Yevgeny Kafelnikov

Yevgeny Aleksandrovich Kafelnikov (Russian :Евгений Александрович Кафельников, Russian pronunciation: [jɪvˈɡenʲɪj ɐlʲɪˈksandrəvʲɪtɕ ˈkafʲɪlʲnʲɪkəf]; born 18 February 1974) is a retired and former World No. 1 tennis player from Russia. He won two Grand Slam singles titles (one French Open and one Australian Open), four Grand Slam doubles titles, and the men's singles gold medal at the Sydney Olympic Games. He also helped Russia win the Davis Cup in 2002. He is the last man to have won both the singles and men's doubles titles at the same Grand Slam tournament, which he did at the 1996 French Open.

Life after tennis

Since retiring, Kafelnikov has had a few impressive finishes at the 2005 World Series of Poker. He also played golf on the European PGA tour at the 2005 and 2008 Russian Open. He stated that he was there not to make up the numbers, before finishing last by 20 odd shots in 2005 (and second to last in 2008).

He now works as a commentator for Russian TV covering tennis. During the 2008 Miami Masters, Kafelnikov coached Marat Safin in the absence of Hernan Gumy.

Career finals

Singles: 46 (26-20)

Wins (26)

Runner-ups (20)

Doubles: 41 (27-14)

Wins (27)

Runner-ups (14)

Performance timelines

Singles

A = did not attend
LQ = lost in qualifying draw

Doubles

A = did not participate in the tournament.

Team titles

2002 - Davis Cup winner with Russia

Trivia

Kafelnikov starred in Virtua Tennis, an arcade tennis game. In that game, he has a strong backhand.
He also obtained a wildcard entry into the 2005 Cadillac Russian Open golf tournament, in Moscow, shooting rounds of 88 and 96 to finish 40 over par and missed the cut by 24 strokes.
He played exclusively with and endorsed racquets from Austrian company, Fischer throughout his career.
Kafelnikov is an avid supporter of Russian football side Dynamo Moscow FC, and was given 'lifetime membership' of the club by Chairman Victor Zakharov in 2003, and as a result is a registered player for both the football team, and the basketball team. He has, however, never played any games for either team as yet.
One of five players to beat Roger Federer at Wimbledon.

Translation

The phrase "Yevgeny Kafelnikov" occurs as such in the following languages: English, Catalan, Portuguese, Turkish.

Translation(s) in other languages: Bengali: ইয়েভগেনি কাফেলনিকভ, Bulgarian: Евгени Кафелников, Chuvash: Кафельников Евгений Александрович, Czech: Jevgenij Kafelnikov, Danish: Jevgenij Kafelnikov, German: Jewgeni Alexandrowitsch Kafelnikow, Spanish: Yevgueni Káfelnikov, French: Ievgueni Kafelnikov, Italian: Evgenij Aleksandrovič Kafel'nikov, Hungarian: Jevgenyij Alekszandrovics Kafelnyikov, Dutch: Jevgeni Kafelnikov, Japanese: エフゲニー・カフェルニコフ, Norwegian (Bokmål): Jevgenij Kafelnikov, Polish: Jewgienij Kafielnikow, Romanian: Evgheni Kafelnikov, Russian: Кафельников, Евгений Александрович, Slovak: Jevgenij Alexandrovič Kafeľnikov, Slovenian: Jevgenij Kafelnikov, Finnish: Jevgeni Kafelnikov, Swedish: Jevgenij Kafelnikov, Chinese: 耶夫格尼·卡费尔尼科夫.