Maxim
Maksim Mirnyi was born on the 6th of July, 1977 in Minsk, Belarus. He began playing tennis at age six.Now Max lives in Florida, USA. Also he spends part of year in his native Minsk. Max speaks two languages (Russian, English) also learning and trying to speak French and Spanish. He is an owner of a sports center in Belarus and a pizzeria in US.
From the early childhood Maksim Mirnyi was interested in sports, so his father (former volleyball player) brought Max to a tennis school.
A member of Belarus Davis Cup team since 1994 and has a 47-27 career record (24-18 in singles) in 35 ties since 1994. Has most match wins overall and most ties played in country's Davis Cup history. Mirnyi won 2 mixed doubles grand slams in 1998 along with Serena Williams of USA. In 1998 US Open and 1998 Wimbledon mixed doubles final, he won the grand slams and reached the final of 1999 Australian Open, but lost. He became a national hero in Belarus after the Davis Cup 2004, when he and Vladimir Voltchkov defeated Russia 3–2 and Argentina 5–0, reaching the semifinals, where they lost to the United States. For that achievement, he was awarded the government's highest degree medal of honor. Also he holds nine Grand Slam titles: Men's Doubles in the 2000 and 2002 US Open and in the 2005, 2006, 2011 and 2012 French Open; and mixed doubles in the 1998 and 2007 U.S. Opens and 1998 Wimbledon. At the 2012 Summer Olympics in London, Mirnyi carried the flag of Belarus at the Opening Ceremony on 27 July 2012, and won the Gold medal in the Mixed Doubles with Victoria Azarenka on 5 August 2012.
Won Rotterdam International Series Gold in 2003
Olympic gold medalist (2012)
United States Open (2000,2002)
The winner of eight Grand Slam titles
Two-time winner (2006,2011) and two-time finalist (2009, 2010) of the final tournament of the ATP World Tour doubles
The winner of 43 ATP tournaments in doubles
Four- times winner in doubles at the Kremlin Cup
Today Maxim is married; he and his wife Xenia has four children: daughters Melania (2004) and Petra (2007), the sons of Demid (2009) and the Trophym (2014)
