Nikita Kryvonos (born September 1, 1986) is a former professional tennis player.
Born in Ukraine, Kryvonos moved with his family from Donetsk to New York City at the age of 13.
Kryvonos reached a career best singles world ranking of 389 and won four ITF Futures titles. He was used as a practice partner on the United States Davis Cup team in 2006. While competing on the ATP Challenger Tour he had a win over top 100 player Frank Dancevic. In doubles his best ranking was 508 and he played in the main draw of the 2005 US Open as a wildcard pairing with Denis Zivkovic, losing in the first round to José Acasuso and Sebastián Prieto.
In 2017, he was handed a 10-year ban and $20,000 fine by the Tennis Integrity Unit for anti-corruption breaches. He was found guilty of colluding with third parties "to contrive the outcome of a match" at a 2015 Challenger tournament.
ITF Futures titles Singles: (4) No.DateTournamentSurfaceOpponentScore1.Canada F3, MontrealHard Robin Haase4–6, 7–5, 6–32.USA F24, IrvineHard Luigi D'Agord7–5, 6–33.Bulgaria F3, Stara ZagoraClay Predrag Rusevski3–6, 6–3, 6–44.Canada F3, KelownaHard Nicolas Meister6–3, 4–6, 6–4
Doubles: (6) No.DateTournamentSurfacePartnerOpponentsScore1.USA F3, Key BiscayneHard Denis Zivkovic Henry Adjei-Darko Jonathan Igbinovia7–5, 7–52.Belgium F1, WaterlooClay Lukáš Rosol Jordane Doble Julien Jeanpierre6–2, 6–33.Belgium F2, Sint-Katelijne-WaverClay Lukáš Rosol Stephan Fransen Romano Frantzen6–2, 6–7(5), 7–54.USA F22, ClaremontHard Michael McClune Philip Bester Glenn Weiner6–4, 6–25.Brazil F33, São PauloHard Vasko Mladenov Diogo Cruz Rodrigo-Antonio Grilli4–6, 6–1, [10–5]6.Ukraine F4, RivneClay Vasko Mladenov Yurii Dzhavakian Volodymyr Uzhylovskyi6–4, 6–4
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