Max Mirnyi

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**Max Mirnyi**

Nickname(s)	The Beast
Country	Belarus
Residence	United States Bradenton, FL, USA
Date of birth	July 6, 1977 (1977-07-06) (age 30)
Place of birth	Minsk, USSR
Height	1.95 m (6 ft 5 in)
Weight	93 kg (210 lb/14.6 st)
Turned pro	1996
Plays	Right-handed
Career prize money	$7,937,832
Singles
Career record:	237-233
Career titles:	1
Highest ranking:	18 (August 18, 2003)
Grand Slam results
Australian Open	3rd (2000, 2006)
French Open	2nd (1999, 2006)
Wimbledon	4th (2003, 2005, 2006)
US Open	QF (2002)
Doubles
Career record:	426-202
Career titles:	34
Highest ranking:	1 (June 9, 2003)
Infobox last updated on: January 29, 2008.

Max Mirnyi (Belarusian: Максім Мірны, Maksim Mirny; born July 6, 1977, in Minsk) is a tennis player from Belarus. A doubles specialist, he holds seven Grand Slam titles: men's doubles in the 2000 and 2002 US Open and 2005 and 2006 French Open; and mixed doubles in the 1998 and 2007 U.S. Opens and 1998 Wimbledon.

1 Career
2 Grand Slam Finals
- 2.1 Mens Doubles
  - 2.1.1 Wins (4)
  - 2.1.2 Runners up(4)
- 2.2 Mixed Doubles
  - 2.2.1 Wins (3)
  - 2.2.2 Runners up(3)
3 ATP Tour singles finals
- 3.1 Wins (1)
- 3.2 Runner-up (3)
4 Doubles Record
- 4.1 Wins (34)
- 4.2 Runner-Ups (25)
5 Grand Slam singles performance timeline
6 External links

[edit] Career

In 2003 he reached the doubles final at Wimbledon. On June 9, 2003, he reached 1st position in ATP Doubles Entry Ranking. In singles, he achieved his career-high ranking of World No. 18 in August 2003.

He became a national hero in Belarus after the Davis Cup 2004, when he and Vladimir Voltchkov defeated Russia 3–2 and went on to crush the mighty Argentine team 5–0, reaching the semifinals where they lost to U.S..

Mirnyi was supposed to be the flag bearer of the Belarus national team for the official opening of the 2004 Summer Olympic Games, but Belarusian sport officials changed their minds after they found out that Mirnyi let one Belarusian glamour magazine publish erotic images of himself and his wife.

In 2006, he scored a huge upset as he took down James Blake 6–4 3–6 4–6 6–1 6–0 at Wimbledon. He then lost to his doubles partner Jonas Björkman 6–3 7–6 4–6 2–6 6–3. Björkman's run to the semifinals may have tired him out as Björkman/Mirnyi lost to Fabrice Santoro and Nenad Zimonjić in straight sets.

[edit] Grand Slam Finals

[edit] Mens Doubles

[edit] Wins (4)

Year	Championship	Partnering	Opponents in Final	Score in Final
2000	U.S. Open	Lleyton Hewitt	Ellis Ferreira Rick Leach	6-3 5-7 7-6(5)
2002	U.S. Open	Mahesh Bhupathi	Jiří Novák Radek Štěpánek	6–3, 3–6, 6–4
2005	French Open	Jonas Björkman	Bob Bryan Mike Bryan	2–6, 6–1, 6–4
2006	French Open	Jonas Björkman	Bob Bryan Mike Bryan	6–7(5), 6–4, 7–5

[edit] Runners up(4)

Year	Championship	Partnering	Opponents in Final	Score in Final
2003	Wimbledon	Mahesh Bhupathi	Mark Knowles Daniel Nestor	6–3, 6–4
2005	U.S. Open	Jonas Björkman	Bob Bryan Mike Bryan	6–1, 6–4
2006	U.S Open	Jonas Björkman	Martin Damm Leander Paes	6–7(5), 6–4, 6–3
2007	Australian Open	Jonas Björkman	Bob Bryan Mike Bryan	7–5, 7–5

