Amir Omarkhanov

Omarkhanov was born in Karaganda. His father, Gabit, played amateur tennis and his brother, Malik, plays tennis at the University of Northwestern Ohio.^[1]

He originally trained at the Karaganda Tennis School before moving to Belgrade to attend the Janko Tipsarević Academy, where he trained under the guidance of Peter Nesterov.^[2][3][4] He also briefly trained at the Tennis Europe Academy in Prostějov for six months.^[5]

Omarkhanov had successful results on the ITF junior circuit, maintaining a 105–56 singles win-loss record.^{[citation needed]} In December 2020, he made his ITF Juniors debut at the J100 event in Nur-Sultan, where he recorded his first win over Oleg Gussakov. In September 2021, he reached his first final at the J30 Autumn Cup in Baku, but lost to Tamerlan Azizov.^[6] The following year, he reached back-to-back finals at the J60 event in Tashkent and the J60 Tajikistan Open in Dushanbe.^[7]

In January 2024, Omarkhanov made his Junior Grand Slam debut at the Australian Open, where he reached the boys' singles quarterfinals.^[8][9][10] His ranking subsequently rose to No. 16.^[11] In June 2024, he reached the boys' doubles semifinals of the French Open, partnering Timofei Derepasko;^[12][13] he was the third Kazakhstani player to reach the doubles semifinal of a Junior Grand Slam, after Irina Selyutina in 1997 and Amina Rakhim in 2005.^[14]

In January 2025, Omarkhanov reached the boys' singles third round of the Australian Open.^[15]

He reached an ITF junior combined ranking of world No. 4 on 6 January 2025.^[16]

In April 2024, Omarkhanov received a wildcard into the qualifiers of the Mutua Madrid Open, but lost in the first round to Roberto Bautista Agut.^[17][18] In October 2025, he received a wildcard into the main draw of the Almaty Open,^[19] where he lost to Gabriel Diallo.^[20]