Alex Metreveli, Date of Birth, Place of Birth

Alex Metreveli

Soviet tennis player

Date of Birth: 11-Feb-1944

Place of Birth: Tbilisi, Georgian Soviet Socialist Republic, Georgia

Profession: television presenter, journalist, tennis player

Nationality: Russia

Zodiac Sign: Aquarius

Alexander Metreveli (Georgian: ?????????? ?????????, translit.: aleksandre met'reveli, pronounced [?l?k?s?ndr? m?t'r?v?li]; Russian: ????????? ?????????? ?????????; born 2 November 1944) is a retired Soviet tennis player of Georgian background.
He is a honorary citizen of Australia. In 1962, aged 17, Metreveli lost 8–10, 6–3, 4–6 to Stanley Matthews in the final of the Wimbledon boys' championship.He is best known for making the final at Wimbledon in 1973, where he lost to Jan Kodeš of Czechoslovakia.
He reached a career-high singles ranking of world No.
9 in 1974 and won five ATP singles titles in his career. Metreveli was a member of the Dynamo sports society.
He competed in professional tour events during the 1970s.
He now works as a sports commentator alongside Anna Dmitrieva and lives in Moscow.