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Bulgarian tennis player
Radoslav LukaevРадослав Лукаев Country (sports) Bulgaria Born (1982-04-24 ) 24 April 1982 (age 42) Burgas , BulgariaHeight 1.89 m (6 ft 2 in) Turned pro 2000 Retired 2005 Plays Right-handed Prize money US$ 55,014Career record 4–4 Career titles 0 0 Challengers , 4 Futures Highest ranking No. 229 (23 September 2002) Wimbledon Q2 (2003 ) US Open 1R (2002 ) Career record 3–2 Career titles 0 1 Challengers , 2 Futures Highest ranking No. 301 (5 May 2003)
Radoslav Lukaev (Bulgarian : Радослав Лукаев) (born 24 April 1982) is a former professional tennis player from Bulgaria .[ 1]
Lukaev made it into his first Grand Slam event at the 2002 US Open , with wins over Éric Prodon , Jaroslav Levinský and Peter Luczak in the qualifiers. He met Russian Nikolay Davydenko in the first round and lost in four sets.[ 2]
He played five Davis Cup ties for Bulgaria , winning seven of his 12 matches, with a 4–3 record in singles and 3–2 record in doubles. In 2005 he was called upon to play the fifth and deciding rubber against Finland 's Tuomas Ketola and came out on top, in straight sets.[ 3]
Year
1999
2000
2001
2002
2003
2004
2005
Singles
1225
922
384
249
594
678
441
Doubles
1164
693
741
311
532
1277
495
Challenger and Futures finals [ edit ]
Legend (singles)
ATP Challenger Tour (0–0)
ITF Futures (4–1)
Titles by surface
Hard (1–0)
Clay (3–1)
Grass (0–0)
Carpet (0–0)
Result
W–L
Date
Tournament
Tier
Surface
Opponent
Score
Win
1–0
Aug 2001
Latvia F1, Jūrmala
Futures
Clay
Mariusz Fyrstenberg
6–2, 0–6, 6–2
Win
2–0
Aug 2001
Lithuania F1, Vilnius
Futures
Clay
Jon Wallmark
7–6(7–3) , 1–6, 6–3
Win
3–0
May 2002
Germany F3, Mannheim
Futures
Clay
Jan Weinzierl
6–3, 1–6, 7–6(7–2)
Loss
3–1
Jun 2002
France F11, Toulon
Futures
Clay
Orlin Stanoytchev
2–6, 6–0, 5–7
Win
4–1
Jun 2005
Turkey F3, Istanbul
Futures
Hard
Predrag Rusevski
6–2, 6–3
Legend (doubles)
ATP Challenger Tour (1–2)
ITF Futures (2–5)
Titles by surface
Hard (1–1)
Clay (1–6)
Grass (0–0)
Carpet (1–0)
Result
W–L
Date
Tournament
Tier
Surface
Partner
Opponents
Score
Loss
0–1
Sep 2000
Sofia , Bulgaria
Challenger
Clay
Luben Pampoulov
Dejan Petrovic Orlin Stanoytchev
2–6, 7–6(7–5) , 6–7(6–8)
Loss
0–2
Jul 2001
Macedonia F3, Skopje
Futures
Hard
Predrag Rusevski
Todor Enev Milen Velev
2–6, 5–7
Loss
0–3
Aug 2001
Lithuania F1, Vilnius
Futures
Clay
Mait Künnap
Lauri Kiiski Tero Vilen
2–6, 6–3, 5–7
Win
1–3
Mar 2002
France F8, Melun
Futures
Carpet (i)
Mariusz Fyrstenberg
Todor Enev Dmitry Vlasov
6–2, 6–2
Loss
1–4
May 2002
Germany F3, Mannheim
Futures
Clay
Luben Pampoulov
Florian Jeschonek Ivo Klec
w/o
Loss
1–5
Jun 2002
Germany F7, Trier
Futures
Clay
Hamid Mirzadeh
Bernardo Mota Diego Moyano
6–1, 1–6, 4–6
Loss
1–6
Jun 2002
France F11, Toulon
Futures
Clay
Dmitri Tomashevich
Sylvain Charrier John Thivolle
w/o
Win
2–6
May 2003
New Delhi , India
Challenger
Hard
Dmitry Vlasov
Jonathan Erlich Andy Ram
7–6(8–6) , 4–6, 6–2
Win
3–6
Jul 2002
Serbia and Montenegro F4, Belgrade
Futures
Clay
Todor Enev
Stéphane Robert Xavier Audouy
6–4, 6–7(7–9) , 6–4
Loss
3–7
Aug 2005
Timișoara , Romania
Challenger
Clay
Ilia Kushev
Ionuț Moldovan Gabriel Moraru
2–6, 0–6
Radoslav Lukaev debuted for the Bulgaria Davis Cup team in 2000. Since then he has 5 nominations with 5 ties played, his singles W/L record is 4–3 and doubles W/L record is 3–2 (7–5 overall).
Edition
Round
Date
Surface
Opponent
W/L
Result
2003 Europe/Africa Zone Group II
R1
4 April 2003
Carpet (I)
Andrei Dernovskiy
W
6–3, 6–7(6–8) , 6–3, 6–2
6 April 2003
Orest Tereshchuk
L
6–3, 3–6, 6–7(7–9) , 3–6
QF
11 July 2003
Clay
Boris Pašanski
W
3–6, 6–4, 6–7(3–7) , 6–4, 6–4
14 July 2003
Janko Tipsarević
L
3–6, 1–6, 3–6
2005 Europe/Africa Zone Group II
QF
15 July 2005
Clay
Jarkko Nieminen
L
6–7(4–7) , 3–6, 2–6
17 July 2005
Tuomas Ketola
W
7–6(7–5) , 6–4, 6–1
SF
23 September 2005
Hard
Sergei Yaroshenko
W
6–4, 6–4, 7–6(7–4)
Edition
Round
Date
Partner
Surface
Opponents
W/L
Result
2000 Europe/Africa Zone Group II
RPO
22 July 2000
Todor Enev
Clay
Jonathan Erlich Harel Levy
W
6–4, 7–5, 7–6(7–5)
2003 Europe/Africa Zone Group II
R1
5 April 2003
Todor Enev
Carpet (I)
Andrei Dernovskiy Orest Tereshchuk
W
6–3, 6–4, 6–4
QF
13 July 2003
Todor Enev
Clay
Dejan Petrovic Nenad Zimonjić
L
3–6, 1–6, 2–6
2005 Europe/Africa Zone Group II
QF
16 July 2005
Ilia Kushev
Clay
Jarkko Nieminen Lauri Kiiski
W
7–5, 6–3, 6–7(5–7) , 6–3
SF
24 September 2005
Ilia Kushev
Hard
Mikhail Filima Orest Tereshchuk
L
4–6, 2–6, 6–7(3–7)
RPO = Relegation Play-off