Artem Sitak

Artem Yurievich Sitak (born 8 February 1986) is a Russian-born New Zealand tennis player. On 11 August 2008, he reached his highest ATP singles ranking of World No. 299, whilst his highest doubles ranking of 39 was reached on 22 June 2015. He is the younger brother of Dmitri Sitak, who is also a tennis player.

Junior years

Training in nineties years by Santini, As a 13-year-old in 1999, Sitak received a wildcard into the main draw of an ITF junior tournament in Russia where he was defeated by Evgueni Smirnov 6-4 6-1. The following year he entered qualifying of the same tournament and defeated future ATP top 50 player Denis Istomin 6-0 6-1 to win his first ITF junior match. Sitak was taken out in the third and final round of qualifying by a future ATP top 100 player Teimuraz Gabashvili 6-4 7-5.

At the age of 14, Artem won the prestigious Orange Bowl.

Sitak made his first junior Grand Slam appearance at the age of 15 at the 2002 Australian Open where he was beaten in straight sets by Australian Christopher Roman. Sitak's last junior tournament came a year later at the 2003 Australian Open where he was eliminated by Korean Hyun-Joon Suk in the first round.

Senior career

Sitak began his senior career in 2002 at a challenger event in Togliatti, Russia where he received a wildcard into the main draw but fell in the first round to Thomas Blake, older brother of former top 10 player James Blake. Artem's first title came in 2005 in a Russian futures tournament where he defeated Pavel Chekhov 4-6 6-4 6-4 in the final.

2011

Sitak began 2011 under the New Zealand flag and received a wildcard into the 2011 Heineken Open qualifying where he was defeated by Frenchman Ludovic Walter 6-3 6-4 in the first round. Artem currently represents New Zealand in Davis Cup.

2014 First ATP Doubles title

Sitak partnered Polish tennis player Mateusz Kowalczyk to win the 2014 MercedesCup doubles title. Defeating Philipp Oswald and Guillermo Garcia-Lopez 2-6 6-1 (10-7) in the final.

Doubles: 5 (3 titles, 2 runners-up)

Outcome	No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Winner	1.	13 July 2014	MercedesCup, Stuttgart, Germany	Clay	Mateusz Kowalczyk	Guillermo García-López Philipp Oswald	2-6, 6-1, [10-7]
Winner	2.	8 February 2015	Open Sud de France, Montpellier, France	Hard (i)	Marcus Daniell	Dominic Inglot Florin Mergea	3–6, 6–4, [16–14]
Runner-up	1.	15 February 2015	Memphis Open, Memphis, United States	Hard (i)	Donald Young	Mariusz Fyrstenberg Santiago González	7–5, 6–7(1–7), [8–10]
Runner-up	2.	26 April 2015	BRD Năstase Țiriac Trophy, Bucharest, Romania	Clay	Nicholas Monroe	Marius Copil Adrian Ungur	6–3, 5–7, [15–17]
Winner	3.	13 June 2016	Stuttgart Open, Stuttgart, Germany	Grass	Marcus Daniell	Oliver Marach Fabrice Martin	6–7(4–7), 6–4, [10–8]

Singles: 5 (5–0)

Outcome	No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Opponent in the final	Score
Winner	1.	27 August 2005	F3 Korolev	Clay	Pavel Chekhov	4–6, 6–4, 6–4
Winner	2.	9 March 2008	F6 McAllen	Hard	Tim Smyczek	6–4, 6–2
Winner	3.	20 April 2008	F8 Little Rock	Hard	Matthew Roberts	6–4, 6–3
Winner	4.	7 March 2010	F7 McAllen	Hard	Mario Ančić	6–1, 6–4
Winner	5.	26 November 2012	F2 Phnom Penh	Hard	Alexander Ward	6–4, 6-7(3–7), 7-6(7–4)

Doubles finals: 40 (23–17)

