Alexander Shevchenko (tennis)

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.^[9] 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.^[6]

2023–2024: Major & Masters debuts, first ATP final & 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^[10] before losing to Nuno Borges in the final.^[11] 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.^[3][12]

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.^[13] 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.^[14][15] He lost to defending champion Félix Auger-Aliassime in three sets with two tiebreaks.^[16] As a result he moved 20 positions up into the top 65 in the rankings on 30 October 2023.^[6] 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.^[17][18] 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.^[19] He lost in the final to Ugo Humbert.^[20]

Singles

Current through the 2026 Australian Open.

Singles: 1 (1 runner-up)

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Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Tier	Surface	Opponent	Score
Loss	0–1	Nov 2023	Moselle Open, France	ATP 250	Hard (i)	Ugo Humbert	3–6, 3–6

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Singles: 5 (3 titles, 2 runner-up)

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Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Tier	Surface	Opponent	Score
Win	1–0	Jun 2022	Bratislava, Slovakia	Challenger	Clay	Riccardo Bonadio	6–3, 7–5
Win	2–0	Jan 2023	Tenerife, Spain	Challenger	Hard	Sebastian Ofner	7–5, 6–2
Loss	2–1	Mar 2023	Phoenix, US	Challenger 175	Hard	Nuno Borges	6–4, 2–6, 1–6
Win	3–1	Apr 2023	Madrid, Spain	Challenger	Clay	Pedro Cachín	6–4, 6–3
Loss	3–2	Aug 2025	Sumter SC, US	Challenger 125	Hard	Mattia Bellucci	6–7(5–7), 1–3 ret.

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Singles: 8 (4 titles, 4 runner-ups)

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Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Tier	Surface	Opponent	Score
Loss	0–1	Nov 2019	M15 Antalya, Turkey	WTT	Clay	Alexandru Jecan	6–1, 4–6, 2–6
Win	1–1	Sep 2020	M15 Monastir, Tunisia	WTT	Clay	David Pichler	6–3, 6–4
Loss	1–2	Sep 2020	M15 Monastir, Tunisia	WTT	Clay	Luca Potenza	6–2, 4–6, 3–6
Loss	1–3	Jan 2021	M15 Antalya, Turkey	WTT	Clay	Adrian Andreev	1–6, 6–7(1–7)
Win	2–3	May 2021	M15 Tbilisi, Georgia	WTT	Hard	Alessandro Bega	4–6, 7–6(7–5), 6–3
Loss	2–4	May 2021	M15 Shymkent, Kazakhstan	WTT	Clay	Edoardo Lavagno	3–6, 0–6
Win	3–4	Jul 2021	M25 Velenje, Slovenia	WTT	Clay	Patrik Rikl	6–1, 6–2
Win	4–4	Feb 2022	M25 Antalya, Turkey	WTT	Clay	Martín Cuevas	6–2, 6–1

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Doubles: 5 (2 titles, 3 runner-ups)

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Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Tier	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Win	1–0	Apr 2019	M15 Antalya, Turkey	WTT	Clay	Maxim Ratniuk	Luca Gelhardt Neel Rajesh	6–4, 6–3
Win	2–0	Aug 2019	M15 Moscow, Russia	WTT	Clay	Maxim Ratniuk	Timur Kiyamov Anton Chekhov	0–6, 7–6(7–3), [10–6]
Loss	2–1	Oct 2019	M15 Antalya, Turkey	WTT	Clay	Alexander Ovcharov	Jonathan Mridha Gustav Hansson	3–6, 4–6
Loss	2–2	Jan 2020	M15 Cairo, Egypt	WTT	Clay	Eric Vanshelboim	Fermín Tenti Juan Pablo Paz	0–6, 1–6
Loss	2–3	Jul 2021	M25 Kottingbrunn, Austria	WTT	Clay	David Poljak	Mārtiņš Podžus Petros Tsitsipas	3–6, 3–6

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