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Alexei Popyrin

Popyrin at the 2019 French Open
Full name	Alexei Popyrin
Country (sports)	Australia
Residence	Australia
Born	(1999-08-05) 5 August 1999 (age 25) Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Height	1.96 m (6 ft 5 in)
Turned pro	2017
Plays	Right-handed (two-handed backhand)
Coach	Neville Godwin, Xavier Malisse
Prize money	US$6,292,837
Singles
Career record	93–112 (at ATP Tour level, Grand Slam level, and in Davis Cup)
Career titles	3
Highest ranking	No. 23 (12 August 2024)
Current ranking	No. 24 (28 October 2024)
Grand Slam singles results
Australian Open	3R (2019, 2020, 2023)
French Open	2R (2019)
Wimbledon	3R (2024)
US Open	4R (2024)
Other tournaments
Olympic Games	3R (2024)
Doubles
Career record	10–27 (at ATP Tour level, Grand Slam level, and in Davis Cup)
Career titles	0
Highest ranking	No. 235 (27 June 2022)
Current ranking	No. 856 (28 October 2024)
Grand Slam doubles results
Australian Open	3R (2019)
French Open	2R (2023)
Wimbledon	2R (2021)
US Open	1R (2021, 2022, 2023)
Other doubles tournaments
Olympic Games	1R (2024)
Grand Slam mixed doubles results
Australian Open	1R (2019)
Last updated on: 30 October 2024.

Alexei Popyrin (Russian: Алексей Попырин; born 5 August 1999) is an Australian professional tennis player. He has a career-high ATP singles ranking of world No. 23 achieved on 12 August 2024. He also has a career-high ATP doubles ranking of No. 235 achieved on 27 June 2022. He is currently the No. 2 Australian singles player. He has won three singles titles on the ATP Tour, including the Masters in Canada.

Personal life

Popyrin was born in Sydney to Russian immigrant parents Alex and Elena. He has a brother, Anthony, and two sisters, Sonia and Anna. His brother played collegiate tennis at Arizona Christian University.

He began playing tennis at the Kim Warwick Tennis Academy in Hornsby at the age of four and was in attendance for the historic 2008 Australian Open third round match between Lleyton Hewitt and Marcos Baghdatis. At the age of 8, Popyrin relocated to Dubai for two years due to his father's work commitments before moving to Alicante, Spain, where fellow Australian Alex de Minaur was his neighbour. Popyrin also spent time training in Nice, Marbella, and Dubai. He has trained at the Mouratoglou Tennis Academy since April 2017. His father, Alex Popyrin, co-founded the Ultimate Tennis Showdown with Patrick Mouratoglou.

Popyrin is multilingual in English, Russian, and Spanish. He is a supporter of Everton FC. Popyrin is currently engaged to longtime partner Amy Pederick as of November 2024.

Junior career

In 2011, Popyrin won the Australian u12s Grasscourt Championships and, with Chase Ferguson, won the u12s National Claycourt Doubles Championships. In the same year he competed in the Tennis Europe u12 circuit, winning the Stork International 12 & Under in Oetwil Am See (SUI), Torneo U12 – Porto San Giorgio in Porto San Giorgio (ITA), Torneo Citta Di Padova in Padova (ITA). Popyrin lost in the semi-finals at the Eddie Herr International Junior Tennis Championships – IMG / Bollettieri Sports Academy Bradenton, FL (USA), Passagespoirs Le Passage (FRA), as well as the final of the Campionati Internazionali BNL d'Italia U12 – Circolo Canottieri in Roma (ITA).

Popyrin started competing in ITF Junior circuit in 2013 and, in 2017, reached the semi-finals at the 2017 Australian Open in the junior doubles tournament. He then followed that up by winning 22 consecutive matches winning 4 consecutive tournaments : the Mediterranee Avenir – Club Olympic Casablancais Casablanca (MAR), Trofeo Bonfiglio – Tennis Club Milano Milan (ITA), the 2017 French Open junior singles title in May 2017 and his first ITF Professional tournament in Poland F4 Futures Mragowo (POL). While ranked number 2 in the juniors single rankings, Popyrin decided to focus on the professional circuit.

Professional career

2013–2018: Start on Pro tour, Challenger title, top 150

Popyrin entered his first ITF Futures professional tournament in October 2013 at 14 years of age where he lost a first round qualifying match to Slovakian Martin Beran in Madrid. He secured his first professional qualifying win a year later in another Spanish ITF Futures tournament but failed to qualify for the main draw when he lost in the second round qualifying match. At the beginning of 2016, at the age of 16, Popyrin contested his first ATP Challenger Tour tournament after receiving a wildcard from Tennis Australia to compete in the 2016 Canberra Challenger. He was defeated in the first round by future top 10 player Diego Schwartzman.

