Alex Vlaški

{{short description|Serbian tennis player (born 1982)}}

{{Infobox tennis biography

| name = Alex Vlaški

| image = AVlaski2.jpg

| fullname = Aleksandar Vlaški

| country_represented = {{SCG}}
{{SRB}}

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1982|04|21|df=yes}}

| birth_place = Belgrade, Yugoslavia

| height = {{height|m=1.86}}

| turnedpro= 2000

| retired= 2007

| plays = Left-handed

| careerprizemoney = US $50,462

| singlesrecord = 0–0

| singlestitles = 0
0 Challenger, 4 Futures

| highestsinglesranking = No. 299 (24 April 2006)

| doublesrecord = 0–0

| doublestitles = 0
2 Challenger, 5 Futures

| highestdoublesranking = No. 160 (10 April 2006)

}}

Aleksandar Vlaški (born 21 April 1982) is a former Serbian professional tennis player, whose name is often spelled Alex Vlaski in English-language media.{{cite news |title=Serbian player rides high in China |url=https://www.chinadaily.com.cn/english/doc/2004-08/02/content_356710.htm |work=China Daily |date=2 August 2004}}

Professional career

Born and raised in Belgrade, Vlaški was a three-time All-American tennis player for the Washington Huskies at the University of Washington. In 2003, he reached the NCAA semi-finals and won the ITA All-American Singles Championship, becoming the first Husky since 1924 to claim a national title. During his college career, he amassed the most all-time wins for the Huskies and, in 2004, achieved a career-high ranking of No. 2 in Division I.{{cite news |last=Levesque |first=John |title=Serb revels in a new world at UW |url=https://www.seattlepi.com/news/article/Serb-revels-in-a-new-world-at-UW-1136153.php |work=Seattle Post-Intelligencer |date=4 February 2004}}

A left-handed player, Vlaški competed on the professional tour after graduating from college, reaching career-high rankings of No. 299 in singles and No. 160 in doubles. He also won two ATP Challenger doubles titles.

Challenger titles

=Doubles: 3 (2 titles, 1 runner-up)=

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!Legend

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|ATP Challenger Tour (2–1)

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!Finals by surface

Hard (2–1)
Clay (0–0)
Grass (0–0)

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!Finals by setting

Outdoor (2–1)
Indoor (0–0)

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Result

! No.

! Date

! Tournament

! Surface

! Partner

! Opponents

! Score

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|style="background:#98fb98;"|Win

|1–0

|Jul 2005

|Campos do Jordão, Brazil

|Hard

|{{flagicon|DEN}} Kristian Pless

|{{flagicon|BRA}} Franco Ferreiro
{{flagicon|BRA}} Marcelo Melo

|7–6(5), 6–4

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|style="background:#98fb98;"|Win

|2–0

|Aug 2005

|Belo Horizonte, Brazil

|Hard

|{{flagicon|USA}} Lesley Joseph

|{{flagicon|ARG}} Juan Martín del Potro
{{flagicon|ARG}} Máximo González

|7–6(8), 6–4

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|style="background:#ffa07a;"|Loss

|2–1

|Nov 2005

|Caloundra, Australia

|Hard

|{{flagicon|AUS}} Robert Smeets

|{{flagicon|AUS}} Peter Luczak
{{flagicon|AUS}} Shannon Nettle

|7–6(4), 4–6, 2–6

References

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