Alexander Zverev

Alexander "Sascha" Zverev is a German professional tennis player. He has a career-high singles ranking of world No. 2 by the ATP, first achieved in June 2022. Zverev has won two majors at the 2026 French Open and 2026 US Open, a gold medal at the 2020 Tokyo Olympics, seven ATP 1000 and the 2018 and 2021 ATP Finals.
Quotes
- I have had the best moments and the worst moment of my life on this court. I was laid in that corner four years ago with seven broken ligaments and two fractured bones. I lost a Grand Slam final here two years ago. But now, finally, it is a happy ending."
- Quoted following French Open win in: "'I had the best and worst moments of my life here'", BBC Sport (7 June 2026)
- In that moment I was in the zone a lot. I didn't hear noise at all. It's funny - tennis teachers always tell you to just play the next point and forget about the score. At that moment I forgot about the score and it helped me.
- We went 30 years without winning a Grand Slam title and now we've won two in three months. 2026 is the outcome of all the years that happened before."
- Quoted following US Open win in: "Zverev turns US Open tears into triumph", BBC Sport (14 September 2026)
- When your four-year-old son gets diagnosed with diabetes and the doctors tell you that life and sports will be very, very limited for that child. It takes a very, very strong mother to walk out and say, 'My son will be whatever he wants to be. If he wants to be a tennis player, he will be a tennis player... This illness will not define us.
- Acknowledges his debt to his mother in:"US Open 2026: Alexander Zverev opens up about diabetes challenge after claiming second major", Olympics (14 September 2026)
External links
Media related to Alexander Zverev on Wikimedia Commons
Categories:
- Living people
- 1997 births
- Olympic gold medalists
- Tennis players from Germany
- People from Hamburg