Mischa Zverev

Mikhail "Mischa" Alexandrovich Zverev (born 22 August 1987) is a German inactive professional tennis player.

Zverev was born in Moscow, USSR but grew up in Hamburg, Germany when his parents emigrated there in 1990.

He is the son of former Russian tennis player Alexander Zverev Sr., who is also his coach.

Internationally, he represents Germany and resides in Monte Carlo, Monaco.

His younger brother, Alexander Zverev, also plays on the tour.

Zverev had a very successful junior career, attaining a No. 3 combined world ranking and making 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 reached the final of the French Open in the same year.

As a junior, then known as Mihail Zverev, he compiled a 123–50 win–loss record in singles (and 79–33 in doubles).

In October 2006, he made his first quarterfinal at ATP level in Bangkok, Thailand, beating former world No. 1 Juan Carlos Ferrero and former world No. 5 Rainer Schüttler before losing to Marat Safin, also a former world No. 1.

He spent all of 2007 inside the top 200 and, in July, made a second quarterfinal in Rhode Island.

He then won a Challenger title in August at a tournament held in Istanbul and followed that up with another quarterfinal run at the Bronx Challenger, which saw him crack the top 100 for the first time in his career.

At 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 victory by winning the doubles together with his partner Mikhail Youzhny at the Gerry Weber Open in Halle, Germany.

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

In May, he reached the quarterfinals 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 teammates Nicolas Kiefer, Rainer Schüttler and Philipp Kohlschreiber.

As a qualifier, he has also reached the quarterfinals of both the 2009 Italian Open and the 2016 Shanghai Masters.

He is the brother of former world No. 2 and two-time ATP Finals champion Alexander Zverev.

At the 2009 Wimbledon Championships, Zverev beat 25th seed Dmitry Tursunov in straight sets.

He faced Philipp Petzschner in the second 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.

Zverev began 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.

Zverev regained his form at the European indoor tournaments.

In Marseille he reached the semifinal, defeating world No. 17 Tommy Robredo along the way.

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 would not win a main draw match in a tournament for the next seven weeks.

In preparation for Wimbledon he accepted a Wildcard into the 2010 Gerry Weber Open where he defeated Florent Serra and Jürgen Melzer before falling to Benjamin Becker.

Again, Zverev seemed to have found some form, but he was defeated by Andre Begemann in the first round of qualifying at Wimbledon.

Zverev then decided to enter more ATP Challenger Tour events and reached the quarterfinals of the Oberstaufen Challenger.

Despite being granted a wildcard into both Stuttgart and Hamburg, he could not manage to win more than one match.

He achieved a career-high singles ranking of world No. 25 on 24 July 2017.

At the 2017 Australian Open, Zverev defeated world No. 1 Andy Murray in four sets before losing in the quarterfinals to eventual champion Roger Federer.