Lukáš Lacko (; born 3 November 1987) is a former professional Slovak tennis player. His career-high ATP singles ranking is World No. 44, achieved in January 2013.
Tennis career Juniors As a junior Lacko compiled a singles win–loss record of 88–39, reaching as high as No. 3 in the combined junior world rankings in February 2005.
Junior Grand Slam results:
Australian Open: QF (2005) French Open: SF (2005) Wimbledon: 1R (2004) US Open: 2R (2005)
Professional tour At the 2010 Australian Open, he lost in the second round to World No. 2 and defending champion Rafael Nadal 2–6, 2–6, 2–6.
At the 2010 French Open, he played and won the longest match of his career in the first round against American Michael Yani with the score at 6–4, 6–7, 6–7, 7–6, 12–10. The 4-hour, 56-minutes match stretched over the course of two days, and tied the record for the most games played in the Open Era at the French Open. Lacko continued his second round streak in 2010 majors by defeating the 24th seed Marcos Baghdatis in four sets. He then lost a very tight five set second round match against Jérémy Chardy. He played in the 2010 Atlanta Tennis Championships and upset former World No.1 Lleyton Hewitt 6–2, 6–4 to advance to the quarterfinals. At the 2011 Qatar Open, he lost in the second round to Rafael Nadal, despite achieving the rare feat of winning a bagel set against Nadal.
He reached his first singles ATP final in Zagreb 2012, where he lost to Mikhail Youzhny in straight sets. At the 2012 Summer Olympics, he lost in the first round in the men's singles, and in the first round of the men's doubles with Martin Kližan. At the 2014 French Open he lost in the first round to Roger Federer.
Lacko reached his second career ATP final at the 2018 Eastbourne International losing to Mischa Zverev.
In October 2022, he announced that 2022 will be his last season.
ATP Tour career finals
Singles: 2 (2 runner-ups) LegendGrand 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 surfaceHard (0–1)Clay (0–0)Grass (0–1)Finals by settingOutdoor (0–1)Indoor (0–1)
ResultW–LDateTournamentTierSurfaceOpponentScoreLoss0–1Zagreb, Croatia250 SeriesHard (i) Mikhail Youzhny2–6, 3–6Loss0–2Eastbourne, United Kingdom250 SeriesGrass Mischa Zverev4–6, 4–6
Doubles: 1 (1 runner-up) LegendGrand 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 (0–1)Finals by surfaceHard (0–1)Clay (0–0)Grass (0–0)Finals by settingOutdoor (0–0)Indoor (0–1)
ResultW–LDateTournamentTierSurfacePartnerOpponentsScoreLoss0–1St. Petersburg Open, Russia250 SeriesHard (i) Igor Zelenay Rajeev Ram Nenad Zimonjić2–6, 6–4, [6–10]
ATP Challenger and ITF Futures finals
Singles: 40 (22–18) LegendATP Challenger (14–13)ITF Futures (8–5)Finals by surfaceHard (15–11)Clay (3–6)Grass (0–0)Carpet (4–1)
ResultW–LDateTournamentTierSurfaceOpponentScoreLoss0–1Morocco F4, MarrakeshFuturesClay Lamine Ouahab6–4, 3–6, 2–6Loss0–2Croatia F3, VinkovciFuturesClay Marin Cilic3–6, 1–6Win1–2Italy F32, OlbiaFuturesClay Tobias Koeck6–1, 6–3Win2–2Ukraine F2, CherkassyFuturesClay Sascha Kloer2–6, 6–3, 6–1Loss2–3Ukraine F3, IllyichovskFuturesClay Photos Kallias3–6, 7–5, 1–5Loss2–4Czech Republic F6, OstravicíFuturesHard Jan Hajek6–1, 5–7, 4–6Win3–4Austria F2, SalzburgFuturesCarpet Werner Eschauer3–6, 6–1, 7–5Loss3–5Italy F19, L'AquilaFuturesClay Kamil Capkovic2–6, 6–7(6–8)Win4–5Germany F6, KasselFuturesClay Dustin Brown3–6, 6–3, 6–4Loss4–6Binghamton, United StatesChallengerHard Scott Oudsema6–7(5–7), 2–6Loss4–7Rijeka, CroatiaChallengerClay Marin Čilić5–7, 2–6Loss4–8Istanbul, TurkeyChallengerHard Mischa Zverev4–6, 4–6Win5–8Kolding, DenmarkChallengerHard Gilles Müller7–6(7–3), 6–4Win6–8Great Britain F2, SheffieldFuturesHard Scott Oudsema7–6(7–5), 5–7, 6–3Win7–8Croatia F2, ZagrebFuturesHard Antonio Sancic6–2, 4–6, 7–5Win8–8Russia F1, MoscowFuturesCarpet Denis Matsukevitch6–4, 4–6, 6–2Win9–8Russia F2, TyumenFuturesCarpet Pavel Chekhov6–3, 5–7, 6–4Win10–8Fergana, UzbekistanChallengerHard