[edit] Mixed Doubles

[edit] Wins (3)

Year	Championship	Partnering	Opponents in Final	Score in Final
1998	Wimbledon	Serena Williams	Mahesh Bhupathi Mirjana Lučić	6-4, 6-4
1998	U.S. Open	Serena Williams	Patrick Galbraith Lisa Raymond	6–2, 6–2
2007	U.S. Open	Victoria Azarenka	Leander Paes Meghann Shaughnessy	6-4 7-6 (8-6)

[edit] Runners up(3)

Year	Championship	Partnering	Opponents in Final	Score in Final
1999	Australian Open	Serena Williams	David Adams Mariaan de Swardt	6-4 4-6 7-6(5)
2000	U.S Open	Anna Kournikova	Jared Palmer Arantxa Sanchez Vicario	6-4 6-3
2007	Australian Open	Victoria Azarenka	Daniel Nestor Elena Likhovtseva	6-4 6-4

[edit] ATP Tour singles finals

[edit] Wins (1)

No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Opponent in the final	Score
1.	17 February 2003	Rotterdam, Netherlands	Hard (i)	Raemon Sluiter	7–6(3), 6–4

[edit] Runner-up (3)

No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Opponent in the final	Score
1.	15 October 2001	Stuttgart, Germany	Hard (i)	Tommy Haas	2–6, 2–6, 2–6
2.	14 February 2005	Memphis, USA	Hard (i)	Kenneth Carlsen	5–7, 5–7
3.	13 June 2005	Nottingham, England	Grass	Richard Gasquet	2–6, 3–6

[edit] Doubles Record

[edit] Wins (34)

Legend
Grand Slam (4)
Tennis Masters Cup (1)
ATP Masters Series (13)
ATP Tour (16)

Titles by Surface
Hard (18)
Clay (9)
Grass (0)
Carpet (7)

