Alibek Kachmazov

Alibek Muratovich Kachmazov (; born 17 August 2002) is a Russian professional tennis player. He has a career-high ATP singles ranking of No. 161 achieved on 5 May 2025 and a best doubles ranking of No. 250 achieved on 8 May 2023.

Kachmazov plays mostly on ATP Challenger Tour, where he has won one doubles title at 2022 Nonthaburi Challenger, with Evgeny Donskoy.

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.

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

Kachmazov 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.

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, Taro Daniel, and top-30 player Nicolás Jarry 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.

ATP Challenger Tour finals

Singles: 1 (runner-up) LegendATP Challenger Tour (0–1)

Doubles: 1 (title) LegendATP Challenger Tour (1–0)

ITF World Tennis Tour finals

Singles: 14 (9 titles, 5 runner-ups) LegendITF WTT (9–5)Finals by surfaceHard (8–4)Clay (1–1)

Doubles: 5 (4 titles, 1 runner-up) LegendITF WTT (4–1)Finals by surfaceHard (3–1)Clay (1–0)