# Irakli Labadze

Irakli Labadze (Georgian: ირაკლი ლაბაძე, romanized: irak'li labadze, pronounced; born June 9, 1981) is a Georgian retired professional tennis player. His career-high singles ranking was World No. 42, which he attained in July 2004. He was the first Georgian player to reach the fourth round at Wimbledon as a qualifier.

## Career
### Juniors

Labadze had a successful junior career, notably reaching the final of the Wimbledon boys' singles in 1998 and losing to future World No.1 Roger Federer. Together with Lovro Zovko he won the 1999 French Open boys' doubles.

### Pro tour

Labadze's most successful appearance at a Grand Slam event came at the 2006 Wimbledon Championships, where he reached the fourth round. After eliminating Gastón Gaudio and Mardy Fish, he was defeated by the eventual runner-up Rafael Nadal in three sets. It was to be his last appearance in the singles main draw at a major championship.
Labadze's best result in Masters 1000 tournaments was reaching the semifinals of the 2004 Indian Wells Masters. After defeating Carlos Moyá and James Blake, he lost to Tim Henman in straight sets.

## Junior Grand Slam finals
### Singles: 1 (1 runner-up)

| Result | Year | Tournament | Surface | Opponent | Score |
| Loss | 1998 | Wimbledon | Grass | Roger Federer | 4–6, 4–6 |

### Doubles: 1 (1 title)

| Result | Year | Tournament | Surface | Partner | Opponents | Score |
| Win | 1999 | French Open | Clay | Lovro Zovko | Kristian Pless Olivier Rochus | 6–1, 7–6 |

## ATP career finals
### Doubles: 3 (3 runner-ups)

* Legend
* Grand Slam Tournaments (0–0)
* ATP World Tour Finals (0–0)
* ATP Masters Series (0–0)
* ATP Championship Series (0–0)
* ATP World Series (0–3)
* Finals by surface
* Hard (0–2)
* Clay (0–1)
* Grass (0–0)
* Carpet (0–0)
* Finals by setting
* Outdoors (0–1)
* Indoors (0–2)
| Result | W–L | Date | Tournament | Tier | Surface | Partner | Opponents | Score |
| Loss | 0–1 | Jul 2001 | Sopot, Poland | International Series | Clay | Attila Sávolt | Paul Hanley Nathan Healey | 6–7$^{(10–12)}$, 2–6 |
| Loss | 0–2 | Oct 2001 | St. Petersburg, Russia | International Series | Hard | Marat Safin | Denis Golovanov Yevgeny Kafelnikov | 5–7, 4–6 |
| Loss | 0–3 | Oct 2002 | St. Petersburg, Russia | International Series | Hard | Marat Safin | David Adams Jared Palmer | 6–7$^{(8–10)}$, 3–6 |

## ATP Challenger and ITF Futures finals
### Singles: 18 (10–8)

* Legend
* ATP Challenger (9–4)
* ITF Futures (1–4)
* Finals by surface
* Hard (4–4)
* Clay (6–4)
* Grass (0–0)
* Carpet (0–0)
| Result | W–L | Date | Tournament | Tier | Surface | Opponent | Score |
| Loss | 0-1 | Jan 1999 | USA F1, Altamonte Springs | Futures | Hard | James Blake | 2–6, 2–6 |
| Loss | 0-2 | Mar 1999 | Philippines F2, Manila | Futures | Hard | Jan Hermansson | 6–1, 4–6, 1–6 |
| Loss | 0-3 | May 1999 | USA F4, Vero Beach | Futures | Clay | Michael Russell | 6–7, 3–6 |
| Loss | 0-4 | Oct 1999 | Mexico F6, Chihuahua | Futures | Hard | Solon Peppas | 4–6, 4–6 |
| Win | 1-4 | Jan 2000 | USA F3, Boca Raton | Futures | Hard | Marcos Daniel | 6–4, 6–4 |
| Win | 2-4 | Jun 2000 | Fürth, Germany | Challenger | Clay | Daniel Elsner | 6–4, 6–4 |
| Win | 3-4 | May 2001 | Birmingham, United States | Challenger | Clay | James Blake | 6–2, 6–3 |
| Win | 4-4 | Jun 2001 | Bucharest, Romania | Challenger | Clay | Emilio Benfele Álvarez | 6–4, 6–2 |
| Loss | 4-5 | Jul 2001 | Ulm, Germany | Challenger | Clay | Nikolay Davydenko | 6–4, 6–7$^{(2–7)}$, 5–7 |
| Loss | 4-6 | Aug 2001 | Manerbio, Italy | Challenger | Clay | Attila Sávolt | 5–7, 2–6 |
| Win | 5-6 | Feb 2002 | Brest, France | Challenger | Hard | Paradorn Srichaphan | 6–4, 7–5 |
| Win | 6-6 | Sep 2002 | Kyiv, Ukraine | Challenger | Clay | Gorka Fraile | 6–0, 4–6, 6–4 |
| Loss | 6-7 | Oct 2002 | Grenoble, France | Challenger | Hard | Michaël Llodra | 4–6, 3–6 |
| Loss | 6-8 | Aug 2003 | Mönchengladbach, Germany | Challenger | Clay | Daniel Elsner | 1–6, 6–2, 3–6 |
| Win | 7-8 | Sep 2003 | Kyiv, Ukraine | Challenger | Clay | Petr Kralert | 6–1, 6–2 |
| Win | 8-8 | Sep 2003 | Saint-Jean-de-Luz, France | Challenger | Hard | Fabrice Santoro | 1–6, 7–6$^{(7–4)}$, 6–4 |
| Win | 9-8 | Nov 2003 | Dnipropetrovsk, Ukraine | Challenger | Hard | Harel Levy | 6–3, 3–6, 6–1 |
| Win | 10-8 | Jul 2005 | Biella, Italy | Challenger | Clay | Carlos Berlocq | 7–6$^{(7–4)}$, 6–0 |

