Denys Petrovych Molchanov (; born 16 May 1987) is a Ukrainian

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player competing on the

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. He has won two ATP doubles titles. He has also won 15 ITF singles and 66 doubles titles, 36 of them Challengers. On 5 January 2015 he reached his highest ATP singles ranking of World No. 169, whilst his highest doubles ranking of No. 58 was reached on 29 January 2024. He also played for the Ukraine Davis Cup team.

Career

2018: Maiden ATP doubles final

Molchanov reached his first ATP doubles final at the 2018 Swiss Open in Gstaad partnering Igor Zelenay.

2022: Maiden ATP title

At the 2022 Melbourne Summer Set 1 Molchanov reached the semifinals partnering

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losing to sixth seeds Aleksandr Nedovyesov and

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. At the 2022 Open 13 Molchanov won his first title partnering Russian Andrey Rublev in Marseilles.

2023: 35th Challenger title, second ATP title, top 65

Molchanov won his 34th Challenger and first Challenger 175 in

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partnering Kazakhstani Andrey Golubev. As a result, he returned to the top 100 in the doubles rankings on 22 May 2023. He reached his third doubles final at the 2023 Stockholm Open and won his second title with Andrey Golubev. As a result, he reached world No. 62, a new career high doubles ranking on 23 October 2023.

2024: Win over world No.1, Major third round

At the 2024 Australian Open partnering Nikola Ćaćić the pair defeated the world No. 1 and No. 2 players, the top seeded pair of

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and

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in the second round to reach the third round, Molchanov's first time at a Major.

Performance timelines

Doubles

Mixed doubles

Personal information

Denys Molchanov lives with his family in Zagreb. In February 2015, he faced never confirmed or investigated allegations of match-fixing after suspicious betting patterns and unforced errors were noticed during a defeat to Agustín Velotti.

ATP career finals

Doubles: 3 (2 titles, 1 runner-up)

Challenger and Futures finals

Singles: 26 (15–11)

Doubles: 107 (68–39)

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