Alexandr Dolgopolov

Began playing at age three...Nickname is "Dolgo"...Mother, Elena, was an ex-gymnast who earned a gold and silver medal at the European Championships...Father, Oleksandar, was a former ATP pro and coached Oleksander Jr from a young age until 2008...Also has a younger sister, Maria...Speaks Russian and English...Hobbies include car racing, driving his Subaru STIL and making internet games, which he is paid for...Favourite surface is clay...Ambition is to be ranked No. 1...Identifies his father as the most inspirational person in his life for helping become the tennis player that he is...If he wasn't a tennis player he would be Rally Car Driver as he loves to race...Made Davis Cup debut in September 2006. Official Twitter Account

Dolgopolov DEUCE Extra Feature (Feb. 2011)

2011 -- The 1st player from Ukraine to finish in Top 20 since Andrei Medvedev was No. 16 in 1995…Season highlights included maiden ATP World Tour title in Umag (d. Cilic) on July 31 and Grand Slam QF at Australian Open (d. No. 4 Soderling, l. to Murray)…Also runner-up in Costa do Sauipe (l. to Almagro)...Overall, reached QF or better 9 times…Also SF in Acapulco (l. to Ferrer) in Nice (l. to Hanescu) and Metz (l. to Tsonga)...Went 2-8 vs. Top 10 opponents and compiled marks of 22-16 on hard, 15-10 on clay and 1-3 on grass…Earned a career-high $1,196,499...In doubles, captured 1st ATP World Tour title at Indian Wells (w/Malisse), winning all 5 matches in a Match TB
(d. Bryans in 2R, Federer-Wawrinka in final)... 

2010 -- The No. 2 player from Ukraine (behind Stakhovsky) climbed over 80 spots to finish in Top 50 for the first time, highlighted by personal-high 21 match wins…Reached career-high No. 39 on July 19…Enjoyed Challenger success in first three months with title in Meknes and finals in Tangier and Marrakech…Had 17-4 match record in Challengers…Reached 3rd RD at Roland Garros (d. Clement, F. Gonzalez; l. to Almagro) and followed with first career SF in Eastbourne (l. to Llodra)…Also 2nd RD at Wimbledon, losing to Tsonga 10-8 in fifth set…Second half of season highlights included QFs in Umag, Moscow and St. Petersburg…Earned a career-high $446,248...

2009 -- Won 3 Challenger titles in Orbello (d. Andujar), Como (d. Aranguren) and Trnava (d. Ouahab)…He posted his 1st ATP World Tour match win in St. Petersburg in October (d. Ginepri)...

2007 -- Captured 1st Challenger title at Sassuolo (d. Ruiz-Cadenas)...