Petr Nesterov

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Petr Nesterov
Country (sports)Flag of Bulgaria.svg  Bulgaria
Residence Varna, Bulgaria
Born (2003-03-07) 7 March 2003 (age 21)
Moscow, Russia
Turned pro2019
PlaysRight-handed (two-handed backhand)
Prize money US$ 61,663
Singles
Career record1–1 (at ATP Tour level, Grand Slam level, and in Davis Cup)
Career titles0
Highest rankingNo. 384 (28 October 2024)
Current rankingNo. 437 (27 January 2025)
Grand Slam singles results
French Open  Junior1R (2021)
Wimbledon  Junior1R (2021)
US Open  JuniorQF (2021)
Doubles
Career record2–3 (at ATP Tour level, Grand Slam level, and in Davis Cup)
Career titles0
Highest rankingNo. 260 (4 November 2024)
Current rankingNo. 304 (27 January 2025)
Grand Slam doubles results
French Open  JuniorQF (2021)
Wimbledon  Junior2R (2021)
US Open  JuniorF (2021)
Last updated on: 2 February 2025.

Petr Nesterov (Bulgarian : Пьотр Нестеров, born 7 March 2003) is a Bulgarian tennis player. [1] He has a career-high ATP singles ranking of world No. 384 achieved on 28 October 2024 and a doubles ranking of No. 260 achieved on 4 November 2024. Nesterov reached the final of the 2021 US Open Junior doubles with Ukrainian Viacheslav Bielinskyi. [2] [3] [4]

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Junior career

As a junior, Nesterov won three singles and four doubles titles and achieved a career-high ranking of World No. 15. [5] His biggest junior success came in 2021 at the US Open, where he reached the quarterfinals in singles and his first Grand Slam final in doubles with Viacheslav Bielinskyi, but lost 3–6, 7–5, [1–10] to Max Westphal and Coleman Wong in the championship match. Earlier in the year the Bulgarian-Ukrainian duo came close to another doubles final at the French Open, but lost out in the semifinals to eventual champions Arthur Fils and Giovanni Mpetshi Perricard. [2]

Professional career

2019–2023: Early years, turning pro, ATP debut and first wins

Nesterov made his professional debut at the age of 16, when he received a wildcard for the ITF tournament in Burgas in 2019. Although he lost his first singles match, Petr reached his debut ITF final in doubles with compatriot Simeon Terziev, but the Bulgarian duo couldn't go all the way, losing 3–6, 3–6 to Luca Gelhard and Kai Wehnelt.

A year and a half later, after the end of his junior career, Nesterov started playing regularly on the ITF men's tour. In 2022 he made his debut for Bulgaria Davis Cup team in the World Group II Play-Off tie with Paraguay, but was forced to retire in the third set against Daniel Vallejo.

After reaching two semifinals as a qualifier at the M25 and M15 events in Pirot and Novi Sad, Nesterov made his debut in the top 1000 of the ATP rankings as well as reaching his second doubles final with Simon Anthony Ivanov at the tournament in Novi Sad.

In September, Nesterov made his ATP singles qualifying debut at the 2022 Sofia Open after receiving a wildcard for the qualifying draw of his home tournament. The Bulgarian did not waste this opportunity and scored his biggest win to date, overcoming World No. 270 Salvatore Caruso in straight sets 7–6(4), 6–4. Ultimately he could not seal his spot into the main draw after a loss to Dragoș Nicolae Mădăraș in the second round.

Nesterov made his main draw ATP doubles debut with Yanaki Milev at the 2022 Sofia Open, where they reached the quarterfinals defeating Jack Vance and Jamie Vance before losing to eventual champions Rafael Matos and David Vega Hernández.

He also received a wildcard for the 2023 Sofia Open with Yanaki Milev and also reached the quarterfinals defeating Spanish duo Íñigo Cervantes and defending champion David Vega Hernández.

Year-end ATP ranking

Year201920202021202220232024
Singles--1692819558440
Doubles151415842418550423310

Challenger and ITF World Tennis Tour finals

Singles: 6 (4–2)

