Petr Nesterov

Bulgarian tennis player

Petr NesterovCountry (sports)|  Bulgaria

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Residence| Varna, Bulgaria
Born|  (2003-03-07) 7 March 2003 (age 20)
Moscow, Russia
Turned pro| 2019
Plays| Right-handed (two-handed backhand)
Prize money| US$ 21,269
Singles
Career record| 0–1  (at ATP Tour level, Grand Slam level, and in Davis Cup)
Career titles| 0
Highest ranking| No. 672 (12 June 2023)
Current ranking| No. 773 (14 August 2023)
Grand Slam singles results
French Open Junior| 1R (2021)
Wimbledon Junior| 1R (2021)
US Open Junior| QF (2021)
Doubles
Career record| 1–2  (at ATP Tour level, Grand Slam level, and in Davis Cup)
Career titles| 0
Highest ranking| No. 383 (17 July 2023)
Current ranking| No. 392 (14 August 2023)
Grand Slam doubles results
French Open Junior| QF (2021)
Wimbledon Junior| 2R (2021)
US Open Junior| F (2021)
Last updated on: 17 August 2023.

Petr Nesterov (Bulgarian: Пьотр Нестеров, born 7 March 2003) is a professional Bulgarian tennis player.[1] Nesterov has a career-high ATP singles ranking of World No. 672 achieved on 12 June 2023, 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.

## Junior career[edit]

As a junior, Nesterov won three singles and four doubles titles and achieved a career-high ranking of World No. 15. [2] 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

## Professional career[edit]

### 2019–2023: Early years, turning pro, ATP debut and first wins[edit]

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 debut at the 2022 Sofia Open after receiving a wildcard for the qualifying draw of his home tournament. The Bulgarian didn't 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 Petr 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 debut with Yanaki Milev at the doubles competition 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[edit]

Year | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022

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Singles | \-  | \-  | 1692  | 819
Doubles | 1514  | 1584  | 2418  | 550

## Challenger and ITF World Tennis Tour finals[edit]

### Singles: 2 (2–0)[edit]

| Legend (singles)

ATP Challenger Tour (0-0)
ITF World Tennis Tour (2–0)
| Titles by surface

Hard (2–0)
Clay (0–0)
Grass (0–0)
Carpet (0–0)
Result  | W–L  |  Date | Tournament  | Tier  | Surface  | Opponent  | Score

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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  |  Tomáš Láník  | 6–4, 7–6(7–5)

### Doubles: 9 (2–7)[edit]

| 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

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Loss  | 0–1 | Oct 2019 | M15 Burgas, Bulgaria  | World Tennis Tour  | Clay  |  Simeon Terziev  |  Luca Gelhard
Kai Wehnelt  | 3–6, 3–6
Loss  | 0–2 | Jul 2022 | M15 Novi Sad, Serbia  | World Tennis Tour  | Clay  |  Simon Anthony Ivanov  |  Viktor Jović
Marat Sharipov  | 3–6, 4–6
Loss  | 0–3 | Oct 2022 | M15 Sozopol, Bulgaria  | World Tennis Tour  | Hard  |  Yanaki Milev |  Maks Kaśnikowski
Olaf Pieczkowski  | 3–6, 5–7
Win  | 1–3 | Oct 2022 | M15 Sozopol, Bulgaria  | World Tennis Tour  | Hard  |  Yanaki Milev |  Adriano Dhzenev
Anthony Genov  | 6–3, 6–2
Win  | 2–3 | Mar 2023 | M15 Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt  | World Tennis Tour  | Hard  |  Alec Beckley  |  Alex Knaff
Jakob Schnaitter  | 3–6, 6–3, [10–8]
Loss  | 2–4 | Jun 2023 | M15 Constanța, Romania  | World Tennis Tour  | Clay  |  Olaf Pieczkowski  |  Ignacio Carou
João Victor Couto Loureiro  | 3–6, 6–7(5–7)
Loss  | 2–5 | Jun 2023 | M25 Skopje, North Macedonia  | World Tennis Tour  | Clay  |  Yanaki Milev |  Sascha Gueymard Wayenburg
Antoine Hoang | 1–6, 2–6
Loss  | 2–6 | Dec 2023 | M15 Zahra, Kuwait  | World Tennis Tour  | Hard  |  Aleksandre Bakshi |  Dax Donders
Sidané Pontjodikromo  | 6–3, 6–7(3–7), [8–10]
Loss  | 2–7 | Dec 2023 | M15 Antalya, Turkey  | World Tennis Tour  | Clay  |  Bogdan Bobrov |  Jay Clarke
James MacKinlay  | 1–6, 2–6

## National participation[edit]

### Davis Cup (2 losses)[edit]

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

| Group membership

World Group (0–0)
WG Play-off (0–0)
Group I (0–0)
Group II (0–1)
Group III (0–0)
Group IV (0–0)
| Matches by surface

Hard (0–1)
Clay (0–0)
Grass (0–0)
Carpet (0–0)
| Matches by type

Singles (0–1)
Doubles (0–0)

* indicates the result of the Davis Cup match followed by the score, date, place of event, 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

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3–1; 4–5 March 2022; Sport Hall Sofia, Sofia, Bulgaria; World Group II Play-Off; Hard (i) surface
Defeat  | 1  | IV  | Singles  |  Paraguay | Daniel Vallejo | 6–7(8–10), 7–6(7–2), [5–10]
3–1; 4–5 February 2023; Wilding Park, Christchurch, New Zealand; World Group I Play-Off; Hard surface
Defeat  | 2  | III  | Doubles (with Alexander Donski)  |  New Zealand | Artem Sitak / Michael Venus | 4–6, 6–3, 3–6

## Junior Grand Slam finals[edit]

### Doubles: 1 (0–1)[edit]

Result  | Year  | Tournament  | Surface  | Partner  | Opponent  | Score

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Runner-Up  | 2021 | US Open | Hard  |  Viacheslav Bielinskyi  |  Max Westphal
Coleman Wong | 3–6, 7–5, [1–10]

## References[edit]

1. ^ "Petr Nesterov | Overview | ATP Tour | Tennis".
2. ^ "ITF Tennis – Pro Circuit – Player Profile – NESTEROV, Petr (BUL)".

## External links[edit]

* Petr Nesterov at the Association of Tennis Professionals
* Petr Nesterov at the International Tennis Federation
* Petr Nesterov at the Davis Cup

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Association of Tennis Professionals Top Bulgarian male singles tennis players

As of Jan 7, 2024

* 1\. Grigor Dimitrov (13 1)
* 2\. Dimitar Kuzmanov (235 28)
* 3\. Adrian Andreev (263 2)
* 4\. Yanaki Milev (525 1)
* 5\. Petr Nesterov (555 2)

* 6\. Simon Anthony Ivanov (764 2)
* 7\. Alexandar Lazarov (848 1)
* 8\. Iliyan Radulov (862 1)
* 9\. Alexander Donski (954 1)
* 10\. Nikolay Nedelchev (956 1)

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