Career
Born in Ufa, Soviet Union, Cherkasov first came to the tennis world's attention as an outstanding junior player. In 1987, he was ranked the World No. 3 junior player and finished runner-up in the boys' singles at the US Open (lost to David Wheaton in the final).
Cherkasov turned professional in 1988. In 1990, Cherkasov claimed his first top-level singles titles when he won the inaugural Kremlin Cup in Moscow, defeating Tim Mayotte in the final 6–2, 6–1. He also reached the quarter-finals of the 1990 Australian Open and US Open.
In June 1991 Cherkasov reached his career-high singles ranking of World No. 13. In November he successfully defended his Kremlin Cup title, saving two match points in a 7–6, 3–6, 7–6 win in the final against Jakob Hlasek.
In 1992, Cherkasov was a quarter-finalist at the French Open and won a men's singles bronze medal at the Olympic Games in Barcelona, notably rallying from 2 sets down to beat Pete Sampras in the third round.
In 1993, Cherkasov saved three match points in 3-hour, 54-minute quarter-final victory over Italy's Andrea Gaudenzi at Tel Aviv, to win 6–7, 7–6, 7–5 in what was the longest best-of-three set match in tour history.
In the end, his two victories at the Kremlin Cup in Moscow proved to be the only top-level titles of Cherkasov's career. He retired from the professional tour in 2000, having earned prize-money totalling $2,259,875.
ATP career finals
Singles: 6 (2 titles, 4 runner-ups)
Legend | Grand Slam Tournaments (0–0) | ATP World Tour Finals (0–0) | ATP Masters 1000 Series (0–0) | ATP 500 Series (0–1) | ATP 250 Series (2–3) | | Finals by surface | Hard (0–1) | Clay (0–2) | Grass (0–0) | Carpet (2–1) | | Finals by setting | Outdoors (0–3) | Indoors (2–1) | |
Result | W–L | Date | Tournament | Tier | Surface | Opponent | Score |
Loss | 0–1 | Jan 1989 | Sydney, Australia | Grand Prix | Hard | Aaron Krickstein | 4–6, 2–6 |
Win | 1–1 | Nov 1990 | Moscow, USSR | Grand Prix | Carpet | Tim Mayotte | 6–2, 6–1 |
Loss | 1–2 | Feb 1991 | Brussels, Belgium | Championship Series | Carpet | Guy Forget | 3–6, 5–7, 6–3, 6–7(4–7) |
Win | 2–2 | Nov 1991 | Moscow, USSR | World Series | Carpet | Jakob Hlasek | 7–6(7–2), 3–6, 7–6(7–5) |
Loss | 2–3 | May 1993 | Bologna, Italy | World Series | Clay | Jordi Burillo | 6–7(4–7), 7–6(9–7), 1–6 |
Loss | 2–4 | Sep 1993 | Bucharest, Romania | World Series | Clay | Goran Ivanišević | 2–6, 6–7(5–7) |
Doubles: 2 (2 runners-up)
Legend | Grand Slam Tournaments (0–0) | ATP World Tour Finals (0–0) | ATP Masters Series (0–0) | ATP Championship Series (0–0) | ATP World Series (0–2) | | Finals by surface | Hard (0–0) | Clay (0–1) | Grass (0–0) | Carpet (0–1) | | Finals by setting | Outdoors (0–1) | Indoors (0–1) | |
ATP Challenger and ITF Futures finals
Singles: 9 (5–4)
Legend | ATP Challenger (4–2) | ITF Futures (1–2) | | Finals by surface | Hard (3–0) | Clay (2–4) | Grass (0–0) | Carpet (0–0) | |
Result | W–L | Date | Tournament | Tier | Surface | Opponent | Score |
Win | 1-0 | Apr 1989 | Oporto, Portugal | Challenger | Clay | Javier Sánchez | 7–6, 7–5 |
Win | 2-0 | Apr 1989 | Lisbon, Portugal | Challenger | Clay | Tomas Carbonell | 7–6, 6–3 |
Loss | 2-1 | May 1993 | Ljubljana, Slovenia | Challenger | Clay | Daniel Orsanic | 6–4, 2–6, 5–7 |
Win | 3-1 | Sep 1995 | Singapore, Singapore | Challenger | Hard | Yasufumi Yamamoto | 6–1, 6–3 |
Win | 4-1 | Dec 1996 | Daytona Beach, United States | Challenger | Hard | Tommy Haas | 7–6, 3–6, 7–5 |
Loss | 4-2 | Aug 1998 | Warsaw, Poland | Challenger | Clay | Jiri Vanek | 6–7, 5–7 |
Win | 5-2 | Apr 2001 | USA F9, Stone Mountain | Futures | Hard | Robert Kendrick | 6–1, 6–1 |
Loss | 5-3 | Jul 2002 | Denmark F1, Copenhagen | Futures | Clay | Edouard Roger-Vasselin | 2–6, 3–6 |
Loss | 5-4 | Aug 2002 | Latvia F1, Jūrmala | Futures | Clay | Timo Nieminen | 6–4, 4–6, 2–6 |
Doubles: 7 (3–4)
Legend | ATP Challenger (2–3) | ITF Futures (1–1) | | Finals by surface | Hard (3–0) | Clay (0–4) | Grass (0–0) | Carpet (0–0) | |
Result | W–L | Date | Tournament | Tier | Surface | Partner | Opponents | Score |
Loss | 0–1 | Sep 1996 | Tashkent, Uzbekistan | Challenger | Clay | Laurence Tieleman | Marcelo Charpentier Albert Portas | 1–6, 2–6 |
Win | 1–1 | Sep 1997 | Azores, Portugal | Challenger | Hard | Gaston Etlis | Nils Holm Lars-Anders Wahlgren | 6–7, 7–5, 6–3 |
Win | 2–1 | Dec 1997 | Eilat, Israel | Challenger | Hard | Patrick Baur | Sander Groen Rogier Wassen | 6–3, 7–6 |
Loss | 2–2 | Apr 1998 | Paget, Bermuda | Challenger | Clay | Rodolphe Gilbert | Doug Flach Richey Reneberg | 6–3, 4–6, 2–6 |
Loss | 2–3 | Aug 1999 | Poznan, Poland | Challenger | Clay | Hugo Armando | Massimo Ardinghi Davide Sanguinetti | 4–6, 4–6 |
Loss | 2–4 | Aug 2002 | Latvia F1, Jūrmala | Futures | Clay | Dmitri Kotchetkov | Aleksander Jerinkic Steven Randjelovic | 3–6, 1–6 |
Win | 3–4 | Jun 2004 | Spain F11, Lanzarote | Futures | Hard | Orest Tereshchuk | Jaymon Crabb Brodie Stewart | 6–3, 4–6, 6–3 |
Junior Grand Slam finals
Key W | F | SF | QF | #R | RR | Q# | DNQ | A | NH |
(W) winner; (F) finalist; (SF) semifinalist; (QF) quarterfinalist; (#R) rounds 4, 3, 2, 1; (RR) round-robin stage; (Q#) qualification round; (DNQ) did not qualify; (A) absent; (NH) not held; (SR) strike rate (events won / competed); (W–L) win–loss record.
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