Aleksandr Nedovyesov (born 15 February 1987), formerly known as Oleksandr Nedovyesov, is a Ukrainian-Kazakhstani professional

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player. He reached his highest ATP singles ranking of world No. 72 on 21 April 2014 and his highest doubles ranking of world No. 54 on 15 August 2022. He has reached two doubles ATP finals partnering

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both in 2022. He represented

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until December 2013. He competes mainly on the

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, both in singles and doubles. Nedovyesov has reached 17 career singles finals, posting a record of 9 wins and 8 losses which includes 3

titles. Additionally, he has reached 57 doubles finals, posting a record of 35 wins and 22 losses which includes 22

titles.

Career

2004–2005: World No. 33 in Juniors

As a junior, Nedovyesov had a singles win–loss record of 29–16. His best showing at a junior grand slam tournament in singles was reaching the second round in both the

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and

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. His best showing in doubles was at the

where he reached the quarterfinals alongside

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. He reached a career high of world No. 33 in the ITF Juniors rankings on 10 January 2005.

2013–2014: Grand Slam singles and doubles debut, Career high ranking

Aleksandr made his first appearance in the main draw of a Major at the

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, where he lost to

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in straight sets. He reached a career-high ranking of No. 72 in April 2014. At the

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, he recorded his first victory at a Grand Slam event with victory over

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, he again met Berdych in the second round, this time winning a set before losing in four. Nedovyesov made his Grand Slam doubles debut at the

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where he partnered up with Russian player

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. In the first round they defeated

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and

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6–7^(4-7), 7–6^(7–3), ''7–6^(7–2), 6–2''. In the second round, they faced sixth seeds

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and

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and were defeated in straight sets ''1–6, 6–7^(9–11), 3–6''.

2021–2022: Seven Challenger titles and Two ATP finals

He reached an ATP final at the

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for the first time in his career partnering

. At the

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he again partnered with Qureshi to win his first doubles match at this Major and only his second Grand Slam win in doubles in his career where they defeated seventh seeded pair of

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and

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. At the

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he reached his second ATP final with Qureshi.

ATP career finals

Doubles: 2 (2 runners-up)

ATP Challenger and ITF Futures finals

Singles: 17 (9–8)

Doubles: 59 (36–23)

Aleksandr Nedovyesov 2, 2015 Wimbledon Qualifying - Diliff

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