Alexander Bublik

Alexander Stanislavovich "Sasha" Bublik (Александр Станиславович Бублик; born 17 June 1997) is a Kazakhstani professional tennis player.

He has been ranked as high as world No. 20 in singles by the ATP, achieved in March 2024, and is the current Kazakhstani No. 1 player.

Bublik also has a career-high doubles ranking of world No. 47, attained on 8 November 2021.

Bublik has won four ATP Tour singles titles and been a runner-up in seven further finals, and he achieved his greatest success at a major at the 2021 French Open as the runner-up in doubles partnering Andrey Golubev.

Alexander Stanislavovich Bublik was born on 17 June 1997 in Gatchina, Russia and began playing tennis at the age of four.

He was coached by his father, Stanislav.

On the junior tour, Bublik reached a career-high ranking of No. 19 and won eleven titles (six singles and five doubles) on the International Tennis Federation (ITF) junior circuit.

Bublik began 2016 ranked World No. 964.

He won his first Futures title in Doha in April 2016, followed by titles in Moscow, St. Petersburg, and Sweden.

Bublik made his ATP main-draw debut at the 2016 St. Petersburg Open, where he received wildcards into both the singles and doubles main draw.

Bublik qualified for the Kremlin Cup, where he notched the biggest win of his career, upsetting Roberto Bautista Agut in straight sets in the round of 16.

He then lost a tight three-set match to the eventual champion Pablo Carreño Busta.

In November 2016, Bublik announced that he would represent Kazakhstan.

By the end of the year, Bublik's ranking had skyrocketed to No. 205.

After qualifying for the Australian Open, Bublik defeated 16th-seeded Lucas Pouille in his first Grand Slam match.

In February, Bublik won his first Challenger title at the Morelos Open, defeating Nicolas Jarry in the final.

At Wimbledon, Bublik received a spot in the main draw as a lucky loser.

He was defeated by world No. 1 Andy Murray in his first Wimbledon appearance.

Bublik won his second Challenger title in Aptos.

In September, after making the semifinals of a Challenger tournament in Istanbul, Bublik broke into the top 100 for the first time, reaching a career-high ranking of No. 95.

Bublik struggled for much of the 2018 season, seeing his ranking drop into the 200s.

However, he prevailed in his last event of the year, winning eight matches to capture the Challenger title in Bratislava.

Bublik was successful early on in 2019, winning his fourth Challenger title in Budapest, followed shortly by another title at Pau.

Bublik earned his first Masters 1000 win in Miami, winning two qualifying matches and defeating Tennys Sandgren in a third-set tiebreak.

His next tournament was in Monterrey, where he again defeated Sandgren in a third-set tiebreak en route to his sixth Challenger title.

This win propelled Bublik back into the top 100.

Bublik won his first Roland Garros main-draw match over Rudolf Molleker, before losing a close four-set contest to eventual finalist Dominic Thiem.

At the tournament in Newport, Bublik reached his first ATP final, where he was defeated by the top seed John Isner.

Bublik had a successful US Open campaign, where he won two consecutive five-set matches.

He came back from two sets to love down against Thomas Fabbiano to reach his first Grand Slam third round.

Bublik reached his second ATP 250 final of the season in Chengdu, where he defeated top-30 players Taylor Fritz and Grigor Dimitrov, before losing the final in a third-set tiebreak to Pablo Carreño Busta.

The result helped him to reach a new career-high of No. 48 in November.

At the 2020 Australian Open Bublik reached his first semifinal at a Grand Slam in doubles partnering fellow Kazakh Mikhail Kukushkin where they lost to Rajeev Ram/Joe Salisbury.

Bublik reached the semifinals of Marseille, where he lost to Stefanos Tsitsipas in straight sets.

As a lucky loser, Bublik reached the quarterfinals of Hamburg, beating Albert Ramos Viñolas and Félix Auger-Aliassime, before losing to Cristian Garín in 3 sets.

He had his first top-10 victory against Gaël Monfils at the 2020 French Open, but lost to Lorenzo Sonego in the second round.

Bublik started his 2021 season at the Antalya Open.

Seeded eighth, he reached his third ATP 250 final, notching his second top-10 victory against top seed and world No. 10, Matteo Berrettini, in the quarterfinals.

He was forced to retire in the final after trailing 0–2 in the first set against Alex de Minaur.

In the Great Ocean Road Open, he lost in the third round to Stefano Travaglia.