Oleksii Krutykh (born 10 March 2000) is a Ukrainian tennis player. He has a career high ATP singles ranking of World No. 160 achieved on 27 February 2023. He also has a career high doubles ranking of World No. 275 achieved on 5 December 2022.[1] He has won two ATP Challenger singles titles and two doubles titles. He is currently the No. 8 Ukrainian tennis player.[2]

Oleksii Krutykh
Krutykh at the 2023 French Open
Country (sports) Ukraine
ResidenceKyiv, Ukraine
Born (2000-03-10) 10 March 2000 (age 24)
Kyiv, Ukraine
Height1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)
PlaysRight-handed (two-handed backhand)
Prize money$278,030
Singles
Career record3–5
Career titles0
Highest rankingNo. 160 (27 February 2023)
Current rankingNo. 295 (25 December 2023)
Grand Slam singles results
Australian Open1R (2023)
French OpenQ2 (2023)
WimbledonQ1 (2023)
US OpenQ1 (2023)
Doubles
Career record1–0
Career titles0
Highest rankingNo. 275 (5 December 2022)
Current rankingNo. 506 (23 October 2023)
Last updated on: 23 December 2023.

Career

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2022: Two Challenger titles, top 200 debut

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In August, Krutych won his first Challenger title at the 2022 IBG Prague Open defeating German Lucas Gerch and becoming the youngest Ukrainian champion on the Challenger Tour since Alexandr Dolgpolov won the Meknes Challenger in 2010 and the first Ukrainian to win a Challenger title in the season. He rose to a career-high No. 226 on 29 August 2022.[3]

He reached the top 200 in singles at world No. 190 climbing more than 60 positions up on 28 November 2022 after winning his second Challenger for the season and in his career in Valencia.[4] At the same tournament he also won the doubles event climbing to a new career-high ranking of No. 276 in the top 300 in doubles.[5][6]

2023: Grand Slam and ATP debuts

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In January, Krutych qualified for the 2023 Australian Open to make his Grand Slam debut defeating Denis Kudla.[7][8]

He made his ATP debut in Doha as a qualifier. At the 2023 Barcelona Open Banc Sabadell he qualified for his first ATP 500 tournament.

Challenger and Futures/World Tennis Tour Finals

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Singles: 9 (4–5)

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Legend (singles)
ATP Challenger Tour (2–0)
ITF Futures/World Tennis Tour (2–5)
Titles by surface
Hard (0–0)
Clay (4–5)
Grass (0–0)
Carpet (0–0)
Result W–L    Date    Tournament Tier Surface Opponent Score
Loss 0–1 Sep 2018 Ukraine F4, Bucha Futures Clay   Alessandro Petrone 4–6, 3–6
Loss 0–2 Sep 2019 M15 Brașov, Romania World Tennis Tour Clay   David Ionel 5–7, 4–6
Loss 0–3 Sep 2020 M15 Novomoskovsk, Ukraine World Tennis Tour Clay   Bogdan Bobrov 3–6, 3–6
Loss 0–4 Feb 2021 M15 Antalya, Turkey World Tennis Tour Clay   Raúl Brancaccio 4–6, 4–6
Win 1–4 May 2021 M15 Novomoskovsk, Ukraine World Tennis Tour Clay   Jose Fco. Vidal Azorin 7–6(7–3), 7–5
Loss 1–5 Mar 2022 M25 Antalya, Turkey World Tennis Tour Clay   Nerman Fatić 6–7(4–7), 4–6
Win 2–5 Mar 2022 M25 Antalya, Turkey World Tennis Tour Clay   Billy Harris 6–4, 4–6, 6–2
Win 3–5 Aug 2022 Prague, Czech Republic Challenger Clay   Lucas Gerch 6–3, 6–7(2–7), 6–2
Win 4–5 Nov 2022 Valencia, Spain Challenger Clay   Luca Van Assche 6–2, 6–0

Doubles

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Result Date Category Tournament Surface Partner Opponents Score
Winner 11 December 2021 Challenger Antalya, Turkey Clay   Hsu Yu-hsiou   Sanjar Fayziev
  Markos Kalovelonis
6–1, 7–6(7–5)
Winner 26 November 2022 Challenger Valencia, Spain Hard   Oriol Roca Batalla   Ivan Sabanov
  Matej Sabanov
6–3, 7–6(7–3)

References

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  1. ^ "Oleksii Krutykh | Overview". ATP Tour.
  2. ^ "Rankings | Pepperstone ATP Rankings (Singles)". ATP Tour.
  3. ^ "Four First-Time ATP Challenger Tour Champions Crowned Last Week". ATP Tour.
  4. ^ "Riedi, Watanuki Capture Back-To-Back Challenger Titles". ATP Tour.
  5. ^ https://www.tennis-tourtalk.com/98080/krutykh-crowned-copa-faulcombridge-champion-in-valencia [bare URL]
  6. ^ "Krutykh Produces Best Challenger Season Despite Turmoil in Ukraine". ATP Tour.
  7. ^ "Shang Juncheng: 17-Year-Old Charges into Australian Open Main Draw". ATP Tour.
  8. ^ "What to Expect from the Men's Qualifiers at the 2023 Australian Open". 14 January 2023.
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