Ten things you probably didn't know about Federer's conqueror - Sergiy Stakhovsky

7. At the 2010 US Open, after knocking out Australian Peter Luczak in the first round, Stakhovsky fought back in the second round for a five-set win over American qualifier Ryan Harrison, coming back from triple match point down in the fifth-set tiebreaker. In the 3rd Round, Stakohovsky retired in the second set trailing Feliciano López with an infected toe. Stakohovsky peaked at no. 31 in September 2010.

8. In 2011, the then 27-year old married Anfisa Stakhovsky (formerly Anfisa Bulgakova). She happens to be a 5-foot-10 Russian model and holds a Masters degree in Strategic Marketing.

9. Stakhovsky is a member of the ATP Player Council and does not believe the women deserve equal prize money at the Slams. In an interview last year, he commented, “It’s obviously a sensitive issue, but in different sports it’s not sensitive. It’s just business. We’re not talking about men, women, equality. We are equal. We are people. We are human beings. When it comes to equality, it’s not equality, it’s business. Pure revenue and business, it’s nothing personal….I mean, why are male models underpaid compared to women?

“Are we supposed to pay women (tennis players) more just for looks? Not one Grand Slam ever was attended more for the women’s final than the men’s final. I am 100% sure. We sit down, do you know how many talks we have in the locker rooms about the Grand Slams, about pay increases? … It comes to the point where the men are willing to commit themselves and to communicate and to do some work towards the Grand Slams, towards getting more, and the women are just riding on our backs. They didn’t even say not one ‘thank you.’ I mean, they got an increase in Paris, they got an increase at the U.S. Open, they got an increase at Wimbledon. Did any of the WTA players ever come to the ATP offices and say, ‘We’re so grateful that the guys put this all together so we could get more money?’ There was no ‘thank you’. Now I don’t want it…. They don’t appreciate what we did and we don’t appreciate them riding on our backs.… If they would have their council, if they would do work with the Grand Slams and talk to them, it would be a different story. But we do the work for them.”

10. Before Wimbledon, Stakhovsky was only 4-12 against top 100 players this season with his best win coming over world no. 54 Paul Henri Matheiu in Montpllier