Andrei Olhovskiy

Who is Andrei Olhovskiy?

Andrei Olhovskiy is a former tennis player from Russia, who turned professional in 1989.

Olhovskiy represented his native country at the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul and 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, where he reached the quarter-finals as a wild card before falling to Brazil's Fernando Meligeni.

The right-hander won 2 career titles in singles and 20 titles in doubles, French Open and Australian Open champion in mixed doubles. Olhovskiy reached his highest ATP singles ranking on 14 June 1993, when he became World No. 49, and his highest doubles ranking of No. 6. He played for the Russian Davis Cup team 1983–2001.

He memorably defeated No. 1 seed Jim Courier in the third round of Wimbledon in 1992 to reach his second fourth round appearance at a slam. Courier had already won titles at both the 1992 Australian Open on hard court and 1992 French Open on clay, thus on his way to completing the Grand Slam and conditions were favorable, the 1992 edition being relatively poor in rain, allowing fellow baseline counter Andre Agassi to claim the title.