15 Facts About Alexander Slabinsky

Alexander Slabinsky was born on 6 March 1986 and is a former professional tennis player who played under the flag of Great Britain.

Alexander Slabinsky has a very strong serve, and gets a large amount of aces in matches.

Alexander Slabinsky's serve is backed up by good ground strokes and he is solid from both sides.

At 16 Alexander Slabinsky had knee surgery which took him out of tennis for over a year.

Alexander Slabinsky played on the Futures tour for the most part of the year.

Alexander Slabinsky suffered a lacklustre season after that as he moved up onto the more difficult Challenger Circuits and failed to win a single title, but still managed to increase his ranking by 68 places.

Alexander Slabinsky later participated at the Davis Cup playoffs for the tie against Ukraine.

Alexander Slabinsky missed out on a place in the team after losing a 5 set match to Joshua Goodall, who later played as the British Number 1 singles player following the withdrawal of Andy Murray.

In June, Alexander Slabinsky was awarded a wildcard into the qualifying events of both the singles and men's doubles events at the 2009 Wimbledon Championships.

Alexander Slabinsky suffered a knee injury during the post-Wimbledon grass season.

Alexander Slabinsky underwent surgery which kept him out of the tour for three months, before returning to competitive tennis at the $15k Futures tournament held in Glasgow in October 2009.

At the $15k Cardiff Futures tournament, held a week later, Alexander Slabinsky was drawn against No 2 seed Uladzimir Ignatik of Belarus in the first round.

Alexander Slabinsky eased through his first two rounds before losing to Slovenian Borut Puc in the quarter-finals.

Alexander Slabinsky failed to get past the second round in the singles at his next three tournaments, the Dominican Republic Futures series, losing to American Adam El Mihdawy twice and Belgian Yannick Vandenbulcke once.

Alexander Slabinsky's achievements were rewarded by the Aegon British Player of the Month Award.