Sergei Gennadyievich Demekhine (Russian

Russian language

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: Сергей Геннадьевич Демехин; born 30 March 1984) is a Russian tennis

Tennis

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 coach and former player. Under his guidance, Vera Zvonareva

Vera Zvonareva

Vera Zvonareva is a professional tennis player from Russia. She was introduced to tennis at the age of six and turned professional in 2000. Her career high is World No. 2 by the WTA, and she is currently ranked as the World No. 7. Zvonarёva has won twelve WTA Tour singles titles and reached the...

 reached two Grand Slam

Grand Slam (tennis)

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 finals — at the 2010 Wimbledon Championships

2010 Wimbledon Championships

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 and the 2010 US Open

2010 US Open (tennis)

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 — and World No. 2 ranking. Demekhin also occasionally works as a model

Model (person)

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.

Personal life

Demekhin was born on 30 March 1984 to father Gennadyi and mother Natalia, and has a sister, Elena. He was born in Kursk

Kursk

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, but currently resides in Moscow

Moscow

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.

Tennis career

As a professional tennis player, Demekhine won one ITF Futures title in singles, and eight in doubles. He played the qualifications for the Kremlin Cup

Kremlin Cup

The Kremlin Cup is a professional tennis tournament played on indoor hard courts. It is currently part of the ATP World Tour 250 series of the ATP Tour and is a Premier Tournament on the WTA Tour...

 in 2001

2001 Kremlin Cup

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, 2002

2002 Kremlin Cup

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, 2003

2003 Kremlin Cup

The 2003 Kremlin Cup was a tennis tournament played on indoor carpet courts at the Olympic Stadium in Moscow in Russia that was part of the International Series of the 2003 ATP Tour and of Tier I of the 2003 WTA Tour...

 2006

2006 Kremlin Cup

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 and 2008

2008 Kremlin Cup

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, but never reached the main draw. Demekhin made two appearances in the ATP

Association of Tennis Professionals

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 main draw in doubles, both at the Kremlin Cup. In 2005, he and Igor Kunitsyn

Igor Kunitsyn

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 lost to Mariusz Fyrstenberg

Mariusz Fyrstenberg

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 and Răzvan Sabău

Razvan Sabau

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 5–3, 5–4(6) in the first round. In 2008, Demekhin partnered with Konstantin Kravchuk

Konstantin Kravchuk

Konstantin Kravchuk is a Russian professional tennis player.Kravchuk competes mainly on the ATP Challenger Tour, both in singles and doubles. He reached his highest ATP singles ranking, No. 129, on November 8, 2010, and his highest ATP doubles ranking, No...

, but they were beaten by Sergiy Stakhovsky

Sergiy Stakhovsky

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 and Potito Starace

Potito Starace

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 7–6(4), 1–6, [10–7] in the first round. He has been inactive since 2009.

Coaching career

Demekhine briefly coached Russian player Alla Kudryavtseva

Alla Kudryavtseva

Alla Alexandrovna Kudryavtseva is a professional tennis player from Russia. She currently lives in Moscow, where she is coached by Nick Rybakov...

,
before he began coaching Vera Zvonareva

Vera Zvonareva

Vera Zvonareva is a professional tennis player from Russia. She was introduced to tennis at the age of six and turned professional in 2000. Her career high is World No. 2 by the WTA, and she is currently ranked as the World No. 7. Zvonarёva has won twelve WTA Tour singles titles and reached the...

. The two began working together in April 2010, after the 2010 Family Circle Cup

2010 Family Circle Cup

The 2010 Family Circle Cup was a women's tennis event on the 2010 WTA Tour, which took place from April 12 to April 18. The event was hosted at the Family Circle Tennis Center, in Charleston, South Carolina, United States. It was the second and last event of the clay court season played on green clay...

 in Charleston, South Carolina

Charleston, South Carolina

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. At first, he was her hitting partner and then became her coach. Under his guidance, Zvonareva reached the finals of the 2010 Wimbledon Championships

2010 Wimbledon Championships

The 2010 Wimbledon Championships took place on the outdoor grass courts at the All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club in Wimbledon, London, United Kingdom. The tournament ran from Monday 21 June until Sunday 4 July 2010. It was the 124th staging of the Wimbledon Championships, and the third Grand...

 and the 2010 US Open

2010 US Open (tennis)

The 2010 US Open was a tennis tournament played on outdoor hard courts, held from August 30 to September 13, 2010 in the USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center at Flushing Meadows, Queens, New York City, United States....

