Alexander Merino

Alexander Merino

Merino at the 2022 Internationaux de Tennis de Blois
Country (sports)	Peru
Born	(1992-08-31) 31 August 1992 (age 33) Melbourne, Australia
Height	1.84 m (6 ft 0 in)
Plays	Left-handed (two-handed backhand)
Prize money	$83,406
Singles
Career record	0–1 (at ATP Tour level, Grand Slam level, and in Davis Cup)
Highest ranking	No. 1177 (15 May 2017)
Doubles
Career record	0–0 (at ATP Tour level, Grand Slam level, and in Davis Cup)
Career titles	5 Challengers, 16 ITF
Highest ranking	No. 114 (14 July 2025)
Current ranking	No. 124 (25 August 2025)
Last updated on: 16 April 2025.

Alexander Merino (born 31 August 1992) is a Peruvian tennis player who specializes in doubles. He has a career high ATP doubles ranking of No. 114 achieved on 14 July 2025.

Merino represents Peru in the Davis Cup. ^[1] He was first nominated to the team for the 2017 Davis Cup and played a match against Ecuador.

Career

He won his maiden ATP Challenger doubles title at the 2024 Dobrich Challenger with Christoph Negritu. ^[2]

ATP Challenger and ITF Tour finals

Doubles: 45 (19–26)

Legend ATP Challenger Tour (5-2) ITF World Tennis Tour (16–25)

Titles by surface Hard (8–12) Clay (11–14) Grass (0–0)

Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Tier	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Loss	0–1	Aug 2013	İzmir, Turkey F33	Futures	Hard	Melik Feler	Daniiar Duldaev Mark Fynn	6–4, 4–6, [6–10]
Win	1–1	Jun 2014	Istanbul, Turkey F22	Futures	Hard	Markos Kalovelonis	Damian Farinola Darren Polkinghorne	3–6, 6–1, [10–8]
Win	2–1	Aug 2015	El Kantaoui, Tunisia F19	Futures	Hard	Milen Ianakiev	Dimitar Kuzmanov David Pérez Sanz	7–5, 1–6, [10–5]
Loss	2–2	Dec 2015	Trujillo, Peru F6	Futures	Clay	Jaume Pla Malfeito	Duilio Beretta Andrea Collarini	4–6, 3–6
Loss	2–3	Aug 2016	Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt F20	Futures	Hard	Imran Aswat	Nathan Eshmade Bradley Mousley	1–6, 0–6
Loss	2–4	Oct 2016	Cairo, Egypt F26	Futures	Clay	Christoph Negritu	Gaston Arturo Grimolizzi Mateo Nicolás Martínez	6–7(5–7), 6–7(1–7)
Loss	2–5	Nov 2016	Stellenbosch, South Africa F3	Futures	Hard	Christoph Negritu	Gábor Borsos Luca Margaroli	6–7(6–8), 7–5, [5–10]
Loss	2–6	May 2017	Acre, Israel F5	Futures	Hard	Michael Zhu	Raphael Baltensperger Liam Caruana	6–7(3–7), 1–6
Loss	2–7	Jul 2017	Valledupar, Colombia F1	Futures	Hard	Nicolás Alberto Arreche	Juan Sebastián Gómez Luis Patiño	2–6, 6–7(4–7)
Win	3–7	Mar 2018	Hammamet, Tunisia F10	Futures	Clay	Christoph Negritu	Hernán Casanova Eduardo Agustín Torre	6–3, 3–6, [10–5]
Loss	3–8	May 2018	Córdoba, Mexico F3	Futures	Hard	Edward Bourchier	Hunter Johnson Yates Johnson	3–6, 3–6
Win	4–8	Aug 2018	Brussels, Belgium F6	Futures	Clay	Christoph Negritu	Joffrey de Schepper Alexis Klégou	7–6(7–2), 6–4
Loss	4–9	Aug 2018	Trier, Germany F11	Futures	Clay	Christoph Negritu	Benjamin Hassan Constantin Schmitz	6–7(3–7), 6–4, [10–12]
Win	5–9	Aug 2018	Überlingen, Germany F13	Futures	Clay	Christoph Negritu	Johannes Härteis Peter Heller	6–3, 6–4
Win	6–9	Sep 2018	Monastir, Tunisia F30	Futures	Hard	Christoph Negritu	Jorge Blanco Guadalupe Joy Vigani	6–3, 6–1
Loss	6–10	Sep 2018	Monastir, Tunisia F32	Futures	Hard	Christoph Negritu	Anis Ghorbel Vasko Mladenov	3–6, 3–6
Win	7–10	Nov 2018	Corrientes, Argentina F7	Futures	Clay	Manuel Peña López	Mariano Kestelboim Agustín Velotti	4–6, 6–4, [10–7]
Loss	7–11	Nov 2018	Río Cuarto, Argentina F9	Futures	Clay	Conner Huertas del Pino	Gabriel Alejandro Hidalgo Federico Moreno	6–3, 3–6, [10–12]
Loss	7–12	Mar 2019	M15 Monastir, Tunisia	World Tennis Tour	Hard	Christoph Negritu	Alexis Klégou David Pichler	4–6, 3–6
Win	8–12	Mar 2019	M15 Tabarka, Tunisia	World Tennis Tour	Clay	Christoph Negritu	Geoffrey Blancaneaux Clément Tabur	6–2, 6–2
Win	9–12	May 2019	M25 Santa Margherita Di Pula, Italy	World Tennis Tour	Clay	Manuel Peña López	Tuna Altuna Vijay Sundar Prashanth	3–6, 6–4, [10–0]
Loss	9–13	Jun 2019	M25+H Bacău, Romania	World Tennis Tour	Clay	Manuel Peña López	Alejandro Tabilo Juan Pablo Varillas	6–7(5–7), 6–7(4–7)
Loss	9–14	Jun 2019	M25 Karlsruhe, Germany	World Tennis Tour	Clay	Manuel Peña López	Boris Arias Korey Lovett	3–6, 6–7(4–7)
Win	10–14	Jun 2019	M15 Tabarka, Tunisia	World Tennis Tour	Clay	Manuel Peña López	Nicolás Alberto Arreche Franco Feitt	7–5, 7–6(7–4)
Loss	10–15	Jul 2019	M15 Tabarka, Tunisia	World Tennis Tour	Clay	Manuel Peña López	David Pichler Alexander Weis	5–7, 5–7
Loss	10–16	Feb 2020	M25 Weston, United States	World Tennis Tour	Clay	Manuel Peña López	Boris Arias Daniel Dutra da Silva	4–6, 6–7(2–7)
Loss	10–17	Feb 2020	M25 Punta del Este, Uruguay	World Tennis Tour	Clay	Manuel Peña López	Franco Agamenone Daniel Dutra da Silva	0–6, 1–6
Loss	10–18	Mar 2020	M25 Cordoba, Argentina	World Tennis Tour	Clay	Manuel Peña López	Tomas Martin Etcheverry Mariano Kestelboim	3–6, 6–1, [2–10]
Loss	10–19	Jul 2021	Todi, Italy	Challenger	Clay	Facundo Díaz Acosta	Francesco Forti Giulio Zeppieri	3–6, 2–6
Loss	10–20	Mar 2023	M25 Monastir, Tunisia	World Tennis Tour	Hard	Jakub Paul	Luca Potenza Samuel Vincent Ruggeri	3–6, 3–6
Loss	10–21	May 2023	M15 Warmbad Villach, Austria	World Tennis Tour	Clay	Christoph Negritu	Sandro Kopp Kai Lemstra	3–6, 4–6
Win	11–21	Jun 2023	M15 Monastir, Tunisia	World Tennis Tour	Hard	Christoph Negritu	Arthur Bouquier Raphael Lambling	7–5, 6–1
Loss	11–22	Jun 2023	M15 Monastir, Tunisia	World Tennis Tour	Hard	Christoph Negritu	Gilbert Klier Junior Christian Oliveira	5–7, 4–6
Win	12–22	Sep 2023	M15 Allershausen, Germany	World Tennis Tour	Clay	Christoph Negritu	Florian Broska Gregor Ramskogler	6–3, 3–6, [10–3]
Loss	12–23	Nov 2023	M15 Monastir, Tunisia	World Tennis Tour	Hard	Christoph Negritu	Egor Agafonov Bogdan Bobrov	3–6, 6–3, [3–10]
Loss	12–24	Nov 2023	M15 Monastir, Tunisia	World Tennis Tour	Hard	Christoph Negritu	Jakub Paul Jakob Schnaitter	6–7(5–7), 5–7
Win	13–24	Nov 2023	M15 Monastir, Tunisia	World Tennis Tour	Hard	Christoph Negritu	Miloš Karol Adrian Oetzbach	6–3, 6–1
Loss	13–25	Feb 2024	M15 Sunrise, United States	World Tennis Tour	Clay	Harrison Adams	Andrés Andrade Alex Rybakov	3–6, 3–6
Win	14–25	Feb 2024	M15 Monastir, Tunisia	World Tennis Tour	Hard	Christoph Negritu	Miloš Karol Jakub Paul	6–3, 6–3
Win	15–25	Feb 2024	M15 Monastir, Tunisia	World Tennis Tour	Hard	Christoph Negritu	Miloš Karol Fred Simonsson	7–6(7–3), 6–3
Win	16–25	Mar 2024	M15 Monastir, Tunisia	World Tennis Tour	Hard	Christoph Negritu	Igor Kudriashov Aleksandr Lobanov	7–6(7–4), 4–6, [10–4]
Loss	16–26	May 2024	M25 Carnac, France	World Tennis Tour	Clay	Christoph Negritu	Federico Agustin Gomez Adolfo Daniel Vallejo	3–6, 5–7
Win	17–26	Aug 2024	Dobrich, Bulgaria	Challenger	Clay	Christoph Negritu	Victor Vlad Cornea Ergi Kirkin	6–4, 6–2
Win	18–26	Sep 2024	Sibiu, Romania	Challenger	Clay	Christoph Negritu	Liam Draxl Cleeve Harper	6–2, 7–6(7–2)
Win	19–26	Oct 2024	Valencia, Spain	Challenger	Clay	Christoph Negritu	Karol Drzewiecki Piotr Matuszewski	6–3, 6–4

References

1. "Copa Davis: Alexander Merino as bajo la manga de Perú ante Ecuador".
2. "Christoph Negritu - Overview". ATP Tour.

External links

• Alexander Merino at the Association of Tennis Professionals
• Alexander Merino at World Tennis
• Alexander Merino at the Davis Cup (archived)