Davidovich-Fokina’s black and white
- The Spaniard aims to break into the Top 20 of the PIF ATP Rankings
- “Foki” seeks his first title as a professional in Los Cabos
Mexico City, July 7, 2025 – Since the age of 15, Spaniard Alejandro Davidovich-Fokina wears a white sock and a black sock when he steps out on the court – Superstition? Affirmative. Accepted by himself.
“I can’t train or play without one white sock and the other black. I’ve been wearing them like that for a long time and it’s become a superstition,” the Spaniard said after losing the Monte Carlo Masters final to Greece’s Stefanos Tsitsipas in April 2022.
But his skill, play, courage and ability in tennis, which took him to the 21st step of the PIF ATP Rankings in August 2023, are not the result of that superstition, but training, perseverance and discipline.
“Foki”, as he is fondly called, ended his junior stage as No. 2 in the world, after winning the singles title at Wimbledon and signing a 20-1 record in 2017.
Two years later, in October 2019 he was ranked 101st in the world rankings and from then on it was all uphill for the Spaniard until he brushed the Top 20 zone.
Although his father, Eduard Mark Davidovich, was an amateur boxer, and Alejandro was able to follow his path – he is a fan of boxer Floyd Mayweather, his favorite movie is Creed II and his favorite actor is Sylvester Stallone – he decided, precisely with him, to take up the racquet from the age of three.
With a record of 137-133, this year 23-14, the Spaniard is looking for his first title as a professional and with that goal in mind he will arrive in Los Cabos for the ninth edition of the Mifel Tennis Open by Telcel Oppo to be played from July 14 to 19.
So far with 26 years, eight as a professional, “Foki” has three finals, two this year in Delray Beach (ATP 250) and Acapulco (ATP 500) last February, in addition to the Masters 100 in Monte Carlo in 2022.
Datasheet
Name: Alejandro Davidovich-Fokina
Age: 26
Date and place of birth: June 5, 1999, Malaga, Spain.
Current ATP ranking: 27
Best ATP ranking: 21 (as of September 2020)
Coach: Felix Mantilla, David Sanchez
ATP titles: 0