Alexander Peya

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Alexander Peya
Alex Peya (20936902906).jpg
Country (sports)  Austria
Residence Vienna, Austria
Born (1980-06-27) 27 June 1980 (age 43)
Vienna, Austria
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Turned pro 1998
Plays Right-handed (one-handed backhand)
Prize money U$ 2,946,189
Singles
Career record 22–51
Career titles 0
Highest ranking No. 92 (April 30, 2007)
Grand Slam Singles results
French Open 1R (2004, 2007)
Wimbledon 2R (2004)
US Open 3R (2004)
Doubles
Career record 237–169
Career titles 14
Highest ranking No. 3 (12 August 2013)
Current ranking No. 10 (17 November 2014)
Grand Slam Doubles results
Australian Open 3R (2014)
French Open SF (2013)
Wimbledon SF (2011)
US Open F (2013)
Other doubles tournaments
Tour Finals SF (2013)
Olympic Games 2R (2012)
Mixed doubles
Career titles 0
Grand Slam Mixed Doubles results
Australian Open QF (2015)
French Open QF (2015)
Wimbledon F (2015)
US Open 2R (2014)
Last updated on: 20 November 2014.

Alexander Peya (born 27 June 1980) is an Austrian male tennis player. He reached a career-high singles ranking of world no. 92 in April 2007. His career-high doubles ranking is world no. 3, first achieved in August 2013. He was born in Vienna, Austria, and currently resides there.

In September 2008 Peya helped Austria to a Davis Cup play-off win against Great Britain. Peya beat Alex Bogdanovic in four sets in the deciding rubber of the tie.

Significant finals

Grand Slam finals

Doubles: 1 (1 runner-up)

Outcome Year Championship Surface Partner Opponents Score
Runner-up 2013 US Open Hard Brazil Bruno Soares India Leander Paes
Czech Republic Radek Štěpánek
1–6, 3–6

Mixed Doubles: 1 (1 runner-up)

Outcome Year Championship Surface Partner Opponents Score
Runner-up 2015 Wimbledon Grass Hungary Tímea Babos India Leander Paes
Switzerland Martina Hingis
1-6, 1-6

Masters 1000 finals

Doubles: 5 (2 titles, 3 runners-up)

Outcome Year Championship Surface Partner Opponents Score
Runner-up 2013 Madrid Clay Brazil Bruno Soares United States Bob Bryan
United States Mike Bryan
2–6, 3–6
Winner 2013 Montreal Hard Brazil Bruno Soares United Kingdom Andy Murray
United Kingdom Colin Fleming
6–4, 7–6(7–4)
Runner-up 2013 Paris Hard (i) Brazil Bruno Soares United States Bob Bryan
United States Mike Bryan
3–6, 3–6
Runner-up 2014 Indian Wells Hard Brazil Bruno Soares United States Bob Bryan
United States Mike Bryan
4–6, 3–6
Winner 2014 Toronto Hard Brazil Bruno Soares Croatia Ivan Dodig
Brazil Marcelo Melo
6–4, 6–3

ATP career finals

Doubles: 35 (14 titles, 20 runners-up)

