Petr Nesterov

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Petr Nesterov
Country (sports) 
US$ 33,932
Singles
Career record1–1 (at ATP Tour level, Grand Slam level, and in Davis Cup)
Career titles0
Highest rankingNo. 531 (18 March 2024)
Current rankingNo. 531 (18 March 2024)
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. 383 (17 July 2023)
Current rankingNo. 447 (18 March 2024)
Grand Slam doubles results
French Open JuniorQF (2021)
Wimbledon Junior2R (2021)
US Open JuniorF (2021)
Last updated on: 18 March 2024.

Petr Nesterov (Bulgarian: Пьотр Нестеров, born 7 March 2003) is a professional Bulgarian tennis player.[1] He has a career-high ATP singles ranking of World No. 531 achieved on 18 March 2024, whilst his best doubles ranking is No. 383 achieved on 17 July 2023. Nesterov reached the final of the 2021 US Open Junior doubles with Ukrainian Viacheslav Bielinskyi.[2][3][4]

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

Year 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023
Singles - - 1692 819 558
Doubles 1514 1584 2418 550 423

Challenger and ITF World Tennis Tour finals

Singles: 3 (2–1)

Legend (singles)
ATP Challenger Tour (0-0)
ITF World Tennis Tour (2–1)
Titles by surface
Hard (2–1)
Clay (0–0)
Grass (0–0)
Carpet (0–0)
Result W–L    Date    Tournament Tier Surface Opponent Score
Win 1–0 Oct 2023 M15 Al Zahra, Kuwait World Tennis Tour Hard
Gonçalo Oliveira
 4–6, 6–4, 6–3
Win 2–0 Nov 2023 M15 Al Zahra, Kuwait World Tennis Tour Hard Slovakia Tomáš Láník 6–4, 7–6(7–5)
Loss 2–1 Mar 2024 M15 Aktobe, Kazakhstan World Tennis Tour Hard (i) Evgeny Karlovskiy 7–6(7–1), 1–6, 2–6

Doubles: 9 (2–7)

Legend (doubles)
ATP Challenger Tour (0–0)
ITF World Tennis Tour (2–7)
Titles by surface
Hard (2–2)
Clay (0–5)
Grass (0–0)
Carpet (0–0)
Result W–L    Date    Tournament Tier Surface Partner Opponents Score
Loss 0–1 Oct 2019 M15 Burgas, Bulgaria World Tennis Tour Clay Bulgaria Simeon Terziev Germany Luca Gelhard
Germany Kai Wehnelt 		3–6, 3–6
Loss 0–2 Jul 2022 M15 Novi Sad, Serbia World Tennis Tour Clay Bulgaria Simon Anthony Ivanov Serbia Viktor Jović
Main Page Marat Sharipov 		3–6, 4–6
Loss 0–3 Oct 2022 M15 Sozopol, Bulgaria World Tennis Tour Hard Bulgaria Yanaki Milev Poland Maks Kaśnikowski
Poland Olaf Pieczkowski 		3–6, 5–7
Win 1–3 Oct 2022 M15 Sozopol, Bulgaria World Tennis Tour Hard Bulgaria Yanaki Milev Bulgaria Adriano Dhzenev
Bulgaria Anthony Genov 		6–3, 6–2
Win 2–3 Mar 2023 M15 Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt World Tennis Tour Hard South Africa Alec Beckley Luxembourg Alex Knaff
Germany Jakob Schnaitter 		3–6, 6–3, [10–8]
Loss 2–4 Jun 2023 M15 Constanța, Romania World Tennis Tour Clay Poland Olaf Pieczkowski Uruguay Ignacio Carou
Brazil João Victor Couto Loureiro 		3–6, 6–7(5–7)
Loss 2–5 Jun 2023 M25 Skopje, North Macedonia World Tennis Tour Clay Bulgaria Yanaki Milev France Sascha Gueymard Wayenburg
France Antoine Hoang 		1–6, 2–6
Loss 2–6 Dec 2023 M15 Zahra, Kuwait World Tennis Tour Hard Georgia (country) Aleksandre Bakshi Netherlands Dax Donders
Netherlands Sidané Pontjodikromo 		6–3, 6–7(3–7), [8–10]
Loss 2–7 Dec 2023 M15 Antalya, Turkey World Tennis Tour Clay Main Page Bogdan Bobrov United Kingdom Jay Clarke
United Kingdom James MacKinlay 		1–6, 2–6

National participation

Davis Cup (1 win, 2 losses)

Petr Nesterov debuted for the Bulgaria Davis Cup team in 2022. Since then he has 5 nominations with 3 ties played, his singles W/L record is 1–1 and doubles W/L record is 0–1 (1–2 overall).

Group membership
World Group (0–0)
WG Play-off (0–0)
Group I (1–1)
Group II (0–1)
Group III (0–0)
Group IV (0–0)
Matches by surface
Hard (1–2)
Clay (0–0)
Grass (0–0)
Carpet (0–0)
Matches by type
Singles (1–1)
Doubles (0–1)
  • Increase Decrease indicates the result of the Davis Cup match followed by
    the zonal classification and its phase, and the court surface
    .
Rubber result No. Rubber Match type (partner if any) Opponent nation Opponent player(s) Score
Increase3–1; 4–5 March 2022; Sport Hall Sofia,
World Group II Play-Off
; Hard (i) surface
Defeat 1 IV Singles Paraguay Paraguay Daniel Vallejo 6–7(8–10), 7–6(7–2), [5–10]
Increase3–1; 4–5 February 2023;
World Group I Play-Off
; Hard surface
Defeat 2 III Doubles (with Alexander Donski) New Zealand New Zealand
Michael Venus
 4–6, 6–3, 3–6
Decrease1–3; 3–4 February 2024; Tennis Center Avenue, Burgas, Bulgaria; World Group I Play-Off; Hard (i) surface
Victory 3 IV Singles Bosnia and Herzegovina Bosnia and Herzegovina Andrej Nedić 4–6, 6–2, [10–8]

Junior Grand Slam finals

Doubles: 1 (0–1)

Result Year Tournament Surface Partner Opponent Score
Runner-Up 2021 US Open Hard Ukraine Viacheslav Bielinskyi France Max Westphal
Hong Kong Coleman Wong 		3–6, 7–5, [1–10]

References

  1. ^ "Petr Nesterov | Overview | ATP Tour | Tennis".
  2. ^ a b "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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