Greek-Russian tennis player
Markos Kalovelonis (Greek : Μάρκος Καλοβελώνης , Марк Георгиевич Каловелонис ; born 18 May 1994) is a Greek -Russian tennis player.
Kalovelonis has a career high ATP singles ranking of World No. 445 achieved on 13 June 2016. He also has a career high ATP doubles ranking of World No. 178 achieved on 8 August 2023. Kalovelonis has won 21 ITF doubles titles.
Kalovelonis has represented Greece at the Davis Cup where he has a W/L record of 6–5.
He also represented Greece in the ATP Cup in 2020 , 2021 and 2022 .
Kalovelonis is the son of former Greek tennis player, George Kalovelonis and Russian Karina Nazarenko. In 2014, Kalovelonis decided to represent Russia instead of Greece. In 2019, Kalovelonis switched back to represent Greece.
He is fluent in Russian, Greek and English.
Futures and Challenger finals
Singles: 4 (0–4)
Legend (singles)
ATP Challenger Tour (0–0)
ITF Futures Tour (0–4)
Titles by surface
Hard (0–2)
Clay (0–2)
Grass (0–0)
Doubles: 53 (23–30)
Legend (doubles)
ATP Challenger Tour (1–4)
ITF Futures Tour (22–26)
Titles by surface
Hard (16–18)
Clay (7–11)
Grass (0–0)
Carpet (0–1)
Result
W–L
Date
Tournament
Tier
Surface
Partner
Opponents
Score
Loss
0–1
Apr 2012
Greece, Heraklion
Futures
Carpet
Charalampos Kapogiannis
Björn Propst Bastian Trinker
1–6, 3–6
Win
1–1
July 2013
Egypt, Sharm El Sheikh
Futures
Clay
Angelos Lenis
Karim Hossam Karim-Mohamed Maamoun
6–4, 3–6, [10–6]
Win
2–1
Sep 2013
Greece, Filippiada
Futures
Hard
Alexandros Jakupovic
Valentin Dimov Dinko Halachev
6–3, 6–3
Loss
2–2
Apr 2014
Uzbekistan, Karshi
Futures
Hard
Shonigmatjon Shofayziyev
Piotr Gadomski Adam Majchrowicz
5–7, 1–6
Win
3–2
Jun 2014
Turkey, Istanbul
Futures
Hard
Alexander Merino
Damian Farinola Darren Polkinghorne
3–6, 6–1, [10–8]
Loss
3–3
Aug 2014
Iran, Tehran
Futures
Clay
Amirvala Madanchi
Vinayak Sharma Kaza Vijay Sundar Prashanth
3–6, 4–6
Loss
3–4
Nov 2014
Greece, Heraklion
Futures
Hard
Alexandros Jakupovic
Ivan Bjelica Miljan Zekić
3–6, 6–7(4–7)
Win
4–4
Nov 2014
Greece, Heraklion
Futures
Hard
Alexandros Jakupovic
Sander Gillé Alexis Musialek
7–6(7–1) , 7–6(7–4)
Loss
4–5
Nov 2014
Greece, Heraklion
Futures
Hard
Alexandros Jakupovic
Danilo Petrović Ilija Vucic
5–7, 2–6
Win
5–5
Mar 2015
Greece, Heraklion
Futures
Hard
Alexandros Jakupovic
Patrich Grigoriu Costin Pavăl
6–4, 6–2
Win
6–5
Apr 2015
Greece, Heraklion
Futures
Hard
Alexandros Jakupovic
Patrich Grigoriu Costin Pavăl
2–6, 7–5, [10–5]
Loss
6–6
Apr 2015
Egypt, Sharm El Sheikh
