Alex Bogomolov, Jr.

Alex Bogomolov, Jr.
Алекс Богомолов-младший
Country (sports)  United States (2002–2011)
 Russia (2012–2014)
Residence Florida, USA
Born (1983-04-23) April 23, 1983
Moscow, USSR
Height 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)
Turned pro 2002
Retired 2014
Plays Right-handed (two-handed backhand)
Prize money $1,946,779
Singles
Career record 68–101 (at ATP Tour and Grand Slam-level, and in Davis Cup)
Career titles 0
Highest ranking No. 33 (31 October 2011)
Grand Slam Singles results
Australian Open 2R (2006, 2012)
French Open 1R (2004, 2011, 2012)
Wimbledon 3R (2011)
US Open 3R (2011)
Other tournaments
Olympic Games 2R (2012)
Doubles
Career record 27–37 (at ATP Tour and Grand Slam-level, and in Davis Cup)
Career titles 1
Highest ranking No. 100 (3 October 2011)
Grand Slam Doubles results
US Open 3R (2012)
Last updated on: December 12, 2013.
Alex Bogomolov, Jr.
Medal record
Representing  United States
Pan American Games
2003 Santo Domingo Doubles

Aleksandr Aleksandrovich "Alex" Bogomolov, Jr. (Russian: Александр Александрович «Алекс» Богомолов-младший, born April 23, 1983), nicknamed Bogie, is a Russian-American retired professional tennis player.

Tennis career

Bogomolov at the 2012 Wimbledon Championships

Bogomolov's father, Alex, Sr., was a former Soviet national tennis coach who worked with Larisa Neiland, Yevgeny Kafelnikov, and Andrei Medvedev. Born in Moscow, Russia, the 5' 10" Bogomolov was the no. 1 ranked USTA player for the 18s section in 2000 , and had a career-high ranking of world no. 33 on October 31, 2011.

In 1998, Bogomolov won the USTA National Boys' 16 Championships, defeating Andy Roddick in the final.

He was the first player to be beaten by David Nalbandian in the main draw of a Grand Slam tournament, at the 2001 US Open.[1][2][3]

In 2005, he was suspended for 1.5 months due to a positive doping test during the Australian Open. The banned substance found was salbutamol, which Bogomolov admitted taking through an inhaler to treat exercise-induced asthma. However, he had not filed the proper paperwork and was not covered by an exemption. The tribunal found that since he had not intentionally taken the drug in an effort to boost his performance, the usual two-year ban did not apply. He lost the prize money and ranking points earned at several competitions.[4]

In July 2008, he won the Shotgun 21 world championship at the Pacific Palisades Tennis Center, defeating John Isner in the semifinal, and Phillip King in the final, twice by the score of 21–20.[5]

Bogomolov beat world no. 83 Bobby Reynolds, 6–2, 4–6, 6–3, in Waco, Texas in September 2008. After having surgery on his left wrist in late 2008, Bogomolov began work at the Gotham Tennis Academy.

In July 2009 at the Hall of Fame Championships, he defeated Arnaud Clément of France, 1–6, 6–3, 6–4.[6]

Bogomolov won his first Challenger title in three years in Champaign-Urbana over Amer Delic, 5–7, 7–6, 6–3. It is his first title of 2010.[7]

In 2011, he defeated Andy Murray in straight sets, 6–1, 7–5, in the second round of the Miami Masters 1000. He was defeated by John Isner in the third round, 2–6, 6–7. At the 2011 Farmers Classic, Bogomolov was defeated by Ernests Gulbis in the semifinals, 2–6, 6–7. He defeated Robby Ginepri in straight sets, 6–4, 6–3, in the first round of the Western & Southern Open. He set up a rematch against Andy Murray, after defeating an out-of-sorts world no. 10 Jo-Wilfried Tsonga, 6–3, 6–4, in the second round. He lost to Murray, 2–6, 5–7.

At the US Open, he lost in the third round to John Isner, 6–7, 4–6, 4–6. He was eliminated in the first round in Kuala Lumpur by Marcos Baghdatis, 6–7, 4–6.

At the end of the 2011 season he was named the ATP's most improved player after rising from no.166 in the ATP Rankings at the beginning of 2011 to no. 33 at season's end. [8]

On December 1, 2011, the International Tennis Federation ruled him eligible to compete for Russia in the Davis Cup.

Bogomolov retired at the end of 2014.[9] His final match was a straight sets loss to Tatsuma Ito in the second round of qualifying at the 2014 US Open.

