Denis Yevseyev (born 22 May 1993) is a Kazakh tennis player who competes on the ATP Challenger Tour. He has a career high ATP singles ranking of world No. 153 achieved on 22 July 2024. He also has a career high ATP doubles ranking of No. 247 achieved on 12 July 2021.

Denis Yevseyev
Yevseyev at the 2024 Washington Open
Country (sports) Kazakhstan
Born (1993-05-22) 22 May 1993 (age 31)
Almaty, Kazakhstan
Height1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)
PlaysRight-handed (two-handed backhand)
Prize money$430,850
Singles
Career record1–3 (at ATP Tour level, Grand Slam level, and in Davis Cup)
Career titles0
Highest rankingNo. 153 (22 July 2024)
Current rankingNo. 207 (16 September 2024)
Grand Slam singles results
Australian OpenQ1 (2024)
French OpenQ1 (2024)
WimbledonQ3 (2024)
US OpenQ2 (2024)
Doubles
Career record0–2 (at ATP Tour level, Grand Slam level, and in Davis Cup)
Career titles0
Highest rankingNo. 247 (12 July 2021)
Current rankingNo. 674 (12 August 2024)
Medal record
Representing  Kazakhstan
Men's tennis
Asian Games
Silver medal – second place 2018 Jakarta Men's doubles
Asian Indoor and Martial Arts Games
Silver medal – second place 2017 Ashgabat Men's doubles
Last updated on: 16 September 2024.

Career

edit

2017

edit

He played at the 2017 Asian Indoor and Martial Arts Games in singles but was defeated by Farrukh Dustov in the quarterfinal.[1] In men's doubles partnering Timur Khabibulin, he lost the final and won a silver medal.[2]

2018: Silver medalist at the Asian Games

edit

Yevseyev participated at the 2018 Asian Games in Jakarta, Indonesia. In singles, he lost to the bronze medalist South Korean Lee Duck-hee in the third round. In doubles, he won the silver medal after losing in the final with his partner Alexander Bublik against the Indian duo of Rohan Bopanna and Divij Sharan.[3]

2019-2020: ATP doubles debut

edit

In 2019, Yevseyev was nominated for the Kazakhstan Davis Cup team[4] but did not participated in a match.

Yevseyev made his ATP main draw debut at the 2020 Astana Open in the doubles draw partnering Mohamed Safwat.[5]

2022: Maiden Challenger final, top 300

edit

In July, he reached his maiden Challenger final at the President's Cup in Nur Sultan, Kazakhstan. As a result he reached a new career-high ranking in the top 300 at World No. 269.

2023-2024: Maiden Challenger title, top 155

edit

In July, he won his maiden Challenger title at the 2023 President's Cup in Astana (previously Nur Sultan), Kazakhstan.

He made his debut in qualifying at a Masters 1000 level at the 2023 Rolex Shanghai Masters. He finished the 2023 season ranked No. 190 and reached a new career-high ranking of No. 176 in the top 200 on 29 January 2024.

Following a round of 16 showing at the 2024 Swedish Open in Bastad with a win over Alexandre Müller, he reached a new career-high ranking of No. 153 on 22 July 2024.

Ranked No. 207, he qualified for the main draw of the 2024 Hangzhou Open defeating Reilly Opelka and Dalibor Svrčina, but lost to local favorite sixth seed Zhang Zhizhen in the first round.

ATP Challenger and ITF Tour Finals

edit

Singles: 15 (9–6)

