom Sitak; born 8 February 1986) is a Russian-born New Zealand former professional tennis player. On 11 August 2008, he reached his highest ATP singles ranking of World No. 299, whilst his highest doubles ranking of World No. 32 was reached on 10 September 2018, after the US Open. He is the younger brother of Dmitri Sitak, who was also a professional tennis player.[3]

Junior years[edit]

Coached during the 1990s by Santini, as a 13-year-old in 1999, Sitak received a wildcard into the main draw of an ITF junior tournament in Russia as a 13-year-old in 1999. He was defeated by Evgeni Smirnov 6–4, 6–1. The following year he entered the qualifying draw of the same tournament, and defeated future ATP top 50 player Denis Istomin 6–0, 6–1 to win his first ITF junior match. Sitak was taken out in the third and final round of qualifying by a future ATP top 100 player Teymuraz Gabashvili 6–4, 7–5.

At the age of 14, Sitak won the prestigious Orange Bowl.

Sitak made his first junior Grand Slam appearance at the age of 15 at the 2002 Australian Open where he was beaten in straight sets by Australian Christopher Roman. Sitak's last junior tournament came a year later at the 2003 Australian Open where he was eliminated by Korean Suk Hyun-joon in the first round.

Professional career[edit]

2002: Pro debut[edit]

Sitak began his senior career in 2002 at a challenger event in Togliatti, Russia, where he received a wildcard into the main draw but fell in the first round to Thomas Blake, older brother of former top 10 player James Blake.

2005: First Futures title[edit]

Sitak's first title came in 2005 in a Russian Futures tournament, where he defeated Pavel Chekhov 4–6, 6–4, 6–4 in the final.

2011[edit]

Sitak began 2011 under the New Zealand flag and received a wildcard into the 2011 Heineken Open qualifying, where he was defeated by Frenchman Ludovic Walter 6–3, 6–4 in the first round.

2012[edit]

He won the men's singles in the Ojai Tennis Tournament in 2012.[4]

2014: First ATP doubles title[edit]

Sitak partnered Polish tennis player Mateusz Kowalczyk to win the 2014 MercedesCup doubles title, defeating Philipp Oswald and Guillermo García López 2–6, 6–1, 10–7 in the final.

2017: New partnership with Koolhof[edit]

Sitak's long-running doubles partnership with Nicholas Monroe came to an end after Wimbledon in 2017, and he subsequently teamed up with Dutch player Wesley Koolhof. They reached the final in Atlanta, losing to the Bryan brothers, and lost in the first round at the US Open before winning a Challenger event in Szczecin, Poland, and losing another ATP final, this time in Metz, to Julien Benneteau and Édouard Roger-Vasselin.

2018[edit]

Starting the new year in Brisbane, Sitak and Koolhof lost in the semi-finals to Leonardo Mayer and Horacio Zeballos. They lost in the first round in Auckland to Michael Venus and Raven Klaasen, and then 7–6(5), 4–6, 4–6 in the second round of the Australian Open to the eventual winners, Oliver Marach and Mate Pavić. Although they were not in the original draw for the Mixed Doubles, Sitak and Olga Savchuk teamed up as alternates after an injury to Anastasia Rodionova in her women's doubles match meant that she and Marach could not participate. They were beaten in a first-round match tie-break by Nadiia Kichenok and Marcel Granollers.

Sitak and Koolhof then went to Newport Beach in California where, as top seeds, they lost in the first round, 2–6, 1–6, to Treat Huey and Denis Kudla. After that came the Davis Cup where, in Tianjin, Sitak and Marcus Daniell lost their doubles tie to the lowly-ranked Chinese pair of Gong Mao-Xin and Zhang Ze. Sitak and Koolhof then lost in the quarter-finals at Montpellier before going all the way to the final in the New York Open, being beaten by Max Mirnyi and Philipp Oswald in a match tie-break. They followed that up with a first round loss at Delray Beach to Scott Lipsky and Divij Sharan.

Their up and down season continued in Brazil, where they reached the final in São Paulo, but were beaten in straight sets by Federico Delbonis and Máximo González. Their next stop was Irving, Texas, where they lost in the semi-finals of the ATP Challenger to Alexander Peya and Philipp Petzschner. Moving to Europe, and playing in the Alicante Challenger in Spain as preparation for the European clay court season, they won their second title together when they beat Guido Andreozzi and Ariel Behar 6–3, 6–2, in the final, but they lost in the first round of their next tournament in Marrakech. In the Hungarian Open they beat the top seeds Nikola Mektić and Alexander Peya in the first round, but lost in the second to Marcin Matkowski and Sitak's former partner Nicholas Monroe.

Their next tournament was at Estoril where they went all the way to the final before losing to the British pair of Kyle Edmund and Cameron Norrie, 2–6, 4–6. They then lost in the first round of the Bordeaux Challenger tournament after Sitak had been hit in the right ear by a smash from Radu Albot, and also in the first round in Geneva, the last tournament before the French Open.

At Roland Garros, Sitak and Koolhof beat Andre Begemann and Antonio Šančić in the first round, then the ninth seeds Ivan Dodig and Rajeev Ram, before going down to fifth seeds Juan Sebastián Cabal and Robert Farah. All three matches went to a deciding set. After the tournament finished it was announced that the pair would split, with Koolhof joining Sitak's fellow New Zealander, and former partner, Marcus Daniell, and Sitak linking up with Indian Divij Sharan.[5]

Sitak and Sharan's first tournament together was at 's-Hertogenbosch, where they were beaten in the semi-finals by Michael Venus and Raven Klaasen. They then lost in a big upset in the first round of qualifying at Halle, before finding top seeds Cabal and Farah their nemesis in the first round at Eastbourne.