In July 2016, he secured his first professional main draw win in an Italian ITF Futures tournament by defeating local talent Tommaso Roggero in straight sets before retiring hurt in the second round. Popyrin continued to play ITF Futures tournaments for the remainder of 2016 and ended the year with a world ranking of No. 1155. He won his first professional ITF title in July 2017 at the Poland F4 in Mragowo, Poland. This victory broke Popyrin into the top 1000 for the first time. He played several more ITF and Challenger tournaments for the remainder of 2017 and ended the year with a ranking of 622.

Popyrin started the 2018 season ranked No. 622, achieving a career-high ranking 25 times over the course of the season peaking at No.147 in November. In January 2018, he qualified for an ATP World Tour tournament for the first time at the Sydney International beating Nicolas Mahut and Federico Delbonis. He lost in round one to John Millman. Later in January, Popyrin made his Grand Slam debut at the 2018 Australian Open after being awarded a wildcard. He lost in round 1 to Tim Smyczek. Popyrin spent the next six months in Europe playing in challenger tournaments, increasing his ranking.

In August 2018, Popyrin qualified for and won his first Challenger title at the Jinan International in China beating James Ward in the final, becoming the third youngest teenager in 2018 to win a professional Challenger title. Popyrin continued to perform well and broke into the world's top 200 in late August. In October, Popyrin qualified for his second ATP World Tour main draw at the Stockholm Open, where he again lost to John Millman in round one. The following week, Popyrin again qualified for a main draw, this time at Swiss Indoors beating Benoit Paire and Mackenzie McDonald. He defeated compatriot Matthew Ebden for his first ATP World Tour win. Popyrin ended 2018 with a singles rank of No. 147.

2019–2020: First Grand Slam win, top 100 debut

Popyrin commenced 2019 with wildcards into the Brisbane International and Sydney International, losing in the first round in both. He also received a wildcard in the Australian Open, and achieved his first Grand Slam win by defeating Mischa Zverev in straight sets. Popyrin followed this up by beating Dominic Thiem and lost in the third round to Lucas Pouille in closely contested five sets.

During the first half of 2019 Popyrin qualified for the main draws of the ATP 250 tournaments in New York and Estoril, ATP 500 in Acapulco and Masters 1000 in Indian Wells and Monte Carlo. Following his success on the ATP tour, Popyrin was awarded a main draw wildcard into French Open. In the first round Popyrin defeated France's Ugo Humbert in four sets winning his first Roland Garros men's main draw match. He lost to Laslo Djere in the second round. He broke into ATP top 100 for the first time at World No. 99 on 24 June 2019.

In July 2019 Popyrin qualified for the main draw of the 2019 Wimbledon Championships Popyrin lost to Daniil Medvedev in the second round. In the same month, Popyrin received his first direct acceptance into ATP 250 tournament in Atlanta, where he lost in the quarterfinals.

2019 was a breakout year for Popyrin. He played at least second round in all four Grand Slams – 3rd round of Australia Open, 2nd Round of Roland Garros, 2nd Round of Wimbledon and 3rd Round in US Open losing in 4 closely contested sets to Matteo Berrettini 4–6, 4–6, 7–6, 6–7. In 2019 Popyrin qualified for 10 Professional tournaments tying the record set by Mischa Zverev in 2016.

He ended 2019 with an ATP singles rank of 97.

Popyrin ended 2020 with an ATP singles rank of world No. 113.

2021: First ATP title, Top 60 debut

Popyrin received a third wildcard into the main draw of the 2021 Australian Open similar to every year since 2018, with the exception of the 2020 Australian Open where he entered the main draw as direct entry. In the first round he defeated 13 seed David Goffin after saving four match points 3–6, 6–4, 6–7, 7–6, 6–3 in 3 hours 43 minutes. He then lost in the second round to Lloyd Harris.

In February, Popyrin entered the Singapore Open and defeated Marin Čilić in the semi-final and Alexander Bublik in the final to win his first ATP title and achieved a career high singles ranking of 82.

At the 2021 French Open, Popyrin lost to Rafael Nadal in the first round.

At the US Open, Popyrin matched his career-best result, progressing through to the third round, which included a win over Grigor Dimitrov, Popyrin's fourth career top-20 win and third achieved in 2021.

Popyrin ended 2021 with an ATP singles ranking of world No. 61.

