Alexander_Shevchenko_(tennis)
Alexander Shevchenko (tennis)
Kazakhstani tennis player (born 2000)
Alexander Alexandrovich Shevchenko (Russian: Алекса́ндр Алекса́ндрович Шевче́нко; Russian pronunciation: [ɐlʲɪˈksandr ʂɨfˈtɕenkə];[4] born 29 November 2000) is a Russian-born, Kazakhstani professional tennis player.[5]
Alex Shevchenko in 2023 | |
| Country (sports) |  Kazakhstan (2024–)[1][2] Russia (2018–2024) |
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| Residence | Vienna, Austria[3] |
| Born | (2000-11-29) 29 November 2000 (age 23) Rostov-on-Don, Russia |
| Height | 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in) |
| Turned pro | 2018 |
| Plays | Right-handed (two handed-backhand) |
| Coach | Günter Bresnik (-2023),[3] Timur Maulenov |
| Prize money | $1,016,420 |
| Singles | |
| Career record | 29–36 (44.6% in ATP Tour and Grand Slam main draw matches, and in Davis Cup) |
| Career titles | 0 |
| Highest ranking | No. 45 (19 February 2024) |
| Current ranking | No. 61 (20 May 2024) |
| Grand Slam singles results | |
| Australian Open | 1R (2024) |
| French Open | 2R (2023, 2024) |
| Wimbledon | 1R (2023) |
| US Open | 1R (2023) |
| Doubles | |
| Career record | 1–4 (20.0%) |
| Career titles | 0 |
| Highest ranking | No. 406 (20 February 2023) |
| Current ranking | No. 627 (29 January 2024) |
| Grand Slam doubles results | |
| French Open | 2R (2024) |
| Last updated on: 20 February 2024. | |
Shevchenko has a career-high ATP singles ranking of No. 45 achieved on 19 February 2024 and a career-high doubles ranking of No. 406 achieved on 20 February 2023.[6]
2022: Maiden Challenger title, ATP and top 150 debuts
Ranked No. 234 he reached a back to back quarterfinal at the 2022 Poznań Open in June.[7] Next he won his maiden Challenger at the 2022 Bratislava Open.
Shevchenko made his ATP debut at the 2022 Generali Open Kitzbühel as a lucky loser where he lost to Dominic Thiem. He qualified into the main draw at the ATP 500 2022 Astana Open. He made his top 150 debut on 26 September 2022.
2023: Major and Masters debuts, first ATP final and top-10 win, top 50
In February, he qualified at the ATP 500 in Dubai as a lucky loser. As a result he reached a new career high of No. 113 on 6 February 2023. In March, he reached his second Challenger final of the season as a qualifier in Phoenix, Arizona defeating Gaël Monfils, sixth seed Marc-Andrea Hüsler, top seed Matteo Berrettini and Quentin Halys[8] before losing to Nuno Borges in the final.[9] As a result he moved to a new career high, one position shy of the top 100 on 20 March 2023. Following another final showing and a title at the Madrid Challenger he reached the top 100 at No. 98 on 17 April 2023. [3][10]
Ranked No. 96, he qualified for his first Masters 1000 at the 2023 Mutua Madrid Open and defeated J. J. Wolf in the first round. Next he defeated 31st seed Jiří Lehečka to reach the third round for the first time in his career. He then lost to second seed and compatriot Daniil Medvedev in the third round.[11] He entered the next Masters 1000, the 2023 Italian Open on his debut, as a lucky loser directly into the second round of the main draw replacing 29th seed Tallon Griekspoor after his late withdrawal. He won his second round match defeating Sebastián Báez.
He made his Grand Slam debut at the 2023 French Open and defeated Oscar Otte for the first Major win in his career. He also made his debut at the 2023 Wimbledon Championships, at the 2023 Western & Southern Open as a qualifier and at the 2023 US Open.
He received a wildcard for the 2023 Astana Open where he defeated Botic van de Zandschulp in straight sets but lost to eventual semifinalist wildcard Hamad Medjedovic. At the 2023 Swiss Indoors he reached the quarterfinals as a qualifier, defeating home favorite Stan Wawrinka, and then fifth seed Taylor Fritz, his biggest and first top 10 win, saving 15 break and two match points in a close to 3 hours match with three tiebreaks.[12][13] He lost to defending champion Félix Auger-Aliassime in three sets with two tiebreaks.[14] As a result he moved 20 positions up into the top 65 in the rankings on 30 October 2023. At the next indoors tournament in Metz he reached his first ATP semifinal, defeating top 15 player, third seed and compatriot Karen Khachanov, his second top-20 career win and of the season.[15][16] He reached his first final defeating wildcard Pierre-Hugues Herbert and became the youngest Metz finalist since Lucas Pouille, 22, in 2016. As a result he moved into the top 50.[17] He lost in the final to Ugo Humbert.[18]
In January 2024, Shevchenko changed his citizenship from that of his home country of Russia to Kazakhstan effective starting at the tournament in Montpellier.[2] Shevchenko has lived in Vienna since age nine.[3]
Since the end of 2022, he has been in a relationship with fellow tennis player Anastasia Potapova of Russia. On September 24, 2023 they announced their engagement.[19][20] They got married on December 1, 2023.[21]
| W | F | SF | QF | #R | RR | Q# | P# | DNQ | A | Z# | PO | G | S | B | NMS | NTI | P | NH |
Singles
Current through the 2024 Mutua Madrid Open.
