2. Youzhny was born on 25 June 1982 to Mikhail, a Soviet
army colonel and Lubov, an economist. 25 June is also
his father's birthday. His father sacrificed his career in
the Soviet army to steer Youzhny and his older brother
Andrei into becoming tennis players. It was because of
his father that Boris Sobkin became his coach.
3. Youzhny played in his first junior
tournament in April 1995 at the
8th Sochi International Junior
Tournament, but lost in the first
round to Andrei Stoliarov. At
Wimbledon, his first junior grand
slam event, he lost to Andrej
Kracman in the first round. At the
US Open, he lost in the third
round to David Nalbandian. At
the junior Australian
Open Youzhny defeated secondseed Jarkko Nieminen on his way
to the final, which he lost in
straight sets to Kristian
Pless. Youzhny reached his
highest junior world ranking of
No. 20 in January 2000.
4. Youzhny started the 2008 season by
defeating world number two Rafael
Nadal in under an hour at the final
of the Chennai Open in India. As the
14th-seed at theAustralian
Open Youzhny reached his first
quarterfinals there by defeating
world number four Nikolay
Davydenko in straight sets. At
the Miami Masters, Youzhny was 4–5
down with Spain's Nicolás
Almagro serving in the final set, he
hit a relatively easy return into the
net. At Wimbledon Youzhny was
seeded 17th, and reached the fourth
round by defeating 16th-seed Radek
Štěpánek in a five-setter in the third
round. He lost to 2nd-seed and
eventual champion Rafael Nadal in
the fourth round.
5. The 2013 season started with a poor showing for Youzhy at
the Qatar Open, where he lost in the second round to world
number forty-four Nikolay Davydenko. At the Australian
Open he battled past his first round opponent world number
108 Matthew Ebden in a five-set thriller. Later on in the
season, at the French Open, in which he was the 29thseed, Youzhny reached the fourth round. In the third round
Youzhny defeated 8th-seed Janko Tipsarevic.
