The main Russian National Tennis Centre [ru] (named after Juan Antonio Samaranch) was established in September of 2009 in Moscow.

[2][3] After his father's death in January 1920, Arthur Macpherson Jr. (1896–1976, Russian: Артур Артурович Макферсон) reached his career-best in the quarterfinals of the 1920 Wimbledon Championships.

[4] While this generation of Russian, Russia-related and ex-Russian tennis pioneers, including Lev Urusov (1877–1933), Mikhail Sumarokov-Elston (1893–1970) and his mixed doubles partner Nadezhda Martynova-Danilevskaya (1887–1969), were still alive and active, none of the other local athletes could think about being welcomed by the international sports community.

[7] Men's & women's singles: locals' clay-and-grass ATP / WTA Tour-level titles proportion (from Dec 1970 to Aug 1991) During the Soviet era, tennis was not popular due to its lack of appearance in the Olympic games, cost, and strong association with the Holstein-Gottorp-Romanov (abbr.

[10] In addition, local men's tennis players were seriously bullied by the other Soviet athletes for competing in what they deemed a 'girlie' sport.

1944) — 9 ATP Tour-level singles titles by surface (last one: Aug 1974, South Orange Open) Olga Morozova's (b.

In recent years, the number of top Russian women players has been considerable, with Maria Sharapova (of Belarusian origin, Belarusian: Марыя Юр’еўна Шарапава, romanized: Maryja Jur’jeŭna Šarapava) and Dinara Safina (of Tatar origin, Tatar: Динара Мөбин кызы Сафина, romanized: Dinara Möbin kızı Safina).

Russia also boasts three former number 1 men's players–Safina's older brother Marat Safin (of Tatar origin, Tatar: Марат Мөбин улы Сафин, romanized: Marat Möbin ulı Safin), Yevgeny Kafelnikov and Daniil Medvedev.

[17] Medvedev was the first player to reach number 1 without being a member of the 'Big Four'; Novak Djokovic, Roger Federer, Andy Murray, and Rafael Nadal, since February 2004.

[18] Nevertheless, a majority of their projected target audience expects every successful tennis player from Russia to obtain foreign citizenship sooner or later, even if only for the sake of a better travel visa.

Active player Daniil Medvedev's 20 ATP Tour-level singles titles by surface so far (last one of thirteen representing Russia: Sep 2021, US Open; recent one as a neutral athlete: May 2023, Italian Open), born 1996 (in Moscow, now Central Federal District, Russian Federation) Active player Andrey Rublev's 16 ATP Tour-level singles titles by surface so far (last one of ten representing Russia: Feb 2022, Open 13; recent one as a neutral athlete: May 2024, Madrid Open), born 1997 (in Moscow, now Central Federal District, Russian Federation) Active player Karen Khachanov's 7 ATP Tour-level singles titles by surface so far (last one of four representing Russia: Nov 2018, Paris Masters; recent one as a neutral athlete: Oct 2024, Almaty Open), born 1996 (in Moscow, now Central Federal District, Russian Federation) Active player Aslan Karatsev's 3 ATP Tour-level singles titles by surface so far (recent one &/or last one of three representing Russia: Jan 2022, Sydney International), born 1993 (in Vladikavkaz, now North Caucasian Federal District, Russian Federation) Last updated after the 2025 Cluj-Napoca Open (SGL), 2025 Adelaide (DBL).