Mikhail "Mischa" Alexandrovich Zverev[a] (born 22 August 1987) is a Russian-German inactive professional tennis player.
2, 2021 Olympic gold medallist, and two-time ATP Finals champion Alexander Zverev.
Zverev was born in Moscow, USSR but grew up in Hamburg, Germany when his parents emigrated there in 1990.
In June 2008, Zverev managed to secure his first ATP title victory by winning the doubles together with his partner Mikhail Youzhny at the Gerry Weber Open in Halle, Germany.
He later helped Germany reach the final of the ARAG World Team Cup with teammates Nicolas Kiefer, Rainer Schüttler and Philipp Kohlschreiber.
He lost his doubles match with Nicolas Kiefer to Feliciano López and Fernando Verdasco in four sets.
In preparation for Wimbledon he accepted a Wildcard into the 2010 Gerry Weber Open where he defeated Florent Serra and Jürgen Melzer before falling to Benjamin Becker.
He then returned to Europe playing a clay court ATP Challenger Tour Event in Genoa.
Zverev reached his maiden ATP World Tour singles final after victories over Horacio Zeballos, Nicolas Mahut, Jarkko Nieminen and the retirement of Richard Gasquet in the semifinals.
Zverev had a slow start to 2011, losing four matches in a row before capturing his first win of the season in Indian Wells, where he made the second round after defeating Matthew Ebden.
He then lost another four matches in a row again, prior to his victory over Dudi Sela in the first round at the Serbia Open.
Zverev played mainly in tournaments either on the ATP Challenger Tour or the ITF Men's Circuit during this time.
In April 2016, Zverev won his first ATP Challenger singles title in over eight years at the Sarasota Open.
Zverev started his 2017 season at the Brisbane International with a loss to Rafael Nadal in the second round, winning only two games.
At the 2017 Miami Open he was the 28th seed, again receiving a bye into the second round, but he lost to qualifier Jared Donaldson.
Zverev made his 2nd ATP level final at the Geneva Open losing in 3 sets to Stan Wawrinka.
At the 2017 MercedesCup the home crowd saw him reach the semifinals, where he lost a close three setter to Feliciano López.
In Halle doubles action he would make his second final of the year, partnering his younger brother Alexander.
[5] At the 2017 Wimbledon Championships as the 27th seed Zverev reached the third round after beating Bernard Tomic and Mikhail Kukushkin.