, the semifinals of the 2011 Australian Open

2011 Australian Open

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, and the World No. 2 ranking. In April 2011 Vera Zvonareva split with Demekhine.

IFT Futures singles finals (1–0)

Outcome	No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Opponent	Score
Winner	1.	11 May 2008	Bucharest Bucharest Bucharest is the capital municipality, cultural, industrial, and financial centre of Romania. It is the largest city in Romania, located in the southeast of the country, at , and lies on the banks of the Dâmbovița River.... , Romania Romania Romania is a country located at the crossroads of Central and Southeastern Europe, on the Lower Danube, within and outside the Carpathian arch, bordering on the Black Sea...	Clay	Sergei Krotiouk	5–7, 6–1, 6–4

ITF Futures doubles finals (8–12)

Outcome	#	Date	Tournament	Surface	Partner	Opponents in the final	Score
Runner–up	1.	4 November 2001	Sardinia Sardinia Sardinia is the second-largest island in the Mediterranean Sea . It is an autonomous region of Italy, and the nearest land masses are the French island of Corsica, the Italian Peninsula, Sicily, Tunisia and the Spanish Balearic Islands.The name Sardinia is from the pre-Roman noun *sard[],... , Italy Italy Italy , officially the Italian Republic languages]] under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages. In each of these, Italy's official name is as follows:;;;;;;;;), is a unitary parliamentary republic in South-Central Europe. To the north it borders France, Switzerland, Austria and...	Hard	Igor Kunitsyn Igor Kunitsyn Igor Kunitsyn is a professional male tennis player from Russia. He made it into the top 100 for the first time in 2006, and reached a career-high singles ranking of 35 on July 6, 2009.-Early life:...	Stefano Mocci    Ivan Stelko	3–6, 4–6
Runner–up	2.	25 November 2001	Sardinia, Italy	Hard	Igor Kunitsyn	Josh Goffi    Chris James Chris James Donald Chris James was a utility Major League Baseball player with a 10 year career from 1986 to 1995. He played for the Philadelphia Phillies, San Diego Padres, San Francisco Giants and Houston Astros all of the National League and the Cleveland Indians, Texas Rangers, Kansas City Royals and...	3–6, 6(4)–7
Runner–up	3.	4 May 2002	Mumbai Mumbai Mumbai , formerly known as Bombay in English, is the capital of the Indian state of Maharashtra. It is the most populous city in India, and the fourth most populous city in the world, with a total metropolitan area population of approximately 20.5 million... , India India India , officially the Republic of India , is a country in South Asia. It is the seventh-largest country by geographical area, the second-most populous country with over 1.2 billion people, and the most populous democracy in the world...	Hard	Ivan Syrov	Mustafa Ghouse    Vijay Kannan	3–6, 6(3)–7
Runner–up	4.	30 June 2002	Sardinia, Italy	Clay	Stefano Tarallo	Florian Allgauer    Federico Cardinali	7–5, 2–6, 4–6
Runner–up	5.	25 August 2002	Saransk Saransk Saransk is a city in central European Russia and the capital of the Republic of Mordovia, as well as its financial and economic center. It is located in the Volga basin at the confluence of the Saranka and Insar Rivers, about east of Moscow... , Russia Russia Russia or , officially known as both Russia and the Russian Federation , is a country in northern Eurasia. It is a federal semi-presidential republic, comprising 83 federal subjects...	Clay	Ivan Syrov	Teymuraz Gabashvili    Alexander Pavlioutchenkov	4–6, 6(3)–7
