Alexander Donski

Alexander Donski (Bulgarian: Александър Донски; born 1 August 1998) is a Bulgarian tennis player.

Alexander Donski
Country (sports) Bulgaria
ResidenceSofia, Bulgaria
Born (1998-08-01) 1 August 1998
Philadelphia, PA, United States
Height1.88 m (6 ft 2 in)
Turned pro2017
PlaysRight-handed (two-handed backhand)
CoachPartick Sebastiani
Prize moneyUS$ 62,023
Singles
Career record1–1 (at ATP Tour level, Grand Slam level, and in Davis Cup)
Career titles0
0 Challengers, 1 Futures
Highest rankingNo. 563 (13 January 2020)
Current rankingNo. 594 (11 January 2021)
Doubles
Career record0–4 (at ATP Tour level, Grand Slam level, and in Davis Cup)
Career titles0
0 Challengers, 2 Futures
Highest rankingNo. 424 (18 November 2019)
Current rankingNo. 661 (11 January 2021)
Last updated on: 17 January 2021.

Donski has a career high ATP singles ranking of No. 563 achieved on 13 January 2020 and a career high doubles ranking of No. 424 achieved on 18 November 2019.

Donski made his ATP main draw debut at the 2018 Diema Xtra Sofia Open, receiving a wildcard into both the singles and doubles tournament.

YouTube

Alexander is known for his YouTube channel called Operation Liftoff with Lazar Dokov, his cousin and fellow professional player/coach. The duo travel Europe to play in futures tournaments in a vlog style of video. They showcase the life an ITF Junior has to endure to succeed. The channel has nearly 5000 subscribers.

Junior career

Donski reached a career high ITF junior ranking of 92 on 24 October 2016.He has compiled a Win/Loss record of 50-39 in Singles and 33-40 in Doubles.

Professional career

Donski turned professional in 2017. The same year, he finished the season ranked 1578 in the ATP Singles rankings.

By the end of 2018 Donski jumped 147 places to finish the 2018 season ranked 1431 in the ATP Singles rankings while finishing the year ranked 1061 in the ATP Doubles rankings.

In Singles, his breakthrough on the ITF Futures circuit came when he reached the final of the Bulgaria F1 Futures, losing in a narrow three-set match against Turkey's Altug Çelikbilek.

After reaching a further two Futures Singles finals Donski finally won his first professional singles title at the South Africa F2 Futures beating France's Arthur Cazaux 7-6(3), 6-7(5), 7-6(6).

After more good runs in Futures tournaments, Donski reached a career high ATP ranking of 563 in singles on 13 January 2020.

In doubles, Donski has thus far won two Futures tournaments at the M15 Telavi 04A and the South Africa F2 Futures. He reached his career high ranking of 424 in ATP Doubles on 18 November 2019.

Challenger and Futures/World Tennis Tour Finals

Singles: 4 (1–3)
Legend (Singles)
ATP Challenger Tour (0-0)
ITF Futures/World Tennis Tour (1–3)
Titles by Surface
Hard (1–2)
Clay (0-1)
Grass (0–0)
Carpet (0–0)
Result W–L    Date    Tournament Tier Surface Opponent Score
Loss 0–1 May 2019 M15 Sozopol, Bulgaria World Tennis Tour Hard Altuğ Çelikbilek 7-6(7-5), 3–6, 2–6
Loss 0–2 Aug 2019 M15 Telavi, Georgia World Tennis Tour Clay Yan Bondarevskiy 4–6, 0–6
Loss 0–3 Sep 2019 M15 Johannesburg, South Africa World Tennis Tour Hard Benjamin Lock 7-6(7-5), 3–6, 6-7(3-7)
Win 1–3 Sep 2019 M15 Pretoria, South Africa World Tennis Tour Hard Arthur Cazaux 7-6(7-3), 6-7(5-7), 7-6 (8-6)

Doubles: 6 (2–4)
Legend (Doubles)
ATP Challenger Tour (0–0)
ITF Futures/World Tennis Tour (2–4)
Titles by Surface
Hard (1–3)
Clay (1–1)
Grass (0–0)
Carpet (0–0)
Result W–L    Date    Tournament Tier Surface Partner Opponents Score
Loss 0–1 May 2018 Bulgaria F1, Sozopol Futures Hard Vasil Kirkov Sébastien Boltz
Caio Silva		 5–7, 3–6
Loss 0–2 May 2019 M15 Sozopol, Bulgaria World Tennis Tour Hard Alexandar Lazarov Alec Adamson
Vasil Kirkov		 6–4, 2–6, [6–10]
Loss 0–3 Jun 2019 M15 Plovdiv, Bulgaria World Tennis Tour Clay Simon A. Ivanov Alexander Igoshin
Evgenii Tiurnev		 1–6, 7–6(11-9), [5–10]
Win 1–3 Jul 2019 M15 Telavi, Georgia World Tennis Tour Clay Maksim Tikhomirov Yan Bondarevskiy
George Tsivadze		 6–4, 6–4
Loss 1–4 Sep 2019 M15 Johannesburg, South Africa World Tennis Tour Hard David Pichler Benjamin Lock
Courtney John Lock		 3–6, 4–6
Win 2–4 Oct 2019 M15 Pretoria, South Africa World Tennis Tour Hard Raheel Manji David Pichler
Mehluli Sibanda		 6–2, 7–5

Davis Cup

Alexander Donski debuted for the Bulgaria Davis Cup team in 2019. Since then he has 2 nominations with 2 ties played, his singles W/L record is 1–0 and doubles W/L record is 0–1 (1–1 overall).

Singles (1–0)
Edition Round Date Surface Opponent W/L Result
2020 World Group II, Play-off R1 07 March 2020 Hard Rodrigo Crespo Piedra W 6–2, 6–4

Doubles (0–1)
Edition Round Date Partner Surface Opponents W/L Result
2019 Europe/Africa Zone Group II R1 14 September 2019 Alexandar Lazarov Hard Raven Klaasen
Ruan Roelofse		 L 3–6, 2–6
  • RPO = Relegation Play–off
  • PPO = Promotion Play–off
  • RR = Round Robin


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