Alexei Popyrin was born on 5 August 1999 and is an Australian professional tennis player.
52 Facts About Alexei Popyrin
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Alexei Popyrin has a career-high ATP doubles ranking of No 235 achieved in June 2022.
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Alexei Popyrin turned professional in 2017 and has won one singles title on the ATP Tour.
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Alexei Popyrin began playing tennis at the Kim Warwick Tennis Academy in Hornsby at the age of four and was in attendance for the historic 2008 Australian Open third round match between Lleyton Hewitt and Marcos Baghdatis.
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At the age of 8, Alexei Popyrin relocated to Dubai for two years due to his father's work commitments before moving to Alicante, Spain where fellow Australian Alex de Minaur was his neighbour.
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Alexei Popyrin spends time training in Nice, France, Marbella, Spain and Dubai.
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Alexei Popyrin has trained at the Mouratoglou Academy since April 2017.
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In 2011, Alexei Popyrin won the Australian u12s Grasscourt Championships and, with Chase Ferguson, won the u12s National Claycourt Doubles Championships.
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Alexei Popyrin started competing in ITF Junior circuit in 2013 and, in 2017, reached the semifinals at the 2017 Australian Open in the junior doubles tournament.
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Alexei Popyrin entered his first ITF Futures professional tournament in October 2013 at 14 years of age where he lost a first round qualifying match to Slovakian Martin Beran in Madrid.
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Alexei Popyrin secured his first professional qualifying win a year later in another Spanish ITF Futures tournament but failed to qualify for the main draw when he lost in the second round qualifying match.
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At the beginning of 2016, at the age of 15, Alexei Popyrin contested his first ATP Challenger Tour tournament after receiving a wildcard from Tennis Australia to compete in the 2016 Canberra Challenger.
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Alexei Popyrin was defeated in the first round by future top 10 player Diego Schwartzman.
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Alexei Popyrin continued to play ITF Futures tournaments for the remainder of 2016 and ended the year with a world ranking of No 1155.
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Alexei Popyrin won his first professional ITF title in July 2017 at the Poland F4 in Mragowo, Poland.
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Alexei Popyrin played several more ITF and Challenger tournaments for the remainder of 2017 and ended the year with a ranking of 622.
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Alexei Popyrin started the 2018 season ranked No 622, achieving a career-high ranking 25 times over the course of the season peaking at No 147 in November.
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Later in January, Alexei Popyrin made his Grand Slam debut at the 2018 Australian Open after being awarded a wildcard.
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Alexei Popyrin spent the next six months in Europe playing in challenger tournaments, increasing his ranking.
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Alexei Popyrin defeated compatriot Matthew Ebden in round 1 for his first ATP World Tour win.
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Alexei Popyrin ended 2018 with a singles rank of World No 147.
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Alexei Popyrin commenced 2019 with wildcards into the Brisbane International and Sydney International, losing in the first round in both.
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Alexei Popyrin received a wildcard in the Australian Open, and achieved his first Grand Slam win by defeating Mischa Zverev in straight sets.
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Alexei Popyrin followed this up by beating Dominic Thiem and lost in the third round to Lucas Pouille in closely contested five sets.
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Alexei Popyrin lost to Laslo Djere in the second round.
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Alexei Popyrin broke into ATP top 100 for the first time at World No 99 on 24 June 2019.
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Alexei Popyrin ended 2019 with an ATP singles rank of World No 97.
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Alexei Popyrin ended 2020 with an ATP singles rank of World No 113.
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Alexei Popyrin received a third wildcard into the main draw of the 2021 Australian Open similar to every year since 2018, with the exception of the 2020 Australian Open where he entered the main draw as direct entry.
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Alexei Popyrin then lost in the second round to Lloyd Harris.
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At the 2021 French Open, Alexei Popyrin lost to Rafael Nadal in the first round.
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At the US Open, Alexei Popyrin matched his career-best result, progressing through to the third round, which included a win over Grigor Dimitrov, Alexei Popyrin's fourth career top-20 win and third achieved in 2021.
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Alexei Popyrin ended 2021 with an ATP singles ranking of World No 61.
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Alexei Popyrin started his 2022 season at the Melbourne Summer Set 1.
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Alexei Popyrin lost in the second round to Tallon Griekspoor.
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Alexei Popyrin lost in the first round to fifth seed Filip Krajinovic.
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However, due to Felix Auger-Aliassime withdrawing from the tournament due to a back injury, Alexei Popyrin entered the main draw as a lucky loser.
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Alexei Popyrin beat world No 19, Nikoloz Basilashvili, in the first round.
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Alexei Popyrin lost in the second round to qualifier Ricardas Berankis.
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Alexei Popyrin was defeated in the first round by qualifier Tomas Machac.
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Alexei Popyrin fell in the first round of qualifying to Andrea Pellegrino.
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Alexei Popyrin won his second ATP Challenger tour title at the BNP Paribas Primrose Bordeaux beating sixth seed Quentin Halys in the final.
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Alexei Popyrin went on to reach the quarterfinals where he lost to Yoshihito Nishioka in a tight three-set match.
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Alexei Popyrin ended up losing in the third round to American rising star Ben Shelton.
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Alexei Popyrin fell in the final round of qualifying to Taro Daniel.
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However, due to the withdrawal of Kwon Soon-woo, Alexei Popyrin entered the main draw as a lucky loser.
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Alexei Popyrin lost in the second round to ninth seed and world No 11, Hubert Hurkacz.
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Alexei Popyrin started his clay-court season at the Grand Prix Hassan II.
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Alexei Popyrin lost in the second round to second seed and world No 30, Dan Evans.
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Alexei Popyrin lost in the second round to Alex Molcan.
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Alexei Popyrin lost in his fourth round match to world No 7, Holger Rune, in a three setter that lasted three hours.
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Alexei Popyrin made his Davis Cup debut for Australia in February 2019, at the age of 19, winning his first rubber against Bosnia and Herzegovina in Adelaide.