Kirill Ivanov-Smolensky (born 19 February 1981) is a former professional

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player from

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Career

Ivanov-Smolensky was a boys' singles semi-finalist in the 1998 Wimbledon Championships.ITF Junior Profile
/ref> He also made the semi-finals in the boys' doubles, with Slovakian Frantisek Babej, which matched his efforts from Wimbledon the previous year, when he partnered Adrian Barnes to the semi-finals. During his junior career he played a doubles tournament with

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, held at the Bollettieri Sports Academy in 1997. In 1998, Ivanov-Smolensky represented

in their

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World Group win over

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/ref> He played one match, a dead rubber against

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, which he lost in straight sets. On the

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, he appeared in the main singles draw of four tournaments, the 1998 St. Petersburg Open, 1999 Heineken Trophy, 2002 President's Cup and 2002 Ordina Open.ATP World Tour Profile
/ref> At each of those events he was beaten in the opening round, by four different Germans. He did, however, make two doubles quarter-finals: at

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in 1998 (with Dmitri Tomashevich), and

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in 2000 (with Orlin Stanoytchev).

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Ivanov-Smolensky, Kirill 1981 births Living people Russian male tennis players Tennis players from Moscow 20th-century Russian sportsmen 21st-century Russian sportsmen