Mikhail Mikhailovich Youzhny, PhD, nicknamed "Mischa" and "Colonel" by his fans, is a Russian professional tennis player who is currently ranked inside the top 20 and is the Russian No. 1. He achieved a top-10 ranking by the Association of Tennis Professionals for the first time on 13 August 2007, and reached a career peak of World No. 8 in January 2008, and again in October 2010. Youzhny is one of the few active players to have reached the quarterfinals of all grand slams, going beyond the quarterfinals at the US Open in 2006 and 2010. The closest he has come to a grand slam final was at the 2006 US Open semifinals when he took the first set from World No. 9 Andy Roddick, after upsetting World No. 2 Rafael Nadal in the quarterfinals. At the other semi-final he lost in straight sets to the eventual champion, Rafael Nadal. Youzhny has reached the finals of twenty-one ATP tour-level titles, winning ten of them. His first title win came at the Mercedes Cup held in Stuttgart, Germany, when he defeated Guillermo Ca�as from Argentina. Youzhny has reached ATP finals on all surfaces, but has never won a singles title on grass. 

June 25th, 1982 in Moscow (Age 42)