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Nikoloz Basilashvili
ნიკოლოზ ბასილაშვილი
File:Nikolozbasilashvili2.jpg
Basilashvili at the 2016 Generali Open Kitzbühel
Country (sports) Georgia
ResidenceTbilisi, Georgia
Born (1992-02-23) 23 February 1992 (age 32)
Tbilisi, Georgia
Height1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)
Turned pro2008
PlaysRight-handed (two-handed backhand)
Prize money$618,406
Singles
Career record11–18
Career titles0
5 Challengers
Highest rankingNo. 86 (19 October 2015)
Current rankingNo. 94 (28 November 2016)
Grand Slam singles results
Australian Open1R (2016)
French Open1R (2015, 2016)
Wimbledon3R (2015)
US Open1R (2015)
Doubles
Career record0–3
Career titles0
Highest rankingNo. 522 (21 March 2016)
Current rankingNo. 1181 (24 October 2016)
Last updated on: 24 October 2016.

Nikoloz Basilashvili (Georgian: ნიკოლოზ ბასილაშვილი; born 23 February 1992) is a Georgian tennis player who mainly competes on the ATP Challenger Tour. His coach is Pierre Christen.

Career

In 2015 he qualified for his first Grand Slam Tournament, Roland Garros, losing in the first round to Thanasi Kokkinakis. Later in the same year he managed to qualify for Wimbledon, where he beat Facundo Bagnis and the 15th seed Feliciano López, advancing to the third round of a major for the first time in his career. Later that year he managed to qualify for US Open too, 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. That year in July Basilashvili played in his first ATP tournament final, the Austrian Open Kitzbühel that is part of the 250 series, where he lost to Paolo Lorenzi in two sets. In October Georgian player got his first Top 10 win, when he defeated world number 10 Tomáš Berdych in Vienna Open.

ATP career finals

Singles: 1 (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 (0–1)
Finals by surface
Hard (0–0)
Clay (0–1)
Grass (0–0)
Carpet (0–0)
Outcome No. Date Tournament Surface Opponent Score
Runner-up 1. 23 July 2016 Austrian Open Kitzbühel, Kitzbühel, Austria Clay Italy Paolo Lorenzi 3–6, 4–6

Other finals

Challengers and Futures titles

Singles: 20 (15 titles, 5 runner-up)

Legend
ATP Challengers (5–1)
ITF Futures (10–4)
Outcome No. Date Tournament Surface Opponent Score
Winner 1. 24 August 2009 Sochi, Russia Clay Russia Mikhail Fufygin 2–6, 7–5, 7–5
Winner 2. 18 June 2012 Kazan, Russia Clay Ukraine Ivan Sergeyev 6–4, 7–6(7–4)
Runner-up 3. 2 July 2012 Yerevan, Armenia Clay Belgium Arthur De Greef 0–6, 1–6
Runner-up 4. 6 August 2012 Moscow, Russia Clay Netherlands Boy Westerhof 4–6, 4–6
Winner 5. 13 August 2012 Moscow, Russia Clay Russia Alexander Lobkov 6–3, 7–6(7–0)
Winner 6. 10 September 2012 Tbilisi, Georgia Clay Croatia Toni Androić 6–3, 4–6, 7–6(7–1)
Winner 7. 3 December 2012 Antalya, Turkey Hard Ukraine Vladimir Uzhylovsky 3–6, 6–2, 6–2
Winner 8. 10 December 2012 Antalya, Turkey Hard Spain Guillermo Olaso 6–2, 6–2
Winner 9. 12 August 2013 Appiano, Italy Clay Italy Matteo Trevisan 7–5, 3–6, 6–4
Runner-up 10. 4 November 2013 Antalya Turkey Hard Germany Robin Kern 6–4, 3–6, 3–6
Runner-up 11. 11 November 2013 Antalya, Turkey Clay Austria Marc Rath 1–6, 3–6
Winner 12. 20 January 2014 Kaarst, Germany Carpet(i) Slovakia Miloslav Mečíř 2–6, 7–5, 6–3
Winner 13. 19 May 2014 Karshi, Uzbekistan Hard United States Chase Buchanan 7–6(7–2), 6–2
Runner-up 14. 17 November 2014 Andria, Italy Carpet(i) Lithuania Ričardas Berankis 4–6, 0–1 RET
Winner 15. 8 December 2014 Doha, Qatar Hard India Ramkumar Ramanathan 7–6(7–5), 6–2
Winner 16. 15 December 2014 Doha, Qatar Hard United Kingdom James Marsalek 6–1, 6–2
Winner 17. 5 March 2015 Ra'anana, Israel Hard Slovakia Lukáš Lacko 4–6, 6–4, 6–3
Winner 18. 26 July 2015 Scheveningen, Netherlands Clay Russia Andrey Kuznetsov 6–7(3–7), 7–6(7–4), 6–3
Winner 19. 21 March 2016 Guangzhou, PR China Hard Slovakia Lukáš Lacko 6–1, 6–7(6–8), 7–5
Winner 20. 14 May 2016 Heilbronn, Germany Clay Germany Jan-Lennard Struff 6–4, 7–6(7–3)

Performance timeline

Singles

Tournament 2014 2015 2016 W–L Win %
Grand Slam tournaments
Australian Open A Q1 1R 0–1 0%
French Open A 1R 1R 0–2 0%
Wimbledon Q1 3R Q2 2–1 67%
US Open Q2 1R Q1 0–1 0%
Win–Loss 0-0 2–3 0–2 2–5 29%
Summer Olympics Not Held 1R 0–1 0%

Wins over top-10 players per season

Season 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 Total
Wins 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1
# Player Rank Event Surface Rd Score Basilashvili
Rank
2016
1. Czech Republic Tomáš Berdych 10 Vienna Open, Vienna, Austria Hard 1R 6–4, 6–7(5–7), 7–5 107