Nikolay Davydenko

ABOUT NIKOLAY DAVYDENKO

Russian tennis player who turned pro in 1999; by 2013, he was a 21-time ATP career singles and one-time doubles titleholder.

He moved in with his tennis-coach brother, Eduard, to practice tennis.

His favorite players growing up were Ivan Lendl and Yannick Noah .

He married wife Irina in 2006 with whom he fathered a daughter, Ekaterina in 2012.

He lost to Andy Murray in the quarterfinals of the Rogers Cup in Montreal.