Alex Vlaški

Alex Vlaški
Full name	Aleksandar Vlaški
Country (sports)	Serbia and Montenegro; Serbia
Born	21 April 1982; Belgrade, Yugoslavia
Height	1.86 m (6 ft 1 in)
Turned pro	2000
Retired	2007
Plays	Left-handed
Prize money	US $50,462
Singles
Career record	0–0
Career titles	0; 0 Challenger, 4 Futures
Highest ranking	No. 299 (24 April 2006)
Doubles
Career record	0–0
Career titles	0; 2 Challenger, 5 Futures
Highest ranking	No. 160 (10 April 2006)

Aleksandar Vlaški (born 21 April 1982) is a former Serbian professional tennis player, whose name is often spelled Alex Vlaski in English-language media.^[1]

Professional career

Born and raised in Belgrade, Vlaški was a three-time All-American tennis player for the Washington Huskies at the University of Washington. In 2003, he reached the NCAA semi-finals and won the ITA All-American Singles Championship, becoming the first Husky since 1924 to claim a national title. During his college career, he amassed the most all-time wins for the Huskies and, in 2004, achieved a career-high ranking of No. 2 in Division I.^[2]

A left-handed player, Vlaški competed on the professional tour after graduating from college, reaching career-high rankings of No. 299 in singles and No. 160 in doubles. He also won two ATP Challenger doubles titles.

Challenger titles

Doubles: 3 (2 titles, 1 runner-up)

Legend
ATP Challenger Tour (2–1)

Finals by surface
Hard (2–1)
Clay (0–0)
Grass (0–0)

Finals by setting
Outdoor (2–1)
Indoor (0–0)

Result	No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Win	1–0	Jul 2005	Campos do Jordão, Brazil	Hard	Kristian Pless	Franco Ferreiro Marcelo Melo	7–6⁽⁵⁾, 6–4
Win	2–0	Aug 2005	Belo Horizonte, Brazil	Hard	Lesley Joseph	Juan Martín del Potro Máximo González	7–6⁽⁸⁾, 6–4
Loss	2–1	Nov 2005	Caloundra, Australia	Hard	Robert Smeets	Peter Luczak Shannon Nettle	7–6⁽⁴⁾, 4–6, 2–6

References

^ "Serbian player rides high in China". China Daily. 2 August 2004.
^ Levesque, John (4 February 2004). "Serb revels in a new world at UW". Seattle Post-Intelligencer.

External links

Alex Vlaški at the Association of Tennis Professionals
Alex Vlaški at the International Tennis Federation

[1] "Serbian player rides high in China". China Daily. 2 August 2004.

[2] Levesque, John (4 February 2004). "Serb revels in a new world at UW". Seattle Post-Intelligencer.

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