Alexander Donski

Alexander Donski (Bulgarian: Александър Донски; born 1 August 1998) is a Bulgarian tennis player.

Alexander Donski
Country (sports) Bulgaria
ResidenceSofia, Bulgaria
Born (1998-08-01) 1 August 1998
Philadelphia, PA, United States
Height1.88 m (6 ft 2 in)
Turned pro2017
PlaysRight-handed (two-handed backhand)
CoachMike Donski
Prize moneyUS$108,359
Singles
Career record1–1 (at ATP Tour level, Grand Slam level, and in Davis Cup)
Career titles0
0 Challengers, 2 Futures
Highest rankingNo. 525 (11 April 2022)
Current rankingNo. 802 (14 August 2023)
Doubles
Career record3–7 (at ATP Tour level, Grand Slam level, and in Davis Cup)
Career titles0
0 Challengers, 10 Futures
Highest rankingNo. 248 (3 October 2022)
Current rankingNo. 281 (14 August 2023)
Last updated on: 17 August 2023.

Donski has a career high ATP singles ranking of No. 525 achieved on 11 April 2022 and a career high doubles ranking of No. 248 achieved on 3 October 2022.[1][2] In singles, Donski has won two ITF World Tour titles and in doubles he won ten.

YouTube

Alexander is known for his YouTube channel called Operation Liftoff with Lazar Dokov, his cousin and fellow professional player/coach. The duo travel Europe to play in futures tournaments in a vlog style of video. They showcase the life an ITF Junior has to endure to succeed. The channel has over 5000 subscribers.[3]

Junior career

Donski reached a career high ITF junior ranking of 92 on 24 October 2016.He has compiled a Win/Loss record of 50-39 in Singles and 33-40 in Doubles.[4]

Professional career

2017–2020: early years: turning pro, ATP debut

Donski turned professional in 2017 and finished the year ranked No. 1578 in the ATP singles rankings.

Donski made his ATP main draw debut at the 2018 Diema Xtra Sofia Open, receiving a wildcard into both the singles and doubles tournament. By the end of 2018, Donski jumped 147 places to finish the 2018 season ranked No. 1431 in the ATP Singles rankings while finishing the year ranked 1061 in the ATP Doubles rankings.

In singles, his breakthrough on the ITF World Tennis Tour circuit came in 2019, when he reached a total of four ITF finals. He ended up as a runner-up at the M15 events in Sozopol, Telavi and Johannesburg before eventually winning his first ITF title in Pretoria after a three tiebreak sets win over Arthur Cazaux. During the season Donski also won his first two ITF doubles titles in Telavi and Pretoria as well as reaching his first ATP quarterfinal with Alexandar Lazarov at the 2019 Sofia Open.

In 2020 the Bulgarian received a wild card into the singles qualifying draw and the doubles main draw of the 2020 Sofia Open, but ended his participation in both with straight set losses in the opening round.

2021–2022: first ATP qualification win, top 250 debut in doubles

Donski's first singles win at the ATP level came at the 2021 Sofia Open, where he received another wild card for the qualifying draw and pulled an upset win over eighth seed Jurij Rodionov before losing to Andreas Seppi in the final round. Alexander also played in the doubles competition at his home ATP tournament with Dimitar Kuzmanov, but the Bulgarian duo lost in a third set tiebreaker to eventual champions Jonny O'Mara and Ken Skupski.

At the end of the 2021 season Donski started his rise in the doubles rankings with three more ITF titles, winning the trophy at the M15 event in Sozopol with Billy Harris and following it up with triumphs at the M25 events in Saint-Dizier and Villers-lès-Nancy with Petros Tsitsipas.

In January 2022, the Bulgarian continued his streak in doubles at a series of M25 events in Monastir and after 12 consecutive wins he added another trophy to his collection. In the following months Donski reached two more ITF singles finals in Tunisia, losing the first one to Laurent Lokoli before claiming his second singles title against Térence Atmane in March.

In the coming months Alexander won two more ITF doubles titles in Sarajevo and Alkmaar as well as also reaching three ATP Challenger Tour quarterfinals. At the 2022 Sofia Open the Bulgarian lost in the first qualifying round in singles, but he once again reached the quarterfinals in doubles with Alexandar Lazarov and made his top 250 debut in the ATP doubles rankings on 3 October 2022.

