Max, The Beast, Mirnyi

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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