Max, The Beast, Mirnyi

Written by: Lovey on 3rd December 2010

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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