Alexander Cozbinov
Alexander Cozbinov (born 28 April 1995) is a Moldovan tennis player.
| Country (sports) |  Moldova |
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| Residence | Las Vegas, United States |
| Born | 28 April 1995 Chișinău, Moldova |
| Height | 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in) |
| Plays | Right-handed (two-handed backhand) |
| College | UNLV |
| Prize money | $64,653 |
| Singles | |
| Career record | 0–3 (at ATP Tour level, Grand Slam level, and in Davis Cup) |
| Career titles | 0 0 Challenger, 1 Futures |
| Highest ranking | No. 635 (22 November 2021) |
| Current ranking | No. 667 (25 April 2022) |
| Doubles | |
| Career record | 1–2 (in ATP Tour level, Grand Slam level, and in Davis Cup) |
| Career titles | 0 1 Challenger, 10 Futures |
| Highest ranking | No. 255 (21 March 2022) |
| Current ranking | No. 263 (25 April 2022) |
| Team competitions | |
| Davis Cup | 7–1 |
| Last updated on: 25 April 2022. | |
Cozbinov has a career high ATP singles ranking of 635 achieved on 22 November 2021. He also has a career high ATP doubles ranking of 255 achieved on 21 March 2022.
Cozbinov represents Moldova at the Davis Cup, where he has a W/L record of 1–1.
Cozbinov plays college tennis at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas between 2015–2018.[1] He won the Mountain West Conference Tennis Player of the Year in 2018.[2]
In January 2020, he participated at the ATP Cup as a member of the Moldovan team.[3] Before his match against Belgian Steve Darcis the organisers played the wrong national anthem, they played the Romanian anthem instead of the Moldovan one.[4]
Future and Challenger finals
Singles: 1 (1–0)
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| Result | W–L | Date | Tournament | Tier | Surface | Opponent | Score |
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| Win | 1–0 | Jul 2019 |  M15 Pittsburgh, United States |
World Tennis Tour | Clay |  Simon Freund |
2–6, 6–2, 6–1 |
Doubles 15 (11 titles, 4 runners-up)
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| Result | W–L | Date | Tournament | Tier | Surface | Partner | Opponents | Score |
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| Loss | 0–1 | Jun 2018 | United States F17, Tulsa |
Futures | Hard | Trevor Allen Johnson |
Alexandru Gozun Emil Reinberg |
6–7(6–8), 3–6 |
| Win | 1–1 | Sep 2018 | United States F26, Fountain Valley |
Futures | Hard |  Maxime Cressy |
Alec Adamson Conor Berg |
6–2, 6–2 |
| Win | 2–1 | Jan 2019 | United States M25, Los Angeles |
World Tennis Tour | Hard | Maxime Cressy |
 Emilio Gómez Luis Patiño |
6–4, 6–2 |
| Win | 3–1 | May 2019 | Mexico M15, Cancún |
World Tennis Tour | Hard | Austin Rapp |
 David Fox Isaac Stoute |
6–2, 4–6, [10–1] |
| Win | 4–1 | Jun 2019 | United States M25, Wichita |
World Tennis Tour | Hard | Brandon Holt |
Jacob Dunbar David Fox |
7–6(7–5), 6–3 |
| Loss | 4–2 | Jul 2019 | United States M15, Norman |
World Tennis Tour | Hard |  Ricardo Rodríguez |
David Fox Mark Whitehouse |
4–6, 6–3, [7–10] |
| Loss | 4–3 | Aug 2019 | United States M25, Memphis |
World Tennis Tour | Hard | Harrison Adams |
Ian Dempster Korey Lovett |
2–6, 1–6 |
| Loss | 4–4 | Feb 2021 |  Russia M15, St. Petersburg |
World Tennis Tour | Hard (i) |  Marat Deviatiarov |
 Andrew Paulson Patrik Rikl |
6–4, 4–6, [8–10] |
| Win | 5–4 | Apr 2021 | Russia M15, St. Petersburg |
World Tennis Tour | Hard (i) | Simon Freund |
 Naoki Tajima Alexey Zakharov |
6–4, 7–5 |
| Win | 6–4 | Apr 2021 | Russia M15, St. Petersburg |
World Tennis Tour | Hard (i) | Simon Freund |
Naoki Tajima Alexey Zakharov |
7–6(7–5), 2–6, [10–6] |
| Win | 7–4 | May 2021 |  Israel M15, Jerusalem |
World Tennis Tour | Hard | Marat Deviatiarov |
Julian Cash Felix Corwin |
w/o |
| Win | 8–4 | May 2021 |  Finland M15, Kouvola |
World Tennis Tour | Hard |  Francesco Vilardo |
 Luca Castelnuovo Yannik Steinegger |
6–2, 6–3 |
| Win | 9–4 | Jun 2021 |  North Macedonia M15, Skopje |
World Tennis Tour | Clay |  Gijs Brouwer |
 Aziz Ouakaa Jean Thirouin |
6–1, 6–2 |
| Win | 10–4 | Jul 2021 |  Portugal M15, Idanha-a-Nova |
World Tennis Tour | Hard |  Simon Carr |
 Gilbert Klier Júnior Joao Lucas Reis Da Silva |
6–3, 2–6, [10–5] |
| Win | 11–4 | Sep 2021 | Istanbul, Turkey | Challenger | Hard | Radu Albot |
 Antonio Šančić Artem Sitak |
4–6, 7–5, [11–9] |
National participation
Davis Cup (7–1)
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indicates the outcome of the Davis Cup match followed by the score, date, place of event, the zonal classification and its phase, and the court surface.
