Orest Tereshchuk (born 18 August 1981) is a former professional
tennis player from
Ukraine.
Career
Tereshchuk began playing
Davis Cup
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tennis for the
Ukrainian national team in 1999. His last appearance in 2007 was his 18th tie for Ukraine, leveling
Andrei Medvedev's record. He finished with a 22/10 career record, second only to Medvedev.
Davis Cup Profile
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On the ATP Tour he made doubles appearances in the 2006 Kremlin Cup
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(partnering Alexey Kedryuk
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Kedryuk reached his highest individual ranking on the ATP Tour
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) and the 2007 St. Petersburg Open
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(partnering Sergiy Stakhovsky) but was unable to progress past the opening round in either.[ATP World Tour Profile]
/ref> He was however highly successful on the ATP Challenger circuit, winning 11 doubles titles.[ As a singles player, he had the best win of his career in a Challenger tournament at ]Dnipropetrovsk
Dnipro, previously called Dnipropetrovsk from 1926 until May 2016, is Ukraine's fourth-largest city, with about one million inhabitants. It is located in the eastern part of Ukraine, southeast of the Ukrainian capital Kyiv on the Dnieper Rive ...
in 2003, when he defeated Karol Beck, then ranked 66th in the world.[
The Ukrainian teamed up with Lars Burgsmüller at the ]2007 Wimbledon Championships
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and after making it through qualifying they faced the Belgian pairing of Olivier Rochus and Kristof Vliegen in the first round.[ Tereschchuk and Burgsmüller lost the match in straight sets.][
]
Challenger titles
Doubles: (11)
References
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1981 births
Living people
Ukrainian male tennis players
Sportspeople from Lviv