Nikoloz Basilashvili
![]() Basilashvili at the 2018 French Open | |
Country (sports) | ![]() |
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Residence | Tbilisi, Georgia |
Born | Tbilisi, Georgia | 23 February 1992
Height | 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in) |
Turned pro | 2008 |
Plays | Right-handed (two-handed backhand) |
Coach | Jan De Witt |
Prize money | US$ 5,479,761 |
Singles | |
Career record | 98–111 |
Career titles | 3 |
Highest ranking | No. 16 (27 May 2019) |
Current ranking | No. 40 (16 November 2020)[1] |
Grand Slam singles results | |
Australian Open | 3R (2018, 2019) |
French Open | 3R (2017) |
Wimbledon | 3R (2015) |
US Open | 4R (2018) |
Other tournaments | |
Olympic Games | 1R (2016) |
Doubles | |
Career record | 10–28 |
Career titles | 0 2 Futures |
Highest ranking | No. 148 (27 May 2019) |
Current ranking | No. 168 (15 July 2019) |
Grand Slam doubles results | |
Australian Open | 1R (2018) |
French Open | 2R (2018) |
Wimbledon | 1R (2017) |
US Open | 1R (2017) |
Team competitions | |
Davis Cup | 10–7 |
Last updated on: 22 March 2020. |
Nikoloz Basilashvili (Georgian: ნიკოლოზ ბასილაშვილი, romanized: nik'oloz basilashvili, pronounced [nikʼɔlɔz bɑsilɑʃvili];[2] born 23 February 1992) is a Georgian professional tennis player. In July 2018, he made it into the main draw of the German Open in Hamburg as a qualifier and went on to win the tournament, defeating Leonardo Mayer in the final, thereby becoming the first Georgian player since Alex Metreveli to win an ATP tournament. In October 2018, Basilashvili won his second ATP title at the China Open by defeating world No. 4 Juan Martín del Potro in the final. In 2019, Basilashvili completed his first title defense by winning the German Open for a second successive year. He achieved a career-high ATP singles ranking of world No. 16 on 27 May 2019.
Personal life
Basilashvili was born 23 February 1992 in Tbilisi, Georgia. His father, Nodar, is a dancer of the Sukhishvili Georgian National Ballet, his mother, Natalia, worked as a physician.[3] He has a brother, Tengiz. Apart from his native language he also speaks Russian and English.[4]
Basilashvili started playing tennis at age 5. From 2007–2011 he was coached in Sacramento, CA, United States. When he was 15 his family moved to Russia. In 2011, Basilashvili announced that he may play for Russia, but decided to keep playing under Georgian flag.[5]
He has a son, Lukas who was born in 2015. On May 24, 2020 Basilashvili was arrested on domestic violence charge. He allegedly had assaulted his former wife Neka Dorokashvili in front of a minor. Tbilisi city court decided to bail him out paying 100,000 GEL. The preliminary court date is set for 16 July.[6] Basilashvili denies the charges and intends to sue his former wife for defamation.[7]
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Career
Junior career
Nikoloz did not play at any Grand Slams during his junior career. He reached a career high combined (singles and doubles) of world No. 59 on 5 January 2009. He ended his junior career with a 35–22 record on singles and 14–17 on doubles.[8]
Basilashvili played in his first ITF Junior Circuit tournament in late 2006 at the G2 Jerry Simmons Tournament. He lost in the first qualifying round.[9] In 2007, he managed to break through the qualifying of two G4 tournaments in Israel and a G3 in Romania. Nikoloz lost in the Round of 16 in all of them. Later that year, he reached his first semifinal at any junior tournament doing that in doubles for the first time at the US Junior Hard Court Championships, partnering Patrick Daciek. In singles, he reached that round at the G4 USTA Illinois losing to Filip Krajinovic, in September.[10][11]
In 2008, Nikoloz won his only junior title, the G4 Tennis Express tournament, defeating Raymond Sarmiento in three sets. The Georgian played mostly at G1 and GA tournaments that year, breaking through the qualifiers of the Eddie Herr Tennis Championship and the Orange Bowl. He reached the round of 16 in the former and the quarterfinals in the latter. The Orange Bowl was his last junior tournament.[12]
Senior career
In 2015, he qualified for his first Grand Slam tournament – Roland Garros, losing in the first round to Thanasi Kokkinakis. He also managed to qualify for Wimbledon later that year, where he beat Facundo Bagnis and 15th seed Feliciano López, advancing to the third round of a major for the first time in his career. Additionally, he managed to qualify for the US Open, where he lost to Feliciano López in the first round in straight sets.
