Artur started playing tennis at the age of 4 in Moscow at the stadium in Luzhniki.

Chernov is a TOP 10 player among juniors over the world according to ITF singles ranking and achieved it on 30 October 2006.

The same year he also was runner up in 13th Slovak Junior Indoor Tournament and lost in final to Roberto Bautista Agut 6:7 (4) 6:4 4:6 [4].

Artur Chernov in the doubles draw partnering Valery Rudnev at the Junior Grand Slam French Open 2006 were runners up and lost in the final to Kei Nishikori and Emiliano Massa 6:2 1:6 2:6.

[2][3] From the age of 12, he was a member of the Russian national team among juniors, and in 2006 Artur Chernov was invited to the Russian national tennis team for the final Davis Cup match between Russia and Argentina where he practiced with top Russian tennis players Marat Safin, Dmitry Tursunov, Nikolay Davydenko, Igor Andreev and Mikhail Youzhny.