Irakli Labadze
Country (sports) | Georgia |
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Residence | Tbilisi, Georgia |
Born | Tbilisi, Georgian SSR | June 9, 1981
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)[]
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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[]
W | F | SF | QF | #R | RR | Q# | DNQ | A | NH |
Tournament | 1999 | 2000 | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | SR | W–L | Win % |
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Grand Slam tournaments | |||||||||||||
Australian Open | A | A | Q1 | 1R | 1R | 1R | 1R | A | A | A | 0 / 4 | 0–4 | 0% |
French Open | A | A | Q2 | 2R | 1R | 2R | Q2 | Q1 | A | A | 0 / 3 | 2–3 | 40% |
Wimbledon | Q1 | Q2 | Q2 | 2R | 1R | 2R | Q2 | 4R | A | Q1 | 0 / 4 | 5–4 | 56% |
US Open | A | Q1 | A | 1R | A | 1R | A | A | A | A | 0 / 2 | 0–2 | 0% |
Win–Loss | – | 0–0 | 0–0 | 2–4 | 0–3 | 2–4 | 0��1 | 3–1 | – | 0–0 | 0 / 13 | 7–13 | 35% |
Year-end championship | |||||||||||||
ATP World Tour Finals | DNQ | 0 / 0 | 0–0 | 0% | |||||||||
Year-end ranking | – | 169 | 109 | 92 | 73 | 78 | 143 | 167 | 1461 | 539 |
Tournament | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | SR | W–L | Win % | ||||||||
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ATP World Tour Masters 1000 | |||||||||||||||
Indian Wells | A | A | SF | 1R | 0 / 2 | 5–2 | 71% | ||||||||
Miami | 1R | Q2 | 1R | 2R | 0 / 3 | 1–3 | 25% | ||||||||
Monte Carlo | Q1 | A | A | A | 0 / 0 | 0–0 | 0% | ||||||||
Madrid | A | A | 1R | A | 0 / 1 | 0–1 | 0% | ||||||||
Rome | Q1 | Q2 | 2R | A | 0 / 1 | 1–1 | 50% | ||||||||
Canada | A | A | 1R | A | 0 / 1 | 0–1 | 0% | ||||||||
Cincinnati | A | A | 1R | A | 0 / 1 | 0–1 | 0% | ||||||||
Hamburg | A | Q2 | 2R | A | 0 / 1 | 1–1 | 50% | ||||||||
Paris | A | Q1 | A | A | 0 / 0 | 0–0 | 0% | ||||||||
Win–Loss | 0–1 | 0–0 | 7–7 | 1–2 | 0 / 10 | 8–10 | 44% |
Titles[]
Singles (10)[]
Legend |
Grand Slam Tournaments (0) |
Tennis Masters Cup (0) |
ATP Masters Series (0) |
ATP Tour (0) |
Challengers (9) |
Futures (1) |
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 |
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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[]
- 1981 births
- Living people
- French Open junior champions
- Male tennis players from Georgia (country)
- Sportspeople from Tbilisi
- Grand Slam (tennis) champions in boys' doubles