2022: Loss of form, second Challenger title, out of top 100

Popyrin started his 2022 season at the Melbourne Summer Set 1. He lost in the second round to Tallon Griekspoor. In Sydney, he was defeated in the first round by Pedro Martínez. At the Australian Open, he lost in the first round to Arthur Rinderknech in five sets.

After the Australian Open, Popyrin competed at the Open Sud de France. He lost in the first round to fifth seed Filip Krajinović. In Rotterdam, he lost in the first round to Karen Khachanov. Seeded seventh at the Open 13 Provence, he was defeated in the first round by qualifier Roman Safiullin. At the Dubai Championships, he fell in the final round of qualifying to Jiří Veselý. However, due to Félix Auger-Aliassime withdrawing from the tournament due to a back injury, Popyrin entered the main draw as a lucky loser. He beat world No. 19, Nikoloz Basilashvili, in the first round. He lost in the second round to qualifier Ričardas Berankis. In March, he played at the BNP Paribas Open. He was defeated in the first round by qualifier Tomáš Macháč. At the Arizona Classic, he lost in the first round to second seed Lorenzo Musetti. In Miami, he was defeated in the second round by 21st seed and world No. 23, Marin Čilić.

Popyrin started his clay-court season at the Barcelona Open. He fell in the first round of qualifying to Andrea Pellegrino. At the Estoril Open, he lost in the first round of qualifying to Pierre-Hugues Herbert. Making it through qualifying at the Open du Pays d'Aix, he was defeated in the first round by fifth seed Pablo Cuevas. Popyrin won his second ATP Challenger Tour title at the BNP Paribas Primrose Bordeaux with a win over sixth seed Quentin Halys in the final.

2023: Fourth Australian Open wildcard & top 10-win, first Masters quarterfinal, top 40

Popyrin started his season at the Adelaide International 1. After making it past qualifying, he upset second seed and world No. 6 Félix Auger-Aliassime, in the first round in straight sets. He went on to reach the quarterfinals where he lost to Yoshihito Nishioka in a tight three-set match. At the Adelaide International 2, he lost in the first round to compatriot and defending champion Thanasi Kokkinakis. Playing as a wildcard at his home slam, the Australian Open, he stunned eighth seed and world No. 9 Taylor Fritz, in the second round to advance to the third round for the third time at this event. He ended up losing in the third round to American rising star Ben Shelton. As a result, his ranking moved back into the top 100 from No. 113 to No. 90.

In February, Popyrin competed at the Bahrain Ministry of Interior Challenger in Manama, Bahrain. Seeded second, he made it to the quarterfinals where he lost to eighth seed and eventual champion, Thanasi Kokkinakis. In Dubai, he was defeated in the first round by qualifier Pavel Kotov. In March, he competed at the BNP Paribas Open. He fell in the final round of qualifying to Taro Daniel. However, due to the withdrawal of Kwon Soon-woo, Popyrin entered the main draw as a lucky loser. He lost in the second round to ninth seed and world No. 11 Hubert Hurkacz. At the Arizona Classic, he reached the quarterfinals where he was defeated by eventual champion Nuno Borges. In Miami, he was eliminated from the tournament in the second round by 26th seed Botic van de Zandschulp.

Popyrin started his clay-court season at the Grand Prix Hassan II. He lost in the second round to second seed and world No. 30, Dan Evans. Getting past qualifying at the Monte-Carlo Masters, he was defeated in the second round by Nicolás Jarry. Playing at the first edition of the Srpska Open, he upset fifth seed, Tallon Griekspoor, in the first round. He lost in the second round to Alex Molčan.

In Madrid, he was defeated in the first round by Quentin Halys. Making it past qualifying on his debut at the Italian Open, he earned his fifth Top 10 win of his career by upsetting world No. 10 Félix Auger-Aliassime, in the second round. Next, he defeated qualifier Roman Safiullin in the third round to reach the fourth round for the first time at a Masters level. He lost his fourth-round match to world No. 7 Holger Rune, in a three setter that lasted three hours. At the French Open, Popyrin lost in the first round to qualifier Aslan Karatsev.

In Surbiton, he lost in the first round of the singles to Luke Saville, but made the semi-finals of the doubles, partnering Aleksandar Vukic. He then beat Arthur Rinderknech in Rosmalen, before losing to eventual champion Tallon Griekspoor in the second round. He then qualified for Queen's Club, before losing to Jordan Thompson in the first round. In Wimbledon, Popyrin lost in five sets to Dominic Stricker in round one.

Popyrin's next tournament was Umag, where he defeated Benjamin Bonzi, third seed Sebastian Ofner, wildcard Dino Prižmić, seventh seed Matteo Arnaldi, and sixth seed Stan Wawrinka in the final to win his second ATP Tour title.

