General Yevgeny Arkadevny
Kudryavtsev
Male
USSR
1898-02-21
, USSR
1973-07-16
, USSR


About

Yevgeny Kudryavtsev (b. 1898) started playing tennis at the age of 10 on the courts of the Lakhtinsky LTK Kleverny Listok "Clover Leaf". Became champion of LTK "Cloverleaf" in 1915. During the Civil War he fought in the Red Army. After the end of the civil war he returned to playing tennis and won all events of the Petrograd Championships. On the court, Kudryavtsev stood out for his technical, varied and aggressive play, and excellent sense of the ball. He was a left-hander, his main strengths were a quick and accurate shot from the back line, an excellent volley. He did not wait for his opponent’s mistakes, but boldly went to the net, trying to “kill” the ball. His self-control and remarkable will to win helped Kudryavtsev get out of the most difficult situations. On the court he was always distinguished by his gentlemanly behavior; he was a kind of standard of a real athlete.
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The first USSR Honoured Master of Sport among tennis players. A 4-time champion of the USSR in Singles (1925/27/28/34) and a 13 in Doubles. Undisputed champion of the All-Union sports contest in 1928. During the 7 years (1927-1931, 1933-34) headed the list of the strongest soviet tennis players. 48-time champion of Leningrad. Among his pupils are a lot of famous Leningrad\'s players, A.Boytsov, R. Grodninsky, G. Korovina, V. Kiesewetter, V. Palman, G. Ivanova, and others.



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Archive statistics 1923 - 1945
29
97
77


Tournament wins 1945 - Leningrad Championships (Amateur)
1941 - Leningrad Covered Courts (Amateur)
1936 - Leningrad Covered Courts (Amateur)
1936 - USSR All Union Winter Championships (Amateur)
1936 - Leningrad Championships (Amateur)
1935 - USSR All Union Winter Championships (Amateur)
1934 - Leningrad Championships (Amateur)
1934 - USSR Nationals (Amateur)
1933 - Moscow Dynamo (Amateur)
1933 - Leningrad Championships (Amateur)
1932 - Dynamo Leningrad Championships (Amateur)
1932 - Leningrad Championships (Amateur)
1931 - Leningrad Championships (Amateur)
1931 - Spartakiade Qualifying (Amateur)
1930 - Leningrad Championships (Amateur)
1929 - Leningrad Championships (Amateur)
1928 - Leningrad Championships (Amateur)
1928 - USSR Nationals (Amateur)
1927 - Leningrad Championships (Amateur)
1927 - Spartakiade (Amateur)
1927 - USSR Nationals (Amateur)
1926 - Championship of the Two Capitals (Amateur)
1926 - Leningrad Championships (Amateur)
1925 - USSR Nationals (Amateur)
1925 - Leningrad Championships (Amateur)
1924 - Riga International (Amateur)
1924 - Leningrad Championships (Amateur)
1923 - St. Petersburg Championships (Amateur)
1923 - St Petersburg Circle of Sportsmen Championships (Amateur)


Tournaments USSR Nationals - 1945 USSR Nationals - 1944 USSR Nationals - 1938 Moscow Dynamo - 1938 USSR All Union Winter Championships - 1937 USSR Nationals - 1937 USSR All Union Winter Championships - 1936 USSR Nationals - 1936 Leningrad Championships - 1936 Leningrad Covered Courts - 1936 USSR All Union Winter Championships - 1935 USSR Nationals - 1935 USSR Nationals - 1934 Moscow-Leningrad - 1934 Leningrad-Moscow - 1934 Moscow Dynamo - 1933 Leningrad-Moscow - 1933 Tiflis (Tiblisi) - 1933 USSR Nationals - 1932 Leningrad Championships - 1932 Moscow-Leningrad - 1932 Leningrad-Moscow - 1932 Dynamo Leningrad Championships - 1932 Spartakiade Qualifying - 1931 Moscow-Leningrad - 1930 Leningrad-Moscow - 1930 Moscow-Leningrad - 1929 Leningrad-Moscow - 1929 USSR Nationals - 1928 Leningrad-Moscow - 1928 USSR Nationals - 1927 Moscow-Leningrad - 1927 Leningrad-Moscow - 1927 Spartakiade - 1927 Moscow-Leningrad - 1926 Leningrad-Moscow - 1926 Championship of the Two Capitals - 1926 USSR Nationals - 1925 Leningrad Championships - 1925 Moscow-Leningrad - 1925 Leningrad-Moscow - 1925 USSR Nationals - 1924 Riga International - 1924 Estonian Championships - 1924 Leningrad-Moscow - 1924 St. Petersburg Championships - 1923 St Petersburg Circle of Sportsmen Championships - 1923 Moscow-Leningrad - 1923

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