Runner–up	6.	15 December 2002	Orense, Spain Spain Spain , officially the Kingdom of Spain languages]] under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages. In each of these, Spain's official name is as follows:;;;;;;), is a country and member state of the European Union located in southwestern Europe on the Iberian Peninsula...	Hard	Ivan Syrov	Oliver Freelove    Joan Jiménez Guerra	4–6, 2–6
Runner–up	7.	13 April 2003	Frascati Frascati Frascati is a town and comune in the province of Rome in the Lazio region of central Italy. It is located south-east of Rome, on the Alban Hills close to the ancient city of Tusculum. Frascati is closely associated with science, being the location of several international scientific... , Italy	Clay	Ivan Syrov	Gergely Kisgyorgy    Giancarlo Petrazzuolo	4–6, 2–1, retired
Winners	1.	29 August 2004	Krasnoarmeisk, Russia	Hard	Alexander Pavlioutchenkov	Philipp Mukhometov    Evgueni Smirnov	6–2, 6–4
Winners	2.	17 April 2005	Karshi Karshi Karshi may refer to:*Qarshi, city in Uzbekistan*Karachi, aka Karshi, Sindh... , Uzbekistan Uzbekistan Uzbekistan , officially the Republic of Uzbekistan is a doubly landlocked country in Central Asia and one of the six independent Turkic states. It shares borders with Kazakhstan to the west and to the north, Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistan to the east, and Afghanistan and Turkmenistan to the south....	Hard	Igor Kunitsyn	Murad Inoyatov Murad Inoyatov Murad Inoyatov is a professional Uzbekistani tennis player.Inoyatov reached his highest individual ranking on the ATP Tour on May 11, 2009, when he became World number 437...     Denis Istomin Denis Istomin Denis Istomin is a professional Uzbek tennis player. His career high rank is #39, achieved on August 30, 2010. He is coached by his mother.- 2006 :...	6–4, 5–7, 6–4
Runner–up	8.	7 May 2005	Namangan Namangan Namangan is the third-largest city in Uzbekistan . It is the capital of Namangan Province, in the northern edge of Fergana Valley of north-eastern Uzbekistan.-Geography:... , Uzbekistan	Hard	Andrei Stoliarov Andrei Stoliarov Andrei Stoliarov is a Russian professional tennis player and a former member of the Russia Davis Cup team.-Runner-ups :-External links:...	Raven Klaasen Raven Klaasen Raven Klaasen born October 16, 1982 in King William's Town, South Africa is a professional South African player on the Association of Tennis Professionals Tour. Klaasen's career-high ranking was World Number 208, which he achieved on October 24, 2011...     Konstantin Kravchuk Konstantin Kravchuk Konstantin Kravchuk is a Russian professional tennis player.Kravchuk competes mainly on the ATP Challenger Tour, both in singles and doubles. He reached his highest ATP singles ranking, No. 129, on November 8, 2010, and his highest ATP doubles ranking, No...	2–6, 7–6(5), 6(4)–7
Winners	3.	11 September 2005	Minsk Minsk - Ecological situation :The ecological situation is monitored by Republican Center of Radioactive and Environmental Control .During 2003–2008 the overall weight of contaminants increased from 186,000 to 247,400 tons. The change of gas as industrial fuel to mazut for financial reasons has worsened... , Belarus Belarus Belarus , officially the Republic of Belarus, is a landlocked country in Eastern Europe, bordered clockwise by Russia to the northeast, Ukraine to the south, Poland to the west, and Lithuania and Latvia to the northwest. Its capital is Minsk; other major cities include Brest, Grodno , Gomel ,...	Clay	Alexander Krasnorutskiy	Konstantin Kravchuk   Denis Matsukevitch	7–6(8), 7–6(5)
Winners	4.	18 September 2005	Minks, Belarus	Hard	Alexander Krasnorutskiy	Konstantin Kravchuk   Denis Matsukevitch	6–2, 4–6, 6–1