Legend (singles)
ATP Challenger Tour (0-0)
ITF World Tennis Tour (4–2)
Titles by surface
Hard (2–1)
Clay (2–1)
Grass (0–0)
Carpet (0–0)
ResultW–L   Date   TournamentTierSurfaceOpponentScore
Win1–0Oct 2023M15 Al Zahra, KuwaitWorld Tennis TourHard Flag of Portugal.svg Gonçalo Oliveira 4–6, 6–4, 6–3
Win2–0Nov 2023M15 Al Zahra, KuwaitWorld Tennis TourHard Flag of Slovakia.svg Tomáš Láník6–4, 7–6(7–5)
Loss2–1Mar 2024M15 Aktobe, KazakhstanWorld Tennis TourHard (i)Flag placeholder.svg Evgeny Karlovskiy 7–6(7–1), 1–6, 2–6
Win3–1May 2024M15 Bucharest, RomaniaWorld Tennis TourClay Flag of the Netherlands.svg Niels Lootsma 6–3, 4–6, 7–6(8–6)
Win4–1May 2024M15 Bucharest, RomaniaWorld Tennis TourClay Flag of Morocco.svg Elliot Benchetrit 6–1, 6–2
Loss4–2Oct 2024M25 Santa Margherita di Pula, ItalyWorld Tennis TourClay Flag of Spain.svg Pol Martín Tiffon2–6, 6–7(5–7)

Doubles: 18 (7–11)

Legend (doubles)
ATP Challenger Tour (0–1)
ITF World Tennis Tour (7–10)
Titles by surface
Hard (2–3)
Clay (5–8)
Grass (0–0)
Carpet (0–0)
ResultW–L   Date   TournamentTierSurfacePartnerOpponentsScore
Loss0–1Oct 2019M15 Burgas, BulgariaWorld Tennis TourClay Flag of Bulgaria.svg Simeon Terziev Flag of Germany.svg Luca Gelhard
Flag of Germany.svg Kai Wehnelt		3–6, 3–6
Loss0–2Jul 2022M15 Novi Sad, SerbiaWorld Tennis TourClay Flag of Bulgaria.svg Simon Anthony Ivanov Flag of Serbia.svg Viktor Jović
White flag of surrender.svg Marat Sharipov		3–6, 4–6
Loss0–3Oct 2022M15 Sozopol, BulgariaWorld Tennis TourHard Flag of Bulgaria.svg Yanaki Milev Flag of Poland.svg Maks Kaśnikowski
Flag of Poland.svg Olaf Pieczkowski		3–6, 5–7
Win1–3Oct 2022M15 Sozopol, BulgariaWorld Tennis TourHard Flag of Bulgaria.svg Yanaki Milev Flag of Bulgaria.svg Adriano Dhzenev
Flag of Bulgaria.svg Anthony Genov		6–3, 6–2
Win2–3Mar 2023M15 Sharm El Sheikh, EgyptWorld Tennis TourHard Flag of South Africa.svg Alec Beckley Flag of Luxembourg.svg Alex Knaff
Flag of Germany.svg Jakob Schnaitter 		3–6, 6–3, [10–8]
Loss2–4Jun 2023M15 Constanța, RomaniaWorld Tennis TourClay Flag of Poland.svg Olaf Pieczkowski Flag of Uruguay.svg Ignacio Carou
Flag of Brazil.svg João Victor Couto Loureiro		3–6, 6–7(5–7)
Loss2–5Jun 2023M25 Skopje, North MacedoniaWorld Tennis TourClay Flag of Bulgaria.svg Yanaki Milev Flag of France.svg Sascha Gueymard Wayenburg
Flag of France.svg Antoine Hoang 		1–6, 2–6
Loss2–6Dec 2023M15 Zahra, KuwaitWorld Tennis TourHard Flag of Georgia.svg Aleksandre Bakshi Flag of the Netherlands.svg Dax Donders
Flag of the Netherlands.svg Sidané Pontjodikromo		6–3, 6–7(3–7), [8–10]
Loss2–7Dec 2023M15 Antalya, TurkeyWorld Tennis TourClayFlag placeholder.svg Bogdan Bobrov Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Jay Clarke
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg James MacKinlay		1–6, 2–6
Win3–7May 2024M15 Bucharest, RomaniaWorld Tennis TourClay Flag of Moldova.svg Ilya Snițari Flag of Argentina.svg Tomás Lipovšek Puches
Flag of Argentina.svg Juan Bautista Otegui		6–7(5–7), 6–4, [10–7]
Win4–7May 2024M15 Bucharest, RomaniaWorld Tennis TourClay Flag of Moldova.svg Ilya Snițari Flag of Italy.svg Simone Agostini
Flag of Italy.svg Matteo De Vincentis		7–6(7–4), 6–2
Win5–7Jun 2024M25 Satu Mare, RomaniaWorld Tennis TourClay Flag of Ukraine.svg Vladyslav Orlov Flag of Slovakia.svg Miloš Karol
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Michael Shaw		6–4, 6–2
Loss5–8 Jul 2024 Verona, ItalyChallengerClay Flag of Bulgaria.svg Yanaki Milev Flag of Brazil.svg Marcelo Demoliner
Flag of Argentina.svg Guillermo Durán 		7–6(8–6), 6–7(3–7), [13–15]
Loss5–9Sep 2024M25 Satu Mare, RomaniaWorld Tennis TourClay Flag of Ukraine.svg Vladyslav Orlov Flag of Germany.svg Tim Ruehl
Flag of Germany.svg Louis Wessels 		6–7(6–8), 3–6
Win6–9Oct 2024M25 Santa Margherita di Pula, ItalyWorld Tennis TourClay Flag of Bulgaria.svg Yanaki Milev Flag of Italy.svg Alessandro Spadola
Flag of Italy.svg Matteo Vavassori		7–6(7–4), 6–3
Win7–9Oct 2024M25 Santa Margherita di Pula, ItalyWorld Tennis TourClay Flag of Bulgaria.svg Yanaki Milev Flag of Italy.svg Massimo Giunta
Flag of Italy.svg Mariano Tammaro		6–3, 6–3
Loss7–10Nov 2024M15 Antalya, TurkeyWorld Tennis TourClay Flag of Bulgaria.svg Yanaki Milev Flag of Germany.svg Tim Handel
Flag of Serbia.svg Stefan Popović		3–6, 2–6
Loss7–11Jan 2025M15 Doha, QatarWorld Tennis TourHard Flag of Bulgaria.svg Yanaki Milev Flag of Romania.svg Gabi Adrian Boitan
Flag of Romania.svg Bogdan Pavel 		1–6, 2–6

