Alex Metreveli Tennis player

Alexander Metreveli (Georgian: ალექსანდრე მეტრეველი; Russian: Александр Ираклиевич Метревели – Aleksandr Iraklievich Metreveli) is a retired Soviet (and ethnic Georgian) amateur tennis player. He lives in Moscow. Metreveli is probably best known for making the final at Wimbledon in 1973, where he lost to Jan Kodeš of Czechoslovakia. In 1973 13 of the 16 seeded men withdraw from Wimbledon in protest of suspension of Nikki Pilic by the Yugoslav tennis federation. Metreveli was a member of the Dynamo sports society. He competed in professional tour events during the 1970s.