Evgeny Evgenyevich Donskoy (; born 9 May 1990) is a Russian former professional tennis player. He has a career-high ATP singles ranking of No. 65, achieved on 8 July 2013 and a doubles ranking of No. 161, achieved on 5 November 2012.
Personal life He was born and currently resides in Moscow, Russia. Donskoy was mentored by former player and two-time Grand Slam champion Marat Safin.Djokovic looms as Hewitt closes in on quarter-finals, www.smh.com.au, 3 September 2013 His favourite surface is hard courts.
Career In 2010, Donskoy played doubles with the British player Morgan Phillips at the Seville Challenger, losing in the first round.
By 2013, Marat Safin had built a coaching team for Donskoy that included Morgan Phillips.
Donskoy entered 2013 Australian Open's main draw for the first time, reaching the third round and defeating 23rd seed Mikhail Youzhny en route. He also pushed Andy Murray to three sets in the Indian Wells Masters 1000 event.
Consequently, Donskoy made his Davis Cup debut in Europe/Africa Zone Group I match against Great Britain in Coventry. Donskoy won the first rubber against James Ward, 4–6, 4–6, 7–5, 6–2, 8–6, to help give Russia a 2–0 lead heading into the doubles rubber the following day. Great Britain won the doubles rubber, where Ward opened the day. Ward defeated Dmitry Tursunov, 6–4, 5–7, 5–7, 6–4, 6–4, to level the tie. Dan Evans ranked No. 325 would eventually complete a turnaround, with a straight sets victory over world No. 80 Donskoy.
Also for the first time, Donskoy entered the 2013 French Open's main draw, beating Jan-Lennard Struff in the first round. At the 2013 TOPSHELF Open held in 's-Hertogenbosch, he took out third seed John Isner in the first round and beat Robin Haase in the second to reach his first ATP Tour quarterfinals.
In December 2014, Donskoy decided to join the team of Boris Sobkin, coach of Mikhail Youzhny.
In 2016, Donskoy debuted at the Summer Olympics. He defeated 7th seed David Ferrer in the second round, but then lost to Steve Johnson in the third.
In 2017, Donskoy beat Australian Open champion Roger Federer in the second round of the Dubai Tennis Championships, having saved three match points in the second set, trailing 5–2 in the final set and down 5–1 in the final set tie-breaker. This was Donskoy's first career win over a top-ten player.Qualifier Donskoy Stuns Federer In DubaiТушите свет. Донской обыграл Федерера в Дубае
At the 2021 US Open he qualified for his ninth consecutive main draw appearance at this Major. He lost to Félix Auger-Aliassime in the first round.
Donskoy retired from professional tennis after the 2024 season and started coaching Karen Khachanov.
Style of play Donskoy has very powerful, flat groundstrokes, especially his forehand, which can produce spectacular points but also a lot of unforced errors."Andy Murray overcomes sluggish start to defeat Evgeny Donskoy at Indian Wells", The Telegraph, 10th March 2013.
ATP Challenger Tour finals
Singles: 21 (12 titles, 9 runner-ups) LegendATP Challenger Tour (12–9)Finals by surfaceHard (10–7)Clay (2–1)Grass (0–1)Carpet (0–0)
ResultW–LDateTournamentTierSurfaceOpponentScoreWin1–0Casablanca, MoroccoChallengerClay Alessio di Mauro2–6, 6–3, 6–3Loss1–1Braunschweig, GermanyChallengerClay Lukáš Rosol5–7, 6–7(2–7)Win2–1Meknes, MoroccoChallengerClay Adrian Ungur6–1, 6–3Loss2–2Penza, RussiaChallengerHard Illya Marchenko5–7, 3–6Win3–2Astana, KazakhstanChallengerHard Marsel İlhan6–3, 6–4Win4–2Segovia, SpainChallengerHard Albano Olivetti6–1, 7–6(13–11)Win5–2Loughborough, United KingdomChallengerHard (i) Jan-Lennard Struff6–2, 4–6, 6–1Win6–2Tyumen, RussiaChallengerHard (i) Illya Marchenko6–7(6–8), 6–3, 6–2Loss6–3Kolkata, IndiaChallengerHard Ilija Bozoljac1–6, 1–6Loss6–4Karshi, UzbekistanChallengerHard Teymuraz Gabashvili2–5 ret.Loss6–5Astana, KazakhstanChallengerHard Mikhail