Alex Metreveli

Alexander Irakliyevich Metreveli (Georgian: , romanized: Template:Ka-translit, ; Template:Langx Template:ErrorTemplate:Category handler; born 2 November 1944) is a retired Soviet tennis player of Georgian background.

Personal info

Metreveli is an honorary citizen of Australia. He was active from 1962 to 1980 and won 62 singles titles.

His grandson Aleksandre Metreveli, also a professional tennis player, has represented Georgia in the Davis Cup.

Career

In 1962, aged 17, Metreveli lost 8–10, 6–3, 4–6 to Stanley Matthews in the final of the Wimbledon boys' championship.

He is best known for making the final at Wimbledon in 1973, where he lost to Jan Kodeš of Czechoslovakia. He reached a career-high singles ranking of world No. 9 in 1974 and won 9 ATP singles titles in his career. Metreveli was a member of the Dynamo sports society. He competed in professional tour events during the 1970s.

Grand Slam finals

Singles: 1 (1 runner-up)

Result	Year	Championship	Surface	Opponent	Score
Loss	1973	Wimbledon	Grass	Template:Flagicon Jan Kodeš	1–6, 8–9(5–7), 3–6

Mixed doubles: 2 (2 runner-ups)

Result	Year	Championship	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Loss	1968	Wimbledon	Grass	Template:Flagicon Olga Morozova	Template:Flagicon Margaret Court Template:Flagicon Ken Fletcher	1–6, 12–14
Loss	1970	Wimbledon	Grass	Template:Flagicon Olga Morozova	Template:Flagicon Rosemary Casals Template:Flagicon Ilie Năstase	3–6, 6–4, 7–9

Grand Slam singles performance timeline

Tournament	1962	1963	1964	1965	1966	1967	1968	1969	1970	1971	1972	1973	1974	1975	1976
Australian Open	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	SF	QF	A	QF	A
French Open	A	A	A	2R	QF	3R	1R	1R	4R	2R	SF	2R	2R	2R	A
Wimbledon	A	1R	3R	3R	2R	1R	4R	2R	2R	4R	QF	F	QF	4R	3R
US Open	3R	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	3R	A	A	A	QF	1R	2R

External links

• Template:ATP
• Template:ITF
• Template:First word Template:PAGENAMEBASE at the Davis CupTemplate:EditAtWikidata
• Metreveli Tennis Academy. Template:Webarchive Template:In lang.