Max, The Beast, Mirnyi

Written by: on 3rd December 2010
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Max, The Beast, Mirnyi

Max Mirnyi in mens doubles action ATP World Tour Finals. Day 4. O2 Arena. London Photo By Karl Winter Fotosports International  |

Belarus. Before the 1990s, no one in tennis would have known about the country. But then came Max Mirnyi. His full name is Maxim Nilolaevich Mirnyi but his nickname is the “Beast,” which was given to him by former ATP pro Alex Reichel for his size and fearless play.

Max began playing tennis at the age of six and came to Brooklyn, N.Y. in 1991. He then later moved to Bradenton, Florida, in March 1992, to train at IMG-Bollettieri Tennis Academy. It was there that his tennis career would take off and he turned pro in 1996.

Since then Max has had a storied tennis career and with that he elevated the sport in his home country. He has the most match wins and the most ties played in the history of Belarus. In November 2001, he received the highest State Honorary Title for his achievements in sports by Belarus president A. Lukashenko. A year later in November 2002, he was named the UN AIDS Ambassador for Belarus. Finally, after an epic Davis Cup win over Russia, Belarus president awarded him ith the highest government title, “Orden Otechestva.”

10sBalls.com would like to congratulate Max on his achievements over the years and for all the support he has given the sport. He has paved the road for the new up and comers from Belarus by leading the country to Davis Cup titles, reaching top fifty in the world singles, and number one in doubles.

However, while Max’s wins and achievements are impressive, the most striking portrayal of his influence in bringing tennis to the country of Belarus is the list of current players from there. Here’s some of them (you can thank the “Beast” later):