Futures
Hard
Lucas Miedler
Martin Fischer Jannis Liniger
4–6, 2–6
Win
7–6
Apr 2015
Greece, Heraklion
Futures
Hard
Alexandros Jakupovic
Joe Salisbury Joshua Ward-Hibbert
6–1, 6–2
Loss
7–7
May 2015
Croatia, Bol
Futures
Clay
Martin Beran
Gábor Borsos Levente Gödry
4–6, 5–7
Loss
7–8
Jun 2015
Uzbekistan, Andijan
Futures
Hard
Shonigmatjon Shofayziyev
Denis Matsukevich Denys Molchanov
6–2, 6–7(5–7) , [12–14]
Loss
7–9
Jun 2015
Turkey, Istanbul
Futures
Hard
Temur Ismailov
Tuna Altuna Bradley Mousley
4–6, 4–6
Loss
7–10
Sep 2015
India, Chennai
Futures
Hard
Timur Khabibulin
Jeevan Nedunchezhiyan Vijay Sundar Prashanth
6–4, 3–6, [4–10]
Loss
7–11
Sep 2015
India, Chennai
Futures
Hard
Kunal Anand
Xin Gao Bowen Ouyang
2–6, 7–5, [9–11]
Loss
7–12
Oct 2015
Kazakhstan, Shymkent
Futures
Clay
Aleksandar Lazov
Ivan Gakhov Aleksandre Metreveli
6–7(4–7) , 3–6
Win
8–12
Dec 2015
Cyprus, Lamaca
Futures
Hard
Konstantinos Economidis
Andrés Artuñedo Martinavarro Steven Diez
4–6, 6–3, [10–5]
Loss
8–13
Apr 2016
Kazakhstan, Shymkent
Futures
Clay
Aleksandre Metreveli
Saniar Fayziev Andrei Vasilevski
2–6, 4–6
Win
9–13
Apr 2016
Kazakhstan, Shymkent
Futures
Clay
Aleksandre Metreveli
Miki Janković Andrei Vasilevski
6–4, 6–1
Win
10–13
May 2016
Uzbekistan, Andijan
Futures
Hard
Sriram Balaji
Roman Khassanov Vitaly Kozyukov
6–3, 6–4
Loss
10–14
Aug 2016
Belarus, Minsk
Futures
Hard
Vasko Mladenov
Yaraslav Shyla Dzmitry Zhyrmont
6–7(8–10) , 3–6
Loss
10–15
Oct 2016
Greece, Heraklion
Futures
Hard
Filipp Kekercheni
Adrian Andrzejczuk Mateusz Smolicki
7–6(7–1) , 6–7(5–7) , [9–11]
Loss
10–16
Dec 2016
Cyprus, Lamaca
Futures
Hard
Alexandre Müller
Lucas Miedler Maximilian Neuchrist
3–6, 6–1, [5–10]
Loss
10–17
Mar 2017
Greece, Heraklion
Futures
Hard
Temur Ismailov
Hunter Callahan Nicholas S. Hu
6–4, 1–6, [11–13]
Win
11–17
Jul 2017
Russia, Kazan
Futures
Hard
Evgenii Tiurnev
Alexander Boborykin Timur Kiyamov
6–2, 7–6(10–8)
Loss
11–18
Aug 2017
Russia, Kazan
Futures
Hard
Alexander Pavlioutchenkov
Daniiar Duldaev Denis Yevseyev
6–7(2–7) , 4–6
Win
12–18
Apr 2018
Greece, Heraklion
Futures
Hard
Yaraslav Shyla
Erik Crepaldi Petr Michnev
6–4, 7–6(7–5)
Loss
12–19
Jul 2018
Estonia, Pärnu
Futures
Clay
Denis Klok
Marc Dijkhuizen Bart Stevens
4–6, 2–6
Win
13–19
Sep 2018
Egypt, Cairo
Futures
Clay
Alexander Erler
Anirudh Chandrasekar Aryan Goveas
6–4, 7–6(7–3)
Loss
13–20
Nov 2018
Greece, Heraklion
Futures
Hard
Petros Tsitsipas
Vit Kopriva David Pichler
2–6, 6–4, [7–10]
Win
14–20
Dec 2018
Turkey, Antalya
Futures
Clay
