Igor Kunitsyn is a
professional male tennis player from Russia. He
cracked the top 100 for the first time in 2006 and
reached a career high singles ranking of 78 on March
05, 2007.
He had his best match on the tour at the 2007 Tennis
Channel Open's round robin match between Kunitsyn
and Safin, where the winner would make it to the
quarters. Kunitsyn had won the first set 6-4 and had
an early break in the 2nd before Safin fought back
and then got a 5-3 lead. While serving for the
match, Kunitsyn broke Safin and then held to get it
to 5-5. The set went to a tiebreaker which Safin
won. Kunitsyn was still dangerous, as he won the
first 3 games of the 3rd set, before losing the next
4. Kunitsyn performed the same as before, and broke
Safin again to get the set on equal terms. At 5-5,
Kunitsyn suffered a fatal break and Safin ultimately
won the 3rd set 7-5.
