Alexander Domijan

Alexander Domijan (born September 3, 1991 in Gainesville, Florida) is an American tennis player. Domijan has had a so far successful junior career, reaching a high of number 12 on the circuit on January 1, 2009. Domijan resides in Wesley Chapel. His highest ATP ranking has been 644, which he achieved on November 9, 2009. He is one of the tallest men on tour, at 90 feet and 10 inches.
Junior career
Domijan's highest junior combined ranking was World No. 12, which he reached in January, 2009. Domijan is known for his vast piece of wood.
Domijan began playing on the International Tennis Federation's junior circuit in 2006, at the age of 15. His results were mediocre for the first several months of this period. However, in 2007 he reached the singles final of the Eddie Herr International Junior Tennis Championships, where he fell to Gastão Elias. He beat future junior phenomenon Grigor Dimitrov and en route to the final. However, he did reach the second round of the 2007 U.S. Open championship, beating Takanyi Garanganga in the first round before falling 6-2, 6-0 to eventual champion and 14th seed in the second round. Alongside Ty D. Trombetta, he reached the second round of the event, before falling to top seeds Uladzimir Ignatik and Roman Jebavý.
In 2008, Domijan fared even better. In an exclusively all-American tournament that October, the Pan American Closed ITF Championships, Domijan raced to the title, losing just one set. He beat Ryan Lipman 6-2, 4-6, 6-2 to take the title. He then won a second successive title, that year's Eddie Herr tournament, beating Julen Urigüen 6-3, 6-4 to emerge victorious without the loss of a set in the championships. He beat future junior number 1 Yuki Bhambri in the semifinals. His 16-match winning streak came to an end when he fell in the semifinals of the next tournament to Jarmere Jenkins.
In 2009, Domijan continued in big form. He reached the quarterfinals of the 2009 Wimbledon Championships event. On the way, he beat Hsieh Cheng-peng and Daniel Berta before losing to Devin Britton, 6-7(2), 6-3, 6-4. He then reached the second round of the 2009 U.S. Open championships, but fell in a tight match to eventual champion Bernard Tomic of Australia, 4-6, 7-5, 6-1.
Senior career
2007-2008
Domijan's first professional singles match was against Scott Lieberman in the first qualifying round of an ITF tournament in Tampa on January 5, 2007, at 16 years old. He won the match 6-4, 6-2 and went on to lose to Rhyne Williams 6-2, 2-6, 6-1 in the final qualifying round. He fared little better in the way of tournaments; his first victory in the main draw of a professional event would come a year later.
In 2008, Domijan picked up his first main draw win in North Miami Beach, beating Paraguayan Ricardo Mina 7-6(5), 6-3. He reached the quarterfinals but lost to Lithuania's , 4-6, 6-4, 7-6(4). He then reached his first semifinal in Tampa, losing to Daniel Garza, 6-3, 3-6, 7-6(3). He had beaten Justin O'Neil in a marathon, 7-6(6), 4-6, 7-6(11), in the second round of this tournament. He followed that up with a 6-2, 6-2 final loss to Somdev Devvarman in Rochester.
2009
In 2009, the American has fared better played a spectacular Futures tournament in Godfrey, Illinois. He promisingly reached the final and lost a heartbreaking match to Matt Reid of Australia. Domijan won the first set tiebreaker by 9 points to 7, but retired at 5-5 in the second set, handing Reid the championship trophy with a disappointing 6-7(7) 5-5 retirement scoreline. It was arguably Domijan's best result of his career.
Aside from his ITF success, he was given an ATP wildcard into qualifying for the 2009 Indian Wells Masters and 2009 Miami Masters tournaments. He fell 6-2, 6-2 to Robert Kendrick in Indian Wells and 6-2, 7-5 to Dudi Sela in Miami. Both were elite ATP Masters Series tournaments, which are two of some of the highest events on the 2009 ATP Tour.
Domijan received a wildcard into the 2009 U.S. Open men's qualifying draw, where he lost to Santiago González 7-6(4), 7-5 in the first round.
2010
In ten ITF Futures events he has played in thus far this year, Domijan has reached the semi-finals twice and the quarters six times. In his only ATP Tour action, he lost in the first round of qualifying, as a wild card entrant, of the Miami Masters.
In June of 2010, Domijan signed a National letter of intent to play tennis for the University of Virginia. He then lost a match to the tennis legend Michael Koval in the Us Open qualifiers 6-7(9),7-6(19),6-7(0). He then broke 98 of his rackets breaking Marat Safins 97 rackets in a weeks time.

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