Alexey Alexeyevich Zakharov (; born 21 April 2000) is a Russian professional

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player.

Early life

Alexey Zakharov is from

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. He briefly trained at the

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in France.

Junior career

Zakharov represented

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in the 2016 Junior Davis Cup, in which he and teammates

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and Timofey Skatov won the title. Partnering Avidzba, he won the deciding doubles match in the final against Canada, defeating Felix Auger-Aliassime and Chih Chi Huang in straight sets. He was a quarterfinalist of junior Grand Slam tournaments four times and won 10 ITF junior tournaments (two in singles), reaching 12th place in the ITF World Junior ranking in 2018.

Professional career

In November 2023, he won the $15k event in

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, his first title since his hiatus. In July 2024, he reached the final of the Dutch Open as a qualifier, losing to wildcard entrant

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in the final.

Personal life

He dated fellow tennis player

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from 2019 to 2020.

ATP Challenger and ITF Futures/World Tennis Tour finals

Singles: 11 (4 titles, 7 runner-ups)

Doubles: 6 (2 titles, 4 runner-ups)

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Zakharov, Alexey 2000 births Living people Russian male tennis players Tennis players from Moscow