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
Year | 1999 | 2000 | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 |
Singles | 1225 | 922 | 384 | 249 | 594 | 678 | 441 |
Doubles | 1164 | 693 | 741 | 311 | 532 | 1277 | 495 | |
Challenger and Futures finals
Singles: 5 (4–1)
Legend (singles) |
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ATP Challenger Tour (0–0) | ITF Futures (4–1) | |
| Titles by surface |
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Hard (1–0) | Clay (3–1) | Grass (0–0) | Carpet (0–0) | |
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Result | W–L | Date | Tournament | Tier | Surface | Opponent | Score |
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Win | 1–0 | | Latvia F1, Jūrmala | Futures | Clay | Mariusz Fyrstenberg | 6–2, 0–6, 6–2 |
Win | 2–0 | | Lithuania F1, Vilnius | Futures | Clay | Jon Wallmark | 7–6(7–3), 1–6, 6–3 |
Win | 3–0 | | Germany F3, Mannheim | Futures | Clay | Jan Weinzierl | 6–3, 1–6, 7–6(7–2) |
Loss | 3–1 | | France F11, Toulon | Futures | Clay | Orlin Stanoytchev | 2–6, 6–0, 5–7 |
Win | 4–1 | | Turkey F3, Istanbul | Futures | Hard | Predrag Rusevski | 6–2, 6–3 | |
Doubles: 10 (3–7)
Legend (doubles) |
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ATP Challenger Tour (1–2) | ITF Futures (2–5) | |
| Titles by surface |
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Hard (1–1) | Clay (1–6) | Grass (0–0) | Carpet (1–0) | |
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Result | W–L | Date | Tournament | Tier | Surface | Partner | Opponents | Score |
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Loss | 0–1 | | style=background:moccasin; | Sofia, Bulgaria | style=background:moccasin; | Challenger | Clay | Luben Pampoulov | Dejan Petrovic Orlin Stanoytchev | 2–6, 7–6(7–5), 6–7(6–8) |
Loss | 0–2 | | Macedonia F3, Skopje | Futures | Hard | Predrag Rusevski | Todor Enev Milen Velev | 2–6, 5–7 |
Loss | 0–3 | | Lithuania F1, Vilnius | Futures | Clay | Mait Künnap | Lauri Kiiski
Tero Vilen | 2–6, 6–3, 5–7 |
Win | 1–3 | | France F8, Melun | Futures | Carpet (i) | Mariusz Fyrstenberg | Todor Enev
Dmitry Vlasov | 6–2, 6–2 |
Loss | 1–4 | | Germany F3, Mannheim | Futures | Clay | Luben Pampoulov | Florian Jeschonek
Ivo Klec | w/o |
Loss | 1–5 | | Germany F7, Trier | Futures | Clay | Hamid Mirzadeh | Bernardo Mota
Diego Moyano | 6–1, 1–6, 4–6 |
Loss | 1–6 | | France F11, Toulon | Futures | Clay | Dmitri Tomashevich | Sylvain Charrier
John Thivolle | w/o |
Win | 2–6 | | style=background:moccasin; | New Delhi, India | style=background:moccasin; | Challenger | Hard | Dmitry Vlasov | Jonathan Erlich
Andy Ram | 7–6(8–6), 4–6, 6–2 |
Win | 3–6 | | Serbia and Montenegro F4, Belgrade | Futures | Clay | Todor Enev | Stéphane Robert
Xavier Audouy | 6–4, 6–7(7–9), 6–4 |
Loss | 3–7 | | style=background:moccasin; | Timișoara, Romania | style=background:moccasin; | Challenger | Clay | 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)
Edition | Round | Date | Surface | Opponent | W/L | Result |
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bgcolor=#efefef rowspan=4 | 2003 Europe/Africa Zone Group II | align=center rowspan=2 | R1 | 4 April 2003 | Carpet (I) | Andrei Dernovskiy | bgcolor=#98FB98 align=center | W | 6–3, 6–7(6–8), 6–3, 6–2 |
6 April 2003 | Orest Tereshchuk | bgcolor=#FFA07A align=center | L | 6–3, 3–6, 6–7(7–9), 3–6 |
align=center rowspan=2 | QF | 11 July 2003 | Clay | Boris Pašanski | bgcolor=#98FB98 align=center | W | 3–6, 6–4, 6–7(3–7), 6–4, 6–4 |
14 July 2003 | Janko Tipsarević | bgcolor=#FFA07A align=center | L | 3–6, 1–6, 3–6 |
bgcolor=#efefef rowspan=3 | 2005 Europe/Africa Zone Group II | align=center rowspan=2 | QF | 15 July 2005 | Clay | Jarkko Nieminen | bgcolor=#FFA07A align=center | L | 6–7(4–7), 3–6, 2–6 |
17 July 2005 | Tuomas Ketola | bgcolor=#98FB98 align=center | W | 7–6(7–5), 6–4, 6–1 |
SF | 23 September 2005 | Hard | Sergei Yaroshenko | bgcolor=#98FB98 align=center | W | 6–4, 6–4, 7–6(7–4) | |
Doubles (3–2)
Edition | Round | Date | Partner | Surface | Opponents | W/L | Result |
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2000 Europe/Africa Zone Group II | RPO | 22 July 2000 | Todor Enev | Clay | Jonathan Erlich
Harel Levy | bgcolor=#98FB98 align=center | W | 6–4, 7–5, 7–6(7–5) |
bgcolor=#efefef rowspan=2 | 2003 Europe/Africa Zone Group II | R1 | 5 April 2003 | Todor Enev | Carpet (I) | Andrei Dernovskiy
Orest Tereshchuk | bgcolor=#98FB98 align=center | W | 6–3, 6–4, 6–4 |
QF | 13 July 2003 | Todor Enev | Clay | Dejan Petrovic Nenad Zimonjić | bgcolor=#FFA07A align=center | L | 3–6, 1–6, 2–6 |
bgcolor=#efefef rowspan=2 | 2005 Europe/Africa Zone Group II | QF | 16 July 2005 | Ilia Kushev | Clay | Jarkko Nieminen
Lauri Kiiski | bgcolor=#98FB98 align=center | W | 7–5, 6–3, 6–7(5–7), 6–3 |
SF | 24 September 2005 | Ilia Kushev | Hard | Mikhail Filima
Orest Tereshchuk | bgcolor=#FFA07A align=center | L | 4–6, 2–6, 6–7(3–7) | |
- RPO = Relegation Play-off
Notes and References
- http://www.atpworldtour.com/Tennis/Players/Lu/R/Radoslav-Lukaev.aspx ATP World Tour Profile
- http://www.itftennis.com/procircuit/players/player/profile.aspx?playerid=30015037 ITF Tennis Profile
- http://www.daviscup.com/en/players/player/profile.aspx?playerid=30015037 Davis Cup Profile