Name Nation Date of Birth
ACHAPOVSKI, Kanstantsin Belarus 13/04/1984
AGEICHIK, Alina Belarus 11/04/1995
AGEYCHIK, Anastaslya Belarus 10/08/1987
AKAPIAN, Vahen Belarus 30/09/1985
AKULICH, Alexander Belarus 22/04/1984
ALESHA, Karyna Belarus 24/12/1993
ALEXANDROV, Sergei Belarus 21/07/1978
AMMAR MOUHOUB, Linda Belarus 23/03/1994
ANISHCHANKA, Anton Belarus 25/06/1987
ANTOUKH, Elena Belarus 12/01/1980
ARAHAMIA, Lavric Belarus 08/04/1992
ARTSIOMAVA, Yuliya Belarus 22/05/1992
AZARENKA, Victoria Belarus 31/07/1989
BANDAROVICH, Yuliya Belarus 26/11/1993
BARABANSCHIKOVA, Olga Belarus 02/11/1979
BARADACH, Artem Belarus 08/03/1989
BARSHCHEUSKAYA, Volha Belarus 15/06/1995
BARSUKOV, Yauhen Belarus 28/07/1992
BARYSENKA, Kiryl Belarus 16/04/1990
BASHTAVY, Anton Belarus 01/07/1991
BATSULA, Volha Belarus 13/09/1987
BAYARCHYK, Alena Belarus 10/08/1988
BELIANKOU, Maksim Belarus 27/06/1988
BELSKI, Maxim Belarus 10/05/1980
BESSONOV, Aleksey Belarus 19/05/1988
BETAU, Siarhei Belarus 15/10/1987
BIASKOSTY, Eduard Belarus 23/04/1994
BOCHKIN, Ilya Belarus 30/09/1994
BOHUSH, Ima Belarus 02/08/1990
BOLDYREV, Konstantin Belarus 14/03/1984
BONDAR, Nadzeya Belarus 18/02/1990
BORISOVA, Olga Belarus 10/09/1983
BORODACH, Artem Belarus 08/03/1989
BOROVITSKY, Alex Belarus 08/07/1991
BRUZINA, Anastasya Belarus
BULITSKI, Aliaksandr Belarus 14/04/1993
BURMISTRAU, Artsiom Belarus 12/02/1985
BURY, Alexander Belarus 14/09/1987
CHARNUSHIN, Pavel Belarus 16/06/1986
CHEBYSHEVA, Hanna Belarus 18/09/1993
CHEKHAU, Aaliaksandr Belarus 23/02/1992
CHERNETSOVA, Darya Belarus 13/11/1994
CHERNYSH, Vladimir Belarus 28/06/1991
CHISTIK, Vladislav Belarus
CHVETS, Vitali Belarus 01/01/1981
DANILKOVITCH, Alexander Belarus 04/08/1986
DASHKEVICH, Yura Belarus 11/10/1994
DEMBOUSKI, Vadzim Belarus 28/08/1990
DMITRIEV, Alexander Belarus 01/05/1986
DOUBAGRAEV, Dmitry Belarus 31/05/1991
DOUBAGRAEV, Ivan Belarus 31/05/1991
DOUBAN, Andrei Belarus 17/04/1990
DOUDTCHIK, Fedor Belarus 04/07/1982
DROBYSH, Aleh Belarus 28/06/1996
DROZDOV, Siarhey Belarus 25/10/1993
DUBINSKI, Artur Belarus 27/03/1996
DUBOVIK, Volha Belarus 15/04/1984
DUBROV, Anton Belarus 18/06/1995
DUKO, Volha Belarus 27/12/1988
DZEHALEVICH, Ekaterina Belarus 03/05/1986
DZIAMIDZENKA, Natalia Belarus 09/11/1983
EIKHORT, Valery Belarus 19/12/1989
ELISEENKO, Dmitri Belarus 21/03/1988
EMIALYANAVAA, Viktoriya Belarus 23/07/1991
EROFEEVA, Ekatarina Belarus 10/06/1990
FALKOVICH, Stanislav Belarus 18/01/1989
FIDIRKO, Nikolai Belarus 15/06/1987
FIL, Maxim Belarus 30/09/1991
FILIAEVA, Valeria Belarus 05/05/1991
FILIN, Pavel Belarus 29/03/1992
FILIPOVICH, Ulbozima Belarus
FILIPOVICH, Vladzimir Belarus 12/01/1986
FISHKIN, Serguei Belarus 09/09/1988
FOMENKO, Vassili Belarus 04/03/1980
FURMANAVA, Hanna Belarus 16/07/1992
GARKUSHA, Kiril Belarus 19/03/1991
GERACHTCHENKO, Ekaterina Belarus 02/04/1996
GERASIMOV, Egor Belarus 11/11/1992
GERASIMOVA, Alena Belarus 22/12/1991
GLOUSCHENKO, Olga Belarus 25/01/1978
GOLOVATCH, Anastasia Belarus 14/03/1992
GORKUNOV, Oleg Belarus 26/02/1987
GOROKHOVIK, Zoia Belarus 12/01/1984
GOVORTSOVA, Olga Belarus 23/08/1988
