Alexander Merino
Merino at the 2022 Internationaux de Tennis de Blois | |
| Country (sports) | Peru |
|---|---|
| Residence | Lima, Peru |
| Born | 31 August 1992 Melbourne, Australia |
| Height | 1.84 m (6 ft 0 in) |
| Plays | Left-handed (two-handed backhand) |
| Prize money | $83,406 |
| Singles | |
| Career record | 0–1 (at ATP Tour level, Grand Slam level, and in Davis Cup) |
| Highest ranking | No. 1177 (15 May 2017) |
| Doubles | |
| Career record | 0–0 (at ATP Tour level, Grand Slam level, and in Davis Cup) |
| Career titles | 5 Challengers, 16 ITF |
| Highest ranking | No. 145 (14 April 2025) |
| Current ranking | No. 145 (14 April 2025) |
| Last updated on: 16 April 2025. | |
Alexander Merino (born 31 August 1992) is a Peruvian tennis player who specializes in doubles. He has a career high ATP doubles ranking of No. 145 achieved on 14 April 2025.
Merino represents Peru in the Davis Cup.[1] He was first nominated to the team for the 2017 Davis Cup and played a match against Ecuador.
Career
He won his maiden ATP Challenger doubles title at the 2024 Dobrich Challenger with Christoph Negritu. [2]
ATP Challenger and ITF Tour finals
Doubles: 45 (19–26)
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| Result | W–L | Date | Tournament | Tier | Surface | Partner | Opponents | Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Loss | 0–1 | Aug 2013 | İzmir, Turkey F33 | Futures | Hard | Melik Feler | Daniiar Duldaev Mark Fynn |
6–4, 4–6, [6–10] |
| Win | 1–1 | Jun 2014 | Istanbul, Turkey F22 | Futures | Hard | Markos Kalovelonis | Damian Farinola Darren Polkinghorne |
3–6, 6–1, [10–8] |
| Win | 2–1 | Aug 2015 | El Kantaoui, Tunisia F19 | Futures | Hard | Milen Ianakiev | Dimitar Kuzmanov David Pérez Sanz |
7–5, 1–6, [10–5] |
| Loss | 2–2 | Dec 2015 | Trujillo, Peru F6 | Futures | Clay | Jaume Pla Malfeito | Duilio Beretta Andrea Collarini |
4–6, 3–6 |
| Loss | 2–3 | Aug 2016 | Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt F20 | Futures | Hard | Imran Aswat | Nathan Eshmade Bradley Mousley |
1–6, 0–6 |
| Loss | 2–4 | Oct 2016 | Cairo, Egypt F26 | Futures | Clay | Christoph Negritu | Gaston Arturo Grimolizzi Mateo Nicolás Martínez |
6–7(5–7), 6–7(1–7) |
| Loss | 2–5 | Nov 2016 | Stellenbosch, South Africa F3 | Futures | Hard | Christoph Negritu | Gábor Borsos Luca Margaroli |
6–7(6–8), 7–5, [5–10] |
| Loss | 2–6 | May 2017 | Acre, Israel F5 | Futures | Hard | Michael Zhu | Raphael Baltensperger Liam Caruana |
6–7(3–7), 1–6 |
| Loss | 2–7 | Jul 2017 | Valledupar, Colombia F1 | Futures | Hard | Nicolás Alberto Arreche | Juan Sebastián Gómez Luis Patiño |
2–6, 6–7(4–7) |
| Win | 3–7 | Mar 2018 | Hammamet, Tunisia F10 | Futures | Clay | Christoph Negritu | Hernán Casanova Eduardo Agustín Torre |
6–3, 3–6, [10–5] |
| Loss | 3–8 | May 2018 | Córdoba, Mexico F3 | Futures | Hard | Edward Bourchier | Hunter Johnson Yates Johnson |
3–6, 3–6 |
| Win | 4–8 | Aug 2018 | Brussels, Belgium F6 | Futures | Clay | Christoph Negritu | Joffrey de Schepper Alexis Klégou |
7–6(7–2), 6–4 |
| Loss | 4–9 | Aug 2018 | Trier, Germany F11 | Futures | Clay | Christoph Negritu | Benjamin Hassan Constantin Schmitz |
6–7(3–7), 6–4, [10–12] |
| Win | 5–9 | Aug 2018 | Überlingen, Germany F13 | Futures | Clay | Christoph Negritu | Johannes Härteis Peter Heller |
6–3, 6–4 |
| Win | 6–9 | Sep 2018 | Monastir, Tunisia F30 | Futures | Hard | Christoph Negritu | Jorge Blanco Guadalupe Joy Vigani |
6–3, 6–1 |
| Loss | 6–10 | Sep 2018 | Monastir, Tunisia F32 | Futures | Hard | Christoph Negritu | Anis Ghorbel Vasko Mladenov |
3–6, 3–6 |
| Win | 7–10 | Nov 2018 | Corrientes, Argentina F7 | Futures | Clay | Manuel Peña López | Mariano Kestelboim Agustín Velotti |
4–6, 6–4, [10–7] |
| Loss | 7–11 | Nov 2018 | Río Cuarto, Argentina F9 | Futures | Clay | Conner Huertas del Pino | Gabriel Alejandro Hidalgo Federico Moreno |
6–3, 3–6, [10–12] |
| Loss | 7–12 | Mar 2019 | M15 Monastir, Tunisia | World Tennis Tour | Hard | Christoph Negritu | Alexis Klégou David Pichler |