They reached the quarter-finals at Wimbledon, the best-ever result in a Grand Slam tournament for either of them. They had to come from two sets down in both their second and third round matches, against Julio Peralta and Horacio Zeballos and Marcin Matkowski and Jonathan Erlich respectively, before lining up against Mike Bryan and Jack Sock in the quarter-finals. There were three tie-break sets to start, and just one loss of serve in the fourth set was enough to seal their defeat at the hands of the eventual champions. In mixed doubles, Sitak teamed up with Ukrainian Lyudmyla Kichenok to beat Argentina's Leonardo Mayer and María Irigoyen, but he withdrew from the second round due to fatigue from the length of the men's doubles matches.

Sitak teamed up with Erlich for the Hall of Fame Championships in Newport, marching imperiously to the final, where they very quickly swept aside clay-court specialists Marcelo Arévalo and Miguel Ángel Reyes-Varela. Sitak maintained that it was their experience which counted – it was the 39th ATP final for Erlich, and the 11th for Sitak, but just the first for both their opponents.

Moving on to Washington, D.C. for the Citi Open, Sitak and Sharan beat Jamie Cerretani and Leander Paes in the first round before losing to Jamie Murray and Bruno Soares in the quarter-finals. Sitak then entered the Toronto Masters with Stefanos Tsitsipas, and received a first-round call up as an alternate for a withdrawn pair. They ended up playing Michael Venus and Raven Klaasen, and lost 6–4, 6–4. Moving on to Cincinnati for the next Masters event, the pair qualified for direct acceptance. In the first round they were drawn against Ivan Dodig and Robin Haase, and lost in a match tie-break.

In his last tournament before the US Open, Sitak teamed up with Aisam-ul-Haq Qureshi at Winston-Salem. They beat Max Mirnyi and Philipp Oswald, then Marcelo Demoliner and Santiago González, before falling to Jamie Cerretani and Leander Paes in the semi-final. In the US Open, Sitak and Sharan lost to eventual runners-up Łukasz Kubot and Marcelo Melo in the second round, while Sitak and Lyudmyla Kichenok were beaten in a tight first round battle in the mixed doubles, losing 10–8 in the match tie-break to fourth seeds Latisha Chan and Ivan Dodig.

The US Open was followed by New Zealand's Davis Cup tie against Korea in Gimcheon, where Sitak and debutant Ajeet Rai were successful in their doubles rubber. However, New Zealand lost the tie 3–2, and were relegated to Group II of the Asia/Oceania zone for the first time in five years. Dashing back to France for what turned out to be just one match, Sitak, again with Qureshi, lost in the first round at Metz to Oliver Marach and Jürgen Melzer. Reunited with Sharan a week later in China, they were upset in the first round of the Chengdu Open by Austin Krajicek and Jeevan Nedunchezhiyan.

In the Japan Open they drew Jamie Murray and Bruno Soares in the first round, and lost in straight sets, and then were able to get into the Shanghai Masters as an alternate entry, where they lost in the second round to Kubot and Melo, who went on to win the title. Their next event was the European Open in Antwerp where, as fourth seeds, they lost to second seeds Nicolas Mahut and Édouard Roger-Vasselin in an entertaining semi-final.

From there they travelled to Basel for the Swiss Indoors Open, where they lost in an upset result in the semi-finals to Mischa and Alexander Zverev. They finished their season at the Paris Masters where, with only an hour's notice, they again took the court as an alternate. They beat Feliciano and Marc López in the first round, but lost in straight sets in the second round to the best team in the world for 2018, Mike Bryan and Jack Sock.

2019[edit]

With a new partner in the left-handed American Austin Krajicek, Sitak began 2019 in Brisbane, where they lost in the quarter-finals to Rajeev Ram and Joe Salisbury. They also lost in the quarter-finals in Auckland, this time to Bob and Mike Bryan, the former playing his first tournament since being injured in Monte Carlo and subsequently having surgery to replace his hip.

The Australian Open also saw them record a win and a loss, beating Leander Paes and Miguel Ángel Reyes-Varela in the first round, but losing a tight match to eventual semi-finalists Ryan Harrison and Sam Querrey in the second, 6–4, 7–6(5). Sitak had another new partner in the mixed doubles, teaming up with former World doubles number one Ekaterina Makarova. Seeded eighth, they lost in the first round to Andreja Klepač and Édouard Roger-Vasselin.

Sitak and Krajicek then lost in the first round at Montpellier before going to Rotterdam, where they got into the main draw as Lucky Losers, but again lost in the first round. The same fate awaited them in Rio de Janeiro, but they had far better luck in Acapulco, where they finished runners-up to Mischa and Alexander Zverev after easily taking the first set of the final. It was the first ATP500 series final for both Sitak and Krajicek.

Because of their relative rankings, Sitak found a new partner for Indian Wells in singles specialist Nikoloz Basilashvili, but they went out in the first round to eighth seeds Henri Kontinen and John Peers. That meant that he and Krajicek were able to go straight to Phoenix, where they had walk-overs in the first two rounds of the Phoenix Challenger, beat Jamie Cerretani and Nicholas Monroe in the semi-finals, and lost to Jamie Murray and Neal Skupski in the final.

From there they went to Miami, where they lost in the first round, and on to Houston for the US Clay Court Championships, where they lost to the Skupski brothers in the semi-finals. That was followed by a loss in qualifying in Barcelona and a quarter-final loss in Munich before a first round loss in Madrid, where they had got in as an alternate pair.

They also got into the Italian Open as an alternate pair, and this time made it to the second round, losing to eventual champions Juan Sebastián Cabal and Robert Farah. Another first round loss, this time as second seeds in Geneva, preceded their attempt at the French Open, where Krajicek dropped a bombshell just a couple of days before their first round match by announcing that he would be ending their partnership after this tournament.[6] Seeded 16th, the pair didn't have a single practice together before losing in the first round to Hsieh Cheng-peng and Christopher Rungkat. He and Makoto Ninomiya played mixed doubles together, but lost in a first round match tie-break to eventual semi-finalists Nadiia Kichenok and Aisam-ul-Haq Qureshi.

