Alexander Shevchenko (tennis)

Alexander Shevchenko
Alex Shevchenko in 2023
Country (sports) Kazakhstan (2024–)[1][2]
 Russia (2018–2024)
ResidenceVienna, Austria[3]
Born (2000-11-29) 29 November 2000 (age 23)
Rostov-on-Don, Russia
Height1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)
Turned pro2018
PlaysRight-handed (two handed-backhand)
CoachGünter Bresnik (-2023),[3] Timur Maulenov
Prize money$1,016,420
Singles
Career record26–33 (44.1% in ATP Tour and Grand Slam main draw matches, and in Davis Cup)
Career titles0
Highest rankingNo. 45 (19 February 2024)
Current rankingNo. 59 (22 April 2024)
Grand Slam singles results
Australian Open1R (2024)
French Open2R (2023)
Wimbledon1R (2023)
US Open1R (2023)
Doubles
Career record1–4 (20.0%)
Career titles0
Highest rankingNo. 406 (20 February 2023)
Current rankingNo. 627 (29 January 2024)
Last updated on: 20 February 2024.

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]

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]

Career

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]

Nationality change

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]

Personal life

Since the end of 2022, he has been in a relationship with fellow Russian female player Anastasia Potapova. On September 24, 2023 they announced their engagement.[19][20] They got married on December 1, 2023.[21]

Performance timeline

Key
W  F  SF QF #R RR Q# P# DNQ A Z# PO G S B NMS NTI P NH
(W) winner; (F) finalist; (SF) semifinalist; (QF) quarterfinalist; (#R) rounds 4, 3, 2, 1; (RR) round-robin stage; (Q#) qualification round; (P#) preliminary round; (DNQ) did not qualify; (A) absent; (Z#) Davis/Fed Cup Zonal Group (with number indication) or (PO) play-off; (G) gold, (S) silver or (B) bronze Olympic/Paralympic medal; (NMS) not a Masters tournament; (NTI) not a Tier I tournament; (P) postponed; (NH) not held; (SR) strike rate (events won / competed); (W–L) win–loss record.
To avoid confusion and double counting, these charts are updated at the conclusion of a tournament or when the player's participation has ended.

Singles

Current through the 2024 Mutua Madrid Open.

Tournament 2022 2023 2024 SR W–L Win %
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

ATP career finals

Singles: 1 (1 runner-up)

Legend
Grand Slam tournaments (0–0)
ATP Finals (0–0)
ATP Tour Masters 1000 (0–0)
ATP Tour 500 Series (0–0)
ATP Tour 250 Series (0–1)
Finals by surface
Hard (0–1)
Clay (0–0)
Grass (0–0)
Finals by setting
Outdoor (0–0)
Indoor (0–1)
Result W–L    Date    Tournament Tier Surface Opponent Score
Loss 0–1 Nov 2023 Moselle Open, France 250 Series Hard (i) France Ugo Humbert 3–6, 3–6

Challenger and Futures/World Tennis Tour finals

Singles: 12 (7–5)

Legend (singles)
ATP Challenger Tour (3–1)
ITF Futures Tour / World Tennis Tour (4–4)
Titles by surface
Hard (2–0)
Clay (5–4)
Grass (0–0)
Carpet (0–0)
Result W–L    Date    Tournament Tier Surface Opponent Score
Loss 0–1 Nov 2019 M15 Antalya, Turkey World Tennis Tour Clay Romania Alexandru Jecan 6–1, 4–6, 2–6
Win 1–1 Sep 2020 M15 Monastir, Tunisia World Tennis Tour Clay Austria David Pichler 6–3, 6–4
Loss 1–2 Sep 2020 M15 Monastir, Tunisia World Tennis Tour Clay Italy Luca Potenza 6–2, 4–6, 3–6
Loss 1–3 Jan 2021 M15 Antalya, Turkey World Tennis Tour Clay Bulgaria Adrian Andreev 1–6, 6–7(1–7)
Win 2–3 May 2021 M15 Tbilisi, Georgia World Tennis Tour Hard Italy Alessandro Bega 4–6, 7–6(7–5), 6–3
Loss 2–4 May 2021 M15 Shymkent, Kazakhstan World Tennis Tour Clay Italy Edoardo Lavagno 3–6, 0–6
Win 3–4 Jul 2021 M25 Velenje, Slovenia World Tennis Tour Clay Czech Republic Patrik Rikl 6–1, 6–2
Win 4–4 Feb 2022 M25 Antalya, Turkey World Tennis Tour Clay Uruguay Martin Cuevas 6–2, 6-1
Win 5–4 Jun 2022 Bratislava, Slovakia Challenger Clay Italy Riccardo Bonadio 6–3, 7–5
Win 6–4 Jan 2023 Tenerife, Spain Challenger Hard Austria Sebastian Ofner 7–5, 6–2
Loss 6–5 Mar 2023 Phoenix, USA Challenger Hard Portugal Nuno Borges 6–4, 2–6, 1–6
Win 7–5 Apr 2023 Madrid, Spain Challenger Clay Argentina Pedro Cachin 6–4, 6–3

