Uładzimir Iharavich Ihnatsik (); or Vladimir Igorevich Ignatik (); born 14 July 1990 in Belarus, is a Belarusian professional tennis player. He has a career-high ATP singles ranking of No. 129 achieved on 19 June 2017 and a doubles ranking of No. 117 reached on 19 November 2012.

Professional career Junior career Igantik was ranked the No. 1 junior in the world in June 2007 after winning the boys' singles title at 2007 Roland Garros, and later finished runner-up at the 2007 Wimbledon Championships. Then as the top seed, Ignatik lost in the quarterfinals of the 2007 US Open.

Early career Ignatik gained ATP points mainly by playing in Futures tournaments. He finished 2007 ranked 864 in the world, and 2008 ranked 431 in the world. Ignatik played his first two rubbers for Belarus in Davis Cup in 2008, at the age of 17, against Switzerland, losing in four sets to the top 20 player Stanislas Wawrinka, as well as losing a dead rubber to Yves Allegro in two sets. Ignatik got his first two wins in his next fixture against Georgia, defeating Lado Chikhladze in three sets, and Nodar Itonishvili in a dead rubber.

2009 Ignatik continued to play Futures in 2009. In May 2009, Ignatik retired in his first rubber against South Africa, which Belarus would go on to lose 5–0. In June Ignatik won his first Futures tournament in Poland. In August Ignatik hit a rich vein of form, reaching the final in a Futures in Serbia, followed by a win two weeks later in Poland. Two weeks later he won another Futures in Turkey, and the following week he won another in Spain. After this win Ignatik was ranked within the top 300, and began to participate in Challenger level tournaments.

In November, Ignatik got back-to-back quarter-finals in Jersey and Yokohama, before winning his first Challenger in Tokyo at the end of the month. He finished the year ranked No. 192 in the world.

2010 Ignatik began the year playing in the Futures circuit again, making it to the finals in one Futures tournament in Britain. After this, he went back to playing in the Challenger tour, but as of May, hadn't made it to the quarterfinals of any of these tournaments. In the Davis Cup, Ignatik lost both of his singles rubbers in a tie against Italy.

2011 Ignatik won his second Challenger in Guangzhou defeating Alexandre Kudryavtsev in the final.

2012 He won his third Challenger in Tashkent defeating Lukáš Lacko in the final.

ATP Challenger and ITF Futures finals

Singles: 33 (23–10) LegendATP Challenger (5–2)ITF Futures (18–8)Finals by surfaceHard (10–5)Clay (11–3)Grass (0–0)Carpet (2–2)

ResultW–LDateTournamentTierSurfaceOpponentScoreWin1–0USA F2, MiamiFuturesHard Todd Paul4–6, 7–6(10–8), 6–2Loss1–1Spain F18, VicFuturesClay Javier Genaro-Martinez4–6, 5–7Win2–1Belarus F1, MinskFuturesHard Deniss Pavlovs6–1, 2–0, ret.Loss2–2USA F5, HarlingenFuturesHard Jesse Witten5–7, 4–6Win3–2Poland F3, KoszalinFuturesClay Marcin Gawron6–1, 4–6, 6–2Loss3–3Serbia F4, Novi SadFuturesClay Dejan Katic6–3, 3–6, 2–6Win4–3Poland F4, OlsztynFuturesClay Marcin Gawron6–1, 6–3Win5–3Turkey F9, IstanbulFuturesHard Denys Molchanov6–2, 6–2Win6–3Spain F33, MartosFuturesHard Roberto Bautista Agut6–1, 3–6, 7–6(7–3)Win7–3Toyota, JapanChallengerCarpet Tatsuma Ito7–6(9–7), 7–6(7–3)Loss7–4Great Britain F2, SheffieldFuturesHard Stefano Galvani4–6, 6–4, 0–6Win8–4Guangzhou, ChinaChallengerHard Alexander Kudryavtsev6–4, 6–4Loss8–5Uzbekistan F1, NamanganFuturesHard Ivan Sergeyev6–7(5–7), 1–6Win9–5Germany F8, KasselFuturesClay Jan Minář6–4, 7–6(7–3)Win10–5Tashkent, UzbekistanChallengerHard Lukáš Lacko6–3, 7–6(7–3)Win11–5Czech Republic F6, Jablonec nad NisouFuturesCarpet Karol Beck6–2, 6–3Loss11–6Czech Republic F7, OpavaFuturesCarpet Laurynas Grigelis6–4, 3–6, 6–7(2–7)Win12–6Germany F2, StuttgartFuturesHard Karol Beck4–6, 6–3, 7–6(7–3)Win13–6Croatia F2, ZagrebFuturesHard Nikola Mektić5–7, 6–3, 6–3Win14–6Croatia F3, VrsarFuturesClay Tak Khunn Wang6–2, 6–4Loss14–7Germany F2, StuttgartFuturesHard Maximilian Marterer4–6, 6–4, 5–7Win15–7Czech Republic F1, PragueFuturesClay Jan Mertl6–1, 6–3Loss15–8Czech Republic F2, Jablonec nad NisouFuturesClay Marek Michalička6–7(4–7), 5–7Win16–8Czech Republic F6, BrnoFuturesClay Jan Mertl6–7(9–11), 6–4, 6–1Win17–8Slovakia F3, PiešťanyFuturesClay Filip Horanský6–3, 7–5Win18–8Switzerland F1, OberentfeldenFuturesCarpet Jan Choinski6–4, 6–3Win19–8Czech Republic F5, Ústí nad OrlicíFuturesClay Pawel Cias6–1, 6–4Loss19–9Prague, Czech RepublicChallengerClay Santiago Giraldo4–6, 6–3, 6–7(2–7)Win20–9Slovakia F2, PiešťanyFuturesClay Pavel Nejedly6–0, 6–1Loss20–10Meknes, MoroccoChallengerClay Maximilian Marterer6–7(3–7), 3–6Win21–10Rennes, FranceChallengerHard Andrey Rublev6–7(6–8), 6–3, 7–6(7–5)Win22–10Andria, ItalyChallengerHard Christopher Heyman6–7(3–7), 6–4, 7–6(7–3)Win23–10M25 Pardubice, Czech RepublicWorld Tennis TourClay Jan Satral6–3, 6–2