GRECHANIK , Aliaksandr Belarus 30/04/1993
GRIB, Antonina Belarus 12/03/1978
GRIGOROV, Dmitry Belarus 25/09/1988
GRINASHKO, Dmitry Belarus 05/02/1978
GRISHKIN, Andrei Belarus 11/04/1986
HACHATRUAN, Aida Belarus
HALABURDA, Anastasiya Belarus 18/10/1994
HARAHLIAD, Ryhor Belarus 13/10/1992
HARBATSIUK, Kiryl Belarus 04/02/1988
HARKUSHA, Kiryl Belarus 19/01/1991
HERASIMCHUK, Anton Belarus 25/01/1995
HLUSHCHANKA, Kiril Belarus 22/08/1990
HUZAREVICH, Ilona Belarus 24/08/1993
IGNATIEVA, Tatiana Belarus 11/06/1974
IGNATIEVA, Alessia Belarus 20/07/1980
IGNATIK, Uladzimir Belarus 14/07/1990
IVANINA, Anastasia Belarus 19/07/1988
IVANIS, Vadzim Belarus 13/11/1986
IVANOV, Pavel Belarus 01/10/1983
IVASHKA, Ilya Belarus 24/02/1994
JAVNERCHIK, Anna Belarus 07/06/1986
JAVNERCHYK, Denis Belarus 18/06/1990
JOLNERTCHIK, Elena Belarus 05/12/1985
KACHAN, Volha Belarus 22/06/1993
KAJERA, Vassili Belarus 29/01/1982
KALINKIN, Ivan Belarus 01/02/1995
KALODZITSA, Volha Belarus 05/07/1991
KALUZHNYI, Artem Belarus 16/07/1987
KANDAKOU, Aliaksei Belarus 07/05/1986
KANDRATSIUK, KHRYSTSINA Belarus 23/01/1996
KAPSHAY, Tatsiana Belarus 09/11/1988
KAPUSTYANSKI, Maxim Belarus 30/08/1985
KARACHUN, Ilya Belarus 03/02/1992
KARATCHENIA, Andrei Belarus 02/01/1989
KARBOVSKAYA, Valeria Belarus 29/07/1988
KARCHMIT, Kiril Belarus 12/01/1990
KARIPACH, Irina Belarus 05/03/1978
KARPOVICH, Mikita Belarus 07/04/1992
KARPUK, Katsiaryna Belarus 21/11/1994
KARTAVTSEV, Maxim Belarus 17/07/1992
KARYTSKA, NADZEYA Belarus 27/04/1995
KASTAHORAU, Dzmitry Belarus 02/11/1990
KATLIAROV, Pavel Belarus 22/02/1988
KAVALENKA, Aliaksei Belarus 06/09/1992
KAZAKEVITCH, Anna Belarus 10/05/1978
KAZLOUSKAYA, Victoria Belarus 12/04/1992
KHABIBULINA, Sasha Belarus 04/09/1992
KHACHATRYAN, Aida Belarus 11/06/1992
KHADASEVICH, Anton Belarus 18/04/1989
KHALUTSINA, Alena Belarus 14/07/1992
KHARUNZHAYA, Elena Belarus 18/02/1990
KHATSKEVICH, Vladislav Belarus 14/03/1993
KHITROU, Maksim Belarus 22/05/1990
KHMURETS, Anastasiya Belarus 22/08/1995
KHORUNZHAYA, Alena Belarus 17/02/1990
KHURSAN, Yan Belarus 29/04/1992
KHVAL, Maryia Belarus 06/10/1995
KISIALEVA, Viktoryia Belarus 30/12/1993
KLEZOVICH, Dzianis Belarus 19/12/1992
KLIMANTOVICH, Igor Belarus 01/07/1979
KLIMENKA, Artun Belarus 12/04/1989
KLIMENKO, Dzmitry Belarus 06/06/1986
KLYGIN, Aliaksandr Belarus 16/11/1992
KOBZAR, Ivan Belarus 17/04/1990
KOLODYNSKA, Katarzyna Belarus 23/08/1981
KOROLENOK, Mikhail Belarus 20/05/1984
KOSOLAPOV, Vladislav Belarus 21/08/1994
KOSTOGOROV, Dmitrij Belarus 02/11/1990
KOUKRECH, Rouslan Belarus 24/03/1983
KOUZMENKO, Svetlana Belarus 25/08/1984
KOVALIOVA, Mariya Belarus 05/05/1989
KOZHEMYACHKO, Makar Belarus 13/05/1994
KRACHKOUSKI, Viktar Belarus 09/04/1989
KRASNAHIR, Alina Belarus 06/07/1992
KREMEN, Ilona Belarus 18/01/1994
KRUK, Vladzimir Belarus 10/04/1991
KRYVARUCHKA, Ilya Belarus 07/12/1990
KRYVARUCHKA, Yahor Belarus 07/12/1990
KULIKOUSKAYA, Valeryia Belarus 30/01/1994
KURYANOVICH, Iryna Belarus 05/10/1984
KURYLOVICH, Dzmitry Belarus 08/02/1978
KUSTOVA, Darya Belarus 29/05/1986
KUZMENKOVA, Vladislava Belarus 27/04/1992
LADUTSKA, Aliona Belarus 18/04/1996
