Alex Kuznetsov

This article is about the tennis player. For other people of the same name, see Aleksandr Kuznetsov (disambiguation).

Alex Kuznetsov
Singles

Country (sports)	United States
Residence	Tampa, Florida, United States
Born	(1987-02-05) February 5, 1987 Kiev, USSR (now Ukraine)
Height	1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)
Turned pro	2004
Plays	Right-handed (two-handed backhand)
Prize money	$909,591
Career record	9–28
Career titles	0 4 Challengers
Highest ranking	No. 120 (September 30, 2013)
Current ranking	No. 276 (June 8, 2015)
Grand Slam Singles results
Australian Open	2R (2007)
French Open	1R (2013)
Wimbledon	1R (2013, 2014)
US Open	1R (2006, 2007)
Doubles
Career record	9–14
Career titles	0
Highest ranking	No. 78 (September 24, 2007)
Current ranking	No. 291 (July 17, 2016)
Last updated on: July 17, 2016.

Alex Kuznetsov (born February 5, 1987) is an American professional tennis player.

Personal life

Though born in Ukraine, his family moved to the United States when he was 3 years old, settling just outside Philadelphia. He resides in Tampa, Florida where he trains at Saddlebrook Resort Club. He trains with John Isner and Tim Smyczek. He is engaged and enjoys playing golf on his spare time.

Kuznetsov is not related to Russian tennis players Svetlana Kuznetsova or Andrey Kuznetsov.^[1]

Tennis career

Kuznetsov is part of a group of players including Sam Querrey, John Isner, Ryan Harrison, Denis Kudla, and Ryan Sweeting that are hoped by some to provide a boost to American tennis, with Pete Sampras and Andre Agassi long-since retired and "aging" American tennis player Mardy Fish nearing the end of his career. Signed a disclosed contract with Nike at the age of 17 after turning pro.

Juniors

Excelling as a junior, Kuznetsov was coached by Jason Katzer during his youth. Considered at one time,to be the next "big thing" in American Tennis, because of his big body and big serve.

As a junior Kuznetsov compiled a singles win/loss record of 67-27 (50-21 in doubles), reaching a combined junior world ranking of No. 4 in July 2004.

Junior Slam results – Singles:

Australian Open: -
French Open: F (2004)
Wimbledon: 2R (2004)
US Open: 3R (2005)

Nike offered Alex a 1 million dollar sponsorship contract as soon as he turned pro which he accepted.

He was involved in a serious car accident soon after.

2006

In July 2006 Alex played in the Comerica Challenger in Aptos, defeating Go Soeda for the 2006 singles title. At the 2006 US Open, he lost to 14th seed Tommy Haas.

2006 also saw Kuznetsov appear in the video game Top Spin 2 as an up-and-coming star.

2007

Kuznetsov reached the second round of the 2007 Australian Open, defeating Australian Peter Luczak before losing to fellow American James Blake, 6–4, 6–1, 6–2. Kuznetsov gave Blake an early scare by breaking Blake's first two service games.

In April 2007, he reached his career-high singles ranking of World No. 158.

In the 2007 US Open he played doubles with American Jesse Levine. They won their first round match over Dominik Hrbatý of Slovakia and Harel Levy of Israel, 6–1, 6–4, and their second round match, upsetting 7th-seeded Frenchmen Arnaud Clément and Michaël Llodra 7–6(5), 6–4, before losing in the third round to 9th-seeded Czechs Lukáš Dlouhý and Pavel Vízner, 6–4, 7–5.

In December, Kuznetsov, Levine, and Wayne Odesnik were invited by the USTA to play off in a round-robin for the wild-card berth in the Australian Open.^[2] Levine won the wild card.^[3]

Singles performance timeline

**Key**
W	F	SF	QF	R#	RR	Q#	A	P	Z#	PO	G	F-S	SF-B	NMS	NH

(W) Won tournament; reached (F) final, (SF) semifinal, (QF) quarterfinal; (R#) rounds 4, 3, 2, 1; competed at a (RR) round-robin stage; reached a (Q#) qualification round; (A) absent; played in a (Z#) Davis/Fed Cup Zonal Group (with number indication) or (PO) play-off; won a (G) gold, (F-S) silver or (SF-B) bronze Olympic medal; a (NMS) downgraded Masters Series/1000 tournament; or (NH) tournament not held.

To avoid confusion and double counting, these charts are updated either at the conclusion of a tournament, or when the player's participation in the tournament has ended.

Current through 2015 Australian Open.

Tournament	2006	2007	2008	2009	2010	2011	2012	2013	2014	2015	W–L
Grand Slam Tournaments
Australian Open	A	2R	Q2	A	Q1	Q3	1R	Q1	Q3	Q3	1–2
French Open	A	Q2	Q1	A	A	Q1	Q2	1R	Q1	A	0–1
Wimbledon	A	Q2	Q1	A	Q2	Q2	Q1	1R	1R		0–2
US Open	1R	1R	Q3	Q1	Q1	Q1	Q1	Q3	Q1		2–3
Win–Loss	0–1	1–2	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–1	2–3	0–1	0–0	3–8
Career statistics
Titles–Finals	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0
Year End Ranking	223	180	344	198	250	169	224	142	182

Doubles performance timeline

**Key**
W	F	SF	QF	R#	RR	Q#	A	P	Z#	PO	G	F-S	SF-B	NMS	NH

To avoid confusion and double counting, these charts are updated either at the conclusion of a tournament, or when the player's participation in the tournament has ended.

Current till US Open.

Tournament	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008	2009	2013	W–L
Grand Slam Tournaments
Australian Open								0-0
French Open								0–0
Wimbledon				1R				0–1
US Open	1R	2R	1R	3R	1R	1R	1R	3-7
Win–Loss	0–1	1–1	0–1	2–2	0–1	0–1	0–1	3–8
Career statistics
Titles–Finals	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0

References

↑ http://challengertennis.wordpress.com/2011/04/06/know-your-kuznetsovs-%E2%80%93-a-field-guide/
↑ "Isner on outside looking in at Australian Open ... for now" ESPN, 12/11/07, accessed 12/13/07
↑ "Madison Brengle and Jesse Levine Win Australian Open Wild Cards". United States Tennis Association. Retrieved March 28, 2016.

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