Alexander Irakliyevich Metreveli ( ka, ალექსანდრე მეტრეველი, tr, ; russian: Александр Ираклиевич Метревели ; born 2 November 1944) is a retired
Soviet tennis player of
Georgian background. He is an
honorary citizen of
Australia
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. His grandson
Aleksandre Metreveli
Aleksandre Metreveli ( ka, ალექსანდრე მეტრეველი, tr, ; born 10 August 1993), nicknamed Sandro, is a Georgian tennis player. Metreveli has a career high ATP singles ranking of World No. 264 achieved on 6 Jun ...
, also a professional tennis player, has represented
Georgia in the
Davis Cup
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.
Career
In 1962, aged 17, Metreveli lost 8–10, 6–3, 4–6 to
Stanley Matthews in the final of the
Wimbledon
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* Wimbledon Championships, the oldest tennis tournament in the world and one of the four Grand Slam championships
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* ...
boys' championship.
He is best known for making the final at Wimbledon in
1973
Events January
* January 1 - The United Kingdom, the Republic of Ireland and Denmark enter the European Economic Community, which later becomes the European Union.
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, where he lost to
Jan Kodeš of Czechoslovakia.
He reached a career-high singles ranking of world No. 9 in 1974 and won 9 ATP singles titles in his career. Metreveli was a member of the
Dynamo sports society. He competed in professional tour events during the 1970s.
Grand Slam finals
Singles: 1 (1 runner-up)
Mixed doubles: 2 (2 runner-ups)
Grand Slam singles performance timeline
References
External links
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Metreveli Tennis Academy
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1944 births
Living people
Dynamo sports society athletes
Male tennis players from Georgia (country)
Sportspeople from Tbilisi
Soviet male tennis players
Russian television presenters
Soviet television presenters
Tennis commentators