# Alexander Merino

Alexander Merino (born 31 August 1992) is a Peruvian tennis player who specializes in doubles. He has a career high ATP doubles ranking of No. 158 achieved on 17 February 2025.
Merino represents Peru in the Davis Cup. He was first nominated to the team for the 2017 Davis Cup and played a match against Ecuador.

## Career

He won his maiden ATP Challenger doubles title at the 2024 Dobrich Challenger with Christoph Negritu.

## ATP Challenger and ITF Tour finals
### Doubles: 45 (19–26)

* Legend
* ATP Challenger Tour (3–1)
* ITF World Tennis Tour (16–25)
* Titles by surface
* Hard (8–12)
* Clay (11–14)
* Grass (0–0)
| Result | W–L | Date | Tournament | Tier | Surface | Partner | Opponents | Score |
| Loss | 0–1 | Aug 2013 | İzmir, Turkey F33 | Futures | Hard | Melik Feler | Daniiar Duldaev Mark Fynn | 6–4, 4–6, [6–10] |
| Win | 1–1 | Jun 2014 | Istanbul, Turkey F22 | Futures | Hard | Markos Kalovelonis | Damian Farinola Darren Polkinghorne | 3–6, 6–1, [10–8] |
| Win | 2–1 | Aug 2015 | El Kantaoui, Tunisia F19 | Futures | Hard | Milen Ianakiev | Dimitar Kuzmanov David Pérez Sanz | 7–5, 1–6, [10–5] |
| Loss | 2–2 | Dec 2015 | Trujillo, Peru F6 | Futures | Clay | Jaume Pla Malfeito | Duilio Beretta Andrea Collarini | 4–6, 3–6 |
| Loss | 2–3 | Aug 2016 | Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt F20 | Futures | Hard | Imran Aswat | Nathan Eshmade Bradley Mousley | 1–6, 0–6 |
| Loss | 2–4 | Oct 2016 | Cairo, Egypt F26 | Futures | Clay | Christoph Negritu | Gaston Arturo Grimolizzi Mateo Nicolás Martínez | 6–7$^{(5–7)}$, 6–7$^{(1–7)}$ |
| Loss | 2–5 | Nov 2016 | Stellenbosch, South Africa F3 | Futures | Hard | Christoph Negritu | Gábor Borsos Luca Margaroli | 6–7$^{(6–8)}$, 7–5, [5–10] |
| Loss | 2–6 | May 2017 | Acre, Israel F5 | Futures | Hard | Michael Zhu | Raphael Baltensperger Liam Caruana | 6–7$^{(3–7)}$, 1–6 |
| Loss | 2–7 | Jul 2017 | Valledupar, Colombia F1 | Futures | Hard | Nicolás Alberto Arreche | Juan Sebastián Gómez Luis Patiño | 2–6, 6–7$^{(4–7)}$ |
| Win | 3–7 | Mar 2018 | Hammamet, Tunisia F10 | Futures | Clay | Christoph Negritu | Hernán Casanova Eduardo Agustín Torre | 6–3, 3–6, [10–5] |
| Loss | 3–8 | May 2018 | Córdoba, Mexico F3 | Futures | Hard | Edward Bourchier | Hunter Johnson Yates Johnson | 3–6, 3–6 |
| Win | 4–8 | Aug 2018 | Brussels, Belgium F6 | Futures | Clay | Christoph Negritu | Joffrey de Schepper Alexis Klégou | 7–6$^{(7–2)}$, 6–4 |
| Loss | 4–9 | Aug 2018 | Trier, Germany F11 | Futures | Clay | Christoph Negritu | Benjamin Hassan Constantin Schmitz | 6–7$^{(3–7)}$, 6–4, [10–12] |
| Win | 5–9 | Aug 2018 | Überlingen, Germany F13 | Futures | Clay | Christoph Negritu | Johannes Härteis Peter Heller | 6–3, 6–4 |
| Win | 6–9 | Sep 2018 | Monastir, Tunisia F30 | Futures | Hard | Christoph Negritu | Jorge Blanco Guadalupe Joy Vigani | 6–3, 6–1 |
| Loss | 6–10 | Sep 2018 | Monastir, Tunisia F32 | Futures | Hard | Christoph Negritu | Anis Ghorbel Vasko Mladenov | 3–6, 3–6 |
| Win | 7–10 | Nov 2018 | Corrientes, Argentina F7 | Futures | Clay | Manuel Peña López | Mariano Kestelboim Agustín Velotti | 4–6, 6–4, [10–7] |
| Loss | 7–11 | Nov 2018 | Río Cuarto, Argentina F9 | Futures | Clay | Conner Huertas del Pino | Gabriel Alejandro Hidalgo Federico Moreno | 6–3, 3–6, [10–12] |
| Loss | 7–12 | Mar 2019 | M15 Monastir, Tunisia | World Tennis Tour | Hard | Christoph Negritu | Alexis Klégou David Pichler | 4–6, 3–6 |
| Win | 8–12 | Mar 2019 | M15 Tabarka, Tunisia | World Tennis Tour | Clay | Christoph Negritu | Geoffrey Blancaneaux Clément Tabur | 6–2, 6–2 |
