Alejandro Davidovich Fokina

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In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Davidovich and the second or maternal family name is Fokina.

Alejandro Davidovich Fokina
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Davidovich Fokina in 2019
Country (sports) Spain
ResidenceFuengirola, Spain
Born (1999-06-05) 5 June 1999 (age 22)[1]
Málaga, Spain
Height1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)
Turned pro2019
PlaysRight-handed (two-handed backhand)
CoachJorge Aguirre
Prize moneyUS$ 1,671,603
Singles
Career record38–37 (50.7% in ATP World Tour and Grand Slam main draw matches, and in Davis Cup)
Career titles0
Highest rankingNo. 32 (30 August 2021)
Current rankingNo. 32 (30 August 2021)[2]
Grand Slam Singles results
Australian Open2R (2020)
French OpenQF (2021)
Wimbledon1R (2021)
US Open4R (2020)
Other tournaments
Olympic Games3R (2021)
Doubles
Career record6–6 (50.0% in ATP World Tour and Grand Slam main draw matches, and in Davis Cup)
Career titles1
Highest rankingNo. 213 (17 May 2021)
Current rankingNo. 232 (30 August 2021)
Grand Slam Doubles results
French Open1R (2021)
Wimbledon1R (2021)
Last updated on: 30 August 2021.

Alejandro Davidovich Fokina (born 5 June 1999) is a Spanish professional tennis player. He has a career-high ATP singles ranking of World No. 32 achieved on 30 August 2021 and a career-high doubles ranking of World No. 213 achieved on 17 May 2021.

Personal life[]

Davidovich Fokina was born and raised in La Cala del Moral, Rincón de la Victoria, about 10 km away from Málaga, to Russian parents Edvard Davidovich and Tatiana Fokina.[3] His father Edvard, a former boxer, has Swedish-Russian double nationality. Davidovich Fokina has a brother, Mark. He began playing tennis with his father at the age of three. When he turned five, he started training at Calaflores and later Serramar tennis courts with coach Manolo Rubiales. Since 2009, Jorge Aguirre has been his coach.

Junior career[]

Davidovich Fokina was Spanish Champion at U12, U15 and U18 levels. He started his professional tennis career in 2016. He won his first ITF Grade 1 in Canada at the Repentigny Internationaux de Tennis Junior, defeating Félix Auger-Aliassime in the semifinal, and Liam Caruana in the final. In October, he won his first doubles title in a Futures tournament held in Nigeria partnering French player Alexis Klégou. During 2017, as a junior, he made his ATP debut at the Barcelona Open Banc Sabadell in April thanks to a qualifying wild card. He defeated Roberto Carballés Baena in three sets. He lost in the second round of qualifying to Santiago Giraldo in three sets. He also reached the junior Roland Garros semifinals, losing to Alexei Popyrin in straight sets. He defeated Rudolf Molleker in the first round and won the 2017 Wimbledon boys' singles title without dropping a set, winning the final against Argentine Axel Geller.

Professional career[]

2018[]

In 2018, he was the sparring partner for the Spanish Davis Cup team at the tie Spain vs. Great Britain held at Marbella. In March, Davidovich won his first ITF Futures title K15 at Quinta do Lago in Portugal, defeating Roberto Ortega Olmedo. He started playing the ATP Challenger Tour during the season. He received his first qualifying wild card for ATP Masters 1000 at Madrid where he lost against Taylor Fritz. At the ATP Lisbon Challenger in May, he defeated Alex de Minaur in the first round. He then lost to Christian Harrison in the second. In the second round of Wimbledon qualifying, he lost to Peter Polansky. In September, Davidovich reached his first ATP Challenger final in Poland after defeating Molleker in the semifinal. He lost the final against Guido Andreozzi in three sets. During his Asian tour, he reached the quarterfinals at the Liuzhou Challenger and the semifinals at the Shenzhen Challenger.

2019: Two Challenger titles[]

Davidovich Fokina started the season playing the first round of Australian Open qualifying by defeating Daniel Gimeno Traver.

He reached the quarterfinals at the Chennai Challenger and the final at the Bangkok Challenger II, which he lost to James Duckworth. He made the semifinals at the Marbella Challenger on his home soil, losing to Pablo Andújar in three sets.

He played his first ATP main draw match, losing in the first round of the Grand Prix Hassan II to Philipp Kohlschreiber after winning two qualifying matches. Later in the month, he reached the semifinals of the 2019 Estoril Open as a qualifier, beating Gaël Monfils and Taylor Fritz along the way.

He entered in the main draw of his first Grand Slam at the 2019 French Open.

