Moldovan professional tennis player
Radu Albot Country (sports) Moldova Residence Chișinău , Moldova Born (1989-11-11 ) 11 November 1989 (age 34) Kishinev , Moldavian SSR , Soviet Union (now Chișinău, Moldova)Height 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in) Turned pro 2008 Plays Right-handed (two-handed backhand) Prize money US$ 3,270,285Career record 73–96 (43.2% in ATP World Tour and Grand Slam main draw matches, and in Davis Cup ) Career titles 1 Highest ranking No. 39 (5 August 2019) Current ranking No. 67 (9 March 2020)[1] Australian Open 2R (2019 ) French Open 2R (2018 , 2019 ) Wimbledon 3R (2018 ) US Open 3R (2017 ) Career record 40–55 (42.1% in ATP World Tour and Grand Slam main draw matches, and in Davis Cup ) Career titles 1 Highest ranking No. 56 (29 April 2019) Current ranking No. 137 (16 March 2020) Australian Open 3R (2018 , 2019 ) French Open QF (2015 ) Wimbledon 1R (2015 , 2018 , 2019 ) US Open SF (2018 ) Last updated on: 16 March 2020.
Radu Albot (born 11 November 1989) is a Moldovan professional tennis player. He is the first player from Moldova to win ATP singles (2019 Delray Beach Open ) and doubles (2015 Istanbul Open ) titles.
Albot has won 1 ATP World Tour singles title, 1 ATP World Tour doubles title, 7 singles and 8 doubles Challenger titles in his career, as well as 14 singles and 7 doubles Futures titles. He has been a regular member of the Moldovan Davis Cup team since 2007 and holds his country's records for the most singles wins (28) and total wins (41).
His ATP singles ranking of No. 99 on August 3, 2015 made him the first Moldovan to break into the top 100. Albot achieved a career high ranking of No. 39 on August 5, 2019. He finished in Top 100 in the year-end rankings for the past three years (2016, 2017, 2018).
Tennis career
2013-2016: First ATP doubles title
Radu Albot has achieved many firsts for a Moldovan professional tennis player. In September 2013 he won the ATP Challenger event in Fergana , Uzbekistan , becoming the first player from his country to win an ATP Challenger tournament. At the 2014 US Open , he won three straight matches in the men's qualifying tournament to gain a berth in the main draw, becoming the first Moldovan to play in the main draw of a Grand Slam Tournament .
In May 2015, Albot teamed up with Dusan Lajovic to win the doubles title at the inaugural 2015 Istanbul Open , becoming the first Moldovan to win an ATP Tour level event. In October 2015, Albot together with his doubles partner František Čermák managed to reach the 2015 Kremlin Cup final, being defeated by Andrey Rublev and Dmitry Tursunov in the decisive set. In June 2016, he qualified for the 2016 Wimbledon Championships and won his first Grand Slam match in 4 attempts, defeating Gastao Elias in the first round.
2017-2019: First ATP singles title
In June 2017, Radu Albot reached the quarter-finals of the 2017 Antalya Open beating Joao Sousa and Paolo Lorenzi , before losing to Andreas Seppi in straight sets. In the same year, he played for the first time in the main draw of all four Grand Slam tournaments. He received direct entry into the Australian Open , French Open and Wimbledon tournaments. Albot qualified for the 2015 US Open tournament and won two main draw matches before being defeated by Sam Querrey in the third round, his best singles finish at a Grand Slam to date. He equalled this achievement at the 2018 Wimbledon Championships , defeating Pablo Carreno Busta in the first round before eventually losing in the third round to John Isner .
In February 2018, Radu Albot reached the quarter-finals of the 2018 New York Open , winning matches against Bjorn Fratangelo and John Isner , but being eliminated by Kei Nishikori in the decisive third set. In September 2018, he reached his first ATP Tour level singles semifinals at the 2018 Moselle Open where he lost against the eventual tournament champion, Gilles Simon . At the 2018 US Open , he and partner Malek Jaziri reached the doubles semifinals.
In early February 2019, Radu Albot reached the semifinals of the 2019 Open Sud de France tournament, beating Philipp Kohlschreiber , Ernests Gulbis and Marcos Baghdatis , before losing to the eventual tournament champion Jo-Wilfried Tsonga . In late February 2019, he won the 2019 Delray Beach Open , making history as the first Moldovan to win an ATP singles title, knocking out Ivo Karlovic , Nick Kyrgios , Steve Johnson and Mackenzie McDonald . In the final he defeated Dan Evans of Great Britain in a closely fought three-set match.[2] In May 2019, Albot reached the 2019 Geneva Open semifinal losing in the penultimate round against Nicolás Jarry . In August, 2019 he reached his third semifinal of the year at the 2019 Los Cabos Open , losing to Taylor Fritz. His three victories in the tournament put him at a total of 25 for the year, his most ATP tour wins in a season.
