Mikhail Youzhny

Began playing tennis at age six..Father, Mikhail, passed away; mother, Lubov, is an economist...Has one older brother, Andrei, who has played mostly pro Futures events in his career from 1998-2000...Compiled outstanding junior results, reaching final of Australian Open juniors in 1999 (l. to Pless)...Childhood hero was Stefan Edberg and “liked his mentality”...At age 13, ballboyed for Russia-U.S. Davis Cup final in Moscow in 1995 and posed for photos with U.S. members Courier, Sampras and Todd Martin...Going into 2010 has a 15-16 Davis Cup record (10-10 in singles) in 21 ties since 2000...Gives military style salute to fans after big wins with racket above his head with left hand and salute with right...Wife, Yulia (married Nov. 22, 2008 in Moscow); son, Maxim, was born on Dec. 4, 2009...Fitness trainer is Oleg Mosiakov and coached by Boris Sobkin (since age 10).

2009 -- The No. 2 Russian (behind No. 7 Davydenko) finished in Top 20 for second time in three years, highlighted by a career-high four ATP World Tour finals during season…After a 2nd RD exit at US Open, capped season by winning 16 of 20 matches and his fifth career title in hometown of Moscow in late October…Reached final in Tokyo (l. to Tsonga)…In May, he advanced to final in Munich where he lost in a third set tie-break to Tomas Berdych…Early in season he reached back-to-back QFs in Rotterdam and Marseille…Also turned in SF showing in Kitzbühel (l. to Garcia-Lopez)…On grass reached QF at Queen’s Club (l. to Blake)…Went 4-3 vs. Top 10 opponents and compiled marks of 27-17 on hard, 11-8 on clay and 3-3 on grass…Earned a career-high $1,026,149.

2008 -- The Russian finished in Top 50 for seventh straight year, highlighted by his fourth career ATP title in Chennai (d. No. 2 Nadal) and second Grand Slam QF (or better) at Australian Open (d. No. 4 Davydenko, l. to Tsonga)...Jumped off to a 12-2 start in first three tournaments before finishing 16-20 rest of season...Only reached one more QF, in Gstaad, in July...In Grand Slam play, advanced to 3rd RD at Roland Garros (l. to Verdasco) and 4th RD at Wimbledon (l. to Nadal)...Withdrew from US Open due to viral illness, his first Grand Slam missed after 23 in a row played...Went 2-3 vs. Top 10 opponents and compiled marks of 20-14 on hard, 4-2 on grass and 4-6 on clay.

2007 -- The No. 2 Russian (behind No. 4 Davydenko) finished in Top 20 for first time in three years and won a career-high 50 matches...Broke Top 10 on Aug. 13 and was there for one week...Jumped off to an 18-5 start in first two months by capturing his third ATP title in Rotterdam (d. Ferrer, Djokovic, Ljubicic in last three rounds) and following with runner-up in Dubai (d. Nadal in QF, l. to Federer)...Also SF in Zagreb and QF in Doha and Marseille...In May, advanced to final in Munich (l. to Kohlschreiber) and turned in personal-best 4th RD at Roland Garros (l. to Federer)...On grass, reached QF in Halle and 4th RD at Wimbledon (l. to Nadal in five sets)...Returned to clay in July and made SF in Amersfoort...Won a crucial Davis Cup singles match in fourth rubber (vs. Petzschner) as Russia prevailed 3-2 to reach final for second straight year (lost 4-1 to U.S.)...Closed season with SF in St. Petersburg and QF at AMS Paris (d. No. 9 Gonzalez, No. 10 Haas, l. to Nadal)...Went 4-9 vs. Top 10 opponents and compiled marks of 24-12 on hard, 15-8 on clay, 6-2 on carpet and 5-1 on grass...In doubles, won titles in Doha (w/Zimonjic) and Munich (w/Kohlschreiber)...Earned a career-high $1,028,900.

2006 -- The No. 3 Russian (behind Davydenko, Tursunov)...Went into US Open ranked No. 54 and posted wins over Spanish top trio of No. 13 Ferrer (3rd), No. 5 Robredo (4th) and No. 2 Nadal (QF) before losing to Roddick in four sets in SF...Afterwards climbed to No. 24...Also reached SF in Dubai (l. to Federer) and first on clay in Kitzbnhel (l. to Chela)...Also QF in Doha and Zagreb....Played in Davis Cup SF vs. U.S. and posted a four-sets win over No. 9 Blake to give Russia a 2-0 lead...On Oct. 25, tore ligaments in his right ankle while playing a doubles match in St. Petersburg...

