Alexander Mikhailovich
Zverev
Male
USSR
1960-01-22
Sochi, USSR
Alexander Zverev, snr., won several events on the tennis tour in the early 1980s, mainly in the old Soviet Union, and also represented the Soviet Union in the Davis Cup. He also notably won the men’s singles title at the Soviet Championships tournament three times, in 1979, 1981 and 1984. He later became a tennis coach in the Soviet Union and in the new Germany, to which he emigrated with his family after the collapse of communism in the early 1990s. His wife, Irina Zvereva (née Fateeva), was also a successful tennis player in the Soviet Union. Their two children, Mikhail (aka ‘Misha’) and Alexander, jnr. (aka ‘Sascha’), are also both tennis players and represent Germany.
1979 - 1987
10
135
84
1985 - World University Games (Amateur)
1985 - Germany 1 Satellite - Leg 3 (Open)
1984 - Polish International Championships (Amateur)
1984 - Germany 2 Satellite - Masters (Open)
1984 - Germany 2 Satellite - Leg 4 (Open)
1984 - Germany 2 Satellite - Leg 1 (Open)
1984 - USSR Nationals (Amateur)
1982 - European Amateur Championship (Amateur)
1981 - USSR Nationals (Amateur)
1979 - USSR Nationals (Amateur)
Final
Andrei Chesnokov 1 *
Alexander Mikhailovich Zverev
6-7
6-4
6-0
6-2
Round 1
Tim Mayotte 1 *
Alexander Mikhailovich Zverev
6-4
6-4
6-4
Round 1
Alexander Mikhailovich Zverev 1 *
Juan Avendano
6-4
6-3
Round 2
Alexander Mikhailovich Zverev 1 *
Harald Rittersbacher
6-2
6-4
Round 3
Tom Nijssen 1 *
Alexander Mikhailovich Zverev
5-7
6-1
8-6
Round 1
Alexander Mikhailovich Zverev 1 *
Joey Rive
7-5
7-6
Round 2
Alexander Mikhailovich Zverev 1 *
Brent Pirow
6-4
6-4
Round 3
Alexander Mikhailovich Zverev 1 *
David Dowlen
6-3
7-5
4-6
4-6
6-4
Round 1
Mike Bauer 1 *
Alexander Mikhailovich Zverev
6-7
6-4
7-6
Round 1
Alexander Mikhailovich Zverev 1 *
Colin Dowdeswell
7-5
6-1
Round 2
Alexander Mikhailovich Zverev 1 *
Branko Horvat
6-1
6-1
Quarterfinals
Alexander Mikhailovich Zverev 1 *
Andrei Chesnokov
6-3
6-1
Semifinals
Alexander Mikhailovich Zverev 1 *
Alexander Antonitsch
7-5
6-3
Final
Jim Pugh 1 *
Alexander Mikhailovich Zverev
6-4
6-2
Round 1
Alexander Mikhailovich Zverev 1 *
Richard Erskine
6-1
7-6
Round 2
Alexander Mikhailovich Zverev 1 *
Jon Sorbo
5-7
6-2
6-2
Round 3
Daniel (Danny) Saltz 1 *
Alexander Mikhailovich Zverev
7-6
7-6
Round 1
Alexander Mikhailovich Zverev 1 *
Joe Ragland
6-4
6-4
Round 2
Alexander Mikhailovich Zverev 1 *
Leif Shiras
3-6
6-3
6-4
Round 3
Kelvin Belcher 1 *
Alexander Mikhailovich Zverev
1-6
6-4
6-2
Round 1
Alexander Mikhailovich Zverev 1 *
Carlos Gomez
6-1
7-6