ATP career finals
Singles: 1 (1 title)
Legend
Grand Slam tournaments (0–0)
ATP World Tour Finals (0–0)
ATP World Tour Masters 1000 (0–0)
ATP World Tour 500 Series (0–0)
ATP World Tour 250 Series (1–0)
Finals by surface
Hard (1–0)
Clay (0–0)
Grass (0–0)
Finals by setting
Outdoor (1–0)
Indoor (0–0)
Doubles: 2 (1 title, 1 runner-up)
Legend
Grand Slam Tournaments (0–0)
ATP World Tour Finals (0–0)
ATP World Tour Masters 1000 (0–0)
ATP World Tour 500 Series (0–0)
ATP World Tour 250 Series (1–1)
Finals by surface
Hard (0–1)
Clay (1–0)
Grass (0–0)
Carpet (0–0)
ATP Challenger Tour and ITF Tour Titles
Singles (21)
Legend (Singles)
Challengers (7)
Futures (14)
No.
Date
Tournament
Surface
Opponent in the final
Score
1.
11 October 2010
Antalya
Hard
Denys Molchanov
6–3, 4–6, 7–5
2.
21 February 2011
Antalya
Clay
Ruan Roelofse
7–5, 6–4
3.
28 March 2011
Antalya
Hard
Alejandro González
7–5, 6–3
4.
4 April 2011
Antalya
Hard
Yannik Reuter
6–3, 7–6(7–1)
5.
11 April 2011
Antalya
Hard
Peter Gojowczyk
6–3, 6–2
6.
23 May 2011
Cesena
Clay
Walter Trusendi
2–6, 6–2, 7–6(7–1)
7.
20 February 2012
Antalya
Hard
Aleksandr Lobkov
7–6(7–5) , 6–3
8.
27 February 2012
Antalya
Hard
Ádám Kellner
7–6(7–5) , 6–2
9.
26 March 2012
Antalya
Hard
Sergio Gutierrez-Ferrol
6–1, 6–3
10.
16 April 2012
Antalya
Hard
Tomislav Brkić
6–1, 4–6, 6–1
11.
23 April 2012
Antalya
Hard
Tomislav Brkić
3–6, 6–4, 7–6(7–3)
12.
28 May 2012
Bacău
Clay
Roman Borvanov
7–5, 6–4
13.
26 February 2013
Antalya
Hard
Reid Carleton
6–1, 6–4
14.
5 March 2013
Antalya
Hard
Marsel İlhan
6–3, 3–6, 7–6(9–7)
15.
29 September 2013
Fergana , Uzbekistan
Hard
Ilija Bozoljac
7–6(11–9) , 6–7(3–7) , 6–1
16.
28 February 2015
Kolkata , India
Hard
James Duckworth
7–6(7–0) , 6–1
17.
5 June 2016
Furth , Germany
Hard
Jan-Lennard Struff
6–3, 6–4
18.
19 June 2016
Fergana , Uzbekistan
Hard
Konstantin Kravchuk
6–4, 6–2
19.
17 July 2016
Poznań , Poland
Clay
Clement Geens
6–2, 6–4
20.
5 November 2017
Shenzhen , China
Hard
Hubert Hurkacz
7–6(8–6) , 6–7(3–7) , 6–4
21.
28 October 2018
Liuzhou International Challenger , China
Hard
Miomir Kecmanović
6–2, 4–6, 6–3
Doubles (15)
Legend (Doubles)
Challengers (8)
Futures (7)
No.
Date
Tournament
Surface
Partner
Opponents in the final
Score
1.
28 July 2008
Oradea
Clay
Andrei Ciumac
Steven Goh Zakary van Min
7–6(7–5) , 6–7(5–7) , [10–3]
2.
11 May 2009
Bucharest
Clay
Andrei Ciumac
Florin Mergea Costin Pavăl
6–1, 6–2
3.
31 August 2009
Kempten
Clay
Jiří Školoudík
James Lemke Richard Waite
6–1, 6–2
4.
24 May 2010
Pitești
Clay
Andrei Ciumac
Ivan Anikanov Artem Smirnov
2–6, 6–3, [10–7]
5.
7 March 2011
Antalya
Clay
Denys Molchanov
Roman Jebavý Adrian Sikora
6–7(3–7) , 6–3, [12–10]
6.
16 May 2011
Aosta
Clay
Yasutaka Uchiyama
Hiroki Moriya Shuichi Sekiguchi
4–6, 7–5, [10–7]
7.
14 April 2012
Mersin , Turkey
Clay
Denys Molchanov
Alessandro Motti Simone Vagnozzi
6–0, 6–2
8.
5 May 2012
Ostrava , Czech Republic
Clay
Teymuraz Gabashvili
Adam Pavlásek Jiří Veselý
7–5, 5–7, [10–8]
9.
21 October 2013
Kazan , Russia
Hard
Farrukh Dustov
Egor Gerasimov Dzmitry Zhyrmont
6–2, 6–7(3–7) , [10–7]
10.
