Irakli Labadze

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Irakli Labadze
ირაკლი ლაბაძე
Country  Georgia
Residence Tbilisi, Georgia
Born June 9, 1981 (1981-06-09) (age 30)
Tbilisi, Georgia
Height 1.85 m (5 ft 8½ in)
Weight 85 kg (147 lbs)
Plays Left-handed (one-handed backhand)
Career prize money US$1 205 296
Singles
Career record 50–83 (at ATP Tour level, Grand Slam level, and in Davis Cup)
Career titles 9
Highest ranking No. 42 (July 5, 2004)
Grand Slam 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 20, 2010.

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 turned pro in 1998, and has recently passed the $1 205 296 career prize money mark. He has not won any major titles during his career, but did reach the fourth round of the 2006 Wimbledon tournament, only to lose to the eventual finalist Rafael Nadal.

In 2008 he played his first match for over a year. At the end of 2008 he was ranked 531 in singles and 383 in doubles

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[edit] Titles

[edit] Singles (6)

Legend (Singles)
Grand Slam (0)
Tennis Masters Cup (0)
ATP Masters Series (0)
ATP Tour (0)
Challengers (9)
No. Date Tournament Surface Opponent in final Score in final
1. 2000 Germany Furth Clay Germany Daniel Elsner 6–4, 6–4
2. 2001 United States Birmingham Clay United States James Blake 6–2, 6–3
3. 2001 Romania Bucharest Clay Spain Emilio Benfele Álvarez 6–4, 6–2
4. 2002 France Brest Carpet Thailand Paradorn Srichaphan 6–4, 7–5
5. 2002 Ukraine Kiev Clay Spain Gorka Fraile 6–0, 4–6, 6–4
6. 2003 Ukraine Kiev Clay Czech Republic Petr Kralert 6–1, 6–2
7. 2003 France St. Jean de Luz Hard France Fabrice Santoro 1–6, 7–6(4), 6–4
8. 2003 Ukraine Dnipropetrovsk Hard Israel Harel Levy 6–3, 3–6, 6–1
9. 2005 Italy Biella Hard Argentina Carlos Berlocq 7–6(4), 6–0

[edit] Double finals (3)

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

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