Later in the year, he finally won his first ATP Challenger title, defeating Jaume Munar to win the Seville Challenger. Just a month after that triumph, he won his second Challenger title in Liuzhou, defeating Denis Istomin in the final.

2020: First ATP doubles title, US Open fourth round[]

In 2020, Davidovich Fokina reached the second round of a Grand Slam for the first time at the 2020 Australian Open. He beat Norbert Gombos in a 5-set epic, before falling to Diego Schwartzman.

He won his first ATP title in doubles at the 2020 Chile Open in Santiago, partnering with fellow Spaniard Roberto Carballés Baena, where they defeated in the final the 2nd seeded pair Marcelo Arévalo/Jonny O'Mara.

He reached for the first time the second round of the 2020 French Open defeating wildcard Harold Mayot before losing to 13th seed Andrey Rublev.

At the 2020 US Open, Davidovich Fokina reached the fourth round of a Grand Slam for the first time in his career, beating Dennis Novak, Hubert Hurkacz, and Cameron Norrie, before losing in straight sets to Alexander Zverev. In Cologne 1, he reached the semifinals, beating qualifier Emil Ruusuvuori, 8th seed Marin Cilic, and Dennis Novak before losing to eventual champion and top seed Alexander Zverev in straight sets.

He got his first Masters victory against 11th seed Karen Khachanov at the 2020 Paris Masters in 3 sets. He also beat wildcard Benjamin Bonzi in straight sets before being crushed by 6th seed Diego Schwartzman 6–1, 6–1.

2021: French Open quarterfinal, Top 35 and Olympics debut[]

Davidovich Fokina missed the 2021 Australian Open after testing positive for COVID-19. At the 2021 Monte-Carlo Masters, he achieved his first win over a top 10 player as he beat Matteo Berrettini 7-5, 6-3. After beating Lucas Pouille 6-2, 7-6 to reach his first ever Masters 1000 quarterfinal, he retired against Stefanos Tsitsipas due to injury. As a result he entered the top 50 at World No. 48 in the singles rankings on 19 April 2021.

At the French Open, Davidovich Fokina reached his first Grand Slam quarterfinals following wins over 15th-seeded Casper Ruud and Federico Delbonis.[4] This successful run improved his career-high ranking to World No. 35 in singles on 14 June 2021.

He qualified to represent Spain in the 2020 Tokyo Olympics where he reached the third round.

Playing style[]

Davidovich Fokina is known for having one of the best drop shots on the ATP Tour. His playing style could generally be described as aggressive, and his level tends to fluctuate over the course of a match. He also frequently deploys an underhand serve. Although he is not the tallest of players, he makes up for this disadvantage with his quick movement and powerful groundstrokes. Additionally, Davidovich Fokina can often be seen diving on courts of all surfaces, which leads to both wildly entertaining shotmaking and occasionally injury. He is also known for his excellent returns, often finding sharp angles.

ATP career finals[]

Doubles: 1 (1 title)[]

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 (0–0)
Clay (1–0)
Grass (0–0)
Finals by setting
Outdoor (1–0)
Indoor (0–0)
Result W–L    Date    Tournament Tier Surface Partner Opponents Score
Win 1–0 Feb 2020 Chile Open, Chile 250 Series Clay Spain Roberto Carballés Baena El Salvador Marcelo Arévalo
United Kingdom Jonny O'Mara 		7–6(7–3), 6–1

Challenger and Futures finals[]

Singles: 9 (3–6)[]

Legend
ATP Challenger Tour (2–3)
ITF Futures Tour (1–3)
Finals by surface
Hard (2–3)
Clay (1–3)
Grass (0–0)
Carpet (0–0)
Result W–L    Date    Tournament Tier Surface Opponent Score
Loss 0–1 Jun 2017 Spain F18, Palma del Río Futures Hard Italy Matteo Viola 6–7(0–7), 5–7
Loss 0–2 Jul 2017 Spain F19, Bakio Futures Hard Spain Roberto Ortega Olmedo 6–0, 2–6, 1–6
Loss 0–3 Sep 2017 Spain F27, San Sebastián Futures Clay Spain Eduard Esteve Lobato 7–5, 0–6, 1–6
Win 1–3 Mar 2018 Portugal F4, Quinta do Lago Futures Hard Spain Roberto Ortega Olmedo 7–5, 4–6, 6–1
Loss 1–4 Sep 2018 Szczecin, Poland Challenger Clay Argentina Guido Andreozzi 4–6, 6–4, 3–6
Loss 1–5 Feb 2019 Bangkok, Thailand Challenger Hard Australia James Duckworth 4–6, 3–6
Loss 1–6 Sep 2019 Genoa, Italy Challenger Clay Italy Lorenzo Sonego 2–6, 6–4, 6–7(6–8)
Win 2–6 Sep 2019 Seville, Spain Challenger Clay Spain Jaume Munar 2–6, 6–2, 6–2
Win 3–6 Oct 2019 Liuzhou, China Challenger Hard Uzbekistan Denis Istomin 6–3, 5–7, 7–6(7–5)

