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{{short description|American tennis player}}
{{about|the tennis player|other people of the same name|Aleksandr Kuznetsov (disambiguation)}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=October 2013}}

{{Infobox tennis biography
 | name = Alex Kuznetsov
 | image = Kuznetsov Al. WMQ14 (6) (14606959325).jpg
 | country = {{USA}}
 | residence = [[Tampa, Florida]], United States
 | native_name_lang = uk
 | native_name = Алекс Кузнєцов
 | birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1987|2|5}}
 | birth_place = [[Kiev]], [[Ukrainian SSR]], [[Soviet Union]] (now [[Kyiv]], [[Ukraine]])
 | height = {{height|m=1.83|precision=0}}
 | turnedpro = 2004
 | retired = 2016
 | plays = Right-handed (two-handed backhand)
 | careerprizemoney = [[US$|$]]909,591
 | singlesrecord = 9–30
 | singlestitles = 0
 | highestsinglesranking = No. 120 (September 30, 2013)
 | currentsinglesranking = 
 | AustralianOpenresult = 2R ([[2007 Australian Open – Men's singles|2007]])
 | FrenchOpenresult = 1R ([[2013 French Open – Men's singles|2013]])
 | Wimbledonresult = 1R ([[2013 Wimbledon Championships – Men's singles|2013]], [[2014 Wimbledon Championships – Men's singles|2014]])
 | USOpenresult = 1R ([[2006 US Open – Men's singles|2006]], [[2007 US Open – Men's singles|2007]])
 | doublesrecord = 9–14
 | doublestitles = 0
 | highestdoublesranking = No. 78 (September 24, 2007)
 | currentdoublesranking = 
 | updated = July 17, 2016
}}
'''Alex Kuznetsov'''{{efn|{{langx|uk|Алекс Кузнєцов|{{transliteration|uk|ukrainian|Aleks Kuznietsov}}}}}} (born February 5, 1987) is a retired professional [[tennis player]]. He is a former hitting partner of [[Maria Sharapova]].

==Personal life==
Kuznetsov was born in [[Kiev]], [[Ukrainian SSR]], [[Soviet Union]] (now [[Kyiv]], [[Ukraine]]). His family moved to the United States when he was three years old, settling just outside [[Philadelphia]].

He now lives in Tampa, Florida, where he trains at Saddlebrook Resort Club with [[John Isner]] and [[Tim Smyczek]].{{fact|date=May 2025}}

==Tennis career==

===Juniors===
Kuznetsov was coached by Jason Katzer during his youth. As a junior, Kuznetsov compiled a singles win–loss record of 67–27 (50-21 in doubles), reaching a combined junior world ranking of number 4 in July 2004.

<u>Junior Slam results – Singles</u>:

Australian Open: -<br />
French Open: F ([[2004 French Open#Boys' Singles|2004]])<br />
Wimbledon: 2R ([[2004 Wimbledon Championships#Boys' Singles|2004]])<br />
US Open: 3R ([[2005 US Open (tennis)#Boys' Singles|2005]])

Nike offered Kuznetsov a one-million dollar sponsorship contract as soon as he turned pro, which he accepted.{{fact|date=May 2025}}

===2006===
In July 2006, Kuznetsov played in the Comerica Challenger in Aptos, defeating [[Go Soeda]] for the 2006 singles title. At the [[2006 US Open – Men's singles|2006 US Open]], he lost to fourteenth seed [[Tommy Haas]].

That same year, Kuznetsov appeared in the video game [[Top Spin 2]] as an up-and-coming star.

===2007===

Kuznetsov reached the second round of the [[2007 Australian Open – Men's singles|2007 Australian Open]], defeating [[Australians|Australian]] [[Peter Luczak]] before losing to fellow American [[James Blake (tennis)|James Blake]], 6–4, 6–1, 6–2. Kuznetsov gave Blake an early scare by breaking Blake's first two service games.

