Boris Ivanovich Fomenko

Background

Boris was born March 25, 1940, in the seaside town Ussuriisk in the family of a serviceman. Father is Fomenko Ivan Fedoseevich (1908-1986), a Soviet Army officer. Mother – Fomenko Valentina (1912-1958), a housewife.

Education

In 1959 Fomenko came to Moscow with a firm intention to become a historian.

Career

In January 1971, Boris was in New York after the traditional match of the USSR – the USA in Boxing. 30 January 1971- this day Fomenko will remember forever. The famous New York's Madison Square Garden hosted the match between the Australian Native Lavera and American Arthur Ashe.

In August 1972, Fomenko went abroad again with athletes. But this time it was with Russian tennis players. Since then, he tried to go only with them. Tennis has become a major interest in his life. The result of this work was a modest directory called "Tennis", published in 1980 with a circulation of 35 thousand copies. Returning after one of the trips abroad, he began to work in the publishing house "Great Soviet encyclopedia" (1981). Firstly as a simple science editor and then as head of group sports. Boris was appointed as the Deputy of Anatoly Karpov – chief editor of the dictionary, and -at those times- world chess champion. After the publication of "Chess" (1990), Fomenko was chosen to be the USSR tennis Federation Executive Secretary.

Achievements

• He was the author of several pamphlets and numerous articles on the pedigree of tennis. He was a member of the Editorial Board of the Czechoslovak tennis encyclopedia, published in Bratislava in 1983, the author of many articles about Russian tennis players in the famous American encyclopedia "Who's Who in Tennis" (Who's who in world tennis), starred in the Dutch film about tennis.
  
  The author of the directory "Tennis" (1981), the encyclopedia "Russian tennis" (1999), books "the History of lawn tennis in Russia" (2000), "the Davis Cup. 99 steps to the top" (2003), "Knight coat of arms and racket" (about count Sumarokov-Elston; 2004), "Robert Fulda – the pioneer of Russian tennis" (2005), "the Federation Cup from Paris... to Paris" (2006).

Works

• book

  • Boris Fomenko 1999
  • The Davis Cup. 99 steps to the top 2003

References

• Boris Fomenko