Alibek Muratovich Kachmazov (; born 17 August 2002) is a Russian professional tennis player. He has a career-high ATP singles ranking of No. 161 achieved on 5 May 2025 and a best doubles ranking of No. 250 achieved on 8 May 2023.
Kachmazov plays mostly on ATP Challenger Tour, where he has won one doubles title at 2022 Nonthaburi Challenger, with Evgeny Donskoy.
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.
He entered the main draw at the 2023 Chengdu Open as a qualifier but lost in the first round to Christopher O'Connell.
Kachmazov 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.
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, Taro Daniel, and top-30 player Nicolás Jarry 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.
ATP Challenger Tour finals
Singles: 1 (runner-up) LegendATP Challenger Tour (0–1)
ResultW–LDateTournamentTierSurfaceOpponentScoreLoss0–1Gwangju Open, South KoreaChallengerHard Jason Kubler5–7, 7–6(9–7), 3–6
Doubles: 1 (title) LegendATP Challenger Tour (1–0)
ResultW–LDateTournamentTierSurfacePartnerOpponentsScoreWin1–0Nonthaburi Challenger, ThailandChallengerHard Evgeny Donskoy Nam Ji-sung Song Min-kyu6–3, 1–6, [10–7]
ITF World Tennis Tour finals
Singles: 14 (9 titles, 5 runner-ups) LegendITF WTT (9–5)Finals by surfaceHard (8–4)Clay (1–1)
ResultW–LDateTournamentTierSurfaceOpponentScoreLoss0–1M15 Heraklion, GreeceWTTHard Boris Pokotilov7–6(7–4), 2–6, 6–7(6–8)Win1–1M15 Saint Petersburg, RussiaWTTHard (i) Alexey Zakharov6–4, 5–7, 6–4Loss1–2M15 Kazan, RussiaWTTHard (i) Bogdan Bobrov5–7, 4–6Win2–2M25 Nur-Sultan, KazakhstanWTTHard (i) Bogdan Bobrov6–2, 4–6, 6–4Win3–2M15 Kazan, RussiaWTTHard (i) Martin Borisiouk6–2, 6–2Win4–2M15 Kazan, RussiaWTTHard (i) Marat Sharipov6–3, 6–3Win5–2M25 Nur-Sultan, KazakhstanWTTHard (i) Beibit Zhukayev6–3, 6–7(5–7), 7–6(7–4)Win6–2M15 Sharm El Sheikh, EgyptWTTHard Samuel Vincent Ruggeri6–2, 6–4Loss6–3M15 Shymkent, KazakhstanWTTClay Sean Cuenin3–6, 6–7(3–7)Loss6–4M25 Sharm El Sheikh, EgyptWTTHard Saba Purtseladze4–6, 5–7Win7–4M25 Tbilisi, GeorgiaWTTHard Egor Agafonov6–2, 6–1Win8–4M25 La Nucia, SpainWTTClay Carlos Sánchez Jover6–3, 6–1Loss8–5M25 Saint-Dizier, FranceWTTHard (i) Gauthier Onclin6–3, 6–7(3–7), 5–7Win9–5M25 Sharm El Sheikh, EgyptWTTHard Anton Arzhankin6–3, 6–4
Doubles: 5 (4 titles, 1 runner-up) LegendITF WTT (4–1)Finals by surfaceHard (3–1)Clay (1–0)
ResultW–LDateTournamentTierSurfacePartnerOpponentsScoreWin1–0M15 Monastir, TunisiaWTTHard Vladimir Ivanov Laurynas Grigelis Lukas Mugevičius6–4, 6–4Win2–0M25 Sharm El Sheikh, EgyptWTTHard Beibit Zhukayev Hsu Yu-hsiou Neil Oberleitner1–6, 7–6(7–1), [10–5]Win3–0M15 Shymkent, KazakhstanWTTClay Marat Sharipov Yan Bondarevskiy Aleksandre Bakshi6–3, 6–4Win4–0M25 Sharm El Sheikh, EgyptWTTHard Sergey Fomin Alexandr Cozbinov August Holmgren6–2, 6–3Loss4–1M25 Tbilisi, GeorgiaWTTHard Egor Agafonov Aliaksandr Liaonenka Alexander Zgirovsky0–6, 6–3, [5–10]
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