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Alexei Popyrin (Russian: Алексей Попырин; born 5 August 1999) is an Australian professional tennis player. He has a career-high ATP singles ranking of world No. 23 achieved on 12 August 2024. He also has a career-high ATP doubles ranking of No. 235 achieved on 27 June 2022. He is currently the No. 2 Australian singles player. He has won three singles titles on the ATP Tour, including a Masters 1000 title in Canada.
Personal life
Popyrin was born in Sydney to Russian immigrant parents Alex and Elena. He has a brother, Anthony, and two sisters, Sonia and Anna. His brother played collegiate tennis at Arizona Christian University.
He began playing tennis at the Kim Warwick Tennis Academy in Hornsby at the age of four and was in attendance for the historic 2008 Australian Open third round match between Lleyton Hewitt and Marcos Baghdatis. At the age of 8, Popyrin relocated to Dubai for two years due to his father's work commitments before moving to Alicante, Spain, where fellow Australian Alex de Minaur was his neighbour. Popyrin also spent time training in Nice, Marbella, and Dubai. He has trained at the Mouratoglou Tennis Academy since April 2017. His father, Alex Popyrin, co-founded the Ultimate Tennis Showdown with Patrick Mouratoglou.
Popyrin is multilingual in English, Russian, and Spanish. He is a supporter of Everton FC. Popyrin is currently engaged to longtime partner Amy Pederick as of November 2024.
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