Challenger and Futures/World Tennis Tour finals

Singles: 6 (2–4)

Legend (singles)
ATP Challenger Tour (0-0)
ITF Futures/World Tennis Tour (2–4)
Titles by surface
Hard (2–3)
Clay (0-1)
Grass (0–0)
Carpet (0–0)
Result W–L    Date    Tournament Tier Surface Opponent Score
Loss 0–1 May 2019 M15 Sozopol, Bulgaria World Tennis Tour Hard Turkey Altuğ Çelikbilek 7–6(7–5), 3–6, 2–6
Loss 0–2 Aug 2019 M15 Telavi, Georgia World Tennis Tour Clay Russia Yan Bondarevskiy 4–6, 0–6
Loss 0–3 Sep 2019 M15 Johannesburg, South Africa World Tennis Tour Hard Zimbabwe Benjamin Lock 7–6(7–5), 3–6, 6–7(3–7)
Win 1–3 Sep 2019 M15 Pretoria, South Africa World Tennis Tour Hard France Arthur Cazaux 7–6(7–3), 6–7(5–7), 7–6 (8–6)
Loss 1–4 Feb 2022 M15 Monastir, Tunisia World Tennis Tour Hard France Laurent Lokoli 0–6, 6–3, 5–7
Win 2–4 Mar 2022 M15 Monastir, Tunisia World Tennis Tour Hard France Térence Atmane 6–2, 5–7, 6–3

Doubles: 20 (10–10)

Legend (doubles)
ATP Challenger Tour (0–0)
ITF Futures/World Tennis Tour (10–10)
Titles by surface
Hard (7–5)
Clay (3–5)
Grass (0–0)
Carpet (0–0)
Result W–L    Date    Tournament Tier Surface Partner Opponents Score
Loss 0–1 May 2018 Bulgaria F1, Sozopol Futures Hard United States Vasil Kirkov France Sébastien Boltz
Brazil Caio Silva
5–7, 3–6
Loss 0–2 May 2019 M15 Sozopol, Bulgaria World Tennis Tour Hard Bulgaria Alexandar Lazarov United States Alec Adamson
United States Vasil Kirkov
6–4, 2–6, [6–10]
Loss 0–3 Jun 2019 M15 Plovdiv, Bulgaria World Tennis Tour Clay Bulgaria Simon Anthony Ivanov Russia Alexander Igoshin
Russia Evgenii Tiurnev
1–6, 7–6(11–9), [5–10]
Win 1–3 Jul 2019 M15 Telavi, Georgia World Tennis Tour Clay United States Maksim Tikhomirov Russia Yan Bondarevskiy
Georgia (country) George Tsivadze
6–4, 6–4
Loss 1–4 Sep 2019 M15 Johannesburg, South Africa World Tennis Tour Hard Austria David Pichler Zimbabwe Benjamin Lock
Zimbabwe Courtney John Lock
3–6, 4–6
Win 2–4 Oct 2019 M15 Pretoria, South Africa World Tennis Tour Hard Canada Raheel Manji Austria David Pichler
Zimbabwe Mehluli Sibanda
6–2, 7–5
Loss 2–5 Sep 2021 M25 Říčany, Czech Republic World Tennis Tour Clay Northern Mariana Islands Colin Sinclair United States Toby Kodat
Czech Republic Adam Pavlásek
3–6, 5–7
Win 3–5 Oct 2021 M15 Sozopol, Bulgaria World Tennis Tour Hard United Kingdom Billy Harris Russia Yan Bondarevskiy
Germany Kai Wehnelt
6–1, 6–4
Win 4–5 Nov 2021 M25 Saint-Dizier, France World Tennis Tour Hard (i) Greece Petros Tsitsipas Australia Blake Ellis
Australia Tristan Schoolkate
6–4, 4–6, [10–7]
Win 5–5 Nov 2021 M25 Villers-lès-Nancy, France World Tennis Tour Hard (i) Greece Petros Tsitsipas Australia Blake Ellis
Australia Tristan Schoolkate
7–6(7–2), 3–2 ret.
Win 6–5 Jan 2022 M25 Monastir, Tunisia World Tennis Tour Hard France Théo Arribagé France Dan Added
France Clément Tabur
6–2, 5–7, [10–7]
Loss 6–6 Jan 2022 M25 Monastir, Tunisia World Tennis Tour Hard Croatia Zvonimir Babić France Théo Arribagé
France Titouan Droguet
6–1, 4–6, [8–10]
Win 7–6 Jun 2022 M15 Sarajevo, Bosnia & Herzegovina World Tennis Tour Clay Austria David Pichler France Constantin Bittoun Kouzmine
Czech Republic Michael Vrbenský
5–7, 7–6(7–2), [12–10]
Win 8–6 Jun 2022 M15 Alkmaar, Netherlands World Tennis Tour Clay Sweden Karl Friberg Czech Republic Patrik Rikl
Czech Republic Matěj Vocel
3–6, 3–3 ret.
Win 9–6 Oct 2022 M15 Sozopol, Bulgaria World Tennis Tour Hard Ukraine Vladyslav Orlov Turkey Tuna Altuna
Poland Olaf Pieczkowski
6–2, 3–6, [10–5]
Loss 9–7 Nov 2022 M25 Heraklion, Greece World Tennis Tour Hard Germany Tim Sandkaulen Austria Sandro Kopp
Austria Neil Oberleitner
7–6(7–2), 3–6, [7–10]
Win 10–7 Mar 2023 M15 Monastir, Tunisia World Tennis Tour Hard Chinese Taipei Ray Ho Main Page Bogdan Bobrov
Germany Christoph Negritu
7–5, 6–3
Loss 10–8 May 2023 M15 Antalya, Turkey World Tennis Tour Clay Main Page Egor Agafonov Main Page Anton Chekhov
Main Page Ivan Nedelko
6–4, 4–6, [8–10]
Loss 10–9 Jun 2023 M15 Štore, Slovenia World Tennis Tour Clay Czech Republic Dominik Kellovský Czech Republic Matthew William Donald
Czech Republic Jakub Nicod
2–6, 2–6
Loss 10–10 Jul 2023 M15 Celje, Slovenia World Tennis Tour Clay Australia Zaharije-Zak Talic Belgium Buvaysar Gadamauri
Czech Republic Jakub Nicod
2–6, 3–6