Legend
Grand Slam tournaments (0–1)
ATP World Tour Finals (0–0)
ATP World Tour Masters 1000 (2–3)
ATP World Tour 500 Series (6–4)
ATP World Tour 250 Series (6–12)
Titles by Surface
Hard (8–10)
Clay (4–8)
Grass (2–2)
Carpet (0–0)
Titles by Location
Outdoors (9–18)
Indoors (5–2)
Outcome No. Date Tournament Surface Partner Opponents Score
Runner-up 1. 27 July 2003 Austrian Open Kitzbühel, Kitzbühel, Austria Clay Austria Jürgen Melzer Czech Republic Martin Damm
Czech Republic Cyril Suk
4–6, 4–6
Runner-up 2. 7 May 2006 BMW Open, Munich, Germany Clay Germany Björn Phau Romania Andrei Pavel
Germany Alexander Waske
4–6, 2–6
Runner-up 3. 12 October 2008 Bank Austria-TennisTrophy, Vienna, Austria Hard (i) Germany Philipp Petzschner Belarus Max Mirnyi
Israel Andy Ram
1–6, 5–7
Runner-up 4. 27 February 2011 Delray Beach International Tennis Championships, Delray Beach, United States Hard Germany Christopher Kas United States Scott Lipsky
United States Rajeev Ram
6–4, 4–6, [3–10]
Runner-up 5. 1 May 2011 Serbia Open, Belgrade, Serbia Clay Austria Oliver Marach Czech Republic František Čermák
Slovakia Filip Polášek
5–7, 2–6
Winner 1. 24 July 2011 International German Open, Hamburg, Germany Clay Austria Oliver Marach Czech Republic František Čermák
Slovakia Filip Polášek
6–4, 6–1
Runner-up 6. 31 July 2011 Credit Agricole Suisse Open Gstaad, Gstaad, Switzerland Clay Germany Christopher Kas Czech Republic František Čermák
Slovakia Filip Polášek
3–6, 6–7(7–9)
Runner-up 7. 27 August 2011 Winston-Salem Open, Winston-Salem, United States Hard Germany Christopher Kas Israel Jonathan Erlich
Israel Andy Ram
6–7(2–7), 4–6
Winner 2. 14 January 2012 Heineken Open, Auckland, New Zealand Hard Austria Oliver Marach Czech Republic František Čermák
Slovakia Filip Polášek
6–3, 6–2
Runner-up 8. 15 July 2012 Swedish Open, Båstad, Sweden Clay Brazil Bruno Soares Sweden Robert Lindstedt
Romania Horia Tecău
3–6, 6–7(5–7)
Winner 3. 30 September 2012 Proton Malaysian Open, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia Hard (i) Brazil Bruno Soares United Kingdom Colin Fleming
United Kingdom Ross Hutchins
5–7, 7–5, [10–7]
Winner 4. 7 October 2012 Rakuten Japan Open Tennis Championships, Tokyo, Japan Hard Brazil Bruno Soares India Leander Paes
Czech Republic Radek Štěpánek
6–3, 7–6(7–5)
Winner 5. 28 October 2012 Valencia Open 500, Valencia, Spain Hard (i) Brazil Bruno Soares Spain David Marrero
Spain Fernando Verdasco
6–3, 6–2
Winner 6. 17 February 2013 Brazil Open, São Paulo, Brazil Clay (i) Brazil Bruno Soares Czech Republic František Čermák
Slovakia Michal Mertiňák
6–7(5–7), 6–2, [10–7]
Winner 7. 28 April 2013 Barcelona Open Banco Sabadell, Barcelona, Spain Clay Brazil Bruno Soares Sweden Robert Lindstedt
Canada Daniel Nestor
5–7, 7–6(9–7), [10–4]
Runner-up 9. 12 May 2013 Mutua Madrid Open, Madrid, Spain Clay Brazil Bruno Soares United States Bob Bryan
United States Mike Bryan
2-6, 3-6
Runner-up 10. 16 June 2013 AEGON Championships, London, United Kingdom Grass Brazil Bruno Soares United States Bob Bryan
United States Mike Bryan
6–4, 5–7, [3–10]
Winner 8. 21 June 2013 AEGON International, Eastbourne, United Kingdom Grass Brazil Bruno Soares United Kingdom Colin Fleming
United Kingdom Jonathan Marray
3–6, 6–3, [10–8]
Runner-up 11. 21 July 2013 International German Open, Hamburg, Germany Clay Brazil Bruno Soares Poland Mariusz Fyrstenberg
Poland Marcin Matkowski
6-3, 1-6, [8-10]
Winner 9. 11 August 2013 Rogers Cup, Montreal, Canada Hard Brazil Bruno Soares United Kingdom Colin Fleming
United Kingdom Andy Murray
6–4, 7–6(7–4)
Runner-up 12. 7 September 2013 US Open, New York, United States Hard Brazil Bruno Soares India Leander Paes
Czech Republic Radek Štěpánek
1–6, 3–6
Winner 10. 27 October 2013 Valencia Open 500, Valencia, Spain Hard (i) Brazil Bruno Soares United States Bob Bryan
United States Mike Bryan
7-6(7-3), 6-7(1-7), [13-11]
Runner-up 13. 3 November 2013 BNP Paribas Masters, Paris, France Hard (i) Brazil Bruno Soares United States Bob Bryan
United States Mike Bryan
3-6, 3-6
Runner-up 14. 3 January 2014 Qatar ExxonMobil Open, Doha, Qatar Hard Brazil Bruno Soares Czech Republic Tomáš Berdych
Czech Republic Jan Hájek
2-6, 4-6
Runner-up 15. 11 January 2014 Heineken Open, Auckland, New Zealand Hard Brazil Bruno Soares Austria Julian Knowle
Brazil Marcelo Melo
6-4, 3-6, [5-10]
Runner-up 16. 16 March 2014 BNP Paribas Open, Indian Wells, United States Hard Brazil Bruno Soares United States Bob Bryan
United States Mike Bryan
4-6, 3-6
Winner 11. 15 June 2014 Aegon Championships, London, United Kingdom Grass Brazil Bruno Soares United Kingdom Jamie Murray
Australia John Peers
4–6, 7–6(7–4), [10–4]
Runner-up 17. 21 June 2014 Aegon International, Eastbourne, United Kingdom Grass Brazil Bruno Soares Philippines Treat Huey
United Kingdom Dominic Inglot
5–7, 7–5, [8–10]
Runner-up 18. 20 July 2014 International German Open, Hamburg, Germany Clay Brazil Bruno Soares Croatia Marin Draganja
Romania Florin Mergea
4-6, 5-7
Winner 12. 10 August 2014 Rogers Cup, Toronto, Canada Hard Brazil Bruno Soares Croatia Ivan Dodig
Brazil Marcelo Melo
6–4,6–3
Winner 13. 3 May 2015 BMW Open, Munich, Germany Clay Brazil Bruno Soares Germany Alexander Zverev
Germany Mischa Zverev
4–6, 6–1, [10–5]
Runner-up 19. 14 June 2015 MercedesCup, Stuttgart, Germany Grass Brazil Bruno Soares India Rohan Bopanna
Romania Florin Mergea
7–5, 2–6, [7–10]
Runner-up 20. 27 September 2015 St. Petersburg Open, St. Petersburg, Russia Hard Austria Julian Knowle Philippines Treat Huey
Finland Henri Kontinen
5–7, 3–6
Winner 14. November 1, 2015 Swiss Indoors, Basel, Switzerland Hard (i) Brazil Bruno Soares United Kingdom Jamie Murray
Australia John Peers
7–5, 7–5
15./21. January 8, 2016 Qatar ExxonMobil Open, Doha, Qatar Hard Germany Philipp Petzschner Spain Feliciano López
Spain Marc López