Round 2
Alexander Mikhailovich Zverev 1 *
Bobby Banck
7-6
6-7
7-5
Round 3
Jonathan (Jon) Levine 1 *
Alexander Mikhailovich Zverev
7-6
6-1
Round 1
Alexander Mikhailovich Zverev 1 *
Joe Ragland
6-3
6-1
Round 2
Chris Garner 1 *
Alexander Mikhailovich Zverev
1-6
6-4
6-3
Round 1
Martin Barba 1 *
Alexander Mikhailovich Zverev
6-0
6-3
Round 1
Tore Meinecke 1 *
Alexander Mikhailovich Zverev
7-5
6-3
Round 1
Alexander Mikhailovich Zverev 1 *
Darrell Smith
7-6
6-3
Round 2
Alexander Mikhailovich Zverev 1 *
Ken Flach
4-6
6-4
6-4
Round 3
Peter Fleming 1 *
Alexander Mikhailovich Zverev
unknown
Round 1
Tim Wilkison 1 *
Alexander Mikhailovich Zverev
6-2
6-3
6-0
Round 2
Alexander Mikhailovich Zverev 1 *
John Stoddart
6-7
7-6
6-3
Round 3
Alexander Mikhailovich Zverev 1 *
David Lewis
6-3
6-2
Round 1
Alexander Mikhailovich Zverev 1 *
Charles Honey
6-2
6-1
Round 2
Paolo Cane 1 *
Alexander Mikhailovich Zverev
6-3
5-7
6-4
Round 1
Florin Segarceanu 1 *
Alexander Mikhailovich Zverev
6-7
6-3
7-5
Semifinals
Alexander Mikhailovich Zverev 1 *
Bong-Soo Kim
6-4
6-3
Final
Alexander Mikhailovich Zverev 1 *
Florin Segarceanu
3-6
6-2
6-4
6-3
Round 1
Alexander Mikhailovich Zverev 1 *
Damir Keretic
6-1
3-6
7-6
Round 2
Mats Wilander 1 *
Alexander Mikhailovich Zverev
6-2
6-3
Round 1
Alexander Mikhailovich Zverev 1 *
Christian Geyer
6-2
6-4
Round 2
Stefan Simonsson 1 *
Alexander Mikhailovich Zverev
2-6
7-6
6-3
Round 1
Stefan Simonsson 1 *
Alexander Mikhailovich Zverev
5-0
ret.
Poule
Alexander Mikhailovich Zverev 1 *
Francesco Cancellotti
2-6
6-4
7-6
Poule
Alexander Mikhailovich Zverev 1 *
Jérôme Vanier
7-6
6-3
Round 1
Alexander Mikhailovich Zverev 1 *
Klaus Eberhard
6-3
6-1
Round 2
Udo Riglewski 1 *
Alexander Mikhailovich Zverev
6-7
1-0
ret.
Round 1
Alexander Mikhailovich Zverev 1 *
Rolf Engelhorn
6-2
6-4
Round 1
Alexander Mikhailovich Zverev 1 *
Guillermo Rivas
2-6
6-3
7-6
Round 2
Alexander Mikhailovich Zverev 1 *
Marc Walder
6-0
6-1
Round 3
Alexander Mikhailovich Zverev 1 *
Stanislav Birner
7-5
7-6
Round 1
Todd Nelson 1 *
Alexander Mikhailovich Zverev
6-1
6-4
Round 1
Hans Dieter Beutel 1 *
Alexander Mikhailovich Zverev
6-3
6-2
Round 1
Sergei Leonjuk 1 *
Alexander Mikhailovich Zverev
2-6
7-5
6-2
Round 1
Alexander Mikhailovich Zverev 1 *
Patrik Kühnen
6-4
6-2
Round 2
Alexander Mikhailovich Zverev 1 *
Klaus Eberhard
7-5
6-4
Quarterfinals
Alexander Mikhailovich Zverev 1 *
Florin Segarceanu
6-3
7-5
Semifinals
Alexander Mikhailovich Zverev 1 *
Adrian Marcu
6-2
6-4
Final
Alexander Mikhailovich Zverev 1 *
Hans Dieter Beutel
7-6
6-2
Round 1
Alexander Mikhailovich Zverev 1 *
