Alexander Peya is an Austrian

Austria

Austria , officially the Republic of Austria , is a landlocked country of roughly 8.4 million people in Central Europe. It is bordered by the Czech Republic and Germany to the north, Slovakia and Hungary to the east, Slovenia and Italy to the south, and Switzerland and Liechtenstein to the...

 male tennis

Tennis

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 player. He reached a career high singles ranking of No. 92 on April 30, 2007. His career high doubles ranking was No. 48 on January 15, 2007. He was born in Vienna

Vienna

Vienna is the capital and largest city of the Republic of Austria and one of the nine states of Austria. Vienna is Austria's primary city, with a population of about 1.723 million , and is by far the largest city in Austria, as well as its cultural, economic, and political centre...

, Austria, and currently resides there.

In September 2008 Peya helped Austria

Austria Davis Cup team

The Austria Davis Cup team represents Austria in Davis Cup tennis competition and are governed by Tennis Austria.In 2010 Austria was re-promoted to the World Group after being relegated to the Europa/Africa Zone Group I only one year earlier....

 to a Davis Cup

Davis Cup

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 play-off win against Great Britain

Great Britain Davis Cup team

The Great Britain Davis Cup team represents the United Kingdom in Davis Cup tennis competition and is controlled by the Lawn Tennis Association. The United Kingdom played in the very first International Lawn Tennis Challenge...

. Peya beat Alex Bogdanovic

Alex Bogdanovic

Aleksa Bogdanovic , also known as his British nickname Alex, is a Serbian-British tennis player born in Belgrade, Yugoslavia. Alex was brought to England by his parents Dušan and Amelija when he was seven and took up tennis as a means of making new friends.Bogdanovic turned professional in 2002...

 in four sets in the deciding rubber of the tie.

Singles: 11 (5–6)

Legend

ATP Challenger Tour (5–6)

Outcome	No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Opponent in the final	Score in the final
Runner-up	1.	July 15, 2001	Bristol Bristol Bristol is a city, unitary authority area and ceremonial county in South West England, with an estimated population of 433,100 for the unitary authority in 2009, and a surrounding Larger Urban Zone with an estimated 1,070,000 residents in 2007... , United Kingdom	Grass	Jamie Delgado Jamie Delgado Jamie Delgado is a professional male tennis player from Great Britain. Delgado has represented the UK in the Davis Cup, most recently in 2006. His best performance at Wimbledon was reaching the second round on three occasions, most notably in 2001 where he played against former champion Andre...	3–6, 1–6
Winner	1.	August 6, 2001	Togliatti, Russia	Hard	Karol Beck Karol Beck Karol Beck is a male tennis player from Slovakia, who turned professional in 2001. He has been ranked as high as 36th in the world .- Career :On October 25, 2004, Beck lost in the final of the St...	6–2, 6–2
Runner-up	2.	July 14, 2002	Bristol Bristol Bristol is a city, unitary authority area and ceremonial county in South West England, with an estimated population of 433,100 for the unitary authority in 2009, and a surrounding Larger Urban Zone with an estimated 1,070,000 residents in 2007... , United Kingdom	Grass	Karol Beck	0–6, 3–6
Winner	2.	July 21, 2002	Togliatti, Russia	Hard	Dmitri Vlasov	6–4, 6–4
Winner	3.	October 27, 2003	Aachen Lambertz Open by STAWAG The Lambertz Open by STAWAG is a tennis tournament held in Aachen, Germany since 1991. The event is part of the ATP challenger series and is played on indoor carpet courts.-Singles:-Doubles:- External links :**... , Germany	Carpet (i)	Jürgen Melzer Jürgen Melzer Jürgen Melzer is an Austrian tennis player. He reached a career-high ranking of no. 8 on 18 April 2011, and a doubles ranking of no. 6 on 13 September 2010. He is the only current player on the ATP Tour to be ranked in the top 10 in both singles and doubles. He is a left-handed tennis player, but...	7–6, 6–1
Winner	4.	March 29, 2004	Busan, South Korea	Hard	Yen-Hsun Lu	6–3, 5–7, 6–3
Runner-up	3.	September 11, 2005	Donetsk Alexander Kolyaskin Memorial The Alexander Kolyaskin Memorial is a tennis tournament held in Donetsk, Ukraine since 2002. The event is part of the challenger series and is played on outdoor hard courts.-Singles:-Doubles:- External links :**... , Ukraine	Hard	Łukasz Kubot	4–6, 2–6
Runner-up	4.	May 21, 2006	Fergana Fergana Challenger The Fergana Challenger is a professional tennis tournament played on outdoor hard courts. It is currently part of the Association of Tennis Professionals Challenger Tour. It is held annually at the Istiklol Tennis Club in Fergana, Uzbekistan, since 2000.... , Uzbekistan	Hard	Danai Udomchoke Danai Udomchoke Danai Udomchoke is a professional tennis player from Thailand. He was born in Bangkok, where he still resides.Udomchoke turned professional in 1997, and is coached by Jan Stoce. He is sponsored by Dunlop Sport for his racquets and apparel. His career-best ranking is World No...	0–6, 2–6
Winner	5.	July 17, 2006	Istanbul Istanbul Istanbul , historically known as Byzantium and Constantinople , is the largest city of Turkey. Istanbul metropolitan province had 13.26 million people living in it as of December, 2010, which is 18% of Turkey's population and the 3rd largest metropolitan area in Europe after London and... , Turkey	Hard	Roko Karanušić Roko Karanušic Roko Karanušić is a Croatian professional tennis player. He turned pro in 2000, and his career high was on February 2, 2009, when he reached No. 88 in the ATP rankings.-Singles Titles:...	6–7, 6–0, 6–3
Runner-up	5.	July 30, 2006	Togliatti, Russia	Hard	Uros Vico Uros Vico Uros Vico is a Croatian-born Italian tennis player.Vico has yet to win any titles on the ATP Tour and has reached one final, in doubles. He plays mainly challenger tournaments.-Wins :-Runners-up :...	6–3, 4–6, 1–6
Runner-up	6.	February 24, 2008	Sarajevo BH Telecom Indoors The BH Telecom Indoors is a professional tennis tournament played on indoor hard courts. It is currently part of the Association of Tennis Professionals Challenger Tour. It is held annually in Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina, since 2003.-Singles:... , Bosnia and Herzegovina	Hard (i)	Marc Gicquel Marc Gicquel Marc Gicquel is a professional male tennis player from France. He turned pro in 1999.-Tennis career:...	6–7(2), 4–6

