Alex Bogomolov junior

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Alex Bogomolov junior Tennis player
Alex Bogomolov junior
Alex Bogomolov junior 2013 at Wimbledon
Nickname: Bogie
Nation: United StatesUnited States United States
2002–2011 Russia 2012–
RussiaRussia 
Birthday: April 23, 1983
Size: 178 cm
Weight: 77 kg
1st professional season: 2002
Resignation: 2015
Playing hand: Right (two-handed backhand)
Trainer: Oscar Roman
Prize money: $ 2,054,594
singles
Career record: 70: 107
Highest ranking: 33 (October 31, 2011)
Grand Slam record
Double
Career record: 27:38
Career title: 1
Highest ranking: 62 (April 16, 2012)
Grand Slam record
Mixed
Grand Slam record
Sources: official player profiles at the ATP / WTA and ITF (see web links )

Alex Bogomolov junior (nickname Bogie , born April 23, 1983 in Moscow ) is a former American - Russian tennis player .

Life

Bogomolov is a son of former tennis player and coach of the Soviet national team Alex Bogomolov senior . The Bogomolov family moved to Miami in 1992 . Bogomolov was Anna Kurnikowa's training partner for a while and was married to tennis player Ashley Harkleroad from 2004 to 2006 . Today he is married again and has a son.

Career

Juniors

Alex Bogomolov junior played for the United States Tennis Association as a teenager and won the USTA National Boys' 16 Championships in 1998 when he defeated Andy Roddick in the final. In 2000 he was number 1 in the national U18 player rankings. In 2001 he won the USTA national hard court championship. The victory in the U18 championship in 2001 earned him a wildcard for the US Open 2002 .

2002 to 2010

At the ATP Los Angeles 2002 Bogomolov was able to defeat the then number 3 in the ATP world rankings Tommy Haas 6: 4, 6: 4 and failed in the second round to Nicolas Kiefer .

In November 2003, Alex Bogomolov junior entered the top 100 of the world rankings for the first time for a short time. In 2005 Bogomolov was suspended for a month and a half because he tested positive for the substance salbutamol in a doping test at the Australian Open . Bogomolov received the relatively mild sentence because he was able to prove that he had taken the substance for medical reasons ( asthma ), but had not applied for the necessary exemption. Bogomolov was also deprived of the world ranking points for the Australian Open and the following tournaments and he had to reimburse the prize money.

At the Australian Open 2006 Bogomolov defeated Fernando González, who was then number 9, in the first round .

In July 2008 Bogomolov won the Shotgun 21 World Championship in the Pacific Palisades tennis center with victories over John Isner (semifinals) and Philip King in the finals (each with a narrow result 21:20).

In September 2008, defeated Bogomolov in Waco with Bobby Reynolds first time in over two and a half years, again a top 100 player. After an operation on his left wrist, Bogomolov interrupted his career and worked at the Gotham Tennis Academy .

In May 2009, Bogomolov resumed his competitive activity. At the ATP Indianapolis in July 2009, Bogomolov reached the quarter-finals and was able to defeat the then No. 29 in the world rankings Dudi Sela .

2011 to 2014

In March 2011, Bogomolov defeated number five in the tournament and world rankings Andy Murray in the second round of the Masters tournament in Miami . In May 2011, by participating in the finals at the Challenger tournaments in Sarasota and Prague, he returned to the top 100 in the world rankings after more than seven years and jumped to his best place to date, 84th. At the 2011 French Open , he lost in the Third round of qualification, but moved up into the main field as a lucky loser . Despite the defeat against Marcel Granollers , Bogomolov was able to achieve a new best ranking (81).

At Wimbledon , Bogomolov reached the third round in singles and the second round in doubles . As a result, Bogomolov achieved a new top ranking (66).

After the short grass season, Bogomolov moved back to the United States, and on his favorite surface (hard court). At ATP Los Angeles he was only defeated in the semifinals against the eventual winner Ernests Gulbis . With 90 points achieved in Los Angeles, Bogomolov reached 56th place in the ranking. In doubles, Bogomolov won the ATP tournament in Atlanta with Australian Matthew Ebden and improved his top ranking to 139.

After reaching the third round in singles at the US Open 2011 and competing in doubles (with Matthew Ebden ), Bogomolov achieved a new best placement in both rankings: 40 and 106.

At the Kremlin Cup 2011 in Moscow Bogomolov was seeded as No. 5 and reached the quarter-finals in singles, which he lost to defending champion and later finalist Viktor Troicki in three sets, in doubles with Mikhail Kukuschkin Bogomolov reached the semi-finals, which they against the duo David Marrero / Carlos Berlocq lost. Ultimately, Bogomolov was the player who made the biggest leap forward in 2011, and for this he was named “Most Improved Player” by the ATP.

Bogomolov was given permission to play for his native Russia in 2012. He was also called up to the Russian Davis Cup team , but lost with the team against the Austrian selection , losing both individual games. Even in the singles, Bogomolov junior could not maintain his ranking in the first few months, but he reached several quarter-finals in doubles with changing partners and the semi- finals in Rotterdam . Bogomolov improved his top ranking in doubles to 62nd (April 16).

