Stefan Kozlov

Stefan Kozlov

Country (sports)	United States
Residence	Pembroke Pines, Florida, United States
Born	1 February 1998 Skopje, Republic of Macedonia
Height	1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)
Turned pro	2013
Plays	Right-handed (two-handed backhand)
Prize money	$109,820
Singles
Career record	0–4
Career titles	0
Highest ranking	No. 225 (11 April 2016)
Current ranking	No. 225 (11 April 2016)
Grand Slam Singles results
US Open	Q2 (2014)
Doubles
Career record	0–3
Career titles	0
Highest ranking	No. 541 (04 June 2015)
Current ranking	No. 591 (24 August 2015)
Grand Slam Doubles results
US Open	1R (2014)
Last updated on: 22 March 2016.

Stefan Kozlov (born 1 February 1998 in Skopje, Republic of Macedonia) is an American tennis player. He is the son of Macedonian parents and his father is a tennis coach.^[1]

Kozlov made his ATP World Tour debut as a wild card in Newport at the age of 15. He reached two junior grand slam finals in 2014 and finished the year at No. 3 in the ITF Junior Combined rankings.

Junior career

In 2014, Kozlov reached two junior grand slam finals, where he lost to Sascha Zverev at the Australian Open and Noah Rubin at Wimbledon. This grand slam success led him to a career high junior ranking of No. 2.^[2] Kozlov also competed at the U18 National Championship, finishing in 3rd place in the Singles tournament and winning the Doubles tournament with Noah Rubin. With that victory, they earned a wild card into the main draw of the 2014 US Open. He capped off the year by winning the prestigious Orange Bowl junior tournament to avenge a loss in the final the previous year.^[3]

In 2015, Kozlov reached the final of the U18 National Championship, where he lost to Frances Tiafoe in a five set thriller.

Professional career

Kozlov made his ATP World Tour debut as a wild card at the Newport tournament in 2013 and lost in the first round to Michał Przysiężny in 3 sets. At the age of 16, he defeated his first Top 100 player in Tim Smyczek to reach his first ATP Challenger final in Sacramento, where he would lose to fellow American Sam Querrey. He has also reached 6 career ITF Futures finals and won 3 of them.

In April 2016, Kozlov reached the final at the Open de Guadeloupe to propel him into the Top 250 of the ATP rankings for the first time.

Tour finals

Singles (4–5)

Legend
Grand Slam (0)
ATP Masters Series (0)
ATP Tour (0)
Challengers (0–2)
ITF Futures (4–3)

Outcome	No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Opponent	Score
Runner-up	1.	29 September 2014	Sacramento, USA	Hard	Sam Querrey	3–6, 4–6
Runner-up	2.	10 May 2015	Orange Park, USA	Hard	Darian King	2–6, 6–3, 0–6
Runner-up	3.	17 May 2015	Mexico City, Mexico	Hard	Iván Endara	1–6, 6–7^(3–7)
Runner-up	4.	18 October 2015	Minsk, Belarus	Hard (i)	Dzmitry Zhyrmont	1–6, 4–6
Winner	5.	25 October 2015	Minsk, Belarus	Hard (i)	Dzmitry Zhyrmont	6–1, 7–6^(7–1)
Winner	6.	10 January 2016	Los Angeles, USA	Hard	Philip Bester	7–6^(9–7), 6–7^(3–7), 6–3
Winner	7.	13 March 2016	Sherbrooke, Canada	Hard (i)	Lloyd Glasspool	4–6, 6–4, 6–4
Runner-up	8.	10 April 2016	Le Gosier, Guadeloupe	Hard	Malek Jaziri	2–6, 4–6
Winner	9.	17 April 2016	Little Rock, USA	Hard	Eric Quigley	6–7^(3–7), 6–3, 7–6^(12–10)

Doubles (2–1)

Legend
Grand Slam (0)
ATP Masters Series (0)
ATP Tour (0)
Challengers (1–0)
ITF Futures (1–1)

Outcome	No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Partner	Opponent	Score
Winner	1.	15 November 2013	Bradenton, USA	Clay	Sekou Bangoura	Devin McCarthy Tommy Mylnikov	6–2, 6–4
Runner-up	2.	23 May 2014	Vic, Spain	Clay	Noah Rubin	Sergio Martos Gornés Pol Toledo Bagué	2–6, 5–7
Winner	3.	February 1, 2015	Maui, United States	Hard	Jared Donaldson	Chase Buchanan Rhyne Williams	6–3, 6–4

Junior Grand Slam finals

Boys' Singles

Outcome	Year	Championship	Surface	Opponent	Score
Runner-up	2014	Australian Open	Hard	Alexander Zverev	3–6, 0–6
Runner-up	2014	Wimbledon	Grass	Noah Rubin	6–4, 4–6, 3–6

Boys' Doubles

Outcome	Year	Championship	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Runner-up	2014	Wimbledon	Grass	Andrey Rublev	Orlando Luz Marcelo Zormann	4–6, 6–3, 6–8

References

1. "Floridian Kozlov on the rise". Miami Herald.
2. "Stefan Kozlov junior profile".
3. "Kozlov wins long-awaited Orange Bowl". Miami Herald. Retrieved 10 April 2016.

External links

• Stefan Kozlov at the Association of Tennis Professionals
• Stefan Kozlov at the International Tennis Federation