Editing Alex

{{about|the character from the [[Mario Tennis (series)|Mario Tennis series]]|Alex from [[Minecraft]]|[[Steve (Minecraft)]]}}
{{character infobox
|image=[[File:MTPTAlex.png|100px]]<br>Alex as he appears in ''[[Mario Tennis: Power Tour]]''.
|first_appearance= ''[[Mario Tennis (Game Boy Color)|Mario Tennis]]'' ([[Game Boy Color]]) ([[List of games by date#2000|2000]])
|latest_appearance=''[[Mario Tennis: Power Tour]]'' ([[List of games by date#2005|2005]])
|latest_portrayal={{wp|Penn Badgley}} (2000)<ref>TODAY (June 3, 2022). [https://youtu.be/CFAt-HJjtv4?t=161 ‘You’ Star Penn Badgley Says Season 4 Is ‘Structured Differently’] ''YouTube''. Retrieved June 8, 2022.</ref>
|species=Human
}}
'''Alex''' is a character who debuts in the [[Game Boy Color]] version of ''[[Mario Tennis (Game Boy Color)|Mario Tennis]]''. He is the winner of both the singles and doubles championships of the [[Island Open]] tournament.

==History==
===''Mario Tennis''===
[[File:MarioTennisGBCAlexMakesTheSinglesTravelingTeam.png|thumb|left|Alex makes it into the Academy Traveling Team]]
In ''[[Mario Tennis (Game Boy Color)|Mario Tennis]]'', Alex was a young boy who received an invitation to join the [[Royal Tennis Academy]] as a new student. As he was entering the Academy, the headmaster accidentally ran into him. After properly introducing themselves, they parted ways and Alex ran into [[Emily]], a Varsity Class tennis player and Senior Class coach. She gave Alex a tour of the Academy and introduced him to fellow coaches [[Kevin]] and [[Mark (Mario Tennis series)|Mark]]; and to his roommate and doubles partner [[Harry (Mario Tennis series)|Harry]], whom was also a Senior Class singles player. Alex surprised everyone by easily ranking into the Academy Traveling Team.

Alex entered both the singles and doubles tournament of the [[Island Open]] as an unseeded player. Against all odds, he easily defeated the seeded players and made it into the final of both tournaments. In singles, he faced [[Factory (Mario Tennis: Power Tour)|Factory]]'s [[A. Coz]] and won easily. In doubles, he and Harry defeated A. Coz and his younger brother [[B. Coz]]. News of his accomplishments reached [[Princess Peach]], whom invited Alex and Harry to the [[Mushroom Kingdom]] to face [[Mario]], then dubbed "The Greatest Tennis Player of All Time". He defeated Mario in a close match, as well as both Mario and Peach in doubles with Harry.

Alex can be transferred with the [[Transfer Pak]] to the [[Nintendo 64]] version of ''[[Mario Tennis (Nintendo 64)|Mario Tennis]]'' though not in its [[Virtual Console]] ports and [[Nintendo 64 - Nintendo Switch Online]]. He retains the same stats from the Game Boy Color version.
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===''Mario Tennis: Power Tour''===
In ''[[Mario Tennis: Power Tour]]'', Alex holds the distinction of being the Academy's best ever player and is still the only one that has challenged Mario before. However, he has retired from competitive tennis and has become the Academy's head coach. Alex develops a training regimen for not just the players, but also for the other coaches, based on the [[Power Shot]] that he saw Mario use. At the start of the game, Alex loses the match against Mario, who is wearing a mask to hide his identity. He states that he is surprised that Mario came back for a rematch and wonders when he'll be seeing him again. When [[Clay]] or [[Ace]] are about to leave to the Mario World after winning the Island Open, Alex tells them a bit about his experience against him and expects the player to beat the plumber. When the player beats the Master level of the [[Tennis Machine]], Alex, along with [[Nina (Mario Tennis series)|Nina]], come to congratulate the player. Nina proceeds to tease Alex, and reveals that Alex became afraid of the siren that sounds after beating the Tennis Machine.

==Statistics==
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! colspan=2 | [[File:Alex.png|111px]]
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| '''Bonuses''' || +1 Stroke +2 Dash
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==Gallery==
{{more images|Power Tour}}
<gallery widths=150px>
MarioTennisGBCAlexAndHarryMakeTheDoublesTravelingTeam.png|Alex and [[Harry (Mario Tennis series)|Harry]] make it into the Academy Traveling Team
MarioTennisGBCIslandOpenAlexWinsSingles.png|Alex wins the singles championship in [[Island Open]]
MarioTennisGBCIslandOpenAlexWinsSinglesCloseup.png|Alex holding the singles Island Open championship trophy
MarioTennisGBCIslandOpenAlexAndHarryWinDoubles.png|Alex and Harry win the doubles championship in Island Open
MarioTennisGBCIslandOpenAlexAndHarryWinDoublesCloseup.png|Alex holding the doubles Island Open championship trophy with Harry
MarioTennisGBCIslandOpenAlexWinsMarioSinglesChallenge.png|Alex wins the Mario Singles Challenge
MarioTennisGBCIslandOpenAlexWinsMarioSinglesChallengeCloseup.png|Alex and the Mario Singles Challenge medal
MarioTennisGBCIslandOpenAlexAndHarryWinMarioDoublesChallenge.png|Alex and Harry win the Mario Doubles Challenge
MarioTennisGBCIslandOpenAlexAndHarryWinMarioDoublesChallengeCloseup.png|Alex, Harry, and the Mario Doubles Challenge medal
AlexMT64.png|''Mario Tennis'' (Nintendo 64)
</gallery>

==Names in other languages==
{{foreign names
|Jap=アレックス
|JapR=Arekkusu
|JapM=Alex
|Ita=Alex
}}

==Trivia==
*In ''[[Mario Tennis: Power Tour]]'', it is shown that Alex is canonically the winner of the singles and (along with [[Harry (Mario Tennis series)|Harry]]) the doubles championships of the [[Island Open]].
*The voice lines for Alex in ''Mario Tennis'' (performed by {{wp|Penn Badgley}}) are reused assets for [[Kid]] from ''[[Mario Golf (Nintendo 64)|Mario Golf]]'' for the [[Nintendo 64]]. The lines were later used for [[Chris]] in ''[[Mario Tennis: Power Tour]]''.

==References==
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