# Alexander Shevchenko (tennis)

Alexander Alexandrovich Shevchenko (Russian: Алекса́ндр Алекса́ндрович Шевче́нко; Russian pronunciation:; born 29 November 2000) is a Russian-born Kazakhstani professional tennis player.
Shevchenko has a career-high ATP singles ranking of No. 45, achieved on 19 February 2024, and a career-high doubles ranking of No. 406, achieved on 20 February 2023.

## Career
### 2022: Maiden Challenger title, ATP Tour and 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.

### 2023-2024: Major and Masters debuts, first ATP Tour final and top-10 win, top 50

In February, he qualified at the ATP 500 in Dubai as a lucky loser. As a result he reached a new career high of No. 113 on 6 February 2023. In March, he reached his second Challenger final of the season as a qualifier in Phoenix, Arizona defeating Gaël Monfils, sixth seed Marc-Andrea Hüsler, top seed Matteo Berrettini and Quentin Halys 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. At the next indoors tournament in Metz he reached his first ATP semifinal, defeating top 15 player, third seed and compatriot Karen Khachanov, his second top-20 career win and of the season. 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.

### 2025: Out of top 100

He dropped out of the top 100 on 17 February 2025.

## 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. Shevchenko has lived in Vienna since age nine.

## 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

Key :
| W | F | SF | QF | #R | RR | Q# | P# | DNQ | A | Z# | PO | G | S | B | NMS | NTI | P | NH |

### Singles

Current through the 2024 Cincinnati Open.
| Tournament | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 | SR | W–L | Win % |
| Grand Slam tournaments ||||||||
| Australian Open | A | Q1 | 1R | 1R | 0 / 2 | 0–2 | 0% |
| French Open | A | 2R | 2R | | 0 / 2 | 2–2 | 50% |
| Wimbledon | A | 1R | 1R | | 0 / 2 | 0–2 | 0% |
| US Open | Q1 | 1R | 2R | | 0 / 2 | 1–2 | 33% |
| Win–loss | 0–0 | 1–3 | 2–4 | 0–1 | 0 / 8 | 3–8 | 27% |
| National representation ||||||||
| Summer Olympics | NH | NH | 1R | | 0 / 1 | 0–1 | 0% |
| ATP Tour Masters 1000 ||||||||
| Indian Wells Masters | A | Q1 | 2R | | 0 / 1 | 1–1 | 50% |
| Miami Open | A | Q1 | 2R | | 0 / 1 | 1–1 | 50% |
| Monte-Carlo Masters | A | A | Q1 | | 0 / 0 | 0–0 | – |
| Madrid Open | A | 3R | 2R | | 0 / 2 | 3–2 | 60% |
| Italian Open | A | 3R | 2R | | 0 / 2 | 2–2 | 50% |
| Canadian Open | A | A | A | | 0 / 0 | 0–0 | – |
| Cincinnati Open | A | 1R | Q1 | | 0 / 1 | 0–1 | 0% |
| Shanghai Masters | NH | 1R | 3R | | 0 / 2 | 2–2 | 50% |
| Paris Masters | A | A | Q1 | | 0 / 0 | 0–0 | – |
| Win–loss | 0–0 | 3–4 | 4–4 | | 0 / 8 | 7–8 | 47% |
| Career statistics ||||||||
| | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 | Career | Career | Career |
| Tournaments | 3 | 17 | 28 | 1 | Career total: 49 | Career total: 49 | Career total: 49 |
| Titles | 0 | 0 | 0 | | Career total: 0 | Career total: 0 | Career total: 0 |
| Finals | 0 | 1 | 0 | | Career total: 1 | Career total: 1 | Career total: 1 |
| Overall win–loss | 0–3 | 16–17 | 21–28 | 0–1 | 0 / 49 | 37–49 | 43% |
| Win (%) | 0% | 48% | 43% | 0% | Career total: 43% | Career total: 43% | Career total: 43% |
| Year-end ranking | 154 | 48 | 78 | | $1,628,572 | $1,628,572 | $1,628,572 |

## ATP career finals
### Singles: 1 (1 runner-up)

* Legend
* Grand Slam tournaments (0–0)
* ATP Finals (0–0)
* ATP Tour Masters 1000 (0–0)
* ATP Tour 500 Series (0–0)
* ATP Tour 250 Series (0–1)
* Finals by surface
* Hard (0–1)
* Clay (0–0)
* Grass (0–0)
* Finals by setting
* Outdoor (0–0)
* Indoor (0–1)
| Result | W–L | Date | Tournament | Tier | Surface | Opponent | Score |
| Loss | 0–1 | Nov 2023 | Moselle Open, France | 250 Series | Hard (i) | Ugo Humbert | 3–6, 3–6 |

