MIKHAIL YOUZHNY

BIO

Mikhail Youzhny achieved a top-10 ranking by the ATP for the first time in 2007 and reached a career peak of World No. 8 in 2008, and again in 2010. Youzhny reached the quarterfinals of all grand slams. The closest he came to a grand slam final was at the 2006 US Open semifinals when he took the first set from World No. 9 Andy Roddick, after upsetting World No. 2 Rafael Nadal in the quarterfinals.

Youzhny reached the finals of twenty-one ATP tour-level titles, winning ten of them. His first title win came at the Mercedes Cup held in Stuttgart, Germany, when he defeated Guillermo Cañas from Argentina. In 2010—his best season—Youzhny reached five ATP finals, winning two and ending the year as a top-10 player. Youzhny was a member of the winning Russian national team at the Davis Cup in both 2002 and 2006..