Kukushkin2–6, 2–6Win7–5Segovia, Spain (2)ChallengerHard Marco Chiudinelli7–6(7–2), 6–3Loss7–6Pune, IndiaChallengerHard Yuki Bhambri2–6, 6–7(4–7)Win8–6Ra'anana, IsraelChallengerHard Ričardas Berankis6–4, 6–4Win9–6Astana, Kazakhstan (2)ChallengerHard Konstantin Kravchuk6–3, 6–3Win10–6Zhuhai, ChinaChallengerHard Thomas Fabbiano6–3, 6–4Loss10–7Chengdu, ChinaChallengerHard Lu Yen-hsun3–6, 4–6Win11–7Kaohsiung, Chinese Taipei (Taiwan)ChallengerHard Marius Copil7–6(7–0), 7–5Loss11–8Nottingham, United KingdomChallengerGrass Daniel Evans6–7(3–7), 3–6Win12–8Nur-Sultan (Astana), Kazakhstan (3)ChallengerHard Sebastian Korda7–6(7–5), 3–6, 6–4Loss12–9Brest, FranceChallengerHard (i) Ugo Humbert2–6, 3–6
Doubles: 5 (3 titles, 2 runner-ups) LegendATP Challenger Tour (3–2)Finals by surfaceHard (3–0)Clay (0–1)Grass (0–1)Carpet (0–0)
ResultW–LDateTournamentTierSurfacePartnerOpponentsScoreWin1–0Geneva, SwitzerlandChallengerHard (i) Igor Andreev James Cerretani Adil Shamasdin7–6(7–1), 7–6(7–2)Loss1–1Casablanca, MoroccoChallengerClay Andrey Kuznetsov Walter Trusendi Matteo Viola6–1, 6–7(5–7), [3–10]Loss1–2Nottingham, United KingdomChallengerGrass Andrey Kuznetsov Martin Fischer Olivier Charroin4–6, 6–7(6–8)Win2–2Rennes, FranceChallengerHard (i) Mikhail Elgin Julian Knowle Jonathan Marray6–4, 3–6, [11–9]Win3–2Nonthaburi, ThailandChallengerHard Alibek Kachmazov Nam Ji-sung Song Min-kyu6–3, 1–6, [10–7]
ITF Futures/World Tennis Tour finals
Singles: 7 (4 titles, 3 runner-ups) LegendITF Futures/WTT (4–3)Finals by surfaceHard (2–3)Clay (2–0)Grass (0–0)Carpet (0–0)
ResultW–LDateTournamentTierSurfaceOpponentScoreWin1–0Ukraine F3, Chornomorsk-IllichevskFuturesClay Denys Molchanov6–7(10–12), 7–6(7–5), 6–4Loss1–1Kazakhstan F1, AstanaFuturesHard (i) Alexander Kudryavtsev4–6, 3–6Win2–1Spain F7, SabadellFuturesClay Simone Vagnozzi7–5, 7–5Win3–1M25 New Delhi, IndiaWTTHard Yusuke Takahashi6–1, 6–3Win4–1M25 Lucknow, IndiaWTTHard Eric Vanshelboim6–2, 7–5Loss4–2M25 Hua Hin, ThailandWTTHard Gonçalo Oliveira6–4, 2–6, 4–6Loss4–3M15 Tianjin, ChinaWTTHard Yi Zhou3–6, 4–6
Doubles: 6 (2 titles, 4 runner-ups) LegendITF Futures (2–4)Finals by surfaceHard (0–0)Clay (1–3)Grass (0–0)Carpet (1–1)
ResultW–LDateTournamentTierSurfacePartnerOpponentsScoreLoss0–1Russia F3, MoscowFuturesClay Vladimir Karusevich Alexey Kedryuk Mikhail Elgin3–6, 0–6Win1–1Russia F2, TyumenFuturesCarpet (i) Danila Arsenov Vladyslav Klymenko Aleksandr Yarmola7–5, 7–6(7–3)Loss1–2Ukraine F3, Chornomorsk-IllichevskFuturesClay Victor Kozin Denys Molchanov Artem Smirnov4–6, 7–6(7–3), [10–12]Loss1–3Russia F2, TyumenFuturesCarpet (i) Konstantin Kravchuk Alexey Kedryuk Denis Matsukevich3–6, 7–6(9–7), [13–15]Win2–3Russia F3, MoscowFuturesClay Ilya Belyaev David Savić Artem Sitak1–6, 7–6(7–5), [12–10]Loss2–4France F7, GrasseFuturesClay Ilya Belyaev Vincent Stouff Olivier Charroin6–4, 2–6, [3–10]
Performance timeline
Current through the 2022 Australian Open.
Singles Tournament2010201120122013201420152016201720182019202020212022Grand Slam tournamentsAustralian OpenAQ1Q13RAQ12RQ32R2R1RQ1Q10 / 55–5French OpenAQ2Q12RQ2Q31R1R1RQ1Q1Q2Q10 / 41–4WimbledonAAQ11R1RQ21R1R1RQ2NHQ1A0 / 50–5US OpenQ1Q2A3R1R2R1R2R1R1R1R1RA0 / 94–9Win–loss0–00–00–05–40–21–11–41–31–41–20–20–10–00 / 2310–23
Doubles Tournament2013201420152016201720182019–2022Grand Slam tournamentsAustralian OpenAAAAAAA0 / 00–0French Open1RAA1RA2RA0 / 31–3Wimbledon1RQ1AAAAA0 / 10–1US OpenAAAAAAA0 / 00–0Win–loss0–20–00–00–10–01–10–00 / 41–4
National representation
Davis Cup (5–6)
Group membershipWorld Group (0–0)WG Play-off (0–3)Group I (5–3)Group II (0–0)Group III (0–0)Group IV (0–0)Matches by surfaceHard (5–6)Clay (0–0)Grass (0–0)Carpet (0–0)Matches by TypeSingles (3–4)Doubles (2–2) indicates the outcome of the Davis Cup match followed by the score, date, place of event, the zonal classification and its phase, and the court surface.
