Evgeny Arkadievich Kudryavtsev ( February 21, 1898 , St. Petersburg , Russian Empire - July 16, 1973 ) - Russian and Soviet tennis player , 17-time champion of the USSR in different categories (including four times in singles - 1925, 1927, 1928, 1934 ), 48-time champion of Leningrad (in different ranks), the first honored master of sports of the USSR among tennis players (1934), honored coach of the RSFSR (1968) [1] [2] [3] .
| Evgeny Kudryavtsev | |
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| Date of Birth | February 21, 1898 |
| Place of Birth | Saint Petersburg Russian empire |
| Date of death | July 16, 1973 (aged 75) |
| Citizenship |  Russian empire →  the USSR |
| Carier start | 1913 |
| Retirement | not earlier than 1949 |
Content
- 1 Biography
- 2 Tournament appearances
- 2.1 Finals of the USSR Championship
- 2.1.1 Singles: 7 finals (4 wins - 3 losses)
- 2.1.2 Doubles: 11 finals (8 wins - 3 losses)
- 2.1.3 Mixed doubles: 10 finals (5 wins - 5 losses)
- 2.1 Finals of the USSR Championship
- 3 notes
- 4 References
Biography
Evgeni Kudryavtsev was born on February 21, 1898 [1] [3] . He began to play tennis at the age of 10 on the courts of the Lahti tennis club “Clover Leaf” [1] .
Evgeni Kudryavtsev performed seven times in the finals of the USSR tennis championship and won four of them, thus becoming the four-time champion of the USSR (1925, 1927, 1928, 1934). In addition, he became the champion of the USSR in doubles eight times and five times in mixed doubles [4] . He also became the absolute champion of the All-Union Spartakiad of 1928 , having won in all categories - singles, doubles and mixed. The tennis tournament of the sports day subsequently entered the statistics as the USSR tennis championship of 1928 [5] [6] .
In 1923-1949, Yevgeny Kudryavtsev became the champion of Petrograd / Leningrad 48 times in various categories, including 39 times in the summer championships (13 times in singles, 15 times in doubles and 11 times in mixed doubles) and 9 times in winter championships (2 times in single, 6 times in doubles and 1 time in mixed doubles) [1] [7] [8] .
Seven times (in 1927-1931, 1933 and 1934) Evgeni Kudryavtsev headed the list of the strongest tennis players of the USSR [9] . In 1934, he was the first Soviet tennis player to receive the honorary title of Honored Master of Sports of the USSR [1] .
Evgeni Kudryavtsev was the coach of many famous Soviet tennis players, including Anatoly Boytsov , Valentina Vasilyeva , Roman Grodninsky , Galina Ivanova , Vladimir Kizevetter , Galina Korovina , Andrei Lukirsky and Vladimir Palman [1] .
Evgeni Kudryavtsev died on July 16, 1973 [1] .
In 2004, he was included in the Russian Tennis Hall of Fame [10] .
Tournament Performance
USSR Championship Finals
Singles: 7 finals (4 wins - 3 losses)
| Result | No. | Year | Tournament | Rival | Score |
| Defeat | one. | 1924 | USSR Championship | George Stolyarov | 6-3, 11-9, 4-6, 4-6, 5-7 |
| Victory | one. | 1925 | USSR Championship | Nikolay Ivanov | 4-6, 6-4, 6-3, 5-7, 6-1 |
| Victory | 2. | 1927 | USSR Championship | Evgeny Ovanesov | 6-1, 6-0, 6-4 |
| Victory | 3. | 1928 | USSR Championship | Vsevolod Verbitsky | 6-4, 6-3, 0-6, 6-4 |
| Defeat | 2. | 1932 | USSR Championship | Eduard Negrebetskiy | 6-3, 3-6, 6-8, 2-6 |
| Victory | four. | 1934 | USSR Championship | Vyacheslav Multino | 8-6, 6-2, 6-4 |
| Defeat | 3. | 1936 | USSR Championship | Boris Novikov | 2-6, 3-6, 1-6 |
Doubles: 11 finals (8 wins - 3 losses)
| Result | No. | Year | Tournament | Partner | Rivals | Score |
| Victory | one. | 1924 | USSR Championship | Bruno Spiegel | Vsevolod Verbitsky N. Korobov | 6-1, 6-3, 6-3 |
| Victory | 2. | 1925 | USSR Championship | Vasily Kosyakov | Alexander Pravdin Evgeny Tikhonov | 6-4, 4-6, 8-6, 6-4 |