Sitak had different partners for each of his first three grass tournaments before winning the Antalya Open with Jonathan Erlich in a week where the on-court temperatures seldom dropped below 40 degrees Celsius. They defeated Ivan Dodig and Filip Polášek in straight sets in the final, having beaten French Open champions Kevin Krawietz and Andreas Mies in the first round. At Wimbledon Sitak and Erlich lost in the first round to Máximo González and Horacio Zeballos, but Sitak went much further in the mixed doubles.

Although he and Laura Siegemund made it to the quarter-finals before losing to fifth seeds Květa Peschke and Wesley Koolhof, it's their first round match against Darija Jurak and Ken Skupski which will go down in history, the sprinklers facing Sitak and Siegemund bursting into life as they sat down with the score at 4–3 in the final set.[7] The match was eventually moved to another court to be finished. As if that wasn't enough, their top quality third round match against third seeds Gabriela Dabrowski and Mate Pavić took three hours and 17 minutes, becoming the first mixed doubles match to require Wimbledon's innovation of a tie-break at 12–12 in the final set.

Sitak and Erlich were unable to defend their title in Newport, losing in the first round, before Sitak teamed up with Radu Albot to reach the semi-finals in Atlanta, but they lost in the first round in Los Cabos. Next up was the US Open, where Sitak and Denys Molchanov lost in the first round to second seeds Łukasz Kubot and Marcelo Melo. The same fate befell him in the mixed doubles, where he and Lucie Hradecká also lost in the first round.

Two more first round losses followed before Sitak reunited with Divij Sharan. Although losing their first match together, they reached the quarter-finals of the Japan Open. They made the Paris Masters as alternates, beating Pavić and Bruno Soares in the first round before losing to Jérémy Chardy and Fabrice Martin in the second. Two first round losses in Challenger events ended the 2019 season for Sitak.

2020[edit]

Sitak had a six-week break before he and Sharan started the new year with a first round loss in Doha. They were more successful in Auckland, upsetting top seeds John Peers and Michael Venus in the first round before losing a tight match in the second against Sander Gillé and Joran Vliegen. They lost in the second round of the Australian Open to Mate Pavić and Bruno Soares and in the first round in Pune when seeded second. Then followed three tournaments with a win and a loss – New York, Delray Beach (where they lost to eventual champions Bob and Mike Bryan) and the Chilean capital, Santiago.

The following week saw the pair split up to play for their respective countries in the Davis Cup, with Sitak joining Marcus Daniell for the first time in two years as New Zealand played Venezuela for the first time ever, in Auckland. It was a successful return, as the pair won their rubber in straight sets to help New Zealand to a 3–1 win and a place in the next round, against South Korea. Just a day later came the news that the partnership with Sharan was over, the Indian deciding that their results weren't good enough to justify continuing as a pair.[8] That was followed by the suspension of all international tennis due to the COVID-19 coronavirus.

Sitak returned to action in August with a new partner, Slovakian Igor Zelenay. They lost in the first round in two Challenger events in Prague, but took their first title at the third attempt, in Ostrava. They were the only alternate team to get into the French Open, but lost in the first round, as they did in a Challenger in Parma. They fared better at a new ATP250 tournament in Santa Margherita di Pula, Sardinia, losing in the quarter-finals to eventual winners Marcus Daniell and Philipp Oswald, but this was their last tournament together.

With partners for just one tournament at a time, Sitak lost in the quarter-finals in Istanbul and Nur-Sultan, and in the first round of the Paris Masters. He got to the quarter-finals of the Sofia Open in Bulgaria before flying to South America for a final Challenger event, reaching the semi-finals in Lima.

2021[edit]

The early part of 2021 saw Sitak continue to criss-cross the globe. Starting in Australia, Sitak and Federico Delbonis lost in the second round of the Great Ocean Road Open to fellow New Zealanders Marcus Daniell and Michael Venus, before Sitak and Jonny O'Mara were eliminated in the first round of the Australian Open by eventual runners-up Rajeev Ram and Joe Salisbury.

Sitak then paired up with Nicholas Monroe for the first time in several years, losing in the first round in three tournaments in South America before he moved north to Acapulco. Although he and Dominik Koepfer lost in the final qualifying round, they took their place in the main draw as Lucky Losers, but were beaten in a match tie-break by Marcelo Demoliner and Santiago González.

Sitak then headed to Europe, where he and Sergio Martos Gornés lost in the semi-finals of a Challenger event in Lugano, having won a marathon match-tie break (17–15) in their previous match. That was followed by first round losses in both a Challenger and an ATP tournament in Marbella.

At the 2021 Astana Open he reached the semifinal in doubles partnering Ričardas Berankis, where they lost to top seeds and eventual champions Santiago González and Andrés Molteni.[9]

2024: Retirement[edit]

In January 2024, Sitak announced that he would retire from professional tennis. He played his final professional match at the 2024 ASB Classic.[10]

ATP career finals[edit]

Doubles: 13 (5 titles, 8 runners-up)[edit]

