Alexander Donski

Alexander Donski

Country (sports)	Bulgaria
Residence	Sofia, Bulgaria
Born	(1998-08-01) 1 August 1998 (age 23) Philadelphia, PA, United States
Height	1.88 m (6 ft 2 in)
Turned pro	2017
Plays	Right-handed (two-handed backhand)
Coach	Mike Donski
Prize money	US$81,087
Singles
Career record	1–1 (at ATP Tour level, Grand Slam level, and in Davis Cup)
Career titles	0 0 Challengers, 1 Futures
Highest ranking	No. 563 (13 January 2020)
Current ranking	No. 611 (21 February 2022)
Doubles
Career record	0–5 (at ATP Tour level, Grand Slam level, and in Davis Cup)
Career titles	0 0 Challengers, 6 Futures
Highest ranking	No. 415 (21 February 2022)
Current ranking	No. 415 (21 February 2022)
Last updated on: 21 February 2022.

Alexander Donski (Bulgarian: Александър Донски; born 1 August 1998) is a Bulgarian tennis player.

Donski has a career high ATP singles ranking of No. 563 achieved on 13 January 2020 and a career high doubles ranking of No. 415 achieved on 21 February 2022.^[1][2]

Donski made his ATP main draw debut at the 2018 Diema Xtra Sofia Open, receiving a wildcard into both the singles and doubles tournament.

YouTube[]

Alexander is known for his YouTube channel called Operation Liftoff with Lazar Dokov, his cousin and fellow professional player/coach. The duo travel Europe to play in futures tournaments in a vlog style of video. They showcase the life an ITF Junior has to endure to succeed. The channel has over 5000 subscribers.^[3]

Junior career[]

Donski reached a career high ITF junior ranking of 92 on 24 October 2016.He has compiled a Win/Loss record of 50-39 in Singles and 33-40 in Doubles.^[4]

Professional career[]

Donski turned professional in 2017 and finished the year ranked No. 1578 in the ATP singles rankings.

By the end of 2018 Donski jumped 147 places to finish the 2018 season ranked No. 1431 in the ATP Singles rankings while finishing the year ranked 1061 in the ATP Doubles rankings.

In singles, his breakthrough on the ITF Futures circuit came in 2019, when he reached the final of the Bulgaria F1 Futures, losing in a narrow three-set match against Turk Altuğ Çelikbilek. After reaching two Futures Singles finals Donski finally won his first professional singles title at the South Africa F2 Futures beating Frenchman Arthur Cazaux 7-6(3), 6-7(5), 7-6(6). With a couple of more good runs in Futures tournaments, Donski reached a career high ATP ranking of No. 563 in singles on 13 January 2020.

In doubles, Donski has thus far won six ITF World Tour titles. He reached his career high ATP doubles ranking of No. 415 on 21 February 2022.

Challenger and Futures/World Tennis Tour Finals[]

Singles: 5 (1–4)[]

Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Tier	Surface	Opponent	Score
Loss	0–1	May 2019	M15 Sozopol, Bulgaria	World Tennis Tour	Hard	Altuğ Çelikbilek	7–6(7–5), 3–6, 2–6
Loss	0–2	Aug 2019	M15 Telavi, Georgia	World Tennis Tour	Clay	Yan Bondarevskiy	4–6, 0–6
Loss	0–3	Sep 2019	M15 Johannesburg, South Africa	World Tennis Tour	Hard	Benjamin Lock	7–6(7–5), 3–6, 6–7(3–7)
Win	1–3	Sep 2019	M15 Pretoria, South Africa	World Tennis Tour	Hard	Arthur Cazaux	7–6(7–3), 6–7(5–7), 7–6 (8–6)
Loss	1–4	Feb 2022	M15 Monastir, Tunisia	World Tennis Tour	Hard	Laurent Lokoli	0–6, 6–3, 5–7

Doubles: 12 (6–6)[]

Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Tier	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Loss	0–1	May 2018	Bulgaria F1, Sozopol	Futures	Hard	Vasil Kirkov	Sébastien Boltz Caio Silva	5–7, 3–6
Loss	0–2	May 2019	M15 Sozopol, Bulgaria	World Tennis Tour	Hard	Alexandar Lazarov	Alec Adamson Vasil Kirkov	6–4, 2–6, [6–10]
Loss	0–3	Jun 2019	M15 Plovdiv, Bulgaria	World Tennis Tour	Clay	Simon Anthony Ivanov	Alexander Igoshin Evgenii Tiurnev	1–6, 7–6(11–9), [5–10]
Win	1–3	Jul 2019	M15 Telavi, Georgia	World Tennis Tour	Clay	Maksim Tikhomirov	Yan Bondarevskiy George Tsivadze	6–4, 6–4
Loss	1–4	Sep 2019	M15 Johannesburg, South Africa	World Tennis Tour	Hard	David Pichler	Benjamin Lock Courtney John Lock	3–6, 4–6
Win	2–4	Oct 2019	M15 Pretoria, South Africa	World Tennis Tour	Hard	Raheel Manji	David Pichler Mehluli Sibanda	6–2, 7–5
Loss	2–5	Sep 2021	M25 Říčany, Czech Republic	World Tennis Tour	Clay	Colin Sinclair	Toby Kodat Adam Pavlásek	3–6, 5–7
Win	3–5	Oct 2021	M15 Sozopol, Bulgaria	World Tennis Tour	Hard	Billy Harris	Yan Bondarevskiy Kai Wehnelt	6–1, 6–4
Win	4–5	Nov 2021	M25 Saint-Dizier, France	World Tennis Tour	Hard (i)	Petros Tsitsipas	Blake Ellis Tristan Schoolkate	6–4, 4–6, [10–7]
Win	5–5	Nov 2021	M25 Villers-lès-Nancy, France	World Tennis Tour	Hard (i)	Petros Tsitsipas	Blake Ellis Tristan Schoolkate	7–6(7–2), 3–2 ret.
Win	6–5	Jan 2022	M25 Monastir, Tunisia	World Tennis Tour	Hard	Théo Arribagé	Dan Added Clément Tabur	6–2, 5–7, [10–7]
Loss	6–6	Jan 2022	M25 Monastir, Tunisia	World Tennis Tour	Hard	Zvonimir Babić	Théo Arribagé Titouan Droguet	6–1, 4–6, [8–10]

Davis Cup[]

Alexander Donski debuted for the Bulgaria Davis Cup team in 2019. Since then he has 3 nominations with 2 ties played, his singles W/L record is 1–0 and doubles W/L record is 0–1 (1–1 overall).^[5]

Singles (1–0)[]

Edition	Round	Date	Surface	Opponent	W/L	Result
2020 World Group II, Play-off	R1	7 March 2020	Hard	Rodrigo Crespo Piedra	W	6–2, 6–4

Doubles (0–1)[]

Edition	Round	Date	Partner	Surface	Opponents	W/L	Result
2019 Europe/Africa Zone Group II	R1	14 September 2019	Alexandar Lazarov	Hard	Raven Klaasen Ruan Roelofse	L	3–6, 2–6

• RPO = Relegation Play–off
• PPO = Promotion Play–off
• RR = Round Robin

References[]

External links[]

• Alexander Donski at the Association of Tennis Professionals
• Alexander Donski at the International Tennis Federation
• Alexander Donski at the Davis Cup