Doubles: 8 (1–7)

Legend (pre/post 2009)

Grand Slam tournaments (0)

Tennis Masters Cup / ATP World Tour Finals (0)

ATP Masters Series / ATP World Tour Masters 1000 (0)

ATP International Series Gold / ATP World Tour 500 Series (1–2)

ATP International Series / ATP World Tour 250 Series (0–5)

Outcome	No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Partner	Opponents in the final	Score in the final
Runner-up	1.	July 27, 2003	Kitzbühel Austrian Open Kitzbühel The Austrian Open Kitzbühel is an annual tennis tournament held in Kitzbühel, Austria. The event was part of the ATP World Series from the creation of ATP World Tour till 1998, International Series Gold from 1999–2008 and ATP World Tour 250 series in 2009. It was a part of the ATP Challenger Tour... , Austria	Clay	Jürgen Melzer Jürgen Melzer Jürgen Melzer is an Austrian tennis player. He reached a career-high ranking of no. 8 on 18 April 2011, and a doubles ranking of no. 6 on 13 September 2010. He is the only current player on the ATP Tour to be ranked in the top 10 in both singles and doubles. He is a left-handed tennis player, but...	Martin Damm Martin Damm Martin Damm was a professional tennis player from Czechia. He is 6'2" 195 lb and is best known as a doubles player . ,his highest singles ranking 42 as of August 1997...     Cyril Suk Cyril Suk Cyril Suk III is a former professional tennis player. A doubles specialist, Suk has won one Grand Slam men's doubles title and four Grand Slam mixed doubles titles during his career....	4–6, 4–6
Runner-up	2.	May 7, 2006	Munich BMW Open The BMW Open is a tennis tournament held in Munich, Germany. Held since 1900, the tournament is played on outdoor clay courts and is a part of the ATP Tour schedule.-History:... , Germany	Clay	Björn Phau Bjorn Phau Björn Phau is a German tennis player and the son of a German mother and an Indonesian father. He reached a singles ranking of 59 in the world on 19 June 2006. He defeated Andre Agassi 7–5, 7–5 at the 2006 Dubai Tennis Championships. In an interview, Agassi cited Phau as one of the quickest tennis...	Andrei Pavel Andrei Pavel Andrei Pavel is a tennis coach and former professional tennis player from Romania. He is currently coaching former world No. 1 and the current world No. 15 of the WTA, Jelena Janković.-Career:...     Alexander Waske Alexander Waske Alexander Waske is a professional male tennis player from Germany. He turned pro in 2000.On June 12, 2006, Waske achieved his career-high singles ranking: World No. 89.-Doubles: 7 :-External links:...	4–6, 2–6
Runner-up	3.	October 12, 2008	Vienna, Austria	Hard (i)	Philipp Petzschner Philipp Petzschner Philipp Petzschner is a professional German tennis player. He is known for his hard-hitting and incredible bursts of speed around the court, and now for controversy in the US Open Men's Doubles Final which he won partnered with Jurgen Melzer against the Polish team of Fystenberg/Matkowski...	Max Mirnyi Max Mirnyi Max Mirnyi is a professional tennis player from Belarus.Today Mirnyi is a doubles specialist, but he also enjoyed a good singles career, finishing in the top 50 in the world for seven straight years, as well as representing Belarus in Davis Cup competition since April 1994, where he holds a...     Andy Ram Andy Ram Andy Ram is a professional tennis player from Israel, and the first Israeli tennis player to win a seniors Grand Slam event . He plays more doubles than singles as he prefers doubles more and wins more matches...	1–6, 5–7
