Petr Nesterov

Petr Nesterov

Country (sports)	Bulgaria
Residence	Varna, Bulgaria
Born	(2003-03-07) 7 March 2003 Moscow, Russia
Turned pro	2019
Plays	Right-handed (two-handed backhand)
Prize money	US$ 21,269
Singles
Career record	0–1 (at ATP Tour level, Grand Slam level, and in Davis Cup)
Career titles	0
Highest ranking	No. 672 (12 June 2023)
Current ranking	No. 773 (14 August 2023)
Grand Slam singles results
French Open Junior	1R (2021)
Wimbledon Junior	1R (2021)
US Open Junior	QF (2021)
Doubles
Career record	1–2 (at ATP Tour level, Grand Slam level, and in Davis Cup)
Career titles	0
Highest ranking	No. 383 (17 July 2023)
Current ranking	No. 392 (14 August 2023)
Grand Slam doubles results
French Open Junior	QF (2021)
Wimbledon Junior	2R (2021)
US Open Junior	F (2021)
Last updated on: 17 August 2023.

Petr Nesterov (Template:Lang-bg, born 7 March 2003) is a professional Bulgarian tennis player. Nesterov has a career-high ATP singles ranking of World No. 672 achieved on 12 June 2023, whilst his best doubles ranking is No. 383 achieved on 17 July 2023.

Junior career

As a junior, Nesterov won three singles and four doubles titles and achieved a career-high ranking of World No. 15. His biggest junior success came in 2021 at the US Open, where he reached the quarterfinals in singles and his first Grand Slam final in doubles with Viacheslav Bielinskyi, but lost 3–6, 7–5, [1–10] to Max Westphal and Coleman Wong in the championship match. Earlier in the year the Bulgarian-Ukrainian duo came close to another doubles final at the French Open, but lost out in the semifinals to eventual champions Arthur Fils and Giovanni Mpetshi Perricard

Professional career

2019–2022: early years: turning pro, ATP debut

Nesterov made his professional debut at the age of 16, when he received a wildcard for the ITF tournament in Burgas in 2019. Although he lost his first singles match, Petr reached his debut ITF final in doubles with compatriot Simeon Terziev, but the Bulgarian duo couldn't go all the way, losing 3–6, 3–6 to Luca Gelhard and Kai Wehnelt.

A year and a half later, after the end of his junior career, Nesterov started playing regularly on the ITF men's tour. In 2022 he made his debut for Bulgaria Davis Cup team in the World Group II Play-Off tie with Paraguay, but was forced to retire in the third set against Daniel Vallejo.

After reaching two semifinals as a qualifier at the M25 and M15 events in Pirot and Novi Sad, Nesterov made his debut in the top 1000 of the ATP rankings as well as reaching his second doubles final with Simon Anthony Ivanov at the tournament in Novi Sad.

In September, Nesterov made his ATP debut at the 2022 Sofia Open after receiving a wildcard for the qualifying draw of his home tournament. The Bulgarian didn't waste this opportunity and scored his biggest win to date, overcoming World No. 270 Salvatore Caruso in straight sets - 7–6(4), 6–4. Ultimately Petr could not seal his spot into the main draw after a loss to Dragoș Nicolae Mădăraș in the second round.

Nesterov made his main draw ATP debut with Yanaki Milev at the doubles competition in Sofia, where they reached the quarterfinals defeating Jack Vance and Jamie Vance before losing to eventual champions Rafael Matos and David Vega Hernández.

Year-end ATP ranking

Year	2019	2020	2021	2022
Singles	-	-	1692	819
Doubles	1514	1584	2418	550

Challenger and ITF World Tennis Tour finals

Doubles: 7 (2–5)

Legend (doubles) ATP Challenger Tour (0–0) ITF World Tennis Tour (2–5)

Titles by surface Hard (2–1) Clay (0–4) Grass (0–0) Carpet (0–0)

Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Tier	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Loss	0–1	Oct 2019	M15 Burgas, Bulgaria	World Tennis Tour	Clay	Simeon Terziev	Luca Gelhard Kai Wehnelt	3–6, 3–6
Loss	0–2	Jul 2022	M15 Novi Sad, Serbia	World Tennis Tour	Clay	Simon Anthony Ivanov	Viktor Jović Marat Sharipov	3–6, 4–6
Loss	0–3	Oct 2022	M15 Sozopol, Bulgaria	World Tennis Tour	Hard	Yanaki Milev	Maks Kaśnikowski Olaf Pieczkowski	3–6, 5–7
Win	1–3	Oct 2022	M15 Sozopol, Bulgaria	World Tennis Tour	Hard	Yanaki Milev	Adriano Dhzenev Anthony Genov	6–3, 6–2
Win	2–3	Mar 2023	M15 Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt	World Tennis Tour	Hard	Alec Beckley	Alex Knaff Jakob Schnaitter	3–6, 6–3, [10–8]
Loss	2–4	Jun 2023	M15 Constanța, Romania	World Tennis Tour	Clay	Olaf Pieczkowski	Ignacio Carou João Victor Couto Loureiro	3–6, 6–7(5–7)
Loss	2–5	Jun 2023	M25 Skopje, North Macedonia	World Tennis Tour	Clay	Yanaki Milev	Sascha Gueymard Wayenburg Antoine Hoang	1–6, 2–6

National participation

Davis Cup (2 losses)

Petr Nesterov debuted for the Bulgaria Davis Cup team in 2022. Since then he has 3 nominations with 2 ties played, his singles W/L record is 0–1 and doubles W/L record is 0–1 (0–2 overall).

Group membership World Group (0–0) WG Play-off (0–0) Group I (0–0) Group II (0–1) Group III (0–0) Group IV (0–0)

Matches by surface Hard (0–1) Clay (0–0) Grass (0–0) Carpet (0–0)

Matches by type Singles (0–1) Doubles (0–0)

• indicates the result of the Davis Cup match followed by the score, date, place of event, the zonal classification and its phase, and the court surface.

Rubber result	No.	Rubber	Match type (partner if any)	Opponent nation	Opponent player(s)	Score
3–1; 4–5 March 2022; Sport Hall Sofia, Sofia, Bulgaria; World Group II Play-Off; Hard (i) surface
Defeat	1	IV	Singles	Paraguay	Daniel Vallejo	6–7(8–10), 7–6(7–2), [5–10]
3–1; 4–5 February 2023; Wilding Park, Christchurch, New Zealand; World Group I Play-Off; Hard surface
Defeat	2	III	Doubles (with Alexander Donski)	New Zealand	Artem Sitak / Michael Venus	4–6, 6–3, 3–6

Junior Grand Slam finals

Doubles: 1 (0–1)

Result	Year	Tournament	Surface	Partner	Opponent	Score
Runner-Up	2021	US Open	Hard	Viacheslav Bielinskyi	Max Westphal Coleman Wong	3–6, 7–5, [1–10]

External links

• Petr Nesterov at the Association of Tennis Professionals
• Petr Nesterov at the International Tennis Federation
• Petr Nesterov at the Davis Cup