Outcome	No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Partner	Opponents in the final	Score
Winner	1.	17 August 2003	F1 Russia	Clay	Dmitri Sitak	A. Ageev A. Markin	6–3, 6–2
Winner	2.	3 December 2004	F3 Qatar	Hard	Dmitri Sitak	J. Mathew Ravishankar Pathanjali	6–3, 6–3
Winner	3.	10 December 2004	F4 Qatar	Hard	Dmitri Sitak	Yordan Kanev Ilia Kushev	7–6(7–5), 6–0
Winner	4.	17 December 2004	F5 Qatar	Hard	Dmitri Sitak	Yordan Kanev Ilia Kushev	W/O
Winner	5.	18 June 2005	F12 Spain	Hard	Dmitri Sitak	Javier Genaro-Martínez D. Vallverdu	7–6(8–6), 7–6(7–4)
Winner	6.	27 August 2005	F3 Korolev, Russia	Clay	Dmitri Sitak	V. Kozin A. Miller	6–4, 7–6(7–4)
Winner	7.	15 January 2006	F2 Germany	Hard (i)	Stéphane Bohli	P. Marx T. Popp	6–3, 7–5
Winner	8.	19 March 2006	F4 Lille	Hard (i)	Stéphane Bohli	Frederico Gil F. Urban	6–1, 6–2
Runner–up	1.	22 July 2006	Penza Cup, Russia	Hard	Denis Matsukevich	Murad Inoyatov Denis Istomin	1–6, 3–6
Winner	9.	25 February 2007	F2 Trento, Italy	Hard (i)	Dmitri Sitak	Raphael Durek Joseph Sirianni	7–6(7–4), 6–3
Winner	10.	28 September 2008	Lubbock, United States	Hard	Roman Borvanov	Alex Bogomolov, Jr. Dusan Vemic	6–2, 6–3
Winner	11.	8 November 2009	F27 Birmingham, United States	Clay	Tigran Martirosyan	C. Gaston Michael Venus	6–3, 6–4
Winner	12.	15 November 2009	F28 Niceville, United States	Clay	Tigran Martirosyan	S. Bangoura Denis Kudla	6–4, 7–5
Winner	13.	28 February 2010	F6 Harlingen, United States	Hard	Cătălin-Ionuț Gârd	M. Bocko V. Obradovic	6–4, 7–6(7–3)
Runner–up	2.	30 May 2010	Carson, United States	Hard	Leonardo Tavares	Brian Battistone Nicholas Monroe	7–5, 3–6, [4–10]
Winner	14.	6 June 2010	Ojai, United States	Hard	Leonardo Tavares	Harsh Mankad Izak van der Merwe	4–6, 6–4, [10–8]
Winner	15.	8 August 2010	Beijing, China	Hard	Pierre-Ludovic Duclos	Sadik Kadir Purav Raja	7–6(7–4), 7–6(7–5)
Winner	16.	10 April 2011	F9 Little Rock, United States	Hard	Nima Roshan	T. Fogleman B. Rogers	6–3, 7–5
Winner	17.	19 June 2011	F7 Morelia, Mexico	Hard	Marcus Daniell	R. Gonzalez Carsten Ball	6–0, 6–3
Runner–up	3.	27 August 2011	F4 Medellín, Colombia	Clay	P. Aarts	R. Carvalho Fabiano de Paula	3–6, 3–6
Runner–up	4.	18 March 2012	F7 Calabasas, United States	Hard	Nima Roshan	Maxim Dubarenco Brydan Klein	6–7(5–7), 4–6
Runner–up	5.	8 April 2012	Tallahassee, United States	Hard	Blake Strode	Martin Emmrich Andreas Siljeström	2–6, 6–7(4–7)
Runner–up	6.	6 October 2012	F37 Antalya, Turkey	Hard	E. Eremin	Maxim Dubarenco Brydan Klein	4–6, 6–3, [9–11]
Runner–up	7.	6 January 2013	Nouméa, New Caledonia	Hard	Jose Statham	Samuel Groth Toshihide Matsui	6–7(6–8), 6–1, [4–10]
Winner	18.	24 March 2013	F1 Ipswich, Australia	Hard	Jose Statham	Jacob Grills Dane Propoggia	6–3, 6–1
Runner–up	8.	14 April 2013	F9 Oklahoma City, United States	Hard	Saketh Myneni	Jean-Yves Aubone Dennis Nevolo	1–6, 5–7
Runner–up	9.	29 July 2013	Oberstaufen, Germany	Clay	Stephan Fransen	Dominik Meffert Philipp Oswald	1–6, 6–3, [12–14]
Winner	19.	6 October 2013	São Paulo, Brazil	Clay	Roman Borvanov	Sergio Galdós Guido Pella	6–4, 7–6(7–3)
Runner–up	10.	24 November 2013	Toyota, Japan	Synthec (i)	Marcus Daniell	Chase Buchanan Blaž Rola	6–4, 3–6, [4–10]
Runner–up	11.	6 April 2014	León, Mexico	Hard	Marcus Daniell	Samuel Groth Chris Guccione	3–6, 4–6
Winner	20.	9 May 2014	Rome, Italy	Clay	Radu Albot	Andrea Arnaboldi Flavio Cipolla	4–6, 6–2, [11–9]
Runner–up	12.	8 June 2014	Arad, Romania	Clay	Radu Albot	Franko Škugor Antonio Veić	4–6, 6–7(3–7)
Winner	21.	20 July 2014	Granby, Canada	Hard	Marcus Daniell	Jordan Kerr Fabrice Martin	7–6(7–5), 5–7, [10–5]
Runner–up	13.	3 August 2014	Vancouver, Canada	Hard	Marcus Daniell	Austin Krajicek John-Patrick Smith	3–6, 6–4, [8–10]
Runner–up	14.	9 November 2014	Traralgon 2, Australia	Hard	Marcus Daniell	Brydan Klein Dane Propoggia	6–7(6–8), 6–3, [6–10]
Runner–up	15.	16 November 2014	Keio, Japan	Hard	Marcus Daniell	Bradley Klahn Matt Reid	6–4, 4–6, [7–10]
Runner–up	16.	10 May 2015	Aix-en-Provence, France	Clay	Nicholas Monroe	Robin Haase Aisam-ul-Haq Qureshi	1–6, 2–6
Winner	22.	16 August 2015	Aptos, United States	Hard	Chris Guccione	Yuki Bhambri Matthew Ebden	6–4, 7–6(7–2)
Runner–up	17.	18 October 2015	Tashkent, Uzbekistan	Hard	Andre Begemann	Sergey Betov Mikhail Elgin	4–6, 4–6
Winner	23.	13 March 2016	Puebla, Mexico	Hard (i)	Marcus Daniell	Santiago González Mate Pavić	3–6, 6–2, [12–10]