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Andrei Olhovskiy (Андрей Ольховский; born April 15, 1966 in Moscow) is a former tennis player from Russia, who turned professional in 1989.
Olhovskiy represented his native country at the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul and 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, Georgia, where he reached the quarter finales on a wild card before falling to Brazil's Fernando Meligeni.
The right-hander won 2 career titles in singles (Copenhagen, 1993 and Shanghai, 1996)and 20 titles in doubles, French Open (1993) and Australian Open (1994) champion in mixed doubles. Olhovskiy reached his highest singles ATP-ranking on June 14, 1993, when he became the number 49 of the world and his highest doubles ranking 6 (July 31, 1995), played for the Russian Davis Cup team 1983–2001.
He memorably defeated No 1 seed Jim Courier in the third round of Wimbledon in 1992.
A = did not attend tournament