Andrei Stanislavovich Olhovskiy (; ; born 15 April 1966) is a former

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player from Russia, who turned professional in 1989.

Career

Olhovskiy represented the Soviet Union at the

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in Seoul and Russia at the

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in Atlanta, where he reached the quarterfinals as a wild card before falling to Brazil's

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. The right-hander won two career titles in singles (Copenhagen, 1993 and Shanghai, 1996) and 20 titles in doubles, French Open (1993) and Australian Open (1994) champion in mixed doubles. Olhovskiy reached his highest ATP singles ranking on 14 June 1993, when he became world No. 49, and his highest doubles ranking of No. 6 (31 July 1995). He played for the Russia Davis Cup team from 1983 to 2001. He defeated No. 1 seed

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in the third round of Wimbledon in

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Career finals

Singles (2 wins, 2 losses)

Doubles: 40 (20–20)

Doubles performance timeline

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