Uladzimir Ignatik Explained

Uładzimir Iharavich Ihnatsik (Belarusian: Уладзімір Ігаравіч Ігнацік); or Vladimir Igorevich Ignatik (Russian: Владимир Игоревич Игнатик); born 14 July 1990 in Belarus, is a Belarusian professional tennis player.

Professional career

Junior career

Igantik was ranked the No. 1 junior in the world in June 2007 after winning the boys' singles title at 2007 Roland Garros, and later finished runner-up at the 2007 Wimbledon Championships. Then as the top seed, Ignatik lost in the quarterfinals of the 2007 US Open.

Early career

Ignatik gained ATP points mainly by playing in Futures tournaments. He finished 2007 ranked 864 in the world, and 2008 ranked 431 in the world. Ignatik played his first two rubbers for Belarus in Davis Cup in 2008, at the age of 17, against Switzerland, losing in four sets to the top 20 player Stanislas Wawrinka, as well as losing a dead rubber to Yves Allegro in two sets. Ignatik got his first two wins in his next fixture against Georgia, defeating Lado Chikhladze in three sets, and Nodar Itonishvili in a dead rubber.

2009

Ignatik continued to play Futures in 2009. In May 2009, Ignatik retired in his first rubber against South Africa, which Belarus would go on to lose 5–0. In June Ignatik won his first Futures tournament in Poland. In August Ignatik hit a rich vein of form, reaching the final in a Futures in Serbia, followed by a win two weeks later in Poland. Two weeks later he won another Futures in Turkey, and the following week he won another in Spain. After this win Ignatik was ranked within the top 300, and began to participate in Challenger level tournaments.

In November, Ignatik got back-to-back quarter-finals in Jersey and Yokohama, before winning his first Challenger in Tokyo at the end of the month. He finished the year ranked No. 192 in the world.

2010

Ignatik began the year playing in the Futures circuit again, making it to the finals in one Futures tournament in Britain. After this, he went back to playing in the Challenger tour, but as of May, hadn't made it to the quarterfinals of any of these tournaments. In the Davis Cup, Ignatik lost both of his singles rubbers in a tie against Italy.

2011

Ignatik won his second Challenger in Guangzhou defeating Alexandre Kudryavtsev in the final.

2012

He won his third Challenger in Tashkent defeating Lukáš Lacko in the final.

ATP Challenger and ITF Futures finals

Singles: 33 (23–10)

Legend ATP Challenger (5–2) ITF Futures (18–8)

Finals by surface Hard (10–5) Clay (11–3) Grass (0–0) Carpet (2–2)

Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Tier	Surface	Opponent	Score
Win	1–0		USA F2, Miami	Futures	Hard	Todd Paul	4–6, 7–6(10–8), 6–2
Loss	1–1		Spain F18, Vic	Futures	Clay	Javier Genaro-Martinez	4–6, 5–7
Win	2–1		Belarus F1, Minsk	Futures	Hard	Deniss Pavlovs	6–1, 2–0, ret.
Loss	2–2		USA F5, Harlingen	Futures	Hard	Jesse Witten	5–7, 4–6
Win	3–2		Poland F3, Koszalin	Futures	Clay	Marcin Gawron	6–1, 4–6, 6–2
Loss	3–3		Serbia F4, Novi Sad	Futures	Clay	Dejan Katic	6–3, 3–6, 2–6
Win	4–3		Poland F4, Olsztyn	Futures	Clay	Marcin Gawron	6–1, 6–3
Win	5–3		Turkey F9, Istanbul	Futures	Hard	Denys Molchanov	6–2, 6–2
Win	6–3		Spain F33, Martos	Futures	Hard	Roberto Bautista Agut	6–1, 3–6, 7–6(7–3)
Win	7–3		Toyota, Japan	Challenger	Carpet	Tatsuma Ito	7–6(9–7), 7–6(7–3)
Loss	7–4		Great Britain F2, Sheffield	Futures	Hard	Stefano Galvani	4–6, 6–4, 0–6
Win	8–4		Guangzhou, China	Challenger	Hard	Alexander Kudryavtsev	6–4, 6–4
Loss	8–5		Uzbekistan F1, Namangan	Futures	Hard	Ivan Sergeyev	6–7(5–7), 1–6
Win	9–5		Germany F8, Kassel	Futures	Clay	Jan Minář	6–4, 7–6(7–3)
Win	10–5		Tashkent, Uzbekistan	Challenger	Hard	Lukáš Lacko	6–3, 7–6(7–3)
Win	11–5		Czech Republic F6, Jablonec nad Nisou	Futures	Carpet	Karol Beck	6–2, 6–3
Loss	11–6		Czech Republic F7, Opava	Futures	Carpet	Laurynas Grigelis	6–4, 3–6, 6–7(2–7)
Win	12–6		Germany F2, Stuttgart	Futures	Hard	Karol Beck	4–6, 6–3, 7–6(7–3)
Win	13–6		Croatia F2, Zagreb	Futures	Hard	Nikola Mektić	5–7, 6–3, 6–3
Win	14–6		Croatia F3, Vrsar	Futures	Clay	Tak Khunn Wang	6–2, 6–4
Loss	14–7		Germany F2, Stuttgart	Futures	Hard	Maximilian Marterer	4–6, 6–4, 5–7
Win	15–7		Czech Republic F1, Prague	Futures	Clay	Jan Mertl	6–1, 6–3
Loss	15–8		Czech Republic F2, Jablonec nad Nisou	Futures	Clay	Marek Michalička	6–7(4–7), 5–7
Win	16–8		Czech Republic F6, Brno	Futures	Clay	Jan Mertl	6–7(9–11), 6–4, 6–1
Win	17–8		Slovakia F3, Piešťany	Futures	Clay	Filip Horanský	6–3, 7–5
Win	18–8		Switzerland F1, Oberentfelden	Futures	Carpet	Jan Choinski	6–4, 6–3
Win	19–8		Czech Republic F5, Ústí nad Orlicí	Futures	Clay	Pawel Cias	6–1, 6–4
Loss	19–9		Prague, Czech Republic	Challenger	Clay	Santiago Giraldo	4–6, 6–3, 6–7(2–7)
Win	20–9		Slovakia F2, Piešťany	Futures	Clay	Pavel Nejedly	6–0, 6–1
Loss	20–10		Meknes, Morocco	Challenger	Clay	Maximilian Marterer	6–7(3–7), 3–6
Win	21–10		Rennes, France	Challenger	Hard	Andrey Rublev	6–7(6–8), 6–3, 7–6(7–5)
Win	22–10		Andria, Italy	Challenger	Hard	Christopher Heyman	6–7(3–7), 6–4, 7–6(7–3)
Win	23–10		M25 Pardubice, Czech Republic	World Tennis Tour	Clay	Jan Satral	6–3, 6–2

Doubles: 26 (10–16)

Legend ATP Challenger (4–9) ITF Futures (6–7)

Finals by surface Hard (4–6) Clay (4–8) Grass (0–0) Carpet (2–2)

