Sergei Bubka (tennis)

Sergei Bubka
Сергей Бубка

Country (sports)	Ukraine
Residence	Monte Carlo, Monaco
Born	(1987-02-10) 10 February 1987 (age 37) Donetsk, Ukraine, USSR[1]
Height	1.88 m (6 ft 2 in)
Turned pro	2005
Retired	2016
Plays	Right-handed
Coach	Tibor Toth
Prize money	US$ 465,186
Singles
Career record	15–16
Career titles	0
Highest ranking	No. 145 (November 14, 2011)
Grand Slam singles results
Australian Open	Q3 (2012)
French Open	Q1 (2012, 2014)
Wimbledon	Q2 (2012)
US Open	2R (2011)
Doubles
Career record	7–12
Career titles	0
Highest ranking	No. 134 (May 26, 2008)

Sergei Sergeevich Bubka (Ukrainian: Сергій Сергійович Бубка, romanized: Serhiy Serhiyovych Bubka; born 10 February 1987)^[1] is a Ukrainian former professional tennis player. He was a member of the Ukraine Davis Cup team and was coached by Tibor Toth, who is also the former coach of Sergiy Stakhovsky. Bubka is the son of pole vaulter Sergey Bubka.

On 1 November 2012, Sergei Bubka was seriously injured in a fall from the third floor of an apartment building in Paris.^[2] He returned to play tennis in February 2014.^[3]

Career summary

Sergei's biggest success in his career was beating the 5th-seeded Ivan Ljubičić in the first round of the 2011 Dubai Tennis Championships.^[4] He also hit a 157 MPH serve during qualifying for the 2011 US Open, which would have been the record had the serve not been out.^[5]

ATP Challenger and ITF Futures titles

Singles: 2

No.	Date	Tournament	Tier	Surface	Opponent	Score
1.	Mar 2009	Kyoto, Japan	Challenger	Carpet	Takao Suzuki	7–6(8–6), 6–4
2.	Jan 2010	Germany F3, Kaarst	Futures	Carpet	Jesse Huta Galung	6–1, 6–4

Doubles: 7

No.	Date	Tournament	Tier	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
1.	Oct 2005	Ukraine F3, Illyichovsk	Futures	Clay	Mikhail Filima	Nikolai Dyachok Oleksandr Nedovyesov	6–1, 6–3
2.	Jun 2007	Busan, South Korea	Challenger	Hard	John-Paul Fruttero	Nathan Healy Jan Mertl	4–6, 7–6(7–5), [10–6]
3.	Aug 2007	Samarkand, Uzbekistan	Challenger	Clay	Evgeny Kirillov	Jaroslav Pospíšil Adam Vejmělka	6–3, 6–2
4.	Jul 2011	Prostějov, Czech Republic	Challenger	Clay	Adrián Menéndez Maceiras	David Marrero Rubén Ramírez Hidalgo	7–5, 6–2
5.	Mar 2014	Turkey F2, Antalya-Kaya Belek	Futures	Hard	Sami Reinwein	Sean Berman Tucker Vorster	1–6, 7–6(7–5), [10–7]
6.	Jun 2014	Ukraine F9, Petrovske	Futures	Hard	Denys Molchanov	Olexiy Kolisnyk Alexander Lebedyn	6–3, 6–2
7.	Jul 2014	Astana, Kazakhstan	Challenger	Hard	Marco Chiudinelli	Chen Ti Huang Liang-chi	6–3, 6–4

References

External links

• Sergei Bubka at the Association of Tennis Professionals
• Sergei Bubka at the International Tennis Federation
• Sergei Bubka at the Davis Cup

This page was last edited on 16 May 2024, at 12:31