Achievements Akhmerov, who was runner-up to Alexander Zverev at the 1979 Soviet Championships, won three Summer Universiade medals. He earned a bronze medal at the 1977 event and won both a gold and silver medal at the 1979 Summer Universiade. He made his Davis Cup debut in 1979, at Barcelona, where he lost a singles rubber to Spain"s Antonio Munoz. His only other Davis Cup appearance came in Donetsk three years later.