Aleksandar Kovacevic (tennis)

Aleksandar Kovacevic (Serbian Cyrillic: Александар Ковачевић; born August 29, 1998) is an American tennis player.[1]

Aleksandar Kovacevic
Country (sports) United States
Born (1998-08-29) August 29, 1998
New York City, U.S.
Height6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)
Turned pro2021
PlaysRight-handed (one-handed backhand)
CollegeIllinois
CoachDean Goldfine, Brian Garber, Milan Kovacevic
Prize money$300,224
Singles
Career record4–5 (at ATP Tour level, Grand Slam level, and in Davis Cup)
Career titles0
Highest rankingNo. 101 (3 April 2023)
Current rankingNo. 101 (3 April 2023)
Grand Slam singles results
Australian OpenQ1 (2023)
US OpenQ3 (2021)
Doubles
Career record0–0 (at ATP Tour level, Grand Slam level, and in Davis Cup)
Career titles0
Highest rankingNo. 254 (20 March 2023)
Current rankingNo. 254 (20 March 2023)
Last updated on: 3 April 2023.

Kovacevic has a career high ATP singles ranking of world No. 101, achieved on 3 April 2023. He also has a career high ATP doubles ranking of world No. 254, achieved also on 3 April 2023.[2]

Career

2021: Turned Pro, Grand Slam qualifying debut

Kovacevic made his Grand Slam qualifying debut at the US Open, where he advanced to the final round before falling to Argentine Marco Trungelliti.

2022: ATP debut, first win and semifinal, Top 200

Kovacevic made his Top 250 debut on July 25, 2022, as world No. 227 following a final showing at the 2022 Indy Challenger.

Kovacevic made his ATP main draw debut at the 2022 Korea Open, where he entered as a lucky loser. He recorded his first ATP tour level win defeating seventh seed and world No. 32 Miomir Kecmanović in the first round.[3] Next he defeated Tseng Chun-hsin to reach his first ATP quarterfinal and Mackenzie McDonald to reach his first ATP semi-final.[4][5] As a result he climbed 55 positions up and reached the top 200 in the rankings at world No. 167 on October 3, 2022.[6]

2023: Maiden Challenger, Masters debut and first win, Top 125

He reached the top 125 on 6 February 2023, following his maiden Challenger title at the 2023 Cleveland Open.

Ranked No. 122 at the 2023 Delray Beach Open, he received a wildcard for his second ATP tour event, where he lost in the first round to Michael Mmoh in three sets.[7]

In March he won his second Challenger title at the 2023 Texas Tennis Classic in Waco, Texas as a wildcard.[8]

He made his Masters 1000 debut at the 2023 BNP Paribas Open as a wildcard. Ranked No. 102, he reached the main draw at the 2023 Miami Open as a lucky loser after the late withdrawal of Constant Lestienne. He recorded his first Masters win against Jaume Munar.[9][10]

ATP Challenger and ITF Futures finals

Singles 4 (2–2)

Legend (Singles)
ATP Challenger Tour (2–1)
ITF Futures Tour (0–1)
Titles by Surface
Hard (2–1)
Clay (0–1)
Grass (0–0)
Carpet (0–0)
Result W–L    Date    Tournament Tier Surface Opponent Score
Loss 0–1 Oct 2019 M25 Fayetteville, USA World Tennis Tour Clay Dominican Republic Roberto Cid Subervi 2–6, 2–6
Loss 0–2 Jul 2022 Indianapolis, USA Challenger Hard (i) China Wu Yibing 7–6(12–10), 6–7(13–15), 3–6
Win 1–2 Jan 2023 Cleveland, USA Challenger Hard (i) China Wu Yibing 3–6, 7–5, 7–6(7–2)
Win 2–2 Feb 2023 Waco, USA Challenger Hard France Alexandre Müller 6–3, 4–6, 6–2

Doubles: 2 (0–2)

Legend
ATP Challenger (0–1)
ITF Futures (0–1)
Finals by surface
Hard (0–2)
Clay (0–0)
Grass (0–0)
Carpet (0–0)
Result W–L    Date    Tournament Tier Surface Partner Opponents Score
Loss 0–1 Nov 2020 M15 Fayetteville, USA World Tennis Tour Hard Canada Liam Draxl United Kingdom Charles Broom
Chile Matías Soto
6–2, 2–6, [5–10]
Loss 0–2 Oct 2022 Seoul, South Korea Challenger Hard South Korea Chung Yun-seong Japan Kaichi Uchida
Chinese Taipei Wu Tung-lin
7–6(7–2), 5–7, [9–11]

References

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