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Sergiy Stakhovsky owes his venture into tennis to his Grandfather. When he was six years old his Grandfather would bring him to the Tennis Center in Kiev, Ukraine. His coaches started to notice Sergiy's great talent and drive to win at the age of nine. It was then he was removed from the group clinics and given a private coach. Sergiy competed in swimming until he was 14. It was then he realized his dream was to become the best in the world. Sergiy believes the best is yet to come and will stop and nothing to accomplish this task. 

Keeping a great relationship with his family is important to Sergiy. His father, Eduard, is a professor of Urology. He has two younger brothers: Leonard and Aleksandr.

A proud member of the Ukrainian Davis Cup team, Sergiy is currently ranked 208 on the ATP tour. Sergiy is a proven winner in both singles and doubles.  In 2006, "Stako" captured doubles titles in Bosnia and Herzegovina, Spain, Czech Republic, and most recently in his home country of Ukraine. However, his best moments have been his key singles victories on the ATP tour and his US Open Junior Final.

In October of 2006, after winning his way through qualifying in the Kremlin Cup, Sergiy went on to steal a win away from "Blogging King" Dmitry Tursonov. This key win over the Davis Cup hero and top 20 ATP player proved he has a big game to go along with his big size. Besides his victory over Tursonov, Sergiy has gained victories over several other top 100 players including Mario Ancic, Julien Benneteau, Christophe Rochus and Justin Gimelstob.