Irakli Labadze (, ; 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 was 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.
Junior Grand Slam finals
Singles: 1 (1 runner-up) ResultYearTournamentSurfaceOpponentScoreLoss1998WimbledonGrass Roger Federer4–6, 4–6
Doubles: 1 (1 title) ResultYearTournamentSurfacePartnerOpponentsScoreWin1999French OpenClay Lovro Zovko Kristian Pless Olivier Rochus6–1, 7–6
ATP career finals
Doubles: 3 (3 runner-ups) LegendGrand Slam Tournaments (0–0)ATP World Tour Finals (0–0)ATP Masters Series (0–0)ATP Championship Series (0–0)ATP World Series (0–3)Finals by surfaceHard (0–2)Clay (0–1)Grass (0–0)Carpet (0–0)Finals by settingOutdoors (0–1)Indoors (0–2)
ResultW–LDateTournamentTierSurfacePartnerOpponentsScoreLoss0–1Sopot, PolandInternational SeriesClay Attila Sávolt Paul Hanley Nathan Healey6–7(10–12), 2–6Loss0–2St. Petersburg, RussiaInternational SeriesHard Marat Safin Denis Golovanov Yevgeny Kafelnikov5–7, 4–6Loss0–3St. Petersburg, RussiaInternational SeriesHard Marat Safin David Adams Jared Palmer6–7(8–10), 3–6
ATP Challenger and ITF Futures finals
Singles: 18 (10–8) LegendATP Challenger (9–4)ITF Futures (1–4)Finals by surfaceHard (4–4)Clay (6–4)Grass (0–0)Carpet (0–0)
ResultW–LDateTournamentTierSurfaceOpponentScoreLoss0-1USA F1, Altamonte SpringsFuturesHard James Blake2–6, 2–6Loss0-2Philippines F2, ManilaFuturesHard Jan Hermansson6–1, 4–6, 1–6Loss0-3USA F4, Vero BeachFuturesClay Michael Russell6–7, 3–6Loss0-4Mexico F6, ChihuahuaFuturesHard Solon Peppas4–6, 4–6Win1-4USA F3, Boca RatonFuturesHard Marcos Daniel6–4, 6–4Win2-4Fürth, GermanyChallengerClay Daniel Elsner6–4, 6–4Win3-4Birmingham, United StatesChallengerClay James Blake6–2, 6–3Win4-4Bucharest, RomaniaChallengerClay Emilio Benfele Álvarez6–4, 6–2Loss4-5Ulm, GermanyChallengerClay Nikolay Davydenko6–4, 6–7(2–7), 5–7Loss4-6Manerbio, ItalyChallengerClay Attila Sávolt5–7, 2–6Win5-6Brest, FranceChallengerHard Paradorn Srichaphan6–4, 7–5Win6-6Kyiv, UkraineChallengerClay Gorka Fraile6–0, 4–6, 6–4Loss6-7Grenoble, FranceChallengerHard Michaël Llodra4–6, 3–6Loss6-8Mönchengladbach, GermanyChallengerClay Daniel Elsner1–6, 6–2, 3–6Win7-8Kyiv, UkraineChallengerClay Petr Kralert6–1, 6–2Win8-8Saint-Jean-de-Luz, FranceChallengerHard Fabrice Santoro1–6, 7–6(7–4), 6–4Win9-8Dnipropetrovsk, UkraineChallengerHard Harel Levy6–3, 3–6, 6–1Win10-8Biella, ItalyChallengerClay Carlos Berlocq7–6(7–4), 6–0
Doubles: 14 (6–8) LegendATP Challenger (5–5)ITF Futures (1–3)Finals by surfaceHard (0–4)Clay (6–3)Grass (0–0)Carpet (0–1)
ResultW–LDateTournamentTierSurfacePartnerOpponentsScoreLoss0–1Philippines F1, ManilaFuturesHard Dmitry Tursunov Marcus Hilpert Andrew Rueb4–6, 6–7Win1–1USA F4, Vero BeachFuturesClay Lovro Zovko Hugo Armando Mitch Sprengelmeyer7–6, 7–6Loss1–2Mexico F5, Playa del CarmenFuturesHard Diego Ayala Flávio Saretta Leonardo Silva5–7, 6–7Loss1–3USA F1, Pembroke PinesFuturesHard Rafael De Mesa Gareth Williams Jeff Williams4–6, 1–6Loss1–4Ho Chi Minh City, VietnamChallengerHard Kevin Ullyett Michael Hill Todd Woodbridge3–6, 4–6Loss1–5Budapest, HungaryChallengerClay Dinu-Mihai Pescariu Thomas Shimada Myles Wakefield2–6, 6–3, 3–6Win2–5Quito, EcuadorChallengerClay Francisco Costa Eric Nunez Martin Stringari6–2, 7–6(7–4)Win3–5Santiago, ChileChallengerClay Dušan Vemić Joan Balcells Germán Puentes Alcañiz6–3, 6–4Loss3–6Kyiv, UkraineChallengerClay Yuri Schukin Federico Browne Fred Hemmes4–6, 3–6Win4–6Mönchengladbach, GermanyChallengerClay Rogier Wassen Karsten Braasch Franz Stauder6–7(4–7), 6–2, 6–2Win5–6Reggio Emilia, ItalyChallengerClay Yuri Schukin Francesco Aldi Tomas Tenconi6–4, 6–3Loss5–7Trani, ItalyChallengerClay Giorgio Galimberti Carlos Berlocq Cristian Villagrán6–4, 2–6, 4–6Loss5–8Aachen, GermanyChallengerCarpet Tomasz Bednarek Ernests Gulbis Mischa Zverev7–6(7–5), 4–6, [8–10]Win6–8Samarkand, UzbekistanChallengerClay Denis Matsukevich Danila Arsenov Vaja Uzakov7–6(7–1), 4–6, [10–3]
Performance timeline
Singles Tournament1999200020012002200320042005200620072008SRW–LWin%Grand Slam tournamentsAustralian OpenAAQ11R1R1R1RAAA0 / 40–4French OpenAAQ22R1R2RQ2Q1AA0 / 32–3WimbledonQ1Q2Q22R1R2RQ24RAQ10 / 45–4US OpenAQ1A1RA1RAAAA0 / 20–2Win–loss0–00–00–02–40–32–40–13–10–00–00 / 137–13ATP World Tour Masters 1000Indian WellsAAAAASF1RAAA0 / 25–2MiamiAAA1RQ21R2RAAA0 / 31–3Monte CarloAAAQ1AAAAAA0 / 00–0HamburgAAAAQ22RAAAA0 / 11–1RomeAAAQ1Q22RAAAA0 / 11–1MadridNot HeldAA1RAAAA0 / 10–1CanadaAAAAA1RAAAA0 / 10–1CincinnatiAAAAA1RAAAA0 / 10–1ParisAAAAQ1AAAAA0 / 00–0Win–loss0–00–00–00–10–07–71–20–00–00–00 / 108–10
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