Runner–up	9.	16 July 2006	Carpi, Italy	Clay	Luca Vanni Luca Vanni Luca Vanni is a Italian professional tennis player. He competes mainly on the ATP Challenger Tour and ITF Futures, both in singles and doubles. He reached his highest ATP singles ranking, No. 319 on 8 June 2009, and his highest ATP doubles ranking, No. 289, on 3 October 2011.-Doubles :-External...	Mattia Livraghi    Matteo Volante	6–1, 6(8)–7, 4–6
Winners	5.	23 July 2006	Carpi, Italy	Clay	Luca Vanni	Hermes Gamonal    Guillermo Hormazabal Guillermo Hormazabal Guillermo Hormazábal is a Chilean professional tennis player. In 2001, he became an under 16's world champion.-Singles Titles :-Singles runner-up :-External links:*...	6–2, 6–3
Winners	6.	17 February 2008	La Habana, Cuba Cuba The Republic of Cuba is an island nation in the Caribbean. The nation of Cuba consists of the main island of Cuba, the Isla de la Juventud, and several archipelagos. Havana is the largest city in Cuba and the country's capital. Santiago de Cuba is the second largest city...	Hard	Pavel Katliarov	Luis Javier Cuellar Contreras    Roberto Maytin	6(2)–7, 6–4, [10–5]
Runner–up	10.	24 February 2008	La Habana, Cuba	Hard	Pavel Katliarov	Piero Luisi    Roberto Maytin	1–6, 6–4, [10–8]
Winners	7.	12 April 2008	Moscow Moscow Moscow is the capital, the most populous city, and the most populous federal subject of Russia. The city is a major political, economic, cultural, scientific, religious, financial, educational, and transportation centre of Russia and the continent... , Russia	Carpet (i)	Konstantin Kravchuk	Chris Eaton Chris Eaton (tennis) Christopher Philip Eaton is an English tennis player. He reached his career-high singles ranking of #319 in June, 2009 and his career-high doubles ranking of #365 in February, 2009 and is the current British #9...     Alexander Slabinsky Alexander Slabinsky Alexander Slabinsky is a tennis player who plays under the flag of Great Britain...	6–1, 6–2
Winners	8.	23 May 2008	Bucharest Bucharest Bucharest is the capital municipality, cultural, industrial, and financial centre of Romania. It is the largest city in Romania, located in the southeast of the country, at , and lies on the banks of the Dâmbovița River.... , Romania	Clay	Pavel Katliarov	Victor Mugurel Anagnastopol    Thomas Cazes Carrere	2–6, 7–5, [10–8]
Runner–up	11.	21 June 2008	Minsk, Belarus	Hard	Pavel Katliarov	Pierre-Ludovic Duclos Pierre-Ludovic Duclos Pierre-Ludovic Duclos-Lasnier, commonly referred to as Pierre-Ludovic Duclos, is a Canadian professional tennis player...     Dmitri Sitak Dmitri Sitak Dmitri Yurievich Sitak is a Russian tennis player playing on the ATP Challenger Tour. On November 17, 2003, he reached his highest ATP singles ranking of World No. 356, whilst his highest doubles ranking of 138 was reached on March 22, 2010...	5–7, 4–6
Runner–up	12.	21 September 2008	Sochi Sochi Sochi is a city in Krasnodar Krai, Russia, situated just north of Russia's border with the de facto independent republic of Abkhazia, on the Black Sea coast. Greater Sochi sprawls for along the shores of the Black Sea near the Caucasus Mountains... , Russia	Clay	Valery Rudnev	Mikhail Fufygin    Vitali Reshetnikov	2–6, 1–6

External links

• Sergei Demekhine at the Association of Tennis Professionals
  Association of Tennis Professionals
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• Sergei Demekhine at the International Tennis Federation
  International Tennis Federation
  The International Tennis Federation is the governing body of world tennis, made up of 205 national tennis associations.It was established as the International Lawn Tennis Federation by 12 national associations meeting at a conference in Paris, France on 1 March 1913...