At the beginning of 2015 he announced his career end due to a persistent back injury.

successes

Legend (number of victories)
Grand Slam
ATP World Tour Finals
ATP World Tour Masters 1000
ATP World Tour 500
ATP International Series
ATP World Tour 250
ATP Challenger Tour (15)

singles

Tournament victories

ATP Challenger Tour
No. date competition Topping Final opponent Result
1. November 24, 2002 MexicoMexico Puebla Hard court South AfricaSouth Africa Rik De Voest 7: 6 2 , 6: 3
2. April 27, 2003 MexicoMexico Leon Hard court SwitzerlandSwitzerland George Bastl 7: 6 4 , 6: 7 3 , 6: 4
3. May 17, 2003 United StatesUnited States Forest Hills Hard court (i) ArgentinaArgentina Mariano Delfino 1: 6, 6: 1, 6: 1
4th October 19, 2003 United StatesUnited States Tiburon Hard court United StatesUnited States Jeff Morrison 7: 6 4 , 6: 3
5. July 24, 2005 United StatesUnited States Tarzana Hard court BrazilBrazil Thiago Alves 6: 3, 6: 2
6th June 3, 2007 United StatesUnited States Carson Hard court JapanJapan Kei Nishikori 6: 4, 6: 3
7th November 20, 2010 United StatesUnited States Champaign Hard court (i) Bosnia and HerzegovinaBosnia and Herzegovina Amer Delic 5: 7, 7: 6 6 , 6: 3
8th. March 6, 2011 United StatesUnited States Dallas Hard court (i) GermanyGermany Rainer Schüttler 7: 6 5 , 6: 3
9. April 14, 2013 MexicoMexico Guadalajara Hard court United StatesUnited States Rajeev Ram 2: 6, 6: 3, 6: 1
10. May 12, 2013 China People's RepublicPeople's Republic of China Kunming Hard court South AfricaSouth Africa Rik De Voest 6: 3, 4: 6, 7: 6 2

Double

Tournament victories

ATP World Tour
No. date competition Topping partner Final opponent Result
1. July 24, 2011 United StatesUnited States Atlanta Hard court AustraliaAustralia Matthew Ebden GermanyGermany Matthias Bachinger Frank Moser
GermanyGermany 
3: 6, 7: 5, [10: 8]
ATP Challenger Tour
No. date competition Topping partner Final opponent Result
1. April 20, 2003 MexicoMexico San Luis Potosí sand CanadaCanada Frédéric Niemeyer GermanyGermany Markus Hantschk Alexander Peya
AustriaAustria 
6: 4, 7: 6 5
2. July 20, 2003 FinlandFinland Helsinki sand AzerbaijanAzerbaijan Emin Agayev FinlandFinland Let Ketola Timo Nieminen
FinlandFinland 
7: 6 11 , 4: 6, 6: 3
3. July 24, 2005 United StatesUnited States Tarzana Hard court United StatesUnited States Travis Rettenmaier AustraliaAustralia Nathan Healey Robert Smeets
AustraliaAustralia 
6: 7 3 , 7: 6 7 , 6: 3
4th January 8, 2006 New CaledoniaNew Caledonia Nouméa Hard court United StatesUnited States Todd Widom GermanyGermany Lars Burgsmüller Denis Gremelmayr
GermanyGermany 
3: 6, 6: 2, [10: 6]
5. September 20, 2008 United StatesUnited States Waco Hard court SerbiaSerbia Dušan Vemić United StatesUnited States Alberto Francis Nicholas Monroe
United StatesUnited States 
6: 4, 5: 7, [10: 8]

Final participation

ATP World Tour
No. date competition Topping partner Final opponent Result
1. September 19, 2004 China People's RepublicPeople's Republic of China Beijing Hard court United StatesUnited States Taylor Dent United StatesUnited States Justin Gimelstob Graydon Oliver
United StatesUnited States 
6: 4, 4: 6, 6: 7 6

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Bonnie DeSimone and Greg Garber: Venus hopes to have company this time around. In: sports.espn.go.com. May 29, 2007, accessed March 11, 2011 .
  2. USTA Yearbook. Junior National Championships - Boys. In: usta.com. Archived from the original on September 19, 2015 ; accessed on February 13, 2016 .
  3. Bogomolov Jr banned for illegal substance use. In: rte.ie. June 17, 2007, accessed February 13, 2016 .
  4. Bogomolov wins unisex tennis tourney. In: usatoday.com. August 4, 2008, accessed March 11, 2011 .
  5. Bogomolov Jr. plays for Russia. In: spox.com. December 2, 2011, accessed March 13, 2018 .
  6. Josh Meiseles: Bogomolov: "I'm Very Thankful For The Game". In: atpworldtour.com. January 3, 2015, accessed March 13, 2018 .

Web links

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