Alexandar Lazarov

Alexandar Lazarov (Bulgarian: Александър Лазаров, born 6 November 1997) is a Bulgarian professional tennis player. His highest singles ranking is No. 405 achieved on 13 December 2021, whilst his best doubles ranking is No. 359 achieved on 3 February 2020.[1][2][3][4][5]

Alexandar Lazarov
Country (sports) Bulgaria
ResidenceSofia, Bulgaria
Born (1997-11-06) 6 November 1997
Miami, FL, United States
Height1.91 m (6 ft 3 in)
Turned pro2016
PlaysRight-handed (one-handed backhand)
CoachKrasimir Lazarov
Prize moneyUS$ 119,766
Singles
Career record4–6 (at ATP Tour level, Grand Slam level, and in Davis Cup)
Career titles0
Highest rankingNo. 405 (13 December 2021)
Current rankingNo. 405 (13 December 2021)
Doubles
Career record1–8 (at ATP Tour level, Grand Slam level, and in Davis Cup)
Career titles0
Highest rankingNo. 359 (03 February 2020)
Current rankingNo. 571 (13 December 2021)
Last updated on: 13 December 2021.

Professional career

2016: Professional debut, first ITF title

In 2016 Lazarov made his debut at ATP level at the ATP Sofia Open. He received a wild card for the qualification of the event in his homeland, losing in two sets to the world No. 214 Marius Copil.[6] A month later Alexandar made his debut for the Bulgaria Davis Cup team against Turkey,[7] losing the first match to Marsel İlhan, but claiming his maiden win over Altuğ Çelikbilek in the second. In September he won his first ITF singles title at the Serbia F8 event in Sokobanja, defeating Filip Veger in the final.

2017-2020: Maiden ATP main draw appearance and first ATP Cup match win

Lazarov lost in the first qualifying round at the ATP Sofia Open in 2017 and 2018, but at the 2019 event the Bulgarian defeated Lukáš Lacko and Luca Vanni to guarantee himself a spot in the main draw for the first time. In his ATP tour main draw debut Alexandar faced former world No. 7 Fernando Verdasco, but failed to score another upset, losing to the Spaniard 2–6 1–6. After the tournament Lazarov made his Top 500 debut in the ATP rankings.

Alexandar won his second ITF singles title in 2018 at the Georgia F3 event in Telavi and a year later he added another trophy to his collection, defeating Jordan Correia in the final of the M15 event in Casablanca.

In January 2020, Lazarov participated in the Bulgarian team in the inaugural 2020 ATP Cup where the top 24 countries qualified based on the singles ATP ranking of their No. 1 country player. The Bulgarian team was No. 19 based on Dimitrov’s ranking and part of Group C. Lazarov and Grigor Dimitrov pulled a victory in doubles where as the underdogs they stunned the top British experienced pair of Jamie Murray/Joe Salisbury in a close three sets match.[8][9][10]

2021

At the beginning of the 2021 season Lazarov made the qualifying draw at the Antalya Open, but lost in three sets to Lucas Miedler. In July Alexander played his first ATP Challenger main draw match at the Iași Open after two wins in the qualification draw, but his run was stopped by Marius Copil. The Bulgarian's good form continued in the following week at the M25 event in Telavi, where he didn't lose a set on his way to his fourth ITF singles title.

In September, he received a wild card for the main draw at the ATP Sofia Open, but couldn't score his maiden ATP win, losing 0–6 3–6 to Filip Krajinović. Lazarov finished his season with two consecutive ATP Challenger quarterfinals in 2021 Bahrain Ministry of Interior Tennis Challenger and 2021 Antalya Challenger IV and reached a new career-high ranking of No. 405 on 13 December.

Challenger and Futures/World Tennis Tour finals

Singles: 5 (4–1)

Legend (singles)
ATP Challenger Tour (0–0)
ITF Futures/World Tennis Tour (4–1)
Titles by surface
Hard (0–0)
Clay (4–1)
Grass (0–0)
Carpet (0–0)
Result W–L    Date    Tournament Tier Surface Opponent Score
Win 1–0 Sep 2016 Serbia F8, Sokobanja Futures Clay Filip Veger 6–7(2–7), 7–6(7–4), 3–0 ret.
Win 2–0 Jul 2018 Georgia F3, Telavi Futures Clay Maksim Tikhomirov 6–3, 6–2
Win 3–0 Jul 2019 M15 Casablanca, Morocco World Tennis Tour Clay Jordan Correia 6–4, 7–5
Loss 3–1 Jun 2021 M15 Skopje, North Macedonia World Tennis Tour Clay Miljan Zekić 4–6, 6–7(5–7)
Win 4–1 Aug 2021 M25 Telavi, Georgia World Tennis Tour Clay Aleksandre Metreveli 6–1, 1–0 ret.

