Alexander Shevchenko
Alexander Shevchenko
Alexander Shevchenko
Alexander Shevchenko
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    • Growing up, his family loved tennis. His mother wanted one of her children to become a tennis player.
    • Sister Irina, who is 10 years older, grew up playing tennis, including training at Nikola Pilic’s academy, where she practised with Novak Djokovic.
    • He began playing football aged five and thought he was “quite good at it”.
    • Began playing tennis aged nine. Grew to enjoy the competitive nature of the sport.
    • Aged 10, went on a family holiday to Kitzbühel, where his family met a fitness coach who worked at the tennis academy of renowned coach Gunther Bresnik, who became Shevchenko’s longtime coach.
    • Married to WTA player Anastasia Potapova. The couple met at the Linz WTA tournament in 2023.
    • Enjoys video games, which he played when he was younger, including with Daniil Medvedev.

    (UPDATED 21 AUGUST 2023)

    • Broke into Top 300 in March 2022, Top 200 in June 2022, Top 100 in April 2023, achieving career-high No. 84 on 22May 2023.
    • Defeated No. 23 Berrettini in QF for biggest win of career en route to 3rd Challenger final at 2023 Phoenix (l. to Borges).
    • Did not drop a set en route to 1st Challenger final and title at 2022 Bratislava, then won titles in 2023 atTenerife-1 and Madrid
    • Owns 48-38 Challenger record (3-1 in finals), with 15-9record in 2023.
    • Made Grand Slam debut at 2023 Roland Garros (d. Otte, l. to No. 18 Musetti in 2R).
    • Earned first ATP Tour win at 2023 Barcelona defeating Giustino in 1R before losing to de Minaur in 2R.
    • In May 2023 advanced to back-to-back 3R at ATP Masters 1000 tournaments inMadrid as a qualifier (d. Wolf, Lehecka, l. to No. 3 Medvedev) and Rome as a lucky loser (l. to No. 8 Sinner).
    • Member of team roster at 2022 ATP Cup in Sydney, but did not compete during event.
    • Owns 97-58 ITF record with World Tennis Tour titles at 2020 Monastir, 2021 Tbilisi, 2021 Velenje and 2022 Antalya.

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