Doubles: 2 (1–1)[]

Legend
ATP Challenger Tour (0–0)
ITF Futures Tour (1–1)
Finals by surface
Hard (1–0)
Clay (0–1)
Grass (0–0)
Carpet (0–0)
Result W–L    Date    Tournament Tier Surface Partner Opponents Score
Win 1–0 Oct 2016 Nigeria F6, Lagos Futures Hard Benin Alexis Klégou Poland Karol Drzewiecki
Poland Maciej Smoła 		6–4, 6–1
Loss 1–1 Sep 2017 Spain F27, San Sebastián Futures Clay Benin Alexis Klégou Spain Íñigo Cervantes Huegun
Spain Daniel Gimeno Traver 		6–4, 5–7, [6–10]

Performance timelines[]

Key
W  F  SF QF #R RR Q# P# DNQ A Z# PO G F-S SF-B NMS P NH
(W) Won; (F) finalist; (SF) semifinalist; (QF) quarterfinalist; (#R) rounds 4, 3, 2, 1; (RR) round-robin stage; (Q#) qualification round; (P#) preliminary round; (DNQ) did not qualify; (A) absent; (Z#) Davis/Fed Cup Zonal Group (with number indication) or (PO) play-off; (G) gold, (F-S) silver or (SF-B) bronze Olympic/Paralympic medal; a (NMS) downgraded Masters Series/1000 tournament; (P) postponed; (NH) not held. SR=strike rate (events won/competed)
To avoid confusion and double counting, these charts are updated at the conclusion of a tournament or when the player's participation has ended.

Singles[]

Current through the 2021 US Open.

Tournament 2018 2019 2020 2021 SR W–L
Grand Slam tournaments
Australian Open A Q2 2R A 0 / 1 1–1
French Open A 1R 2R QF 0 / 3 5–3
Wimbledon Q2 Q1 NH 1R 0 / 1 0–1
US Open A Q1 4R 1R 0 / 2 3–2
Win–Loss 0–0 0–1 5–3 4–3 0 / 7 9–7
ATP Tour Masters 1000
Indian Wells Masters A A NH 0 / 0 0–0
Miami Open A A NH A 0 / 0 0–0
Monte Carlo Masters A A NH QF 0 / 1 3–1
Madrid Open Q1 1R NH 2R 0 / 2 1–2
Italian Open A A 1R 3R 0 / 2 2–2
Canadian Open A A NH 1R 0 / 1 0–1
Cincinnati Masters A A Q1 1R 0 / 1 0–1
Shanghai Masters A A NH 0 / 0 0–0
Paris Masters A A 3R 0 / 1 2–1
Win–Loss 0–0 0–1 2–2 6–5 0 / 8 8–8
Career statistics
Tournaments 0 8 10 17 35
Overall Win–Loss 0–0 3–10 13–10 22–17 38–37
Year-end ranking 237 87 52 $1,191,700

Record against top 10 players[]

Davidovich Fokina's match record against those who have been ranked in the top 10, with those who have been No. 1 in bold (ATP World Tour, Grand Slam and Davis Cup main draw matches).

* Statistics correct as of 10 August 2021.

Top 10 wins[]

  • Fokina has a 1–9 (10.0%) record against players who were ranked in the top 10 at the time the match was played.
Year 2019 2020 2021 Total
Wins 0 0 1 1
# Opponent Rank Event Surface Rd Score ADF Rank
2021
1. Italy Matteo Berrettini 10 Monte-Carlo Masters, Monaco Clay 2R 7–5, 6–3 58

Junior Grand Slam finals[]

Singles: 1 (1 title)[]

Result Year Tournament Surface Opponent Score
Win 2017 Wimbledon Grass Argentina Axel Geller 7–6(7–2), 6–3

References[]

  1. ^ "Alejandro Davidovich Fokina". ATP World Tour. Retrieved 29 April 2019.
  2. ^ ATP Rankings
  3. ^ Rando, Javi (28 July 2009). "Davidovich, un tenista mezcla de genes rusos y carácter español". Málaga hoy. Retrieved 19 October 2018.
  4. ^ https://www.atptour.com/en/news/davidovich-fokina-delbonis-roland-garros-2021-sunday

External links[]

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