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3 junior player and finished runner-up in the boy"s singles at the United States Open (lost to David Wheaton in the final).
3 junior player and finished runner-up in the boy"s singles at the United States Open (lost to David Wheaton in the final).
Born in Ufa, Soviet Union, Cherkasov first came to the tennis world"s attention as an outstanding junior player. In 1987, he was ranked the World Number. Cherkasov turned professional in 1988.
He also reached the quarter-finals of the 1990 Australian Open and United States Open.
Cherkasov reached his career-high singles ranking of World Number. 13 in June that year.
In the end, his two victories at the Kremlin Cup in Moscow proved to be the only top-level titles of Cherkasov"s career. He retired from the professional tour in 2000, having earned prize-money totalling $2,259,875.
Singles finals 6 (2–4)
Doubles finals 2 (0–2).