| Win | 9–12 | May 2019 | M25 Santa Margherita Di Pula, Italy | World Tennis Tour | Clay | Manuel Peña López | Tuna Altuna Vijay Sundar Prashanth | 3–6, 6–4, [10–0] |
| Loss | 9–13 | Jun 2019 | M25+H Bacău, Romania | World Tennis Tour | Clay | Manuel Peña López | Alejandro Tabilo Juan Pablo Varillas | 6–7$^{(5–7)}$, 6–7$^{(4–7)}$ |
| Loss | 9–14 | Jun 2019 | M25 Karlsruhe, Germany | World Tennis Tour | Clay | Manuel Peña López | Boris Arias Korey Lovett | 3–6, 6–7$^{(4–7)}$ |
| Win | 10–14 | Jun 2019 | M15 Tabarka, Tunisia | World Tennis Tour | Clay | Manuel Peña López | Nicolás Alberto Arreche Franco Feitt | 7–5, 7–6$^{(7–4)}$ |
| Loss | 10–15 | Jul 2019 | M15 Tabarka, Tunisia | World Tennis Tour | Clay | Manuel Peña López | David Pichler Alexander Weis | 5–7, 5–7 |
| Loss | 10–16 | Feb 2020 | M25 Weston, United States | World Tennis Tour | Clay | Manuel Peña López | Boris Arias Daniel Dutra da Silva | 4–6, 6–7$^{(2–7)}$ |
| Loss | 10–17 | Feb 2020 | M25 Punta del Este, Uruguay | World Tennis Tour | Clay | Manuel Peña López | Franco Agamenone Daniel Dutra da Silva | 0–6, 1–6 |
| Loss | 10–18 | Mar 2020 | M25 Cordoba, Argentina | World Tennis Tour | Clay | Manuel Peña López | Tomas Martin Etcheverry Mariano Kestelboim | 3–6, 6–1, [2–10] |
| Loss | 10–19 | Jul 2021 | Todi, Italy | Challenger | Clay | Facundo Díaz Acosta | Francesco Forti Giulio Zeppieri | 3–6, 2–6 |
| Loss | 10–20 | Mar 2023 | M25 Monastir, Tunisia | World Tennis Tour | Hard | Jakub Paul | Luca Potenza Samuel Vincent Ruggeri | 3–6, 3–6 |
| Loss | 10–21 | May 2023 | M15 Warmbad Villach, Austria | World Tennis Tour | Clay | Christoph Negritu | Sandro Kopp Kai Lemstra | 3–6, 4–6 |
| Win | 11–21 | Jun 2023 | M15 Monastir, Tunisia | World Tennis Tour | Hard | Christoph Negritu | Arthur Bouquier Raphael Lambling | 7–5, 6–1 |
| Loss | 11–22 | Jun 2023 | M15 Monastir, Tunisia | World Tennis Tour | Hard | Christoph Negritu | Gilbert Klier Junior Christian Oliveira | 5–7, 4–6 |
| Win | 12–22 | Sep 2023 | M15 Allershausen, Germany | World Tennis Tour | Clay | Christoph Negritu | Florian Broska Gregor Ramskogler | 6–3, 3–6, [10–3] |
| Loss | 12–23 | Nov 2023 | M15 Monastir, Tunisia | World Tennis Tour | Hard | Christoph Negritu | Egor Agafonov Bogdan Bobrov | 3–6, 6–3, [3–10] |
| Loss | 12–24 | Nov 2023 | M15 Monastir, Tunisia | World Tennis Tour | Hard | Christoph Negritu | Jakub Paul Jakob Schnaitter | 6–7$^{(5–7)}$, 5–7 |
| Win | 13–24 | Nov 2023 | M15 Monastir, Tunisia | World Tennis Tour | Hard | Christoph Negritu | Miloš Karol Adrian Oetzbach | 6–3, 6–1 |
| Loss | 13–25 | Feb 2024 | M15 Sunrise, United States | World Tennis Tour | Clay | Harrison Adams | Andrés Andrade Alex Rybakov | 3–6, 3–6 |
| Win | 14–25 | Feb 2024 | M15 Monastir, Tunisia | World Tennis Tour | Hard | Christoph Negritu | Miloš Karol Jakub Paul | 6–3, 6–3 |
| Win | 15–25 | Feb 2024 | M15 Monastir, Tunisia | World Tennis Tour | Hard | Christoph Negritu | Miloš Karol Fred Simonsson | 7–6$^{(7–3)}$, 6–3 |
| Win | 16–25 | Mar 2024 | M15 Monastir, Tunisia | World Tennis Tour | Hard | Christoph Negritu | Igor Kudriashov Aleksandr Lobanov | 7–6$^{(7–4)}$, 4–6, [10–4] |
| Loss | 16–26 | May 2024 | M25 Carnac, France | World Tennis Tour | Clay | Christoph Negritu | Federico Agustin Gomez Adolfo Daniel Vallejo | 3–6, 5–7 |
| Win | 17–26 | Aug 2024 | Dobrich I, Bulgaria | Challenger | Clay | Christoph Negritu | Victor Vlad Cornea Ergi Kirkin | 6–4, 6–2 |
| Win | 18–26 | Sep 2024 | Sibiu, Romania | Challenger | Clay | Christoph Negritu | Liam Draxl Cleeve Harper | 6–2, 7–6$^{(7–2)}$ |
| Win | 19–26 | Oct 2024 | Valencia, Spain | Challenger | Clay | Christoph Negritu | Karol Drzewiecki Piotr Matuszewski | 6–3, 6–4 |