Alexander Cozbinov

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Alexander Cozbinov
Country (sports) Moldova
ResidenceLas Vegas, United States
Born (1995-04-28) 28 April 1995 (age 26)
Chișinău, Moldova
Height1.88 m (6 ft 2 in)
PlaysRight-handed (two-handed backhand)
CollegeUNLV
Prize money$62,272
Singles
Career record0–3 (at ATP Tour level, Grand Slam level, and in Davis Cup)
Career titles0
0 Challenger, 1 Futures
Highest rankingNo. 635 (22 November 2021)
Current rankingNo. 654 (21 February 2022)
Doubles
Career record1–2 (in ATP Tour level, Grand Slam level, and in Davis Cup)
Career titles0
1 Challenger, 10 Futures
Highest rankingNo. 260 (29 November 2021)
Current rankingNo. 266 (21 February 2022)
Team competitions
Davis Cup7–1
Last updated on: 21 February 2022.

Alexander Cozbinov (born 28 April 1995) is a Moldovan tennis player.

Cozbinov has a career high ATP singles ranking of 649 achieved on 8 November 2021. He also has a career high ATP doubles ranking of 269 achieved on 8 November 2021

Cozbinov represents Moldova at the Davis Cup, where he has a W/L record of 1–1.

Cozbinov plays college tennis at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas between 2015–2018.[1] He won the Mountain West Conference Tennis Player of the Year in 2018.[2]

In January 2020, he participated at the ATP Cup as a member of the Moldovan team.[3] Before his match against Belgian Steve Darcis the organisers played the wrong national anthem, they played the Romanian anthem instead of the Moldovan one.[4]

Future and Challenger finals[]

Singles: 1 (1–0)[]

Legend (Singles)
ATP Challenger Tour (0–0)
ITF World Tennis Tour (1–0)
Titles by surface
Hard (0–0)
Clay (1–0)
Grass (0–0)
Carpet (0–0)
Result W–L    Date    Tournament Tier Surface Opponent Score
Win 1–0 Jul 2019 United States M15 Pittsburgh, United States World Tennis Tour Clay Sweden Simon Freund 2–6, 6–2, 6–1

Doubles 15 (11 titles, 4 runners-up)[]

Legend (Doubles)
ATP Challenger Tour (1–0)
ITF Futures Tour (10–4)
Titles by surface
Hard (10–4)
Clay (1–0)
Grass (0–0)
Carpet (0–0)
Result W–L    Date    Tournament Tier Surface Partner Opponents Score
Loss 0–1 Jun 2018 United States United States F17, Tulsa Futures Hard United States Moldova
United States Emil Reinberg
6–7(6–8), 3–6
Win 1–1 Sep 2018 United States United States F26, Fountain Valley Futures Hard France Maxime Cressy United States
United States
6–2, 6–2
Win 2–1 Jan 2019 United States United States M25, Los Angeles World Tennis Tour Hard United States Maxime Cressy Ecuador Emilio Gómez
Mexico Luis Patiño
6–4, 6–2
Win 3–1 May 2019 Mexico Mexico M15, Cancún World Tennis Tour Hard United States United Kingdom
United Kingdom
6–2, 4–6, [10–1]
Win 4–1 Jun 2019 United States United States M25, Wichita World Tennis Tour Hard United States Brandon Holt United States
United Kingdom
7–6(7–5), 6–3
Loss 4–2 Jul 2019 United States United States M15, Norman World Tennis Tour Hard Venezuela Ricardo Rodríguez United Kingdom
United Kingdom
4–6, 6–3, [7–10]
Loss 4–3 Aug 2019 United States United States M25, Memphis World Tennis Tour Hard United States United States
United States Korey Lovett
2–6, 1–6
Loss 4–4 Feb 2021 Russia Russia M15, St. Petersburg World Tennis Tour Hard (i) Ukraine Marat Deviatiarov Czech Republic
Czech Republic Patrik Rikl
6–4, 4–6, [8–10]
Win 5–4 Apr 2021 Russia Russia M15, St. Petersburg World Tennis Tour Hard (i) Sweden Simon Freund Japan Naoki Tajima
Russia
6–4, 7–5
Win 6–4 Apr 2021 Russia Russia M15, St. Petersburg World Tennis Tour Hard (i) Sweden Simon Freund Japan Naoki Tajima
Russia
7–6(7–5), 2–6, [10–6]
Win 7–4 May 2021 Israel Israel M15, Jerusalem World Tennis Tour Hard Ukraine Marat Deviatiarov United Kingdom
United States
w/o
Win 8–4 May 2021 Finland Finland M15, Kouvola World Tennis Tour Hard Italy Switzerland Luca Castelnuovo
Switzerland
6–2, 6–3
Win 9–4 Jun 2021 North Macedonia North Macedonia M15, Skopje World Tennis Tour Clay Netherlands Gijs Brouwer Tunisia Aziz Ouakaa
France
6–1, 6–2
Win 10–4 Jul 2021 Portugal Portugal M15, Idanha-a-Nova World Tennis Tour Hard Republic of Ireland Simon Carr Brazil
Brazil
6–3, 2–6, [10–5]
Win 11–4 Sep 2021 Istanbul, Turkey Challenger Hard Moldova Radu Albot Croatia Antonio Šančić
New Zealand Artem Sitak
4–6, 7–5, [11–9]

