Sergey Aleksandrovich Betov ( be, Сяргей Аляксандравіч Бетаў Siarhiej Betaŭ; ; born 15 October 1987) is a Belarusian

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player competing on the

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. He reached his highest ATP singles ranking of 340 on 1 August 2011 and his highest doubles ranking of 61 was achieved on 26 October 2015. On April 29, 2016, the

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found that Betov had committed an Anti-Doping Rule Violation in connection with the consumption of

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, but further determined that he bore no fault or negligence for the violation and therefore permitted him to resume competition. He married Russian tennis player

Margarita Gasparyan Margarita Melikovna Betova (née Gasparyan; rus, Маргари́та Ме́ликовна Гаспаря́н, , mərɡɐˈrʲitə ɡəspɐˈrʲan, Ru-Margarita Gasparyan.ogg, hy, Մարգարիտա Մելիքի Գասպարյան; born 1 Sept ...

in July 2021; they announced their pregnancy in February 2022.Margarita Gasparyan shares pregnancy photo
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ITF finals (45-34)

Singles (5-9)

Doubles (40-25)

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* * * 1987 births Living people Belarusian male tennis players Universiade medalists in tennis Doping cases in tennis Universiade silver medalists for Belarus Universiade bronze medalists for Belarus 21st-century Belarusian people {{Belarus-tennis-bio-stub