Career Highlights

-          in 2010 Alex had very good results in Morocco: he won the Challenger of Meknes and reached the finals of Marrakech and Tanger

-          he was also successful in doubles in Morocco: he reached the finals of Rabat and Meknes

-          Alex reached the second round of the Master Series event of Madrid, where he lost in a convincing match against Rafael Nadal: 6-4, 6-3

-          in May he reached his career-high ranking of 57 

-          in July 2009 Alex won his first Challenger title in Orbetello, defeating Pablo Andujar

-          in August he captured his second Challenger title in Como, where he defeated Juan-Martin Aranguren

-          in September Alex won another Challenger:  in Trnava, Slovakia, posting an easy two set win (6-2, 6-2) over Lamine Ouahab, after having defeated no.70 Gabashvili in the semis

-          in September Alex reached his first doubles final in the Challenger of Szczecin, Poland with his partner Smirnov, loosing against the Polish team Bednarek/Kowalczyk

Personal

Alex (Oleksandr) Dolgopolov was born on the 7^th of November 1988, in Kiev, Ukraine. His father Oleksandr Dolgopolov sr is an ex tennis professional. When Alex was born, his father was coaching Andrej Medvedev (Roland Garros finalist). They were based in the US (New York) and Alex naturally started playing tennis at the age of three. His father has been his main coach ever since.
Since 2009 Alex has teamed up with the Australian coach Jack Reader. Together they have climber over 300 ATP spots in less then 1 year time.

His aggressive tennis suits best hard courts. In the past he preferred playing on clay, in order to prevent injuries to his knees. Now that he finished growing, the knees have become strong and stable and he is able to compete on hard courts for longer periods of time.

Alex speaks fluent English and Russian, loves fast sports cars and enjoys chatting online