| Victory | 3. | 1928 | USSR Championship | Vyacheslav Multino | Nikolay Bocharov Evgeny Ovanesov | 6-2, 6-2, 6-1 |
| Victory | four. | 1932 | USSR Championship | Vyacheslav Multino | Archil Mdivani Eduard Negrebetskiy | 2-6, 6-8, 6-1, 6-4, 6-4 |
| Defeat | one. | 1934 | USSR Championship | Vyacheslav Multino | Archil Mdivani Eduard Negrebetskiy | 2-6, 4-6, 5-7 |
| Defeat | 2. | 1936 | USSR Championship | Pavel Maidansky | Archil Mdivani Eduard Negrebetskiy | 4-6, 3-6, 2-6 |
| Victory | 5. | 1937 | USSR Championship | Eduard Negrebetskiy | Boris Novikov Peter Chistov | 10-8, 6-0, 4-6, 6-4 |
| Victory | 6. | 1938 | USSR Championship | Eduard Negrebetskiy | Leonid Mishchenko Vyacheslav Multino | 7-5, 6-4, 1-6, 6-1 |
| Victory | 7. | 1939 | USSR Championship | Eduard Negrebetskiy | Eugene Korbut K. Schlee | 6-4, 6-3, 6-1 |
| Victory | 8. | 1940 | USSR Championship | Eduard Negrebetskiy | Jozef Hebda L. Tchaikovsky | 6-4, 6-1, 6-3 |
| Defeat | 3. | 1946 | USSR Championship | Eduard Negrebetskiy | Zdenek Zikmund Nikolai Ozerov | 6-1, 3-6, 6-3, 2-6, 1-6 |
Mixed Doubles: 10 Finals (5 Wins - 5 Losses)
| Result | No. | Year | Tournament | Partner | Rivals | Score |
| Defeat | one. | 1925 | USSR Championship | Zinaida Klochkova | Elena Alexandrova Evgeny Tikhonov | 6-8, 6-1, 3-6 |
| Victory | one. | 1927 | USSR Championship | Zinaida Klochkova | Sofya Maltseva Vsevolod Verbitsky | 7-5, 6-4 |
| Victory | 2. | 1928 | USSR Championship | Tamira Sukhodolskaya | Tamara Mahmoud Bek A. Dementiev | 6-0, 6-1 |
| Defeat | 2. | 1932 | USSR Championship | Maria Meyer | Zinaida Klochkova Vyacheslav Multino | 2-6, 6-8 |
| Victory | 3. | 1935 | USSR Championship | Maria Meyer | Zinaida Klochkova Vyacheslav Multino | 6-4, 4-6, 10-8 |
| Victory | four. | 1936 | USSR Championship | Tatyana Nalimova | Zinaida Klochkova Vyacheslav Multino | 9-7, 6-4 |
| Victory | 5. | 1937 | USSR Championship | Tatyana Nalimova | Zinaida Klochkova Vyacheslav Multino | 6-2, 6-2 |
| Defeat | 3. | 1940 | USSR Championship | Galina Korovina | Tamara Mahmoud Bek Nikolai Ozerov | 6-8, 5-7 |
| Defeat | four. | 1944 | USSR Championship | Galina Korovina | Zinaida Klochkova Nikolai Ozerov | 1-6, 5-7 |
| Defeat | 5. | 1945 | USSR Championship | Galina Korovina | Tatyana Nalimova Ottomar Alas | 3-6, 4-6 |
Notes
- ↑ 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Kudryavtsev Evgeny Arkadevich (HTML). Russian Tennis Federation - www.tennis-russia.ru. Date of treatment December 3, 2015.
- ↑ Retro - Stars of Leningrad Tennis (HTML). year99.spbopen.ru. Date of treatment December 3, 2015.
- ↑ 1 2 Kudryavtsev Evgeny Arkadevich (HTML). The modern sports museum - www.smsport.ru. Date of treatment December 3, 2015.
- ↑ USSR Summer Personal Championships (HTML). Russian Tennis Federation - www.tennis-russia.ru. Date of treatment December 3, 2015.
- ↑ Tennis in Russia: History (HTML). Russian Tennis Federation - www.tennis-russia.ru. Date of treatment November 9, 2015.
- ↑ All-Union Spartakid (HTML). Russian Tennis Federation - www.tennis-russia.ru. Date of treatment November 11, 2015.
- ↑ Leningrad Summer Personal Championships (HTML). Russian Tennis Federation - www.tennis-russia.ru. Date of treatment December 7, 2015.
- ↑ Leningrad winter personal championships (HTML). Russian Tennis Federation - www.tennis-russia.ru. Date of treatment December 7, 2015.
- ↑ Classification of the strongest tennis players of the USSR (HTML). Russian Tennis Federation - www.tennis-russia.ru. Date of treatment December 3, 2015.
- ↑ Russian Tennis Hall of Fame - 2004 (HTML) (inaccessible link) . www.rustennisfame.com. Date of treatment December 3, 2015. Archived January 19, 2016.
Links
- Kudryavtsev Evgeny Arkadievich , Tennis in Russia - www.tennis-russia.ru
- Kudryavtsev Evgeny Arkadievich , The Modern Sports Museum - www.smsport.ru