Alexander Ward


Alexander Ward is a British retired 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
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)

ResultW–LDateTournamentTierSurfaceOpponentScore
Loss0–1Spain F19, BalaguerFuturesClay David Diaz-Ventura1–6, 4–6
Loss0–2Great Britain F15, NottinghamFuturesHard Richard Bloomfield7–6, 3–6, 4–6
Loss0–3Sweden F5, DanderydFuturesHard George Morgan6–4, 4–6, 4–6
Win1–3Sweden F6, FalunFuturesHard Carl Bergman2–6, 6–4, 6–1
Win2–3Czech Republic F4, Rožnov pod RadhoštěmFuturesCarpet Josh Goodall6–1, 1–0 ret.
Win3–3Thailand F6, PhuketFuturesHard Mikhail Fufygin6–3, 6–1
Loss3–4Cambodia F2, Phnom PenhFuturesHard Artem Sitak4–6, 7–6, 6–7
Loss3–5Greece F3, HeraklionFuturesHard Martin Vaïsse4–6, 4–6
Loss3–6Greece F6, HeraklionFuturesHard Tristan LamasineWalkover
Win4–6Greece F7, HeraklionFuturesHard Ricardo Rodríguez6–0, 6–3
Win5–6Portugal F6, Caldas da RainhaFuturesClay Thales Turini6–3, 6–2
Win6–6Belgium F2, BincheFuturesClay Frederico Ferreira Silva2–6, 6–3, 7–6
Win7–6Belgium F5, De HaanFuturesClay Yannick Vandenbulcke7–6, 6–1
Win8–6Portugal F7, Castelo BrancoFuturesHard Calvin Hemery6–3, 3–6, 6–3
Loss8–7Great Britain F2, SunderlandFuturesHard Daniel Cox6–7, 3–6
Loss8–8Spain F14, VicFuturesClay Maxime Chazal7–6, 6–7, 2–6
Win9–8Spain F20, GetxoFuturesHard Pedro Martínez6–1, 6–1
Win10–8Egypt F25, Sharm El SheikhFuturesHard Alessandro Bega2–6, 6–3, 6–4
Loss10–9Egypt F26, Sharm El SheikhFuturesHard Marko Tepavac3–6, 2–6
Win11–9Croatia F14, BolFuturesClay Miki Janković6–2, 6–3
Win12–9Spain F34, MelillaFuturesHard Roberto Ortega Olmedo7–6, 5–7, 6–2
Win13–9Turkey F10, AntalyaFuturesClay Demian Raab6–3, 6–3
Win14–9Tunisia F12, HammametFuturesClay Pedro Sousa7–6, 6–0
Loss14–92017 Columbus Challenger – Singles|Columbus, United StatesChallengerHard Ante Pavić7–6, 4–6, 3–6
Win15–10USA F38, ColumbusFuturesHard Luke Bambridge6–4, 6–4
Win16–10USA F39, WacoFuturesHard Danny Thomas6–1, 6–1

Doubles: 12 (4–8)

ResultW–LDateTournamentTierSurfacePartnerOpponentsScore
Loss0–1Belgium F2, KoksijdeFuturesClay Marcus Willis Rabie Chaki
Frederic De Fays		3–6, 2–6
Loss0–2USA F1, PlantationFuturesClay Daniel Smethurst Roman Borvanov
Denis Zivkovic		4–6, 4–6
Win1–2Germany F19, EssenFuturesHard Romano Frantzen Kevin Deden
Sascha Klör		3–6, 6–3,
Loss1–3Thailand F5, PhuketFuturesHard Antoine Escoffier Brydan Klein
Dane Propoggia		3–6, 2–6
Loss1–4Thailand F6, PhuketFuturesHard Antoine Escoffier Ryan Agar
Sebastian Bader		6–7, 6–2,
Win2–4Great Britain F8, SunderlandFuturesHard Daniel Smethurst Lewis Burton
Dan Evans		7–5, 7–6
Loss2–5France F8, AjaccioFuturesClay Daniel Smethurst Niels Desein
Yannick Mertens		2–6, 2–6
Win3–5Spain F15, MadridFuturesClay Oliver Golding Richard Becker
Lorenzo Giustino		6–3, 2–6,
Win4–5Egypt F24, Sharm El SheikhFuturesClay Dan Dowson Olexiy Kolisnyk
Anatoliy Petrenko		6–4, 6–3
Loss4–6Egypt F26, Sharm El SheikhFuturesClay Dan Dowson Olexiy Kolisnyk
Anatoliy Petrenko		4–6, 6–2,
Loss4–7Tunisia F12, HammametFuturesClay Dan Dowson Oriol Roca Batalla
David Vega Hernández		4–6, 2–6
Loss4–8Spain F9, MadridFuturesClay Álvaro López San Martín Hernan Casanova
Federico Zeballos		6–7, 1–6