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

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main draw debut at the

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after defeating Sandro Ehrat, Dustin Brown and

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in the qualifying rounds. In the main draw he drew fifth seed Fabio Fognini, 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 Kyle Edmund 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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