Alexandar Lazarov (Bulgarian: Александър Лазаров, born 6 November 1997) is a Bulgarian professional tennis player. His highest singles ranking is No. 405 achieved on 13 December 2021, whilst his best doubles ranking is No. 359 achieved on 3 February 2020.[1][2][3][4][5]
In 2016 Lazarov made his debut at ATP level at the ATP Sofia Open. He received a wild card for the qualification of the event in his homeland, losing in two sets to the world No. 214 Marius Copil.[6] A month later Alexandar made his debut for the Bulgaria Davis Cup team against Turkey,[7] losing the first match to Marsel İlhan, but claiming his maiden win over Altuğ Çelikbilek in the second. In September he won his first ITF singles title at the Serbia F8 event in Sokobanja, defeating Filip Veger in the final.
2017-2020: Maiden ATP main draw appearance[]
Lazarov lost in the first qualifying round at the ATP Sofia Open in 2017 and 2018, but at the 2019 event the Bulgarian defeated Lukáš Lacko and Luca Vanni to guarantee himself a spot in the main draw for the first time. In his ATP tour main draw debut Alexandar faced former world No. 7 Fernando Verdasco, but failed to score another upset, losing to the Spaniard 2–6 1–6. After the tournament Lazarov made his Top 500 debut in the ATP rankings.
Alexandar won his second ITF singles title in 2018 at the Georgia F3 event in Telavi and a year later he added another trophy to his collection, defeating Jordan Correia in the final of the M15 event in Casablanca.
2021[]
At the beginning of the 2021 season Lazarov made the qualifying draw at the Antalya Open, but lost in three sets to Lucas Miedler. In July Alexander played his first ATP Challenger main draw match at the Iași Open after two wins in the qualification draw, but his run was stopped by Marius Copil. The Bulgarian's good form continued in the following week at the M25 event in Telavi, where he didn't lose a set on his way to his fourth ITF singles title.
Alexandar Lazarov debuted for the Bulgaria Davis Cup team in 2016. Since then he has 6 nominations with 7 ties played, his singles W/L record is 3–3 and doubles W/L record is 2–4 (5–7 overall).
Lazarov is the son of former Bulgarian tennis player Krasimir Lazarov. He has a younger brother, George Lazarov, who is the youngest ATP ranked player up to date.