Stefan Kozlov

Stefan Kozlov
Country (sports)  United States
Residence Pembroke Pines, Florida, United States
Born (1998-02-01) 1 February 1998
Skopje, Republic of Macedonia
Height 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)
Turned pro 2013
Plays Right-handed (two-handed backhand)
Prize money $182,740
Singles
Career record 3–6
Career titles 0
Highest ranking No. 116 (28 November 2016)
Current ranking No. 116 (28 November 2016)
Grand Slam Singles results
French Open Q1 (2016)
Wimbledon Q1 (2016)
US Open Q2 (2014)
Doubles
Career record 0–3
Career titles 0
Highest ranking No. 541 (04 June 2015)
Current ranking No. 591 (24 August 2015)
Grand Slam Doubles results
US Open 1R (2014)
Last updated on: 22 March 2016.

Stefan Kozlov (born 1 February 1998 in Skopje, Republic of Macedonia) is an American tennis player. He is the son of Russian parents and his father is a tennis coach.[1]

Kozlov made his ATP World Tour debut as a wild card in Newport at the age of 15. He reached two junior grand slam finals in 2014 and finished the year at No. 3 in the ITF Junior Combined rankings.

Junior career

In 2014, Kozlov reached two junior grand slam finals, where he lost to Alexander Zverev at the Australian Open and Noah Rubin at Wimbledon. This grand slam success led him to a career high junior ranking of No. 2.[2] Kozlov also competed at the U18 National Championship, finishing in 3rd place in the Singles tournament and winning the Doubles tournament with Noah Rubin. With that victory, they earned a wild card into the main draw of the 2014 US Open. He capped off the year by winning the prestigious Orange Bowl junior tournament to avenge a loss in the final the previous year.[3]

In 2015, Kozlov reached the final of the U18 National Championship, where he lost to Frances Tiafoe in a five set thriller.

Professional career

Early years

Kozlov made his ATP World Tour debut as a wild card at the Newport tournament in 2013 and lost in the first round to Michał Przysiężny in 3 sets. At the age of 16, he defeated his first Top 100 player in Tim Smyczek to reach his first ATP Challenger final in Sacramento, where he would lose to fellow American Sam Querrey who was ranked 45. He has also reached 7 career ITF Futures finals and won 4 of them.

2016: First ATP win and Challenger title

In April, Kozlov reached the final at the Open de Guadeloupe to propel him into the Top 250 of the ATP rankings for the first time. In June, he won his first career ATP level match as a wild card at the Rosmalen Grass Court Championships in Den Bosch by defeating Yoshihito Nishioka. He then upset No. 39 Steve Johnson, the highest ranked player he ever defeated. Towards the end of the season, Kozlov reached a second Challenger final on the year at Suzhou to break into the Top 150. He finally won his first career Challenger event at the last tournament of the year in Columbus, becoming the 5th American teenager to win a Challenger in 2016 (joining Taylor Fritz, Frances Tiafoe, Reilly Opelka, and Michael Mmoh).

Tour finals

Singles (5–6)

Legend
Grand Slam (0)
ATP Masters Series (0)
ATP Tour (0)
Challengers (1–3)
ITF Futures (4–3)
Outcome No. Date Tournament Surface Opponent Score
Runner-up 1. 29 September 2014 Sacramento, USA Hard United States Sam Querrey 3–6, 4–6
Runner-up 2. 10 May 2015 Orange Park, USA Hard Barbados Darian King 2–6, 6–3, 0–6
Runner-up 3. 17 May 2015 Mexico City, Mexico Hard Ecuador Iván Endara 1–6, 6–7(3–7)
Runner-up 4. 18 October 2015 Minsk, Belarus Hard (i) Belarus Dzmitry Zhyrmont 1–6, 4–6
Winner 5. 25 October 2015 Minsk, Belarus Hard (i) Belarus Dzmitry Zhyrmont 6–1, 7–6(7–1)
Winner 6. 10 January 2016 Los Angeles, USA Hard Canada Philip Bester 7–6(9–7), 6–7(3–7), 6–3
Winner 7. 13 March 2016 Sherbrooke, Canada Hard (i) United Kingdom Lloyd Glasspool 4–6, 6–4, 6–4
Runner-up 8. 10 April 2016 Le Gosier, Guadeloupe Hard Tunisia Malek Jaziri 2–6, 4–6
Winner 9. 17 April 2016 Little Rock, USA Hard United States Eric Quigley 6–7(3–7), 6–3, 7–6(12–10)
Runner-up 10. 30 October 2016 Suzhou, China Hard Chinese Taipei Lu Yen-hsun 0–6, 1–6
Winner 11. 27 November 2016 Columbus, USA Hard (i) United States Tennys Sandgren 6–1, 2–6, 6–2

Doubles (2–1)

Legend
Grand Slam (0)
ATP Masters Series (0)
ATP Tour (0)
Challengers (1–0)
ITF Futures (1–1)
Outcome No. Date Tournament Surface Partner Opponent Score
Winner 1. 15 November 2013 Bradenton, USA Clay United States Sekou Bangoura United States Devin McCarthy
Canada Tommy Mylnikov		 6–2, 6–4
Runner-up 2. 23 May 2014 Vic, Spain Clay United States Noah Rubin Spain Sergio Martos Gornés
Spain Pol Toledo Bagué		 2–6, 5–7
Winner 3. February 1, 2015 Maui, United States Hard United States Jared Donaldson United States Chase Buchanan
United States Rhyne Williams		 6–3, 6–4

Junior Grand Slam finals

Boys' Singles

Outcome Year Championship Surface Opponent Score
Runner-up 2014 Australian Open Hard Germany Alexander Zverev 3–6, 0–6
Runner-up 2014 Wimbledon Grass United States Noah Rubin 6–4, 4–6, 3–6

Boys' Doubles

Outcome Year Championship Surface Partner Opponents Score
Runner-up 2014 Wimbledon Grass Russia Andrey Rublev Brazil Orlando Luz
Brazil Marcelo Zormann		 4–6, 6–3, 6–8

References

  1. ↑ "Floridian Kozlov on the rise". Miami Herald.
  2. ↑ "Stefan Kozlov junior profile".
  3. ↑ "Kozlov wins long-awaited Orange Bowl". Miami Herald. Retrieved 10 April 2016.



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