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General First nameYevgeny Arkadevny
LastnameKudryavtsev
GenderMale
CountryUSSR
Date of birth1898-02-21
Place of birth, USSR
Date of death1973-07-16
Place of death, 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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