Alibek Kachmazov

Alibek Kachmazov
Алибек Качмазов
	Alibek Kachmazov at the 2023 Bengaluru Open
Full name	Alibek Muratovich Kachmazov
Country (sports)	Russia
Born	17 August 2002 (age 22); Vladikavkaz, Russia
Height	1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)
Plays	Right-handed
Prize money	US $249,098
Singles
Career record	4–5
Career titles	0
Highest ranking	No. 179 (23 September 2024)
Current ranking	No. 199 (21 October 2024)
Doubles
Career record	0–1
Career titles	0
Highest ranking	No. 250 (8 May 2023)
	Last updated on: 26 October 2024.

Alibek Muratovich Kachmazov (Russian: Алибек Муратович Качмазов, IPA: [ɐlʲɪˈbʲek kɐˈt͡ɕmazəf]; born 17 August 2002) is a Russian tennis player. He has a career high ATP singles ranking of world No. 179 achieved on 23 September 2024. He also has a career high ATP doubles ranking of No. 250 achieved on 8 May 2023.^[1]

Career

2019-2023: ATP debut and first win

Kachmazov made his ATP main draw debut at the 2019 Kremlin Cup after receiving a wildcard for the singles main draw.^[2]

He entered the main draw at the 2023 Chengdu Open as a qualifier but lost in the first round to Christopher O'Connell.

He entered the qualifying draw at the 2023 Astana Open as an alternate and won in the first round against third seed Fabian Marozsan and seventh seed Damir Dzumhur to qualify for his third main draw. He won his first ATP Tour level match against Corentin Moutet.^[3]

2024: First ATP semifinal, top 200 debut

Ranked No. 252, he again entered the main draw at the 2024 Chengdu Open as a qualifier and recorded his second and third ATP wins over two top 100 players Aleksandar Kovacevic,^[4] Taro Daniel,^[5]^[6] and top-30 player Nicolás Jarry^[7] to reach his first ATP semifinal, becoming the lowest-ranked semifinalist in tournament history. As a result he reached a new career-high ranking in the top 180 on 23 September 2024, raising more than 70 positions up.^[8]^[9]

ATP Challenger Tour finals

Doubles: 1 (1 title)

Legend
ATP Challenger Tour (1–0)

Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Tier	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Win	1–0	Aug 2022	Nonthaburi, Thailand	Challenger	Hard	Evgeny Donskoy	Nam Ji-sung Song Min-kyu	6–3, 1–6, [10–7]

ITF World Tennis Tour finals

Singles: 13 (8 titles, 5 runner-ups)

Legend
ITF WTT (8–5)

Finals by surface
Hard (7–4)
Clay (1–1)
Grass (0–0)
Carpet (0–0)

Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Tier	Surface	Opponent	Score
Loss	0–1	Dec 2019	M15 Heraklion, Greece	WTT	Hard	Boris Pokotilov	7–6^(7–4), 2–6, 6–7^(6–8)
Win	1–1	Feb 2021	M15 Saint Petersburg, Russia	WTT	Hard (i)	Alexey Zakharov	6–4, 5–7, 6–4
Loss	1–2	Oct 2021	M15 Kazan, Russia	WTT	Hard (i)	Bogdan Bobrov	5–7, 4–6
Win	2–2	Oct 2021	M25 Nur-Sultan, Kazakhstan	WTT	Hard (i)	Bogdan Bobrov	6–2, 4–6, 6–4
Win	3–2	Nov 2021	M15 Kazan, Russia	WTT	Hard (i)	Martin Borisiouk	6–2, 6–2
Win	4–2	Jan 2022	M15 Kazan, Russia	WTT	Hard (i)	Marat Sharipov	6–3, 6–3
Win	5–2	Mar 2022	M25 Nur-Sultan, Kazakhstan	WTT	Hard (i)	Beibit Zhukayev	6–3, 6–7^(5–7), 7–6^(7–4)
Win	6–2	Apr 2022	M15 Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt	WTT	Hard	Samuel Vincent Ruggeri	6–2, 6–4
Loss	6–3	May 2022	M15 Shymkent, Kazakhstan	WTT	Clay	Sean Cuenin	3–6, 6–7^(3–7)
Loss	6–4	Apr 2023	M25 Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt	WTT	Hard	Saba Purtseladze	4–6, 5–7
Win	7–4	Apr 2023	M25 Tbilisi, Georgia	WTT	Hard	Egor Agafonov	6–2, 6–1
Win	8–4	Jun 2023	M25 La Nucia, Spain	WTT	Clay	Carlos Sánchez Jover	6–3, 6–1
Loss	8–5	Mar 2024	M25 Saint-Dizier, France	WTT	Hard (i)	Gauthier Onclin	6–3, 6–7^(3–7), 5–7

Doubles: 4 (4 titles)

Legend
ITF WTT (4–0)

Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Tier	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Win	1–0	Oct 2020	M15 Monastir, Tunisia	WTT	Hard	Vladimir Ivanov	Laurynas Grigelis Lukas Mugevičius	6–4, 6–4
Win	2–0	Feb 2022	M25 Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt	WTT	Hard	Beibit Zhukayev	Hsu Yu-hsiou Neil Oberleitner	1–6, 7–6^(7–1), [10–5]
Win	3–0	Apr 2022	M15 Shymkent, Kazakhstan	WTT	Clay	Marat Sharipov	Yan Bondarevskiy Aleksandre Bakshi	6–3, 6–4
Win	4–0	Apr 2023	M25 Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt	WTT	Hard	Sergey Fomin	Alexandr Cozbinov August Holmgren	6–2, 6–3