Artem Sitak

Artem Sitak
Medal record
Tennis
Representing Russia
Summer Universiade

Artem Sitak
Country (sports)	Russia (2002 – 2010); New Zealand (2011 – )
Residence	Auckland, New Zealand
Born	8 February 1986 (age 38); Orenburg, Soviet Union
Height	1.81 m (5 ft 11+1⁄2 in)
Plays	Right-handed (two-handed backhand)
Prize money	US$108,204
Singles
Career record	24 – 59
Career titles	0
Highest ranking	No. 299 (August 11, 2008)
Current ranking	No. 753 (April 28, 2014)
Doubles
Career record	0–1
Career titles	1
Highest ranking	No. 141 (April 21, 2014)
Current ranking	No. 150 (April 28, 2014)
	Last updated on: December 22, 2012.

Artem Yurievich Sitak (born 8 February 1986) is a Russian-born New Zealand tennis player. On August 11, 2008, he reached his highest ATP singles ranking of World No. 299, whilst his highest doubles ranking of 155 was reached on August 30, 2010. He is the younger brother of Dmitri Sitak, who is also a tennis player.^[1]

Tennis career

Junior Years

As a 13 year old in 1999 Sitak received a wildcard into the main draw of an ITF junior tournament in Ozerov, Russia where he was defeated by Evgueni Smirnov 6-4 6-1. The following year he entered qualifying of the same tournament and defeated future ATP top 50 player Denis Istomin 6-0 6-1 to win his first ITF junior match. Sitak was taken out in the third and final round of qualifying by a future ATP top 100 player Teimuraz Gabashvili 6-4 7-5.

At the age of 14, Artem won the prestigious Orange Bowl.

Sitak made his first junior Grand Slam appearance at the age of 15 at the 2002 Australian Open where he was beaten in straight sets by Australian Christopher Roman. Sitak's last junior tournament came a year later at the 2003 Australian Open where he was eliminated by Korean Hyun-Joon Suk in the first round.

Senior career

Sitak began his senior career in 2002 at a challenger event in Togliatti, Russia where he received a wildcard into the main draw but fell in the first round to Thomas Blake, older brother of former top 10 player James Blake. Artem's first title came in 2005 in a Russian futures tournament where he defeated Pavel Chekhov 4-6 6-4 6-4 in the final.

2011

Sitak began 2011 under the New Zealand flag and received a wildcard into the 2011 Heineken Open qualifying where he was defeated by Frenchman Ludovic Walter 6-3 6-4 in the first round. Artem currently represents New Zealand in Davis Cup.

ATP Tour finals

Doubles: 1 (1-0)

Outcome	No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Partner	Opponents in the final	Score
Winner	1.	July 13, 2014	MercedesCup, Stuttgart, Germany	Clay	Mateusz Kowalczyk	Guillermo García-López Philipp Oswald	2-6, 6-1, [10-7]

ITF Tour finals

Singles: 5 (5–0)

Legend
ATP Challenger Tour (0–0)
ITF Futures (5–0)

Outcome	No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Opponent in the final	Score
Winner	1.	27 August 2005	F3 Korolev	Clay	Pavel Chekhov	4–6, 6–4, 6–4
Winner	2.	9 March 2008	F6 McAllen	Hard	Tim Smyczek	6–4, 6–2
Winner	3.	20 April 2008	F8 Little Rock	Hard	Matthew Roberts	6–4, 6–3
Winner	4.	7 March 2010	F7 McAllen	Hard	Mario Ančić	6–1, 6–4
Winner	5.	26 November 2012	F2 Phnom Penh	Hard	Alexander Ward	6–4, 6-7^(3–7), 7-6^(7–4)

Doubles finals: 31 (20–11)

Legend
ATP Challenger Tour (5–7)
ITF Futures (15–4)

