# Ivan Gakhov

Ivan Andreevich Gakhov (Russian: Ива́н Андре́евич Га́хов, IPA:; born 4 November 1996) is a Russian tennis player. He has a career high ATP singles ranking of world No. 142 achieved on 19 June 2023 and a doubles ranking of No. 170 achieved on 17 September 2018.
Gakhov has won two ATP Challenger titles in singles and one in doubles.

## Career
### 2022: ATP debut

Ranked No. 315, he made his ATP singles main draw debut at the 2022 Generali Open Kitzbühel as a lucky loser where he lost to Yannick Hanfmann.

### 2023: Maiden Challenger title, Masters debut and first ATP win, top 150

He won his maiden ATP Challenger title in singles at the 2023 Girona Challenger.
Ranked No. 198, he made his Masters debut at the 2023 Monte-Carlo Masters after entering the qualifying competition as the fourth alternate, defeating second seed Adrian Mannarino and twelfth seed Luca Van Assche. In the first round of the main draw, he defeated Mackenzie McDonald to record his first ATP match win and first at the Masters 1000 tour-level, having played only one ATP match ever. As a result, he moved more than 35 spots in the rankings into the top 165. In the second round, he lost to top seed Novak Djokovic. He reached the top 150 at No. 147 on 12 June 2023.

### 2024

In mid-April, ranked No. 223, he qualified for the main draw of the 2024 BMW Open in Munich.

## ATP Challenger Tour finals
### Singles: 3 (2 titles, 1 runner-up)

* Legend
* ATP Challenger Tour (2–1)
| Result | W–L | Date | Tournament | Tier | Surface | Opponent | Score |
| Win | 1–0 | Apr 2023 | Girona, Spain | Challenger | Clay | Gastão Elias | 5–7, 6–4, 0–0 ret. |
| Win | 2–0 | Jun 2023 | Troisdorf, Germany | Challenger | Clay | Frederico Ferreira Silva | 6–2, 5–7, 6–3 |
| Loss | 2–1 | Aug 2024 | Dobrich, Bulgaria | Challenger | Clay | Juan Bautista Torres | 7–5, 0–6, 5–7 |

### Doubles: 4 (1 title, 3 runner-ups)

* Legend
* ATP Challenger Tour (1–3)
* Finals by surface
* Hard (1–0)
* Clay (0–3)
* Grass (0–0)
* Carpet (0–0)
| Result | W–L | Date | Tournament | Tier | Surface | Partner | Opponents | Score |
| Loss | 0–1 | Sep 2017 | Seville, Spain | Challenger | Clay | David Vega Hernández | Pedro Cachín Íñigo Cervantes | 6–7$^{(5–7)}$, 6–3, [5–10] |
| Loss | 0–2 | Oct 2017 | Almaty, Kazakhstan | Challenger | Clay | Nino Serdarušić | Timur Khabibulin Aleksandr Nedovyesov | 6–1, 3–6, [3–10] |
| Win | 1–2 | Jun 2018 | Fergana, Uzbekistan | Challenger | Hard | Alexander Pavlioutchenkov | Saketh Myneni Vijay Sundar Prashanth | 6–4, 6–4 |
| Loss | 1–3 | Jul 2018 | Tampere, Finland | Challenger | Clay | Alexander Pavlioutchenkov | Markus Eriksson André Göransson | 3–6, 6–3, [7–10] |