Sanjar Fayziev
Tadeas Paroulek Oleg Prihodko
7–5, 3–6, [10–6]
Loss
14–21
Apr 2019
M25 Andijan , Uzbekistan
World Tennis Tour
Hard
Grigoriy Lomakin
Timur Khabibulin Vladyslav Manafov
5–7, 1–6
Win
15–21
Jun 2019
M15 Akko , Israel
World Tennis Tour
Hard
Michail Pervolarakis
Julian Bradley Florian Lakat
6–7(9–11) , 6–4, [10–6]
Loss
15–22
Aug 2019
M15 Moscow, Russia
World Tennis Tour
Clay
Sergey Fomin
Alen Avidzba Ivan Davydov
6–3, 1–6, [7–10]
Win
16–22
Mar 2021
M15 Antalya , Turkey
World Tennis Tour
Clay
Sanjar Fayziev
Vlad Andrei Dancu Gabriel Donev
5–7, 7–6(7–3) , [10–7]
Win
17–22
May 2021
M15 Tbilisi , Georgia
World Tennis Tour
Hard
Sanjar Fayziev
Aleksandre Bakshi Zura Tkemaladze
6–4, 3–6, [10–5]
Loss
17–23
May 2021
M15 Shymkent , Kazakhstan
World Tennis Tour
Clay
Sanjar Fayziev
Yan Bondarevskiy Grigoriy Lomakin
3–6, 4–6
Win
18–23
Jul 2021
M25 Nur-Sultan , Kazakhstan
World Tennis Tour
Hard
Sanjar Fayziev
Oleksii Krutykh Vladyslav Manafov
7–6(7–1) , 6–3
Loss
18–24
Sep 2021
M25 Johannesburg , South Africa
World Tennis Tour
Hard
Michail Pervolarakis
Alec Beckley Vaughn Hunter
1–6, 6–7(5–7)
Win
19–24
Oct 2021
M25 Nur-Sultan , Kazakhstan
World Tennis Tour
Hard (i)
Sanjar Fayziev
Aliaksandr Liaonenka Yan Sabanin
6–7(7–9) , 6–4, [10–7]
Win
20–24
Nov 2021
M15 Heraklion , Greece
World Tennis Tour
Hard
Sanjar Fayziev
William Ma Alexis Musialek
6–4, 6–1
Loss
20–25
Dec 2021
Antalya , Turkey
Challenger
Clay
Sanjar Fayziev
Hsu Yu-hsiou Oleksii Krutykh
1–6, 6–7(5–7)
Loss
20–26
Jan 2022
M25 Cairo , Egypt
World Tennis Tour
Clay
David Pichler
Yu Hsiou Hsu Neil Oberleitner
6–7(5–7) , 4–6
Win
21–26
Mar 2022
M25 Antalya , Turkey
World Tennis Tour
Clay
Sanjar Fayziev
Moez Echargui Alexander Weis
6–2, 6–4
Loss
21–27
Mar 2022
Oeiras , Portugal
Challenger
Clay
Sanjar Fayziev
Nuno Borges Francisco Cabral
3–6, 0–6
Win
22–27
May 2022
Shymkent , Kazakhstan
Challenger
Clay
Sanjar Fayziev
Mikael Torpegaard Kaichi Uchida
6–7(3–7) , 6–4, [10–4]
Win
23–27
Aug 2023
M25 Jakarta , Indonesia
World Tennis Tour
Hard
Khumoyun Sultanov
Palaphoom Kovapitukted Manish Sureshkumar
4–6, 7–5, [10–7]
Loss
23–28
Oct 2023
Shenzhen , China
Challenger
Hard
Mikalai Haliak
Gao Xin Wang Aoran
4–6, 2–6
Loss
23–29
Nov 2023
M25 Heraklion , Greece
World Tennis Tour
Hard
Sergis Kyratzis
Simon Freund Vladyslav Orlov
7–6(7–4) , 4–6, [7–10]
Loss
23–30
Jun 2024
Lyon , France
Challenger
Clay
Vladyslav Orlov
Manuel Guinard Grégoire Jacq
6–4, 3–6, [6–10]
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