Radu Albot

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Radu Albot

Albot at the 2019 French Open
Country (sports)	Moldova
Residence	Chișinău, Moldova
Born	(1989-11-11) 11 November 1989 (age 32) Kishinev, Moldavian SSR, Soviet Union (now Chișinău, Moldova)
Height	1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)
Turned pro	2008
Plays	Right-handed (two-handed backhand)
Prize money	US$ 4,079,795
Singles
Career record	86–118 (42.2% in ATP World Tour and Grand Slam main draw matches, and in Davis Cup)
Career titles	1
Highest ranking	No. 39 (5 August 2019)
Current ranking	No. 123 (6 December 2021)[1]
Grand Slam Singles results
Australian Open	3R (2021)
French Open	2R (2018, 2019, 2020)
Wimbledon	3R (2018)
US Open	3R (2017)
Doubles
Career record	46–66 (41.1% in ATP World Tour and Grand Slam main draw matches, and in Davis Cup)
Career titles	1
Highest ranking	No. 56 (29 April 2019)
Current ranking	No. 163 (15 November 2021)
Grand Slam Doubles results
Australian Open	3R (2018, 2019)
French Open	QF (2015)
Wimbledon	1R (2015, 2018, 2019, 2021)
US Open	SF (2018)
Last updated on: 13 December 2021.

Radu Albot (born 11 November 1989) is a Moldovan professional tennis player. He is the first player from Moldova to win ATP singles (2019 Delray Beach Open) and doubles (2015 Istanbul Open) titles.

Albot has won 1 ATP World Tour singles title, 1 ATP World Tour doubles title, 7 singles and 10 doubles Challenger titles in his career, as well as 14 singles and 7 doubles Futures titles. He has been a regular member of the Moldovan Davis Cup team since 2007 and holds his country's records for the most singles wins (28) and total wins (41).

His ATP singles ranking of No. 99 on August 3, 2015 made him the first Moldovan to break into the top 100. Albot achieved a career high ranking of No. 39 on August 5, 2019. He has finished in the Top 100 in the year-end rankings for the past five years (2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020). His year-end career high was in 2019 when he finished at No. 46.

Personal life[]

Albot became a father on 19 April 2020, after his girlfriend Doina, gave birth to daughter Adeline.^[2]

Tennis career[]

2013–16: First ATP doubles title[]

Radu Albot has achieved many firsts for a Moldovan professional tennis player. In September 2013 he won the ATP Challenger event in Fergana, Uzbekistan, becoming the first player from his country to win an ATP Challenger tournament. At the 2014 US Open, he won three straight matches in the men's qualifying tournament to gain a berth in the main draw, becoming the first Moldovan to play in the main draw of a Grand Slam Tournament.

In May 2015, Albot teamed up with Dusan Lajovic to win the doubles title at the inaugural 2015 Istanbul Open, becoming the first Moldovan to win an ATP Tour level event. In October 2015, Albot together with his doubles partner František Čermák managed to reach the 2015 Kremlin Cup final, being defeated by Andrey Rublev and Dmitry Tursunov in the decisive set. In June 2016, he qualified for the 2016 Wimbledon Championships and won his first Grand Slam match in 4 attempts, defeating Gastao Elias in the first round.

2017–19: First ATP singles title[]

In June 2017, Radu Albot reached the quarter-finals of the 2017 Antalya Open beating Joao Sousa and Paolo Lorenzi, before losing to Andreas Seppi in straight sets. In the same year, he played for the first time in the main draw of all four Grand Slam tournaments. He received direct entry into the Australian Open, French Open and Wimbledon tournaments. Albot qualified for the 2015 US Open tournament and won two main draw matches before being defeated by Sam Querrey in the third round, his best singles finish at a Grand Slam to date. He equalled this achievement at the 2018 Wimbledon Championships, defeating Pablo Carreno Busta in the first round before eventually losing in the third round to John Isner.

