Alexandr Cozbinov Explained
| Alexandr Cozbinov |
| Residence: | Las Vegas, Nevada, U.S. |
| Birth Date: | 1995 4, df=yes |
| Birth Place: | Chișinău, Moldova |
| Plays: | Right-handed (two-handed backhand) |
| Careerprizemoney: | $101,904 |
| College: | UNLV |
| Singlesrecord: | 0–3 (at ATP Tour level, Grand Slam level, and in Davis Cup) |
| Singlestitles: | 0
0 Challenger, 3 Futures |
| Highestsinglesranking: | No. 420 (21 August 2023) |
| Currentsinglesranking: | No. 574 (6 May 2024) |
| Doublesrecord: | 1–2 (in ATP Tour level, Grand Slam level, and in Davis Cup) |
| Doublestitles: | 0
1 Challenger, 12 Futures |
| Highestdoublesranking: | No. 237 (8 August 2022) |
| Currentdoublesranking: | No. 979 (6 May 2024) |
| Team: | yes |
| Daviscupresult: | 15–6 |
| Updated: | 6 May 2024 |
Alexandr Cozbinov (born 28 April 1995) is a Moldovan tennis player.
Cozbinov has a career high ATP singles ranking of 420 achieved on 21 August 2023. He also has a career high ATP doubles ranking of 237 achieved on 8 August 2022.
Cozbinov represents Moldova at the Davis Cup, where he has a W/L record of 15–6.
Cozbinov played college tennis at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas between 2015 and 2018.[1] He won the Mountain West Conference Tennis Player of the Year in 2018.[2]
In January 2020, he participated at the ATP Cup as a member of the Moldovan team.[3] Before his match against Belgian Steve Darcis the organisers played the wrong national anthem, they played the Romanian anthem instead of the Moldovan one.[4]
Future and Challenger finals
Singles: 4 (3–1)
| Legend (singles) |
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| ATP Challenger Tour (0–0) | | ITF World Tennis Tour (3–1) | |
| | Titles by surface |
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| Hard (2–1) | | Clay (1–0) | | Grass (0–0) | | Carpet (0–0) | |
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| Result | W–L | Date | Tournament | Tier | Surface | Opponent | Score |
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| Win | 1–0 | |  M15 Pittsburgh, United States | World Tennis Tour | Clay |  Simon Freund | 2–6, 6–2, 6–1 |
| Win | 2–0 | |  M15 Cancún, Mexico | World Tennis Tour | Hard | Tristan McCormick | 6–3, 6–1 |
| Loss | 2–1 | | M15 Cancún, Mexico | World Tennis Tour | Hard |  Bernard Tomic | 6–7(5–7), 3–6 |
| Win | 3–1 | |  M15 Monastir, Tunisia | World Tennis Tour | Hard |  Adrien Gobat | 6–1, 6–4 | |
Doubles 19 (13 titles, 6 runners-up)
| Legend (doubles) |
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| ATP Challenger Tour (1–0) | | ITF Futures Tour (12–6) | |
| | Titles by surface |
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| Hard (11–6) | | Clay (2–0) | | Grass (0–0) | | Carpet (0–0) | |
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| Result | W–L | Date | Tournament | Tier | Surface | Partner | Opponents | Score |
|---|
| Loss | 0–1 | | United States F17, Tulsa | Futures | Hard | Trevor Allen Johnson |  Alexandru Gozun
Emil Reinberg | 6–7(6–8), 3–6 |
