Alexandros Jakupović ( el, Αλέξανδρος Γιακούποβιτς, Aléxandros Giakoupovits, , , ; born December 14, 1981) is a Greek former

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player who was banned for life in November 2015 by the

Tennis Integrity Unit The Tennis Integrity Unit was the organisation responsible for investigating match fixing in tennis since 2008 until 2020. It was replaced by the International Tennis Integrity Agency. It had the ability to impose fines and sanctions, and ban pl ...

. He is the son of a

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father and a

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mother.

Career

His career high ATP singles rank is 464, which he achieved on March 9, 2009. As of November 4, 2013, on the futures level in singles, he has 37 quarter-final losses, 21 semi-final losses, 8 runners-up and 3 titles. As for doubles on the futures level, he has been far more successful. He has 31 semifinal exits, 31 runners-up and 23 titles. On the challenger level in doubles, he has 2 semi-finals, in July 2008 in

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, with Spaniard, Adrián Menéndez-Maceiras and in April 2009 in

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with fellow Greek

Konstantinos Economidis Konstantinos Economidis ( el, Κωνσταντίνος Οικονομίδης, born 2 November 1977) is a retired professional Greek tennis player and a former Greek No. 1. In 2007, he qualified for the French Open and defeated Australian Chris ...

. He has 2 challenger doubles finals in April 2008 in

with his compatriot,

and in May 2012 in

with Spaniard Gerard Granollers-Pujol. His doubles highest career rank was 267, which he achieved on November 17, 2008. As of November 4, 2013, he was ranked 480 in singles and 533 in doubles. He also played an important role in the

Greece Davis Cup team The Greece men's national tennis team represents Greece in Davis Cup tennis competition and are governed by the Hellenic Tennis Federation. Greece currently compete in Europe Zone Group III. They have never competed in the World Group, but rea ...

. He was banned from the sport for life on November 12, 2015 after having been found guilty of five corruption charges.

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