Legend
Grand Slam tournaments (0–0)
ATP World Tour Finals (0–0)
ATP World Tour Masters 1000 (0–0)
ATP World Tour 500 Series (0–1)
ATP World Tour 250 Series (5–7)
Finals by surface
Hard (1–5)
Clay (1–3)
Grass (3–0)
Finals by setting
Outdoor (4–4)
Indoor (1–4)
Result W–L    Date    Tournament Tier Surface Partner Opponents Score
Win 1–0 Jul 2014 Stuttgart Open, Germany 250 Series Clay Poland Mateusz Kowalczyk Spain Guillermo García López
Austria Philipp Oswald 		2–6, 6–1, [10–7]
Win 2–0 Feb 2015 Open Sud de France, France 250 Series Hard (i) New Zealand Marcus Daniell United Kingdom Dominic Inglot
Romania Florin Mergea 		3–6, 6–4, [16–14]
Loss 2–1 Feb 2015 Memphis Open, United States 250 Series Hard (i) United States Donald Young Poland Mariusz Fyrstenberg
Mexico Santiago González 		7–5, 6–7(1–7), [8–10]
Loss 2–2 Apr 2015 Romanian Open, Romania 250 Series Clay United States Nicholas Monroe Romania Marius Copil
Romania Adrian Ungur 		6–3, 5–7, [15–17]
Win 3–2 Jun 2016 Stuttgart Open, Germany (2) 250 Series Grass New Zealand Marcus Daniell Austria Oliver Marach
France Fabrice Martin 		6–7(4–7), 6–4, [10–8]
Loss 3–3 Jul 2017 Atlanta Open, United States 250 Series Hard Netherlands Wesley Koolhof United States Bob Bryan
United States Mike Bryan 		3–6, 4–6
Loss 3–4 Sep 2017 Moselle Open, France 250 Series Hard (i) Netherlands Wesley Koolhof France Julien Benneteau
France Édouard Roger-Vasselin 		5–7, 3–6
Loss 3–5 Feb 2018 New York Open, United States 250 Series Hard (i) Netherlands Wesley Koolhof Belarus Max Mirnyi
Austria Philipp Oswald 		4–6, 6–4, [6–10]
Loss 3–6 Mar 2018 Brasil Open, Brazil 250 Series Clay (i) Netherlands Wesley Koolhof Argentina Federico Delbonis
Argentina Máximo González 		4–6, 2–6
Loss 3–7 May 2018 Estoril Open, Portugal 250 Series Clay Netherlands Wesley Koolhof United Kingdom Kyle Edmund
United Kingdom Cameron Norrie 		4–6, 2–6
Win 4–7 Jul 2018 Hall of Fame Open, United States 250 Series Grass Israel Jonathan Erlich El Salvador Marcelo Arévalo
Mexico Miguel Ángel Reyes-Varela 		6–1, 6–2
Loss 4–8 Mar 2019 Mexican Open, Mexico 500 Series Hard United States Austin Krajicek Germany Alexander Zverev
Germany Mischa Zverev 		6–2, 6–7(4–7), [5–10]
Win 5–8 Jun 2019 Antalya Open, Turkey 250 Series Grass Israel Jonathan Erlich Croatia Ivan Dodig
Slovakia Filip Polášek 		6–3, 6–4

ATP Challenger and ITF Futures finals[edit]

Singles: 17 (5 titles, 12 runners-up)[edit]

Legend
ATP Challenger (0–0)
ITF Futures (5–12)
Finals by surface
Hard (4–8)
Clay (1–4)
Grass (0–0)
Result W–L    Date    Tournament Tier Surface Opponent Score
Loss 0–1 Dec 2004 Qatar F5, Doha Futures Hard Netherlands Melvyn op der Heijde 4–6, 3–6
Loss 0–2 Jun 2005 Spain F13, Lanzarote Futures Hard Chinese Taipei Jimmy Wang 3–6, 3–6
Win 1–2 Aug 2005 Russia F3, Korolyov Futures Clay Russia Pavel Chekhov 4–6, 6–4, 6–4
Loss 1–3 Aug 2007 Russia F4, Moscow Futures Clay Belarus Vladimir Voltchkov 6–7(4–7), 1–6
Loss 1–4 Feb 2008 Portugal F3, Albufeira Futures Hard Romania Victor Ioniță 3–6, 4–6
Win 2–4 Mar 2008 USA F6, McAllen Futures Hard United States Tim Smyczek 6–4, 6–2
Win 3–4 Apr 2008 USA F8, Little Rock Futures Hard United States Matthew Roberts 6–4, 6–3
Loss 3–5 Oct 2008 USA F26, Hammond Futures Hard United States Jean-Yves Aubone 4–6, 0–6
Loss 3–6 Jun 2009 USA F12, Loomis Futures Hard United States Jesse Witten 6–4, 6–7(5–7), 2–6
Loss 3–7 Sep 2009 Russia F7, Sergiyev Posad Futures Clay Russia Evgeny Kirillov 0–6, 3–6
Loss 3–8 Nov 2009 USA F29, Amelia Island Futures Clay United States Jack Sock 6–7(5–7), 6–1, 3–6
Win 4–8 Mar 2010 USA F7, McAllen Futures Hard Croatia Mario Ančić 6–1, 6–4
Loss 4–9 Jun 2010 USA F14, Davis Futures Hard South Africa Fritz Wolmarans 3–6, 4–6
Loss 4–10 Aug 2010 Russia F4, Moscow Futures Clay Russia Mikhail Vasiliev 6–7(3–7), 4–6
Loss 4–11 Jun 2011 Mexico F7, Morelia Futures Hard Uruguay Marcel Felder 6–2, 4–6, 4–6
Loss 4–12 Sep 2011 USA F24, Costa Mesa Futures Hard United States Steve Johnson 3–6, 3–6
Win 5–12 Dec 2012 Cambodia F2, Phnom Penh Futures Hard United Kingdom Alexander Ward 6–4, 6–7(3–7), 7–6(7–4)

Doubles: 63 (30 titles, 33 runners-up)[edit]