National participation

Davis Cup (2 wins, 5 losses)

Petr Nesterov debuted for the Bulgaria Davis Cup team in 2022. Since then he has 6 nominations with 4 ties played, his singles W/L record is 1–2 and doubles W/L record is 0–2 (1–4 overall).

Group membership
World Group (0–0)
WG Play-off (0–0)
Group I (2–2)
Group II (0–3)
Group III (0–0)
Group IV (0–0)
Matches by surface
Hard (2–3)
Clay (0–2)
Grass (0–0)
Carpet (0–0)
Matches by type
Singles (1–3)
Doubles (1–2)
Rubber resultNo.RubberMatch type (partner if any)Opponent nationOpponent player(s)Score
Increase2.svg3–1; 4–5 March 2022; Sport Hall Sofia, Sofia, Bulgaria; World Group II Play-Off; Hard (i) surface
Defeat1IVSingles Flag of Paraguay.svg Paraguay Daniel Vallejo 6–7(8–10), 7–6(7–2), [5–10]
Increase2.svg3–1; 4–5 February 2023; Wilding Park, Christchurch, New Zealand; World Group I Play-Off; Hard surface
Defeat2IIIDoubles (with Alexander Donski) Flag of New Zealand.svg New Zealand Artem Sitak / Michael Venus 4–6, 6–3, 3–6
Decrease2.svg1–3; 3–4 February 2024; Tennis Center Avenue, Burgas, Bulgaria; World Group I Play-Off; Hard (i) surface
Victory3IVSingles Flag of Bosnia and Herzegovina.svg Bosnia and Herzegovina Andrej Nedić 4–6, 6–2, [10–8]
Increase2.svg3–2; 14–16 September 2024; Tennis Club Lokomotiv, Plovdiv, Bulgaria; World Group II; Clay surface
Defeat4ISingles Flag of El Salvador.svg El Salvador Marcelo Arévalo 3–6, 3–6
Defeat5IIIDoubles (with Alexander Donski) Marcelo Arévalo / César Cruz7–5, 6–7(4–7), 3–6
Increase2.svg3–1; 31 January–1 February 2025; Polyvalent Hall, Craiova, Romania; World Group I Play-Off; Hard (i) surface
Defeat6ISingles Flag of Romania.svg Romania Cezar Crețu 7–6(8–6), 3–6, 6–7(3–7)
Victory7IIIDoubles (with Alexander Donski) Gabi Adrian Boitan / Victor Vlad Cornea 6–3, 6–3

Junior Grand Slam finals

Doubles: 1 (0–1)

ResultYearTournamentSurfacePartnerOpponentScore
Runner-Up 2021 US Open Hard Flag of Ukraine.svg Viacheslav Bielinskyi Flag of France.svg Max Westphal
Flag of Hong Kong.svg Coleman Wong 		3–6, 7–5, [1–10]

References

  1. ↑ "Petr Nesterov | Overview | ATP Tour | Tennis".
  2. 1 2 "Junior Wrap: Robin Montgomery, Daniel Rincon win US Open singles titles". 11 September 2021.
  3. ↑ "While Britain celebrated Emma Raducanu, a Hong Kong teenager made US Open tennis history too". 13 September 2021.
  4. ↑ "Photos: Boys' Doubles Final at the 2021 US Open". September 11, 2021.
  5. ↑ "ITF Tennis – Pro Circuit – Player Profile – NESTEROV, Petr (BUL)".
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