No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Partnering	Opponent in the final	Score
1.	3 February 1997	Shanghai, China	Carpet	Kevin Ullyett	Tomas Nydahl Stefano Pescosolido	7–6, 6–7, 7–5
2.	8 February 1999	Marseille, France	Hard (i)	Andrei Olhovskiy	David Adams Pavel Vizner	7–5, 7–6(7)
3.	8 March 1999	Copenhagen, Denmark	Carpet	Andrei Olhovskiy	Marc-Kevin Goellner David Prinosil	6–7(5), 7–6(4), 6–1
4.	10 May 1999	Delray Beach, U.S.	Clay	Nenad Zimonjić	Doug Flach Brian MacPhie	7–6(3), 3–6, 6–3
5.	18 October 1999	Singapore	Hard (i)	Eric Taino	Todd Woodbridge Mark Woodforde	6–3, 6–4
6.	10 January 2000	Doha, Qatar	Hard	Mark Knowles	Alex O'Brien Jared Palmer	6–3, 6–4
7.	11 September 2000	U.S. Open, New York	Hard	Lleyton Hewitt	Ellis Ferreira Rick Leach	6–4, 5–7, 7–6(5)
8.	20 November 2000	Paris, France	Carpet	Nicklas Kulti	Paul Haarhuis Daniel Nestor	7–6(6), 7–5
9.	8 October 2001	Moscow, Russia	Carpet	Sandon Stolle	Mahesh Bhupathi Jeff Tarango	6–3, 6–0
10.	22 October 2001	Stuttgart Indoor, Germany	Hard (i)	Sandon Stolle	Ellis Ferreira Jeff Tarango	7–6(3), 6–3
11.	25 February 2002	Rotterdam, Netherlands	Hard (i)	Roger Federer	Mark Knowles Daniel Nestor	4–6, 6–3, 10-4
12.	9 September 2002	U.S. Open, New York	Hard	Mahesh Bhupathi	Jiří Novák Radek Štěpánek	6–3, 3–6, 6–4
13.	7 October 2002	Moscow, Russia	Carpet	Roger Federer	Joshua Eagle Sandon Stolle	6–4, 7–6(0)
14.	31 March 2003	Miami, USA	Hard	Roger Federer	Leander Paes David Rikl	7–5, 6–3
15.	14 April 2003	Estoril, Portugal	Clay	Mahesh Bhupathi	Lucas Arnold Ker Mariano Hood	6–1, 6–2
16.	21 April 2003	Monte Carlo, Monaco	Clay	Mahesh Bhupathi	Michael Llodra Fabrice Santoro	4–6, 7–5, 6–2
17.	11 August 2003	Montreal, Canada	Hard	Mahesh Bhupathi	Jonas Björkman Todd Woodbridge	4–1, ret.
18.	6 October 2003	Moscow, Russia	Carpet	Mahesh Bhupathi	Wayne Black Kevin Ullyett	6–3, 7–5
19.	20 October 2003	Madrid, Spain	Hard (i)	Mahesh Bhupathi	Wayne Black Kevin Ullyett	6–2, 2–6, 6–3
20.	10 May 2004	Rome, Italy	Clay	Mahesh Bhupathi	Wayne Arthurs Paul Hanley	1–6, 6–4, 7–6(1)
21.	4 April 2005	Miami, USA	Hard	Jonas Björkman	Wayne Black Kevin Ullyett	6–1, 6–2
22.	16 May 2005	Hamburg, Germany	Clay	Jonas Björkman	Michael Llodra Fabrice Santoro	6–2, 6–3
23.	6 June 2005	French Open, Paris	Clay	Jonas Björkman	Bob Bryan Mike Bryan	2–6, 6–1, 6–4
24.	22 August 2005	Cincinnati, USA	Hard	Jonas Björkman	Wayne Black Kevin Ullyett	6–4, 5–7, 6–2
25.	17 October 2005	Moscow, Russia	Carpet	Mikhail Youzhny	Igor Andreev Nikolay Davydenko	5–1, 5–1
26.	9 January 2006	Doha, Qatar	Hard	Jonas Björkman	Christophe Rochus Olivier Rochus	2–6, 6–3, 10-8
27.	3 April 2006	Miami, USA	Hard	Jonas Björkman	Bob Bryan Mike Bryan	6–4, 6–4
28.	24 April 2006	Monte Carlo, Monaco	Clay	Jonas Björkman	Fabrice Santoro Nenad Zimonjić	3–6, 6–3, 10-7
29.	12 June 2006	French Open, Paris	Clay	Jonas Björkman	Bob Bryan Mike Bryan	6–7(5), 6–4, 7–5
30.	24 July 2006	Stuttgart, Germany	Clay	Gaston Gaudio	Yves Allegro Robert Lindstedt	7–5, 6–7(4), 12-10
31.	21 August 2006	Cincinnati, USA	Hard	Jonas Björkman	Bob Bryan Mike Bryan	7–6(5), 6–4
32.	20 November 2006	Tennis Masters Cup, Shanghai	Hard (i)	Jonas Björkman	Mark Knowles Daniel Nestor	6–2, 6–4
33.	14 October 2007	Stockholm, Sweden	Hard (i)	Jonas Björkman	Arnaud Clément Michaël Llodra	6–4, 6–4
34.	17 February 2008	Delray Beach, Florida, USA	Hard	Jamie Murray	Bob Bryan Mike Bryan	6–4, 3–6, 10-6

[edit] Runner-Ups (25)

