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ATPBest ATP ranking No. 2

Alexander Zverev

GER29 yrs6' 6" (1.98 m)

Best ATP ranking No. 2

Olympic champion, two-time ATP Finals winner and world No. 2.

Plays
Right-handed, two-handed backhand

Figures as of 30 September 2026.

Profile & career

Born to be a tennis player.

At the end of 2024, Alexander Zverev was one of the best players in the world, and probably the best never to have won a Grand Slam. He had won 23 titles, including seven Masters 1000s, two ATP Finals and an Olympic gold medal. A leading figure of the Next Gen, a two-time Grand Slam finalist and world No. 2, he was one of the players who gave the Big Three of Djokovic, Nadal and Federer the most trouble at the end of their reign.

As a child, "Sascha" followed his older brother Mischa and his father Alexander Sr around the tour. Both former professionals, they went on to help the youngest of the family reach the top. Brilliant and versatile, the German, who has Russian roots, was world No. 1 in his age group as a junior and broke into the ATP top 100 at 17.

A resident of Monaco, he trains regularly at the Mouratoglou Academy, where he won the second UTS event in August 2020.

Did you know?Arguably the best player in history never to have won a Grand Slam title (yet).

Alexander Zverev lunging for a forehand on a hard court

GRAND SLAMS

Alexander & the Grand Slams.

Two Grand Slam finals, both lost in five sets.

Australian OpenHard courtBest resultSemi-final2020, 2024
Roland-GarrosClay courtBest resultFinal2024
WimbledonGrass courtBest resultLast 162017, 2021, 2024
US OpenHard courtBest resultFinal2020

CAREER

Biggest titles, year by year.

Alexander Zverev played his first ATP tournaments in 2011 at the age of 14 and won his first Challenger at home in Braunschweig in 2014, at 17. That summer he reached the semi-finals of the Hamburg ATP 500, broke into the top 100 and was named the ATP's Newcomer of the Year. His first title came in St Petersburg in 2016, at 18. His record includes seven Masters 1000 titles, two ATP Finals and Olympic gold in Tokyo in 2021, where he ended Novak Djokovic's hopes of a Golden Slam in the semi-finals. He has 54 wins against top-10 players, including four against a world No. 1 in a single year, four wins over each member of the Big Three, and in 2024 he became one of only three players to have beaten Rafael Nadal at Roland-Garros. After struggling to match his potential in the majors, he reached his first Grand Slam semi-final at the 2020 Australian Open, then two finals, at the 2020 US Open and Roland-Garros 2024, lost in five sets to Dominic Thiem and Carlos Alcaraz.

Junior career

  1. 2011

    Semi-finalist at Les Petits As, in a draw that included Andrey Rublev, Frances Tiafoe, Hubert Hurkacz and Alexander Bublik.

  2. 2013

    World junior champion at 16, finalist at Roland-Garros (beaten by Cristian Garín) and semi-finalist at the US Open (beaten by Borna Ćorić).

  3. 2014

    Australian Open junior champion, beating Stefan Kozlov in the final: one of his six ITF junior titles.

Major ATP titles

  1. 2016

    St Petersburg (first ATP title)

  2. 2017

    Rome · Montreal

  3. 2018

    Madrid · ATP Finals (London)

  4. 2021

    Madrid · Cincinnati · Olympic gold (Tokyo) · ATP Finals (Turin)

  5. 2024

    Rome · Paris Masters

STATISTICS & RECORDS

Records that set him apart.

54

Top-10 wins

Victories against top-10 players, including four against a world No. 1 in a single year.

17yrs

ATP 500 semi-finalist

He reached the semi-finals in Hamburg at 17, the youngest player to reach that stage of an ATP 500.

1st

Two ATP Finals, no major

The first player in history to win the ATP Finals twice without winning a Grand Slam.

Alexander Zverev waving to the crowd after a match

MOURATOGLOU ACADEMY

His link with the Mouratoglou Academy.

A near neighbour, Alexander Zverev regularly comes to train at the Mouratoglou Academy, where he has often benefited from Patrick Mouratoglou's expert eye. A few years ago, Patrick insisted that the German needed to work on both his first and second serves to take the next step in the majors, and he has done so.

At the 2024 Australian Open, when Zverev returned to a Grand Slam semi-final a year and a half after injuring his ankle, Patrick Mouratoglou summed him up in one word: "resilient".

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GAME & EQUIPMENT

How Alexander plays.

His game

Alexander Zverev is the prototype, and probably a forerunner, of the modern player: very tall (1.98 m) yet very mobile, two qualities once thought incompatible. He made his name with his ability to dominate from the baseline, his greatest strength being a two-handed backhand of remarkable power and reliability. A big server, even if his second serve has let him down in the past, he has often been criticised for staying in his comfort zone and becoming passive in the key moments. He has set out to improve his return and play more aggressively, especially on the forehand, to go after the two things still missing from his record: a Grand Slam title and the world No. 1 ranking.

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OFF THE COURT

Personal life & interests.

In August 2022, Alexander Zverev revealed that he has had type 1 diabetes since childhood, which means he regularly checks his insulin levels at changeovers. He has since become very active in the treatment and prevention of the disease through his foundation.

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ON COURT

Train where Alexander trains.

The same courts, coaches and methodology, on the French Riviera: camps for juniors and adults, all year round.

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Aerial view of the Mouratoglou Academy clay and hard courts on the French Riviera