At the Cincinnati Open, he reached the fourth round of a Masters for a second time in the season and in his career, after entering as a lucky loser and defeating another lucky loser Daniel Altmaier and Nicolás Jarry by walkover. Next he reached his first Masters quarterfinal defeating Emil Ruusuvuori. As a result, he reached the top 40 in the rankings.

2024: Major fourth round and Masters title, Olympics and top 25 debuts

At the 2024 Australian Open, he reached the second round but lost to world No. 1, Novak Djokovic.

At the Qatar Open, he reached the semi-finals defeating wildcard Abdullah Shelbayh, qualifier Hugo Grenier and fourth seed Alexander Bublik. He lost to eventual champion and fourth seed Karen Khachanov.

Popyrin notably defeated the defending champion and sixth seed Andrey Rublev in the second round of the 2024 Monte-Carlo Masters, taking it in straight sets, his second career top 10 win on clay. Together with Alex de Minaur, they became the first Australians to reach the third round in Monte Carlo since Lleyton Hewitt and Wayne Arthurs in 2004.

He made his debut at the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris where he reached the third round with wins over Nicolás Jarry and Stan Wawrinka. He lost to reigning Olympic champion Alexander Zverev.

Ranked No. 62, he won his first Masters 1000 title at the Canadian Open in Montreal, on his debut at this Masters, defeating Tomáš Macháč and upsetting five top 20 players en route, eleventh seed Ben Shelton, seventh seed Grigor Dimitrov, saving three match points, fourth seed Hubert Hurkacz, Sebastian Korda and fifth seed Andrey Rublev in the final. As a result, Popyrin achieved a career high in the top 25 at world No. 23 in the singles rankings on 12 August 2024. He became the third Australian player to defeat at least two top 10 players in a Masters 1000 in the same season after Lleyton Hewitt and Nick Kyrgios. He became the lowest ranked finalist in men's singles since Harel Levy in 2000 who reached the final as a qualifier. He was just the eighth Aussie man to make an ATP 1000 final, and the fourth to win a title, joining Rafter, Philippoussis and Hewitt, while Kyrgios, De Minaur, Jason Stoltenberg and Todd Woodbridge, had all made the finals.

At the US Open, Popyrin reached the fourth round of a Grand Slam for the first time with an upset over defending champion Novak Djokovic in four sets. This marked the first time an Australian has beaten Djokovic at a Grand Slam since Lleyton Hewitt at the 2006 US Open. Popyrin lost in four sets to 20th seed Francis Tiafoe.

National representation

Davis Cup

Popyrin made his Davis Cup debut for Australia in February 2019, at the age of 19, winning his first rubber against Bosnia and Herzegovina in Adelaide. He lost the first match of the Finals of the 2023 Davis Cup Finals to Matteo Arnaldi of Italy by a score of 5–7, 6–2, 4–6; Italy went on to win the next singles match to claim the trophy. Before that, he had helped get Australia to the finals by defeating Otto Virtanen of Finland 7–6, 6–2, in the first match of the semi-finals.

Significant finals

ATP Masters 1000

Singles: 1 (1 title)

Result	Year	Tournament	Surface	Opponent	Score
Win	2024	Canadian Open	Hard	Andrey Rublev	6–2, 6–4

ATP Tour finals

Singles: 3 (3 titles)

Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Tier	Surface	Opponent	Score
Win	1–0	Feb 2021	Singapore Open, Singapore	ATP 250	Hard (i)	Alexander Bublik	4–6, 6–0, 6–2
Win	2–0	Jul 2023	Croatia Open, Croatia	ATP 250	Clay	Stan Wawrinka	6–7, 6–3, 6–4
Win	3–0	Aug 2024	Canadian Open, Canada	Masters 1000	Hard	Andrey Rublev	6–2, 6–4

Team finals

Davis Cup: 1 (1 runner-up)

Result	Date	Tournament	Surface	Partners	Opponents	Score
Loss	Nov 2023	Davis Cup, Málaga, Spain	Hard (i)	Alex de Minaur Jordan Thompson Max Purcell Matthew Ebden	Jannik Sinner Lorenzo Musetti Matteo Arnaldi Lorenzo Sonego Simone Bolelli	0–2

Performance timeline

Singles

Current through the 2024 Vienna Open.

Doubles

Current through the 2024 Paris Masters.

Wins over top 10 players

• He has a 11–15 record against players who were, at the time the match was played, ranked in the top 10.

