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BIOGRAPHY

Dmitry Tursunov
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Dmitry Tursunov, born December 12, 1982 in Moscow, Russia, is a professional tennis player from Russia.

Tursunov was 12 years old when he moved overseas to further his prospects of becoming a professional player. He turned professional at the age of 18, but has suffered many major injuries in his career to date.

In 2001, Tursunov won the Futures event in Boca Raton over Jeff Morrison, then the Dallas Challenger defeating Justin Bower. After these 2 lower level tournament successes Tursunov qualified for his first ATP event in Memphis.

Tursunov started the season of 2004 with another title in the Waikoloa Challenger over Alejandro Falla and for the first time in his career he was able to play in all of the 4 Grand Slam events. His best performance was a 3rd round appearance at Wimbledon defeating his friend and compatriot Marat Safin in the first round and then played a marathon 5th set winning 15-13 over Sargis Sargsian before falling to Carlos Moyà in the next round.

2006 has been a successful year for Tursunov as he has achieved his highest ever ranking so far, won his first ATP title beating Tomáš Berdych in Mumbai and made his first ATP final in Los Angeles losing to Tommy Haas in three sets.

In 2007, Tursunov won the Hopman Cup in Perth, Australia while representing Russia alongside Nadia Petrova. In the finals Tursunov defeated Tommy Robredo in straight sets, after teamate Nadia Petrova's victory over Anabel Medina. Garrigues.

Tursunov is an aggressive baseliner with excellent groundstrokes from both sides and prefers to play on faster surfaces.