Dimitri Poliakov

This article is about the tennis player. For the Soviet spy, see Dmitri Polyakov.

Dimitri Poliakov (born 19 January 1968) is a former professional tennis player from Ukraine.

Dimitri Poliakov

Country (sports)	Soviet Union (1989–91) Ukraine (1991–1999)
Residence	Kharkiv, Ukraine
Born	(1968-01-19) 19 January 1968 Kyiv, Soviet Union
Height	1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)
Turned pro	1989
Plays	Right-handed
Prize money	$438,529
Singles
Career record	35–47
Career titles	1
Highest ranking	No. 93 (10 June 1991)
Grand Slam singles results
Australian Open	2R (1992)
French Open	2R (1994)
Wimbledon	1R (1990)
US Open	2R (1993)
Doubles
Career record	22–35
Career titles	0
Highest ranking	No. 119 (13 July 1992)
Grand Slam doubles results
Australian Open	1R (1992)
Wimbledon	1R (1992)
US Open	1R (1991)

Career

Poliakov, a clay court specialist and the Soviet singles champion in 1990, had his breakthrough year in 1991, when he won the Yugoslavia Open, an ATP Tour event. This saw him break into the top 100 for the first time. He was also runner-up in the Austrian Open, with partner Pablo Arraya. These would be the only two ATP Tour finals that he reached during his career.

In 1993 he made it into the semi-finals of the Kremlin Cup, as qualifier. He defeated number three seed Amos Mansdorf in the opening round and then best Zimbabwean Byron Black 6–0, 6–3 and Martin Damm of the Czech Republic. His tournament ended when he was defeated by Marc Rosset in three sets.

He had one of the best wins of his career in 1992 when he defeated world number 12 Carlos Costa in Vienna in straight sets.

From 1993 to 1998, Poliakov was a regular fixture in the Ukraine Davis Cup team. He had a 10–2 record in singles. His doubles record was 9–5 and seven of those wins came with Andrei Medvedev, which is a national record. He had also played in two Davis Cup campaigns for the Soviet Union team in 1990 and 1991.

He reached the second round of a Grand Slam singles draw on three occasions, twice as a qualifier. In the men's doubles he appeared in three Grand Slam tournaments but never progressed part the first round.

ATP career finals

Singles: 1 (1–0)

Result	W/L	Date	Tournament	Surface	Opponent	Score
Win	1–0	May 1991	Umag, Yugoslavia	Clay	Javier Sánchez	6–4, 6–4

Doubles: 1 (0–1)

Result	W/L	Date	Tournament	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Loss	0–1	Aug 1991	Kitzbühel, Austria	Clay	Pablo Arraya	Tomás Carbonell Francisco Roig	7–6, 2–6, 4–6

Challenger titles

Singles: (4)

No.	Year	Tournament	Surface	Opponent	Score
1.	1989	Fürth, West Germany	Clay	Federico Mordegan	6–2, 6–1
2.	1990	Neu-Ulm, West Germany	Clay	Bart Wuyts	3–6, 7–5, 6–3
3.	1991	Bielefeld, Germany	Clay	Lars Koslowski	6–4, 6–1
4.	1993	Bruck, Austria	Clay	Simon Touzil	6–4, 6–1

Doubles: (5)

No.	Year	Tournament	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
1.	1989	Fürth, West Germany	Clay	Vladimir Gabrichidze	Cristiano Caratti Federico Mordegan	6–4, 6–7, 6–4
2.	1990	Knokke, Belgium	Clay	Andrei Olhovskiy	Xavier Daufresne Denis Langaskens	6–4, 4–6, 6–3
3.	1990	Verona, Italy	Clay	Slava Doseděl	Jacco Eltingh Menno Oosting	6–0, 6–7, 6–4
4.	1991	Porto, Portugal	Clay	Tomáš Anzari	Paul Haarhuis Mark Koevermans	3–6, 6–3, 6–4
5.	1993	Eisenach, Germany	Clay	Christer Allgårdh	Vladimir Gabrichidze Andrei Merinov	6–7, 6–4, 6–4