In February 2018, Radu Albot reached the quarter-finals of the 2018 New York Open, winning matches against Bjorn Fratangelo and John Isner, but being eliminated by Kei Nishikori in the decisive third set. In September 2018, he reached his first ATP Tour level singles semifinals at the 2018 Moselle Open where he lost against the eventual tournament champion, Gilles Simon. At the 2018 US Open, he and partner Malek Jaziri reached the doubles semifinals.

In early February 2019, Albot reached the semifinals of the 2019 Open Sud de France tournament, beating Philipp Kohlschreiber, Ernests Gulbis and Marcos Baghdatis, before losing to the eventual tournament champion Jo-Wilfried Tsonga. In late February 2019, he won the 2019 Delray Beach Open, making history as the first Moldovan to win an ATP singles title, knocking out Ivo Karlovic, Nick Kyrgios, Steve Johnson and Mackenzie McDonald. In the final he defeated Dan Evans of Great Britain in a closely fought three-set match.^[3] In May 2019, Albot reached the 2019 Geneva Open semifinal losing in the penultimate round against Nicolás Jarry. In August, 2019 he reached his third semifinal of the year at the 2019 Los Cabos Open, losing to Taylor Fritz. His three victories in the tournament put him at a total of 25 for the year, his most ATP tour wins in a season.

2021: Australian Open third round, struggles with form, out of top 100[]

Albot reached the third round at the 2021 Australian Open for the first time at this Major where he defeated World No. 13 Roberto Bautista Agut en route before losing to 24th seed Casper Ruud. Seeded 6th, he made his first semifinal in 19 months and of the year at the 2021 Singapore Tennis Open where he lost to Alexander Bublik.^[4] After eight first rounds losses he dropped out of the top 100 on 2 August 2021. He finished with a 6-15 ATP win-loss record for the year.

Performance timelines[]

Singles[]

Current through the 2021 US Open.

Doubles[]

ATP career finals[]

Singles: 1 (1 title)[]

Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Tier	Surface	Opponent	Score
Win	1–0	Feb 2019	Delray Beach Open, United States	250 Series	Hard	Dan Evans	3–6, 6–3, 7–6(9–7)

Doubles: 2 (1 title, 1 runner-up)[]

Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Tier	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Win	1–0	May 2015	Istanbul Open, Turkey	250 Series	Clay	Dušan Lajović	Robert Lindstedt Jürgen Melzer	6–4, 7–6(7–2)
Loss	1–1	Oct 2015	Kremlin Cup, Russia	250 Series	Hard (i)	František Čermák	Andrey Rublev Dmitry Tursunov	6–2, 1–6, [6–10]

ATP Challenger and ITF Futures finals[]

Singles: 33 (22–11)[]

Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Tier	Surface	Opponent	Score
Loss	0–1	Jun 2010	Romania F3, Bacau	Futures	Clay	Florian Reynet	1–6, 3–6
Loss	0–2	Oct 2010	Turkey F9, Antalya	Futures	Hard	Sam Groth	3–6, 1–6
Win	1–2	Oct 2010	Turkey F11, Antalya	Futures	Hard	Denys Molchanov	6–3, 4–6, 7–5
Win	2–2	Mar 2011	Turkey F7, Antalya	Futures	Clay	Ruan Roelofse	7–5, 6–4
Win	3–2	Apr 2011	Turkey F11, Antalya	Futures	Clay	Alejandro González	7–5, 6–3
Win	4–2	Apr 2011	Turkey F12, Antalya	Futures	Hard	Yannik Reuter	6–3, 7–6(7–1)
Win	5–2	Apr 2011	Turkey F13, Antalya	Futures	Hard	Peter Gojowczyk	6–3, 6–2
Win	6–2	May 2011	Italy F11, Cesena	Futures	Clay	Walter Trusendi	2–6, 6–2, 7–6(7–1)
Loss	6–3	Feb 2012	Turkey F6, Antalya	Futures	Hard	Daniel Smethurst	6–3, 5–7, 0–6
Win	7–3	Feb 2012	Turkey F7, Antalya	Futures	Hard	Aleksandr Lobkov	7–6(7–5), 6–3
Win	8–3	Mar 2012	Turkey F8, Antalya	Futures	Hard	Ádám Kellner	7–6(7–5), 6–2
Win	9–3	Apr 2012	Turkey F12, Antalya	Futures	Hard	Sergio Gutierrez-Ferrol	6–1, 6–3
Win	10–3	Apr 2012	Turkey F15, Antalya	Futures	Hard	Tomislav Brkić	6–1, 4–6, 6–1
Win	11–3	Apr 2012	Turkey F16, Antalya	Futures	Hard	Tomislav Brkić	3–6, 6–4, 7–6(7–3)
Loss	11–4	May 2012	Romania F1, Cluj	Futures	Clay	Marcin Gawron	1–6, 3–6
Win	12–4	Jun 2012	Romania F3, Bacau	Futures	Clay	Roman Borvanov	7–5, 6–4
Loss	12–5	Feb 2013	Turkey F7, Antalya	Futures	Hard	Yannik Reuter	6–7(4–7), 6–3, 2–6
Win	13–5	Mar 2013	Turkey F8, Antalya	Futures	Hard	Reid Carleton	6–1, 6–4
Win	14–5	Mar 2013	Turkey F9, Antalya	Futures	Hard	Marsel İlhan	6–3, 3–6, 7–6(9–7)
Loss	14–6	May 2013	Qarshi, Uzbekistan	Challenger	Hard	Teymuraz Gabashvili	4–6, 4–6
Win	15–6	Sep 2013	Fergana, Italy	Challenger	Hard	Ilija Bozoljac	7–6(11–9), 6–7(3–7), 6–1
Loss	15–7	Sep 2014	Sibiu, Romania	Challenger	Clay	Jason Kubler	4–6, 1–6
Win	16–7	Mar 2015	Kolkata, India	Challenger	Hard	James Duckworth	7–6(7–0), 6–1
Loss	16–8	Jun 2015	Moscow, Russia	Challenger	Clay	Daniel Munoz-De La Nava	0–6, 1–6
Loss	16–9	Jul 2015	Poznan, Poland	Challenger	Clay	Pablo Carreno Busta	4–6, 4–6
Loss	16–10	Aug 2015	Prague, Czech Republic	Challenger	Clay	Rogerio Dutra Silva	2–6, 7–6(7-5), 4–6
Win	17–10	Jun 2016	Furth, Germany	Challenger	Clay	Jan-Lennard Struff	6–3, 6–4
Win	18–10	Jun 2016	Fergana, Uzbekistan	Challenger	Hard	Konstantin Kravchuk	6–4, 6–2
Win	19–10	Jul 2016	Poznań, Poland	Challenger	Clay	Clement Geens	6–2, 6–4
Loss	19–11	Oct 2017	Suzhou, China	Challenger	Hard	Miomir Kecmanovic	4–6, 4–6
Win	20–11	Nov 2017	Shenzhen, China	Challenger	Hard	Hubert Hurkacz	7–6(8–6), 6–7(3–7), 6–4
Win	21–11	Oct 2018	Liuzhou, China	Challenger	Hard	Miomir Kecmanović	6–2, 4–6, 6–3
Win	22–11	Nov 2021	Pau, France	Challenger	Hard (i)	Jiří Lehečka	6-2, 7-6(7-5)

Doubles: 37 (17 titles, 20 runners-up)[]

Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Tier	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Loss	0–1	Aug 2007	Germany F13, Munchen	Futures	Clay	Torsten Wietoska	David Klier Philipp Piyamongkol	walkover
Loss	0–2	Jun 2008	Romania F6, Bacau	Futures	Clay	Andrei Ciumac	Teodor-Dacian Craciun Victor Ionita	2–6, 6–3, [7–10]
Loss	0–3	Jul 2008	Romania F11, Bucharest	Futures	Clay	Andrei Ciumac	Vladislav Bondarenko Robert Varga	2–6, 6–7(2–7)
Loss	0–4	Jul 2008	Romania F13, Tirgu Mures	Futures	Clay	Andrei Ciumac	Andrea Arnaboldi Vladislav Bondarenko	7–5, 0–6, [1–10]
Win	1–4	Aug 2008	Romania F14, Oradea	Futures	Clay	Andrei Ciumac	Steven Goh Zakary van Min	7–6(7–5), 6–7(5–7), [10–3]
Loss	1–5	Apr 2009	Egypt F5, Suiz	Futures	Clay	Teodor-Dacian Craciun	Andrey Kuznetsov Robert Varga	2–6, 4–6
Loss	1–6	May 2009	Romania F1, Cralova	Futures	Clay	Andrei Ciumac	Petru-Alexandru Luncanu Marius Copil	5–7, 1–6
Win	2–6	May 2009	Romania F2, Bucharest	Futures	Clay	Andrei Ciumac	Florin Mergea Costin Pavăl	6–1, 6–2
Loss	2–7	Jun 2009	Romania F5, Bacau	Futures	Clay	Andrei Ciumac	Tobias Klein Alexander Sadecky	4–6, 3–6
Win	3–7	Sep 2009	Germany F17, Kempten	Futures	Clay	Jiří Školoudík	James Lemke Richard Waite	6–1, 6–2
Win	4–7	May 2010	Romania F2, Pitești	Futures	Clay	Andrei Ciumac	Ivan Anikanov Artem Smirnov	2–6, 6–3, [10–7]
Loss	4–8	Aug 2010	Romania F9, Arad	Futures	Clay	Andrei Ciumac	Alexandru-Daniel Carpen Alexandru Catalin Marasin	4–6, 5–7
Loss	4–9	Sep 2010	Brasov, Romania	Challenger	Clay	Andrei Ciumac	Daniele Giorgini Flavio Cipolla	3–6, 4–6
Win	5–9	Mar 2011	Turkey F8, Antalya	Futures	Hard	Denys Molchanov	Roman Jebavý Adrian Sikora	6–7(3–7), 6–3, [12–10]
Loss	5–10	Mar 2011	Turkey F10, Antalya	Futures	Clay	Andrei Ciumac	Toni Androic Dino Marcan	1–6, 2–6
Win	6–10	May 2011	Italy F10, Aosta	Futures	Clay	Yasutaka Uchiyama	Hiroki Moriya Shuichi Sekiguchi	4–6, 7–5, [10–7]
Loss	6–11	Aug 2011	Samarkand, Uzbekistan	Challenger	Clay	Andrey Kuznetsov	Alexander Kudryavtsev Mikhail Elgin	6–7(4-7), 6–2, [7-10]
Loss	6–12	Aug 2011	Romania F9, Brasov	Futures	Clay	Andrei Ciumac	Adrian Cruciat Teodor-Dacian Craciun	0–6, 6–3, [7-10]
Loss	6–13	Feb 2012	Turkey F6, Antalya	Futures	Hard	Andrei Ciumac	Germain Gigounon Yannik Reuter	6–7(6–8), 4-6
Loss	6–14	Feb 2012	Turkey F7, Antalya	Futures	Hard	Andrei Ciumac	Jorisde Loore Yannik Reuter	3-6, 6–7(6–8)
Win	7–14	Apr 2012	Mersin, Turkey	Challenger	Clay	Denys Molchanov	Alessandro Motti Simone Vagnozzi	6–0, 6–2
Win	8–14	May 2012	Ostrava, Czech Republic	Challenger	Clay	Teymuraz Gabashvili	Adam Pavlásek Jiří Veselý	7–5, 5–7, [10–8]
Loss	8–15	Apr 2013	Mersin, Turkey	Challenger	Clay	Oleksandr Nedovyesov	Andreas Beck Dominik Meffert	7–5, 3–6, [8–10]
Loss	8–16	May 2013	Samarkand, Uzbekistan	Challenger	Clay	Jordan Kerr	Farrukh Dustov Oleksandr Nedovyesov	1–6, 6–7(7-9)
Win	9–16	Oct 2013	Kazan, Russia	Challenger	Hard	Farrukh Dustov	Egor Gerasimov Dzmitry Zhyrmont	6–2, 6–7(3–7), [10–7]
Win	10–16	Mar 2014	China F1, Guangzhou	Futures	Hard	Christopher Rungkat	Claudio Grassi Ricadro Ghedin	1–6, 7–5, [10–7]
Win	11–16	Apr 2014	Mersin, Turkey	Challenger	Clay	Jaroslav Pospíšil	Thomas Fabbiano Matteo Viola	7–6(9–7), 6–1
Win	12–16	May 2014	Rome, Italy	Challenger	Clay	Artem Sitak	Andrea Arnaboldi Flavio Cipolla	4–6, 6–2, [11–9]
Loss	12–17	Jun 2014	Arad, Romania	Challenger	Clay	Artem Sitak	Franko Skugor Antonio Velc	4–6, 6–7(3-7)
Win	13–17	Jul 2014	Poznań, Poland	Challenger	Clay	Adam Pavlásek	Tomasz Bednarek Henri Kontinen	7–5, 2–6, [10–8]
Loss	13–18	Jul 2014	Oberstaufen, Germany	Challenger	Clay	Mateusz Kowalczyk	Wesley Koolhof Alessandro Motti	6–7(7-9), 3–6
Win	14–18	Aug 2014	San Marino, San Marino	Challenger	Clay	Enrique López-Pérez	Franko Škugor Adrian Ungur	6–4, 6–1
Loss	14–19	Feb 2015	Burnie, Australia	Challenger	Hard	Matthew Ebden	Carsten Ball Matt Reid	5–7, 4–6
Win	15–19	Feb 2015	Launceston, Australia	Challenger	Hard	Mitchell Krueger	Adam Hubble Rubin Statham	3–6, 7–5, [11–9]
Win	16–19	Oct 2017	Ningbo, China	Challenger	Hard	Rubin Statham	Jeevan Nedunchezhiyan Christopher Rungkat	7–5, 6–3
Loss	16–20	Mar 2018	Irving, United States	Challenger	Hard	Matthew Ebden	Alexander Peya Philipp Petzschner	2–6, 4–6
Win	17–20	Sep 2021	Istanbul, Turkey	Challenger	Hard	Alexander Cozbinov	Antonio Šančić Artem Sitak	4–6, 7–5, [11–9]

