Blaž Kavčič

Blaž Kavčič
Country (sports)	Slovenia
Residence	Ljubljana, Slovenia
Born	March 5, 1987 (age 37); Ljubljana, SFR Yugoslavia
Height	1.88 m (6 ft 2 in)
Turned pro	2005
Plays	Right-handed
Prize money	$658,593
Singles
Career record	31–40
Career titles	0 ATP, 8 Challenger, 2 Futures
Highest ranking	No. 71 (June 18, 2012)
Current ranking	No. 71 (June 18, 2012)
Grand Slam singles results
Australian Open	2R (2011, 2012)
French Open	2R (2010, 2011, 2012)
Wimbledon	1R (2010, 2011, 2012)
US Open	1R (2011)
Doubles
Career record	4–5
Career titles	0 ATP, 1 Challenger, 3 Futures
Highest ranking	No. 178 (May 14, 2012)
Current ranking	No. 187 (June 18, 2012)
Grand Slam doubles results
US Open	1R (2011)
	Last updated on: June 18, 2012.

Blaž Kavčič (born 5 March 1987 in Ljubljana) is a Slovenian professional tennis player, turned professional in 2005. He considers clay his favourite surface. He is the highest ranked Slovenian male player ever, with highest ATP ranking (#71) achieved in June 2012.

Tennis career

Kavčič turned professional in 2005 playing exclusively on the ATP Futures and ATP Challenger Series circuit for three seasons. In 2006, Kavčič made his Davis Cup debut for Slovenia and won two Futures tiles, the first one in Čakovec over Predrag Rusevski and the second one in Zagreb over Rok Jarc.

In 2008, Kavčič was playing a mixture of Futures and Challengers. He also qualified for ATP events – in Zagreb, where he lost to Roko Karanušić and in Pörtschach, defeating Teymuraz Gabashvili in the first round before losing to Igor Kunitsyn. He finished the year ranked #260.

2009 saw a continuation of Kavčič playing on the ATP Challenger Series circuit, where he had a breakthrough year. He made the final of the San Remo Challenger as a qualifier before losing to Kevin Anderson. Instead of playing the Roland Garros qualification Kavčič continued to focus on the Challenger circuit and won titles in Alessandria and Constanța.

He lost in the final of the tournament in Rijeka after beating Mathieu Montcourt in the semi-final. That was Montcourt's last match before he died of a cardiac arrest.

In 2010, he reached the second round in Houston on clay, but lost to big serving Sam Querrey. Kavčič played in the 2010 French Open where he won his first grand slam match by defeating Eduardo Schwank after Schwank retired in the fourth set. He became the first Slovenian male player to directly qualify for a Grand Slam tournament without having to go through qualifying rounds.

In 2011 at Chennai Open he reached his first career quarterfinal on the ATP Tour. He lost there against Tomáš Berdych from Czech Republic. In the 2011 Australian Open he reached the second round for the first time in his career. In 2011 at Serbia Open he lost in the quarterfinal match against Novak Djoković.

Singles titles (10)

Legend (Singles)
Challengers (8)
Futures (2)

No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Opponent in the final	Score
1.	21 August 2006	Čakovec	Clay	Predrag Rusevski	6–3, 6–3
2.	4 September 2006	Zagreb	Clay	Rok Jark	6–4, 7–5
3.	25 May 2009	Alessandria	Clay	Jesse Levine	7–5, 6–3
4.	23 June 2009	Constanța	Clay	Julian Reister	3–6, 6–3, 6–4
5.	21 August 2010	Qarshi	Hard	Michael Venus	7–6^(8–6), 7–6^(7–5)
6.	5 September 2010	Rijeka	Clay	Rubén Ramírez Hidalgo	6–4, 3–6, 7–6^(7–5)
7.	26 September 2010	Ljubljana	Clay	David Goffin	6–2, 4–6, 7–5
8.	12 September 2011	Banja Luka	Clay	Pere Riba	6–4, 6–1
9.	28 April 2012	São Paulo	Clay	Júlio Silva	6–3, 7–5
10.	10 June 2012	Fürth	Clay	Sergiy Stakhovsky	6–3, 2–6, 6–2

Davis Cup

Singles performances (13–6)

