Yuri Schukin

Yuri Schukin
Ю́рий Щу́кин

Country (sports)	Kazakhstan
Residence	Berlin, Germany
Born	(1979-06-26) 26 June 1979 (age 47) Kislovodsk, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union
Height	6 ft 1 in (185 cm)
Turned pro	1999
Retired	2018
Plays	Right-handed (two-handed backhand)
Prize money	$723,143
Singles
Career record	14–22
Career titles	0
Highest ranking	No. 119 (19 November 2007)
Grand Slam singles results
Australian Open	1R (2001)
French Open	2R (2010)
Wimbledon	Q1 (2002, 2003, 2004, 2005)
US Open	Q2 (2001)
Doubles
Career record	15–17
Career titles	0
Highest ranking	No. 117 (16 October 2000)
Grand Slam doubles results
Australian Open	1R (2001)
Wimbledon	Q1 (2002, 2003)
US Open	Q2 (2001)
Team competitions
Davis Cup	QF (2013)
Last updated on: May 22, 2021.

Yuri Schukin (Russian: Ю́рий Ива́нович Щу́кин, romanized: Shchukin; born 26 June 1979) is a retired Russian-born Kazakhstani tennis player.

Schukin has a career high ATP singles ranking of World No. 119, achieved on 19 November 2007. He also has a career high ATP doubles ranking of World No. 117, achieved on 16 October 2000.

Career

Schukin made his ATP Tour singles debut at the 2001 Australian Open where he battled through the qualifying rounds to earn a spot in the main draw. In qualifying, he defeated Neville Godwin 4–6, 6–1, 6–4, Eric Taino 7–5, 6–1 and lastly Robin Vik 0–6, 7–6^(7–4), 8–6 to solidify the first main draw appearance of his career. In the first round he was defeated by Australian Wayne Arthurs in four sets 3–6, 5–7, 6–4, 2–6.

He made his ATP double main draw debut at the 2000 Dutch Open in Amsterdam, Netherlands. Alongside Orlin Stanoytchev, they were granted direct entry into the main doubles draw where they proceeded to defeat José Frontera and Sander Groen 6–4, 6–2 in the first round, and followed that up with an upset victory over the first seeds Thomas Shimada and Myles Wakefield 6–3, 3–6, 6–3 before eventually being defeated in the semi-finals at the hands of Edwin Kempes and Dennis van Scheppingen 4–6, 6–3, 1–6.

ATP career finals

Doubles: 1 (1 runner-up)

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

Titles by surface Hard (0–0) Clay (0–1) Grass (0–0)

Titles by setting Outdoor (0–1) Indoor (0–0)

Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Tier	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Loss	0–1	Jun 2008	Warsaw Open, Poland	250 Series	Clay	Nikolay Davydenko	Mariusz Fyrstenberg Marcin Matkowski	0–6, 6–3, [4–10]

ATP Challenger and ITF Futures finals

Singles: 19 (9–10)

Legend ATP Challenger (8–8) ITF Futures (1–2)

Finals by surface Hard (1–2) Clay (7–7) Grass (0–0) Carpet (1–1)

Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Tier	Surface	Opponent	Score
Loss	0–1	May 1999	Great Britain F7, Edinburgh	Futures	Clay	Patrik Fredriksson	4–6, 4–6
Loss	0–2	Apr 2000	Algeria F1, Algiers	Futures	Clay	Albert Montañés	0–6, 3–6
Win	1–2	Aug 2000	Sylt, Germany	Challenger	Clay	Jakub Herm-Zahlava	6–2, 6–4
Loss	1–3	Sep 2000	Skopje, Macedonia	Challenger	Clay	Oliver Gross	5–7, 4–6
Loss	1–4	Aug 2001	Graz, Austria	Challenger	Hard	Julian Knowle	3–6, 2–6
Loss	1–5	Dec 2001	Milan, Italy	Challenger	Carpet	Marc Rosset	6–3, 1–6, 4–6
Loss	1–6	Mar 2003	Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam	Challenger	Hard	Amir Hadad	4–6, 6–7(2–7)
Win	2–6	Oct 2003	Belgaum, India	Challenger	Hard	Dieter Kindlmann	6–3, 6–2
Win	3–6	Jan 2004	Germany F1, Nussloch	Futures	Carpet	Philipp Marx	6–7(3–7), 6–4, 6–4
Win	4–6	Sep 2004	Banja Luka, Bosnia & Herzegovina	Challenger	Clay	Werner Eschauer	7–6(7–3), 7–6(9–7)
Loss	4–7	Apr 2007	Fez, Morocco	Challenger	Clay	Peter Luczak	2–6, 7–6(7–3), 6–7(1–7)
Win	5–7	May 2007	Dresden, Germany	Challenger	Clay	Florian Mayer	7–6(7–5), 7–6(7–3)
Win	6–7	Aug 2007	Geneva, Switzerland	Challenger	Clay	Jesse Huta Galung	6–3, 6–2
Win	7–7	Sep 2007	Napoli, Italy	Challenger	Clay	Martín Vassallo Argüello	7–6(7–3), 6–1
Loss	7–8	Aug 2008	Geneva, Switzerland	Challenger	Clay	Kristof Vliegen	2–6, 1–6
Loss	7–9	Jul 2009	Poznań, Poland	Challenger	Clay	Peter Luczak	6–3, 6–7(4–7), 6–7(6–8)
Win	8–9	May 2010	Zagreb, Croatia	Challenger	Clay	Santiago Ventura	6–3, 7–5
Loss	8–10	Sep 2010	Trnava, Slovakia	Challenger	Clay	Jaroslav Pospíšil	4–6, 6–4, 3–6
Win	9–10	Jun 2011	Prostějov, Czech Republic	Challenger	Clay	Flavio Cipolla	6–4, 4–6, 6–0

