ATP Tour

Aleksandar Kovacevic
Aleksandar Kovacevic
Aleksandar Kovacevic
Aleksandar Kovacevic
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  • Personal
  • Career
    • Nickname is Kova.
    • Speaks both Serbian and English.
    • Born and raised on the Upper West Side of New York City.
    • Started playing tennis at age five in Central Park, tagging along with his parents.
    • Currently lives and trains in Boca Raton, Florida.
    • Father, Milan, is from Serbia and mother, Milanka, is from Bosnia. Parents played table tennis. Father is currently a software engineer, mother is an injury prevention therapist.
    • Favourite surface is indoor hard, tournament is US Open and shot is forehand.
    • Graduated from the University of Illinois in 2021 with a Bachelor's degree in Finance, competing on the tennis team for five years.
    • Favourite food is Japanese.
    • Favourite movie is Shawshank Redemption.
    • Hobbies include snowboarding, basketball.

    (UPDATED 18 JANUARY 2026)

    • Broke into Top 100 in January 2024 after previously peaking at No. 101 in April 2023 and achieved career-high No. 58 in January 2026.
    • Upset No. 10 Rublev twice for biggest wins of career to reach ATP Tour finals of 2025 Montpellier and 2025 Los Cabos.
    • Defeated countryman McDonald to reach 2022 Seoul SF in ATP Tour main draw debut as 222nd-ranked LL and former champion Kyrgios en route to 2026 Brisbane SF.
    • Won Challenger titles at Cleveland, Waco, Shenzhen and Temuco in 2023, highlighted by win over Wu Yibing in Cleveland final and captured latest titles at 2025 Oeiras-2 and 2025 Cap Cana.
    • Made Grand Slam debut at 2023 Roland Garros, losing to eventual champion Djokovic in 1R, and defeated Tabilo to earn 1st Grand Slam win at 2024 Australian Open.
    • Played 5 years of college tennis at University of Illinois, where he was a 2-time All-American and graduated in 2021 with finance degree.
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