Draft:Alexey Zakharov

Alexey Zakharov
Full name	Alexey Alexeyevich Zakharov
Native name	Алексей Алексеевич Захаров
Country (sports)	Russia
Born	21 April 2000 (age 24); Moscow, Russia
Height	1.88 m (6 ft 2 in)
Plays	Right-handed (two-handed backhand)
Coach	Andrey Chesnokov
Prize money	US$ 74,165
Singles
Highest ranking	No. 339 (22 July 2024)
Current ranking	No. 339 (22 July 2024)
Doubles
Highest ranking	No. 455 (26 July 2021)
	Last updated on: 22 July 2024.

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Alexey Alexeyevich Zakharov (Russian: Алексей Алексеевич Захаров; born 21 April 2000) is a Russian professional tennis player.

Early life

Alexey Zakharov is from Moscow.^[1] He briefly trained at the Mouratoglou Tennis Academy in France.^[2]

Junior career

Zakharov represented Russia in the 2016 Junior Davis Cup, in which he and teammates Alen Avidzba and Timofey Skatov won the title.

Professional career

In November 2023, he won the $15k event in Ipoh, his first title since his hiatus.^[3]

In July 2024, he reached the final of the Dutch Open as a qualifier.^[4]

Personal life

He dated fellow tennis player Marta Kostyuk from 2019 to 2020.^[5]^[6]

ATP Challenger and ITF Futures/World Tennis Tour finals

Singles: 11 (4 titles, 7 runner-ups)

Legend
ATP Challenger Tour (0–1)
ITF Futures/World Tennis Tour (4–6)

Finals by surface
Hard (3–6)
Clay (1–1)
Grass (0–0)
Carpet (0–0)

Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Tier	Surface	Opponent	Score
Loss	0–1	Oct 2018	F35 Monastir, Tunisia	Futures	Hard	Robert Strombachs	4–6, 0–6
Win	1–1	Aug 2019	M15 Moscow, Russia	World Tennis Tour	Clay	Alen Avidzba	4–6, 7–5, 6–1
Loss	1–2	Sep 2019	M15 Shymkent, Kazakhstan	World Tennis Tour	Hard	Sergey Fomin	6–2, 2–6, 4–6
Loss	1–3	Nov 2019	M15 Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt	World Tennis Tour	Hard	Karim-Mohamed Maamoun	7–6^(7–2), 3–6, 4–6
Win	2–3	Nov 2019	M15 Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt	World Tennis Tour	Hard	Lucas Hellfritsch	6–4, 6–1
Win	3–3	Feb 2020	M25 Aktobe, Kazakhstan	World Tennis Tour	Hard	Evgenii Tiurnev	7–6^(7–5), 3–6, 6–3
Loss	3–4	Feb 2021	M15 Saint Petersburg, Russia	World Tennis Tour	Hard	Alibek Kachmazov	4–6, 7–5, 4–6
Loss	3–5	Mar 2021	M15 Kazan, Russia	World Tennis Tour	Hard	Yankı Erel	3–6, 0–3 ret.
Win	4–5	Nov 2023	M15 Ipoh, Malaysia	World Tennis Tour	Hard	Takuya Kumasaka	6–0, 6–3
Loss	4–6	Nov 2023	M15 Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia	World Tennis Tour	Hard	Yeongseok Jeong	6–1, 6–7^(6–8), 4–6
Loss	4–7	Jul 2024	Amersfoort, Netherlands	Challenger	Clay	Tomás Barrios Vera	2–6, 1–6

Doubles: 6 (2 titles, 4 runner-ups)

Legend
ATP Challenger Tour (0–0)
ITF Futures/World Tennis Tour (2–4)

Finals by surface
Hard (1–4)
Clay (1–0)
Grass (0–0)
Carpet (0–0)

Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Tier	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Win	0–0	Sep 2019	M15 Shymkent, Kazakhstan	World Tennis Tour	Clay	Alexander Igoshin	Timur Khabibulin Vladyslav Manafov	6–4, 6–2
Win	0–0	Oct 2019	M25 Tây Ninh, Vietnam	World Tennis Tour	Hard	Rio Noguchi	Samuel Beren Billy Harris	6–7^(5–7), 6–4, [10–4]
Loss	0–0	Nov 2019	M15 Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt	World Tennis Tour	Hard	Volodymyr Uzhylovskyi	Piotr Matuszewski Maciej Smoła	2–6, 1–6
Loss	0–0	Feb 2021	M15 Saint Petersburg, Russia	World Tennis Tour	Hard	Artem Dubrivnyy	Andrew Paulson Patrik Rikl	6–3, 6–7^(5–7), [2–10]
Loss	0–0	Apr 2021	M15 Saint Petersburg, Russia	World Tennis Tour	Hard	Naoki Tajima	Alexandr Cozbinov Simon Freund	4–6, 5–7
Loss	0–0	Apr 2021	M15 Saint Petersburg, Russia	World Tennis Tour	Hard	Naoki Tajima	Alexandr Cozbinov Simon Freund	6–7^(5–7), 6–2, [6–10]