Doubles: 41 (20–21)

Legend ATP Challenger (16–17) ITF Futures (4–4)

Finals by surface Hard (2–2) Clay (17–18) Grass (0–1) Carpet (1–0)

Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Tier	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Loss	0–1	Jun 1999	Germany F4B, Riemerling	Futures	Clay	Erik Truempler	Enrique Abaroa Damián Furmanski	4–6, 0–6
Win	1–1	Jul 1999	Germany F7, Kassel	Futures	Clay	Andreas Tattermusch	Frank Moser Bernard Parun	6–4, 6–1
Loss	1–2	Sep 1999	Ukraine F5, Gorlivka	Futures	Clay	Kornél Bardóczky	Scott Barron Andreas Tattermusch	3–6, 6–7
Loss	1–3	Dec 1999	Jaipur, India	Challenger	Grass	Ivo Karlović	Tomas Anzari Satoshi Iwabuchi	6–7, 6–4, 6–7
Loss	1–4	Jul 2000	Poland F3, Katowice	Futures	Clay	Maciej Domka	Krzysztof Kwinta Marcin Matkowski	3–6, 5–7
Loss	1–5	Aug 2000	Togliatti, Russia	Challenger	Hard	Ionuț Moldovan	Dušan Vemić Lovro Zovko	4–6, 4–6
Win	2–5	Aug 2000	Sylt, Germany	Challenger	Clay	Ionuț Moldovan	Ashley Fisher Gareth Williams	6–4, 6–2
Win	3–5	Sep 2000	Freudenstadt, Germany	Challenger	Clay	Ionuț Moldovan	Julian Knowle Jean-Claude Scherrer	3–6, 6–3, 6–4
Win	4–5	Sep 2000	Brașov, Romania	Challenger	Clay	Ionuț Moldovan	Dick Norman Wolfgang Schranz	6–4, 6–1
Win	5–5	Oct 2000	Tangiers, Morocco	Challenger	Clay	Ionuț Moldovan	Cristian Kordasz Cristiano Testa	6–4, 2–6, 6–2
Loss	5–6	Jun 2001	Bucharest, Romania	Challenger	Clay	Ionuț Moldovan	Mark Merklein Paul Rosner	4–6, 4–6
Loss	5–7	Sep 2001	Budapest II, Hungary	Challenger	Clay	Orest Tereshchuk	Oliver Marach Jarkko Nieminen	2–6, 2–6
Loss	5–8	Sep 2002	Freudenstadt, Germany	Challenger	Clay	Juan-Manuel Balcells	Diego del Río Leonardo Olguín	6–7(2–7), 4–6
Loss	5–9	Sep 2002	Kyiv, Ukraine	Challenger	Clay	Irakli Labadze	Fred Hemmes Federico Browne	4–6, 3–6
Win	6–9	Sep 2002	Banja Luka, Bosnia & Herzegovina	Challenger	Clay	Jaroslav Levinský	Daniel Orsanic Juan Pablo Guzmán	7–6(7–5), 7–5
Loss	6–10	Aug 2003	St. Petersburg, Russia	Challenger	Clay	Dmitry Vlasov	Mikhail Elgin Orest Tereshchuk	6–3, 3–6, 5–7
Win	7–10	Sep 2003	Banja Luka, Bosnia & Herzegovina	Challenger	Clay	Ionuț Moldovan	Goran Tošić Nikola Ćirić	6–2, 7–5
Win	8–10	Jan 2004	Germany F1, Nussloch	Futures	Carpet	Dmitry Vlasov	Aleksey Malajko Lado Chikhladze	7–5, 6–3
Loss	8–11	Feb 2004	Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam	Challenger	Hard	Vadim Kutsenko	Rik de Voest Fred Hemmes	3–6, 3–6
Win	9–11	Apr 2004	Italy F1, Frascati	Futures	Clay	Marcello Craca	Giancarlo Petrazzuolo Daniele Giorgini	6–7(3–7), 6–3, 6–4
