Aleksandr Pavlovich Petrov (alternate spellings: Alexander, Alexandre) (Russian: Александр Павлович Петров; 14 May 1939 – 5 May 2001) was a Soviet-Azerbaijani basketball player and coach.

As a member of Dynamo Tbilisi, Petrov won the EuroLeague championship in the 1961–62 season.

As a member of CSKA Moscow, Petrov also won the EuroLeague championship, in the 1962–63 season.

Petrov was a member of the senior men's Soviet Union national team.

[3] He also won a bronze medal at the 1963 FIBA World Cup, where he was named to the All-Tournament Team.