In 2016, he qualified for his first Australian Open, losing the first round in straight sets to Roger Federer. Later that same year, in July, Basilashvili reached his first ATP tournament final – the Austrian Open Kitzbühel, where he lost to Paolo Lorenzi in two sets. He recorded his first win over a Top 10 player in October, when he defeated world number 10 Tomáš Berdych at the Vienna Open.
In February 2017, Basilashvili participated at the Sofia event, grabbing victories over Adrian Mannarino, 1st seed Dominic Thiem and 8th seed Martin Kližan, before losing to 3rd seed and eventual champion Grigor Dimitrov in the semifinals. Basilashvili continued his good form at the Memphis Open, where he defeated 1st seed Ivo Karlović and went on to subsequently reach the final, losing to Ryan Harrison in straight sets. In June 2017, Basilashvili achieved a then career-high singles ranking of 51. He reached three semifinals and one final throughout the year. At the 2017 French Open, after defeating Gilles Simon and Viktor Troicki, Basilashvili lost to eventual champion Rafael Nadal in the third round, winning just one game in three sets.[13]
In July 2018, he made it into the main draw of the German Open in Hamburg as a qualifier and went on to win the tournament, defeating Leonardo Mayer 6–4, 0–6, 7–5 in the final and becoming the first Georgian player since Alex Metreveli to win an ATP tournament. After winning his first title, Basilashvili moved to No. 35 in the world standings, his highest ever singles ranking and also the highest ever by a player from Georgia in the post-Soviet era. In October 2018, he won his second ATP title by upsetting top seed Juan Martín del Potro in the final of the China Open. In December in Doha, he lost to Novak Djokovic in three sets after beating Albert Ramos Viñolas and Andrey Rublev.
In 2019, he lost in four sets to the later semifinalist Stefanos Tsitsipas at the Australian Open after beating two qualifiers in four and five sets. At the ATP 500 tournament in Rotterdam in February, he beat Hyeon Chung and Márton Fucsovics before losing to 1st seed Kei Nishikori. His performance earned him his career-high ranking of 19. He then played the Dubai Duty-free championships where he beat Karen Khachanov and Roberto Bautista Agut before falling to Borna Coric of Croatia. At Indian Wells he suffered an upset to Prajnesh Gunnashwaren of India.
At the 2019 US Open Basilashvili defeated Márton Fucsovics from Hungary in the first round.
At the 2020 Australian Open, Basilashvili lost in the second round to Fernando Verdasco in 4 sets. At the 2020 US Open, he lost in the first round to John Millman.
Performance timelines
W | F | SF | QF | #R | RR | Q# | P# | DNQ | A | Z# | PO | G | S | B | NMS | NTI | P | NH |
Singles
Current through the end of 2021 Great Ocean Road Open.
