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. Bubka is the son of pole vaulter

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. On 1 November 2012, Sergei Bubka was seriously injured in a fall from the third floor of an apartment building in

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. He returned to play tennis in February 2014.

Career summary

Sergei's biggest success in his career was beating the 5th-seeded

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in the first round of the

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. He also hit a 157 MPH serve during qualifying for the 2011 US Open, which would have been the record had the serve not been out.

ATP Challenger and ITF Futures titles

Singles: 2

Doubles: 7

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