### Doubles: 14 (6–8)

* Legend
* ATP Challenger (5–5)
* ITF Futures (1–3)
* Finals by surface
* Hard (0–4)
* Clay (6–3)
* Grass (0–0)
* Carpet (0–1)
| Result | W–L | Date | Tournament | Tier | Surface | Partner | Opponents | Score |
| Loss | 0–1 | Mar 1999 | Philippines F1, Manila | Futures | Hard | Dmitry Tursunov | Marcus Hilpert Andrew Rueb | 4–6, 6–7 |
| Win | 1–1 | May 1999 | USA F4, Vero Beach | Futures | Clay | Lovro Zovko | Hugo Armando Mitch Sprengelmeyer | 7–6, 7–6 |
| Loss | 1–2 | Oct 1999 | Mexico F5, Playa del Carmen | Futures | Hard | Diego Ayala | Flávio Saretta Leonardo Silva | 5–7, 6–7 |
| Loss | 1–3 | Jan 2000 | USA F1, Pembroke Pines | Futures | Hard | Rafael De Mesa | Gareth Williams Jeff Williams | 4–6, 1–6 |
| Loss | 1–4 | Feb 2000 | Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam | Challenger | Hard | Kevin Ullyett | Michael Hill Todd Woodbridge | 3–6, 4–6 |
| Loss | 1–5 | May 2000 | Budapest, Hungary | Challenger | Clay | Dinu-Mihai Pescariu | Thomas Shimada Myles Wakefield | 2–6, 6–3, 3–6 |
| Win | 2–5 | Nov 2000 | Quito, Ecuador | Challenger | Clay | Francisco Costa | Eric Nunez Martin Stringari | 6–2, 7–6$^{(7–4)}$ |
| Win | 3–5 | Nov 2000 | Santiago, Chile | Challenger | Clay | Dušan Vemić | Joan Balcells Germán Puentes Alcañiz | 6–3, 6–4 |
| Loss | 3–6 | Sep 2002 | Kyiv, Ukraine | Challenger | Clay | Yuri Schukin | Federico Browne Fred Hemmes | 4–6, 3–6 |
| Win | 4–6 | Aug 2003 | Mönchengladbach, Germany | Challenger | Clay | Rogier Wassen | Karsten Braasch Franz Stauder | 6–7$^{(4–7)}$, 6–2, 6–2 |
| Win | 5–6 | Jun 2005 | Reggio Emilia, Italy | Challenger | Clay | Yuri Schukin | Francesco Aldi Tomas Tenconi | 6–4, 6–3 |
| Loss | 5–7 | Aug 2005 | Trani, Italy | Challenger | Clay | Giorgio Galimberti | Carlos Berlocq Cristian Villagrán | 6–4, 2–6, 4–6 |
| Loss | 5–8 | Nov 2006 | Aachen, Germany | Challenger | Carpet | Tomasz Bednarek | Ernests Gulbis Mischa Zverev | 7–6$^{(7–5)}$, 4–6, [8–10] |
| Win | 6–8 | Aug 2008 | Samarkand, Uzbekistan | Challenger | Clay | Denis Matsukevich | Danila Arsenov Vaja Uzakov | 7–6$^{(7–1)}$, 4–6, [10–3] |

## Performance timeline

Key :
| W | F | SF | QF | #R | RR | Q# | DNQ | A | NH |

### Singles

| Tournament | 1999 | 2000 | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | SR | W–L | Win% |
| Grand Slam tournaments ||||||||||||||
| Australian Open | A | A | Q1 | 1R | 1R | 1R | 1R | A | A | A | 0 / 4 | 0–4 | 0% |
| French Open | A | A | Q2 | 2R | 1R | 2R | Q2 | Q1 | A | A | 0 / 3 | 2–3 | 40% |
| Wimbledon | Q1 | Q2 | Q2 | 2R | 1R | 2R | Q2 | 4R | A | Q1 | 0 / 4 | 5–4 | 56% |
| US Open | A | Q1 | A | 1R | A | 1R | A | A | A | A | 0 / 2 | 0–2 | 0% |
| Win–loss | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 2–4 | 0–3 | 2–4 | 0–1 | 3–1 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0 / 13 | 7–13 | 35% |
| ATP World Tour Masters 1000 ||||||||||||||
| Indian Wells | A | A | A | A | A | SF | 1R | A | A | A | 0 / 2 | 5–2 | 71% |
| Miami | A | A | A | 1R | Q2 | 1R | 2R | A | A | A | 0 / 3 | 1–3 | 25% |
| Monte Carlo | A | A | A | Q1 | A | A | A | A | A | A | 0 / 0 | 0–0 | – |
| Hamburg | A | A | A | A | Q2 | 2R | A | A | A | A | 0 / 1 | 1–1 | 50% |
| Rome | A | A | A | Q1 | Q2 | 2R | A | A | A | A | 0 / 1 | 1–1 | 50% |
| Madrid | Not Held | Not Held | Not Held | A | A | 1R | A | A | A | A | 0 / 1 | 0–1 | 0% |
| Canada | A | A | A | A | A | 1R | A | A | A | A | 0 / 1 | 0–1 | 0% |
| Cincinnati | A | A | A | A | A | 1R | A | A | A | A | 0 / 1 | 0–1 | 0% |
| Paris | A | A | A | A | Q1 | A | A | A | A | A | 0 / 0 | 0–0 | – |
| Win–loss | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 7–7 | 1–2 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0 / 10 | 8–10 | 44% |