Personal

Bogomolov was married to American tennis player Ashley Harkleroad. The two split up in the fall of 2006 after less than two years, and divorced. "I think we were too young to be married," Harkleroad said. "And I think he's better off without me." He is now engaged to his girlfriend Luana, with whom he has a son, Maddox.

ATP career finals

Doubles: 1 (1–1)

Legend
Grand Slam Tournaments (0–0)
ATP World Tour Finals (0–0)
ATP World Tour Masters 1000 (0–0)
ATP World Tour 500 Series (0–0)
ATP World Tour 250 Series (1–0)
Finals by Surface
Hard (1–1)
Clay (0–0)
Grass (0–0)
Carpet (0–0)
Outcome No. Date Tournament Surface Partner Opponents Score
Runner-up 1. September 13, 2004 China Open, Beijing, China Hard United States Taylor Dent United States Justin Gimelstob
United States Graydon Oliver
4–6, 6–4, 7–6(8–6)
Winner 1. July 24, 2011 Atlanta Tennis Championships, Atlanta, United States Hard Australia Matthew Ebden Germany Matthias Bachinger
Germany Frank Moser
3–6, 7–5, [10–8]

Singles performance timeline

 United States  Russia
Tournament20012002200320042005200620072008200920102011201220132014W–L
Grand Slam Tournaments
Australian Open A A 1R 1R A 2R Q2 A A Q3 Q3 2R 1R 1R 2–6
French Open A A A 1R A A A Q1 A Q3 1R 1R Q2 Q1 0–3
Wimbledon A A A A A A A Q2 Q1 Q1 3R 1R 1R A 2–3
US Open 1R 1R 1R 1R 1R A Q2 A Q1 Q2 3R 1R 2R Q2 3–8
Win–Loss 0–1 0–1 0–2 0–3 0–1 1–1 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 4–3 1–4 1–3 0–1 7–20
Olympic Games
Summer Olympics Not Held A Not Held A Not Held 2R NH 1–1
ATP Masters Series
Indian Wells Masters A A A 2R A A A A A Q1 1R 1R Q1 1R 1–4
Miami Masters A A 1R 1R A 2R A A A A 3R 1R A 1R 3–6
Monte Carlo Masters A A A A A A A A A A A A A A 0–0
Rome Masters A A A A A A A A A A A 1R A Q1 0–1
Madrid Masters A A A A A A A A A Q1 A 1R A A 0–1
Canada Masters A A A 2R A A A A 1R A 2R 1R 3R A 4–5
Cincinnati Masters A A A 1R A A A A A A 3R 2R Q1 A 3–3
Shanghai Masters Not Masters Series A A 2R 1R A A 1–2
Paris Masters A A A A A A A A A A 2R A A A 1–1
Win–Loss 0–0 0–0 0–1 2–4 0–0 1–1 0–0 0–0 0–1 0–0 7–6 1–7 2–1 0–2 13–23
Career Statistics
Titles–Finals 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0
Year-End Ranking 700 168 115 125 217 221 189 165 309 166 33 129 88 308

Doubles performance timeline

Tournament2005201120122013W–L
Grand Slam Tournaments
Australian Open A A 2R A 1–1
French Open A A 1R A 0–1
Wimbledon A 2R 1R A 1–2
US Open 1R 1R 3R A 2–3
Win–Loss 0–1 1–2 3–4 0-0 4–7

See also

References

  1. Nardo, Marco Di. "A Rollercoaster Career". Tennis World Magazine. Retrieved 9 January 2016.
  2. Frost, Marcia (28 August 2001). "At the Open with Marcia Frost". College and Junior Tennis. Retrieved 9 January 2016.
  3. "Alex Bogomolov Jr.: Circuit Player of the Week". United States Tennis Association. 25 May 2008. Retrieved 9 January 2016.
  4. http://web.archive.org/web/20121022114131/http://www.rte.ie/sport/2005/0927/bogomolova.html. Archived from the original on October 22, 2012. Retrieved July 22, 2009. Missing or empty |title= (help)
  5. "Bogomolov wins unisex tennis tourney". Usatoday.Com. 2008-08-04. Retrieved 2012-01-11.
  6. "USTA Challenger of Champaign-Urbana – See Tomorrow's Tennis Champions". Illinoischallenger.com. 2011-01-15. Retrieved 2012-01-11.
  7. "2011: DJOKOVIC, NADAL, FEDERER HONOURED". ATP Tour, inc. 20 November 2011.
  8. "PLAYER FAREWELLS: DAVYDENKO & ROCHUS' IRON WILLS". ATP Tour, inc. 24 December 2014.

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Awards
Preceded by
Kazakhstan Andrey Golubev
ATP Most Improved Player
2011
Succeeded by
Australia Marinko Matosevic


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