Doubles: 5 (2–3)

Legend (singles)
ATP Challenger Tour (0–0)
ITF Futures Tour / World Tennis Tour (2–3)
Titles by surface
Hard (0–0)
Clay (2–3)
Grass (0–0)
Carpet (0–0)
Result W–L    Date    Tournament Tier Surface Partner Opponents Score
Win 1–0 Apr 2019 M15 Antalya World Tennis Tour Clay Russia Maxim Ratniuk Germany Luca Gelhardt
United States Neel Rajesh 		6–4, 6–3
Win 2–0 Aug 2019 M15 Moscow World Tennis Tour Clay Russia Maxim Ratniuk Russia Timur Kiyamov
Russia Anton Chekhov 		0–6, 7–6(7–3), 10–6
Loss 2–1 Oct 2019 M15 Antalya World Tennis Tour Clay Russia Alexander Ovcharov Sweden Jonathan Mridha
Sweden Gustav Hansson 		3–6, 4–6
Loss 2–2 Jan 2020 M15 Cairo World Tennis Tour Clay Ukraine Eric Vanshelboim Argentina Fermin Tenti
Argentina Juan Pablo Paz 		0–6, 1–6
Loss 2–3 Jul 2021 M25 Kottingbrunn World Tennis Tour Clay Czech Republic David Poljak Latvia Mārtiņš Podžus
Greece Petros Tsitsipas 		3–6, 3–6

Record against other players

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
Spain Carlos Alcaraz 0–1 0% – 0–1 – Lost (2–6, 1–6) at 2024 Madrid
Russia Daniil Medvedev 0–1 0% – 0–1 – Lost (6–4, 1–6, 5–7) at 2023 Madrid
Number 2 ranked players
Norway Casper Ruud 0–1 0% – 0–1 – Lost (2–6, 4–6) at 2023 Båstad
Italy Jannik Sinner 0–1 0% – 0–1 – Lost (3–6, 7–6(7–4), 2–6) at 2023 Rome
Number 3 ranked players
Switzerland Stan Wawrinka 1–0 100% 1–0 – – Won (6–3, 7–6(10–8)) at 2023 Basel
Bulgaria Grigor Dimitrov 0–1 0% 0–1 – – Lost (6–7(2–7), 6–3, 4–6) at 2024 Rotterdam
Austria Dominic Thiem 0–1 0% – 0–1 – Lost (4–6, 2–6) at 2022 Kitzbühel
Number 4 ranked players
Denmark Holger Rune 1–1 50% 1–1 – – Won (6–4, 1–6, 6–3) at 2024 Rotterdam
Number 5 ranked players
United States 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
Canada 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
France Richard Gasquet 0–1 0% 0–1 – – Lost (4–6, 4–6) at 2024 Doha
Number 8 ranked players
Russia Karen Khachanov 1–0 100% 1–0 – – Won (6–4, 6–4) at 2023 Metz
United Kingdom Cameron Norrie 0–1 0% 0–1 – – Lost (3–6, 2–6, 2–6) at 2023 US Open
Poland Hubert Hurkacz 0–2 0% 0–2 – – Lost (1–6, 4–6) at 2024 Marseille
Number 9 ranked players
Australia 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.

Wins over top 10 players

Shevchenko has a 2–6 (25.0%) record against players who were, at the time the match was played, ranked in the top 10.

Season 2023 2024 Total
Wins 1 1 2
# Player Rank Event Surface Rd Score ASR
2023
1. United States Taylor Fritz 9 Swiss Indoors, Switzerland Hard (i) 2R 6–7(7–9), 7–6(8–6), 7–6(7–5) 83
2024
2. Denmark Holger Rune 7 Rotterdam Open, Netherlands Hard (i) 2R 6–4, 1–6, 6–3 57

References

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