Tournament | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | SR | W–L | Win% | |||
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Grand Slam tournaments | |||||||||||||||||||
Australian Open | A | A | A | A | A | A | Q1 | 1R | 1R | 3R | 3R | 2R | 0 / 5 | 5–5 | 50% | ||||
French Open | A | A | A | A | A | A | 1R | 1R | 3R | 1R | 1R | 1R | 0 / 6 | 2–6 | 25% | ||||
Wimbledon | A | A | A | A | A | Q1 | 3R | Q2 | 2R | 1R | 2R | NH | 0 / 4 | 4–4 | 50% | ||||
US Open | A | A | A | A | A | Q2 | 1R | Q1 | 1R | 4R | 3R | 1R | 0 / 5 | 5–5 | 50% | ||||
Win–Loss | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 2–3 | 0–2 | 3–4 | 5–4 | 5–4 | 1–3 | 0–0 | 0 / 20 | 16–20 | 44% | |||
Olympic Games | |||||||||||||||||||
Summer Olympics | Not Held | A | Not Held | 1R | Not Held | 0 / 1 | 0–1 | 0% | |||||||||||
ATP Tour Masters 1000 | |||||||||||||||||||
Indian Wells | A | A | A | A | A | A | Q2 | A | 1R | 1R | 2R | NH | 0 / 3 | 0–3 | 0% | ||||
Miami Open | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | 1R | 2R | 4R | NH | 0 / 3 | 3–3 | 50% | ||||
Monte Carlo Masters | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | 1R | A | 1R | NH | 0 / 2 | 0–2 | 0% | ||||
Madrid Open | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | Q1 | 1R | 1R | NH | 0 / 2 | 0–2 | 0% | ||||
Rome Masters | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | 2R | 3R | 1R | 0 / 3 | 3–3 | 50% | ||||
Canada Open | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | 1R | A | 3R | NH | 0 / 2 | 2–2 | 50% | ||||
Cincinnati Masters | A | A | A | A | A | A | Q1 | 1R | 3R | A | 1R | 1R | 0 / 4 | 2–4 | 33% | ||||
Shanghai Masters | A | A | A | A | A | A | 1R | Q1 | 1R | 2R | 3R | NH | 0 / 4 | 3–4 | 43% | ||||
Paris Masters | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | Q2 | Q1 | 2R | 1R | 1R | 0 / 3 | 1–3 | 25% | ||||
Win–Loss | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 2–6 | 4–6 | 8–9 | 0–3 | 0–0 | 0 / 26 | 14–26 | 35% | |||
Career statistics | |||||||||||||||||||
Tournaments | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 9 | 27 | 28 | 25 | 11 | 2 | Career total: 111 | |||||
Titles | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Career total: 3 | |||||
Finals | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Career total: 5 | |||||
Overall Win–Loss | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 4–8 | 8–10 | 25–27 | 29–28 | 28–24 | 4–13 | 2–2 | 3 / 111 | 100–113 | 47% | |||
Year-end ranking | 556 | 635 | 585 | 264 | 447 | 178 | 113 | 94 | 59 | 21 | 26 | 40 | $5,600,895 |
ATP career finals
Singles: 5 (3 titles, 2 runners-up)
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Result | W–L | Date | Tournament | Tier | Surface | Opponent | Score |
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Loss | 0–1 | Jul 2016 | Austrian Open Kitzbühel, Austria | 250 Series | Clay | ![]() |
3–6, 4–6 |
Loss | 0–2 | Feb 2017 | Memphis Open, United States | 250 Series | Hard (i) | ![]() |
1–6, 4–6 |
Win | 1–2 | Jul 2018 | German Open, Germany | 500 Series | Clay | ![]() |
6–4, 0–6, 7–5 |
Win | 2–2 | Oct 2018 | China Open, China | 500 Series | Hard | ![]() |
6–4, 6–4 |
Win | 3–2 | Jul 2019 | Hamburg European Open, Germany (2) | 500 Series | Clay | ![]() |
7–5, 4–6, 6–3 |
ATP Challenger & ITF Futures finals
Singles: 20 (15 titles, 5 runner–ups)
Legend |
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ATP Challengers (5–1) |
ITF Futures (10–4) |
Result | W–L | Date | Tournament | Tier | Surface | Opponent | Score |
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Win | 1–0 | Aug 2009 | ITF Sochi, Russia | Futures | Clay | ![]() |
2–6, 7–5, 7–5 |
Win | 2–0 | Jun 2012 | ITF Kazan, Russia | Futures | Clay | ![]() |