Davis Cup[]

Singles performances (28–8)[]

Doubles performances (13-9)[]

Best Grand Slam results details[]

Australian Open 2021 Australian Open Round Opponent Score 1R Roberto Bautista Agut (12) 6–7(1–7), 6–0, 6–4, 7–6(7–5) 2R Christopher O'Connell (WC) 6–2, 7–5, 7–6(10–8) 3R Casper Ruud (24) 1–6, 7–5, 4–6, 4–6

French Open 2018 French Open Round Opponent Score 1R Grégoire Barrère (WC) 4–6, 0–6, 7–5, 6–1, 6–2 2R Damir Džumhur (26) 3–6, 3–6, 7–5, 6–1, 5–7 2019 French Open Round Opponent Score 1R Tennys Sandgren (Q) 7–6(7–3), 7–6(7–1), 3–6, 6–1 2R Jan-Lennard Struff 6–7(2–7), 6–7(3–7), 7–6(7–4), 2–6 2020 French Open Round Opponent Score 1R Jordan Thompson 6–2, 6–4, 6–1 2R Taylor Fritz (27) 3–6, 2–6, 4–6

Wimbledon Championships 2018 Wimbledon Round Opponent Score 1R Pablo Carreño Busta (20) 3–6, 6–0, 6–7(5–7), 6–2, 6–1 2R Aljaž Bedene 6–2, 4–6, 7–6(7–3), 5–7, 6–3 3R John Isner (9) 3–6, 3–6, 4–6

US Open 2017 US Open (Qualifier) Round Opponent Score Q1 João Domingues 6–0, 6–1 Q2 Cristian Garín 6–4, 6–4 Q3 Frank Dancevic (PR) 6–2, 6–4 1R Ernesto Escobedo 7–5, 4–6, 6–2, 6–4 2R Lu Yen-hsun 6–2, 7–6(9–7), 5–7, 0–6, 7–6(7–2) 3R Sam Querrey (17) 6–4, 2–6, 4–6, 4–6

Record against other players[]

Record against top 10 players[]

Albot's record against players that have been in the ATP top 10, with active players in bold.