Doubles: 26 (10–16) LegendATP Challenger (4–9)ITF Futures (6–7)Finals by surfaceHard (4–6)Clay (4–8)Grass (0–0)Carpet (2–2)

ResultW–LDateTournamentTierSurfacePartnerOpponentsScoreWin1–0USA F3, Baton RougeFuturesHard Andrey Kumantsov Brian Battistone Dann Battistone7–5, 6–4Loss1–1USA F6, McAllenFuturesHard Adam El Mihdawy Ričardas Berankis Sergey Betov3–6, 3–6Win2–1USA F1, Boca RatonFuturesClay Tigran Martirosyan Milan Pokrajac Aleksander Slovic6–4, 6–7(4–7), [10–7]Loss2–2Poland F2, KrakówFuturesClay Denys Molchanov Martin Emmrich Hans Podlipnik-Castillo4–6, 6–7(5–7)Loss2–3Great Britain F15, GlasgowFuturesHard Daniel Cox Chris Eaton Dominic Inglot0–6, 6–7(5–7)Loss2–4Tanger, MoroccoChallengerClay Martin Kližan Steve Darcis Dominik Meffert7–5, 5–7, [7–10]Loss2–5Caltanissetta, ItalyChallengerClay Martin Kližan David Marrero Santiago Ventura6–7(3–7), 4–6Win3–5Saint-Brieuc, FranceChallengerClay David Marrero Brian Battistone Ryler DeHeart4–6, 6–4, [10–5]Loss3–6Salvador, BrazilChallengerHard Martin Kližan Franco Ferreiro André Sá2–6, 4–6Loss3–7Brazil F1, São PauloFuturesHard Thomas Fabbiano Franco Ferreiro André Ghem7–6(7–3), 4–6, [3–10]Loss3–8Turin, ItalyChallengerClay Martin Kližan Martin Fischer Philipp Oswald3–6, 4–6Win4–8Wolfsburg, GermanyChallengerCarpet Laurynas Grigelis Tomasz Bednarek Olivier Charroin7–5, 4–6, [10–5]Win5–8Cherbourg, FranceChallengerHard Laurynas Grigelis Dustin Brown Jonathan Marray4–6, 7–6(11–9), [10–0]Win6–8Uzbekistan F2, AndijanFuturesHard Deniss Pavlovs Vladyslav Manafov Yaraslav Shyla6–4, 6–2Loss6–9Košice, SlovakiaChallengerClay Andrei Vasilevski Tomasz Bednarek Mateusz Kowalczyk2–6, 7–5, [12–14]Win7–9Saint-Rémy-de-Provence, FranceChallengerHard Laurynas Grigelis Jordi Marse-Vidri C. Poch Gradin6–7(4–7), 6–3, [10–6]Loss7–10Helsinki, FinlandChallengerHard Jimmy Wang Mikhail Elgin Igor Zelenay6–4, 6–7(0–7), [4–10]Loss7–11Segovia, SpainChallengerHard Mikhail Elgin Ken Skupski Neal Skupski3–6, 7–6(7–4), [6–10]Loss7–12Germany F3, KaarstFuturesCarpet Dimitar Kutrovsky Nikoloz Basilashvili Aliaksandr Bury6–4, 4–6, [6–10]Loss7–13Czech Republic F3, MostFuturesClay Dominik Kellovský Roman Jebavý Jan Šátral4–6, 6–4, [5–10]Win8–13Czech Republic F6, BrnoFuturesClay Roman Jebavý Dušan Lojda Václav Šafránek6–1, 6–4Loss8–14Germany F3, NußlochFuturesCarpet Niels Desein Johannes Härteis Kevin Krawietz7–6(7–5), 4–6, [8–10]Win9–14Switzerland F2, TrimbachFuturesCarpet Adrian Sikora Johannes Härteis Kevin Krawietz6–4, 5–7, [10–7]Loss9–15Kenitra, MoroccoChallengerClay Michael Linzer Kevin Krawietz Maximilian Marterer6–7(6–8), 6–4, [6–10]Loss9–16Sophia Antipolis, FranceChallengerClay Jozef Kovalík Tristan Lamasine Franko Škugor2–6, 2–6Win10–16M25 Jablonec nad Nisou, Czech RepublicWorld Tennis TourClay Lukas Klein Filip Duda Petr Nouza6–3, 7–6(7–4)

Junior Grand Slam Finals

Singles: 2 (1 title, 1 runner-up) ResultYearTournamentSurfaceOpponentScoreWin 2007 French Open Clay Greg Jones 6–3, 6–4Loss 2007 Wimbledon Grass Donald Young 5–7, 1–6

Singles performance timeline

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