[1] Zinchenko started playing badminton at the Solntsevo Sports School in Moscow, at the age of eight.

His mother took Zinchenko there, because she was fond of badminton and played as an amateur.

[2] In 2014, he won the Turkey International tournament partnered with Konstantin Abramov.

[3] In 2016, he won the Estonian International tournament in the mixed doubles event partnered with Olga Morozova.

[5] The BWF World Tour, which was announced on 19 March 2017 and implemented in 2018,[6] is a series of elite badminton tournaments sanctioned by the Badminton World Federation (BWF).