Konstantin Kravchuk | Bio | ATP Tour

Personal
Career

Began playing tennis at age 5 because it was a dream of his mother.
Father, Vladimir, works as chief of security for the post office; mother, Irina, is a psychologist.
Likes to play on hard courts and favourite shots are serve and forehand.
Favourite tournament is St. Petersburg.
Idol growing up was Roger Federer.
If he wasn’t a tennis player, he would have liked to have been a football player.
Fan of AC Milan andFC Spartak Moscow (football), Chicago Bulls (NBA), Michael Jordan and Cristiano Ronaldo,
Hobbies include going to the movies, playing computer games and travelling.
Wife, Veronika; daughter, Eva.
Trains in Austria.
Fitness trainer is Francesco Cirianni.

(UPDATED JUNE 29, 2017)

Ranking: The Russian broke into Top 100 as 31-year-old on Aug. 1, 2016 following run to Astana, KAZ Challenger final. Achieved career-high No. 78 on Nov. 7, 2016 soon after winning Tashkent, UZB Challenger title. Before reaching year-end Top 100 in 2016, finished 8 straight seasons ranked between No. 140 and No. 276 (2008-15).
Milestones: Seeking 1st ATP World Tour QF after falling in 2R at 6events from 2006 to 2017. Won 2 of his 3 ATP Challenger Tour titles in 2016 at Busan, KOR (d. Evans) and Tashkent, UZB (d. Istomin). Eight-time Challengerrunner-up, including 3 times in 2016: Taipei, TPE (l. to Evans); Fergana, UZB (l. to Albot) and Astana, KAZ (l. to Donskoy). Saved 2 MPs to beat Pella 67 76 76 in 2016 Gstaad 1R for 1st ATP win since 2013 St. Petersburg (d. Zeballos in 1R). Suffered 11-match tour-level losing streak following victory over Pella. Made winning ATP debut at 2006 Moscow as 622nd-ranked qualifier (d. H. Lee, l. to Santoro in 2R). Owns records of 212-180at Challengers and 132-78 at Futures (7-2 in finals).
Grand Slams: Qualified at 2014 Wimbledon (l. to Simon in 1R) and 2015 US Open (l. to Mannarino in 1R). Failed to qualify in all 17other attempts at Grand Slams, including all 4 majors in 2016. In 2003, qualified for juniormain draws at Roland Garros (l. to Wawrinka in 2R), Wimbledon (l. to C. Kwon in 2R) and US Open (l. to S. Jenkins in 1R).
ATP Masters 1000: Lost 3-setters in 1R at 2017 Indian Wells (l. to Fognini) and 2017 Miami (l. to Tiafoe). Fell in qualifying at 2016 Monte-Carlo (l. to Krajinovic in Q1).