Alexander Shvets (born 29 June 1972) is a former professional tennis player from Belarus. He is also known as Alexander Shvec.

Alexander Shvets
Full nameAlexander Shvets
Country (sports) Belarus
Born (1972-06-29) 29 June 1972 (age 52)
Minsk, Belarus
PlaysRight-handed
Prize money$83,446
Singles
Career record9–9
Career titles0
0 Challenger, 5 Futures
Highest rankingNo. 195 (10 July 2000)
Grand Slam singles results
Australian OpenQ1 (2000)
French OpenQ1 (2000)
WimbledonQ2 (1998, 2000)
US OpenQ1 (2000)
Doubles
Career record1–5
Career titles0
0 Challenger, 3 Futures
Highest rankingNo. 405 (8 October 2001)
Last updated on: 24 February 2023.

Biography

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Shvets, a right-handed player from Minsk, represented Belarus in a total of 19 Davis Cup ties, the first in 1994. In a World Group qualifying tie against Switzerland in 2000 he suffered the ignominy of being beaten 0–6, 0–6 by Michel Kratochvil.[1] He finally got an opportunity to play in the World Group in 2004, his final year of Davis Cup tennis. A veteran of the team at 31, Shvets featured in the doubles rubber of Belarus's opening fixture against Russia at home in Minsk.[2] He and partner Max Mirnyi were beaten by Marat Safin and Mikhail Youzhny, but Belarus went on to win the tie and ultimately make the semi-finals, although Shvets took no further part in their campaign. He finished his career with a 13/13 overall record, 11/9 in singles.

On the ATP Tour, Shvets appeared in the main draw of three singles tournament, the 1996 St. Petersburg Open, the 1999 President's Cup in Tashkent and the 2002 St. Petersburg Open. He was runner-up at the Bukhara Challenger in 2000 and also made two doubles finals at Challenger level.

ATP Challenger and ITF Futures finals

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Singles: 7 (5–2)

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Legend
ATP Challenger (0–1)
ITF Futures (5–1)
Finals by surface
Hard (5–1)
Clay (0–1)
Grass (0–0)
Carpet (0–0)


Result W–L Date Tournament Tier Surface Opponent Score
Win 1–0 Oct 1999 Uzbekistan F3, Guliston Futures Hard   Dmitriy Tomashevich 6–2, 6–4
Win 2–0 Oct 1999 Uzbekistan F4, Fargana Futures Hard   Lior Dahan 6–2, 6–0
Win 3–0 Oct 1999 Uzbekistan F5, Karshi Futures Hard   Stefano Galvani 6–4, 3–6, 6–3
Win 4–0 Oct 2000 Uzbekistan F3, Guliston Futures Hard   Michal Mertinak 6–7(10–12), 6–1, 6–4
Loss 4–1 Oct 2000 Bukhara, Uzbekistan Challenger Hard   Noam Behr 6–4, 6–7(3–7), 0–6
Loss 4–2 Aug 2001 Russia F2, Saransk Futures Clay   Orest Tereshchuk 1–6, 5–7
Win 5–2 Oct 2001 Uzbekistan F3, Karshi Futures Hard   Alexey Kedryuk 6–3, 6–1


Doubles: 5 (2–3)

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Legend
ATP Challenger (0–2)
ITF Futures (2–1)
Finals by surface
Hard (1–2)
Clay (1–1)
Grass (0–0)
Carpet (0–0)
Result W–L Date Tournament Tier Surface Partner Opponents Score
Loss 0–1 Aug 1998 Sopot, Poland Challenger Clay   Milen Velev   James Greenhalgh
  Nenad Zimonjic
1–6, 3–6
Win 1–1 Oct 1999 Uzbekistan F3, Guliston Futures Hard   Dmitriy Tomashevich   Erhan Oral
  Efe Ustundag
6–3, 6–1
Win 2–1 Aug 2001 Russia F2, Saransk Futures Clay   Orest Tereshchuk   Alexander Sikanov
  Aleksandr Yarmola
6–2, 7–5
Loss 2–2 Oct 2001 Bukhara, Uzbekistan Challenger Hard   Alexey Kedryuk   Aisam Qureshi
  Rogier Wassen
2–6, 4–6
Loss 2–3 Oct 2001 Uzbekistan F3, Karshi Futures Hard   Alexey Kedryuk   Kirill Ivanov-Smolenskii
  Dmitriy Tomashevich
4–6, 7–5, 3–6

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "Switzerland cruise to 5-0 Davis Cup win over Belarus". Swissinfo. 23 July 2000. Retrieved 7 May 2017.
  2. ^ "Federer helps Swiss dominate Romania". ESPN.com. 9 February 2004. Retrieved 7 May 2017.
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