Alexandros Jakupovic Explained

Alexandros Jakupović
Birth Date:1981 12, df=y
Birth Place:Paris, France
Plays:Right-handed
Careerprizemoney:$116,707
Singlesrecord:5–13
Singlestitles:0
0 Challengers, 3 Futures
Highestsinglesranking:No. 464 (9 March 2009)
Doublesrecord:3–9
Doublestitles:0
0 Challengers, 32 Futures
Highestdoublesranking:No. 267 (17 November 2008)

Alexandros Jakupović (Greek, Modern (1453-);: Αλέξανδρος Γιακούποβιτς|Aléxandros Giakoupovits, in Greek, Modern (1453-); pronounced as /ʝakuːpovit͡s/,[1], pronounced as /jakǔːpoʋitɕ/; born December 14, 1981) is a Greek former tennis player who was banned for life in November 2015 by the Tennis Integrity Unit.

He is the son of a Bosniak father and a Greek mother.

Career

His career high ATP singles rank is 464, which he achieved on March 9, 2009. As of November 4, 2013, on the futures level in singles, he has 37 quarter-final losses, 21 semi-final losses, 8 runners-up and 3 titles. As for doubles on the futures level, he has been far more successful. He has 31 semifinal exits, 31 runners-up and 23 titles. On the challenger level in doubles, he has 2 semi-finals, in July 2008 in Rimini, Italy, with Spaniard, Adrián Menéndez-Maceiras and in April 2009 in Athens, Greece with fellow Greek Konstantinos Economidis. He has 2 challenger doubles finals in April 2008 in Athens, Greece with his compatriot, Konstantinos Economidis and in May 2012 in Athens, Greece with Spaniard Gerard Granollers-Pujol. His doubles highest career rank was 267, which he achieved on November 17, 2008. As of November 4, 2013, he was ranked 480 in singles and 533 in doubles.He also played an important role in the Greece Davis Cup team.

He was banned from the sport for life on November 12, 2015 after having been found guilty of five corruption charges.[2] [3]

Notes and References

  1. 19 April 2008 . Status Athens Open Economidis/Jakupovic Semi final win . . el . https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211215/TdrK9V6iqzQ . 2021-12-15 . live. 16 May 2016 . 01m25s . . tennisnews.gr.
  2. Web site: Tennis player Alexandros Jakupovic banned for life for breaches of the Tennis Anti-Corruption Program . 26 April 2016.
  3. Web site: Alexandros Jakupovic gets lifetime ban for corruption . 18 December 2015 . 26 April 2016.