Loss	9–12	Sep 2004	Kyiv, Ukraine	Challenger	Clay	Igor Kunitsyn	Sergio Roitman Albert Portas	1–6, 1–6
Loss	9–13	Oct 2004	Dubrovnik, Croatia	Challenger	Clay	Leonardo Azzaro	Juan Pablo Brzezicki Martín Vassallo Argüello	1–6, 2–6
Loss	9–14	Mar 2005	Barletta, Italy	Challenger	Clay	Lukáš Dlouhý	Tom Vanhoudt Kristof Vliegen	4–6, 7–5, 5–7
Win	10–14	Jun 2005	Reggio Emilia, Italy	Challenger	Clay	Irakli Labadze	Francesco Aldi Tomas Tenconi	6–4, 6–3
Win	11–14	Aug 2006	Geneva, Switzerland	Challenger	Clay	Michal Navrátil	Lovro Zovko Konstantinos Economidis	1–6, 6–2, [10–6]
Loss	11–15	Mar 2007	Morocco F2, Rabat	Futures	Clay	Torsten Popp	Kamil Čapkovič Pavol Červenák	2–6, 0–6
Win	12–15	Mar 2007	Rabat, Morocco	Challenger	Clay	Orest Tereshchuk	Boris Pashanski Peter Luczak	6–7(8–10), 7–6(7–4), [10–3]
Win	13–15	Aug 2007	Graz, Austria	Challenger	Clay	Sebastián Decoud	Jérémy Chardy Predrag Rusevski	3–6, 6–3, [10–7]
Win	14–15	Aug 2007	Geneva, Switzerland	Challenger	Clay	Sebastián Decoud	Olivier Charroin James Cerretani	6–3, 6–7(4–7), [10–4]
Loss	14–16	Mar 2008	Meknes, Morocco	Challenger	Clay	Mikhail Elgin	Daniel Munoz-de la Nava Alberto Martín	4–6, 7–6(7–2), [6–10]
Win	15–16	May 2009	San Remo, Italy	Challenger	Clay	Dmitri Sitak	Daniele Bracciali Giancarlo Petrazzuolo	6–4, 7–6(7–4)
Win	16–16	Aug 2009	Tampere, Finland	Challenger	Clay	Peter Luczak	Simone Vagnozzi Uros Vico	6–1, 6–7(6–8), [10–4]
Win	17–16	Feb 2010	Kazan, Russia	Challenger	Hard	Jan Mertl	Tobias Kamke Julian Reister	6–2, 6–4
Loss	17–17	Jul 2010	Braunschweig, Germany	Challenger	Clay	Igor Kunitsyn	Leonardo Tavares Simone Vagnozzi	5–7, 6–7(4–7)
Loss	17–18	Mar 2011	Rabat, Morocco	Challenger	Clay	Evgeny Korolev	Alessio di Mauro Simone Vagnozzi	4–6, 4–6
Loss	17–19	Sep 2011	Szczecin, Poland	Challenger	Clay	Andrey Golubev	Andriej Kapaś Marcin Gawron	4–6, 3–6
Win	18–19	Oct 2011	Napoli, Italy	Challenger	Clay	Antonio Veić	Hsieh Cheng-peng Lee Hsin-han	6–7(5–7), 7–5, [10–8]
Win	19–19	Jun 2012	Monza, Italy	Challenger	Clay	Andrey Golubev	Stefano Ianni Teymuraz Gabashvili	7–6(7–4), 5–7, [10–7]
Loss	19–20	Jul 2012	Milan, Italy	Challenger	Clay	Andrey Golubev	Simon Stadler Nicholas Monroe	4–6, 6–3, [9–11]
Loss	19–21	Sep 2012	Lermontov, Russia	Challenger	Clay	Andrey Golubev	Konstantin Kravchuk Denys Molchanov	3–6, 4–6
Win	20–21	Feb 2013	Kazakhstan F1, Aktobe	Futures	Hard	Alexander Kudryavtsev	Mate Pavić Victor Baluda	7–6(8–6), 6–2

Performance timeline

References

External links

• Yuri Schukin at the Association of Tennis Professionals
• Yuri Schukin at World Tennis
• Yuri Schukin at the Davis Cup (archived)