Mischa Zverev

Mikhail "Mischa" Zverev (born 22 August 1987) is a German professional tennis player of Russian heritage. He achieved a career-high singles ranking of world No. 45 in June 2009 and reached the quarterfinals of the Italian Open as a qualifier the same year. He also reached the quarterfinals of a Masters 1000 Series for the second time in his career at the 2016 Shanghai Masters as a qualifier once again.
At the 2017 Australian Open he beat world No. 1 Andy Murray in the fourth round, and lost in his quarterfinal meeting with Roger Federer.

He is the son of former Russian tennis player Alexander Zverev Sr., who is also his coach. He resides in Monte Carlo, Monaco and represents Germany internationally. His brother, Alexander Zverev Jr., also plays on the tour.

Zverev had a very successful junior career, attaining a No. 3 combined world ranking and reaching the semifinals of the US Open (losing to Andy Murray), as well as the quarterfinals of Roland Garros (losing to Alex Kuznetsov) and the Australian Open (losing to Novak Djokovic) in 2004. In doubles he got to the final of the French Open in the same year.

As a junior he compiled a 123–50 win/loss record in singles (and 79–33 in doubles).

2006

In October 2006, he made his first ATP-level quarter-final in Bangkok, Thailand, beating former No. 1 Juan Carlos Ferrero and former No. 5 Rainer Schüttler before losing to former No. 1 Marat Safin.

2007: Breaking the top 100

He spent all of 2007 in the top 200. He made his 2nd quarter-final in July 2007, in Rhode Island. In August 2007, he won a Challenger title at Istanbul, and followed that up with a quarter-final run at the Bronx Challenger, which put him into the top-100 for the first time at No. 99.

2008

In the 2008 Australian Open, Zverev nearly upset 11th seed Tommy Robredo in the first round. He took the first two sets but went down in five. In June 2008, Zverev managed to secure his first ATP title by winning the Doubles at the Gerry Weber Open in Halle, Germany together with his partner Mikhail Youzhny.

At the 2008 Wimbledon Championships, Zverev surprisingly reached the third round after wins over Alexander Peya and Juan Carlos Ferrero, but was forced to retire in his third round match against Stanislas Wawrinka due to pain in his left thigh.

2009: Breaking the top 50

In May, he reached the quarter-finals of the Italian Open, losing to world No. 2 Roger Federer in straight sets. He later helped Germany reach the final of the ARAG World Team Cup with team mates Nicolas Kiefer, Rainer Schüttler and Philipp Kohlschreiber. In the 2009 Wimbledon Championships, Zverev beat 25th seed Dmitry Tursunov in straight sets. He faced Philipp Petzschner in the 2nd round and lost in five sets. He was nominated by Davis Cup captain Patrik Kühnen for the quarterfinal against Spain in Marbella. He lost his doubles match with Nicolas Kiefer to Feliciano López and Fernando Verdasco in four sets.

2010

Zverev gave his comeback at the Brisbane International in January after a right wrist fracture. However, he lost to Australian wildcard Carsten Ball in straight sets. He made his next appearance at the Medibank International in Sydney where he lost in the first round of qualifying. At the 2010 Australian Open he lost to Łukasz Kubot from Poland in straight sets.

He regained his form at the European indoor tournaments. In Marseille he reached the semifinal, making a run which included a win over world No. 17 Tommy Robredo. He lost to eventual champion Michaël Llodra. His good form carried on – he went on to win after saving a match point in his first round match in Delray Beach against Michael Russell before falling to Mardy Fish in two sets. He lost his opening match in Indian Wells. At the 2010 Sony Ericsson Open in Miami Zverev was knocked out in the first round of Qualifying. He could not win a main draw match in a tournament for the next seven weeks. In preparation for Wimbledon he accepted a Wildcard for the 2010 Gerry Weber Open where he defetated Florent Serra and Jürgen Melzer before falling to Benjamin Becker. He seemed to be in a good form – however, he was defeated by Andre Begemann in the first round of Qualifying in Wimbledon. Zverev then decided to enter more ATP Challenger Tour events. He reached the quarterfinal of Oberstaufen Challenger. Despite being granted a Wildcard in Stuttgart and Hamburg, he could not manage to win more than one match.

At the 2010 US Open he was knocked out in the first round of Qualifying again. He then returned to Europe playing a clay court ATP Challenger Tour Event in Genoa. He reached the quarterfinal where he was defeated by eventual champion Fabio Fognini. Two weeks later he managed to qualify for the Open de Moselle in Metz. Zverev reached his maiden ATP World Tour final after victories over Horacio Zeballos, Nicolas Mahut, Jarkko Nieminen and the retirement of Richard Gasquet in the semifinal. In the final Zverev played Gilles Simon to whom he lost in two sets. He qualified for the Main Draw of the ATP World Tour Masters 1000 tournament in Shanghai. In the Main Draw he lost to Juan Mónaco in round three after beating Sergiy Stakhovsky and Nikolay Davydenko in the first two rounds. At the end of October he again qualified for an ATP tournament – this time at Montpellier. He defeated Robin Haase in the first round before falling to Nikolay Davydenko in the second round. He finished the year at No. 82, a match record of 13–18 and a prize money of $318,805.

