Max Mirnyi

Maksim Mikalaevich "Max" Mirnyi (born 6 July 1977) is a Belarusian former professional tennis player.

Mirnyi became a doubles specialist following his singles career, in which he reached a career-high of World No. 18 (August 2003) and finished in the top 50 in the world for seven straight years despite only winning one ATP singles title (2003 Rotterdam Open). He represented Belarus in Davis Cup competition from April 1994, where he holds a record of 47 wins and 27 losses in 35 ties played. He reached the World No. 1 doubles ranking in June 2003 and won ten Grand Slam titles: Men's doubles in the 2000 and 2002 US Open and the 2005, 2006, 2011 and 2012 French Open; and mixed doubles in the 1998, 2007, and 2013 U.S. Opens and 1998 Wimbledon.

At the 2012 Summer Olympics in London, Mirnyi carried the flag of Belarus at the Opening Ceremony on 27 July 2012, and won the gold medal in the mixed doubles with Victoria Azarenka on 5 August 2012.

His nickname is "The Beast of Belarus".

Career Mirnyi won the 1998 US Open and 1998 Wimbledon mixed doubles titles while partnering with Serena Williams, and lost the final of the 1999 Australian Open while partnering with her. His best performance at a Grand Slam in singles came when he got to the quarterfinals of the 2002 US Open, defeating Attila Sávolt, Antony Dupuis, Dominik Hrbatý and Roger Federer before losing to Andre Agassi. In the 2004 Davis Cup, he and Vladimir Voltchkov defeated Russia 3–2 and Argentina 5–0, reaching the semifinals, where they lost to the United States. In 2006, he scored an upset against James Blake at Wimbledon. That same year, he and Jonas Björkman defeated the Bryan brothers in men's doubles at the 2006 French Open. In 2011, he and Daniel Nestor defeated Juan Sebastián Cabal and Eduardo Schwank at the 2011 French Open. In 2012, he and Daniel Nestor defeated the Bryan brothers, both at the Queen's Club, UK, and again at the 2012 French Open.

Significant finals

Grand Slam finals

Doubles: 10 (6 titles, 4 runner-ups)

Mixed doubles: 8 (4 titles, 4 runner-ups)

Year-end championships

Doubles: 4 (2 titles, 2 runner-ups)

Olympic medal matches

Mixed doubles: 1 (1 gold medal)

Masters 1000 finals

Singles: 1 (1 runner-up)

Doubles: 29 (16 titles, 13 runner-ups)

ATP career finals

Singles: 4 (1 title, 3 runner-ups) LegendGrand Slam tournaments (0–0)Tennis Masters Cup / ATP World Tour Finals (0–0)ATP Masters Series / ATP World Tour Masters 1000 (0–1)ATP International Series Gold / ATP World Tour 500 Series (1–1)ATP International Series / ATP World Tour 250 Series (0–1)Finals by surfaceHard (1–2)Clay (0–0)Grass (0–1)Carpet (0–0)Finals by settingOutdoor (0–1)Indoor (1–2)

Doubles: 98 (52 titles, 46 runner-ups) LegendGrand Slam tournaments (6–4)Tennis Masters Cup / ATP World Tour Finals (2–2)ATP Masters Series / ATP World Tour Masters 1000 (16–13)ATP International Series Gold / ATP World Tour 500 Series (7–7)ATP International Series / ATP World Tour 250 Series (21–20)Finals by surfaceHard (30–35)Clay (13–4)Grass (2–5)Carpet (7–2)Finals by settingOutdoor (31–35)Indoor (21–11)

Performance timelines

Singles

Doubles

Mixed doubles

Top 10 wins

Doubles partners Years Partner 1995 Evgeni Mikheev 1995 1998–2008 Vladimir Voltchkov 1996–97 Georg Blumauer 1996 Tuomas Ketola 1996 Lior Mor 1996 Ben Ellwood 1996 Scott Humphries 1996 Alejandro Hernández 1996 Robbie Koenig 1996 Lars Rehmann 1996 Martin Hromec 1996 Jaime Oncins 1996–97 Mark Merklein 1996–98 Kevin Ullyett 1997 Brent Haygarth 1997 Gábor Köves 1997 Kent Kinnear 1997 Peter Nyborg 1997 John-Laffnie de Jager 1997 Jean-Philippe Fleurian 1997–98 Andrei Cherkasov 1997–98 Justin Gimelstob 1997 Myles Wakefield 1998 Jeff Tarango 1998 2004 Sargis Sargsian 1998 Olivier Delaître 1998 Peter Tramacchi 1998 Denis Golovanov 1998 Dušan Vemić 1998 Michael Sell 1998–99 Andrei Olhovskiy 1998–99 Daniel Vacek 1998 David Adams 1998–99 Alexander Reichel 1998 Gustavo Kuerten 1998 Pavel Vízner 1998–2001 2004 2006 Nenad Zimonjić 1999 2001 Yevgeny Kafelnikov 1999 2001 Sandon Stolle 1999–00 Martin Damm 1999 Eric Taino 2000 Mark Knowles 2000 2011–12 Daniel Nestor 2000 Nicolas Kiefer 2000 2004–07 Jonas Björkman 2000 Lleyton Hewitt 2000 2004 Marat Safin 2000–01 Nicklas Kulti 2001 Jonathan Stark 2001 2004 Alexander Shvets 2001 David Prinosil 2001–02 Tommy Haas 2001 Patrick Rafter 2001 2004 Fabrice Santoro 2002 Michaël Llodra 2002 Julien Boutter 2002–03 Roger Federer 2002–04 2010 Mahesh Bhupathi 2003 Jeff Morrison 2003 Jared Palmer 2003 Mardy Fish 2004 Amer Delić 2004–05 2014 2017 Mikhail Youzhny 2005 Jürgen Melzer 2005 Thomas Johansson 2006 Fernando Verdasco 2006 Gastón Gaudio 2007 Mischa Zverev 2007–08 Tommy Robredo 2008 Jamie Murray 2008–09 Sergey Betov 2008–09 Andy Ram 2008 Rohan Bopanna 2008 Marin Čilić 2009 Robert Kendrick 2009 Ashley Fisher 2009–10 2012 Aliaksandr Bury 2010–11 Uladzimir Ignatik 2013 Horia Tecău 2015 Feliciano López 2016 Treat Huey 2017 Marcin Matkowski 2018 Philipp Oswald