## ITF Futures/World Tennis Tour finals
### Singles: 30 (14 titles, 16 runner-ups)

* Legend
* ITF Futures/WTT (14–16)
* Finals by surface
* Hard (2–2)
* Clay (12–14)
* Grass (0–0)
* Carpet (0–0)
| Result | W–L | Date | Tournament | Tier | Surface | Opponent | Score |
| Win | 1–0 | Oct 2014 | Kazakhstan F12, Shymkent | Futures | Clay | Enrique López Pérez | 6–4, 6–0 |
| Loss | 1–1 | Oct 2014 | Kazakhstan F14, Shymkent | Futures | Clay | Enrique López Pérez | 3–6, 6–4, 1–6 |
| Loss | 1–2 | Mar 2015 | India F4, Chennai | Futures | Clay | Vijay Sundar Prashanth | 3–6, 6–3, 6–7$^{(6–8)}$ |
| Loss | 1–3 | May 2015 | Russia F1, Moscow | Futures | Clay | Daniil Medvedev | 4–6, 1–6 |
| Loss | 1–4 | Oct 2015 | Kazakhstan F5, Shymkent | Futures | Clay | Aleksandre Metreveli | 1–6, 2–6 |
| Loss | 1–5 | Nov 2015 | Turkey F46, Antalya | Futures | Clay | Javier Martí | 4–6, 4–6 |
| Loss | 1–6 | Jul 2016 | Spain F21, Gandia | Futures | Clay | Jaume Munar | 3–6, 4–6 |
| Win | 2–6 | Aug 2016 | Russia F6, Moscow | Futures | Clay | Denis Matsukevich | 1–6, 6–3, 6–3 |
| Win | 3–6 | Oct 2016 | Kazakhstan F7, Shymkent | Futures | Clay | Sanjar Fayziev | 6–2, 5–7, 6–2 |
| Win | 4–6 | Oct 2016 | Spain F35, La Vall d'Uixó | Futures | Clay | Carlos Taberner | 6–2, 6–2 |
| Loss | 4–7 | Mar 2017 | Spain F8, Reus | Futures | Clay | Javier Martí | 3–6, 4–6 |
| Loss | 4–8 | Apr 2017 | Spain F10, Madrid | Futures | Clay | Pedro Cachín | 3–6, 3–6 |
| Win | 5–8 | Apr 2017 | Kazakhstan F5, Shymkent | Futures | Clay | Mario Vilella Martínez | 6–3, 6–2 |
| Win | 6–8 | Aug 2017 | Russia F6, Moscow | Futures | Clay | Artur Shakhnubaryan | 6–3, 6–3 |
| Win | 7–8 | Nov 2017 | Morocco F6, Agadir | Futures | Clay | Pol Toledo Bagué | 7–6$^{(7–5)}$, 7–5 |
| Loss | 7–9 | Apr 2018 | Kazakhstan F3, Shymkent | Futures | Clay | Denis Yevseyev | 4–6, 7–5, 4–6 |
| Win | 8–9 | Aug 2018 | Germany F12, Karlsruhe | Futures | Clay | Paul Woerner | 7–6$^{(7–4)}$, 6–3 |
| Loss | 8–10 | Aug 2018 | Spain F24, Santander | Futures | Clay | Javier Barranco Cosano | 3–6, 6–4, 4–6 |
| Win | 9–10 | Nov 2018 | Tunisia F39, Monastir | Futures | Hard | Steven Diez | 3–6, 6–2, 6–1 |
| Win | 10–10 | Nov 2018 | Tunisia F40, Monastir | Futures | Hard | Ronan Joncour | 7–6$^{(9–7)}$, 7–5 |
| Loss | 10–11 | Nov 2018 | Tunisia F41, Monastir | Futures | Hard | Aslan Karatsev | 4–6, 3–6 |
| Loss | 10–12 | Jan 2019 | M15 Manacor, Spain | WTT | Hard | Francisco Cerúndolo | 3–6, 3–6 |
| Loss | 10–13 | Nov 2020 | M15 Benicarló, Spain | WTT | Clay | Nicolás Álvarez Varona | 6–7$^{(13–15)}$, 4–6 |
| Win | 11–13 | Apr 2021 | M15 Shymkent, Kazakhstan | WTT | Clay | Eric Vanshelboim | 6–3, 5–7, 7–5 |
| Loss | 11–14 | Apr 2021 | M15 Shymkent, Kazakhstan | WTT | Clay | Eric Vanshelboim | 1–6, 1–6 |
| Win | 12–14 | Oct 2021 | M15 Platja d'Aro, Spain | WTT | Clay | Josè Vidal Azorín | 6–4, 5–7, 6–2 |
| Loss | 12–15 | Oct 2021 | M15 Benicarló, Spain | WTT | Clay | Pablo Llamas Ruiz | 4–6, 4–6 |
| Win | 13–15 | Apr 2022 | M15 Symkent, Kazakhstan | WTT | Clay | Eric Vanshelboim | 6–3, 6–4 |
| Win | 14–15 | Oct 2022 | M25 Zaragoza, Spain | WTT | Clay | Javier Barranco Cosano | 6–4, 1–6, 6–2 |
| Loss | 14–16 | Jul 2024 | M25 Getxo, Spain | WTT | Clay | Miguel Damas | 0–6, 7–6$^{(7–3)}$, 0–6 |

## Awards
### 2019

* The Russian Cup in the nomination Student Tennis Players of the Year