Alexei Popyrin

 Alexei Popyrin (born 5 August 1999) is an Australian professional tennis player. He has a career-high http://ATP singles ranking of world No. 21 achieved on 9 June 2025. 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.^[2] He has won three singles titles on the ATP Tour, including a Masters 1000 title in Canada.

                 

Popyrin was born in Sydney to Russian immigrant parents Alex and Elena. He has a brother, Anthony, and two sisters, Sonia and Anna.^[4][5] His brother played collegiate tennis at Arizona Christian University.^[6][7]

He began playing tennis at the Kim Warwick Tennis Academy in Hornsby at the age of four^[8][9] and was in attendance for the historic 2008 Australian Open third round match between https://otieu.com/4/9463821 Hewitt and Marcos Baghdatis.^[10] 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 neighbor.^[11] Popyrin also spent time training in Nice, Marbella, and Dubai.^[12][13] He has trained at the Mouratoglou Tennis Academy since April 2017.^[14] His father, Alex Popyrin, co-founded the Ultimate Tennis Showdown with Patrick Mouratoglou.^[15]

Popyrin is multilingual in English, Russian, and Spanish. He is a supporter of Everton FC.^[16] 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), and^[17] 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 the ITF Junior Circuit in 2013 and, in 2017, reached the semi-finals at the 2017 Australian Open in the junior doubles tournament.^[18] 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.^[19]