Sergei Bubka (tennis)

Sergei Bubka
Сергей Бубка
Country (sports)  Ukraine
Residence Monte Carlo, Monaco
Born (1987-02-10) February 10, 1987
Donetsk, Ukraine, USSR[1]
Height 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in)
Turned pro 2005
Plays Right-handed
Coach(es) Tibor Toth
Singles
Career record 12–11
Career titles 0
Highest ranking No. 145 (November 14, 2011)
Current ranking No. 1601 (May 26, 2014)
Grand Slam Singles results
Australian Open Q3 (2012)
French Open Q1 (2012, 2014)
Wimbledon Q2 (2012)
US Open 2R (2011)
Doubles
Career record 6–7
Career titles 0
Highest ranking No. 134 (May 26, 2008)
Current ranking No. 1154 (May 26, 2014)
Last updated on: May 25, 2015.

Sergei Sergeevich Bubka (Ukrainian: Сергій Сергійович Бубка; born February 10, 1987)[1] is a Ukrainian professional tennis player. He is a member of the Ukraine Davis Cup team and is 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 so far in his career was beating the 5th-seeded Ivan Ljubičić in the first round of the 2011 Dubai Tennis Championships. He also hit a 157 MPH serve during qualifying for the 2011 US Open, which would have been the record had the serve not hit a ball girl directly.

ATP tournaments finals

Singles title (1)

Legend
ATP Challenger Series
No. Date Tournament Surface Opponent Score
1. 2009 Kyoto, Japan Carpet Japan Takao Suzuki 7–6(8–6), 6–4

References

  1. 1 2 Sergei Bubka - ATP Profile
  2. ↑ Sergei Bubka Jnr, son of pole vaulting great, seriously injured in fall from third floor of Paris apartment
  3. ↑ Win or lose, Bubka a success story, espn.go.com; accessed October 3, 2016.


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