Result	class=unsortable	W–L	Date	Tournament	Tier	Surface	Partner	Opponents	class=unsortable	Score
Win	1–0		style=background:#cffcff	USA F3, Baton Rouge	style=background:#cffcff	Futures	Hard	Andrey Kumantsov	Brian Battistone Dann Battistone	7–5, 6–4
Loss	1–1		style=background:#cffcff	USA F6, McAllen	style=background:#cffcff	Futures	Hard	Adam El Mihdawy	Ričardas Berankis Sergey Betov	3–6, 3–6
Win	2–1		style=background:#cffcff	USA F1, Boca Raton	style=background:#cffcff	Futures	Clay	Tigran Martirosyan	Milan Pokrajac Aleksander Slovic	6–4, 6–7(4–7), [10–7]
Loss	2–2		style=background:#cffcff	Poland F2, Kraków	style=background:#cffcff	Futures	Clay	Denys Molchanov	Martin Emmrich Hans Podlipnik-Castillo	4–6, 6–7(5–7)
Loss	2–3		style=background:#cffcff	Great Britain F15, Glasgow	style=background:#cffcff	Futures	Hard	Daniel Cox	Chris Eaton Dominic Inglot	0–6, 6–7(5–7)
Loss	2–4		Tanger, Morocco	Challenger	Clay	Martin Kližan	Steve Darcis Dominik Meffert	7–5, 5–7, [7–10]
Loss	2–5		Caltanissetta, Italy	Challenger	Clay	Martin Kližan	David Marrero Santiago Ventura	6–7(3–7), 4–6
Win	3–5		Saint-Brieuc, France	Challenger	Clay	David Marrero	Brian Battistone Ryler DeHeart	4–6, 6–4, [10–5]
Loss	3–6		Salvador, Brazil	Challenger	Hard	Martin Kližan	Franco Ferreiro André Sá	2–6, 4–6
Loss	3–7		style=background:#cffcff	Brazil F1, Sao Paulo	style=background:#cffcff	Futures	Hard	Thomas Fabbiano	Franco Ferreiro André Ghem	7–6(7–3), 4–6, [3–10]
Loss	3–8		Turin, Italy	Challenger	Clay	Martin Kližan	Martin Fischer Philipp Oswald	3–6, 4–6
Win	4–8		Wolfsburg, Germany	Challenger	Carpet	Laurynas Grigelis	Tomasz Bednarek Olivier Charroin	7–5, 4–6, [10–5]
Win	5–8		Cherbourg, France	Challenger	Hard	Laurynas Grigelis	Dustin Brown Jonathan Marray	4–6, 7–6(11–9), [10–0]
Win	6–8		style=background:#cffcff	Uzbekistan F2, Andijan	style=background:#cffcff	Futures	Hard	Deniss Pavlovs	Vladyslav Manafov Yaraslav Shyla	6–4, 6–2
Loss	6–9		Košice, Slovakia	Challenger	Clay	Andrei Vasilevski	Tomasz Bednarek Mateusz Kowalczyk	2–6, 7–5, [12–14]
Win	7–9		St. Remy, France	Challenger	Hard	Laurynas Grigelis	Jordi Marse-Vidri C. Poch Gradin	6–7(4–7), 6–3, [10–6]
Loss	7–10		Helsinki, Finland	Challenger	Hard	Jimmy Wang	Mikhail Elgin Igor Zelenay	6–4, 6–7(0–7), [4–10]
Loss	7–11		Segovia, Spain	Challenger	Hard	Mikhail Elgin	Ken Skupski Neal Skupski	3–6, 7–6(7–4), [6–10]
Loss	7–12		style=background:#cffcff	Germany F3, Kaarst	style=background:#cffcff	Futures	Carpet	Dimitar Kutrovsky	Nikoloz Basilashvili Aliaksandr Bury	6–4, 4–6, [6–10]
Loss	7–13		style=background:#cffcff	Czech Republic F3, Most	style=background:#cffcff	Futures	Clay	Dominik Kellovsky	Roman Jebavý Jan Šátral	4–6, 6–4, [5–10]
Win	8–13		style=background:#cffcff	Czech Republic F6, Brno	style=background:#cffcff	Futures	Clay	Roman Jebavý	Dušan Lojda Václav Šafránek	6–1, 6–4
Loss	8–14		style=background:#cffcff	Germany F3, Nussloch	style=background:#cffcff	Futures	Carpet	Niels Desein	Johannes Härteis Kevin Krawietz	7–6(7–5), 4–6, [8–10]
Win	9–14		style=background:#cffcff	Switzerland F2, Trimbach	style=background:#cffcff	Futures	Carpet	Adrian Sikora	Johannes Härteis Kevin Krawietz	6–4, 5–7, [10–7]
Loss	9–15		Kenitra, Morocco	Challenger	Clay	Michael Linzer	Kevin Krawietz Maximilian Marterer	6–7(6–8), 6–4, [6–10]
Loss	9–16		Sophia Antipolis, France	Challenger	Clay	Jozef Kovalík	Tristan Lamasine Franko Škugor	2–6, 2–6
Win	10–16		style=background:#cffcff	M25 Jablonec nad Nisou, Czech Republic	style=background:#cffcff	World Tennis Tour	Clay	Lukas Klein	Filip Duda Petr Nouza	6–3, 7–6(7–4)

Junior Grand Slam Finals

Singles: 2 (1 title, 1 runner-up)

Result	Year	Tournament	Surface	Opponent	Score
Win	2007	French Open	Clay	Greg Jones	6–3, 6–4
Loss	2007	Wimbledon	Grass	Donald Young	5–7, 1–6

Singles performance timeline

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Tournament	2008	2009	2010	2011	2012	2013	2014	2015	2016	2017	2018	2019	2020	2021
Grand Slam tournaments
Australian Open	A	A	A	A	Q1	Q1	A	A	Q1	Q2	Q1	A	A	A	0 / 0	0–0
French Open	Q2	A	Q1	Q1	A	Q1	Q2	A	Q1	Q2	Q2	Q2	A		0 / 0	0–0
Wimbledon	A	A	A	Q2	A	Q1	Q2	A	Q2	A	Q1	A	NH		0 / 0	0–0
US Open	A	A	Q2	A	Q1	Q1	Q1	Q2	Q2	Q2	Q3	A	A		0 / 0	0–0
style=text-align:left	Win–loss	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0 / 0	0–0