National participation[]

Davis Cup (7–1)[]

Group membership
World Group (0–0)
WG Play-off (0–0)
Group I (0–0)
Group II (0–0)
Group III (1–1)
Group IV (6–0)
Matches by surface
Hard (1–1)
Clay (6–0)
Grass (0–0)
Carpet (0–0)
Matches by type
Singles (4–1)
Doubles (3–0)
  • Increase Decrease indicates the outcome of the Davis Cup match followed by the score, date, place of event, the zonal classification and its phase, and the court surface.
Rubber outcome No. Rubber Match type (partner if any) Opponent nation Opponent player(s) Score
Increase3–0; 2 March 2016; Tere Tennis Centre Tallinn, Estonia; Europe Zone Group III Round Robin; Hard (indoor) surface
Victory 1 I Singles San Marino San Marino 6–0, 6–0
Decrease0–2; 5 March 2016; Tere Tennis Center, Tallinn, Estonia; Europe Zone Group III Promotional Play off; Hard (indoor) surface
Defeat 2 I Singles Estonia Estonia Kenneth Raisma 2–6, 4–6
Increase3–0; 22 June 2021; Tennis Club Jug-Skopje, Skopje, North Macedonia; Europe Zone Group IV Round Robin; Clay surface
Victory 3 II Singles Andorra Andorra Èric Cervós Noguer 6–0, 6–0
Victory 4 III Doubles (with Ilya Snitari) (dead rubber) Èric Cervós Noguer / 6–1, 6–1
Increase3–0; 24 June 2021; Tennis Club Jug-Skopje, Skopje, North Macedonia; Europe Zone Group IV Round Robin; Clay surface
Victory 5 II Singles Kosovo Kosovo 6–0, 6–1
Victory 6 III Doubles (with ) (dead rubber) / 6–0, 6–3
Increase3–0; 25 June 2021; Tennis Club Jug-Skopje, Skopje, North Macedonia; Europe Zone Group IV Round Robin; Clay surface
Victory 7 II Singles San Marino San Marino Marco De Rossi 6–3, 3–6, 6–3
Victory 8 III Doubles (with Ilya Snitari) (dead rubber) Marco De Rossi / Stefano Galvani 4–6, 6–3, 6–3

ATP Cup (1–5)[]

Matches by surface
Hard (1–5)
Clay (0–0)
Grass (0–0)
Matches by type
Singles (0–3)
Doubles (1–2)
Rubber outcome No. Rubber Match type (partner if any) Opponent nation Opponent player(s) Score
Decrease1–8; 3–7 January 2020; Ken Rosewall Arena, Sydney, Australia; Group stage; Hard surface
Defeat 1 I Singles Belgium Belgium Steve Darcis 4–6, 7–6(7–4), 5–7
Defeat 2 III Doubles (with Radu Albot) Sander Gillé / Joran Vliegen 7–6(7–5), 6–7(4–7), [9–11]
Defeat 3 I Singles Bulgaria Bulgaria Dimitar Kuzmanov 1–6, 5–7
Victory 4 III Doubles (with Radu Albot) Grigor Dimitrov / Alexandar Lazarov 6–4, 7–6(7–4)
Defeat 5 I Singles United Kingdom Great Britain Cameron Norrie 2–6, 2–6
Defeat 6 III Doubles (with Radu Albot) Jamie Murray / Joe Salisbury 2–6, 3–6

References[]

  1. ^ "Alexandr Cozbinov Bio - University of Nevada Las Vegas Official Athletic Site". unlvrebels.com. Retrieved 6 June 2019.
  2. ^ "UNLV's Alexandr Cozbinov Selected as Men's Tennis Player of The Year; All-Conference Singles and Doubles Announced". themw.com. 25 April 2018. Retrieved 6 June 2019.
  3. ^ "World No.818 gets his chance at ATP Cup". The Sydney Morning Herald. 2 January 2020. Retrieved 3 January 2020.
  4. ^ "Moldova anthem gaffe mars ATP Cup in Australia". Business Standard. 3 January 2020. Retrieved 3 January 2020.

External links[]

Sporting positions
Preceded by
Sweden
Mountain West Conference Player of the Year
2017-18
Succeeded by
Czech Republic


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