Alexei Popyrin | Bio | ATP Tour

Nickname is Pop.
Speaks English, Russian and Spanish.
Father, Alex; mother, Elena; brother, Anthony; sisters, Sonia and Anna. Says parents are his inspiration. Siblings, Anthony and Sonia also play tennis.
Began playing tennis as 5-year-old at Kim Warwick Tennis Academy. Also credits Patrick Mouratoglou for helping him improve.
Trained in Dubai for 2 years and served as a ballboy at Dubai ATP 500 event.
Moved to Spain in 2010.
Favourite shot is forehand, tournament is Australian Open and surfaces are clay and hard.
Lists London as his favourite city on tour.
Tennis idol growing up was Juan Martin del Potro. Also admires sprinter Usain Bolt.
Favourite movie is Total Recall and TV show is Game of Thrones.
Enjoys basketball, football, golf, PlayStation and reading. Favourite school subject was history.
Supports Portland Trail Blazers (NBA) and Everton FC (football).
Favourite actor is Johnny Depp, musician is Ed Sheeran and food is sushi.
Says his best quality is that he's funny and his worst is that he's shy.
Favourite book is Fever by Mary Beth Keane.

(UPDATED 30 JUNE 2025)

Achieved career-high No. 21 in June 2025 after advancing to Roland Garros 4R.
Posted 5 consecutive Top 20 wins, including saving 3 MPs vs. Dimitrov in 3R en route to 2024 Montreal title, becoming 1st Australian ATP Masters 1000 champion since Hewitt in 2003.
Earned biggest win of career over 4-time champion No. 2 Djokovic to reach 1st Grand Slam 4R at 2024 US Open after entering tournament with 0-6 record in Grand Slam 3R matches.
Reached 1st ATP Tour SF, advanced to 1st final and won 1st title at 2021 Singapore and beat former champion Wawrinka for 2nd title at 2023 Umag.
Qualified 10 times at tour-level events in 2019, tying single-season record set by M. Zverev in 2016.
Peaked at No. 2 in junior rankings after ending career with 17 straight wins and 2017 Roland Garros boys' singles title.