Alexander Ward (born 30 April 1990) is a retired British

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player.

Early life

Ward was born on 30 April 1990 in

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, Northamptonshire, England. He was educated at Northampton School for Boys.

Tennis career

Ward has a career high ATP singles ranking of 242 achieved on 6 June 2016. He also has a career high ATP doubles ranking of 379 achieved on 9 September 2013. Ward made his ATP main draw debut at the 2013 MercedesCup after defeating

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, Dustin Brown and

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in the qualifying rounds. In the main draw he drew fifth seed

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, but lost 3–6, 6–7^(5–7) Having come through qualifying as the world No. 855, Ward competed at the

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, where he lost to compatriot

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in four sets in the first round. In September 2018, Ward announced his retirement from professional tennis.

ATP Challenger and ITF Futures finals

Singles: 27 (16–10)

Doubles: 12 (4–8)

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