edit
Legend (singles)
ATP Challenger Tour (1–1)
ITF Futures/World Tennis Tour (8–5)
Titles by Surface
Hard (4–4)
Clay (5–2)
Grass (0–0)
Carpet (0–0)
Result W–L    Date    Tournament Tier Surface Opponent Score
Loss 0–1 May 2013 Kazakhstan F4, Shymkent Futures Clay Russia  Mikhail Biryukov 1–6, 5–7
Loss 0–2 Jul 2014 Kazakhstan F9, Astana Futures Hard Belarus  Andrei Vasilevski 4–6, 3–6
Loss 0–3 Jul 2017 Russia F4, Kazan Futures Hard Russia  Pavel Kotov 6–7(5–7), 2–6
Win 1–3 Aug 2017 Russia F5, Kazan Futures Hard Russia  Dmitry Mnushkin 6–4, 6–3
Win 2–3 Apr 2018 Kazakhstan F3, Shymkent Futures Clay Russia  Ivan Gakhov 6–4, 5–7, 6–4
Win 3–3 Apr 2018 Kazakhstan F4, Shymkent Futures Clay Russia  Pavel Kotov 7–5, 6–1
Win 4–3 Apr 2018 Kazakhstan F5, Shymkent Futures Clay Russia  Teymuraz Gabashvili 6–2, 6–3
Win 5–3 May 2018 Turkey F20, Antalya Futures Clay Switzerland  Vullnet Tashi 6–1, 6–0
Win 6–3 Dec 2018 Hong Kong F3, Hong Kong Futures Hard China  Gao Xin 6–4, 1–6, 6–4
Win 7–3 Jun 2019 M15 Irpin, Ukraine World Tennis Tour Clay Belgium  Arnaud Bovy 6–1, 6–3
Loss 7–4 Jul 2019 M15 Almaty, Kazakhstan World Tennis Tour Hard Kazakhstan  Andrey Golubev 1–6, 2–6
Loss 7–5 Sep 2019 M25 Irpin, Ukraine World Tennis Tour Clay Lithuania  Laurynas Grigelis 0–6, 3–6
Win 8–5 Jan 2022 M25 Vilnius, Lithuania World Tennis Tour Hard (i) Finland  Otto Virtanen 5–7, 6–3, 7–6(7–4)
Loss 8–6 Jul 2022 Nur-Sultan, Kazakhstan Challenger Hard   Roman Safiullin 6–2, 4–6, 6–7(2–7)
Win 9–6 Jul 2023 Astana, Kazakhstan Challenger Hard Uzbekistan  Khumoyun Sultanov 7–5, 2-6, 6–4

Doubles 25 (10–15)

