Irakli Labadze

Irakli Labadze

Country (sports)	Georgia
Residence	Tbilisi, Georgia
Born	(1981-06-09) June 9, 1981 (age 40) Tbilisi, Georgian SSR
Height	1.88 m (6 ft 2 in)
Turned pro	1998
Retired	2010
Plays	Left-handed (two-handed backhand)
Prize money	$1,234,668
Singles
Career record	50–83
Career titles	0
Highest ranking	No. 42 (July 5, 2004)
Grand Slam Singles results
Australian Open	1R (2002, 2003, 2004, 2005)
French Open	2R (2002, 2004)
Wimbledon	4R (2006)
US Open	1R (2002, 2004)
Doubles
Career record	27–34
Career titles	0
Highest ranking	No. 100 (October 29, 2001)
Grand Slam Doubles results
Australian Open	2R (2005)
French Open	1R (2004)
Wimbledon	3R (2006)
US Open	1R (2004)
Last updated on: February 18, 2017.

Irakli Labadze (Georgian: ირაკლი ლაბაძე, romanized: irak'li labadze, pronounced [irɑkʼli lɑbɑd͡zɛ]; born June 9, 1981) is a Georgian retired professional tennis player. His career-high singles ranking was World No. 42, which he attained in July 2004. He is the first Georgian player to reach the fourth round at Wimbledon as a qualifier.

Career[]

Juniors[]

Labadze had a successful junior career, notably reaching the final of the Wimbledon boys' singles in 1998 and losing to future World No.1 Roger Federer. Together with Lovro Zovko he won the 1999 French Open boys' doubles.

Pro tour[]

Labadze's most successful appearance at a Grand Slam event came at the 2006 Wimbledon Championships, where he reached the fourth round. After eliminating Gastón Gaudio and Mardy Fish, he was defeated by the eventual runner-up Rafael Nadal in three sets. It was to be his last appearance in the singles main draw at a major championship.

Labadze's best result in Masters 1000 tournaments was reaching the semifinals of the 2004 Indian Wells Masters. After defeating Carlos Moyá and James Blake, he lost to Tim Henman in straight sets.

ATP career finals[]

Doubles: 3 (3 runner-ups)[]

Result	Year	Tournament	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Loss	2001	Orange Warsaw Open, Poland	Clay	Attila Sávolt	Paul Hanley Nathan Healey	6–7(10–12), 2–6
Loss	2001	St. Petersburg Open, Russia	Hard (i)	Marat Safin	Denis Golovanov Yevgeny Kafelnikov	5–7, 4–6
Loss	2002	St. Petersburg Open, Russia	Hard (i)	Marat Safin	David Adams Jared Palmer	6–7(8–10), 3–6

Singles performance timeline[]

Titles[]

Singles (10)[]

No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Opponent	Score
1.	2000	Boca Raton	Hard	Marcos Daniel	6–4, 6–4
2.	2000	Furth	Clay	Daniel Elsner	6–4, 6–4
3.	2001	Birmingham	Clay	James Blake	6–2, 6–3
4.	2001	Bucharest	Clay	Emilio Benfele Álvarez	6–4, 6–2
5.	2002	Brest	Carpet	Paradorn Srichaphan	6–4, 7–5
6.	2002	Kyiv	Clay	Gorka Fraile	6–0, 4–6, 6–4
7.	2003	Kyiv	Clay	Petr Kralert	6–1, 6–2
8.	2003	Saint-Jean-de-Luz	Hard	Fabrice Santoro	1–6, 7–6(7–4), 6–4
9.	2003	Dnepropetrovsk	Hard	Harel Levy	6–3, 3–6, 6–1
10.	2005	Biella	Hard	Carlos Berlocq	7–6(7–4), 6–0

Doubles: (6)[]

No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
1.	1999	Vero Beach	Clay	Lovro Zovko	Hugo Armando Mitch Sprengelmeyer	7–6, 7–6
2.	2000	Quito	Clay	Francisco Costa	Eric Nunez Martin Stringari	6–2, 7–6(7–4)
3.	2000	Santiago	Clay	Dušan Vemić	Joan Balcells Germán Puentes	6–3, 6–4
4.	2003	Mönchengladbach	Clay	Rogier Wassen	Karsten Braasch Franz Stauder	6–7(7–4), 6–2, 6–2
5.	2005	Reggio Emilia	Clay	Yuri Schukin	Francesco Aldi Francesco Aldi	6–4, 6–3
6.	2008	Samarkand	Clay	Denis Matsukevich	Vaja Uzakov	7–6(7–1), 4–6, [10–3]

External links[]

• Irakli Labadze at the Association of Tennis Professionals
• Irakli Labadze at the International Tennis Federation
• Irakli Labadze at the Davis Cup