
“Tonight I'm gonna get some sleep and then tomorrow I'm gonna think about whoever I play. Listen, it's not supposed to get easier from here.”
— Aleksandar Vukic, 15 Jan 2025
» Vukic breaks new ground, into Australian Open third round
On court
- Played college tennis for University of Illinois; graduated with a finance degree
- Won first professional title at the ITF Futures event in Champaign, USA in July 2017
- Qualified for the Sydney International in 2018, marking the first time he played an ATP main draw
- Made the final round of Australian Open 2020 qualifying, then his best Grand Slam result
- Defeated world No.56 Feliciano Lopez to make first ATP Challenger final in Monterrey in March 2020
- Broke into the world’s top 200 in March 2020
- Made his Grand Slam main draw debut at Roland Garros in 2020 after defeating three higher-ranked opponents in qualifying
- Made first ATP tour-level quarterfinal at Adelaide International in January 2022; reached a second in Sofia in September that year
- Scored first Grand Slam main draw win at Australian Open 2022
- In February 2022, won first Challenger title in Bengaluru, India, the biggest title of his career to date and first pro title in almost five years
- Won three round of qualifying to reach the main draw at Australian Open 2023
- Made top-100 debut in May 2023
- Reached his first ATP singles final at Atlanta in July 2023
- Broke into the world’s top 50 in August 2023
Off court
- Parents are Ljiljana and Rad; introduced to tennis at age five because his older brother, Vladimir, also played
- Follows soccer and basketball in his spare time.
Year-end singles ranking history
2023 | 62 |
2022 | 140 |
2021 | 156 |
2020 | 194 |
2019 | 271 |
2018 | 458 |
2017 | 481 |
2016 | 787 |
2015 | 717 |
2014 | 1321 |
Aleksandar Vukic in the news
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Popyrin progresses to round two in Paris

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Alexei Popyrin has won his first match at Roland Garros in six years, outplaying Japan’s Yoshihito Nishioka for two sets before the Japanese player was forced to retire.
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Popyrin embarks on Roland Garros 2025 voyage

26 May, 2025
Australian No.2 Alexei Popyrin headlines a bumper Day 2 at Roland Garros 2025, where nine Australians will take to the court.
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