Alexander Ward

Alexander Ward
Full name Alexander Ward
Country (sports)  United Kingdom
Residence Barcelona, Spain
Born (1990-04-30) 30 April 1990
Northampton, England
Height 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)
Plays Right-handed (two handed-backhand)
Prize money $235,312
Singles
Career record 0–4 (at ATP Tour level, Grand Slam level, and in Davis Cup)
Career titles 0
Highest ranking No. 242 (6 June 2016)
Current ranking No. 569 (17 July 2017)
Grand Slam Singles results
Wimbledon 1R (2016, 2017)
Doubles
Career record 0–1
Career titles 0
Highest ranking No. 379 (9 September 2013)
Current ranking No. 1,264 (17 July 2017)
Grand Slam Doubles results
Wimbledon 1R (2016)
Last updated on: 17 July 2017.

Alexander Ward (born 30 April 1990) is a British tennis player.

Early life

Ward was born on 30 April 1990 in Northampton, Northamptonshire, England.[1] He was educated at Northampton School for Boys.[2]

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(5–7)

Having come through qualifying as the world No. 855, Ward competed at the 2017 Wimbledon Championships[3], where he lost to compatriot Kyle Edmund in four sets in the first round.

References

  1. ↑ "Alexander Ward". ATP World Tour. Retrieved 29 June 2017.
  2. ↑ Beesley, Mark (24 June 2016). "TENNIS: Alex Ward’s long and winding road to Wimbledon". Northampton Chronicle & Echo. Retrieved 29 June 2017.
  3. ↑ Newbery, Piers (29 June 2017). "Wimbledon 2017: Alex Ward, ranked 855 in the world, qualifies for main draw". BBC Sport. Retrieved 29 June 2017.
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