Radoslav Lukaev Explained

Radoslav Lukaev
Радослав Лукаев
Birth Date:1982 4, df=yes
Birth Place:Burgas, Bulgaria
Height:1.890NaN0
Turnedpro:2000
Retired:2005
Plays:Right-handed
Careerprizemoney:US$ 55,014
Singlesrecord:4–4
Highestsinglesranking:No. 229 (23 September 2002)
Wimbledonresult:Q2 (2003)
Usopenresult:1R (2002)
Doublesrecord:3–2
Highestdoublesranking:No. 301 (5 May 2003)

Radoslav Lukaev (Bulgarian: Радослав Лукаев) (born 24 April 1982) is a former professional tennis player from Bulgaria.[1]

Lukaev made it into his first Grand Slam event at the 2002 US Open, with wins over Éric Prodon, Jaroslav Levinský and Peter Luczak in the qualifiers. He met Russian Nikolay Davydenko in the first round and lost in four sets.[2]

He played five Davis Cup ties for Bulgaria, winning seven of his 12 matches, with a 4–3 record in singles and 3–2 record in doubles. In 2005 he was called upon to play the fifth and deciding rubber against Finland's Tuomas Ketola and came out on top, in straight sets.[3]

Year-end rankings

Year1999200020012002200320042005
Singles1225922384249594678441
Doubles11646937413115321277495

Challenger and Futures finals

Singles: 5 (4–1)

Legend (singles)
ATP Challenger Tour (0–0)
ITF Futures (4–1)
Titles by surface
Hard (1–0)
Clay (3–1)
Grass (0–0)
Carpet (0–0)
ResultW–LDateTournamentTierSurfaceOpponentScore
Win1–0Latvia F1, JūrmalaFuturesClay Mariusz Fyrstenberg6–2, 0–6, 6–2
Win2–0Lithuania F1, VilniusFuturesClay Jon Wallmark7–6(7–3), 1–6, 6–3
Win3–0Germany F3, MannheimFuturesClay Jan Weinzierl6–3, 1–6, 7–6(7–2)
Loss3–1France F11, ToulonFuturesClay Orlin Stanoytchev2–6, 6–0, 5–7
Win4–1Turkey F3, IstanbulFuturesHard Predrag Rusevski6–2, 6–3

Doubles: 10 (3–7)

Legend (doubles)
ATP Challenger Tour (1–2)
ITF Futures (2–5)
Titles by surface
Hard (1–1)
Clay (1–6)
Grass (0–0)
Carpet (1–0)
ResultW–LDateTournamentTierSurfacePartnerOpponentsScore
Loss0–1style=background:moccasin;Sofia, Bulgariastyle=background:moccasin;ChallengerClay Luben Pampoulov Dejan Petrovic
Orlin Stanoytchev
2–6, 7–6(7–5), 6–7(6–8)
Loss0–2Macedonia F3, SkopjeFuturesHard Predrag Rusevski Todor Enev
Milen Velev
2–6, 5–7
Loss0–3Lithuania F1, VilniusFuturesClay Mait Künnap Lauri Kiiski
Tero Vilen
2–6, 6–3, 5–7
Win1–3France F8, MelunFuturesCarpet (i) Mariusz Fyrstenberg Todor Enev
Dmitry Vlasov
6–2, 6–2
Loss1–4Germany F3, MannheimFuturesClay Luben Pampoulov Florian Jeschonek
Ivo Klec
w/o
Loss1–5Germany F7, TrierFuturesClay Hamid Mirzadeh Bernardo Mota
Diego Moyano
6–1, 1–6, 4–6
Loss1–6France F11, ToulonFuturesClay Dmitri Tomashevich Sylvain Charrier
John Thivolle
w/o
Win2–6style=background:moccasin;New Delhi, Indiastyle=background:moccasin;ChallengerHard Dmitry Vlasov Jonathan Erlich
Andy Ram
7–6(8–6), 4–6, 6–2
Win3–6Serbia and Montenegro F4, BelgradeFuturesClay Todor Enev Stéphane Robert
Xavier Audouy
6–4, 6–7(7–9), 6–4
Loss3–7style=background:moccasin;Timișoara, Romaniastyle=background:moccasin;ChallengerClay Ilia Kushev Ionuț Moldovan
Gabriel Moraru
2–6, 0–6

Davis Cup

Radoslav Lukaev debuted for the Bulgaria Davis Cup team in 2000. Since then he has 5 nominations with 5 ties played, his singles W/L record is 4–3 and doubles W/L record is 3–2 (7–5 overall).

Singles (4–3)

EditionRoundDateSurfaceOpponentW/LResult
bgcolor=#efefef rowspan=42003 Europe/Africa Zone Group IIalign=center rowspan=2R14 April 2003Carpet (I) Andrei Dernovskiybgcolor=#98FB98 align=centerW6–3, 6–7(6–8), 6–3, 6–2
6 April 2003 Orest Tereshchukbgcolor=#FFA07A align=centerL6–3, 3–6, 6–7(7–9), 3–6
align=center rowspan=2QF11 July 2003Clay Boris Pašanskibgcolor=#98FB98 align=centerW3–6, 6–4, 6–7(3–7), 6–4, 6–4
14 July 2003 Janko Tipsarevićbgcolor=#FFA07A align=centerL3–6, 1–6, 3–6
bgcolor=#efefef rowspan=32005 Europe/Africa Zone Group IIalign=center rowspan=2QF15 July 2005Clay Jarkko Nieminenbgcolor=#FFA07A align=centerL6–7(4–7), 3–6, 2–6
17 July 2005 Tuomas Ketolabgcolor=#98FB98 align=centerW7–6(7–5), 6–4, 6–1
SF23 September 2005Hard Sergei Yaroshenkobgcolor=#98FB98 align=centerW6–4, 6–4, 7–6(7–4)

Doubles (3–2)

EditionRoundDatePartnerSurfaceOpponentsW/LResult
2000 Europe/Africa Zone Group IIRPO22 July 2000 Todor EnevClay Jonathan Erlich
Harel Levy
bgcolor=#98FB98 align=centerW6–4, 7–5, 7–6(7–5)
bgcolor=#efefef rowspan=22003 Europe/Africa Zone Group IIR15 April 2003 Todor EnevCarpet (I) Andrei Dernovskiy
Orest Tereshchuk
bgcolor=#98FB98 align=centerW6–3, 6–4, 6–4
QF13 July 2003 Todor EnevClay Dejan Petrovic
Nenad Zimonjić
bgcolor=#FFA07A align=centerL3–6, 1–6, 2–6
bgcolor=#efefef rowspan=22005 Europe/Africa Zone Group IIQF16 July 2005 Ilia KushevClay Jarkko Nieminen
Lauri Kiiski
bgcolor=#98FB98 align=centerW7–5, 6–3, 6–7(5–7), 6–3
SF24 September 2005 Ilia KushevHard Mikhail Filima
Orest Tereshchuk
bgcolor=#FFA07A align=centerL4–6, 2–6, 6–7(3–7)

Notes and References

  1. http://www.atpworldtour.com/Tennis/Players/Lu/R/Radoslav-Lukaev.aspx ATP World Tour Profile
  2. http://www.itftennis.com/procircuit/players/player/profile.aspx?playerid=30015037 ITF Tennis Profile
  3. http://www.daviscup.com/en/players/player/profile.aspx?playerid=30015037 Davis Cup Profile