Doubles: 6 (2–4)

Legend (doubles)
ATP Challenger Tour (0–0)
ITF Futures/World Tennis Tour (2–4)
Titles by surface
Hard (0–1)
Clay (2–3)
Grass (0–0)
Carpet (0–0)
Result W–L    Date    Tournament Tier Surface Partner Opponents Score
Win 1–0 May 2017 Czech Republic F1, Prague Futures Clay Dominik Kellovský Daniel Paty
Jan Valenta
6–1, 6–3
Loss 1–1 Jul 2018 Tunisia F25, Hammamet Futures Clay Manuel Peña López Juan Ignacio Galarza
Diego Hidalgo
5–7, 4–6
Loss 1–2 May 2019 M15 Sozopol, Bulgaria World Tennis Tour Hard Alexander Donski Alec Adamson
Vasil Kirkov
6–4, 2–6, [6–10]
Loss 1–3 Jun 2019 M15 Kamen, Germany World Tennis Tour Clay Alexander Mannapov Shalva Dzhanashiya
Yan Sabanin
4–6, 5–7
Win 2–3 Aug 2019 M15 Curtea de Argeș, Romania World Tennis Tour Clay Călin Manda Petru-Alexandru Luncanu
Ștefan Paloși
6–4, 6–4
Loss 2–4 Mar 2022 M25 Rovinj, Croatia World Tennis Tour Clay Giovanni Fonio David Pichler
Dalibor Svrčina
6–4, 2–6, [7–10]

National participation

Davis Cup (7 wins, 7 losses)

Alexandar Lazarov debuted for the Bulgaria Davis Cup team in 2016. Since then he has 7 nominations with 8 ties played, his singles W/L record is 4–3 and doubles W/L record is 3–4 (7–7 overall).

Group membership
World Group (0–0)
WG Play-off (0–0)
Group I (0–0)
Group II (5–7)
Group III (2–0)
Group IV (0–0)
Matches by surface
Hard (7–7)
Clay (0–0)
Grass (0–0)
Carpet (0–0)
Matches by type
Singles (4–3)
Doubles (3–4)
Rubber result No. Rubber Match type (partner if any) Opponent nation Opponent player(s) Score
2–3; 4–6 March 2016; Ankara Tenis Kulübü, Ankara, Turkey; Group II Europe/Africa First Round; Hard (i) surface
Defeat 1 II Singles Turkey Marsel İlhan 4–6, 2–6, 3–6
Victory 2 V Singles Altuğ Çelikbilek 4–6, 6–4, 6–4
2–3; 15–17 July 2016; Tennis Courts of Cité Nationale Sportive, Tunis, Tunisia; Group II Europe/Africa Relegation Play-Off; Hard surface
Defeat 3 II Singles Tunisia Malek Jaziri 4–6, 4–6, 1–6
Defeat 4 III Doubles (with Vasko Mladenov) Malek Jaziri / Skander Mansouri 4–6, 4–6, 3–6
Victory 5 V Singles Aziz Dougaz 4–6, 6–4, 7–6(7–1)
3–0; 6 April 2017; Holiday Village Santa Marina, Sozopol, Bulgaria; Group III Europe Round Robin; Hard surface
Victory 6 III Doubles (with Tihomir Grozdanov) Armenia Mikayel Khachatryan / Sedrak Khachatryan 6–2, 6–1
3–0; 7 April 2017; Holiday Village Santa Marina, Sozopol, Bulgaria; Group III Europe Round Robin; Hard surface
Victory 7 III Doubles (with Tihomir Grozdanov) Greece Petros Tsitsipas / Stamatios Kapiris 6–0, 6–4
1–4; 13–14 September 2019; Kelvin Grove Club, Cape Town, South Africa; Group II Europe/Africa First Round; Hard surface
Defeat 8 I Singles South Africa Lloyd Harris 4–6, 7–6(7–3), 3–6
Defeat 9 III Doubles (with Alexander Donski) Raven Klaasen / Ruan Roelofse 3–6, 2–6
4–1; 6–7 March 2020; Costa Rica Country Club, San José, Costa Rica; World Group II Play-Off; Hard surface
Victory 10 II Singles Costa Rica Jesse Flores 7–5, 4–6, 6–3
Defeat 11 III Doubles (with Adrian Andreev) Jesse Flores / Pablo Núñez 6–7(9–11), 6–4, 6–7(10–12)
1–3; 5–6 March 2021; Sport Hall Sofia, Sofia, Bulgaria; World Group II; Hard (i)surface
Defeat 12 III Doubles (with Gabriel Donev) Mexico Hans Hach Verdugo / Miguel Ángel Reyes-Varela 4–6, 4–6
3–1; 4–5 March 2022; Sport Hall Sofia, Sofia, Bulgaria; World Group II Play-Off; Hard (i) surface
Victory 13 II Singles Paraguay Daniel Vallejo 6–4, 6–1
Victory 14 III Doubles (with Alexander Donski) Juan Borba / Hernando José Escurra Isnardi 6–3, 7–5

ATP Cup (1 win, 2 losses)

Matches by type
Singles (0–0)
Doubles (1–2)
Result No. Rubber Match type (partner if any) Opponent nation Opponent player(s) Score
2–1; 3 January 2020; Ken Rosewall Arena, Sydney, Australia; Group stage; Hard surface
Victory 1 III Doubles (with Grigor Dimitrov) Great Britain Jamie Murray / Joe Salisbury 7–6(7–5), 6–7(2–7), [11–9]
2–1; 5 January 2020; Ken Rosewall Arena, Sydney, Australia; Group stage; Hard surface
Defeat 2 III Doubles (with Grigor Dimitrov) Moldova Radu Albot / Alexander Cozbinov 4–6, 6–7(4–7)
1–2; 7 January 2020; Ken Rosewall Arena, Sydney, Australia; Group stage; Hard surface
Defeat 3 III Doubles (with Grigor Dimitrov) Belgium Sander Gillé / Joran Vliegen 6–3, 4–6, [7–10]

Personal life

Lazarov is the son of former Bulgarian tennis player Krasimir Lazarov. He has a younger brother, George Lazarov, who is the youngest ATP ranked player up to date.

References

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