Aleksandr Aleksandrovich Shevchenko (; ; born 29 November 2000) is a Kazakhstani professional tennis player. He has a career-high ATP singles ranking of world No. 45, achieved on 19 February 2024 and a doubles ranking of No. 406, achieved on 20 February 2023. He is currently the No. 2 Kazakhstani player.
Career 2022: Challenger title, ATP Tour & top 150 debuts Ranked No. 234 he reached a back to back quarterfinal at the 2022 Poznań Open in June. Next he won his maiden Challenger at the 2022 Bratislava Open.
Shevchenko made his ATP debut at the 2022 Generali Open Kitzbühel as a lucky loser where he lost to Dominic Thiem. He qualified into the main draw at the ATP 500 2022 Astana Open. He made his top 150 debut on 26 September 2022.
2023–2024: Major & Masters debuts, ATP final & Top 10 win, top 50 In February, he qualified at the ATP 500 in Dubai as a lucky loser. As a result he reached a new career high of No. 113 on 6 February 2023. In March, he reached his second Challenger final of the season as a qualifier in Phoenix, Arizona defeating Gaël Monfils, sixth seed Marc-Andrea Hüsler, top seed Matteo Berrettini and Quentin Halys before losing to Nuno Borges in the final. As a result, he moved to a new career high, one position shy of the top 100 on 20 March 2023. Following another final showing and a title at the Madrid Challenger he reached the top 100 at No. 98 on 17 April 2023.
Ranked No. 96, he qualified for his first Masters 1000 at the Madrid Open and defeated J. J. Wolf in the first round. Next he defeated 31st seed Jiří Lehečka to reach the third round for the first time in his career. He then lost to second seed and compatriot Daniil Medvedev in the third round. He entered the next Masters 1000, the Italian Open on his debut, as a lucky loser directly into the second round of the main draw replacing 29th seed Tallon Griekspoor after his late withdrawal. He won his second round match defeating Sebastián Báez.
He made his Grand Slam debut at the 2023 French Open and defeated Oscar Otte for the first major win in his career. He also made his debut ate Wimbledon, at the Cincinnati Open as a qualifier, and at the US Open.
He received a wildcard for the 2023 Astana Open where he defeated Botic van de Zandschulp in straight sets but lost to eventual semifinalist wildcard Hamad Medjedovic. At the Swiss Indoors, he reached the quarterfinals as a qualifier, defeating home favorite Stan Wawrinka, and then fifth seed Taylor Fritz, his biggest and first top 10 win, saving 15 break and two match points in a close to 3 hours match with three tiebreaks. He lost to defending champion Félix Auger-Aliassime in three sets with two tiebreaks. As a result he moved 20 positions up into the top 65 in the rankings on 30 October 2023. At the next indoors tournament in Metz he reached his first ATP semifinal, defeating top 15 player, third seed and compatriot Karen Khachanov, his second top-20 career win and of the season. He reached his first final defeating wildcard Pierre-Hugues Herbert and became the youngest Metz finalist since Lucas Pouille aged 22, in 2016. As a result, he moved into the top 50. He lost in the final to Ugo Humbert.
Nationality change In January 2024, Shevchenko changed his citizenship from that of his home country of Russia to Kazakhstan effective starting at the tournament in Montpellier. Shevchenko has lived in Vienna since age nine.
Personal life From the end of 2022, he was in a relationship with fellow tennis player Anastasia Potapova of Russia. On 24 September 2023 they announced their engagement. They got married on 1 December 2023. It was reported that as of 20 September 2024, following the US Open, the couple had divorced after less than a year of marriage.
