Denis Istomin

This article is about the tennis player. For the ice hockey player, see Denis Istomin (ice hockey).

Denis Istomin

Denis Istomin at the 2009 US Open
Country (sports)	Uzbekistan
Residence	Tashkent, Uzbekistan
Born	(1986-09-07) 7 September 1986 Orenburg, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union
Height	1.88 m (6 ft 2 in)
Turned pro	2008
Plays	Right-handed (two-handed backhand)
Prize money	$1,429,838
Singles
Career record	70–74
Career titles	0
Highest ranking	No. 39 (August 30, 2010)
Current ranking	No. 67 (January 9, 2012)
Grand Slam singles results
Australian Open	3R (2010)
French Open	2R (2009, 2010)
Wimbledon	3R (2010)
US Open	3R (2009)
Doubles
Career record	7–12
Career titles	0
Highest ranking	No. 39 (August 30, 2010)
Last updated on: November 2, 2010.

Denis Istomin

Medal record
Representing Uzbekistan
Men's Tennis
Asian Games
	2010 Guangzhou	Singles
	2010 Guangzhou	Team

Denis Istomin (born September 7, 1986 in Orenburg, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union) is a professional Uzbek tennis player. His career high rank is #39, achieved on August 30, 2010. He is coached by his mother.

Career

2005

Istomin broke into the top–200 late in 2005 and finished the year at #196. This year, he also wins his first Challenger tournament, in Bukhara.

2006

Istomin received the Asian Wildcard into the 2006 Australian Open where he played world number one Roger Federer. Federer won in three straight sets, 6–2, 6–3, 6–2. He spent much of 2006 in the top–200, reaching a career-high of #186 on May 1, and finished the year at #200 in singles.

2007

Istomin was slightly less successful in 2007, spending the entire year outside the top–200 in singles, but rallying towards the end of the year to finish at #230, again claiming the Asian Wild Card entry spot for the 2008 Australian Open. In any case, he won two Challenger titles, namely Karshi and, for a second time, Bukhara.

He had a better year in doubles, however, and reached his career-high of #157 on June 18.

2008

Istomin entered the 2008 Australian Open as the Asian Wild Card. He lost in the second round to local favorite Lleyton Hewitt in four sets. Following victories in a number of Challenger tournaments (namely Karshi, for the second time, and Bukhara, for his third title there ), he finished the season ranked at #105.

2009

Istomin again received the Asian Wild Card into the 2009 Australian Open. He played Vincent Spadea of the USA in the first round and won in straight sets, 6–2 7–5 6–4. He lost to Richard Gasquet in the second round. He had a more successful year, breaking into the top 100 for the first time and reaching a peak of 56 in July 2009. This ranking rise qualified him for the other Grand Slam tournaments. His best performance in these was reaching the third round at the 2009 US Open.

2010

Istomin first competed in the 2010 Aircel Chennai Open, but was defeated in the first round by Dudi Sela 6–1, 6–2.

He then participated in the 2010 Australian Open. In the first round he routed #32 seed Jérémy Chardy 6–2, 6–2, 6–0 and then defeated Michael Berrer in the second round 7–5, 6–3, 6–4. Istomin was defeated in the third round by #3 seed Novak Djokovic 1–6, 1–6, 2–6.

For the first time, he made a semi-final at an ATP-level tournament at the 2010 SAP Open, in San Jose. After beating Ryan Harrison 6–2, 7–5 in the opening round, he went on to beat two well known players, #4 seed Tommy Haas 7–6, 6–2, and #6 seed Philipp Kohlschreiber 6–1, 1–6, 6–3 en route to his first semis appearance. There, he lost to #2 seed Fernando Verdasco in a hard fought match 3–6, 6–2, 4–6.

At the 2010 Pilot Pen Tennis Istomin advanced to his first ATP Final, but was defeated by Sergiy Stakhovsky in three sets. This, along with creditable third round appearances at Wimbledon and the French Open in 2010 (and the 2009 US Open) sent him to his career high ranking of 39 on 30 August.

At the 2010 US Open Istomin defeated Máximo González 7–5, 7–5, 6–1 in the first round. He was later defeated by #1 seed and eventual winner Rafael Nadal in the second round 6–2, 7–6, 7–5. Following this his ranking slipped down to 42.

