Evgeny Korolev is a Russian tennis player; also the
cousin of retired Russian player Anna Kournikova. He
began playing tennis at age four with his father and
picked up his first ATP points at age 15 in three
German Challengers. He can speak Russian, German,
English and Spanish. He is currently the
second-youngest member of the Top 100, behind only
Juan Martin del Potro of Argentina. Lately, he has
had success on the ATP Challenger Series and has
started to appear on on the ATP Tour, reaching the
quarterfinals in the Medibank International in early
2007. At Las Vegas, he made it to his first career
ATP semifinal, taking out James Blake in the round
robin stage, as well as fast-rising American Sam
Querrey in the quarterfinals, before losing to
Austrian Jurgen Melzer in 3 sets.