Alexander Vladimirovich Volkov
7-6
6-2
Round 2
Alexander Mikhailovich Zverev 1 *
Josef Cihak
6-7
6-4
7-5
Quarterfinals
Hans Dieter Beutel 1 *
Alexander Mikhailovich Zverev
6-3
6-7
7-5
Round 1
Alexander Mikhailovich Zverev 1 *
Josef Cihak
6-3
6-1
Quarterfinals
Stanislav Birner 1 *
Alexander Mikhailovich Zverev
6-2
6-3
Round 1
Matt Mitchell 1 *
Alexander Mikhailovich Zverev
6-4
6-3
Quarterfinals
Alexander Mikhailovich Zverev 1 *
Konstantin Pugaev
6-2
6-1
Semifinals
Alexander Mikhailovich Zverev 1 *
Andrei Chesnokov
6-2
6-2
Final
Alexander Mikhailovich Zverev 1 *
Vadim Vadimorovich Borisov
6-2
7-6
6-3
Round 1
Alexander Mikhailovich Zverev 1 *
Carlos Di Laura
6-4
6-1
Round 2
Damir Keretic 1 *
Alexander Mikhailovich Zverev
6-4
6-4
Final
Alexander Mikhailovich Zverev 1 *
Sergei Leonjuk
6-4
6-1
6-4
Round 1
Alexander Mikhailovich Zverev 1 *
Horacio de la Pena
3-6
6-1
6-4
Round 2
Alexander Mikhailovich Zverev 1 *
Eric Jelen
3-6
6-0
6-1
Round 3
Alexander Mikhailovich Zverev 1 *
Andrei Chesnokov
7-5
6-2
Quarterfinals
Alexander Mikhailovich Zverev 1 *
Hans Dieter Beutel
6-4
6-4
Semifinals
Josef Cihak 1 *
Alexander Mikhailovich Zverev
6-3
6-3
Round 1
Alexander Mikhailovich Zverev 1 *
Morten Ronneberg
6-2
6-3
Round 2
Alexander Mikhailovich Zverev 1 *
Jan Gunnarsson
6-3
6-3
Round 3
Alexander Mikhailovich Zverev 1 *
Henri De Wet
7-6
7-6
Quarterfinals
Raul Viver 1 *
Alexander Mikhailovich Zverev
6-3
6-3
Unknown
Matthew N. (Matt) Doyle 1 *
Alexander Mikhailovich Zverev
2-6
7-6
6-3
Poule
Joakim Nystrom 1 *
Alexander Mikhailovich Zverev
6-2
6-3
Poule
Michael Westphal 1 *
Alexander Mikhailovich Zverev
7-6
6-3
Poule
Klaus Eberhard 1 *
Alexander Mikhailovich Zverev
7-6
7-5
Poule
Alexander Mikhailovich Zverev 1 *
Andrei Chesnokov
6-2
6-2
Poule
Ricky Osterthun 1 *
Alexander Mikhailovich Zverev
7-6
6-2
Round 1
Alexander Mikhailovich Zverev 1 *
Stefan Hermann
6-3
6-0
Round 2
Alexander Mikhailovich Zverev 1 *
Christian Geyer
6-4
6-1
Quarterfinals
Alexander Mikhailovich Zverev 1 *
Andrei Chesnokov
3-6
6-0
6-1
Semifinals
Alexander Mikhailovich Zverev 1 *
Jose Lopez Maeso
7-5
6-1
Final
Alexander Mikhailovich Zverev 1 *
Klaus Eberhard
6-4
6-3
Round 1
Per Hjertquist 1 *
Alexander Mikhailovich Zverev
6-2
6-4
Round 1
Peter Spang 1 *
Alexander Mikhailovich Zverev
7-6
6-4
Round 1
Alexander Mikhailovich Zverev 1 *
Igor Flego
6-3
6-2
Round 2
Alexander Mikhailovich Zverev 1 *
Oliver Freund
6-2
6-0
Quarterfinals
Alexander Mikhailovich Zverev 1 *
Udo Riglewski
6-2
6-2
Semifinals
Alexander Mikhailovich Zverev 1 *
Stefan Hermann
6-0
6-7
6-1
Final
Alexander Mikhailovich Zverev 1 *