| Tournament | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | SR | W–L | Win % | ||||||
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| Grand Slam tournaments | ||||||||||||
| Australian Open | A | Q1 | 1R | 0 / 1 | 0–1 | 0% | ||||||
| French Open | A | 2R | 0 / 1 | 1–1 | 50% | |||||||
| Wimbledon | A | 1R | 0 / 1 | 0–1 | 0% | |||||||
| US Open | Q1 | 1R | 0 / 1 | 0–1 | 0% | |||||||
| Win–loss | 0–0 | 1–3 | 0–1 | 0 / 4 | 1–4 | 20% | ||||||
| ATP Tour Masters 1000 | ||||||||||||
| Indian Wells Masters | A | Q1 | 2R | 0 / 1 | 1–1 | 50% | ||||||
| Miami Open | A | Q1 | 2R | 0 / 1 | 1–1 | 50% | ||||||
| Monte-Carlo Masters | A | A | Q1 | 0 / 0 | 0–0 | – | ||||||
| Madrid Open | A | 3R | 2R | 0 / 2 | 3–2 | 60% | ||||||
| Italian Open | A | 3R | 0 / 1 | 1–1 | 50% | |||||||
| Canadian Open | A | A | 0 / 0 | 0–0 | – | |||||||
| Cincinnati Open | A | 1R | 0 / 1 | 0–1 | 0% | |||||||
| Shanghai Masters | NH | 1R | 0 / 1 | 0–1 | 0% | |||||||
| Paris Masters | A | A | 0 / 0 | 0–0 | – | |||||||
| Win–loss | 0–0 | 3–4 | 3–3 | 0 / 7 | 6–7 | 46% | ||||||
| Career statistics | ||||||||||||
| 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | Career | |||||||||
| Tournaments | 3 | 17 | 13 | Career total: 33 | ||||||||
| Titles | 0 | 0 | 0 | Career total: 0 | ||||||||
| Finals | 0 | 1 | 0 | Career total: 1 | ||||||||
| Overall win–loss | 0–3 | 16–17 | 10–13 | 0 / 33 | 26–33 | 44% | ||||||
| Win (%) | 0% | 48% | 43% | Career total: 44% | ||||||||
| Year-end ranking | 154 | 48 | $1,250,697 | |||||||||
Singles: 1 (1 runner-up)
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| Result | W–L | Date | Tournament | Tier | Surface | Opponent | Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Loss | 0–1 | Nov 2023 | Moselle Open, France | 250 Series | Hard (i) |  Ugo Humbert |
3–6, 3–6 |
Singles: 12 (7–5)
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| Result | W–L | Date | Tournament | Tier | Surface | Opponent | Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Loss | 0–1 | Nov 2019 | M15 Antalya, Turkey | World Tennis Tour | Clay |  Alexandru Jecan |
6–1, 4–6, 2–6 |
| Win | 1–1 | Sep 2020 | M15 Monastir, Tunisia | World Tennis Tour | Clay |  David Pichler |
6–3, 6–4 |
| Loss | 1–2 | Sep 2020 | M15 Monastir, Tunisia | World Tennis Tour | Clay |  Luca Potenza |
6–2, 4–6, 3–6 |
| Loss | 1–3 | Jan 2021 | M15 Antalya, Turkey | World Tennis Tour | Clay |  Adrian Andreev |
1–6, 6–7(1–7) |
| Win | 2–3 | May 2021 | M15 Tbilisi, Georgia | World Tennis Tour | Hard | Alessandro Bega |
4–6, 7–6(7–5), 6–3 |
| Loss | 2–4 | May 2021 | M15 Shymkent, Kazakhstan | World Tennis Tour | Clay | Edoardo Lavagno |
3–6, 0–6 |
| Win | 3–4 | Jul 2021 | M25 Velenje, Slovenia | World Tennis Tour | Clay |  Patrik Rikl |
6–1, 6–2 |
| Win | 4–4 | Feb 2022 | M25 Antalya, Turkey | World Tennis Tour | Clay |  Martin Cuevas |
6–2, 6-1 |
| Win | 5–4 | Jun 2022 | Bratislava, Slovakia | Challenger | Clay | Riccardo Bonadio |
6–3, 7–5 |
| Win | 6–4 | Jan 2023 | Tenerife, Spain | Challenger | Hard | Sebastian Ofner |
7–5, 6–2 |
| Loss | 6–5 | Mar 2023 | Phoenix, USA | Challenger | Hard |  Nuno Borges |
6–4, 2–6, 1–6 |
| Win | 7–5 | Apr 2023 | Madrid, Spain | Challenger | Clay |  Pedro Cachin |
6–4, 6–3 |
Doubles: 5 (2–3)
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| Result | W–L | Date | Tournament | Tier | Surface | Partner | Opponents | Score |
