Denys_Molchanov

Denys Molchanov

Denys Molchanov

Ukrainian tennis player


Denys Petrovych Molchanov (Ukrainian: Денис Петрович Молчанов; born 16 May 1987) is a Ukrainian tennis player competing on the ATP Challenger Tour. He has won two ATP doubles titles. He has also won 15 ITF singles and 66 doubles titles, 36 of them Challengers. On 5 January 2015 he reached his highest ATP singles ranking of World No. 169, whilst his highest doubles ranking of No. 61 was reached on 30 October 2023. He also played for the Ukraine Davis Cup team.[3]

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Career

2018: Maiden ATP doubles final

Molchanov reached his first ATP doubles final at the 2018 Swiss Open in Gstaad partnering Igor Zelenay.

2022: Maiden ATP title

At the 2022 Melbourne Summer Set 1 Molchanov reached the semifinals partnering Ričardas Berankis losing to sixth seeds Aleksandr Nedovyesov and Aisam-ul-Haq Qureshi.

At the 2022 Open 13 Molchanov won his first title partnering Russian Andrey Rublev in Marseilles.

2023: 35th Challenger title, second ATP title, top 65

Molchanov won his 34th Challenger and first Challenger 175 in Turin partnering Kazakhstani Andrey Golubev.[4] As a result, he returned to the top 100 in the doubles rankings on 22 May 2023.

He reached his third doubles final at the 2023 Stockholm Open and won his second title with Andrey Golubev.[5] As a result, he reached world No. 62, a new career high doubles ranking on 23 October 2023.

2024: Win over world No.1, Major third round

At the 2024 Australian Open partnering Nikola Ćaćić the pair defeated the world No. 1 and No. 2 players, the top seeded pair of Austin Krajicek and Ivan Dodig in the second round to reach the third round, Molchanov's first time at a Major.[6]

Performance timelines

Key
W  F  SF QF #R RR Q# P# DNQ A Z# PO G S B NMS NTI P NH
(W) winner; (F) finalist; (SF) semifinalist; (QF) quarterfinalist; (#R) rounds 4, 3, 2, 1; (RR) round-robin stage; (Q#) qualification round; (P#) preliminary round; (DNQ) did not qualify; (A) absent; (Z#) Davis/Fed Cup Zonal Group (with number indication) or (PO) play-off; (G) gold, (S) silver or (B) bronze Olympic/Paralympic medal; (NMS) not a Masters tournament; (NTI) not a Tier I tournament; (P) postponed; (NH) not held; (SR) strike rate (events won / competed); (W–L) win–loss record.
To avoid confusion and double counting, these charts are updated at the conclusion of a tournament or when the player's participation has ended.

Doubles

Mixed doubles

Personal life

In February 2015, he faced never confirmed or investigated allegations of match-fixing after suspicious betting patterns and unforced errors were noticed during a defeat to Agustín Velotti.[7]

ATP career finals

Doubles: 3 (2 titles, 1 runner-up)

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Challenger and Futures finals

Singles: 26 (15–11)

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Doubles: 104 (66–39)

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Notes

  1. The final itself was played on indoor hard due to rain.[8]

References

  1. "2006 Moscow". ITF. Retrieved 14 August 2023.
  2. "2006 Russia F1 Futures". ITF. Retrieved 14 August 2023.
  3. "Sport News". news.italy24.press. Archived from the original on 18 June 2023. Retrieved 18 June 2023.

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