4–6, 3–6 |
| Win | 8–12 | Mar 2019 | M15 Tabarka, Tunisia | World Tennis Tour | Clay | Christoph Negritu | Geoffrey Blancaneaux Clément Tabur |
6–2, 6–2 |
| Win | 9–12 | May 2019 | M25 Santa Margherita Di Pula, Italy | World Tennis Tour | Clay | Manuel Peña López | Tuna Altuna Vijay Sundar Prashanth |
3–6, 6–4, [10–0] |
| Loss | 9–13 | Jun 2019 | M25+H Bacău, Romania | World Tennis Tour | Clay | Manuel Peña López | Alejandro Tabilo Juan Pablo Varillas |
6–7(5–7), 6–7(4–7) |
| Loss | 9–14 | Jun 2019 | M25 Karlsruhe, Germany | World Tennis Tour | Clay | Manuel Peña López | Boris Arias Korey Lovett |
3–6, 6–7(4–7) |
| Win | 10–14 | Jun 2019 | M15 Tabarka, Tunisia | World Tennis Tour | Clay | Manuel Peña López | Nicolás Alberto Arreche Franco Feitt |
7–5, 7–6(7–4) |
| Loss | 10–15 | Jul 2019 | M15 Tabarka, Tunisia | World Tennis Tour | Clay | Manuel Peña López | David Pichler Alexander Weis |
5–7, 5–7 |
| Loss | 10–16 | Feb 2020 | M25 Weston, United States | World Tennis Tour | Clay | Manuel Peña López | Boris Arias Daniel Dutra da Silva |
4–6, 6–7(2–7) |
| Loss | 10–17 | Feb 2020 | M25 Punta del Este, Uruguay | World Tennis Tour | Clay | Manuel Peña López | Franco Agamenone Daniel Dutra da Silva |
0–6, 1–6 |
| Loss | 10–18 | Mar 2020 | M25 Cordoba, Argentina | World Tennis Tour | Clay | Manuel Peña López | Tomas Martin Etcheverry Mariano Kestelboim |
3–6, 6–1, [2–10] |
| Loss | 10–19 | Jul 2021 | Todi, Italy | Challenger | Clay | Facundo Díaz Acosta | Francesco Forti Giulio Zeppieri |
3–6, 2–6 |
| Loss | 10–20 | Mar 2023 | M25 Monastir, Tunisia | World Tennis Tour | Hard | Jakub Paul | Luca Potenza Samuel Vincent Ruggeri |
3–6, 3–6 |
| Loss | 10–21 | May 2023 | M15 Warmbad Villach, Austria | World Tennis Tour | Clay | Christoph Negritu | Sandro Kopp Kai Lemstra |
3–6, 4–6 |
| Win | 11–21 | Jun 2023 | M15 Monastir, Tunisia | World Tennis Tour | Hard | Christoph Negritu | Arthur Bouquier Raphael Lambling |
7–5, 6–1 |
| Loss | 11–22 | Jun 2023 | M15 Monastir, Tunisia | World Tennis Tour | Hard | Christoph Negritu | Gilbert Klier Junior Christian Oliveira |
5–7, 4–6 |
| Win | 12–22 | Sep 2023 | M15 Allershausen, Germany | World Tennis Tour | Clay | Christoph Negritu | Florian Broska Gregor Ramskogler |
6–3, 3–6, [10–3] |
| Loss | 12–23 | Nov 2023 | M15 Monastir, Tunisia | World Tennis Tour | Hard | Christoph Negritu | Egor Agafonov Bogdan Bobrov |
3–6, 6–3, [3–10] |
| Loss | 12–24 | Nov 2023 | M15 Monastir, Tunisia | World Tennis Tour | Hard | Christoph Negritu | Jakub Paul Jakob Schnaitter |
6–7(5–7), 5–7 |
| Win | 13–24 | Nov 2023 | M15 Monastir, Tunisia | World Tennis Tour | Hard | Christoph Negritu | Miloš Karol Adrian Oetzbach |
6–3, 6–1 |
| Loss | 13–25 | Feb 2024 | M15 Sunrise, United States | World Tennis Tour | Clay | Harrison Adams | Andrés Andrade Alex Rybakov |
3–6, 3–6 |
| Win | 14–25 | Feb 2024 | M15 Monastir, Tunisia | World Tennis Tour | Hard | Christoph Negritu | Miloš Karol Jakub Paul |
6–3, 6–3 |
| Win | 15–25 | Feb 2024 | M15 Monastir, Tunisia | World Tennis Tour | Hard | Christoph Negritu | Miloš Karol Fred Simonsson |
7–6(7–3), 6–3 |
| Win | 16–25 | Mar 2024 | M15 Monastir, Tunisia | World Tennis Tour | Hard | Christoph Negritu | Igor Kudriashov Aleksandr Lobanov |
7–6(7–4), 4–6, [10–4] |
| Loss | 16–26 | May 2024 | M25 Carnac, France | World Tennis Tour | Clay | Christoph Negritu | Federico Agustin Gomez Adolfo Daniel Vallejo |
3–6, 5–7 |
| Win | 17–26 | Aug 2024 | Dobrich I, Bulgaria | Challenger | Clay | Christoph Negritu | Victor Vlad Cornea Ergi Kirkin |
6–4, 6–2 |
| Win | 18–26 | Sep 2024 | Sibiu, Romania | Challenger | Clay | Christoph Negritu | Liam Draxl Cleeve Harper |
6–2, 7–6(7–2) |
| Win | 19–26 | Oct 2024 | Valencia, Spain | Challenger | Clay | Christoph Negritu | Karol Drzewiecki Piotr Matuszewski |
6–3, 6–4 |
References
External links
- Alexander Merino at the Association of Tennis Professionals
- Alexander Merino at the International Tennis Federation
- Alexander Merino at the Davis Cup