edit
Legend
ATP Challengers 3 (0–3)
ITF Futures 22 (10–12)
Outcome No. Date Tournament Surface Partner Opponents Score
Runner-up 1. July 14, 2012 Kazakhstan  Almaty, Kazakhstan F6 Hard Uzbekistan  Rifat Biktyakov Russia  Vitaly Kachanovskiy
Uzbekistan  Vaja Uzakov
3–6, 4–6
Runner-up 2. August 18, 2012 Spain  Vigo, Spain F24 Clay Russia  Alexander Rumyantsev Spain  Miguel Ángel López Jaén
Spain  Andoni Vivanco-Guzmán
2–6, 6–7(2–7)
Runner-up 3. March 17, 2013 Turkey  Antalya, Turkey F10 Clay Russia  Andrei Plotniy Sweden  Jesper Brunström
Sweden  Markus Eriksson
3–6, 1–6
Winner 4. June 22, 2013 Germany  Cologne, Germany F6 Clay Russia  Andrei Plotniy Belarus  Nikolai Fidirko
Belarus  Andrei Vasilevski
6–3, 6–3
Runner-up 5. August 17, 2013 Turkey  Izmir, Turkey F32 Hard France  Sébastien Boltz Argentina  Maximiliano Estévez
South Africa  Tucker Vorster
4–6, 3–6
Winner 6. October 6, 2013 Turkey  Antalya, Turkey F39 Hard United States  Adam El Mihdawy Moldova  Andrei Ciumac
Russia  Kirill Dmitriev
7–5, 6–3
Runner-up 7. October 19, 2013 Kazakhstan  Shymkent, Kazakhstan F7 Hard Slovakia  Marek Semjan Belarus  Sergey Betov
Belarus  Aliaksandr Bury
7–6(7–5), 3–6, [7–10]
Winner 8. December 8, 2013 Turkey  Antalya, Turkey F48 Hard Germany  Florian Barth Russia  Alexander Mozgovoy
Germany  Sebastian Wagner
6–3, 6–3
Runner-up 9. March 1, 2014 Kazakhstan  Aktobe, Kazakhstan F1 Hard (i) Georgia (country)  Aleksandre Metreveli Belarus  Yaraslav Shyla
Belarus  Andrei Vasilevski
3–6, 6–3, [10–12]
Runner-up 10. November 6, 2016 Egypt  Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt F31 Hard Ukraine  Yurii Dzhavakian Egypt  Karim-Mohamed Maamoun
Ukraine  Vladyslav Manafov
2–6, 3–6
Winner 11. June 17, 2017 Thailand  Hua Hin, Thailand F2 Hard India  Karunuday Singh France  Yannick Jankovits
United States  Evan Song
6–1, 6–1
Winner 12. August 5, 2017 Russia  Kazan, Russia F5 Hard Kyrgyzstan  Daniiar Duldaev Russia  Markos Kalovelonis
Russia  Alexander Pavlioutchenkov
7–6(7–2), 6–4
Winner 13. April 21, 2018 Kazakhstan  Shymkent, Kazakhstan F4 Clay Georgia (country)  Aleksandre Metreveli Russia  Denis Klok
Russia  Vladimir Korolev
5–7, 7–6(7–4), [10–6]
Runner-up 14. July 22, 2018 Kazakhstan  Astana, Kazakhstan Hard India  Arjun Kadhe Russia  Mikhail Elgin
Belarus  Yaraslav Shyla
5–7, 6–7(6–8)
Runner-up 15. March 10, 2019 France  M15 Toulouse, France Hard (i) Russia  Teymuraz Gabashvili France  Antoine Escoffier
France  Maxime Tchoutakian
2–6, 5–7
Runner-up 16. July 14, 2019 Kazakhstan  M15 Almaty, Kazakhstan Hard United States  Sebastian Korda Kazakhstan  Andrey Golubev
Russia  Konstantin Kravchuk
3–6, 2–6
Winner 17. August 4, 2019 Italy  M25 Bolzano, Italy Clay Ukraine  Danylo Kalenichenko Italy  Gianluca Di Nicola
Italy  Nicolò Inserra
6–2, 6–2
Winner 18. August 31, 2019 Ukraine  M25 Irpin, Ukraine Clay Ukraine  Vladyslav Manafov Uzbekistan  Sergey Fomin
Uzbekistan  Jurabek Karimov
7–6(7–5), 5–7, [10–6]
Winner 19. September 6, 2020 Ukraine  M15 Novomoskovsk, Ukraine Clay Ukraine  Vladyslav Orlov Poland  Wojciech Marek
Ukraine  Eric Vanshelboim
6–4, 5–7, [13–11]
Runner-up 20. November 15, 2020 Greece  M15 Heraklion, Greece Hard Russia  Artem Dubrivnyy Switzerland  Jakub Paul
Netherlands  Mick Veldheer
1–6, 4–6
Runner-up 21. January 16, 2021 Turkey  M15 Antalya, Turkey Clay Ukraine  Vladyslav Orlov Argentina  Pedro Cachin
Argentina  Juan Manuel Cerúndolo
5–7, 2–6
Runner-up 22. March 13, 2021 Russia  St. Petersburg, Russia Hard (i) Russia  Konstantin Kravchuk Netherlands  Jesper de Jong
Netherlands  Sem Verbeek
1–6, 6–3, [5–10]
Runner-up 23. April 3, 2021 Portugal  Oeiras, Portugal Clay Italy  Riccardo Bonadio Germany  Mats Moraing
Germany  Oscar Otte
1–6, 4–6
Winner 24. January 22, 2022 Lithuania  M25 Vilnius, Lithuania Hard (i) Belarus  Ivan Liutarevich Hungary  Péter Fajta
Hungary  Fábián Marozsán
6–4, 7–6(7–4)
Runner-up 25. July 16, 2022 Kazakhstan  M25 Nur-Sultan, Kazakhstan Hard Belarus  Ivan Liutarevich Estonia  Daniil Glinka
Estonia  Karl Kiur Saar
6–7(4–7), 3–6

Other finals

edit

Asian Games

edit

Doubles: 1 (1 runner-up)

edit
Outcome Date Tournament Surface Partner Opponent Score
Runner-up 2018 Palembang, Indonesia Clay Kazakhstan  Alexander Bublik India  Rohan Bopanna
India  Divij Sharan
3–6, 4–6

References

edit
  1. ^ "Men's Singles: DUSTOV (UZB), YEVSEYEV (KAZ)". ashgabat2017.com. 22 September 2017. Retrieved 24 November 2017.
  2. ^ "Men's Doubles: KHABIBULIN/YESEYEV (KAZ) – silver". ashgabat2017.com. 26 September 2017. Retrieved 24 November 2017.
  3. ^ "India wins gold in men's doubles tennis". en.asiangames2018.id. 25 August 2018. Retrieved 25 August 2018.
  4. ^ George, Dhruv (February 1, 2019). "Portugal Aiming for Best Ever Davis Cup Run".
  5. ^ "Belarus' Egor Gerasimov reaches 2020 Astana Open quarterfinal". eng.belta.by. October 28, 2020.
edit