Valery Yuryevich Rudnev (Валерий Юрьевич Руднев; born 16 February 1988) is a Russian former tennis player.

Valery Rudnev
Валерий Руднев
Full nameValery Yuryevich Rudnev
Country (sports) Russia
ResidenceMoscow, Russia
Born (1988-02-16) 16 February 1988 (age 36)
Saint Petersburg, Russia
PlaysRight-handed (two handed-backhand)
Prize money$126,955
Singles
Career record0-0
Career titles0
Highest rankingNo. 210 (21 July 2014)
Grand Slam singles results
Australian OpenQ2 (2014)
US OpenQ1 (2014)
Doubles
Career record0–3 (at ATP Tour level, Grand Slam level, and in Davis Cup)
Career titles0
Highest rankingNo. 490 (22 March 2010)

Tennis career

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Rudnev has a career high ATP singles ranking of 210 achieved on 21 July 2014. He also has a career high ATP doubles ranking of 490 achieved on 22 March 2010. Rudnev has won a total of 7 ITF singles titles on the futures circuit as well as 1 ITF doubles title.

As a junior, Rudnev reached the boys' doubles final of the 2006 French Open with his partner Artur Chernov, where they lost to Emiliano Massa and Kei Nishikori 6–2, 1–6, 2–6.

Rudnev made his ATP main draw debut at the 2009 St. Petersburg Open where he received entry to the main draw as a wildcard entrant into the doubles event partnering Pavel Chekhov. The pair lost an all Russian first round encounter, losing to Igor Andreev and Mikhail Youzhny, 7–6(7–4), 4–6, [5–10].

ATP Challenger and ITF Futures finals

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Singles: 14 (7–7)

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Legend (singles)
ATP Challenger Tour (0–1)
ITF Futures Tour (7–6)
Finals by surface
Hard (3–1)
Clay (4–6)
Grass (0–0)
Carpet (0–0)
Result W–L    Date    Tournament Tier Surface Opponent Score
Loss 0–1 Aug 2005 Russia F1, Sergiyev Posad Futures Clay   Alexey Kedryuk 1–6, 4–6
Win 1–1 Aug 2007 Italy F26, Avezzano Futures Clay   Luca Vanni 6–2, 2–6, 7–6(7–5)
Win 2–1 Sep 2008 Russia F6, Moscow Futures Clay   Evgeny Kirillov 6–4, 6–1
Win 3–1 Nov 2008 Iran F6, Kish Island Futures Clay   Antonio Veić 7–6(6–2), 4–6, 7–5
Loss 3–2 Mar 2009 Turkey F2, Antalya Futures Clay   Ivan Sergeyev 3–6, 1–6
Loss 3–3 Jun 2009 France F9, Toulon Futures Clay   David Guez 4–6, 6–7(4–7)
Loss 3–4 Aug 2009 Russia F3, Moscow Futures Clay   Guillaume Rufin 2–6, 4–6
Loss 3–5 Jun 2010 France F8, Blois Futures Clay   Jonathan Eysseric 4–6, 6–4, 6–7(1–7)
Win 4–5 Jan 2011 Israel F1, Eilat Futures Hard   Henri Laaksonen 6–1, 6–1
Win 5–5 Mar 2011 Russia F2, Tyumen Futures Hard   Mikhail Ledovskikh 5–6, 6–2, 6–4
Win 6–5 Dec 2012 Turkey F50, Istanbul Futures Hard   Lorenzo Frigerio 6–4, 6–3
Win 7–5 Aug 2013 Russia F9, Balashiha Futures Clay   Victor Baluda 6–3, 6–3
Loss 7–6 Aug 2013 Kazan, Russia Challenger Hard   Sergiy Stakhovsky 2–6, 3–6
Loss 7–7 Sep 2013 Russia F13, Taganrog Futures Clay   Mikhail Biryukov 6–7(4–7), 6–7(4–7)

Doubles: 6 (1–5)

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Legend (singles)
ATP Challenger Tour (0–2)
ITF Futures Tour (1–3)
Titles by surface
Hard (0–0)
Clay (1–4)
Grass (0–0)
Carpet (0–1)
Result W–L    Date    Tournament Tier Surface Partner Opponents Score
Win 1–0 Nov 2007 Iran F3, Kish Island Futures Clay   Alexey Kedryuk   Attila Balázs
  György Balázs
7–6(7–3), 7–5
Loss 1–1 Sep 2008 Russia F8, Sochi Futures Clay   Sergei Demekhine   Mikhail Fufygin
  Vitali Reshetnikov
2–6, 1–6
Loss 1–2 Apr 2009 Russia F1, Moscow Futures Carpet   Pavel Chekhov   Konstantin Kravchuk
  Lukáš Lacko
2–6, 4–6
Loss 1–3 May 2009 Poland F1, Katowice Futures Clay   Denis Matsukevich   Jerzy Janowicz
  Mateusz Kowalczyk
3–6, 3–6
Loss 1–4 Aug 2009 Samarkand, Uzbekistan Challenger Clay   Ivan Sergeyev   Kaden Hensel
  Adam Hubble
5–7, 5–7
Loss 1–5 Sep 2014 Brașov, Romania Challenger Clay   Aslan Karatsev   Daniele Giorgini
  Adrian Ungur
6–4, 6–7(4–7), [1–10]

Junior Grand Slam finals

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Doubles: 1 (1 runner-up)

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Result Year Tournament Surface Partner Opponent Score
Loss 2006 French Open Clay   Artur Chernov   Emiliano Massa
  Kei Nishikori
6–2, 1–6, 2–6

Personal life

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In June 2023, Rudnev married singer Tatiana Bulanova.[1]

References

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  1. ^ "Певица Татьяна Буланова вышла замуж за экс-теннисиста Валерия Руднева" [Singer Tatiana Bulanova married ex-tennis player Valery Rudnev] (in Russian). Kultura. 2 June 2023.
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