## Challenger and Futures/World Tennis Tour finals
### Singles: 12 (7–5)

* Legend
* ATP Challenger Tour (3–1)
* ITF Futures Tour / World Tennis Tour (4–4)
* Finals by surface
* Hard (2–1)
* Clay (5–4)
| Result | W–L | Date | Tournament | Tier | Surface | Opponent | Score |
| Loss | 0–1 | Nov 2019 | M15 Antalya, Turkey | World Tennis Tour | Clay | Alexandru Jecan | 6–1, 4–6, 2–6 |
| Win | 1–1 | Sep 2020 | M15 Monastir, Tunisia | World Tennis Tour | Clay | David Pichler | 6–3, 6–4 |
| Loss | 1–2 | Sep 2020 | M15 Monastir, Tunisia | World Tennis Tour | Clay | Luca Potenza | 6–2, 4–6, 3–6 |
| Loss | 1–3 | Jan 2021 | M15 Antalya, Turkey | World Tennis Tour | Clay | Adrian Andreev | 1–6, 6–7$^{(1–7)}$ |
| Win | 2–3 | May 2021 | M15 Tbilisi, Georgia | World Tennis Tour | Hard | Alessandro Bega | 4–6, 7–6$^{(7–5)}$, 6–3 |
| Loss | 2–4 | May 2021 | M15 Shymkent, Kazakhstan | World Tennis Tour | Clay | Edoardo Lavagno | 3–6, 0–6 |
| Win | 3–4 | Jul 2021 | M25 Velenje, Slovenia | World Tennis Tour | Clay | Patrik Rikl | 6–1, 6–2 |
| Win | 4–4 | Feb 2022 | M25 Antalya, Turkey | World Tennis Tour | Clay | Martin Cuevas | 6–2, 6-1 |
| Win | 5–4 | Jun 2022 | Bratislava, Slovakia | Challenger | Clay | Riccardo Bonadio | 6–3, 7–5 |
| Win | 6–4 | Jan 2023 | Tenerife, Spain | Challenger | Hard | Sebastian Ofner | 7–5, 6–2 |
| Loss | 6–5 | Mar 2023 | Phoenix, USA | Challenger | Hard | Nuno Borges | 6–4, 2–6, 1–6 |
| Win | 7–5 | Apr 2023 | Madrid, Spain | Challenger | Clay | Pedro Cachin | 6–4, 6–3 |

### Doubles: 5 (2–3)

* Legend
* ATP Challenger Tour (0–0)
* ITF Futures Tour / World Tennis Tour (2–3)
* Finals by surface
* Hard (0–0)
* Clay (2–3)
| Result | W–L | Date | Tournament | Tier | Surface | Partner | Opponents | Score |
| Win | 1–0 | Apr 2019 | M15 Antalya | World Tennis Tour | Clay | Maxim Ratniuk | Luca Gelhardt Neel Rajesh | 6–4, 6–3 |
| Win | 2–0 | Aug 2019 | M15 Moscow | World Tennis Tour | Clay | Maxim Ratniuk | Timur Kiyamov Anton Chekhov | 0–6, 7–6$^{(7–3)}$, 10–6 |
| Loss | 2–1 | Oct 2019 | M15 Antalya | World Tennis Tour | Clay | Alexander Ovcharov | Jonathan Mridha Gustav Hansson | 3–6, 4–6 |
| Loss | 2–2 | Jan 2020 | M15 Cairo | World Tennis Tour | Clay | Eric Vanshelboim | Fermin Tenti Juan Pablo Paz | 0–6, 1–6 |
| Loss | 2–3 | Jul 2021 | M25 Kottingbrunn | World Tennis Tour | Clay | David Poljak | Mārtiņš Podžus Petros Tsitsipas | 3–6, 3–6 |

## Wins over top 10 players

Shevchenko has a 2–8 record against players who were, at the time the match was played, ranked in the top 10.
| Season | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 | Total |
| Wins | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| # | Player | Rank | Event | Surface | Rd | Score | ASR |
| 2023 ||||||||
| 1. | Taylor Fritz | 9 | Swiss Indoors, Switzerland | Hard (i) | 2R | 6–7$^{(7–9)}$, 7–6$^{(8–6)}$, 7–6$^{(7–5)}$ | 83 |
| 2024 ||||||||
| 2. | Holger Rune | 7 | Rotterdam Open, Netherlands | Hard (i) | 2R | 6–4, 1–6, 6–3 | 57 |