2005 -- Reached seven ATP QF, including AMS Cincinnati (l. to Roddick)...Reached 4th RD at Wimbledon (l. to Gonzalez)...

2004 -- Won title in St. Petersburg (d. Beck) and runner-up in Beijing (l. to Safin)...Reached QF at Athens Olympics (l. to Fish)...

2003 -- Reached three SF and four QF...

2002 -- Won first ATP title in Stuttgart (d. Canas)...Became first player to rally from a two-sets deficit in a fifth and decisive match in a Davis Cup final, beating Mathieu in 4 hrs., 27 mins. to give Russia a 3-2 victory over France...Missed six weeks in summer with back injury...Finalist at St. Petersburg...

2001 -- Finished in Top 100 for first time...Reached 3rd RD at Australian Open in Grand Slam debut...Also 4th RD at Wimbledon (l. to Rafter) and 3rd RD at US Open (l. to Sampras)...Reached SF in Copenhagen...

2000 -- Made Davis Cup debut vs. Belgium (d. O. Rochus in dead rubber)...Won Samarkand Challenger...Reached first ATP QF in Moscow...

1999 -- Won four Futures titles and jumped over 700 ranking positions...

2010

Went 2-2 in first month of year, as No. 20 seed reached Australian Open 3rd RD (l. to Kubot) when he withdrew with a right wrist injury...At Rotterdam, ranked World No. 20, beat Djokovic in SFs en route to 13th ATP World Tour final...Fell to No. 3 seed Soderling 64 20, retiring with a right hamstring injury...On 15 February, rose five places to World No. 15...

Returned to action two weeks later in Dubai and dropped just one set en route to his second straight final, which he lost to top seed Djokovic 57 75 36…Dropped to a 5-9 mark in ATP World Tour finals but improved to No. 13 in South African Airways 2010 ATP Rankings...

In March, represented Russia in 1st RD win over India, beating Bopanna and Devvarman in singles rubbers...At Miami, as No. 13 seed, beat Giraldo, Wawrinka and Fish en route to first ATP World Tour Masters 1000 QF since November 2007 at Paris...Fell to No. 5 seed Soderling 61 64 in QFs...

Lost his opening two matches on the European clay-court swing in Monte-Carlo (l. to Nalbandian after first-round bye) and Rome (l. to Hewitt) before finding his form in Munich, where he won his sixth ATP World Tour title…Defeated World No. 11 Marin Cilic 63 46 64 in the final after two runner-up finishes at the tournament in 2007 and 2009… "It is a good tournament, there is a nice atmosphere. I have a lot of friends here. It is a well-organised tournament for the players, whenever you need something they try to help and that's important for the players," said Youzhny…Was beaten by an in-form Ernests Gulbis in the second round in Madrid, but responded by reaching the Roland Garros quarter-finals (l. to Berdych) for the first time…

Could not carry his strong form into the grass-court season, losing Halle 1st RD to Kiefer and suffering a 2nd RD loss to Mathieu at Wimbledon…Two weeks later he lost the deciding fifth rubber 67(5) 46 36 to Nalbandian as Russia lost 3-2 to Argentina in Moscow in the Davis Cup QFs…

Reached Gstaad QFs (l. to Schukin)…Had a disappointing Olympus US Open Series, losing in the 2nd RD at ATP World Tour Masters 1000 Toronto (l. to Dolgopolov) and 1st RD at ATP World Tour Masters 1000 Cincinnati (l. to Gasquet). As No. 12 seed at US Open, he reached the SFs in New York City for the first time since 2006…Was looking to become the first Russian to reach a Grand Slam final since Safin won the 2005 Australian Open…Beat World No. 27 Wawrinka in five sets prior to losing to top seed Nadal 62 63 64 in SFs…

At Kuala Lumpur, won four three-set matches for his seventh ATP World Tour title…Beat Golubev 67(7) 62 76(3) in the two-hour, 32-minute final…“It was four very tough matches for me. It was my first tournament indoors after the US Open Series and for me it was good. I cannot say I showed by best tennis here, but, although it’s good when you show your best tennis and win the tournament, it’s probably better sometimes when you don’t show your really best game but you have a really good result”…On 4 October, rose one spot to World No. 8...

Went win-less in his final two tournaments in Asian Swing (l. to Ljubicic in Beijing; l. to Mayer in Shanghai) and withdrew from hometown tournament in Moscow with viral infection… Bounced back strongly the following week in St.Petersburg, where as top seed, he finished runner-up to World No. 88 Mikhail Kukushkin 36 67(2)…Had saved four match points to defeat Dmitry Tursunov in the semi-finals…

In doubles play, won Halle title in June and reached Kuala Lumpur SFs (w/Stakhovsky)…