National participation

Davis Cup (4 wins, 2 losses)

Alexander Donski debuted for the Bulgaria Davis Cup team in 2019. Since then he has 7 nominations with 6 ties played, his singles W/L record is 1–0 and doubles W/L record is 3–2 (4–2 overall).[5]

Group membership
World Group (0–0)
WG Play-off (0–0)
Group I (1–0)
Group II (3–1)
Group III (0–0)
Group IV (0–0)
Matches by surface
Hard (2–1)
Clay (2–0)
Grass (0–0)
Carpet (0–0)
Matches by type
Singles (1–0)
Doubles (3–1)
Rubber result No. Rubber Match type (partner if any) Opponent nation Opponent player(s) Score
Decrease1–4; 13–14 September 2019; Kelvin Grove Club, Cape Town, South Africa; Group II Europe/Africa First Round; Hard surface
Defeat 1 I Doubles (with Alexandar Lazarov) South Africa South Africa Raven Klaasen / Ruan Roelofse 3–6, 2–6
Increase4–1; 6–7 March 2020; Costa Rica Country Club, San José, Costa Rica; World Group II Play-Off; Hard surface
Victory 2 V Singles Costa Rica Costa Rica Rodrigo Crespo Piedra 6–2, 6–4
Increase3–1; 4–5 March 2022; Sport Hall Sofia, Sofia, Bulgaria; World Group II Play-Off; Hard (i) surface
Victory 3 III Doubles (with Alexandar Lazarov) Paraguay Paraguay Juan Borba / Hernando José Escurra Isnardi 6–3, 7–5
Increase3–0; 16–18 September 2022; Bulgarian National Tennis Center, Sofia, Bulgaria; World Group II; Clay surface
Victory 4 III Doubles (with Alexandar Lazarov) South Africa South Africa Lleyton Cronje / Raven Klaasen 6–3, 7–6(8–6)
Increase3–1; 4–5 February 2023; Wilding Park, Christchurch, New Zealand; World Group I Play-Off; Hard surface
Defeat 5 III Doubles (with Petr Nesterov) New Zealand New Zealand Artem Sitak / Michael Venus 4–6, 6–3, 3–6
Decrease1–3; 16–17 September 2023; Bulgarian National Tennis Center, Sofia, Bulgaria; World Group I; Clay surface
Victory 6 III Doubles (with Alexandar Lazarov) Kazakhstan Kazakhstan Alexander Bublik / Aleksandr Nedovyesov 6–3, 6–3

References

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