In April 2007, he reached his career-high singles ranking of World number 158.

In the 2007 US Open he played doubles with American [[Jesse Levine]]. They won their first round match over [[Dominik Hrbatý]] of Slovakia and [[Harel Levy]] of Israel, 6–1, 6–4, and their second round match, upsetting seventh-seeded Frenchmen [[Arnaud Clément]] and [[Michaël Llodra]] 7–6(5), 6–4, before losing in the third round to ninth-seeded Czechs [[Lukáš Dlouhý]] and [[Pavel Vízner]], 6–4, 7–5.

In December, Kuznetsov, Levine, and [[Wayne Odesnik]] were invited by the [[USTA]] to play off in a [[Round-robin tournament|round-robin]] for the [[Wild card (sports)|wild-card]] berth in the [[Australian Open]].<ref>[https://www.espn.com/sports/tennis/notebook?page=notebook/tennis1211 "Isner on outside looking in at Australian Open ... for now"] ESPN, 12/11/07, accessed 12/13/07</ref>  Levine won the wild card.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.usta.com/Archive/News/Pro-Tennis/514792_Madison_Brengle_and_Jesse_Levine_Win_Australian_Open_Wild_Cards/|title=Madison Brengle and Jesse Levine Win Australian Open Wild Cards|publisher=[[United States Tennis Association]]|access-date=March 28, 2016|archive-date=April 14, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160414045143/https://www.usta.com/Archive/News/Pro-Tennis/514792_Madison_Brengle_and_Jesse_Levine_Win_Australian_Open_Wild_Cards/|url-status=dead}}</ref>

== Performance timelines ==
{{Performance key|short=yes|active=no}}

=== Singles ===
''Current through [[2015 Australian Open]].''
{|class=wikitable style=text-align:center;font-size:97%
!Tournament!![[2006 ATP Tour|2006]]!![[2007 ATP Tour|2007]]!![[2008 ATP Tour|2008]]!![[2009 ATP World Tour|2009]]!![[2010 ATP World Tour|2010]]!![[2011 ATP World Tour|2011]]!![[2012 ATP World Tour|2012]]!![[2013 ATP World Tour|2013]]!![[2014 ATP World Tour|2014]]!![[2015 ATP World Tour|2015]]!!{{Tooltip|W–L|Win–loss}}
|-
|colspan=15 align=left|[[Grand Slam (tennis)|'''Grand Slam tournaments''']]
|-
|align=left|[[Australian Open]]
|A
|bgcolor=afeeee|[[2007 Australian Open – Men's singles|2R]]
|[[2008 Australian Open – Men's singles qualifying|Q2]]
|A
|[[2010 Australian Open – Men's singles qualifying|Q1]]
|[[2011 Australian Open – Men's singles qualifying|Q3]]
|bgcolor=afeeee|[[2012 Australian Open – Men's singles|1R]]
|[[2013 Australian Open – Men's singles qualifying|Q1]]
|[[2014 Australian Open – Men's singles qualifying|Q3]]
|[[2015 Australian Open – Men's singles qualifying|Q3]]
|1–2
|-
|align=left|[[French Open]]
|A
|[[2007 French Open – Men's singles qualifying|Q2]]
|[[2008 French Open – Men's singles qualifying|Q1]]
|A
|A
|[[2011 French Open – Men's singles qualifying|Q1]]
|[[2012 French Open – Men's singles qualifying|Q2]]
|bgcolor=afeeee|[[2013 French Open – Men's singles|1R]]
|[[2014 French Open – Men's singles qualifying|Q1]]
|A
|0–1
|-
|align=left|[[The Championships, Wimbledon|Wimbledon]]
|A
|[[2007 Wimbledon Championships – Men's singles qualifying|Q2]]
|[[2008 Wimbledon Championships – Men's singles qualifying|Q1]]
|A
|[[2010 Wimbledon Championships – Men's singles qualifying|Q2]]
|[[2011 Wimbledon Championships – Men's singles qualifying|Q2]]
|[[2012 Wimbledon Championships – Men's singles qualifying|Q1]]
|bgcolor=afeeee|[[2013 Wimbledon Championships – Men's singles|1R]]
|bgcolor=afeeee|[[2014 Wimbledon Championships – Men's singles|1R]]
|
|0–2
|-
|align=left|[[US Open (tennis)|US Open]]
|bgcolor=afeeee|[[2006 US Open – Men's singles|1R]]
|bgcolor=afeeee|[[2007 US Open – Men's singles|1R]]
|[[2008 US Open – Men's singles qualifying|Q3]]
|[[2009 US Open – Men's singles qualifying|Q1]]
|[[2010 US Open – Men's singles qualifying|Q1]]
|[[2011 US Open – Men's singles qualifying|Q1]]
|[[2012 US Open – Men's singles qualifying|Q1]]
|[[2013 US Open – Men's singles qualifying|Q3]]
|[[2014 US Open – Men's singles qualifying|Q1]]
|
|2–3
|-
!style=text-align:left|Win–loss
!0–1
!1–2
!0–0
!0–0
!0–0
!0–0
!0–1
!2–3
!0–1
!0–0
!3–8
|-
|colspan=15 align=left|'''Career statistics'''
|-
!style=text-align:left|Titles–Finals
!0–0
!0–0
!0–0
!0–0
!0–0
!0–0
!0–0
!0–0
!0–0
!0–0
!0–0
|-
|align=left|Year-end ranking
|223
|180
|344
|198
|250
|169
|224
|142
|182
|
!
|}

