Alejandro Davidovich Fokina
Alejandro Davidovich Fokina (born June 5, 1999, Rincón de la Victoria, Málaga) is a Spanish tennis player who won his first Masters 1000 title in Shanghai on October 18, 2026, beating Rafael Jódar from a set and a break down. It is his third ATP title of 2026 and lifts him to a career-high No. 13.
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Who is Alejandro Davidovich Fokina?
Alejandro Davidovich Fokina is a Spanish professional tennis player from the Málaga area, born in 1999 and a former Wimbledon boys' champion (2017). For years he was known as the talented player who kept losing finals: five ATP finals, five defeats, including the 2022 Monte-Carlo Masters. In 2026 that changed completely, with titles in Mallorca, Chengdu and, on October 18, the Shanghai Masters, his first ATP Masters 1000 trophy. Source: ATP Tour.
Where does Alejandro Davidovich Fokina live?
He is based on the Costa del Sol in southern Spain. His racquet sponsor HEAD lists his residence as Fuengirola, near Málaga, and he grew up in La Cala del Moral, a small town about 10 km from Málaga where he started training as a child. Some unofficial sites mention Monaco, but no reliable source confirms it.
What is Alejandro Davidovich Fokina's nationality?
Alejandro Davidovich Fokina is Spanish. He was born in Rincón de la Victoria, in the province of Málaga, and has always represented Spain. His family background explains the unusual name: his father, Eduard Mark Davidovich, is Swedish-Russian and a former boxer, and his mother, Tatiana Fokina, is Russian. In Spain, both surnames are kept, hence "Davidovich Fokina".
How old is Alejandro Davidovich Fokina?
Alejandro Davidovich Fokina is 27 years old. He was born on June 5, 1999, so he won his first Masters 1000 title in Shanghai at 27, after nearly a decade on the pro tour.
How tall is Alejandro Davidovich Fokina?
Alejandro Davidovich Fokina is listed at 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in). He is a right-hander with a two-handed backhand. Without the height of the big servers, he relies on speed, explosiveness and variety from the baseline.
Did Davidovich Fokina win the Shanghai Masters 2026?
Yes. On October 18, 2026, he beat fellow Spaniard Rafael Jódar 1-6, 7-6(5), 6-4 in 2 hours and 28 minutes in the Shanghai final. He was a set and a break down (1-6, 2-3) before winning the second-set tiebreak and breaking in the fifth game of the decider. Earlier in the week he saved a match point against Frances Tiafoe and came from a set down to beat Hubert Hurkacz and Alexander Zverev. Source: ATP Tour.
What is Alejandro Davidovich Fokina's ranking?
After Shanghai, Davidovich Fokina climbs 13 places to a career-high No. 13 in the ATP rankings (October 19, 2026). He arrived in Shanghai ranked No. 26 and seeded 25th. Source: ATP Tour.
How many titles has Davidovich Fokina won?
He has 3 ATP singles titles, all won in 2026: the Mallorca Championships on grass in June (final against Ethan Quinn, 7-6(4), 6-3), the Chengdu Open in September (final against Hubert Hurkacz, 6-4, 7-6(7)) and the Shanghai Masters in October. Before that, he had lost his first five tour-level finals. He also won the 2017 Wimbledon boys' title. Source: ATP Tour.
What finals had Davidovich Fokina lost before 2026?
Five: the 2022 Monte-Carlo Masters (to Stefanos Tsitsipas, after beating world No. 1 Novak Djokovic in the second round), then four in 2025: Delray Beach (Miomir Kecmanović), Acapulco (Tomáš Macháč), Washington (Alex de Minaur) and Basel (João Fonseca). That run made the 2026 breakthrough all the more striking.
Who is Alejandro Davidovich Fokina's coach?
His coaching setup changed during 2026. He started the season with Argentina's Mariano Puerta, added Spain's José "Pepo" Clavet in April, and Puerta left the team abruptly during Roland-Garros in late May. Clavet has been the reported coach since. In 2025 he worked with Félix Mantilla, and for most of his career (2009 to 2024) with Jorge Aguirre. Sources: Wikipedia, Punto de Break.
Is Alejandro Davidovich Fokina married?
Yes. He married fashion designer Paloma Amatiste in June 2025 in southern Spain, with French player Arthur Fils among the witnesses, according to the ATP Tour. He had proposed at the Trevi Fountain in Rome.
Can Davidovich Fokina qualify for the ATP Finals 2026?
It is a long shot but no longer impossible. After Shanghai, Punto de Break places him 14th in the Race to Turin with 2,510 points, about 650 points behind Rafael Jódar, ninth with 3,159. The last big chance to close the gap is the Rolex Paris Masters (October 31 to November 8, 2026). The Nitto ATP Finals run from November 15 to 22 in Turin. His exact schedule before Paris has not been confirmed.
Alejandro Davidovich Fokina spent years as one of the tour’s great “almosts”: a junior Wimbledon champion in 2017, a Roland-Garros quarterfinalist in 2021, a Monte-Carlo finalist in 2022 after beating Novak Djokovic, and then four more lost finals in 2025. Born on June 5, 1999, in Rincón de la Victoria, near Málaga, to a Swedish-Russian father and a Russian mother, he grew up in La Cala del Moral and has always played for Spain.
The 2026 season rewrote that story. He finally won his first ATP title on grass at the Mallorca Championships in June, beating Ethan Quinn, then lost the summer to a back problem that kept him out of the North American swing and the US Open. He came back in Asia and won Chengdu in September without dropping serve in the final against Hubert Hurkacz.
Shanghai was the big one. Seeded 25th, he saved a match point against Frances Tiafoe, came from a set down against Hurkacz and Alexander Zverev, and then beat 19-year-old compatriot Rafael Jódar 1-6, 7-6(5), 6-4 in the final on October 18, from a set and 2-3 down. It is his first Masters 1000 title, his third title of the year and his biggest, and it takes him to a career-high No. 13 in the world. “Just a huge relief,” he said after the match. Source: ATP Tour.
His game rests on speed, variety and touch rather than raw height (he is listed at 1.80 m), and his coaching situation has been unsettled this year, with Mariano Puerta leaving during Roland-Garros and José Clavet now in charge. Next on the calendar is the end-of-season run to the Rolex Paris Masters, where he still has an outside shot at the Race to Turin.
