Alexander Ward

Alexander Ward (born 30 April 1990) is a retired British tennis player.

Early life Ward was born on 30 April 1990 in Northampton, Northamptonshire, England. He was educated at Northampton School for Boys.

Tennis career Ward has a career high ATP singles ranking of 242 achieved on 6 June 2016. He also has a career high ATP doubles ranking of 379 achieved on 9 September 2013.

Ward made his ATP main draw debut at the 2013 MercedesCup after defeating Sandro Ehrat, Dustin Brown and Ivo Minář in the qualifying rounds. In the main draw he drew fifth seed Fabio Fognini, but lost 3–6, 6–7(5–7)

Having come through qualifying as the world No. 855, Ward competed at the 2017 Wimbledon Championships, where he lost to compatriot Kyle Edmund in four sets in the first round.

In September 2018, Ward announced his retirement from professional tennis.

ATP Challenger and ITF Futures finals

Singles: 27 (16–10) LegendATP Challenger Tour (0–1)ITF Futures Tour (16–9)Finals by surfaceHard (9–8)Clay (6–2)Grass (0–0)Carpet (1–0)

ResultW–LDateTournamentTierSurfaceOpponentScoreLoss0–1Spain F19, BalaguerFuturesClay David Diaz-Ventura1–6, 4–6Loss0–2Great Britain F15, NottinghamFuturesHard Richard Bloomfield7–6(8–6), 3–6, 4–6Loss0–3Sweden F5, DanderydFuturesHard (i) George Morgan6–4, 4–6, 4–6Win1–3Sweden F6, FalunFuturesHard (i) Carl Bergman2–6, 6–4, 6–1Win2–3Czech Republic F4, Rožnov pod RadhoštěmFuturesCarpet (i) Josh Goodall6–1, 1–0 ret.Win3–3Thailand F6, PhuketFuturesHard (i) Mikhail Fufygin6–3, 6–1Loss3–4Cambodia F2, Phnom PenhFuturesHard Artem Sitak4–6, 7–6(7–3), 6–7(4–7)Loss3–5Greece F3, HeraklionFuturesHard Martin Vaïsse4–6, 4–6Loss3–6Greece F6, HeraklionFuturesHard Tristan LamasineWalkoverWin4–6Greece F7, HeraklionFuturesHard Ricardo Rodríguez6–0, 6–3Win5–6Portugal F6, Caldas da RainhaFuturesClay Thales Turini6–3, 6–2Win6–6Belgium F2, BincheFuturesClay Frederico Ferreira Silva2–6, 6–3, 7–6(9–7)Win7–6Belgium F5, De HaanFuturesClay Yannick Vandenbulcke7–6(7–3), 6–1Win8–6Portugal F7, Castelo BrancoFuturesHard Calvin Hemery6–3, 3–6, 6–3Loss8–7Great Britain F2, SunderlandFuturesHard (i) Daniel Cox6–7(8–10), 3–6Loss8–8Spain F14, VicFuturesClay Maxime Chazal7–6(9–7), 6–7(4–7), 2–6Win9–8Spain F20, GetxoFuturesHard Pedro Martínez6–1, 6–1Win10–8Egypt F25, Sharm El SheikhFuturesHard Alessandro Bega2–6, 6–3, 6–4Loss10–9Egypt F26, Sharm El SheikhFuturesHard Marko Tepavac3–6, 2–6Win11–9Croatia F14, BolFuturesClay Miki Janković6–2, 6–3Win12–9Spain F34, MelillaFuturesHard Roberto Ortega Olmedo7–6(7–4), 5–7, 6–2Win13–9Turkey F10, AntalyaFuturesClay Demian Raab6–3, 6–3Win14–9Tunisia F12, HammametFuturesClay Pedro Sousa7–6(8–6), 6–0Loss14–9Columbus, United StatesChallengerHard (i) Ante Pavić7–6(13–11), 4–6, 3–6Win15–10USA F38, ColumbusFuturesHard (i) Luke Bambridge6–4, 6–4Win16–10USA F39, WacoFuturesHard (i) Danny Thomas6–1, 6–1

Doubles: 12 (4–8) LegendATP Challenger Tour (0–0)ITF Futures Tour (4–8)Finals by surfaceHard (2–2)Clay (2–6)Grass (0–0)

ResultW–LDateTournamentTierSurfacePartnerOpponentsScoreLoss0–1Belgium F2, KoksijdeFuturesClay Marcus Willis Rabie Chaki Frederic De Fays3–6, 2–6Loss0–2USA F1, PlantationFuturesClay Daniel Smethurst Roman Borvanov Denis Zivkovic4–6, 4–6Win1–2Germany F19, EssenFuturesHard (i) Romano Frantzen Kevin Deden Sascha Klör3–6, 6–3, [10–6]Loss1–3Thailand F5, PhuketFuturesHard (i) Antoine Escoffier Brydan Klein Dane Propoggia3–6, 2–6Loss1–4Thailand F6, PhuketFuturesHard (i) Antoine Escoffier Ryan Agar Sebastian Bader6–7(2–7), 6–2, [8–10]Win2–4Great Britain F8, SunderlandFuturesHard (i) Daniel Smethurst Lewis Burton Dan Evans7–5, 7–6(7–4)Loss2–5France F8, AjaccioFuturesClay Daniel Smethurst Niels Desein Yannick Mertens2–6, 2–6Win3–5Spain F15, MadridFuturesClay Oliver Golding Richard Becker Lorenzo Giustino6–3, 2–6, [10–5]Win4–5Egypt F24, Sharm El SheikhFuturesClay Dan Dowson Olexiy Kolisnyk Anatoliy Petrenko6–4, 6–3Loss4–6Egypt F26, Sharm El SheikhFuturesClay Dan Dowson Olexiy Kolisnyk Anatoliy Petrenko4–6, 6–2, [8–10]Loss4–7Tunisia F12, HammametFuturesClay Dan Dowson Oriol Roca Batalla David Vega Hernández4–6, 2–6Loss4–8Spain F9, MadridFuturesClay Álvaro López San Martín Hernán Casanova Federico Zeballos6–7(4–7), 1–6

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