| Win | 1–1 | | United States F26, Fountain Valley | Futures | Hard | Maxime Cressy | Alec Adamson
Conor Berg | 6–2, 6–2 |
| Win | 2–1 | | United States M25, Los Angeles | World Tennis Tour | Hard | Maxime Cressy |  Emilio Gómez
Luis Patiño | 6–4, 6–2 |
| Win | 3–1 | | Mexico M15, Cancún | World Tennis Tour | Hard | Austin Rapp |  David Fox
Isaac Stoute | 6–2, 4–6, [10–1] |
| Win | 4–1 | | United States M25, Wichita | World Tennis Tour | Hard | Brandon Holt | Jacob Dunbar
David Fox | 7–6(7–5), 6–3 |
| Loss | 4–2 | | United States M15, Norman | World Tennis Tour | Hard |  Ricardo Rodríguez | David Fox
Mark Whitehouse | 4–6, 6–3, [7–10] |
| Loss | 4–3 | | United States M25, Memphis | World Tennis Tour | Hard | Harrison Adams | Ian Dempster
Korey Lovett | 2–6, 1–6 |
| Loss | 4–4 | |  Russia M15, St. Petersburg | World Tennis Tour | Hard (i) |  Marat Deviatiarov |  Andrew Paulson
Patrik Rikl | 6–4, 4–6, [8–10] |
| Win | 5–4 | | Russia M15, St. Petersburg | World Tennis Tour | Hard (i) | Simon Freund |  Naoki Tajima
Alexey Zakharov | 6–4, 7–5 |
| Win | 6–4 | | Russia M15, St. Petersburg | World Tennis Tour | Hard (i) | Simon Freund | Naoki Tajima
Alexey Zakharov | 7–6(7–5), 2–6, [10–6] |
| Win | 7–4 | |  Israel M15, Jerusalem | World Tennis Tour | Hard | Marat Deviatiarov | Julian Cash
Felix Corwin | |
| Win | 8–4 | |  Finland M15, Kouvola | World Tennis Tour | Hard |  Francesco Vilardo | Luca Castelnuovo
Yannik Steinegger | 6–2, 6–3 |
| Win | 9–4 | |  North Macedonia M15, Skopje | World Tennis Tour | Clay | Gijs Brouwer | Aziz Ouakaa
Jean Thirouin | 6–1, 6–2 |
| Win | 10–4 | | Portugal M15, Idanha-a-Nova | World Tennis Tour | Hard |  Simon Carr |  Gilbert Klier Júnior
João Lucas Reis da Silva | 6–3, 2–6, [10–5] |
| Win | 11–4 | | Istanbul, Turkey | Challenger | Hard | Radu Albot | Antonio Šančić
 Artem Sitak | 4–6, 7–5, [11–9] |
| Win | 12–4 | | United States M15, Sunrise | World Tennis Tour | Clay | Ruan Roelofse | Alec Deckers
 Alex Knaff | 6–4, 6–4 |
| Win | 13–4 | | United States M15, Rancho Santa Fe | World Tennis Tour | Hard | August Holmgren |  Abraham Asaba
Mitchell Harper | 6–4, 6–7(7–3), [21–19] |
| Loss | 13–5 | | Mexico M15, Cancun | World Tennis Tour | Hard | Marco Brugnerotto |  Ignacio Buse
Jorge Brian Panta | 2–6, 6–7(5–7) |
| Loss | 13–6 | |  Egypt M25, Sharm El Sheikh | World Tennis Tour | Hard | August Holmgren |  Sergey Fomin
Alibek Kachmazov | 2–6, 3–6 | |
National participation
Davis Cup (10–5)
| Group membership |
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| World Group (0–0) | | WG Play-off (0–0) | | Group I (0–0) | | Group II (0–0) | | Group III (4–5) | | Group IV (6–0) | |
| | Matches by surface |
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| Hard (1–1) | | Clay (9–4) | | Grass (0–0) | | Carpet (0–0) | |
| | Matches by type |
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| Singles (5–4) | | Doubles (5–1) | |
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- indicates the outcome of the Davis Cup match followed by the score, date, place of event, the zonal classification and its phase, and the court surface.
