Saba Purtseladze (born 20 August 2001) is a Georgian professional tennis player. He has a career-high ATP singles ranking of world No. 237 achieved on 9 June 2025 and a doubles ranking of No. 477 achieved on 26 May 2025. He is currently the No. 3 Georgian player.
Purtseladze represents Georgia at the Davis Cup, where he has a W/L record of 7–1.
Career
Purtseladze made his ATP main draw debut at the 2022 ATP Cup as one of the five members of the Georgian team.
In July 2024, Purtseladze reached his maiden Challenger final in Astana, Kazakhstan, where he lost to Dimitar Kuzmanov.
He won his maiden Challenger title at the 2025 Mziuri Cup, defeating Federico Cinà in the final. However, some people believe that Purtseladze was "gifted" this title, as various notable controversial calls went in his favor at crucial points in the tournament.
ATP Challenger Tour Finals
Singles: 2 (1 title, 1 runner-up) LegendATP Challenger Tour (1–1)
ResultW–LDateTournamentTierSurfaceOpponentScoreLoss0–1President's Cup, KazakhstanChallengerHard Dimitar Kuzmanov4–6, 3–6Win1–1Mziuri Cup, GeorgiaChallengerHard Federico Cinà7–6(7–5), 6–4
ITF World Tennis Tour Finals
Singles: 14 (10 titles, 4 runner-ups) LegendITF WTT (10–4)Finals by surfaceHard (10–4)Clay (0–0)
ResultW–LDateTournamentTierSurfaceOpponentScoreWin1–0M15 Sharm El Sheikh, EgyptWTTHard Park Ui-sung6–4, 6–4Win2–0M15 Sharm El Sheikh, EgyptWTTHard Lorenzo Rottoli6–3, 6–3Loss2–1M15 Sharm El Sheikh, EgyptWTTHard Jakub Menšík4–6, 2–6Win3–1M15 Sharm El Sheikh, EgyptWTTHard Alexander Blockx6–3, 6–4Loss3–2M15 Sharm El Sheikh, EgyptWTTHard Evgenii Tiurnev6–1, 6–7(5–7), 6–7(5–7)Win4–2M25 Sharm El Sheikh, EgyptWTTHard Alibek Kachmazov6–4, 7–5Loss4–3M15 Sharm El Sheikh, EgyptWTTHard Samuel Vincent Ruggeri4–6, 6–7(2–7)Win5–3M15 Sharm El Sheikh, EgyptWTTHard Martyn Pawelski3–6, 6–3, 7–6(10–8)Win6–3M15 Sharm El Sheikh, EgyptWorld Tennis TourHard Martin Krumich6–7(5–7), 7–6(7–3), 6–3Loss6–4M15 Sharm El Sheikh, EgyptWTTHard Erik Arutiunian0–6 ret.Win7–4M15 Sharm El Sheikh, EgyptWTTHard Erik Arutiunian6–4, 6–3Win8–4M15 Sharm El Sheikh, EgyptWTTHard Filippo Moroni6–7(3–7), 6–3, 7–5Win9–4M25 Sharm El Sheikh, EgyptWTTHard Michal Krajčí7–5, 6–4Win10–4M25 Sharm El Sheikh, EgyptWTTHard Erik Arutiunian6–2, 7–5
Doubles: 6 (3 titles, 3 runner-ups) LegendITF WTT (3–3)Finals by surfaceHard (3–2)Clay (0–1)
ResultW–LDateTournamentTierSurfacePartnerOpponentsScoreLoss0–1M15 Doha, QatarWTTHard Huang Tsung-hao Marat Deviatiarov Hsu Yu-hsiou1–6, 0–6Loss0–2M15 Shymkent, KazakhstanWTTClay Erik Arutiunian Sergey Fomin Eric Vanshelboim3–6, 4–6Loss0–3M15 Sharm El Sheikh, EgyptWTTHard Lukáš Pokorný Aliaksandr Liaonenka Alexander Zgirovsky5–7, 4–6Win1–3M15 Sharm El Sheikh, EgyptWTTHard Lukáš Pokorný Peter Benjamín Privara Borys Zgoła6–7(2–7), 6–3, [10–4]Win2–3M15 Sharm El Sheikh, EgyptWTTHard Lukáš Pokorný Alex Knaff Jakob Schnaitter6–3, 6–4Win3–3M15 Sharm El Sheikh, EgyptWTTHard Sergey Fomin Adam Jones Henry Searle6–3, 6–4
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