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| Win | 1–0 | Apr 2019 | M15 Antalya | World Tennis Tour | Clay | Maxim Ratniuk |
 Luca Gelhardt  Neel Rajesh |
6–4, 6–3 |
| Win | 2–0 | Aug 2019 | M15 Moscow | World Tennis Tour | Clay | Maxim Ratniuk |
Timur Kiyamov Anton Chekhov |
0–6, 7–6(7–3), 10–6 |
| Loss | 2–1 | Oct 2019 | M15 Antalya | World Tennis Tour | Clay | Alexander Ovcharov |
 Jonathan Mridha Gustav Hansson |
3–6, 4–6 |
| Loss | 2–2 | Jan 2020 | M15 Cairo | World Tennis Tour | Clay |  Eric Vanshelboim |
Fermin Tenti Juan Pablo Paz |
0–6, 1–6 |
| Loss | 2–3 | Jul 2021 | M25 Kottingbrunn | World Tennis Tour | Clay | David Poljak |
 Mārtiņš Podžus  Petros Tsitsipas |
3–6, 3–6 |
Record against top 10 players
Shevchenko's record against players who have been ranked in the top 10, with those who are active in boldface. Only ATP Tour main draw matches and Davis Cup matches are considered:
| Player | Record | Win % | Hard | Clay | Grass | Last match |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Number 1 ranked players | ||||||
 Carlos Alcaraz |
0–1 | 0% | – | 0–1 | – | Lost (2–6, 1–6) at 2024 Madrid |
| Daniil Medvedev |
0–1 | 0% | – | 0–1 | – | Lost (6–4, 1–6, 5–7) at 2023 Madrid |
| Number 2 ranked players | ||||||
 Casper Ruud |
0–1 | 0% | – | 0–1 | – | Lost (2–6, 4–6) at 2023 Båstad |
| Jannik Sinner |
0–1 | 0% | – | 0–1 | – | Lost (3–6, 7–6(7–4), 2–6) at 2023 Rome |
| Number 3 ranked players | ||||||
 Stan Wawrinka |
1–0 | 100% | 1–0 | – | – | Won (6–3, 7–6(10–8)) at 2023 Basel |
| Grigor Dimitrov |
0–1 | 0% | 0–1 | – | – | Lost (6–7(2–7), 6–3, 4–6) at 2024 Rotterdam |
| Dominic Thiem |
0–1 | 0% | – | 0–1 | – | Lost (4–6, 2–6) at 2022 Kitzbühel |
| Number 4 ranked players | ||||||
 Holger Rune |
1–1 | 50% | 1–1 | – | – | Won (6–4, 1–6, 6–3) at 2024 Rotterdam |
| Number 5 ranked players | ||||||
| Taylor Fritz |
1–0 | 100% | 1–0 | – | – | Won (6–7(7–9), 7–6(8–6), 7–6(7–5)) at 2023 Basel |
| Number 6 ranked players | ||||||
 Félix Auger-Aliassime |
0–1 | 0% | 0–1 | – | – | Lost (6–7(2–7), 6–3, 6–7(1–7)) at 2023 Basel |
| Number 7 ranked players | ||||||
| Richard Gasquet |
0–1 | 0% | 0–1 | – | – | Lost (4–6, 4–6) at 2024 Doha |
| Number 8 ranked players | ||||||
| Karen Khachanov |
1–0 | 100% | 1–0 | – | – | Won (6–4, 6–4) at 2023 Metz |
 Cameron Norrie |
0–1 | 0% | 0–1 | – | – | Lost (3–6, 2–6, 2–6) at 2023 US Open |
 Hubert Hurkacz |
0–2 | 0% | 0–2 | – | – | Lost (1–6, 4–6) at 2024 Marseille |
| Number 9 ranked players | ||||||
 Alex de Minaur |
0–1 | 0% | – | 0–1 | – | Lost (0–6, 1–6) at 2023 Barcelona |
| Total | 4–13 | 24% | 4–7 (36%) |
0–6 (0%) |
0–0 ( – ) |
* Statistics correct as of 27 April 2024[update]. |
Wins over top 10 players
Shevchenko has a 2–8 (20.0%) record against players who were, at the time the match was played, ranked in the top 10.
| Season | 2023 | 2024 | Total |
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| Wins | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| # | Player | Rank | Event | Surface | Rd | Score | ASR |
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| 2023 | |||||||
| 1. | Taylor Fritz |
9 | Swiss Indoors, Switzerland | Hard (i) | 2R | 6–7(7–9), 7–6(8–6), 7–6(7–5) | 83 |
| 2024 | |||||||
| 2. | Holger Rune |
7 | Rotterdam Open, Netherlands | Hard (i) | 2R | 6–4, 1–6, 6–3 | 57 |
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