Legend
ATP Challenger (15–19)
ITF Futures (15–14)
Finals by surface
Hard (20–20)
Clay (10–12)
Grass (0–0)
Carpet (0–1)
Result W–L    Date    Tournament Tier Surface Partner Opponents Score
Win 1–0 Aug 2003 Russia F1, Sergiyev Posad Futures Clay Russia Dmitri Sitak Russia Alexei Ageev
Russia Alexander Markin 		6–3, 6–2
Loss 1–1 Aug 2003 Russia F3, Zhukovsky Futures Clay Russia Dmitri Sitak Belarus Vitali Chvets
Russia Alexey Sergeev 		6–7(4–7), 1–5 ret.
Win 2–1 Dec 2004 Qatar F3, Doha Futures Hard Russia Dmitri Sitak India Jaco Mathew
India Ravishankar Pathanjali 		6–3, 6–3
Win 3–1 Dec 2004 Qatar F4, Doha Futures Hard Russia Dmitri Sitak Bulgaria Yordan Kanev
Bulgaria Ilia Kushev 		7–6(7–5), 6–0
Win 4–1 Dec 2004 Qatar F5, Doha Futures Hard Russia Dmitri Sitak Bulgaria Yordan Kanev
Bulgaria Ilia Kushev 		Walkover
Loss 4–2 Feb 2005 Spain F2, Murcia Futures Clay France Gérald Brémond Spain Antonio Baldellou-Esteva
Spain Germán Puentes 		3–6, 5–7
Loss 4–3 Apr 2005 Uzbekistan F2, Guliston Futures Hard Russia Dmitri Sitak Kazakhstan Alexey Kedryuk
India Sunil-Kumar Sipaeya 		3–6, 6–1, 3–6
Win 5–3 Jun 2005 Spain F12, La Palma Futures Hard Russia Dmitri Sitak Spain Javier Genaro-Martinez
Venezuela Daniel Vallverdu 		7–6(8–6), 7–6(7–4)
Win 6–3 Aug 2005 Russia F3, Korolyov Futures Clay Russia Dmitri Sitak Russia Victor Kozin
Russia Alexei Miller 		6–4, 7–6(7–4)
Win 7–3 Jan 2006 Germany F2, Stuttgart Futures Hard (i) Switzerland Stéphane Bohli Germany Philipp Marx
Germany Torsten Popp 		6–3, 7–5
Win 8–3 Mar 2006 France F5, Lille Futures Hard (i) Switzerland Stéphane Bohli Portugal Fred Gil
Poland Filip Urban 		6–1, 6–2
Loss 8–4 Jul 2006 Penza, Russia Challenger Hard Russia Denis Matsukevich Uzbekistan Murad Inoyatov
Uzbekistan Denis Istomin 		1–6, 3–6
Loss 8–5 Dec 2006 Tunisia F7, Mégrine Futures Hard France Ludwig Pellerin United States Patrick Briaud
United States Adam Davidson 		3–6, 7–6(7–5), 4–6
Win 9–5 Feb 2007 Italy F2, Trento Futures Hard (i) Russia Dmitri Sitak Australia Raphael Durek
Australia Joseph Sirianni 		7–6(7–4), 6–3
Loss 9–6 Apr 2007 Russia F2, Tyumen Futures Hard (i) Russia Dmitri Sitak Russia Evgeny Kirillov
Russia Konstantin Kravchuk 		6–7(5–7), 4–6
Loss 9–7 May 2007 Belarus F1, Minsk Futures Hard Croatia Ivan Cerović Belarus Sergey Betov
Belarus Vladimir Voltchkov 		4–6, 7–5, 3–6
Loss 9–8 Aug 2007 Russia F4, Moscow Futures Clay Russia Dmitri Sitak Russia Alexandre Krasnoroutskiy
Ukraine Denys Molchanov 		4–6, 2–6
Win 10–8 Sep 2008 Lubbock, US Challenger Hard Moldova Roman Borvanov United States Alex Bogomolov
Serbia Dušan Vemić 		6–2, 6–3
Loss 10–9 Aug 2009 Russia F3, Moscow Futures Clay Serbia David Savić Russia Ilya Belyaev
Russia Evgeny Donskoy 		6–1, 6–7(5–7), [10–12]
Win 11–9 Nov 2009 USA F27, Birmingham Futures Clay Armenia Tigran Martirosyan United States Colt Gaston
United States Michael Venus 		6–3, 6–4
Win 12–9 Nov 2009 USA F28, Niceville Futures Clay Armenia Tigran Martirosyan United States Sekou Bangoura
United States Denis Kudla 		6–4, 7–5
Win 13–9 Feb 2010 USA F6, Harlingen Futures Hard Romania Cătălin-Ionuț Gârd Slovakia Matej Bocko
Serbia Vladimir Obradović 		6–4, 7–6(7–3)
Loss 13–10 May 2010 Carson, US Challenger Hard Portugal Leonardo Tavares United States Brian Battistone
United States Nicholas Monroe 		7–5, 3–6, [4–10]
Win 14–10 Jun 2010 Ojai, US Challenger Hard Portugal Leonardo Tavares India Harsh Mankad
South Africa Izak van der Merwe 		4–6, 6–4, [10–8]
Win 15–10 Aug 2010 Beijing, China Challenger Hard Canada Pierre-Ludovic Duclos Australia Sadik Kadir
India Purav Raja 		7–6(7–4), 7–6(7–5)
Loss 15–11 Aug 2010 Russia F4, Moscow Futures Clay Russia Anton Manegin Russia Ilya Belyaev
Serbia David Savić 		3–6, 3–6
Win 16–11 Apr 2011 USA F9, Little Rock Futures Hard Australia Nima Roshan United States Taylor Fogleman
United States Benjamin Rogers 		6–3, 7–5
Win 17–11 Jun 2011 Mexico F7, Morelia Futures Hard New Zealand Marcus Daniell Philippines Ruben Gonzales
United States Chris Kwon 		6–0, 6–3
Loss 17–12 Aug 2011 Colombia F4, Medellín Futures Clay United States Peter Aarts Brazil Raony Carvalho
Brazil Fabiano de Paula 		3–6, 3–6
Loss 17–13 Mar 2012 USA F7, Calabasas Futures Hard Australia Nima Roshan Australia Carsten Ball
Germany Andre Begemann 		6–7(7–9), 4–6
Loss 17–14 Apr 2012 Tallahassee, US Challenger Hard United States Blake Strode Germany Martin Emmrich
Sweden Andreas Siljeström 		2–6, 6–7(4–7)
Loss 17–15 Oct 2012 Turkey F38, Antalya Futures Hard Italy Edoardo Eremin Moldova Maxim Dubarenco
