{"id":24791,"date":"2025-07-20T23:24:10","date_gmt":"2025-07-20T23:24:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/24791\/"},"modified":"2025-07-20T23:24:10","modified_gmt":"2025-07-20T23:24:10","slug":"alexander-zverev-names-the-former-wta-legend-who-he-would-have-loved-to-play-mixed-doubles-with","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/24791\/","title":{"rendered":"Alexander Zverev names the former WTA legend who he would have loved to play mixed doubles with"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Alexander Zverev has faced some greats of the game since making his debut on the ATP Tour back in 2013. <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thetennisgazette.com\/tag\/alexander-zverev\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Zverev<\/a> has played and won against each of the \u2018big three\u2019, tallying a total of 13 wins against <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thetennisgazette.com\/tag\/roger-federer\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Roger Federer<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thetennisgazette.com\/tag\/rafael-nadal\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Rafael Nadal<\/a>, and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thetennisgazette.com\/tag\/novak-djokovic\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Novak Djokovic<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The German has also clashed with Grand Slam champions such as <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thetennisgazette.com\/tag\/andy-murray\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Andy Murray<\/a> and Stan Wawrinka, and Juan Martin Del Potro.<\/p>\n<p>There is one legend, however, Zverev never had the chance to face whom he would have \u2018loved\u2019 the chance to share the court with.  <\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" loading=\"lazy\"  src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/GettyImages-850570284-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"Roger Federer and Alexander Zverev at the Laver Cup in 2017.\" class=\"wp-image-63797\" \/>Photo by Julian Finney\/Getty Images for Laver CupAlexander Zverev names the legend he would have loved to play with or against<\/p>\n<p>In an interview with digital creator Gareth Richman, Zverev was asked: \u201cIf you could play against, or with, any player, past or present, who would it be?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>He responded: \u201cI played against and with Roger Federer. I played doubles with him and singles against him. That was the dream when I was growing up, for sure. It was surreal when I played doubles with him.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI would love to play with Steffi Graf. It would have been so much fun. She\u2019s an absolute hero, an absolute legend. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cI would have loved that experience to play against her or with her.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Alexander Zverev says he \u2018strongly believes\u2019 he will still win a major<\/p>\n<p>Zverev was then asked if he would rather have a long, successful career or a Grand Slam title to his name. <\/p>\n<p>The world number three replied: \u201cI feel like I have a long, successful career, right?<\/p>\n<p>Zverev\u2019s three major finals losses:<\/p>\n<p>2020 US Open final: Lost to Dominic Thiem 2024 Roland Garros final: Lost to Carlos Alcaraz2025 Australian Open final: Lost to Jannik Sinner<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe Slam is still missing, but I do believe that I am going to have both. I very strongly believe that.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>He made the final of the Australian Open earlier this year and the semi-finals at Roland Garros, before crashing out in the first round of Wimbledon.<\/p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Alexander Zverev has faced some greats of the game since making his debut on the ATP Tour back&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":24792,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[72],"tags":[12082,99,17220,428],"class_list":{"0":"post-24791","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-tennis","8":"tag-alexander-zverev","9":"tag-sports","10":"tag-steffi-graf","11":"tag-tennis"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24791","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=24791"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24791\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/24792"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=24791"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=24791"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=24791"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}