| Rubber outcome | No. | Rubber | Match type (partner if any) | Opponent nation | Opponent player(s) | Score |
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| 3–0; 2 March 2016; Tere Tennis Centre Tallinn, Estonia; Europe Zone Group III Round Robin; Hard (indoor) surface | ||||||
| Victory | 1 | I | Singles |  San Marino |
Pietro Grassi | 6–0, 6–0 |
| 0–2; 5 March 2016; Tere Tennis Center, Tallinn, Estonia; Europe Zone Group III Promotional Play off; Hard (indoor) surface | ||||||
| Defeat | 2 | I | Singles |  Estonia |
Kenneth Raisma | 2–6, 4–6 |
| 3–0; 22 June 2021; Tennis Club Jug-Skopje, Skopje, North Macedonia; Europe Zone Group IV Round Robin; Clay surface | ||||||
| Victory | 3 | II | Singles |  Andorra |
Èric Cervós Noguer | 6–0, 6–0 |
| Victory | 4 | III | Doubles (with Ilya Snitari) (dead rubber) | Èric Cervós Noguer / Damien Gelabert | 6–1, 6–1 | |
| 3–0; 24 June 2021; Tennis Club Jug-Skopje, Skopje, North Macedonia; Europe Zone Group IV Round Robin; Clay surface | ||||||
| Victory | 5 | II | Singles |  Kosovo |
Fresk Sylhasi | 6–0, 6–1 |
| Victory | 6 | III | Doubles (with Maxim Cazac) (dead rubber) | Granit Bajraliu / Fresk Sylhasi | 6–0, 6–3 | |
| 3–0; 25 June 2021; Tennis Club Jug-Skopje, Skopje, North Macedonia; Europe Zone Group IV Round Robin; Clay surface | ||||||
| Victory | 7 | II | Singles | San Marino |
Marco De Rossi | 6–3, 3–6, 6–3 |
| Victory | 8 | III | Doubles (with Ilya Snitari) (dead rubber) | Marco De Rossi / Stefano Galvani | 4–6, 6–3, 6–3 | |
ATP Cup (1–5)
| Matches by surface |
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| Hard (1–5) |
| Clay (0–0) |
| Grass (0–0) |
| Matches by type |
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| Singles (0–3) |
| Doubles (1–2) |
| Rubber outcome | No. | Rubber | Match type (partner if any) | Opponent nation | Opponent player(s) | Score |
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| 1–8; 3–7 January 2020; Ken Rosewall Arena, Sydney, Australia; Group stage; Hard surface | ||||||
| Defeat | 1 | I | Singles | .svg.png.webp){kind=small} Belgium |
Steve Darcis | 4–6, 7–6(7–4), 5–7 |
| Defeat | 2 | III | Doubles (with Radu Albot) | Sander Gillé / Joran Vliegen | 7–6(7–5), 6–7(4–7), [9–11] | |
| Defeat | 3 | I | Singles |  Bulgaria |
Dimitar Kuzmanov | 1–6, 5–7 |
| Victory | 4 | III | Doubles (with Radu Albot) | Grigor Dimitrov / Alexandar Lazarov | 6–4, 7–6(7–4) | |
| Defeat | 5 | I | Singles | Great Britain |
Cameron Norrie | 2–6, 2–6 |
| Defeat | 6 | III | Doubles (with Radu Albot) | Jamie Murray / Joe Salisbury | 2–6, 3–6 | |
References
- "Alexandr Cozbinov Bio - University of Nevada Las Vegas Official Athletic Site". unlvrebels.com. Retrieved 6 June 2019.
- "UNLV's Alexandr Cozbinov Selected as Men's Tennis Player of The Year; All-Conference Singles and Doubles Announced". themw.com. 25 April 2018. Retrieved 6 June 2019.
- "World No.818 gets his chance at ATP Cup". The Sydney Morning Herald. 2 January 2020. Retrieved 3 January 2020.
- "Moldova anthem gaffe mars ATP Cup in Australia". Business Standard. 3 January 2020. Retrieved 3 January 2020.
External links
- Alexander Cozbinov at the Association of Tennis Professionals
- Alexander Cozbinov at the International Tennis Federation
- Alexander Cozbinov at the Davis Cup
Association of Tennis Professionals: Top Moldovan male singles tennis players | |
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as of 29 November 2021 | |
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