Performance timeline
Singles Current through the 2026 Wimbledon Championships. Tournament20222023202420252026Win % Grand Slam tournamentsAustralian OpenAQ11R1R2R0 / 31–3French OpenA2R2R2R1R0 / 43–4WimbledonA1R1R1R1R0 / 40–4US OpenQ11R2R1R0 / 31–3Win–loss0–01–32–41–41–30 / 145–14National representationSummer OlympicsNH1RNH0 / 10–1ATP Tour Masters 1000Indian Wells MastersAQ12R1R2R0 / 32–3Miami OpenAQ12RQ23R0 / 23–2Monte-Carlo MastersAAQ1A1R0 / 10–1Madrid OpenA3R2RQ11R0 / 33–3Italian OpenA3R2R1R2R0 / 43–4Canadian OpenAAAA0 / 00–0Cincinnati OpenA1RQ1Q20 / 10–1Shanghai MastersNH1R3R1R0 / 32–3Paris MastersAAQ1A0 / 00–0Win–loss0–03-46–50–34–50 / 1713–17Career statistics2022202320242025 CareerTournaments3172818Career total: 66Titles0000Career total: 0Finals0100Career total: 1Overall win–loss0–316–1721–28 14–190 / 6651–67Win (%)Career total: Year-end ranking154487897$2,962,223
ATP Tour finals
Singles: 1 (1 runner-up) LegendGrand Slam (0–0)ATP Masters 1000 (0–0)ATP 500 (0–0)ATP 250 (0–1)Finals by surfaceHard (0–1)Clay (0–0)Grass (0–0)Finals by settingOutdoor (0–0)Indoor (0–1)
ResultW–LDateTournamentTierSurfaceOpponentScoreLoss0–1Moselle Open, FranceATP 250Hard (i) Ugo Humbert3–6, 3–6
ATP Challenger Tour finals
Singles: 6 (3 titles, 3 runner-ups) LegendATP Challenger Tour (3–3)Finals by surfaceHard (1–2)Clay (2–1)
ResultW–LDateTournamentTierSurfaceOpponentScoreWin1–0Bratislava, SlovakiaChallengerClay Riccardo Bonadio6–3, 7–5Win2–0Tenerife, SpainChallengerHard Sebastian Ofner7–5, 6–2Loss2–1Phoenix, USChallenger 175Hard Nuno Borges6–4, 2–6, 1–6Win3–1Madrid, SpainChallengerClay Pedro Cachín6–4, 6–3Loss3–2Sumter, USChallenger 125Hard Mattia Bellucci6–7(5–7), 1–3 ret.Loss3–3Bratislava, SlovakiaChallengerClay Taro Daniel6–3, 0–6, 6–7(2–7)
ITF World Tennis Tour finals
Singles: 8 (4 titles, 4 runner-ups) LegendITF WTT (4–4)Finals by surfaceHard (1–0)Clay (3–4)
ResultW–LDateTournamentTierSurfaceOpponentScoreLoss0–1M15 Antalya, TurkeyWTTClay Alexandru Jecan6–1, 4–6, 2–6Win1–1M15 Monastir, TunisiaWTTClay David Pichler6–3, 6–4Loss1–2M15 Monastir, TunisiaWTTClay Luca Potenza6–2, 4–6, 3–6Loss1–3M15 Antalya, TurkeyWTTClay Adrian Andreev1–6, 6–7(1–7)Win2–3M15 Tbilisi, GeorgiaWTTHard Alessandro Bega4–6, 7–6(7–5), 6–3Loss2–4M15 Shymkent, KazakhstanWTTClay Edoardo Lavagno3–6, 0–6Win3–4M25 Velenje, SloveniaWTTClay Patrik Rikl6–1, 6–2Win4–4M25 Antalya, TurkeyWTTClay Martín Cuevas6–2, 6–1
Doubles: 5 (2 titles, 3 runner-ups) LegendITF WTT (2–3)Finals by surfaceHard (0–0)Clay (2–3)
ResultW–LDateTournamentTierSurfacePartnerOpponentsScoreWin1–0M15 Antalya, TurkeyWTTClay Maxim Ratniuk Luca Gelhardt Neel Rajesh6–4, 6–3Win2–0M15 Moscow, RussiaWTTClay Maxim Ratniuk Timur Kiyamov Anton Chekhov0–6, 7–6(7–3), [10–6]Loss2–1M15 Antalya, TurkeyWTTClay Alexander Ovcharov Jonathan Mridha Gustav Hansson3–6, 4–6Loss2–2M15 Cairo, EgyptWTTClay Eric Vanshelboim Fermín Tenti Juan Pablo Paz0–6, 1–6Loss2–3M25 Kottingbrunn, AustriaWTTClay David Poljak Mārtiņš Podžus Petros Tsitsipas3–6, 3–6
Wins over top 10 players
Shevchenko has a record against players who were, at the time the match was played, ranked in the top 10. Season2023202420252026TotalWins11013
#PlayerEventSurfaceScore20231. Taylor Fritz9Swiss Indoors, SwitzerlandHard (i)2R6–7(7–9), 7–6(8–6), 7–6(7–5)8320242. Holger Rune7Rotterdam Open, NetherlandsHard (i)2R6–4, 1–6, 6–35720263. Ben Shelton9Miami Open, United StatesHard 2R6–7(3–7), 7–6(7–3), 6–384
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