In this name that follows East Slavic naming customs, the patronymic is Alexeyevich and the family name is Zakharov.

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. Partnering Avidzba, he won the deciding doubles match in the final against Canada, defeating Felix Auger-Aliassime and Chih Chi Huang in straight sets.[3]

He was a quarterfinalist of junior Grand Slam tournaments four times and won 10 ITF junior tournaments (two in singles), reaching 12th place in the ITF World Junior ranking in 2018.[4]

Professional career

In November 2023, he won the $15k event in Ipoh, his first title since his hiatus.[5] In July 2024, he reached the final of the Dutch Open as a qualifier, losing to wildcard entrant Tomás Barrios Vera in the final.[6][7][8]

Personal life

He dated fellow tennis player Marta Kostyuk from 2019 to 2020.[9][10]

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 Germany Robert Strombachs 4–6, 0–6
Win 1–1 Aug 2019 M15 Moscow, Russia World Tennis Tour Clay Russia Alen Avidzba 4–6, 7–5, 6–1
Loss 1–2 Sep 2019 M15 Shymkent, Kazakhstan World Tennis Tour Hard Uzbekistan Sergey Fomin 6–2, 2–6, 4–6
Loss 1–3 Nov 2019 M15 Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt World Tennis Tour Hard Egypt 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 Germany Lucas Hellfritsch 6–4, 6–1
Win 3–3 Feb 2020 M25 Aktobe, Kazakhstan World Tennis Tour Hard Russia Evgenii Tiurnev 7–6(7–5), 3–6, 6–3
Loss 3–4 Feb 2021 M15 Saint Petersburg, Russia World Tennis Tour Hard Russia Alibek Kachmazov 4–6, 7–5, 4–6
Loss 3–5 Mar 2021 M15 Kazan, Russia World Tennis Tour Hard Turkey Yankı Erel 3–6, 0–3 ret.
Win 4–5 Nov 2023 M15 Ipoh, Malaysia World Tennis Tour Hard Japan Takuya Kumasaka 6–0, 6–3
Loss 4–6 Nov 2023 M15 Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia World Tennis Tour Hard South Korea Yeongseok Jeong 6–1, 6–7(6–8), 4–6
Loss 4–7 Jul 2024 Amersfoort, Netherlands Challenger Clay Chile 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 Russia Alexander Igoshin Kazakhstan Timur Khabibulin
Ukraine Vladyslav Manafov 		6–4, 6–2
Win 0–0 Oct 2019 M25 Tây Ninh, Vietnam World Tennis Tour Hard Japan Rio Noguchi United States Samuel Beren
United Kingdom Billy Harris 		6–7(5–7), 6–4, [10–4]
Loss 0–0 Nov 2019 M15 Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt World Tennis Tour Hard Ukraine Volodymyr Uzhylovskyi Poland Piotr Matuszewski
Poland Maciej Smoła 		2–6, 1–6
Loss 0–0 Feb 2021 M15 Saint Petersburg, Russia World Tennis Tour Hard Russia Artem Dubrivnyy Czech Republic Andrew Paulson
Czech Republic Patrik Rikl 		6–3, 6–7(5–7), [2–10]
Loss 0–0 Apr 2021 M15 Saint Petersburg, Russia World Tennis Tour Hard Japan Naoki Tajima Moldova Alexandr Cozbinov
Sweden Simon Freund 		4–6, 5–7
Loss 0–0 Apr 2021 M15 Saint Petersburg, Russia World Tennis Tour Hard Japan Naoki Tajima Moldova Alexandr Cozbinov
Sweden Simon Freund 		6–7(5–7), 6–2, [6–10]

References

  1. ^ Федяков, Евгений (26 May 2014). "Юниорское золото уехало из Москвы". Спорт-Экспресс (in Russian). Retrieved 23 July 2024.
  2. ^ "Mouratoglou Tennis Academy opens its doors". Tennis Europe. 21 September 2016. Retrieved 22 July 2024.
  3. ^ "2016 Junior Davis and Fed Cup Finals: Russian boys win the title after 26 years, Polish girls beat the USA to take the crown". Tennis World USA. 2 October 2016. Retrieved 29 November 2024.
  4. ^ "Alexey Zakharov Juniors Singles Overview". ITF Tennis. Retrieved 28 November 2024.
  5. ^ Мухина, Виктория (26 November 2023). "Захаров одержал победу на турнире ITF". Спорт МК (in Russian). Retrieved 23 July 2024.
  6. ^ Kust, Damian (22 July 2024). "Challenger Tour Weekly Recap: Tomas Barrios Vera on Fire, First Title for Holmgren". Last Word On Tennis. Retrieved 22 July 2024.
  7. ^ "Tomas Barrios Vera wint challengertoernooi Amersfoort na overwinning op Alexey Zakharov". ReSport(in Dutch). 21 July 2024. Retrieved 29 November 2024.
  8. ^ "Wildcardhouder Houkes maakt indruk met halve finaleplaats Challenger Amersfoort". Tennis Netherlands (in Dutch). 22 July 2024. Retrieved 29 November 2024.
  9. ^ Степанюк, Мария (7 August 2019). "Марта Костюк показала своего российского бойфренда". Факти (in Russian). Retrieved 22 July 2024.
  10. ^ Сакун, Никита (16 September 2020). "«Меня довели». Украинка Костюк рассказала о расставании с российским теннисистом". Чемпионат (in Russian). Retrieved 22 July 2024.
Allikas: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alexey_Zakharov
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