Outcome	No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Partner	Opponents in the final	Score
Winner	1.	2003	F1 Russia	Clay	Dmitri Sitak		6–
Winner	2.	2004	F3 Qatar	Hard	Dmitri Sitak		6–
Winner	3.	2004	F4 Qatar	Hard	Dmitri Sitak		6–
Winner	4.	2004	F5 Qatar	Hard	Dmitri Sitak		6–
Winner	5.	2005	F12 Spain	Hard	Dmitri Sitak		6–
Winner	6.	27 August 2005	F3 Korolev	Clay	Dmitri Sitak	V. Kozin A. Miller	6–4, 7–6^(7–4)
Winner	7.	15 January 2006	F2 Germany	Hard (i)	Stéphane Bohli	P. Marx T. Popp	6–3, 7–5
Winner	8.	19 March 2006	F4 Lille	Hard (i)	Stéphane Bohli	Frederico Gil F. Urban	6–1, 6–2
Runner–up	1.	22 July 2006	Penza Cup	Hard	Denis Matsukevich	Murad Inoyatov Denis Istomin	1–6, 3–6
Winner	9.	25 February 2007	F2 Trento	Hard (i)	Dmitri Sitak	Raphael Durek Joseph Sirianni	7–6^(7–4), 6–3
Winner	10.	28 September 2008	Lubbock	Hard	Roman Borvanov	Alex Bogomolov, Jr. Dusan Vemic	6–2, 6–3
Winner	11.	8 November 2009	F27 Birmingham	Clay	Tigran Martirosyan	C. Gaston Michael Venus	6–3, 6–4
Winner	12.	15 November 2009	F28 Niceville	Clay	Tigran Martirosyan	S. Bangoura Denis Kudla	6–4, 7–5
Winner	13.	28 February 2010	F6 Harlingen	Hard	Cătălin-Ionuț Gârd	M. Bocko V. Obradovic	6–4, 7–6^(7–3)
Runner–up	2.	30 May 2010	Carson	Hard	Leonardo Tavares	Brian Battistone Nicholas Monroe	7–5, 3–6, [4–10]
Winner	14.	6 June 2010	Ojai	Hard	Leonardo Tavares	Harsh Mankad Izak van der Merwe	4–6, 6–4, [10–8]
Winner	15.	8 August 2010	Beijing	Hard	Pierre-Ludovic Duclos	Sadik Kadir Purav Raja	7–6^(7–4), 7–6^(7–5)
Winner	16.	10 April 2011	F9 Little Rock	Hard	Nima Roshan	T. Fogleman B. Rogers	6–3, 7–5
Winner	17.	19 June 2011	F7 Morelia	Hard	Marcus Daniell	R. Gonzalez Carsten Ball	6–0, 6–3
Runner–up	3.	27 August 2011	F4 Medellín	Clay	P. Aarts	R. Carvalho Fabiano de Paula	3–6, 3–6
Runner–up	4.	18 March 2012	F7 Calabasas	Hard	Nima Roshan	Maxim Dubarenco Brydan Klein	6–7^(5–7), 4–6
Runner–up	5.	8 April 2012	Tallahassee	Hard	Blake Strode	Martin Emmrich Andreas Siljeström	2–6, 6–7^(4–7)
Runner–up	6.	6 October 2012	F37 Antalya	Hard	E. Eremin	Maxim Dubarenco Brydan Klein	4–6, 6–3, [9–11]
Runner–up	7.	6 January 2013	Nouméa	Hard	Jose Statham	Samuel Groth Toshihide Matsui	6–7^(6–8), 6–1, [4–10]
Winner	18.	24 March 2013	F1 Ipswich	Hard	Jose Statham	Jacob Grills Dane Propoggia	6–3, 6–1
Runner–up	8.	14 April 2013	F9 Oklahoma City	Hard	Saketh Myneni	Jean-Yves Aubone Dennis Nevolo	1–6, 5–7
Runner–up	9.	29 July 2013	Oberstaufen	Clay	Stephan Fransen	Dominik Meffert Philipp Oswald	1–6, 6–3, [12–14]
Winner	19.	6 October 2013	São Paulo	Clay	Roman Borvanov	Sergio Galdós Guido Pella	6–4, 7–6^(7–3)
Runner–up	10.	24 November 2013	Toyota	Synthec (i)	Marcus Daniell	Chase Buchanan Blaž Rola	6–4, 3–6, [4–10]
Runner–up	11.	6 April 2014	León	Hard	Marcus Daniell	Samuel Groth Chris Guccione	3–6, 4–6
Winner	20.	9 May 2014	Rome	Clay	Radu Albot	Andrea Arnaboldi Flavio Cipolla	4–6, 6–2, [11–9]