Andrei Chesnokov
6-1
6-3
Round 1
Alexander Mikhailovich Zverev 1 *
Udo Riglewski
7-5
6-2
Quarterfinals
Alexander Mikhailovich Zverev 1 *
Andrei Chesnokov
6-3
6-2
Semifinals
Alexander Mikhailovich Zverev 1 *
Tore Meinecke
7-6
6-1
Final
Alexander Mikhailovich Zverev 1 *
Karl Meiler
6-2
6-2
Semifinals
Alexander Mikhailovich Zverev 1 *
Girts Dzelde
6-2
6-3
5-7
6-2
Final
Sergei Leonjuk 1 *
Alexander Mikhailovich Zverev
6-4
7-5
1-6
1-6
6-4
Quarterfinals
Alexander Mikhailovich Zverev 1 *
Liu Shuhua
6-1
6-3
Semifinals
Daniel C. (Dan) Goldie 1 *
Alexander Mikhailovich Zverev
unknown
Poule
Robert Reininger 1 *
Alexander Mikhailovich Zverev
2-6
7-6
6-2
Poule
Michael Westphal 1 *
Alexander Mikhailovich Zverev
6-4
3-6
6-4
Final
Konstantin Pugaev 1 *
Alexander Mikhailovich Zverev
6-4,6-1
3-6
6-7
6-4
Quarterfinals
Alexander Mikhailovich Zverev 1 *
Henryk Drzymalski
6-3
2-6
6-2
Final
Alexander Mikhailovich Zverev 1 *
Jaroslav Navratil
6-1
6-2
6-3
Semifinals
Klaus Eberhard 1 *
Alexander Mikhailovich Zverev
6-3
3-6
6-4
Poule
Alexander Mikhailovich Zverev 1 *
Ingo Wimmer
6-2
7-6
Poule
Alexander Mikhailovich Zverev 1 *
Lasse Mannisto
6-1
7-6
Poule
Matti Timonen 1 *
Alexander Mikhailovich Zverev
6-3
6-4
Round 1
Thierry Pham 1 *
Alexander Mikhailovich Zverev
6-4
6-4
Round 1
Alexander Mikhailovich Zverev 1 *
Toshio Iwasawa
6-0
6-2
Round 2
Alexander Mikhailovich Zverev 1 *
Sachio Kato
5-7
6-3
6-4
Round 3
Toru Yonezawa 1 *
Alexander Mikhailovich Zverev
6-1
6-3
Final
Alexander Mikhailovich Zverev 1 *
Konstantin Pugaev
6-1
6-4
2-6
6-3
Round 2
Jiri Granat 1 *
Alexander Mikhailovich Zverev
4-6
6-4
6-4
Semifinals
Slobodan Zivojinovic 1 *
Alexander Mikhailovich Zverev
6-2
6-2
7-6
Poule
Alexander Mikhailovich Zverev 1 *
Richard Lewis
7-5
6-7
6-4
Poule
Alexander Mikhailovich Zverev 1 *
Ulli Pinner
7-6
3-6
6-3
Poule
Alexander Mikhailovich Zverev 1 *
Anders Jarryd
7-5
6-7
6-3
Poule
Alexander Mikhailovich Zverev 1 *
Richard Lewis
3-6
7-6
7-5
Quarterfinals
Alexander Mikhailovich Zverev 1 *
Sergei Leonjuk
7-5
6-2
Semifinals
Konstantin Pugaev 1 *
Alexander Mikhailovich Zverev
4-6
6-3
6-2
6-0
Quarterfinals
János Benyik 1 *
Alexander Mikhailovich Zverev
6-4
6-7
6-2
Poule
Alexander Mikhailovich Zverev 1 *
Henri Leconte
5-7
6-2
6-4
Poule
Henri Leconte 1 *
Alexander Mikhailovich Zverev
7-6
4-6
6-4
Poule
János Benyik 1 *
Alexander Mikhailovich Zverev
6-4
6-4
Poule
Alexander Mikhailovich Zverev 1 *
Bernhard Pils
6-3
6-4
Poule
Robert Reininger 1 *
Alexander Mikhailovich Zverev
6-3
2-6
7-6
Final
Alexander Mikhailovich Zverev 1 *
Ramiz Akhmerov
6-3
6-4
3-6
6-2