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Artem Sitak

Sitak at the 2022 BNP Paribas Primrose Bordeaux
Country (sports)	Russia (2002–2010)  New Zealand (2011–)
Residence	Auckland, New Zealand
Born	(1986-02-08) 8 February 1986 (age 39) Orenburg, Russia (then part of Soviet Union)
Height	1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)
Turned pro	2001
Retired	January 2024
Plays	Right-handed (two-handed backhand)
Prize money	US ,194,577
Singles
Career record	5–6
Career titles	0
Highest ranking	No. 299 (11 August 2008)
Grand Slam singles results
Australian Open Junior	1R (2003)
Wimbledon Junior	1R (2002)
Doubles
Career record	155–174
Career titles	5
Highest ranking	No. 32 (10 September 2018)
Grand Slam doubles results
Australian Open	3R (2015)
French Open	3R (2018)
Wimbledon	QF (2018)
US Open	2R (2014, 2016, 2018)
Grand Slam mixed doubles results
Australian Open	1R (2016, 2018, 2019)
French Open	2R (2017)
Wimbledon	QF (2019)
US Open	2R (2017)

Artem Sitak

Medal record
Tennis
Representing  Russia
Summer Universiade
Gold	2005 Izmir	Singles
Gold	2005 Izmir	Doubles

Artem Yurievich Sitak is a former professional tennis player from New Zealand, born in Russia on February 8, 1986. He is known for his doubles play, where he reached his highest ranking of World No. 32 in September 2018. His older brother, Dmitri Sitak, was also a professional tennis player.

Artem's Early Tennis Days

Artem Sitak started playing tennis at a young age. When he was 13, he got a special entry into a big junior tournament in Russia. He played his first junior match there in 1999. The next year, he won his first junior match against Denis Istomin, who later became a top 50 player.

At just 14 years old, Artem won the famous Orange Bowl tournament. This is a very important event for young tennis players around the world. He played in his first junior Grand Slam at the 2002 Australian Open when he was 15.

Turning Professional

Starting His Pro Career (2002-2012)

Artem began his professional tennis journey in 2002. His first big win came in 2005 when he won a "Futures" tournament in Russia. These are smaller tournaments for players starting out.

In 2011, Artem started playing under the New Zealand flag. He also won the men's singles title at the Ojai Tennis Tournament in 2012.

First Big Wins in Doubles (2014)

In 2014, Artem achieved a major milestone. He teamed up with Polish player Mateusz Kowalczyk to win his first ATP doubles title at the 2014 MercedesCup in Germany. This was a big step up in his career.

New Partnerships and Grand Slam Success (2017-2019)

Artem often played doubles with different partners. In 2017, he started playing with Dutch player Wesley Koolhof. They reached several finals together and won a "Challenger" event, which is a level below the main ATP Tour.

The year 2018 was a strong one for Artem. With Wesley Koolhof, he reached the quarter-finals at Wimbledon. This was his best result ever at a Grand Slam tournament! They had some exciting matches, even coming back from two sets down twice. After Wimbledon, Artem teamed up with Indian player Divij Sharan. Together, they won the Hall of Fame Championships in Newport.

In 2019, Artem started playing with American player Austin Krajicek. They reached the final of the Mexican Open, which was a big achievement for both of them. Later that year, Artem won the Antalya Open with Jonathan Erlich. At Wimbledon, Artem and his mixed doubles partner, Laura Siegemund, had a very memorable match where the sprinklers suddenly turned on during their game! They also played in the first mixed doubles match at Wimbledon to use a special tie-break rule at 12-12 in the final set.

Later Career and Retirement (2020-2024)

Artem continued to play in many tournaments, often changing partners. In 2020, he won a Challenger title in Ostrava with Igor Zelenay. He also helped the New Zealand team win a match in the Davis Cup, a big international team competition.

In January 2024, Artem Sitak announced that he was retiring from professional tennis. He played his very last professional match at the 2024 ASB Classic in New Zealand.

ATP Career Finals

Doubles: 13 (5 titles, 8 runners-up)

Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Tier	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Win	1–0	Jul 2014	Stuttgart Open, Germany	250 Series	Clay	Mateusz Kowalczyk	Guillermo García López Philipp Oswald	2–6, 6–1, [10–7]
Win	2–0	Feb 2015	Open Sud de France, France	250 Series	Hard (i)	Marcus Daniell	Dominic Inglot Florin Mergea	3–6, 6–4, [16–14]
Loss	2–1	Feb 2015	Memphis Open, United States	250 Series	Hard (i)	Donald Young	Mariusz Fyrstenberg Santiago González	7–5, 6–7(1–7), [8–10]
Loss	2–2	Apr 2015	Romanian Open, Romania	250 Series	Clay	Nicholas Monroe	Marius Copil Adrian Ungur	6–3, 5–7, [15–17]
Win	3–2	Jun 2016	Stuttgart Open, Germany (2)	250 Series	Grass	Marcus Daniell	Oliver Marach Fabrice Martin	6–7(4–7), 6–4, [10–8]
Loss	3–3	Jul 2017	Atlanta Open, United States	250 Series	Hard	Wesley Koolhof	Bob Bryan Mike Bryan	3–6, 4–6
Loss	3–4	Sep 2017	Moselle Open, France	250 Series	Hard (i)	Wesley Koolhof	Julien Benneteau Édouard Roger-Vasselin	5–7, 3–6
Loss	3–5	Feb 2018	New York Open, United States	250 Series	Hard (i)	Wesley Koolhof	Max Mirnyi Philipp Oswald	4–6, 6–4, [6–10]
Loss	3–6	Mar 2018	Brasil Open, Brazil	250 Series	Clay (i)	Wesley Koolhof	Federico Delbonis Máximo González	4–6, 2–6
Loss	3–7	May 2018	Estoril Open, Portugal	250 Series	Clay	Wesley Koolhof	Kyle Edmund Cameron Norrie	4–6, 2–6
Win	4–7	Jul 2018	Hall of Fame Open, United States	250 Series	Grass	Jonathan Erlich	Marcelo Arévalo Miguel Ángel Reyes-Varela	6–1, 6–2
Loss	4–8	Mar 2019	Mexican Open, Mexico	500 Series	Hard	Austin Krajicek	Alexander Zverev Mischa Zverev	6–2, 6–7(4–7), [5–10]
Win	5–8	Jun 2019	Antalya Open, Turkey	250 Series	Grass	Jonathan Erlich	Ivan Dodig Filip Polášek	6–3, 6–4

Davis Cup (21)

Note: walkover victory when Pakistan abandoned the tie in 2013 is not counted as a match played

• indicates the outcome of the Davis Cup match followed by the score, date, place of event, the zonal classification and its phase, and the court surface.

Rubber outcome	No.	Rubber	Match type (partner if any)	Opponent nation	Opponent player(s)	Score
2–3; 4–6 March 2011; Sport Complex Pahlavon, Namangan, Uzbekistan; Group I Asia/Oceania First round; Clay (i) surface
Defeat	1.	I	Singles	Uzbekistan	Farrukh Dustov	0–6, 3–6, 1–6
Victory	1.	IV	Singles (dead rubber)		Murad Inoyatov	6–1, 6–7(5–7), 6–3
5–0; 8–10 July 2011; TSB Hub, Hāwera, New Zealand; Group I Asia/Oceania First round play-off; Hard (i) surface
Victory	2.	III	Doubles (with Marcus Daniell)	Philippines	Ruben Gonzales / Cecil Mamiit	7–6(7–0), 6–3, 6–2
Victory	3.	V	Singles (dead rubber)		Cecil Mamiit	6–4, 7–5
2–3; 10–12 February 2012; TECT Arena, Tauranga, New Zealand; Group I Asia/Oceania First round; Hard (i) surface
Victory	4.	IV	Singles (dead rubber)	Uzbekistan	Murad Inoyatov	6–2, 3–6, 6–3
0–5; 14–16 September 2012; CLTA Tennis Stadium, Chandigarh, India; Group I Asia/Oceania First round play-off; Hard surface
Defeat	2.	V	Singles (dead rubber)	India	Sanam Singh	4–6, 1–6
2–3; 19–21 October 2012; Kaohsiung Yangming Tennis Courts, Kaohsiung, Taiwan; Group I Asia/Oceania Relegation playoff, 2nd round play-off; Hard surface
Victory	5.	V	Singles (dead rubber)	Chinese Taipei	Yang Tsung-hua	6–1, 7–6(7–3)
5–0; 1–3 February 2013; Albany Tennis Park, Auckland, New Zealand; Group II Asia/Oceania First round; Hard (i) surface
Victory	6.	II	Singles	Lebanon	Karim Alayli	6–2, 6–1, 6–0
Victory	7.	V	Singles (dead rubber)		Michael Massih	6–0, 6–0
4–1; 5–7 April 2013; Pun Hiang Golf & Country Club, Yangon, Myanmar; Group II Asia/Oceania Second round; Grass surface
Defeat	3.	I	Singles	Pakistan	Aqeel Khan	5–7, 6–3, 2–6, 5–7
Victory	(not counted as match played)	V	Singles (dead rubber)		Aisam-ul-Haq Qureshi	Walkover
3–2; 13–15 September 2013; Plantation Bay Resort & Spa, Lapu-Lapu, Philippines; Group II Asia/Oceania Third round; Clay surface
Defeat	4.	III	Doubles (with Marcus Daniell)	Philippines	Francis Casey Alcantara / Treat Huey	4–6, 3–6, 4–6
4–1; 24–26 October 2014; Z Energy Wilding Park Tennis Centre, Christchurch, New Zealand; Group I Asia/Oceania Relegation play-off 2nd round play-off; Hard (i) surface
Victory	8.	III	Doubles (with Marcus Daniell)	Chinese Taipei	Peng Hsien-yin / Wang Chieh-fu	6–0, 6–4, 6–2
Defeat	5.	IV	Singles		Yang Tsung-hua	3–6, 7–5, 2–6
4–1; 6–8 March 2015; ASB Tennis Centre, Auckland, New Zealand; Group I Asia/Oceania First round; Hard surface
Victory	9.	III	Doubles (with Marcus Daniell)	China	Li Zhe / Zhang Ze	6–7(3–7), 6–7(4–7), 7–6(7–1), 6–3, 6–2
2–3; 17–19 July 2015; Wilding Park Tennis Centre, Christchurch, New Zealand; Group I Asia/Oceania Second round; Hard (i) surface
Victory	10.	III	Doubles (with Marcus Daniell)	India	Rohan Bopanna / Saketh Myneni	6–3, 7–6(7–1), 6–3
1–3; 4–6 March 2016; Seoul Olympic Park Tennis Center, Seoul, South Korea; Group I Asia/Oceania Second round; Hard surface
Victory	11.	III	Doubles (with Michael Venus)	South Korea	Lee Duck-hee / Lim Yong-kyu	7–6(7–3), 6–4, 4–6, 6–4
1–4; 3–5 February 2017; Balewadi Sports Complex, Pune, India; Group I Asia/Oceania First round; Hard surface
Victory	12.	III	Doubles (with Michael Venus)	India	Leander Paes / Vishnu Vardhan	3–6, 6–3, 7–6(8–6), 6–3
3–2; 7–9 April 2017; ASB Tennis Centre, Auckland, New Zealand; Group I Asia/Oceania Relegation play-off 1st round play-off; Hard surface
Victory	13.	III	Doubles (with Marcus Daniell)	South Korea	Chung Hong / Lee Jea-moon	6–2, 4–6, 6–4, 7–6(7–4)
1–3; 1–3 February 2018; Tianjin Tennis Center, Tianjin, China; Group I Asia/Oceania First round; Hard (i) surface
Defeat	6.	III	Doubles (with Marcus Daniell)	China	Gong Maoxin / Zhang Ze	4–6, 4–6
2–3; 14–15 September 2018; Gimcheon Sports Town Tennis Courts, Gimcheon, South Korea; Group I Asia/Oceania Relegation playoff, 2nd round playoff; Hard (i) surface
Victory	14.	III	Doubles (with Ajeet Rai)	South Korea	Hong Seong-chan / Lee Jea-moon	7–5, 6–3
3–1; 6–7 March 2020; ASB Tennis Centre, Auckland, New Zealand; World Group I Play-off, Play-off round; Hard surface
Victory	15.	III	Doubles (with Marcus Daniell)	Venezuela	Luis David Martínez / Jordi Muñoz Abreu	6–3, 7–6(7–3)