No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Partnering	Opponent in the final	Score
1.	6 October 1997	Toulouse, France	Carpet	Jean-Philippe Fleurian	Jacco Eltingh Paul Haarhuis	6–3, 7–6
2.	13 April 1998	Chennai, India	Hard	Olivier Delaitre	Mahesh Bhupathi Leander Paes	6–7, 6–3, 6–2
3.	8 May 2000	Munich, Germany	Clay	Nenad Zimonjić	David Adams John-Laffnie De Jager	6–4, 6–4
4.	21 August 2000	Indianapolis, U.S.	Hard	Jonas Björkman	Lleyton Hewitt Sandon Stolle	7–6(3), 4–6, 7–6(3)
5.	18 June 2001	Halle, Germany	Grass	Patrick Rafter	Daniel Nestor Sandon Stolle	6–4, 6–7(5), 6–1
6.	4 February 2002	Milan, Italy	Carpet	Julien Boutter	Karsten Braasch Andrei Olhovskiy	3–6, 7–6(5), 12-10
7.	18 February 2002	Marseille, France	Hard (i)	Julien Boutter	Arnaud Clement Nicolas Escude	6–4, 6–3
8.	18 March 2002	Indian Wells, USA	Hard	Roger Federer	Mark Knowles Daniel Nestor	6–4, 6–4
9.	17 June 2002	London, England	Grass	Mahesh Bhupathi	Wayne Black Kevin Ullyett	7–6(5), 3–6, 6–3
10.	12 August 2002	Cincinnati, USA	Hard	Mahesh Bhupathi	James Blake Todd Martin	7–5, 6–3
11.	19 August 2002	Indianapolis, USA	Hard	Mahesh Bhupathi	Mark Knowles Daniel Nestor	4–6, 7–6(3), 6–4
12.	21 October 2002	Madrid, Spain	Hard (i)	Mahesh Bhupathi	Mark Knowles Daniel Nestor	6–4, 6–3
13.	6 January 2003	Adelaide, Australia	Hard	Jeff Morrison	Jeff Coetzee Chris Haggard	2–6, 6–4, 7–6(7)
14.	24 February 2003	Rotterdam, Netherlands	Hard (i)	Roger Federer	Wayne Arthurs Paul Hanley	7–6(4), 6–2
15.	19 May 2003	Hamburg, Germany	Clay	Mahesh Bhupathi	Mark Knowles Daniel Nestor	6–4, 6–4
16.	16 June 2003	London, England	Grass	Mahesh Bhupathi	Mark Knowles Daniel Nestor	6–3, 6–4
17.	7 July 2003	Wimbledon, London	Grass	Mahesh Bhupathi	Jonas Björkman Todd Woodbridge	3–6, 6–3, 7–6(4), 6–3
18.	13 October 2003	Vienna, Austria	Hard (i)	Mahesh Bhupathi	Yves Allegro Roger Federer	7–6(7), 7–5
19.	2 August 2004	Toronto, Canada	Hard	Jonas Björkman	Mahesh Bhupathi Leander Paes	7–6(2), 6–2
20.	13 June 2005	London, England	Grass	Jonas Björkman	Bob Bryan Mike Bryan	6–7(4), 7–6(2), 7–6(4)
21.	12 September 2005	U.S. Open, USA	Hard	Jonas Björkman	Bob Bryan Mike Bryan	6–1, 6–4
22.	31 October 2005	St. Petersburg, Russia	Carpet	Jonas Björkman	Julian Knowle Jurgen Melzer	4–6, 7–5, 7–5
23.	19 June 2006	London, England	Grass	Jonas Björkman	Paul Hanley Kevin Ullyett	6–4, 7–6(5)
24.	11 September 2006	U.S. Open, USA	Hard	Jonas Björkman	Martin Damm Leander Paes	6–7(5), 6–4, 6–3
25.	29 January 2007	Australian Open, Melbourne	Hard	Jonas Björkman	Bob Bryan Mike Bryan	7–5, 7–5

[edit] Grand Slam singles performance timeline

Tournament	2008	2007	2006	2005	2004	2003	2002	2001	2000	1999
Australian Open	-	2R	3R	1R	1R	1R	1R	2R	3R	-
French Open	-	1R	2R	1R	1R	1R	1R	1R	1R	2R
Wimbledon		2R	4R	4R	1R	4R	1R	2R	2R	-
US Open		2R	2R	1R	3R	1R	1R	QF	3R	3R

[edit] External links

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