===Doubles===
''Current till [[2013 US Open (tennis)|US Open]].''
{|class=wikitable style=text-align:center;font-size:97%
!Tournament!![[2004 ATP Tour|2004]]!![[2005 ATP Tour|2005]]!![[2006 ATP Tour|2006]]!![[2007 ATP Tour|2007]]!![[2008 ATP World Tour|2008]]!![[2009 ATP World Tour|2009]]!![[2013 ATP World Tour|2013]]!!W–L
|-
|colspan=15 align=left|[[Grand Slam (tennis)|'''Grand Slam tournaments''']]
|-
|align=left|[[Australian Open]]
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|0-0
|-
|align=left|[[French Open]]
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|0–0
|-
|align=left|[[The Championships, Wimbledon|Wimbledon]]
|
|
|
|bgcolor=afeeee|[[2007 Wimbledon Championships – Men's doubles|1R]]
|
|
|
|0–1
|-
|align=left|[[US Open (tennis)|US Open]]
|bgcolor=afeeee|[[2004 US Open – Men's doubles|1R]]
|bgcolor=afeeee|[[2005 US Open – Men's doubles|2R]]
|bgcolor=afeeee|[[2006 US Open – Men's doubles|1R]]
|bgcolor=afeeee|[[2007 US Open – Men's doubles|3R]]
|bgcolor=afeeee|[[2008 US Open – Men's doubles|1R]]
|bgcolor=afeeee|[[2009 US Open – Men's doubles|1R]]
|bgcolor=afeeee|[[2013 US Open – Men's doubles|1R]]
|3-7
|-
!style=text-align:left|Win–loss
!0–1
!1–1
!0–1
!2–2
!0–1
!0–1
!0–1
!3–8
|-
|colspan=15 align=left|'''Career statistics'''
|-
!style=text-align:left|Titles–Finals
!0–0
!0–0
!0–0
!0–0
!0–0
!0–0
!0–0
!0–0
|}

==Notes==
{{notelist}}

==References==
{{reflist}}

==External links==
* {{ATP}}
* {{ITF}}
* {{ESPN Tennis}}
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20111005075514/http://alexkuznetsov.8m.com/ The official website of Alex Kuznetsov]

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