Sergiy Stakhovsky

Sergiy Stakhovsky

Serhiy Stakhovsky (Ukrainian: Сергій Стаховський ) (born January 6, 1986 in Kiev, Ukrainian SSR, Soviet Union) is a Ukrainian professional tennis player. Stakhovsky turned professional in 2003 and had been playing mostly at the Challenger level from 2005–2008. His career-high singles ranking is World No. 31 (September 2010) and he has reached as high as No. 33 in doubles the same month. He won his first career title on 1 March 2008, as a lucky loser ranked No. 209, defeating No. 1 seed Ivan Ljubičić in the final, thus becoming the first lucky loser to win a title since Christian Miniussi in 1991. He is the elder brother of tennis player Leonard Stakhovsky. He is currently being coached by Rainer Schüttler.