Australia Brydan Klein 		4–6, 6–3, [9–11]
Loss 17–16 Nov 2012 USA F31, Niceville Futures Clay Belarus Andrei Vasilevski United States Jason Jung
United States Ryan Thacher 		5–7, 2–6
Loss 17–17 Jan 2013 Nouméa, New Caledonia Challenger Hard New Zealand Rubin Statham Australia Sam Groth
Japan Toshihide Matsui 		6–7(6–8), 6–1, [4–10]
Win 18–17 Mar 2013 Australia F4, Ipswich Futures Hard New Zealand Rubin Statham Australia Jacob Grills
Australia Dane Propoggia 		6–3, 6–1
Loss 18–18 Apr 2013 USA F9, Oklahoma City Futures Hard India Saketh Myneni United States Jean-Yves Aubone
United States Dennis Nevolo 		1–6, 5–7
Loss 18–19 Jul 2013 Oberstaufen, Germany Challenger Clay Netherlands Stephan Fransen Germany Dominik Meffert
Austria Philipp Oswald 		1–6, 6–3, [12–14]
Win 19–19 Oct 2013 São Paulo, Brazil Challenger Clay Moldova Roman Borvanov Peru Sergio Galdós
Argentina Guido Pella 		6–4, 7–6(7–3)
Loss 19–20 Nov 2013 Toyota, Japan Challenger Carpet (i) New Zealand Marcus Daniell United States Chase Buchanan
Slovenia Blaž Rola 		6–4, 3–6, [4–10]
Loss 19–21 Apr 2014 León, Mexico Challenger Hard New Zealand Marcus Daniell Australia Sam Groth
Australia Chris Guccione 		3–6, 4–6
Win 20–21 May 2014 Rome, Italy Challenger Clay Moldova Radu Albot Italy Andrea Arnaboldi
Italy Flavio Cipolla 		4–6, 6–2, [11–9]
Loss 20–22 Jun 2014 Arad, Romania Challenger Clay Moldova Radu Albot Croatia Franko Škugor
Croatia Antonio Veić 		4–6, 6–7(3–7)
Win 21–22 Jul 2014 Granby, Canada Challenger Hard New Zealand Marcus Daniell Australia Jordan Kerr
France Fabrice Martin 		7–6(7–5), 5–7, [10–5]
Loss 21–23 Aug 2014 Vancouver, Canada Challenger Hard New Zealand Marcus Daniell United States Austin Krajicek
Australia John-Patrick Smith 		3–6, 6–4, [8–10]
Loss 21–24 Nov 2014 Traralgon, Australia Challenger Hard New Zealand Marcus Daniell United Kingdom Brydan Klein
Australia Dane Propoggia 		6–7(6–8), 6–3, [6–10]
Loss 21–25 Nov 2014 Yokohama, Japan Challenger Hard New Zealand Marcus Daniell United States Bradley Klahn
Australia Matt Reid 		6–4, 4–6, [7–10]
Loss 21–26 May 2015 Aix-en-Provence, France Challenger Clay United States Nicholas Monroe Netherlands Robin Haase
Pakistan Aisam-ul-Haq Qureshi 		1–6, 2–6
Win 22–26 Aug 2015 Aptos, US Challenger Hard Australia Chris Guccione India Yuki Bhambri
Australia Matthew Ebden 		6–4, 7–6(7–2)
Loss 22–27 Oct 2015 Tashkent, Uzbekistan Challenger Hard Germany Andre Begemann Belarus Sergey Betov
Russia Mikhail Elgin 		4–6, 4–6
Win 23–27 Mar 2016 Puebla, Mexico Challenger Hard New Zealand Marcus Daniell Mexico Santiago González
Croatia Mate Pavić 		3–6, 6–2, [12–10]
Win 24–27 Mar 2016 San Luis Potosí, Mexico Challenger Clay New Zealand Marcus Daniell Mexico Santiago González
Croatia Mate Pavić 		6–3, 7–6(7–4)
Win 25–27 Mar 2017 Guadalajara, Mexico Challenger Hard Mexico Santiago González Australia Luke Saville
Australia John-Patrick Smith 		6–3, 1–6, [10–5]
Loss 25–28 May 2017 Bordeaux, France Challenger Clay Mexico Santiago González India Purav Raja
India Divij Sharan 		4–6, 4–6
Win 26–28 Sep 2017 Szczecin, Poland Challenger Clay Netherlands Wesley Koolhof Belarus Aliaksandr Bury
Sweden Andreas Siljeström 		6–1, 7–5
Win 27–28 Apr 2018 Alicante, Spain Challenger Clay Netherlands Wesley Koolhof Argentina Guido Andreozzi
Uruguay Ariel Behar 		6–3, 6–2
Loss 27–29 Mar 2019 Phoenix, US Challenger Clay United States Austin Krajicek United Kingdom Jamie Murray
United Kingdom Neal Skupski 		7–6(7–2), 5–7, [6–10]
Win 28–29 Aug 2020 Ostrava, Czech Republic Challenger Clay Slovakia Igor Zelenay Poland Karol Drzewiecki
Poland Szymon Walków 		7–5, 6–4
Win 29–29 Sep 2021 Saint-Tropez, France Challenger Hard Croatia Antonio Šančić France Manuel Guinard
Monaco Romain Arneodo 		7–6(7–5), 6–4
Loss 29–30 Sep 2021 Istanbul, Turkey Challenger Hard Croatia Antonio Šančić Moldova Radu Albot
Moldova Alexander Cozbinov 		6–4, 5–7, [9–11]
Loss 29–31 Apr 2022 Mexico City, Mexico Challenger Clay France Jonathan Eysseric Chile Nicolás Jarry
Brazil Matheus Pucinelli de Almeida 		2–6, 3–6
Loss 29–32 Aug 2022 Granby, Canada Challenger Hard France Jonathan Eysseric United Kingdom Julian Cash
United Kingdom Henry Patten 		3–6, 2–6
Loss 29–33 Oct 2022 Charlottesville, USA Challenger Hard (i) United States Alex Lawson United Kingdom Julian Cash
United Kingdom Henry Patten 		2–6, 4–6
Win 30–33 June 2023 Little Rock, USA Challenger Hard South Korea Nam Ji-sung Canada Alexis Galarneau
United States Nicolas Moreno de Alboran 		6–4, 6–4

