Aleksandr Aleksandrovich Bogomolov Jr. (; born April 23, 1983), nicknamed Bogie, is a Russian-American retired professional

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player.

Tennis career

Born in

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, the 5' 10" Bogomolov's father, Alex Sr., was a Soviet tennis coach who worked with

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Yevgeny Kafelnikov Yevgeny Aleksandrovich Kafelnikov ( rus, Евгений Александрович Кафельников, , jɪvˈɡʲenʲɪj ˈkafʲɪlʲnʲɪkəf, a=Ru-Yevgeny-Kafelnikov.ogg; born 18 February 1974) is a Russian former professional tennis p ...

, and Andrei Medvedev. In 1998 he won the

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National Boys' 16 Championships, defeating

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in the final. After losing in the first round of his first Grand Slam appearance at Wimbledon, Bogomolov was beaten by

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in the first round of the 2001 US Open. In 2005, he was suspended for eight weeks after a positive doping test from the

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. The banned substance found was

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. Bogomolov admitted taking the substance through an inhaler to treat exercise-induced

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and that he had not applied for a medical exemption. The tribunal decided he had not intentionally taken the drug in an effort to boost his performance and so the usual two-year ban did not apply, however he lost the prize money and ranking points earned at several competitions during the relevant time period. In July 2008, he won the Shotgun 21 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. In September Bogomolov beat world no. 83

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, 6–2, 4–6, 6–3, in Waco, Texas. 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. In 2011 Bogomolov won his first Challenger title in three years in Champaign-Urbana over

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, 5–7, 7–6, 6–3. That same year Bogomolov defeated

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6–1, 7–5, in the second round of the Miami Masters 1000 but lost to

in the third round. At the

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, Bogomolov was defeated by

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in the semifinals, 2–6, 6–7. In the first round of the Western & Southern Open he defeated

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6–4, 6–3 . After defeating an out-of-sorts world no. 10

Jo-Wilfried Tsonga Jo-Wilfried Tsonga (; born 17 April 1985) is a French former professional tennis player. He was ranked as high as world No. 5 by the Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP), which he achieved in February 2012. Tsonga won 18 singles titles on th ...

6–3, 6–4 in the second round, he faced a rematch with

in the third, this time losing 2–6, 5–7. At the US Open, he lost in the third round to

, 6–7, 4–6, 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, the International Tennis Federation ruled him eligible to compete for Russia in the Davis Cup. In the

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Bogomolov was seeded 32: his first ever Grand Slam seeding. He achieved a joint personal best by progressing to the 2nd round where 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 qualifying at the 2014 US Open.

Personal

Bogomolov was married to American tennis player

Ashley Harkleroad Ashley Harkleroad Adams (born May 2, 1985) is a former professional American tennis player. She reached a career-high ranking in singles of 39 in June 2003. Career Raised in Chickamauga, Georgia (near Chattanooga, Tennessee), Harkleroad turned ...

. 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 2012 Summer Olympics Olympic tennis players for Russia Tennis players at the 2003 Pan American Games Medalists at the 2003 Pan American Games Pan American Games bronze medalists for the United States in tennis 21st-century American sportsmen 21st-century Russian sportsmen