Samuel Groth4–6, 7–5, 7–6(7–4)Win11–8Seoul, South KoreaChallengerHard Dušan Lojda6–4, 6–2Loss11–9Ortisei, ItalyChallengerClay Michał Przysiężny3–6, 5–7Win12–9Izmir, TurkeyChallengerHard Marsel İlhan6–4, 6–3Win13–9Bratislava, SlovakiaChallengerHard Ričardas Berankis7–6(9–7), 6–2Loss13–10Tashkent, UzbekistanChallengerHard Uladzimir Ignatik3–6, 6–7(3–7)Win14–10Helsinki, FinlandChallengerHard Jarkko Nieminen6–3, 6–4Loss14–11Granby, CanadaChallengerHard Frank Dancevic4–6, 7–6(7–4), 3–6Win15–11Bratislava, SlovakiaChallengerHard Lukáš Rosol6–4, 4–6, 6–4Loss15–12Shenzhen, ChinaChallengerHard Gilles Müller6–7, 3–6Win16–12Tashkent, UzbekistanChallengerHard Sergiy Stakhovsky6–2, 6–3Loss16–13Ra'anana, IsraelChallengerHard Nikoloz Basilashvili6–4,4–6,3–6Loss16–14Busan, South KoreaChallengerHard Chung Hyeon3–6,1–6Win17–14Izmir, TurkeyChallengerHard Marius Copil6–3, 7–6(7–5)Loss17–15Tashkent, UzbekistanChallengerHard Denis Istomin3–6, 4–6Loss17–16Bratislava, SlovakiaChallengerHard Egor Gerasimov6–7(1–7), 6–7(5–7)Loss17–17Guangzhou, ChinaChallengerHard Nikoloz Basilashvili1–6, 7–6(8–6), 5–7Win18–17Bratislava, SlovakiaChallengerHard Marius Copil6–4, 7–6(7–4)Win19–17Brescia, ItalyChallengerHard Laurynas Grigelis6–1, 6–2Win20–17Glasgow, United KingdomChallengerHard Luca Vanni4–6, 7–6(7–3), 6–4Win21–17Ismaning, GermanyChallengerCarpet Maxime Cressy6–3, 6–0Win22–17Mallorca, SpainChallengerHard Yasutaka Uchiyama5–7, 7–6(10–8), 6–1Loss22–18Ismaning, GermanyChallengerCarpet Oscar Otte4-6, 4-6
Doubles: 9 (5–4) LegendATP Challenger (4–4)ITF Futures (1–0)Finals by surfaceHard (4–2)Clay (0–2)Grass (0–0)Carpet (1–0)
ResultW–LDateTournamentTierSurfacePartnerOpponentsScoreWin1–0Dharwad, IndiaChallengerHard Kamil Čapkovič Sanchai Ratiwatana Sonchat Ratiwatana6–3, 7–5Loss1–1Kosice, SlovakiaChallengerClay Kamil Čapkovič Viktor Bruthans Pavel Snobel5–7, 7–5, [4–10]Loss1–2Rijeka, CroatiaChallengerClay Ivo Klec Jean-Rene Lisnard Jerome Haehnel3–6, 4–6Win2–2Russia F1, MoscowFuturesCarpet Konstantin Kravchuk Pavel Chekhov Valery Rudnev6–2, 6–4Win3–2St. Remy, FranceChallengerHard Jiří Krkoška Ruben Bemelmans Niels Desein6–1, 3–6, [10–3]Loss3–3Tashkent, UzbekistanChallengerHard Jiří Krkoška Denis Istomin Murad Inoyatov6–7(4–7), 4–6Win4–3Bratislava, SlovakiaChallengerHard Jan Hájek Lukáš Rosol David Škoch7–5, 7–5Win5–3Tashkent, UzbekistanChallengerHard Ante Pavić Frank Moser Alexander Satschko6–3, 3–6, [13–11]Loss5–4Rennes, FranceChallengerHard Teymuraz Gabashvili Antonio Sancic Tristan-Samuel Weissborn5–7, 7–6(7–5), [7–10]
Performance timelines
Singles Current through the 2022 Australian Open. Tournament20062007200820092010201120122013201420152016201720182019202020212022SRW–LWin %Grand Slam tournamentsAustralian OpenA1R1RA2R1R3R2R1R2RQ13R2RQ1Q1Q1Q10 / 108–10French OpenAQ1Q1A2RQ11R1R1R1RAQ1AQ1Q1Q1Q10 / 51–5WimbledonAQ1A1R2R1R3R1R1R1R3RQ32RQ1NHQ1Q10 / 96–9US OpenQ1Q3Q2Q31R1R1R1R1R1R1R1R1RQ3AQ1A0 / 90–9Win–loss0–00–10–10–13–40–34–41–40–41–42–22–22–30–00–00–00–00 / 3315–33ATP Tour Masters 1000Indian Wells MastersAAAA1RAA1RAAAA1RQ2NHA0 / 30–3Miami OpenAAQ1A1RA2R1R2RQ2A1R1R1RAA0 / 72–7Madrid OpenAAAA1RAAAAAAQ2AANHA0 / 10–1Italian OpenAAAAAAAAAAAQ1AAAA0 / 00–0Canadian OpenAAAAAA1RQ1AAAAAANHA0 / 10–1Cincinnati MastersAAAAAAQ1AAAAAAAAA0 / 00–0Paris MastersAAAAAAQ1Q1AAAAAANH0 / 00–0Win–loss0–00–00–00–00–30–01–20–21–10–00–00–10–20–10–00–00–00 / 112–11Career statistics20062007200820092010201120122013201420152016201720182019202020212022CareerTournaments021321719161712710163010135Titles–Finals0–00–00–00–00–00–00–10–00–00–00–00–00–10–00–00–00–00–2Year-end ranking231139325828911251819511012292114183200190986
Doubles
Tournament2010201120122013201420152016201720182019202020212022W–LGrand Slam tournamentsAustralian Open1R1RA1RAAAAAAAAA0–3French Open1RA1R1RAAAAAAAAA0–3Wimbledon3R1R1R1RAAAAAANHAA2–4US Open2RA1R1RAAAA1RAAAA1–4Win–loss3–40–20–30–40–00–00–00–00–10–00–00–00–03–14
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