Performance timelines

Doubles

	Russia						New Zealand
Tournament	2005	2006	2007	2008	2009	2010	2011	2012	2013	2014	2015	2016	2017	2018	2019	2020	2021	2022	SR	W–L
Grand Slam tournaments
Australian Open	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	3R	1R	2R	2R	2R	2R	1R	1R	0 / 8	6–8
French Open	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	2R	2R	1R	3R	1R	1R	A	A	0 / 6	4–6
Wimbledon	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	Q1	2R	1R	3R	QF	1R	NH	1R	A	0 / 6	6–6
US Open	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	2R	1R	2R	1R	2R	1R	A	A	A	0 / 6	3–6
Win–loss	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	1–1	4–4	2–4	3–4	7–4	1–4	1–2	0–2	0–1	0 / 26	19–26
ATP World Tour Masters 1000
Indian Wells Masters	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	1R	NH	A	A	0 / 1	0–1
Miami Open	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	1R	NH	A	A	0 / 1	0–1
Monte-Carlo Masters	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	NH	A	A	0 / 0	0–0
Madrid Open	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	1R	NH	A	A	0 / 1	0–1
Italian Open	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	2R	A	A	A	0 / 1	1–1
Canadian Open	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	1R	A	NH	A	A	0 / 1	0–1
Cincinnati Masters	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	1R	A	A	A	A	0 / 1	0–1
Shanghai Masters	Not Held				A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	2R	A	NH		A	0 / 1	1–1
Paris Masters	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	2R	2R	1R	A	A	0 / 3	2–3
Win–loss	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	2–4	2–5	0–1	0–0	0–0	0 / 10	4–10
National representation
Davis Cup	A	A	A	A	A	A	Z1	Z1	Z2	Z1	Z1	Z1	Z1	Z1	A	PO	A		0 / 0	10–2
Career statistics
Tournaments	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	4	24	24	23	30	30	12	17	4	172
Titles	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	0	1	1	0	0	0	5
Finals	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	3	1	2	4	2	0	0	0	14
Overall win–loss	0–1	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	1–1	0–1	0–2	6–3	27–23	21–23	26–23	36–29	19–27	8–12	5–17	3–4	152–166
Year-end ranking	423	419	467	518	354	182	357	351	144	68	43	62	55	34	62	78	110		47.8%

Mixed doubles

Although the US and French Opens took place in 2020, mixed doubles were not included in either event due to the COVID-19 coronavirus.

See also

In Spanish: Artem Sitak para niños