Rubber outcomeNo.RubberMatch type (partner if any)Opponent nationOpponent player(s)Score2–3; 5–7 April 2013; Ricoh Arena, Coventry, Great Britain; Europe/Africa second round; hard(i) surfaceVictory 1IISingles Great BritainJames Ward4–6, 4–6, 7–5, 6–3, 8–6Defeat2VSinglesDaniel Evans4–6, 4–6, 1–64–1; 12–14 September 2014; Olympic Stadium, Moscow, Russia; Europe/Africa second round play-off; hard(i) surfaceVictory 3IISingles PortugalJoão Sousa7–6(9–7), 6–4, 3–6, 6–14–1; 6–8 March 2015; Sport Complex Gazprom Dobycha Yamburg, Novy Urengoy, Russia; Europe/Africa first round; hard(i) surfaceDefeat4ISingles DenmarkFrederik Nielsen6–2, 3–6, 2–6, 6–7(5–7)3–2; 17–19 July 2015; Fetisov Arena, Vladivostok, Russia; Europe/Africa second round; hard(i) surfaceVictory 5IIIDoubles (with Konstantin Kravchuk) SpainMarc López / David Marrero4–6, 7–6(7–3), 5–7, 7–5, 6–4Victory 6IVSinglesTommy Robredo6–3, 5–6, 6–2, 7–6(7–3)1–4; 18–20 September 2015; Baikal-Arena, Irkutsk, Russia; World Group play-offs; hard(i) surfaceDefeat7IIIDoubles (with Konstantin Kravchuk) ItalySimone Bolelli / Fabio Fognini5–7, 6–2, 6–7(5–7), 6–7(2–7)5–0; 4–6 March 2016; Kazan Tennis Academy, Kazan, Russia; Europe/Africa first round; hard(i) surfaceVictory 8IIIDoubles (with Konstantin Kravchuk) SwedenJohan Brunström / Robert Lindstedt6–3, 7–6(7–5), 6–23–1; 17–18 September 2016; National Tennis Center, Moscow, Russia; World Group play-offs; hard surfaceDefeat9IISingles KazakhstanMikhail Kukushkin7–6(9–7), 2–6, 6–4, 2–6, 2–61–3; 6–7 April 2018; Luzhniki Small Sports Arena, Moscow, Russia; Europe/Africa second round; hard(i) surfaceDefeat10IVSingles AustriaJürgen Melzer3–6, 6–3, 3–63–1; 1–2 February 2019; Swiss Tennis Arena, Biel/Bienne, Switzerland; qualifying round; hard(i) surfaceDefeat11IIIDoubles (with Andrey Rublev) SwitzerlandJérôme Kym / Henri Laaksonen6–4, 3–6, 6–7(1–7)
ATP Cup (0–2) Matches by surfaceHard (0–2)Clay (0–0)Grass (0–0) Matches by typeSingles (0–0)Doubles (0–2)
Rubber outcomeNo.RubberMatch type (partner if any)Opponent nationOpponent player(s)Score4–2; 2–3 February 2021; Melbourne Park, Melbourne, Australia; group stage; hard surfaceDefeat 1IIIDoubles (with Aslan Karatsev)Ben McLachlan / Yoshihito Nishioka6–4, 3–6, [10–12]2–1; 6–7 February 2021; Melbourne Park, Melbourne, Australia; Knockout stage; hard surfaceDefeat 2IIIDoubles (with Aslan Karatsev)Kevin Krawietz / Jan-Lennard Struff3–6, 6–7(2–7)
Wins over top 10 players #PlayerRankEventSurfaceRdScore20171. Roger Federer10Dubai Tennis Championships, United Arab EmiratesHard2R3–6, 7–6(9–7), 7–6(7–5)116
Record against top 10 players Donskoy's match record against those who have been ranked in the top 10. Players who have been No. 1 are in boldface.
As of 21 July 2021
Mikhail Youzhny 2–1 Marcos Baghdatis 1–0 Roger Federer 1–0 Stefanos Tsitsipas 1–0 Jürgen Melzer 1–1 Lucas Pouille 1–1 Tommy Robredo 1–1 David Ferrer 1–2 John Isner 1–2 James Blake 0–1 Mardy Fish 0–1 Richard Gasquet 0–1 David Goffin 0–1 Tommy Haas 0–1 Lleyton Hewitt 0–1 Andy Murray 0–1 Milos Raonic 0–1 Gilles Simon 0–1 Dominic Thiem 0–1 Pablo Carreño Busta 0–2 Kei Nishikori 0–2 Alexander Zverev 0–2 Marin Čilić 0–3 Kevin Anderson 0–5
Team titles 2021 Davis Cup winner with Russia ATP Cup winner with Russia
Awards 2019 The Russian Cup in the nomination Team of the Year
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