Alex Metreveli

Who is Alex Metreveli?

Alexander Metreveli is a retired Soviet tennis player of Georgian background. He lives in Moscow.

In 1962, aged 17, Metreveli lost 7–5 to Stanley Matthews in the Wimbledon Boys' Championship.

Metreveli is best known for making the final at Wimbledon in 1973, where he lost to Jan Kodeš of Czechoslovakia. In that year 13 of the 16 seeded men had withdrawn from Wimbledon in protest at the suspension of Nikki Pilic by the Yugoslav tennis federation. He reached a career-high singles ranking of World No. 9 and won 15 singles titles.

Metreveli was a member of the Dynamo sports society. He competed in professional tour events during the 1970s.