#	Player	Rank	Event	Surface	Rd	Score	APR
2019
1.	Dominic Thiem	8	Australian Open, Australia	Hard	2R	7–5, 6–4, 2–0 ret.	149
2021
2.	Stefanos Tsitsipas	3	Paris Masters, France	Hard (i)	2R	4–2 ret.	71
2023
3.	Félix Auger-Aliassime	6	Adelaide International, Australia	Hard	1R	6–4, 7–6	120
4.	Taylor Fritz	9	Australian Open, Australia	Hard	2R	6–7, 7–6, 6–4, 6–7, 6–2	113
5.	Félix Auger-Aliassime	10	Italian Open, Italy	Clay	2R	6–4, 4–6, 7–5	77
2024
6.	Andrey Rublev	6	Monte-Carlo Masters, Monaco	Clay	2R	6–4, 6–4	46
7.	Grigor Dimitrov	10	Canadian Open, Canada	Hard	3R	4–6, 7–6, 6–3	62
8.	Hubert Hurkacz	6	Canadian Open, Canada	Hard	QF	3–6, 7–6, 7–5	62
9.	Andrey Rublev	8	Canadian Open, Canada	Hard	F	6–2, 6–4	62
10.	Novak Djokovic	2	US Open, United States	Hard	3R	6–4, 6–4, 2–6, 6–4	28
11.	Daniil Medvedev	5	Paris Masters, France	Hard (i)	2R	6–4, 2–6, 7–6	24

:* As of 13 August 2024

ATP Challenger and ITF Tour finals

Singles: 4 (3 titles, 1 runner-up)

Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Tier	Surface	Opponent	Score
Win	1–0	Jul 2017	Poland F4, Mragowo	Futures	Clay	Laurynas Grigelis	6–3, 3–6, 6–3
Loss	1–1	Nov 2017	Indonesia F7, Jakarta	Futures	Hard	Renta Tokuda	7–6, 2–6, 5–7
Win	2–1	Aug 2018	Jinan, China	Challenger	Hard	James Ward	3–6, 6–1, 7–5
Win	3–1	May 2022	Bordeaux, France	Challenger	Clay	Quentin Halys	2–6, 7-6, 7-6

Junior Grand Slam finals

Singles: 1 (1 title)

Result	Year	Tournament	Surface	Opponent	Score
Win	2017	French Open	Clay	Nicola Kuhn	7–6, 6–3

See also

• Tennis
• Biography

• Australia Davis Cup team
• Sport in Australia
• Tennis in Australia
• Fastest recorded tennis serves

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65. @pelledelpo02 (10 August 2024). "Alexey Popyrin is the third Australian player able to beat at least two top 10 players in a Masters1000 in the same season after Hewitt and Kyrgios" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
66. @OptaAce (11 August 2024). "Alexei Popyrin (62) is the lowest ranked player to reach the final of the Canadian Open in Men's Singles since Harel Levy in 2000 who reached the final as a qualifier. Trounce" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
67. "Popyrin rides blazing tie-break vs. Korda to reach Montreal final". 11 August 2024.
68. ^ "Alexei Popyrin surges into Montreal Masters final". 12 August 2024. Retrieved 12 August 2024.
69. "Djokovic upset no surprise for Popyrin: 'It was something I thought I could do". ATPTour. 31 August 2024.
70. "Alexei Popyrin's US Open run comes to an end with deflating loss to Frances Tiafoe". 1 September 2024.
71. "Bound for Madrid: Aussies win Davis Cup tie against Bosnia and Herzegovina". The Age. 2 February 2019.

External links

• Alexei Popyrin at the Association of Tennis Professionals
• Alexei Popyrin at the International Tennis Federation
• Alexei Popyrin at the Davis Cup
• Alexei Popyrin at Tennis Australia
• Alexei Popyrin at ESPN.com

v t e Association of Tennis Professionals Top Australian male singles tennis players
As of Dec 15, 2024
1. Alex de Minaur (9 ) 2. Alexei Popyrin (24 ) 3. Jordan Thompson (26 ) 4. Christopher O'Connell (64 ) 5. Aleksandar Vukic (68 )
6. Rinky Hijikata (73 ) 7. Thanasi Kokkinakis (77 ) 8. James Duckworth (82 ) 9. Adam Walton (93 ) 10. Max Purcell (105 )

• 1999 births
• Australian male tennis players
• Australian people of Russian descent
• French Open junior champions
• Grand Slam (tennis) champions in boys' singles
• Living people
• Olympic tennis players for Australia
• Sportsmen from New South Wales
• Tennis players at the 2024 Summer Olympics
• Tennis players from Sydney
• 21st-century Australian sportsmen