Singles performance timeline

Current till 2012 US Open (tennis).

Tournament 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 W–L
Grand Slam tournaments
Australian Open 0–0
French Open 1R 1R 0–2
Wimbledon 2R 1R 1R 1R 1R 1–5
US Open 3R 2–1
Win–Loss 3–3 0–0 0–1 0–2 0–1 0–1 3–8

Doubles performance timeline

Key
W  F  SF QF R# RR Q# A P Z# PO G F-S SF-B NMS NH
(W) Won tournament; reached (F) final, (SF) semifinal, (QF) quarterfinal; (R#) rounds 4, 3, 2, 1; competed at a (RR) round-robin stage; reached a (Q#) qualification round; (A) absent from tournament; played in a (Z#) Davis/Fed Cup Zonal Group (with number indication) or (PO) play-off; won a (G) gold, (F-S) silver or (SF-B) bronze Olympic medal; a (NMS) downgraded Masters Series/1000 tournament; or (NH) tournament not held.
To avoid confusion and double counting, these charts are updated either at the conclusion of a tournament, or when the player's participation in the tournament has ended.
Tournament 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 SR W–L
Grand Slam tournaments
Australian Open A A A A 1R 2R 2R A 1R 1R 2R 3R 2R 0 / 8 6–8
French Open A 3R A QF 1R 1R 1R A 3R 2R SF 2R QF 0 / 9 12–9
Wimbledon A A 2R 2R 3R QF 2R Q2 SF 1R 3R QF QF 0 / 9 17–9
US Open A 2R A 2R 1R 1R 1R A 1R QF F QF 0 / 9 13–9
Win–Loss 0–0 3–2 1–1 4–3 2–4 4–4 2–4 0–0 6–4 4–4 12–4 9–4 1–1 0 / 35 48–35
Year-End Championship
Tour Finals A A A A A A A A A A SF RR 0 / 2 3–4
ATP World Tour Masters 1000
Indian Wells A A A A A A A A A 1R SF F 1R 0 / 4 8–4
Miami Masters A A A A A A A A A 2R 1R QF A 0 / 3 2–3
Monte Carlo A A A A A A A A A QF 2R QF QF 0 / 3 3–3
Rome A A A A A A A A A 2R 2R 2R 2R 0 / 3 0–3
Madrid (Clay) Held as Hamburg A A A 1R F QF 0 / 3 4–3
Canada A A A A A A A A A A W W 2 / 2 8–0
Cincinnati A A A A A A A A A A QF QF 0 / 2 2–2
Shanghai Not Masters 1000 A A 2R 2R A QF 0 / 4 4–3
Paris A A A A A A A A QF QF F 2R 0 / 3 2–3
Win–Loss 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 2–2 5–7 14–7 14–8 0–1 2 / 27 35–25
Career Statistics
Titles 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 4 5 2 12
Finals Reached 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 5 5 10 7 30
Year-End Ranking 90 95 98 52 62 49 73 103 18 22 4 10

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