At the 2010 Asian Games tennis finals, Istomin lost to Somdev Devvarman 6–1, 6–2. He was expected to end his poor form with a gold in this tournament. But Somdev has played a splendid game to finish the game in two straight sets.

2011

Istomin started the year at number 40 in the ATP rankings , but had a poor run in the Australian swing, starting the year with a second roud exit at Brisbane and then losing first round matches in the next two weeks in Sydney and then in the Australian Open.

He then reached the quarter-finals in San Jose until being stopped by Fernando Verdaso, then number 9 in the World, before losing again two first rounds in a row in Memphis and Indian Wells. In the following week, Istomin reached the second round of Key Biscaine (losing to then World number 2, and dominating player of the year, Djokovic, by 6-0 6-1), before making another three consecutive first round exits on the clay circuit (Monte Carlo, Barcelona, Munich). After this he reached the second round in Nice on the lead-up to his second Grand Slam of the season, Roland Garros, where he lost the first round match to Italy's Fabio Fognini.

The grass season was also uneventful, with first round exits at Queen's and Eastbourne. Istomin then beat Philipp Kohlschreiber in Wimbledon but lost to Mardy Fish, a top ten player then, in the second round.

Amidst the European summer, he then return to clay and made a second-round exit in Gstaad in between first-round losses in Hamburg and Kitzbuhel. By this time in mid August, Istomin's ranking had suffered with the continuous first and second round losses, and was down to 81. He travelled to his country, Uzbekistan, to compete in two Challengers (Samarkand and Karshi), which he both won. It was his third victory in Karshi.

He then moved to the US hard courts, losing in the second round of the new Winston-Salem Open and also in the second round of his fourth Grand Slam of the season, the US Open, beaten by Julien Benneteau.

He then returned to the Challenger circuit, where he again enjoyed great success by winning two consecutive tournaments in Istanbul and Tashkent. In the Istanbul final he beat Philipp Kohlschreiber, whom he had also beaten in Wimbledon. This was the first tournament Istomin won outside Uzbekistan, in his career.

He had an uneventful end of the season, with a second round exit in Kuala Lumpur's indoort courts, beaten by Viktor Troicki and, failing to qualify for further ATP 250, 500 and 1000 tournaments, ended the season with two early exit showings in the Bratislava and Helsinki Challengers. He finished the year at the 74th place of the rankings, still well inside the top-100

Career finals (1)

Istomin won in total 9 Challenger tournaments but, as of 9 January 2012, no ATP 250 or above tournament. Below his performance on tournaments of ATP 250 level or above:

Singles: 1 (0–1)

Legend Grand Slam tournaments (0–0) ATP World Tour Finals (0–0) ATP World Tour Masters 1000 (0–0) ATP World Tour 500 Series (0–0) ATP World Tour 250 Series (0–1)

Titles by Surface Hard (0–1) Grass (0–0) Clay (0–0) Carpet (0–0)

Outcome	No.	Date	Championship	Surface	Opponent in the final	Score in the final
Runner-up	1.	28 August 2010	New Haven, United States	Hard	Sergiy Stakhovsky	6–3, 3–6, 4–6

Singles Performance Timeline

To prevent confusion and double counting, information in this table is updated only after a tournament or the player's participation in the tournament has concluded.

Tournament	2008	2009	2010	2011	2012	W–L
Grand Slam Tournaments
Australian Open	2R	2R	3R	1R		4–4
French Open	A	2R	2R	1R		2–3
Wimbledon	A	1R	3R	2R		3–3
US Open	A	3R	2R	2R		4–3
Win–Loss	1–1	4–4	6-4	2–4		13–13
ATP Masters Series
Indian Wells Masters	A	A	A	1R		0–1
Miami Masters	A	A	1R	2R		1–2
Monte Carlo Masters	A	A	A	1R		0–1
Rome Masters	A	A	A	A		0–0
Madrid Masters	A	A	A	A		0–0
Canada Masters	A	A	1R	A		0–1
Cincinnati Masters	A	A	2R	A		1–1
Shanghai Masters	NMS	A	1R	A		0–1
Paris Masters	A	A	1R	Q1		0–1
Win–Loss	0–0	0–0	1–5	1–3		2–8
Career Statistics
Titles–Finals	0–0	0–0	0–1	0–0		0–1
Year End Ranking	105	102	40	72

External links

• Denis Istomin at the Association of Tennis Professionals
• Istomin Recent Match Results
• Istomin World Ranking History