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Alex Kuznetsov
American tennis player From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Alex Kuznetsov[a] (born February 5, 1987) is a retired professional tennis player. He is a former hitting partner of Maria Sharapova.
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Personal life
Kuznetsov was born in Kiev, Ukrainian SSR, Soviet Union (now Kyiv, Ukraine). His family moved to the United States when he was three years old, settling just outside Philadelphia.
He now lives in Tampa, Florida, where he trains at Saddlebrook Resort Club with John Isner and Tim Smyczek.[citation needed]
Tennis career
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Juniors
Kuznetsov was coached by Jason Katzer during his youth. As a junior, Kuznetsov compiled a singles win–loss record of 67–27 (50-21 in doubles), reaching a combined junior world ranking of number 4 in July 2004.
Junior Slam results – Singles:
Australian Open: -
French Open: F (2004)
Wimbledon: 2R (2004)
US Open: 3R (2005)
Nike offered Kuznetsov a one-million dollar sponsorship contract as soon as he turned pro, which he accepted.[citation needed]
2006
In July 2006, Kuznetsov played in the Comerica Challenger in Aptos, defeating Go Soeda for the 2006 singles title. At the 2006 US Open, he lost to fourteenth seed Tommy Haas.
That same year, Kuznetsov appeared in the video game Top Spin 2 as an up-and-coming star.
2007
Kuznetsov reached the second round of the 2007 Australian Open, defeating Australian Peter Luczak before losing to fellow American James Blake, 6–4, 6–1, 6–2. Kuznetsov gave Blake an early scare by breaking Blake's first two service games.
In April 2007, he reached his career-high singles ranking of World number 158.
In the 2007 US Open he played doubles with American Jesse Levine. They won their first round match over Dominik Hrbatý of Slovakia and Harel Levy of Israel, 6–1, 6–4, and their second round match, upsetting seventh-seeded Frenchmen Arnaud Clément and Michaël Llodra 7–6(5), 6–4, before losing in the third round to ninth-seeded Czechs Lukáš Dlouhý and Pavel Vízner, 6–4, 7–5.
In December, Kuznetsov, Levine, and Wayne Odesnik were invited by the USTA to play off in a round-robin for the wild-card berth in the Australian Open.[1] Levine won the wild card.[2]
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Performance timelines
| W | F | SF | QF | #R | RR | Q# | DNQ | A | NH |
(W) winner; (F) finalist; (SF) semifinalist; (QF) quarterfinalist; (#R) rounds 4, 3, 2, 1; (RR) round-robin stage; (Q#) qualification round; (DNQ) did not qualify; (A) absent; (NH) not held; (SR) strike rate (events won / competed); (W–L) win–loss record.
Singles
Current through 2015 Australian Open.
Doubles
Current till US Open.
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