Aleksandr Aleksandrovich Bogomolov Jr. (russian: Александр Александрович «Алекс» Богомолов; born April 23, 1983), nicknamed Bogie, is a Russian-American retired professional

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player.

Tennis career

Bogomolov's father, Alex Sr., was a former Soviet national tennis coach who worked with

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, and Andrei Medvedev. Born in

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, the 5' 10" Bogomolov was the no. 1 ranked

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player for the 18s section in 200

and had a career-high ranking of world no. 33 on October 31, 2011. In 1998, Bogomolov won the United States Tennis Association, USTA National Boys' 16 Championships, defeating

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in the final. He was the first player to be beaten by

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in the main draw of a Grand Slam tournament, at the 2001 US Open. In 2005, he was suspended for 1.5 months due to a positive doping test during the

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. The banned substance found was

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, which Bogomolov admitted taking through an inhaler to treat exercise-induced

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. However, he had not filed the proper paperwork and was not covered by an exemption. The tribunal found that since he had not intentionally taken the drug in an effort to boost his performance, the usual two-year ban did not apply. He lost the prize money and ranking points earned at several competitions. In July 2008, he won the

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world championship at the Pacific Palisades Tennis Center, defeating

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in the semifinal, and Phillip King in the final, twice by the score of 21–20. Bogomolov beat world no. 83

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, 6–2, 4–6, 6–3, in Waco, Texas in September 2008. After having surgery on his left wrist in late 200

Bogomolov began work at the Gotham Tennis Academy. In July 2009 at the Hall of Fame Championships, he defeated

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of France, 1–6, 6–3, 6–4. Bogomolov won his first Challenger title in three years in Champaign-Urbana over

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, 5–7, 7–6, 6–3. It is his first title of 2010. In 2011, he defeated

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in straight sets, 6–1, 7–5, in the second round of the Miami Masters 1000. He was defeated by

in the third round, 2–6, 6–7. At the

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, Bogomolov was defeated by

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in the semifinals, 2–6, 6–7. He defeated

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in straight sets, 6–4, 6–3, in the first round of the

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. He set up a rematch against

, after defeating an out-of-sorts world no. 10

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, 6–3, 6–4, in the second round. He lost to Murray, 2–6, 5–7. At the US Open, he lost in the third round to

, 6–7, 4–6, 4–6. He was eliminated in the first round in Kuala Lumpur by

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, 6–7, 4–6. At the end of the 2011 season he was named the ATP's most improved player after rising from no.166 in the

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at the beginning of 2011 to no. 33 at season's end. On December 1, 2011, the International Tennis Federation ruled him eligible to compete for Russia in the Davis Cup. In the

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he was the 32 seed marking the first time he has ever been seeded in a Grand Slam and he gained a joint best by progressing to in the 2nd round but he lost in 5 sets in

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. Bogomolov retired at the end of 2014. His final match was a straight sets loss to

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in the second round of

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at the 2014 US Open.

Personal

Bogomolov was married to American tennis player

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. The two split up in the fall of 2006 after less than two years, and divorced. "I think we were too young to be married," Harkleroad said. "And I think he's better off without me

He is now engaged to his girlfriend Luana, with whom he has a son, Maddox.

ATP career finals

Doubles: 1 (1–1)

Performance timelines

Singles

Doubles

References

External links

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USTA: Alex Bogomolov Jr. Circuit Player of the Week Article(cache)
*Rothenberg, Ben
"Bogomolov Switches Flags in a Boost For Russia"
''The New York Times'' Straight Sets blog, January 19, 2012. Bogomolov "said his 2-year-old son helped influence his decision to switch from playing for the United States to Russia". {{DEFAULTSORT:Bogomolov Jr., Alex 1983 births Living people American male tennis players American sportspeople in doping cases Doping cases in tennis Tennis players from Miami Tennis players from Moscow Russian emigrants to the United States Russian male tennis players Russian people of American descent Tennis players at the 2003 Pan American Games Tennis players at the 2012 Summer Olympics Olympic tennis players of Russia Pan American Games bronze medalists for the United States Pan American Games medalists in tennis Medalists at the 2003 Pan American Games