3 March 2014
Guangzhou
Hard
Christopher Rungkat
Claudio Grassi Ricadro Ghedin
1–6, 7–5, [10–7]
11.
7 April 2014
Mersin , Turkey
Clay
Jaroslav Pospíšil
Thomas Fabbiano Matteo Viola
7–6(9–7) , 6–1
12.
10 May 2014
Rome , Italy
Clay
Artem Sitak
Andrea Arnaboldi Flavio Cipolla
4–6, 6–2, [11–9]
13.
20 July 2014
Poznań , Poland
Clay
Adam Pavlásek
Tomasz Bednarek Henri Kontinen
7–5, 2–6, [10–8]
14.
10 August 2014
San Marino , San Marino
Clay
Enrique López-Pérez
Franko Škugor Adrian Ungur
6–4, 6–1
15.
15 February 2015
Launceston , Australia
Hard
Mitchell Krueger
Adam Hubble Jose Rubin Statham
3–6, 7–5, [11–9]
Performance timelines
Key
W
F
SF
QF
#R
RR
Q#
P#
DNQ
A
Z#
PO
G
S
B
NMS
NTI
P
NH
(W) winner; (F) finalist; (SF) semifinalist; (QF) quarterfinalist; (#R) rounds 4, 3, 2, 1; (RR) round-robin stage; (Q#) qualification round; (P#) preliminary round; (DNQ) did not qualify; (A) absent; (Z#) Davis/Fed Cup Zonal Group (with number indication) or (PO) play-off; (G) gold, (S) silver or (B) bronze Olympic/Paralympic medal; (NMS) not a Masters tournament; (NTI) not a Tier I tournament; (P) postponed; (NH) not held; (SR) strike rate (events won / competed); (W–L) win–loss record.
To avoid confusion and double counting, these charts are updated at the conclusion of a tournament or when the player's participation has ended.
Current through 2019 Rolex Shanghai Masters
Singles
Doubles
1 : Retired of tournament, doesn't count as a lost match
Davis Cup
Singles performances (28–8)
Doubles performances (13-9)
Record against top-10 players
Opponent
Highest ranking
Matches
Won
Lost
Win %
Last match
Roger Federer
1
2
0
2
0%
Lost (0–6, 3–6) at 2019 Swiss Indoors 2R
Marin Čilić
3
2
1
1
50%
Won (6–4, 7–6(8–6) ) at 2019 Cincinnati 1R
David Ferrer
3
1
0
1
0%
Lost (6–4, 5–7, 1–6, 0–6) at 2015 US Open 1R
Alexander Zverev
3
1
0
1
0%
Lost (1–6, 3–6, 6–3, 6–4, 2–6) at 2019 US Open 1R
Kei Nishikori
4
1
0
1
0%
Lost (6–4, 3–6, 1–6) at 2018 New York Open QF
Kevin Anderson
5
1
0
1
0%
Lost (4–6, 3–6) at 2018 Acapulco 1R
Jo-Wilfried Tsonga
5
1
0
1
0%
Lost (1–6, 3–6) at 2019 Montpellier SF
Gilles Simon
6
3
1
2
33%
Won (6–4, 6–2) at 2019 Montreal 1R
David Goffin
7
3
0
3
0%
Lost (6–4, 4–6, 3–6) at 2019 Halle 2R
Fernando Verdasco
7
3
0
3
0%
Lost (2–6, 6–3, 1–6) at 2019 Mutua Madrid Open 1R
John Isner
8
4
1
3
25%
Lost (3–6, 3–6, 4–6) at 2018 Wimbledon 3R
Janko Tipsarević
8
1
1
0
100%
Won (7–5, 2–6, 6–0) at 2019 Los Cabos 1R
Mikhail Youzhny
8
1
1
0
100%
Won (4–6, 7–6(8–6) , 7–5) at 2017 Gstaad 1R
Marcos Baghdatis
8
1
1
0
100%
Won (6–2, 7–6(7–2) ) at 2019 Montpellier QF
Jack Sock
8
1
0
1
0%
Lost (4–6, 6–7(2–7) ) at 2017 Delray Beach 1R
Stefanos Tsitsipas
8
1
0
1
0%
Lost (6–7(2–7) , 2–6) at 2018 Indian Wells 1R
Nicolás Almagro
9
2
1
1
50%
Won (7–6(8–6) , 6–3) at 2017 Marrakesh 1R
Ernests Gulbis
10
1
1
0
100%
Won (7–6(7–5) , 4–6, 6–4) at 2R
Pablo Carreño Busta
10
2
1
1
50%
Lost (3–6, 4–6) at 2019 Chengdu 1R
Total
32
9
23
28%
* Statistics correct as of 30 October 2019
Top 10 wins
Albot has a 0–7 (0%) record against players who were ranked in the top 10 at the time the match was played.
Season
2008
2009
2010
2011
2012
2013
2014
2015
2016
2017
2018
2019
2020
Total
Wins
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
References
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