LARIONOVA, Anna Belarus 10/12/1989
LEBESHEVA, Darya Belarus 06/04/1995
LEVANOVICH, Maxim Belarus 11/05/1990
LIAKH, Konstantsin Belarus 16/02/1993
LINENKA, Aliaksandr Belarus 06/03/1992
LOZER, Irina Belarus 26/02/1979
LUKOMSKAYA, Ekaterina Belarus 01/06/1990
LYSAK, Nadzeya Belarus 24/07/1984
LYSAKOVA, Kseniya Belarus 08/02/1994
MAISAK, Marharita Belarus 31/01/1991
MAKEYCHIK, Viktoria Belarus 08/08/1984
MAKHAMID, Liudmila Belarus 05/08/1993
MAKSIMCHYK, Veronika Belarus 19/11/1990
MAKSIMCHYK, Artsiom Belarus 11/12/1989
MAKSIMENKA, Yury Belarus 11/05/1992
MAKSIMENKA, Ihar Belarus 24/12/1990
MALAKHOVICH, Hanna Belarus 11/10/1989
MALKO, Alexander Belarus 25/12/1990
MALYARCHIKOVA, Aleksandra Belarus 02/01/1989
MANKOVSKY, Dimitri Belarus 11/08/1983
MARAHOUSKI, Mikita Belarus 25/07/1992
MAROZAVA, Lidziya Belarus 08/10/1992
MARTYNENKA, Antonina Belarus 18/11/1989
MARTYNOV, Alexander Belarus 09/08/1984
MASEIKINA, Gylia Belarus 07/01/1987
MASLAU, Hleb Belarus 09/06/1990
MATEJUK, Nadeshda Belarus 19/07/1976
MATEYUK, Pavel Belarus 28/08/1979
MATUSEVICH, Roman Belarus 17/06/1989
MAXIMOV, Maxim Belarus 06/04/1977
MEDVEDSKI, Vladislav Belarus 11/01/1976
MELIUK, Maria Belarus 09/04/1991
MELIUK, Aliaksandr Belarus 06/06/1995
MIKHEEV, Evgeni Belarus 07/07/1977
MILEVSKAYA, Ksenia Belarus 09/08/1990
MIRNYI, Max Belarus 06/07/1977
MOSKALIOVA, Vita Belarus 09/05/1987
MOZER, Mark Belarus 28/08/1992
MOZGOVOI, Serguei Belarus 15/03/1986
MUN, Viktoryia Belarus 14/12/1994
MZHELSKAYA, Volha Belarus 14/06/1986
NARUTS, Katsiaryna Belarus 31/07/1985
NAZARCHUK, Evgeny Belarus 17/05/1989
NAZARUK, Diana Belarus 12/11/1985
NICKULIN, Alexey Belarus 18/12/1977
NIKOLAEVA, Alessia Belarus 03/06/1981
NOSSIK, Ekaterina Belarus 29/05/1976
NOVIK, Veranika Belarus 20/01/1992
NOVIKOV, Andrei Belarus 30/04/1994
NOVIKOV, Dmitry Belarus 22/03/1988
ORLIK, Anna Belarus 05/03/1993
OSTROVSKAYA, Nadejda Belarus 29/10/1980
PALYUHOVICH, Stanislav Belarus 30/10/1993
PANASIK, Alexander Belarus 29/03/1987
PANOU, Hleb Belarus 19/05/1991
PAPERNAYA, Elina Belarus 20/05/1992
PARFENOVICH, Zdislav Belarus 22/07/1986
PATAPAU, Aleh Belarus 12/09/1986
PEKHOVA, Polina Belarus 21/03/1992
PESNIAK, Aliaksandr Belarus 16/11/1992
PETELNIKOW, Ilja Belarus 07/07/1988
PETKEVICH, Alexander Belarus 15/02/1981
PETRENKO, Katerina Belarus 09/07/1991
PIKUN, Filip Belarus 19/01/1991
PILIUTKEVICH, Tatsiana Belarus 23/06/1987
PINTUSOVA, Nataliya Belarus 02/01/1992
PIRAZHENKA, Sviatlana Belarus 12/09/1992
PODSOSONNAYA, Valarie Belarus 31/05/1993
PODSOSONNAYA, Victoria Belarus 29/03/1990
POUTCHEK, Tatiana Belarus 09/01/1979
POUTCHINETS, Alexei Belarus 19/02/1981
POUTCHKOVA, Ekaterina Belarus 19/09/1981
PROSTAK, Artsion Belarus 28/01/1991
PULATAVA, Krystina Belarus 16/10/1991
PUNTUS, Egor Belarus 01/03/1987
PUNTUS, Yahor Belarus 01/03/1987
RADZEVICH, Evgeny Belarus 26/03/1991
RADZEVITCH, Yauhen Belarus 26/03/1991
RAHACHOU, Spartak Belarus 01/05/1992
RESHETNIKOVA, Anastasia Belarus 25/09/1996
RUBEL, Nastassia Belarus 13/01/1995
RUDNOUSKAYA, Natalia Belarus 25/05/1988

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