Alex Slabinsky online

                                  

PROFILE

Age: 20                                                                       

Birthday: 6th March 1986                                             

Birthplace: Ivano-Frankivsk, Ukraine                            

Current residence: Sutton tennis academy, London        

Nationality: Great Britain                 

Nickname: Slabba / Sasha                            

Height: 6ft 1 [184 cm]                                   

Weight: 73kg [11st 7]                                  

Coach: Nick Weal  

Former coaches: Linden Hardisty, Darko Platevich                                  

Plays: Right handed [single handed backhand]       

Age started tennis: 8                                             

Favourite surface: hard, clay                      

Career earnings:  $6,769

Year-to-date earnings: $5,453

Age turned pro: 18                  

Current sponsors:  Babolat

Favourite food: Shashlink
 
Favourite film:   Gladiator

Favourite drink:  Coke

Favourite TV programmes: Nip/Tuck, Simpsons, Friends
   
Favourite book:  Angels and Demons                                                                                            

Favourite player to watch: Roger Federer

Personal:  Hobbies include watching films, listening to music, spending time with friends, internet, fishing. Alex has no siblings. Father, Alex, lives in north-west London and used to play for his university table tennis team in Ukraine. Neither parent plays tennis but both are keen supporters of the game.

Education: Holy Trinity Primary School; Quintin Kynaston Secondary School (GCSEs: 2A*s, 6As, 2Bs; 1 AS Level in IT).

Rituals/superstitions: “I have a few shirts that I consider to be unlucky so only use them for training.”

Best achievement:  Winning Nigeria futures in Dec 2007

Ambition for 2008:  To get into the world's top 300

Overall ambition: To compete regularly on the ATP tour and to reach the world's top 10

Injury history: Lower back strain in 1999, out for one month; Wrist Strain in 2000, out for one month; Surgery for torn meniscus in right knee in 2003, out for 17 months; Twisted arm in 2005, out for one month; Shoulder strain in 2005, out for five months; Inflamation of right elbow in 2006, out for one month.
                                                                                                                                                                

CAREER HIGLIGHTS

2008:

• Feb: Quarters of Portugal F3 and France F3
  

2007

• Dec:  Won 15K+H title (Nigeria F4) without dropping a set, made semis of Nigeria F3 and took the doubles title, quarters of Sudan F2
  
• Nov:  Quarters of Shrewsbury challenger
  
• August:  Reached final of GB F16 (15K)
• June: Reached final of Ireland F1 (15K)
• Jan: Quarters of GB F1
  

2006:
June:

• Reached quarters of Holland F3 in Heerhugowaard on clay.
  

• Won Italy F17 doubles title partnering Konstantinos Kalaitzis
  

May:

• Reached quarters of Spain F16
  

• Broke into world's top 600 for the first time [May 1st: new ranking: 599]
  

April: 

• Reached singles quarter finals and doubles semis [partnering Sadik Kadir] in Japan F1.

March:

•  Reached doubles final of Australia F4 partnering Robert Haybittel

2005: 
November:

• Reached semis of week 4 of the GB 4 satellite
• Won week 3 [Wrexham] of the GB 4 satellite
• Reached quarters of week 2 of the GB 4 satellite
• Reached quarters of week 1 of the GB 4 satellite
  

October:

• Reached quarters of GB F13 [Jersey]