Irakli Labadze

Irakli Labadze
ირაკლი ლაბაძე

Country	Georgia
Residence	Tbilisi, Georgia
Born	(1981-06-09) June 9, 1981 (age 31) Tbilisi, Georgia
Height	1.88 m (6 ft 2 in)
Weight	85 kg (187 lbs)
Turned pro	1998
Retired	2009
Plays	Left-handed (one-handed backhand)
Prize money	$1,234,668
Singles
Career record	50–83 (at ATP Tour level, Grand Slam level, and in Davis Cup)
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 (at ATP Tour level, Grand Slam level, and in Davis Cup)
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: May 3, 2012.

Irakli Labadze (Georgian: ირაკლი ლაბაძე; born June 9, 1981 in Tbilisi, Georgia) is a retired professional tennis player. His career-high singles ranking was World No. 42, which he attained in July 2004.

Labadze reached the fourth round of the 2006 Wimbledon Championships (losing to the eventual runner-up Rafael Nadal) and the semi-finals of the 2004 Indian Wells Masters.

Titles [edit]

Singles (6) [edit]

No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Opponent in final	Score in final
1.	2000	Furth	Clay	Daniel Elsner	6–4, 6–4
2.	2001	Birmingham	Clay	James Blake	6–2, 6–3
3.	2001	Bucharest	Clay	Emilio Benfele Álvarez	6–4, 6–2
4.	2002	Brest	Carpet	Paradorn Srichaphan	6–4, 7–5
5.	2002	Kiev	Clay	Gorka Fraile	6–0, 4–6, 6–4
6.	2003	Kiev	Clay	Petr Kralert	6–1, 6–2
7.	2003	St. Jean de Luz	Hard	Fabrice Santoro	1–6, 7–6(4), 6–4
8.	2003	Dnepropetrovsk	Hard	Harel Levy	6–3, 3–6, 6–1
9.	2005	Biella	Hard	Carlos Berlocq	7–6(4), 6–0

Double finals (3) [edit]

No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Partner	Opponent in the final	Score in the final
1.	2001	Sopot, Poland	Clay	Attila Sávolt	Paul Hanley Nathan Healey	7–6(10), 6–2
2.	2001	St. Petersburg, Russia	Hard (i)	Marat Safin	Denis Golovanov Yevgeny Kafelnikov	7–5, 6–4
3.	2002	St. Petersburg, Russia	Hard (i)	Marat Safin	David Adams Jared Palmer	7–6(8), 6–3

External links [edit]

• Irakli Labadze at the Association of Tennis Professionals

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