Opponent	Highest ranking	Matches	Won	Lost	Win %	Last match
Number 1 ranked players
Roger Federer	1	2	0	2	0%	Lost (0–6, 3–6) at 2019 Swiss Indoors 2R
Number 3 ranked players
Marin Čilić	3	2	1	1	50%	Won (6–4, 7–6(8–6)) at 2019 Cincinnati 1R
Grigor Dimitrov	3	1	0	1	0%	Lost (2–6, 3–6) at 2020 ATP Cup RR
David Ferrer	3	1	0	1	0%	Lost (6–4, 5–7, 1–6, 0–6) at 2015 US Open 1R
Alexander Zverev	3	1	0	1	0%	Lost (1–6, 3–6, 6–3, 6–4, 2–6) at 2019 US Open 1R
Number 4 ranked players
Daniil Medvedev	4	1	0	1	0%	Lost (3–6, 1–6) at 2019 Monte Carlo Masters 2R
Kei Nishikori	4	1	0	1	0%	Lost (6–4, 3–6, 1–6) at 2018 New York Open QF
Number 5 ranked players
Kevin Anderson	5	1	0	1	0%	Lost (4–6, 3–6) at 2018 Acapulco 1R
Stefanos Tsitsipas	5	1	0	1	0%	Lost (6–7(2–7), 2–6) at 2018 Indian Wells Masters 1R
Jo-Wilfried Tsonga	5	1	0	1	0%	Lost (1–6, 3–6) at 2019 Montpellier SF
Number 6 ranked players
Gilles Simon	6	3	1	2	33%	Won (6–4, 6–2) at 2019 Montreal 1R
Gaël Monfils	6	1	0	1	0%	Lost (6–4, 4–6, 1–6) at 2019 Paris Masters 3R
Number 7 ranked players
Fernando Verdasco	7	3	0	3	0%	Lost (2–6, 6–3, 1–6) at 2019 Mutua Madrid Open 1R
David Goffin	7	4	0	4	0%	Lost (4–6, 1–6) at 2020 ATP Cup RR
Number 8 ranked players
Marcos Baghdatis	8	1	1	0	100%	Won (6–2, 7–6(7–2)) at 2019 Montpellier QF
Janko Tipsarević	8	1	1	0	100%	Won (7–5, 2–6, 6–0) at 2019 Los Cabos 1R
Mikhail Youzhny	8	1	1	0	100%	Won (4–6, 7–6(8–6), 7–5) at 2017 Gstaad 1R
John Isner	8	4	1	3	25%	Lost (3–6, 3–6, 4–6) at 2018 Wimbledon 3R
Andrey Rublev	8	1	0	1	0%	Lost (1–6, 2–6) at 2020 Paris Masters 2R
Diego Schwartzman	8	1	0	1	0%	Lost (4–6, 2–6) at 2019 Cincinnati Masters 3R
Matteo Berrettini	8	2	0	2	0%	Lost (3–6, 7–6(7–3), 1–6) at 2018 Kitzbühel 2R
Jack Sock	8	2	0	2	0%	Lost (6–3, 3–6, 6–7(2–7)) at 2020 Delray Beach 1R
Number 9 ranked players
Roberto Bautista Agut	9	1	1	0	100%	Won (6–7(1–7), 6–0, 6–4, 7–6(7–5)) at 2021 Australian Open 2R
Nicolás Almagro	9	2	1	1	50%	Won (7–6(8–6), 6–3) at 2017 Marrakesh 1R
Fabio Fognini	9	3	1	2	33%	Lost (6–7(6–8), 3–6) at 2019 Rome Masters 2R
Number 10 ranked players
Ernests Gulbis	10	1	1	0	100%	Won (7–6(7–5), 4–6, 6–4) at 2019 Montpellier 2R
Denis Shapovalov	10	1	1	0	100%	Won (6–2, 6–4) at 2020 Sofia 2R
Pablo Carreño Busta	10	2	1	1	50%	Lost (3–6, 4–6) at 2019 Chengdu 1R
Total		46	12	34	26%	* Statistics correct as of 9 February 2021

Notes[]

References[]

External links[]

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