Edition	Round	Date	Against	Surface	Opponent	Win/Lose	Result
2006 Europe/Africa Zone Group II	1R	7 April 2006	Algeria	Clay	Rachid Baba-Aisa	Win	6–0, 6–1
2008 Europe/Africa Zone Group II	1R	11 April 2008	Cyprus	Hard	Marcos Baghdatis	Lose	4–6, 3–6, 4–6
	1R	13 April 2008	Cyprus	Hard	Photos Kallias	Win	6–1, 6–1
	RPO/QF	18 July 2008	Tunisia	Clay	Haithem Abid	Win	6–3, 3–6, 3–6, 7–5, 6–2
2009 Europe/Africa Zone Group II	1R	6 March 2009	Egypt	Carpet	Karim Maamoun	Win	6–0, 6–2, 6–2
	1R	8 March 2009	Egypt	Carpet	Mahmoud Ezz	Win	3–6, 7–6^(7–5), 6–4
	QF	10 July 2009	Lithuania	Clay	Gvidas Sabeckis	Win	6–2, 6–3, 6–1
	SF	6 March 2009	Latvia	Carpet	Andis Juška	Lose	3–6, 4–6, 2–6
2010 Europe/Africa Zone Group II	R	8 March 2010	Norway	Hard	Stian Boretti	Win	6–2, 6–4, 6–2
	QF	9 July 2010	Bulgaria	Clay	Grigor Dimitrov	Win	1–6, 6–1, 6–0, 6–3
	QF	11 July 2010	Bulgaria	Clay	Todor Enev	Win	6–2, 6–1
	SF	17 September 2010	Lithuania	Hard	Laurynas Grigelis	Win	6–4, 7–6^(7–4), 7–6^(7–5)
	SF	19 September 2010	Lithuania	Hard	Ričardas Berankis	Lose	6–3, 2–6, 6–7^(9–11), 4–6
2011 Europe/Africa Zone Group I	1R	4 March 2011	Finland	Clay	Harri Heliovaara	Win	4–6, 6–2, 6–3, 6–4
	1R	6 March 2011	Finland	Clay	Jarkko Nieminen	Lose	3–6, 4–6, 6–4, 4–6
	2R	8 Jul 2011	Italy	Clay	Potito Starace	Lose	6–3, 3–6, 2–6, 4–6
2012 Europe/Africa Zone Group I	1R	10 Feb 2012	Denmark	Hard	Frederik Nielsen	Win	6–2, 6–4, 6–4
	2R	6 April 2012	South Africa	Hard	Ruan Roalofse	Win	6:7 (4), 6:1, 6:1, 6:3
	2R	8 April 2012	South Africa	Hard	Izak van der Merwe	Lose	6:7 (3), 4:6, 4:6

Doubles performances (1–2)

Edition	Round	Date	Partnering	Against	Surface	Opponent	Win/Lose	Result
2011 Europe/Africa Zone Group I	2R	9 Jul 2011	Grega Žemlja	Italy	Clay	Potito Starace Daniele Bracciali	Lose	6–7, 6–7, 2–6
2012 Europe/Africa Zone Group I	1R	11 February 2012	Grega Žemlja	Denmark	Hard	Thomas Kromann Frederik Nielsen	Win	6-4, 6-7, 6-4, 7-5
2012 Europe/Africa Zone Group I	2R	7 April 2012	Grega Žemlja	South Africa	Hard	Raven Klaasen Izak van der Merwe	Lose	7:6 (5), 6:7 (4), 1:6, 4:6

RPO = Relegation Play–offs
RET = Retired

Singles performance timeline

Tournament	2006	2007	2008	2009	2010	2011	2012	Career W–L
Grand Slam Tournaments
Australian Open	A	A	A	LQ	1R	2R	2R	2–3
French Open	A	A	A	A	2R	2R	2R	3–3
Wimbledon	A	A	A	LQ	1R	1R		0–2
US Open	A	A	A	LQ	A	1R		0–1
Win–Loss	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	1–3	2–4	2–2	5–9
ATP World Tour Masters 1000
Miami	A	A	A	A	A	1R	A	0–1
Rome	A	A	A	A	A	LQ	1R	0–1
Win–Loss	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–1	0–1	0–2
ATP World Tour 500
Barcelona	A	A	A	A	A	2R	A	1–1
Win–Loss	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	1–1	0–0	1–1
ATP World Tour 250
Chennai	A	A	A	A	A	QF	1R	2–2
Johannesburg	Not Held			A	2R	A	NH	1–1
Zagreb	A	A	1R	A	A	2R	1R	1–3
São Paulo	A	A	A	A	A	A	1R	0–1
Buenos Aires	A	A	A	A	A	A	1R	0–1
Delray Beach	A	A	A	A	A	2R	A	1–1
Houston	A	A	A	A	2R	A	A	1–1
Casablanca	A	A	A	A	A	2R	A	1–1
Belgrade	A	A	A	A	1R	QF	1R	2–3
Poertschach	A	A	2R	Not Held				1–1
Queen's Club	A	A	A	A	1R	1R	A	0–2
's-Hertogenbosch	A	A	A	A	A	1R	A	0–1
Båstad	A	A	A	A	A	QF		1–1
Umag	A	A	A	1R	LQ	1R		0–2
Winstom-Salem	Not Held					2R		1–1
Win–Loss	0–0	0–0	1–2	0–1	2–4	9–10	0–5	12–22
Davis Cup
Euro/African Zone I & II	1R	A	PO	3R	W	2R	2R	-
Win–Loss	1–0	0–0	2–1	3–1	4–1	1–2	2–1	13–6
Statistics
Overall Win–Loss	1–0	0–0	3–3	3–2	7–8	13–18	4–9	31–40
Win %	100%	0%	50%	60%	47%	42%	31%	44%
Year End Ranking	493	440	260	125	112	92		N/A

* Statistics correct as of June 18, 2012.

NOTE: His website ATP profile cites incorrect 30–40 Win–Loss career statistics (one win should be added – correct is 31–40). His win against Stian Boretti (NOR) from March 2010 Davis Cup 1st round competition is missing. Also in his ATP profile 2010 playing activity this match is missing.