Alex Bogomolov Jr.

Aleksandr Aleksandrovich Bogomolov Jr. (Russian: Александр Александрович «Алекс» Богомолов; born April 23, 1983), nicknamed Bogie, is a Russian-American former professional tennis player.

Born in Moscow, Russia, the 5' 10" Bogomolov's father, Alex Sr., was a Soviet tennis coach who worked with Larisa Neiland, Yevgeny Kafelnikov, and Andrei Medvedev.

In 1998 he won the USTA National Boys' 16 Championships, defeating Andy Roddick in the final.

After losing in the first round of his first Grand Slam appearance at Wimbledon, Bogomolov was beaten by David Nalbandian in the first round of the 2001 US Open.

In 2005, he was suspended for eight weeks after a positive doping test from the Australian Open. The banned substance found was salbutamol. Bogomolov admitted taking the substance through an inhaler to treat exercise-induced asthma and that he had not applied for a medical exemption. The tribunal decided he had not intentionally taken the drug in an effort to boost his performance and so the usual two-year ban did not apply, however he lost the prize money and ranking points earned at several competitions during the relevant time period.

In July 2008, he won the Shotgun 21 world championship at the Pacific Palisades Tennis Center, defeating John Isner in the semifinal, and Phillip King in the final, twice by the score of 21–20. In September Bogomolov beat world no. 83 Bobby Reynolds, 6–2, 4–6, 6–3, in Waco, Texas. After having surgery on his left wrist in late 2008,[1] Archived June 4, 2011, at the Wayback Machine Bogomolov began work at the Gotham Tennis Academy.

In July 2009 at the Hall of Fame Championships, he defeated Arnaud Clément of France, 1–6, 6–3, 6–4.

In 2011 Bogomolov won his first Challenger title in three years in Champaign-Urbana over Amer Delić, 5–7, 7–6, 6–3. That same year Bogomolov defeated Andy Murray 6–1, 7–5, in the second round of the Miami Masters 1000 but lost to John Isner in the third round. At the 2011 Farmers Classic, Bogomolov was defeated by Ernests Gulbis in the semifinals, 2–6, 6–7. In the first round of the Western & Southern Open he defeated Robby Ginepri 6–4, 6–3 . After defeating an out-of-sorts world no. 10 Jo-Wilfried Tsonga 6–3, 6–4 in the second round, he faced a rematch with Andy Murray in the third, this time losing 2–6, 5–7.