Alexandar Lazarov
Alexandar Lazarov (, born 6 November 1997) is a Bulgarian professional tennis player. His highest singles ranking is No. 405 achieved on 13 December 2021, whilst his best doubles ranking is No. 359 achieved on 3 February 2020. Professional career. 2016: Professional debut, first ITF title. In 2016 Lazarov made his debut at ATP level at the ATP Sofia Open. He received a wild card for the qualification of the event in his homeland, losing in two sets to the world No. 214 Marius Copil. A month later Alexandar made his debut for the Bulgaria Davis Cup team against  Turkey, losing the first match to Marsel İlhan, but claiming his maiden win over Altuğ Çelikbilek in the second. In September he won his first ITF singles title at the Serbia F8 event in Sokobanja, defeating Filip Veger in the final. 2017-2020: Maiden ATP main draw appearance and first ATP Cup match win. Lazarov lost in the first qualifying round at the ATP Sofia Open in 2017 and 2018, but at the 2019 event the Bulgarian defeated Lukáš Lacko and Luca Vanni to guarantee himself a spot in the main draw for the first time. In his ATP tour  main draw debut Alexandar faced former world No. 7 Fernando Verdasco, but failed to score another upset, losing to the Spaniard 2–6 1–6. After the tournament Lazarov made his Top 500 debut in the ATP rankings. Alexandar won his second ITF singles title in 2018 at the Georgia F3 event in Telavi and a year later he added another trophy to his collection, defeating Jordan Correia in the final of the M15 event in Casablanca. In January 2020, Lazarov participated in the Bulgarian team in the inaugural 2020 ATP Cup where the top 24 countries qualified based on the singles  ATP ranking of their No. 1 country player. The Bulgarian team was No. 19 based on Dimitrov’s ranking and part of Group C. Lazarov and Grigor Dimitrov pulled a victory in doubles where as the underdogs they stunned the top British experienced pair of Jamie Murray/Joe Salisbury in a close three sets match. 2021. At the beginning of the 2021 season Lazarov made the qualifying draw at the Antalya Open, but lost in three sets to Lucas Miedler. In July Alexander played his first ATP Challenger main draw match at the Iași Open after two wins in the  qualification draw, but his run was stopped by Marius Copil. The Bulgarian's good form continued in the following week at the M25 event in Telavi, where he didn't lose a set on his way to his fourth ITF singles title. In September, he received a wild card for the main draw at the ATP Sofia Open, but couldn't score his maiden ATP win, losing 0–6 3–6 to Filip Krajinović. Lazarov finished his season with two consecutive ATP Challenger quarterfinals in 2021 Bahrain Ministry of Interior Tennis Challenger and 2021 Antalya Challenger IV and reached a new career -high ranking of No. 405 on 13 December. National participation. Davis Cup (7 wins, 7 losses). Alexandar Lazarov debuted for the Bulgaria Davis Cup team in 2016. Since then he has 7 nominations with 8 ties played, his singles W/L record is 4–3 and doubles W/L record is 3–4 (7–7 overall). Personal life. Lazarov is the son of former Bulgarian tennis player Krasimir Lazarov. He has a younger brother, George Lazarov, who is the youngest ATP ranked player up to date.