Runner-up	4.	February 27, 2011	Delray Beach Delray Beach International Tennis Championships The International Tennis Championships is an ATP World Tour 250 series men's tennis tournament held every year in Delray Beach, Florida, and played on hard courts. The event was held in Coral Springs from 1993–1998; in 1999, it was relocated to the Delray Beach Tennis Center... , United States	Hard	Christopher Kas Christopher Kas Christopher Kas is a professional German tennis player. His highest ATP singles ranking is No. 224, which he reached on 4 November 2002. His career high in doubles is No. 23 set at 3 November 2008.-Doubles: 15 :...	Scott Lipsky Scott Lipsky Scott Lipsky is a professional tennis player from the United States. He is primarily a doubles specialist....     Rajeev Ram Rajeev Ram Rajeev Ram is an American professional tennis player on the ATP Tour. Rajeev is a tall, lanky player with a serve-and-volley style who is known best as a doubles specialist. He has advanced as far as the quarter-finals in doubles at three Grand Slams, most recently with Scott Lipsky at the 2011...	6–4, 4–6, [3–10]
Runner-up	5.	May 1, 2011	Belgrade Serbia Open The Serbia Open is an ATP World Tour 250 series men's tennis tournament held in Belgrade, Serbia. It is currently played on outdoor clay courts. The event was held for the first time in 2009, from May 4–10... , Serbia	Clay	Oliver Marach Oliver Marach Oliver Marach is a professional Austrian tennis player. His highest ATP singles ranking is 82nd, which he reached on August 7, 2005. His career high in doubles is 8th, set at October 18, 2010.-Doubles: 14 :...	František Čermák František Cermák ----František Čermák is a Czech professional tennis player. Čermák turned pro in 1998. He has won 26 doubles titles on the ATP Tour, and has been a finalist 19 times. He reached his career high doubles ranking of World No. 14 on February 1, 2010...     Filip Polášek Filip Polášek Filip Polášek is a professional tennis player from Slovakia. Polášek's highest doubles ranking has been World Number 22 as of June 22, 2009. Polášek's highest singles ranking has been World Number 555 on November 26, 2007....	5–7, 2–6
Winner	1.	July 24, 2011	Hamburg, Germany	Clay	Oliver Marach	František Čermák   Filip Polášek	6–4, 6–1
Runner-up	6.	July 31, 2011	Gstaad, Switzerland	Clay	Christopher Kas	František Čermák   Filip Polášek	3–6, 6–7(7–9)
Runner-up	7.	August 27, 2011	Winston-Salem Winston-Salem Open The Winston-Salem Open is a tennis tournament played on the ATP Tour at Wake Forest University in Winston-Salem, North Carolina in the USA. It made its debut at Winston-Salem in 2011 and is part of the 250 tier of events... , United States	Hard	Christopher Kas	Jonathan Erlich Jonathan Erlich Jonathan Dario "Yoni" Erlich is a professional Israeli tennis player...     Andy Ram	6–7(2–7), 4–6

External links and references

• Peya Recent Match Results
• Peya World Ranking History