Irakli Labadze

Irakli Labadze
Country (sports)	Georgia
Residence	Tbilisi, Georgia
Born	June 9, 1981; 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; 9 Challengers
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)

Legend
Grand Slam tournaments (0–0)
ATP World Tour Finals (0–0)
ATP World Tour Masters 1000 (0–0)
ATP World Tour 500 Series (0–0)
ATP World Tour 250 Series (0–2)

Finals by surface
Hard (0–2)
Clay (0–1)
Grass (0–0)
Carpet (0–0)

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

**Key**
W	F	SF	QF	#R	RR	Q#	A	P	Z#	PO	G	F-S	SF-B	NMS	NH

(W) Won; (F) finalist; (SF) semifinalist; (QF) quarterfinalist; (#R) rounds 4, 3, 2, 1; (RR) round-robin stage; (Q#) qualification round; (A) absent; (P) postponed; (Z#) Davis/Fed Cup Zonal Group (with number indication) or (PO) play-off; (G) gold, (F-S) silver or (SF-B) bronze Olympic medal; a (NMS) downgraded Masters Series/1000 tournament; (NH) not held. SR=strike rate (events won/competed)

To avoid confusion and double counting, these charts are updated at the conclusion of a tournament or when the player's participation has ended.

Tournament	1999	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008	SR	W–L	Win %
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 %
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 in final	Score in final
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	Kiev	Clay	Gorka Fraile	6–0, 4–6, 6–4
7.	2003	Kiev	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	Danila Arsenov 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

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