Evgeny Donskoy

He was born and currently resides in Moscow, Russia. Donskoy was mentored by former player and two-time Grand Slam champion Marat Safin.^[1] His favourite surface is hard courts.^{[citation needed]}

In 2010, Donskoy played doubles with the British player Morgan Phillips at the Seville Challenger, losing in the first round.^[2]

By 2013, Marat Safin had built a coaching team for Donskoy that included Morgan Phillips.^[3][4]

Donskoy entered 2013 Australian Open's main draw for the first time, reaching the third round and defeating 23rd seed Mikhail Youzhny en route. He also pushed Andy Murray to three sets in the Indian Wells Masters 1000 event.^[5][6]

Consequently, Donskoy made his Davis Cup debut in Europe/Africa Zone Group I match against Great Britain in Coventry. Donskoy won the first rubber against James Ward, 4–6, 4–6, 7–5, 6–2, 8–6, to help give Russia a 2–0 lead heading into the doubles rubber the following day. Great Britain won the doubles rubber, where Ward opened the day. Ward defeated Dmitry Tursunov, 6–4, 5–7, 5–7, 6–4, 6–4, to level the tie. Dan Evans ranked No. 325 would eventually complete a turnaround, with a straight sets victory over world No. 80 Donskoy.^[7]

Also for the first time, Donskoy entered the 2013 French Open's main draw, beating Jan-Lennard Struff in the first round.^{[citation needed]} At the 2013 TOPSHELF Open held in 's-Hertogenbosch, he took out third seed John Isner in the first round and beat Robin Haase in the second to reach his first ATP Tour quarterfinals.^{[citation needed]}

In December 2014, Donskoy decided to join the team of Boris Sobkin, coach of Mikhail Youzhny.^[8]

In 2016, Donskoy debuted at the Summer Olympics. He defeated 7th seed David Ferrer in the second round, but then lost to Steve Johnson in the third.^{[citation needed]}

In 2017, Donskoy beat Australian Open champion Roger Federer in the second round of the Dubai Tennis Championships, having saved three match points in the second set, trailing 5–2 in the final set and down 5–1 in the final set tie-breaker. This was Donskoy's first career win over a top-ten player.^[9][10]

At the 2021 US Open he qualified for his ninth consecutive main draw appearance at this Major.^[11][12] He lost to Félix Auger-Aliassime in the first round.^[13]

Donskoy retired from professional tennis after the 2024 season and started coaching Karen Khachanov.^[14]

Donskoy has very powerful, flat groundstrokes, especially his forehand, which can produce spectacular points but also a lot of unforced errors.^[15]

Current through the 2022 Australian Open.

• indicates the outcome of the Davis Cup match followed by the score, date, place of event, the zonal classification and its phase, and the court surface.

Rubber outcome	No.	Rubber	Match type (partner if any)	Opponent nation	Opponent player(s)	Score
2–3; 5–7 April 2013; Ricoh Arena, Coventry, Great Britain; Europe/Africa second round; hard(i) surface
Victory	1	II	Singles	Great Britain	James Ward	4–6, 4–6, 7–5, 6–3, 8–6
Defeat	2	V	Singles		Daniel Evans	4–6, 4–6, 1–6
4–1; 12–14 September 2014; Olympic Stadium, Moscow, Russia; Europe/Africa second round play-off; hard(i) surface
Victory	3	II	Singles	Portugal	João Sousa	7–6(9–7), 6–4, 3–6, 6–1
4–1; 6–8 March 2015; Sport Complex Gazprom Dobycha Yamburg, Novy Urengoy, Russia; Europe/Africa first round; hard(i) surface
Defeat	4	I	Singles	Denmark	Frederik Nielsen	6–2, 3–6, 2–6, 6–7(5–7)
3–2; 17–19 July 2015; Fetisov Arena, Vladivostok, Russia; Europe/Africa second round; hard(i) surface
Victory	5	III	Doubles (with Konstantin Kravchuk)	Spain	Marc López / David Marrero	4–6, 7–6(7–3), 5–7, 7–5, 6–4
Victory	6	IV	Singles		Tommy Robredo	6–3, 5–6, 6–2, 7–6(7–3)
1–4; 18–20 September 2015; Baikal-Arena, Irkutsk, Russia; World Group play-offs; hard(i) surface
Defeat	7	III	Doubles (with Konstantin Kravchuk)	Italy	Simone Bolelli / Fabio Fognini	5–7, 6–2, 6–7(5–7), 6–7(2–7)
5–0; 4–6 March 2016; Kazan Tennis Academy, Kazan, Russia; Europe/Africa first round; hard(i) surface
Victory	8	III	Doubles (with Konstantin Kravchuk)	Sweden	Johan Brunström / Robert Lindstedt	6–3, 7–6(7–5), 6–2
3–1; 17–18 September 2016; National Tennis Center, Moscow, Russia; World Group play-offs; hard surface
Defeat	9	II	Singles	Kazakhstan	Mikhail Kukushkin	7–6(9–7), 2–6, 6–4, 2–6, 2–6
1–3; 6–7 April 2018; Luzhniki Small Sports Arena, Moscow, Russia; Europe/Africa second round; hard(i) surface
Defeat	10	IV	Singles	Austria	Jürgen Melzer	3–6, 6–3, 3–6
3–1; 1–2 February 2019; Swiss Tennis Arena, Biel/Bienne, Switzerland; qualifying round; hard(i) surface
Defeat	11	III	Doubles (with Andrey Rublev)	Switzerland	Jérôme Kym / Henri Laaksonen	6–4, 3–6, 6–7(1–7)

Rubber outcome	No.	Rubber	Match type (partner if any)	Opponent nation	Opponent player(s)	Score
4–2; 2–3 February 2021; Melbourne Park, Melbourne, Australia; group stage; hard surface
Defeat	1	III	Doubles (with Aslan Karatsev)		Ben McLachlan / Yoshihito Nishioka	6–4, 3–6, [10–12]
2–1; 6–7 February 2021; Melbourne Park, Melbourne, Australia; Knockout stage; hard surface
Defeat	2	III	Doubles (with Aslan Karatsev)		Kevin Krawietz / Jan-Lennard Struff	3–6, 6–7(2–7)

Donskoy's match record against those who have been ranked in the top 10. Players who have been No. 1 are in boldface.

As of 21 July 2021

2021

• Davis Cup winner with Russia
• ATP Cup winner with Russia