6–4, 7–6(7–4) |
Loss | 2–1 | Jul 2012 | ITF Yerevan, Armenia | Futures | Clay | ![]() |
0–6, 1–6 |
Loss | 2–2 | Aug 2012 | ITF Moscow, Russia | Futures | Clay | ![]() |
4–6, 4–6 |
Win | 3–2 | Aug 2012 | ITF Moscow, Russia | Futures | Clay | ![]() |
6–3, 7–6(7–0) |
Win | 4–2 | Sep 2012 | ITF Tbilisi, Georgia | Futures | Clay | ![]() |
6–3, 4–6, 7–6(7–1) |
Win | 5–2 | Dec 2012 | ITF Antalya, Turkey | Futures | Hard | ![]() |
3–6, 6–2, 6–2 |
Win | 6–2 | Dec 2012 | ITF Antalya, Turkey | Futures | Hard | ![]() |
6–2, 6–2 |
Win | 7–2 | Aug 2013 | ITF Appiano, Italy | Futures | Clay | ![]() |
7–5, 3–6, 6–4 |
Loss | 7–3 | Nov 2013 | ITF Antalya Turkey | Futures | Hard | ![]() |
6–4, 3–6, 3–6 |
Loss | 7–4 | Nov 2013 | ITF Antalya, Turkey | Futures | Clay | ![]() |
1–6, 3–6 |
Win | 8–4 | Jan 2014 | ITF Kaarst, Germany | Futures | Carpet (i) | ![]() |
2–6, 7–5, 6–3 |
Win | 9–4 | May 2014 | Karshi Challenger, Uzbekistan | Challenger | Hard | ![]() |
7–6(7–2), 6–2 |
Loss | 9–5 | Nov 2014 | Andria International, Italy | Challenger | Carpet (i) | ![]() |
4–6, 0–1 ret. |
Win | 10–5 | Dec 2014 | ITF Doha, Qatar | Futures | Hard | ![]() |
7–6(7–5), 6–2 |
Win | 11–5 | Dec 2014 | ITF Doha, Qatar | Futures | Hard | ![]() |
6–1, 6–2 |
Win | 12–5 | Mar 2015 | Israel Open, Israel | Challenger | Hard | ![]() |
4–6, 6–4, 6–3 |
Win | 13–5 | Jul 2015 | The Hague Open, Netherlands | Challenger | Clay | ![]() |
6–7(3–7), 7–6(7–4), 6–3 |
Win | 14–5 | Mar 2016 | Guangzhou International, China | Challenger | Hard | ![]() |
6–1, 6–7(6–8), 7–5 |
Win | 15–5 | May 2016 | Heilbronn Neckarcup, Germany | Challenger | Clay | ![]() |
6–4, 7–6(7–3) |
Doubles: 6 (2 titles, 4 runner–ups)
Legend |
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ATP Challengers (0–1) |
ITF Futures (2–3) |
Result | W–L | Date | Tournament | Tier | Surface | Partner | Opponent | Score |
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Win | 1–0 | Mar 2010 | ITF McAllen, USA | Futures | Hard | ![]() |
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7–5, 4–6, [10–4] |
Loss | 1–1 | Feb 2011 | ITF Brownsville, USA | Futures | Hard | ![]() |
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1–6, 3–6 |
Loss | 1–2 | Nov 2013 | ITF Antalya, Turkey | Futures | Clay | ![]() |
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0–6, 4–6 |
Loss | 1–3 | Dec 2013 | ITF Doha, Qatar | Futures | Hard | ![]() |
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4–6, 6–7(2–7) |
Win | 2–3 | Jan 2014 | ITF Kaarst, Germany | Futures | Carpet (i) | ![]() |
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4–6, 6–4, [10–6] |
Loss | 2–4 | Apr 2015 | Napoli Cup, Italy | Challenger | Clay | ![]() |
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1–6, 2–6 |
Record against top 10 players
Basilashvili's match record against those who have been ranked in the top 10, with those who have been No. 1 in bold (ATP World Tour, Grand Slam and Davis Cup main draw matches).
Denis Shapovalov 2–0
Jack Sock 2–0
Tomáš Berdych 1–0
Pablo Carreño Busta 1–0
Tommy Haas 1–0
Mikhail Youzhny 1–0
Juan Martín del Potro 1–1
Dominic Thiem 1–1
Roberto Bautista Agut 1–2
Matteo Berrettini 1–2
Karen Khachanov 1–2
Jo Wilfried Tsonga 1–2
Fernando Verdasco 1–2
Alexander Zverev 1–2
Gilles Simon 1–3
Marcos Baghdatis 0–1
Grigor Dimitrov 0–1
Roger Federer 0–1
David Ferrer 0–1
Gaël Monfils 0–1
Kei Nishikori 0–1
Tommy Robredo 0–1
Novak Djokovic 0–2
David Goffin 0–2
Stefanos Tsitsipas 0–2
Kevin Anderson 0–3
Rafa Nadal 0–4
- * As of 26 September 2020[update]
Wins over top 10 players
- He has a 4–14 record against players who were, at the time the match was played, ranked in the top 10.