| Rubber outcome | No. | Rubber | Match type (partner if any) | Opponent nation | Opponent player(s) | Score |
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| 3–0; 2 March 2016; Tere Tennis Centre Tallinn, Estonia; Europe Zone Group III Round Robin; Hard (indoor) surface |
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| Victory | 1 | I | Singles |  San Marino | Pietro Grassi | 6–0, 6–0 |
| 0–2; 5 March 2016; Tere Tennis Center, Tallinn, Estonia; Europe Zone Group III Promotional Play off; Hard (indoor) surface |
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| Defeat | 2 | I | Singles |  Estonia | Kenneth Raisma | 2–6, 4–6 |
| 3–0; 22 June 2021; Tennis Club Jug-Skopje, Skopje, North Macedonia; Europe Zone Group IV Round Robin; Clay surface |
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| Victory | 3 | II | Singles |  Andorra | Èric Cervós Noguer | 6–0, 6–0 |
| Victory | 4 | III | Doubles (with Ilya Snitari) (dead rubber) | Èric Cervós Noguer / Damien Gelabert | 6–1, 6–1 |
| 3–0; 24 June 2021; Tennis Club Jug-Skopje, Skopje, North Macedonia; Europe Zone Group IV Round Robin; Clay surface |
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| Victory | 5 | II | Singles | Kosovo | Fresk Sylhasi | 6–0, 6–1 |
| Victory | 6 | III | Doubles (with Maxim Cazac) (dead rubber) | Granit Bajraliu / Fresk Sylhasi | 6–0, 6–3 |
| 3–0; 25 June 2021; Tennis Club Jug-Skopje, Skopje, North Macedonia; Europe Zone Group IV Round Robin; Clay surface |
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| Victory | 7 | II | Singles | San Marino | Marco De Rossi | 6–3, 3–6, 6–3 |
| Victory | 8 | III | Doubles (with Ilya Snitari) (dead rubber) | Marco De Rossi / Stefano Galvani | 4–6, 6–3, 6–3 |
| 2–1; 22 June 2022; Tennis Club Bellevue, Ulcinj, Montenegro; Europe Zone Group III Round Robin; Clay surface |
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| Defeat | 9 | II | Singles |  Montenegro | Rrezart Cungu | 6–4, 4–6, 2–6 |
| Victory | 10 | III | Doubles (with Ilya Snitari) | Rrezart Cungu / Petar Jovanović | 3–6, 6–3, 6–2 |
| 1–2; 23 June 2022; Tennis Club Bellevue, Ulcinj, Montenegro; Europe Zone Group III Round Robin; Clay surface |
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| Defeat | 11 | II | Singles | Luxembourg | Alex Knaff | 6–2, 6–7(5–7), 2–6 |
| Defeat | 12 | III | Doubles (with Ilya Snitari) | Alex Knaff / Chris Rodesch | 1–6, 3–6 |
| 2–1; 24 June 2022; Tennis Club Bellevue, Ulcinj, Montenegro; Europe Zone Group III Round Robin; Clay surface |
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| Victory | 13 | II | Singles | North Macedonia | Gorazd Srbljak | 6–2, 6–4 |
| Victory | 14 | III | Doubles (with Ilya Snitari) | Kalin Ivanovski / Gorazd Srbljak | 6–4, 6–1 |
| 0–3; 25 June 2022; Tennis Club Bellevue, Ulcinj, Montenegro; Europe Zone Group III Promotional playoff; Clay surface |
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| Defeat | 15 | II | Singles |  Cyprus | Petros Chrysochos | 1–6, 2–6 | |
ATP Cup (1–5)
| Matches by surface |
|---|
| Hard (1–5) |
| Clay (0–0) |
| Grass (0–0) | |
| Matches by type |
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| Singles (0–3) |
| Doubles (1–2) | |
| Rubber outcome | No. | Rubber | Match type (partner if any) | Opponent nation | Opponent player(s) | Score |
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| 1–8; 3–7 January 2020; Ken Rosewall Arena, Sydney, Australia; Group stage; Hard surface |
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| Defeat | 1 | I | Singles |  Belgium | Steve Darcis | 4–6, 7–6(7–4), 5–7 |
| Defeat | 2 | III | Doubles (with Radu Albot) | Sander Gillé / Joran Vliegen | 7–6(7–5), 6–7(4–7), [9–11] |
| Defeat | 3 | I | Singles | Bulgaria | Dimitar Kuzmanov | 1–6, 5–7 |
| Victory | 4 | III | Doubles (with Radu Albot) | | 6–4, 7–6(7–4) |
| Defeat | 5 | I | Singles | Great Britain | Cameron Norrie | 2–6, 2–6 |
| Defeat | 6 | III | Doubles (with Radu Albot) | | 2–6, 3–6 | |
Notes and References
- Web site: Alexandr Cozbinov Bio - University of Nevada Las Vegas Official Athletic Site. unlvrebels.com. 6 June 2019.
- Web site: UNLV's Alexandr Cozbinov Selected as Men's Tennis Player of The Year; All-Conference Singles and Doubles Announced. themw.com. 25 April 2018. 6 June 2019.
- Web site: World No.818 gets his chance at ATP Cup. The Sydney Morning Herald. 2 January 2020. 3 January 2020.
- Web site: Moldova anthem gaffe mars ATP Cup in Australia. Business Standard. 3 January 2020. 3 January 2020.