Davis Cup (21)[edit]

Group membership
World Group (0)
Group I (12–5)
Group II (2–2)
Group III (0)
Group IV (0)
Results by surface
Hard (14–3)
Grass (0–1)
Clay (1–2)
Carpet (0–0)
Results by setting
Outdoors (6–3)
Indoors (9–3)

Note: walkover victory when Pakistan abandoned the tie in 2013 is not counted as a match played

Rubber outcome No. Rubber Match type (partner if any) Opponent nation Opponent player(s) Score
Decrease2–3; 4–6 March 2011; Sport Complex Pahlavon, Namangan, Uzbekistan; Group I Asia/Oceania First round; Clay (i) surface
Defeat 1. I Singles Uzbekistan Uzbekistan Farrukh Dustov 0–6, 3–6, 1–6
Victory 1. IV Singles (dead rubber) Murad Inoyatov 6–1, 6–7(5–7), 6–3
Increase5–0; 8–10 July 2011; TSB Hub, Hāwera, New Zealand; Group I Asia/Oceania First round play-off; Hard (i) surface
Victory 2. III Doubles (with Marcus Daniell) Philippines Philippines Ruben Gonzales / Cecil Mamiit 7–6(7–0), 6–3, 6–2
Victory 3. V Singles (dead rubber) Cecil Mamiit 6–4, 7–5
Decrease2–3; 10–12 February 2012; TECT Arena, Tauranga, New Zealand; Group I Asia/Oceania First round; Hard (i) surface
Victory 4. IV Singles (dead rubber) Uzbekistan Uzbekistan Murad Inoyatov 6–2, 3–6, 6–3
Decrease0–5; 14–16 September 2012; CLTA Tennis Stadium, Chandigarh, India; Group I Asia/Oceania First round play-off; Hard surface
Defeat 2. V Singles (dead rubber) India India Sanam Singh 4–6, 1–6
Decrease2–3; 19–21 October 2012; Kaohsiung Yangming Tennis Courts, Kaohsiung, Taiwan; Group I Asia/Oceania Relegation playoff, 2nd round play-off; Hard surface
Victory 5. V Singles (dead rubber) Chinese Taipei Chinese Taipei Yang Tsung-hua 6–1, 7–6(7–3)
Increase5–0; 1–3 February 2013; Albany Tennis Park, Auckland, New Zealand; Group II Asia/Oceania First round; Hard (i) surface
Victory 6. II Singles Lebanon Lebanon Karim Alayli 6–2, 6–1, 6–0
Victory 7. V Singles (dead rubber) Michael Massih 6–0, 6–0
Increase4–1; 5–7 April 2013; Pun Hiang Golf & Country Club, Yangon, Myanmar; Group II Asia/Oceania Second round; Grass surface
Defeat 3. I Singles Pakistan Pakistan Aqeel Khan 5–7, 6–3, 2–6, 5–7
Victory (not counted as match played) V Singles (dead rubber) Aisam-ul-Haq Qureshi Walkover
Increase3–2; 13–15 September 2013; Plantation Bay Resort & Spa, Lapu-Lapu, Philippines; Group II Asia/Oceania Third round; Clay surface
Defeat 4. III Doubles (with Marcus Daniell) Philippines Philippines Francis Casey Alcantara / Treat Huey 4–6, 3–6, 4–6
Increase4–1; 24–26 October 2014; Z Energy Wilding Park Tennis Centre, Christchurch, New Zealand; Group I Asia/Oceania Relegation play-off 2nd round play-off; Hard (i) surface
Victory 8. III Doubles (with Marcus Daniell) Chinese Taipei Chinese Taipei Peng Hsien-yin / Wang Chieh-fu 6–0, 6–4, 6–2
Defeat 5. IV Singles Yang Tsung-hua 3–6, 7–5, 2–6
Increase4–1; 6–8 March 2015; ASB Tennis Centre, Auckland, New Zealand; Group I Asia/Oceania First round; Hard surface
Victory 9. III Doubles (with Marcus Daniell) China China Li Zhe / Zhang Ze 6–7(3–7), 6–7(4–7), 7–6(7–1), 6–3, 6–2
Decrease2–3; 17–19 July 2015; Wilding Park Tennis Centre, Christchurch, New Zealand; Group I Asia/Oceania Second round; Hard (i) surface
Victory 10. III Doubles (with Marcus Daniell) India India Rohan Bopanna / Saketh Myneni 6–3, 7–6(7–1), 6–3
Decrease1–3; 4–6 March 2016; Seoul Olympic Park Tennis Center, Seoul, South Korea; Group I Asia/Oceania Second round; Hard surface
Victory 11. III Doubles (with Michael Venus) South Korea South Korea Lee Duck-hee / Lim Yong-kyu 7–6(7–3), 6–4, 4–6, 6–4
Decrease1–4; 3–5 February 2017; Balewadi Sports Complex, Pune, India; Group I Asia/Oceania First round; Hard surface
Victory 12. III Doubles (with Michael Venus) India India Leander Paes / Vishnu Vardhan 3–6, 6–3, 7–6(8–6), 6–3
Increase3–2; 7–9 April 2017; ASB Tennis Centre, Auckland, New Zealand; Group I Asia/Oceania Relegation play-off 1st round play-off; Hard surface
Victory 13. III Doubles (with Marcus Daniell) South Korea South Korea Chung Hong / Lee Jea-moon 6–2, 4–6, 6–4, 7–6(7–4)
Decrease1–3; 1–3 February 2018; Tianjin Tennis Center, Tianjin, China; Group I Asia/Oceania First round; Hard (i) surface
Defeat 6. III Doubles (with Marcus Daniell) China China Gong Maoxin / Zhang Ze 4–6, 4–6
Decrease2–3; 14–15 September 2018; Gimcheon Sports Town Tennis Courts, Gimcheon, South Korea; Group I Asia/Oceania Relegation playoff, 2nd round playoff; Hard (i) surface
Victory 14. III Doubles (with Ajeet Rai) South Korea South Korea Hong Seong-chan / Lee Jea-moon 7–5, 6–3
Increase3–1; 6–7 March 2020; ASB Tennis Centre, Auckland, New Zealand; World Group I Play-off, Play-off round; Hard surface
Victory 15. III Doubles (with Marcus Daniell) Venezuela Venezuela Luis David Martínez / Jordi Muñoz Abreu 6–3, 7–6(7–3)

