Alibek Muratovich Kachmazov (Russian: Алибек Муратович Качмазов, IPA: [ɐlʲɪˈbʲek kɐˈt͡ɕmazəf]; born 17 August 2002) is a Russian tennis player. He has a career high ATP singles ranking of world No. 179 achieved on 23 September 2024. He also has a career high ATP doubles ranking of No. 250 achieved on 8 May 2023.[1]

Career

2019-2023: ATP debut and first win

Kachmazov made his ATP main draw debut at the 2019 Kremlin Cup after receiving a wildcard for the singles main draw.[2]

He entered the main draw at the 2023 Chengdu Open as a qualifier but lost in the first round to Christopher O'Connell.

He entered the qualifying draw at the 2023 Astana Open as an alternate and won in the first round against third seed Fabian Marozsan and seventh seed Damir Dzumhur to qualify for his third main draw. He won his first ATP Tour level match against Corentin Moutet.[3]

2024: First ATP semifinal, top 200 debut

Ranked No. 252, he again entered the main draw at the 2024 Chengdu Open as a qualifier and recorded his second and third ATP wins over two top 100 players Aleksandar Kovacevic,[4] Taro Daniel,[5][6] and top-30 player Nicolás Jarry[7] to reach his first ATP semifinal, becoming the lowest-ranked semifinalist in tournament history. As a result he reached a new career-high ranking in the top 180 on 23 September 2024, raising more than 70 positions up.[8][9]

ATP Challenger Tour finals

Doubles: 1 (1 title)

Legend
ATP Challenger Tour (1–0)
Result W–L    Date    Tournament Tier Surface Partner Opponents Score
Win 1–0 Aug 2022 Nonthaburi, Thailand Challenger Hard Evgeny Donskoy South Korea Nam Ji-sung
South Korea Song Min-kyu
6–3, 1–6, [10–7]

ITF World Tennis Tour finals

Singles: 13 (8 titles, 5 runner-ups)

Legend
ITF WTT (8–5)
Finals by surface
Hard (7–4)
Clay (1–1)
Grass (0–0)
Carpet (0–0)
Result W–L    Date    Tournament Tier Surface Opponent Score
Loss 0–1 Dec 2019 M15 Heraklion, Greece WTT Hard Russia Boris Pokotilov 7–6(7–4), 2–6, 6–7(6–8)
Win 1–1 Feb 2021 M15 Saint Petersburg, Russia WTT Hard (i) Russia Alexey Zakharov 6–4, 5–7, 6–4
Loss 1–2 Oct 2021 M15 Kazan, Russia WTT Hard (i) Russia Bogdan Bobrov 5–7, 4–6
Win 2–2 Oct 2021 M25 Nur-Sultan, Kazakhstan WTT Hard (i) Russia Bogdan Bobrov 6–2, 4–6, 6–4
Win 3–2 Nov 2021 M15 Kazan, Russia WTT Hard (i) Belarus Martin Borisiouk 6–2, 6–2
Win 4–2 Jan 2022 M15 Kazan, Russia WTT Hard (i) Russia Marat Sharipov 6–3, 6–3
Win 5–2 Mar 2022 M25 Nur-Sultan, Kazakhstan WTT Hard (i) Kazakhstan Beibit Zhukayev 6–3, 6–7(5–7), 7–6(7–4)
Win 6–2 Apr 2022 M15 Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt WTT Hard Italy Samuel Vincent Ruggeri 6–2, 6–4
Loss 6–3 May 2022 M15 Shymkent, Kazakhstan WTT Clay France Sean Cuenin 3–6, 6–7(3–7)
Loss 6–4 Apr 2023 M25 Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt WTT Hard Georgia (country) Saba Purtseladze 4–6, 5–7
Win 7–4 Apr 2023 M25 Tbilisi, Georgia WTT Hard Egor Agafonov 6–2, 6–1
Win 8–4 Jun 2023 M25 La Nucia, Spain WTT Clay Spain Carlos Sánchez Jover 6–3, 6–1
Loss 8–5 Mar 2024 M25 Saint-Dizier, France WTT Hard (i) Belgium Gauthier Onclin 6–3, 6–7(3–7), 5–7

Doubles: 5 (4 titles, 1 runner-up)

Legend
ITF WTT (4–1)
Result W–L    Date    Tournament Tier Surface Partner Opponents Score
Win 1–0 Oct 2020 M15 Monastir, Tunisia WTT Hard Estonia Vladimir Ivanov Lithuania Laurynas Grigelis
Lithuania Lukas Mugevičius
6–4, 6–4
Win 2–0 Feb 2022 M25 Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt WTT Hard Kazakhstan Beibit Zhukayev Chinese Taipei Hsu Yu-hsiou
Austria Neil Oberleitner
1–6, 7–6(7–1), [10–5]
Win 3–0 Apr 2022 M15 Shymkent, Kazakhstan WTT Clay Marat Sharipov Yan Bondarevskiy
Georgia (country) Aleksandre Bakshi
6–3, 6–4
Win 4–0 Apr 2023 M25 Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt WTT Hard Uzbekistan Sergey Fomin Moldova Alexandr Cozbinov
Denmark August Holmgren
6–2, 6–3
Loss 4–1 Apr 2023 M25 Tbilisi, Georgia WTT Hard Egor Agafonov Aliaksandr Liaonenka
Alexander Zgirovsky
0–6, 6–3, [5–10]

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