Andrey Olkhovsky

Andrey Olkhovsky was a Russian tennis player who played professionally from 1987 to 1998. Olkhovsky achieved a career-best singles ranking of #49 in the world in June 1993, and a doubles ranking of #6 in the world in July 1995. He played for the Soviet and Russian Davis Cup teams from 1983 to 2001.

Primarily a doubles player Olkhovsky started his career by winning silver in the doubles and mixed doubles at the 1987 Summer Universiade. He won 20 ATP doubles titles during his career, the first coming at the 1993 København Open with David Adams of South Africa. Olkhovsky had most of his success with Adams as his partner, but he also won multiple titles with Yevgeny Kafelnikov, Martin Damm, Brett Steven, and Max Mirny. Olkhovsky won two ATP singles titles, the first against Nicklas Kulti in 1993, and the second against Mark Knowles in 1996.

Olkhovsky reached the doubles semi-finals at all four Grand Slams, and reached the final of the 1992 French Open. Again he partnered David Adams but the pair lost to the Swiss duo of Jakob Hlasek and Marc Rosset. In the singles he reached the fourth round of Wimbledon in 1988 and 1992. Olkhovsky and Aleksandr Volkov competed in the doubles at the 1988 Seoul Olympics but were eliminated in the first round. Six years later Olkhovsky competed in the singles at the 1996 Atlanta Games where he reached the quarter-finals.