Alexander Shevchenko

Aleksandr Aleksandrovich Shevchenko (; ; born 29 November 2000) is a Kazakhstani professional tennis player. He has a career-high ATP singles ranking of world No. 45, achieved on 19 February 2024 and a doubles ranking of No. 406, achieved on 20 February 2023. He is currently the No. 2 Kazakhstani player.

Career 2022: Challenger title, ATP Tour & top 150 debuts Ranked No. 234 he reached a back to back quarterfinal at the 2022 Poznań Open in June. Next he won his maiden Challenger at the 2022 Bratislava Open.

Shevchenko made his ATP debut at the 2022 Generali Open Kitzbühel as a lucky loser where he lost to Dominic Thiem. He qualified into the main draw at the ATP 500 2022 Astana Open. He made his top 150 debut on 26 September 2022. before losing to Nuno Borges in the final. As a result, he moved to a new career high, one position shy of the top 100 on 20 March 2023. Following another final showing and a title at the Madrid Challenger he reached the top 100 at No. 98 on 17 April 2023.

Ranked No. 96, he qualified for his first Masters 1000 at the Madrid Open and defeated J. J. Wolf in the first round. Next he defeated 31st seed Jiří Lehečka to reach the third round for the first time in his career. He then lost to second seed and compatriot Daniil Medvedev in the third round. He entered the next Masters 1000, the Italian Open on his debut, as a lucky loser directly into the second round of the main draw replacing 29th seed Tallon Griekspoor after his late withdrawal. He won his second round match defeating Sebastián Báez.

He made his Grand Slam debut at the 2023 French Open and defeated Oscar Otte for the first major win in his career. He also made his debut ate Wimbledon, at the Cincinnati Open as a qualifier, and at the US Open.

He received a wildcard for the 2023 Astana Open where he defeated Botic van de Zandschulp in straight sets but lost to eventual semifinalist wildcard Hamad Medjedovic. At the Swiss Indoors, he reached the quarterfinals as a qualifier, defeating home favorite Stan Wawrinka, and then fifth seed Taylor Fritz, his biggest and first top 10 win, saving 15 break and two match points in a close to 3 hours match with three tiebreaks. He lost to defending champion Félix Auger-Aliassime in three sets with two tiebreaks. As a result he moved 20 positions up into the top 65 in the rankings on 30 October 2023. He reached his first final defeating wildcard Pierre-Hugues Herbert and became the youngest Metz finalist since Lucas Pouille aged 22, in 2016. As a result, he moved into the top 50. He lost in the final to Ugo Humbert.

Nationality change In January 2024, Shevchenko changed his citizenship from that of his home country of Russia to Kazakhstan effective starting at the tournament in Montpellier.

Personal life From the end of 2022, he was in a relationship with fellow tennis player Anastasia Potapova of Russia. On 24 September 2023 they announced their engagement. They got married on 1 December 2023. It was reported that as of 20 September 2024, following the US Open, the couple had divorced after less than a year of marriage.

Performance timeline

Singles Current through the 2026 Wimbledon Championships.

ATP Tour finals

Singles: 1 (1 runner-up) LegendGrand Slam (0–0)ATP Masters 1000 (0–0)ATP 500 (0–0)ATP 250 (0–1)Finals by surfaceHard (0–1)Clay (0–0)Grass (0–0)Finals by settingOutdoor (0–0)Indoor (0–1)

ATP Challenger Tour finals

Singles: 6 (3 titles, 3 runner-ups) LegendATP Challenger Tour (3–3)Finals by surfaceHard (1–2)Clay (2–1)

ITF World Tennis Tour finals

Singles: 8 (4 titles, 4 runner-ups) LegendITF WTT (4–4)Finals by surfaceHard (1–0)Clay (3–4)

Doubles: 5 (2 titles, 3 runner-ups) LegendITF WTT (2–3)Finals by surfaceHard (0–0)Clay (2–3)

Wins over top 10 players

Shevchenko has a record against players who were, at the time the match was played, ranked in the top 10.