Career
Though born in Ukraine, his family moved to the United States when he was 3 years old, settling just outside Philadelphia. He resides in Tampa, Florida where he trains at Saddlebrook Resort Club. He trains with John Isner and Tim Smyczek.
Kuznetsov is not related to Russian tennis player Svetlana Kuznetsova or Andrey Kuznetsov.
Kuznetsov is part of a group of players including Sam Querrey, John Isner, Ryan Harrison, Denis Kudla, and Ryan Sweeting that are hoped by some to provide a boost to American tennis, with Pete Sampras and Andre Agassi long-since retired and "aging" American tennis player Mardy Fish nearing the end of his career. Juniors
Excelling as a junior, Kuznetsov was coached by Robert Fisher during his youth.
Considered at one time,to be the next "big thing" in American Tennis, because of his big body and big serve. 4 in July 2004. Junior Slam results – Singles:
Australian Open: -
French Open: F (2004)
Wimbledon: 2R (2004)
United States Open: 3R (2005)
Nike offered Alex a 1 million dollar sponsorship contract as soon as he turned pro which he accepted.
He was involved in a serious car accident soon after.
2006
In July 2006 Alex played in the Comerica Challenger in Aptos, defeating Go Soeda for the 2006 singles title. At the 2006 United States Open, he lost to 14th seed Tommy Haas. 2006 also saw Kuznetsov appear in the video game Top Spin 2 as an up-and-coming star.
2007
Kuznetsov reached the second round of the 2007 Australian Open, defeating Australian Peter Luczak before losing to fellow American James Blake, 6–4, 6–1, 6–2.
Kuznetsov gave Blake an early scare by breaking Blake"s first two service games. In April 2007, he reached his career-high singles ranking of World Number.
158.
In the 2007 United States Open he played doubles with American Jesse Levine. In December, Kuznetsov, Levine, and Wayne Odesnik were invited by the USTA to play off in a round-robin for the wild-card berth in the Australian Open.
Singles performance timeline
Current through 2015 Australian Open.
Doubles performance timeline
Current till United States Open.