Performance timelines[edit]

Key
W  F  SF QF #R RR Q# P# DNQ A Z# PO G S B NMS NTI P NH
(W) winner; (F) finalist; (SF) semifinalist; (QF) quarterfinalist; (#R) rounds 4, 3, 2, 1; (RR) round-robin stage; (Q#) qualification round; (P#) preliminary round; (DNQ) did not qualify; (A) absent; (Z#) Davis/Fed Cup Zonal Group (with number indication) or (PO) play-off; (G) gold, (S) silver or (B) bronze Olympic/Paralympic medal; (NMS) not a Masters tournament; (NTI) not a Tier I tournament; (P) postponed; (NH) not held; (SR) strike rate (events won / competed); (W–L) win–loss record.
To avoid confusion and double counting, these charts are updated at the conclusion of a tournament or when the player's participation has ended.

Doubles[edit]

 Russia  New Zealand
Tournament 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 SR W–L
Grand Slam tournaments
Australian Open A A A A A A A A A A 3R 1R 2R 2R 2R 2R 1R 1R 0 / 8 6–8
French Open A A A A A A A A A A 2R 2R 1R 3R 1R 1R A A 0 / 6 4–6
Wimbledon A A A A A A A A A Q1 2R 1R 3R QF 1R NH 1R A 0 / 6 6–6
US Open A A A A A A A A A 2R 1R 2R 1R 2R 1R A A A 0 / 6 3–6
Win–loss 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 1–1 4–4 2–4 3–4 7–4 1–4 1–2 0–2 0–1 0 / 26 19–26
ATP World Tour Masters 1000
Indian Wells Masters A A A A A A A A A A A A A A 1R NH A A 0 / 1 0–1
Miami Open A A A A A A A A A A A A A A 1R NH A A 0 / 1 0–1
Monte-Carlo Masters A A A A A A A A A A A A A A A NH A A 0 / 0 0–0
Madrid Open A A A A A A A A A A A A A A 1R NH A A 0 / 1 0–1
Italian Open A A A A A A A A A A A A A A 2R A A A 0 / 1 1–1
Canadian Open A A A A A A A A A A A A A 1R A NH A A 0 / 1 0–1
Cincinnati Masters A A A A A A A A A A A A A 1R A A A A 0 / 1 0–1
Shanghai Masters Not Held A A A A A A A A A 2R A NH A 0 / 1 1–1
Paris Masters A A A A A A A A A A A A A 2R 2R 1R A A 0 / 3 2–3
Win–loss 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 2–4 2–5 0–1 0–0 0–0 0 / 10 4–10
National representation
Davis Cup A A A A A A Z1 Z1 Z2 Z1 Z1 Z1 Z1 Z1 A PO A 0 / 0 10–2
Career statistics
Tournaments 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 4 24 24 23 30 30 12 17 4 172
Titles 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 5
Finals 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 1 2 4 2 0 0 0 14
Overall win–loss 0–1 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 1–1 0–1 0–2 6–3 27–23 21–23 26–23 36–29 19–27 8–12 5–17 3–4 152–166
Year-end ranking 423 419 467 518 354 182 357 351 144 68 43 62 55 34 62 78 110 47.8%

Mixed doubles[edit]

Although the US and French Opens took place in 2020, mixed doubles were not included in either event due to the COVID-19 coronavirus.

Tournament 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 SR W–L
Grand Slam tournaments
Australian Open A 1R A 1R 1R A A 0 / 3 0–3
French Open A A 2R A 1R NH A 0 / 2 1–2
Wimbledon 3R 2R 2R 2R QF NH A 0 / 5 8–5
US Open A A 2R 1R 1R NH A 0 / 3 1–3
Win–loss 2–1 1–2 3–3 1–3 3–4 0–0 0–0 0–0 0 / 13 10–13

References[edit]

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  9. ^ "Santiago González and Andrés Molteni Reach Nur-Sultan Final".
  10. ^ Long, David (10 January 2024). "Artem Sitak gets special send off at ASB Classic after final match of his career". Stuff. Retrieved 10 January 2024.

External links[edit]

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