Season | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | Total |
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Wins | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 |
# | Player | Rank | Event | Surface | Rd | Score | NBR |
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2016 | |||||||
1. | ![]() |
10 | Vienna Open, Austria | Hard (i) | 1R | 6–4, 6–7(5–7), 7–5 | 107 |
2017 | |||||||
2. | ![]() |
8 | Sofia Open, Bulgaria | Hard (i) | 2R | 6–4, 6–4 | 87 |
2018 | |||||||
3. | ![]() |
4 | China Open, China | Hard | F | 6–4, 6–4 | 34 |
2019 | |||||||
4. | ![]() |
5 | German Open, Germany | Clay | SF | 6–4, 4–6, 7–6(7–5) | 16 |
- * As of 26 September 2020[update]
Davis Cup matches
2015 Davis Cup Europe Group III | ||||||||
Round | Date | Opponents | Final match score | Location | Surface | Match | Opponent | Rubber Score |
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RR | July 15, 2015 | ![]() |
3–0 | San Marino | Clay | Singles 2 | Rel Pelushi | 6–0, 6–0 (W) |
RR | July 17, 2015 | ![]() |
3–0 | San Marino | Clay | Singles 2 | Bernard Cassar Torregiani | 6–1, 6–0 (W) |
Play-off | July 18, 2015 | ![]() |
2–0 | San Marino | Clay | Singles 2 | Jürgen Zopp | 3–6, 6–2, 6–4 (W) |
2016 Davis Cup Europe/Africa Zone Group II | ||||||||
Round | Date | Opponents | Final match score | Location | Surface | Match | Opponent | Rubber Score |
March 4–6, 2016 | ![]() |
0–5 | Tbilisi | Carpet (indoor) | Singles 1 | Christian Sigsgaard | 7–6(7–4), 1–6, 4–6, 4–6 (L) | |
Doubles (with George Tsivadze) | Sigsgaard/Nielsen | 6–7(3–7), 1–6, 2–6 (L) | ||||||
July 15–17, 2016 | ![]() |
3–2 | Tbilisi | Hard | Singles 2 | Mark Fynn | 6–3, 6–3, 6–2 (W) | |
Doubles (with Nodar Itonishvili) |
Lock/John Lock | 6–3, 6–3, 6–7(6–8), 4–6, 4–6 (L) | ||||||
Singles 3 | Benjamin Lock | 6–3, 6–4, 6–2 (W) | ||||||
2017 Davis Cup Europe/Africa Zone Group II | ||||||||
Round | Date | Opponents | Final match score | Location | Surface | Match | Opponent | Rubber Score |
February 3–5, 2017 | ![]() |
3–2 | Tbilisi | Carpet (indoor) | Singles 1 | Eero Vasa | 2–6, 6–1, 6–4, 6–1 (W) | |
Doubles (with George Tsivadze) | Heliövaara/Niklas-Salminen | 4–6, 0–6, 3–6 (L) | ||||||
Singles 3 | Emil Ruusuvuori | 6–2, 6–4, 6–4 (W) | ||||||
April 7–9, 2017 | ![]() |
2–3 | Tbilisi | Hard | Singles 1 | Tadas Babelis | 6–3, 6–2, 6–0 (W) | |
Doubles (with George Tsivadze) | Grigelis/Mugevičius | 4–6, 3–6, 3–6 (L) | ||||||
Singles 3 | Laurynas Grigelis | 6–0, 6–1, 6–0 (W) | ||||||
2018 Davis Cup Europe/Africa Zone Group II | ||||||||
Round | Date | Opponents | Final match score | Location | Surface | Match | Opponent | Rubber Score |
February 3–4, 2017 | ![]() |
1–3 | Marrakech | Clay | Singles 2 | Amine Ahouda | 6–3, 3–6, 3–6 (L) | |
Doubles (with Aleksandre Metreveli) | Ahouda/Ouahab | 7–6(7–4), 4–6, 6–2 (W) | ||||||
Singles 3 | Lamine Ouahab | 1–6, 3–6 (L) |
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- ^ Николоз Басилашвили
- ^ Nikoloz Basilashvili - Bio
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- ^ Basilashvili to sue his former wife for defamation Interpressnews Georgia
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