2011

Zverev had a slow start into 2011 losing four matches before capturing his first win of the season in Indian Wells defeating Matthew Ebden. Following a second round exit in Indian Wells he lost another four matches in a row before beating Dudi Sela in Round 1 of the Serbia Open 2011.

2012-2015

Played Challengers and Futures.

2016

In April 2016 Zverev won his first ATP Challenger singles title for over eight years in Sarasota, United States.

At the 2016 Shanghai Masters, the German defeated world number 14 Nick Kyrgios in the second round. Then he beat Marcel Granollers before losing to world No. 1 Novak Djokovic in a close match in the quarterfinal.

Zverev got to the semifinal at the Swiss Indoors tournament in Basel after beating world No. 3 Stan Wawrinka.

2017: Grand slam quarterfinal

Zverev started his 2017 season at the Brisbane International with a loss to Rafael Nadal in the second round, winning only two games. However, in the fourth round of the 2017 Australian Open, Zverev was able to defeat world No. 1 Andy Murray in the fourth round in four sets, marking the biggest accomplishment of his career to date. Zverev ultimately ended up losing to the 17 time grand slam champion and 17th seed, Roger Federer in straight sets, ending his remarkable run.

Singles: 1 (1 runner-up)

Outcome	No.	Date	Championship	Surface	Opponent	Score
Runner-up	1.	26 September 2010	Open de Moselle, Metz, France	Hard (i)	Gilles Simon	3–6, 2–6

Doubles: 7 (2 titles, 5 runners-up)

Outcome	No.	Date	Championship	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Winner	1.	15 June 2008	Gerry Weber Open, Halle, Germany	Grass	Mikhail Youzhny	Lukáš Dlouhý Leander Paes	4–6, 6–3, [10–3]
Runner-up	1.	13 July 2008	MercedesCup, Stuttgart, Germany	Clay	Michael Berrer	Philipp Kohlschreiber Christopher Kas	3–6, 4–6
Winner	2.	5 October 2008	Japan Open, Tokyo, Japan	Hard	Mikhail Youzhny	Lukáš Dlouhý Leander Paes	6–3, 6–4
Runner-up	2.	11 January 2009	Brisbane International, Brisbane, Australia	Hard	Fernando Verdasco	Marc Gicquel Jo-Wilfried Tsonga	4–6, 3–6
Runner-up	3.	4 October 2009	PTT Thailand Open, Bangkok, Thailand	Hard	Guillermo García-López	Eric Butorac Rajeev Ram	6–7, 3–6
Runner-up	4.	3 May 2015	BMW Open, Munich, Germany	Clay	Alexander Zverev	Alexander Peya Bruno Soares	6–4, 1–6, [5–10]
Runner-up	5.	7 February 2016	Open Sud de France, Montpellier, France	Hard (i)	Alexander Zverev	Mate Pavić Michael Venus	5–7, 6–7(4–7)

Singles (5)

No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Opponent	Score
1.	9 July 2006	Dublin, Ireland	Carpet	Kristian Pless	7–5, 7–66
2.	3 June 2007	Karlsruhe, Germany	Clay	Wayne Odesnik	2–6, 6–4, 6–3
3.	12 August 2007	Istanbul, Turkey	Hard	Lukáš Lacko	6–4, 6–4
4.	18 November 2007	Dnepropetrovsk, Ukraine	Hard (i)	Dmitry Tursunov	6–4, 6–4
5.	17 April 2016	Sarasota, United States	Clay	Gerald Melzer	6–4, 7–62

Doubles (6)

Current through 2017 Australian Open.

Singles

Doubles

1 including Overall Win-Loss 2004 (0–1)

Zverev's match record against players who have been ranked in the top 10, with those who have been No. 1 in boldface. (as of 24 January 2017)

Top 10 wins

#	Player	Rank	Event	Surface	Rd	Score	MZ Rank
2008
1.	David Ferrer	5	Rotterdam Open, Netherlands	Hard (i)	2R	6–2, 7–5	98
2009
2.	Gilles Simon	7	Rome Masters, Italy	Clay	3R	6–4, 6–1	76
3.	Gilles Simon	7	Stuttgart MercedesCup, Germany	Clay	2R	6–4, 6–2	45
2010
4.	Nikolay Davydenko	6	Shanghai Masters, China	Hard	2R	6–4, 7–6(7–3)	118
2016
5.	Stan Wawrinka	3	Basel Swiss Indoors, Switzerland	Hard (i)	QF	6–2, 5–7, 6–1	72
2017
6.	Andy Murray	1	Australian Open, Melbourne, Australia	Hard	4R	7–5, 5–7, 6–2, 6–4	50

This record was attained in the Open Era.