Evgeny Korolev

2006 IN REVIEW
This Russian teenager broke through to finish in Top 100 of ATP Rankings for first time in his career...Made his ATP season debut by winning eight matches and turning in a pair of QF results that helped push him into Top 100...Also compiled a 17-9 record with one Challenger title...Opened the year at Futures events, including a SF run at Futures in Stuttgart...Made ATP debut in February at Marseille and promptly reached first career QF with wins over Sidorenko and No. 6 Davydenko before falling to Grosjean...Win over Davydenko was first career win against a Top 10 player...In April, made ATP Masters Series debut in Monte-Carlo (l. to Stepanek)... The following week, in Barcelona, defeated Spaniards Moya and Vicente before losing to Karlovic in three tie-breaks... Made Grand Slam debut at Roland Garros, defeating Seppi before falling to former champion Gaudio in five sets...Posted wins over Serra and Horna to reach Bsstad QF before falling to Robredo...In September, won title at Dnsseldorf Challenger (d. Vinciguerra) and later advanced to final at Aachen Challenger (l. to Schuettler)... Reached 2nd RD at ATP stop in Moscow...Won Challenger doubles title in Grenoble (w/Gabashvili) and reached another final in Dnsseldorf (w/Greul)...Also claimed one Futures doubles title (w/Coene)...Earned a career-high $153,217.

CAREER HIGHLIGHTS
2003 – Posted a 1-3 Futures record…2004 – Reached first career Futures final in September at Kepten, Germany (l. to Chadaj)…One week later, claimed first Futures title at Friedberg (d. Zay)…Finished the year with an 18-10 record in Futures and a 1-3 mark in Challengers…Claimed doubles titles at one Futures event (w/ Motti)…2005 – Claimed first career Challenger title at Aachen (d. Sluiter) in early November…Finished with a 15-8 Challenger record while reaching QF or better in final five Challenger events of the season…Won three Futures titles and was finalist at one other event while posting a 31-11 Futures record…Reached doubles final at Recanati Challenger (w/Dustov)…Won a pair of doubles titles at Futures events.