Uladzimir Ignatik

Uladzimir Ignatik
Уладзімір Ігнацік
Country  Belarus
Residence Minsk, Belarus
Born 14 July 1990
Minsk, Belarus
Height 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)
Turned pro 2007
Plays Right-handed (two-handed backhand)
Singles
Career record 11–11
Career titles 0
Challenger Tour: 2, Futures: 6
Highest ranking No. 144 (29 October 2012)
Current ranking No. 146 (14 January 2013)
Grand Slam Singles results
Australian Open Q1 (2012, 2013)
French Open Q2 (2008, 2014)
Wimbledon Q2 (2011, 2014)
US Open Q2 (2010)
Doubles
Career record 3–1
Career titles 0
Challenger Tour: 3, Futures: 2
Highest ranking No. 117 (19 November 2012)
Current ranking No. 121 (14 January 2013)
Last updated on: 21 January 2013.

Uladzimir Ignatik (Belarusian: Уладзімір Ігнацік; Russian: Владимир Игнатик; born 14 July 1990 in Belarus) is a Belarusian professional tennis player, who is the top-ranked male Belarusian tennis player in singles.

Career

Junior career

Igantik was ranked the no. 1 junior in the world in June 2007, after winning the boy's singles title at 2007 Roland Garros, and then 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 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, beating Lado Chikhladze in three sets, and beating Nodar Itonishvili in one set, 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 some Challenger level tournaments. In November Ignatik got back-to-back quarter-finals in Jersey and Yokohama, before winning the Tokyo Challenger at the end of the month. He finished the year ranked 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 first Challenger of 2011 at the Guangzhou event, beating Alexandre Kudryavtsev in the final.

Career finals

LegendSinglesDoubles
Grand Slam tournaments0–00–0
ATP World Tour Finals0–00–0
ATP World Tour Masters 10000–00–0
ATP World Tour 500 Series0–00–0
ATP World Tour 250 Series0–00–0
Challenger Tour3–04–7
Futures11–63–5
SurfaceSinglesDoubles
Hard8–34–6
Clay4–22–5
Grass0–00–0
Carpet2–11–1

Singles

Outcome Date Tournament Surface Opponent Score
Winner 20 January 2008 United States North Miami Beach, USA Hard United States Todd Paul 4–6, 7–6(10–8), 6–2
Runner-up 11 May 2008 Spain Vic, Spain Clay Spain Javier Genaro-Martinez 4–6, 5–7
Winner 15 June 2008 Belarus Minsk, Belarus Hard Latvia Deniss Pavlovs 6–1, 2–0 ret.
Runner-up 1 March 2009 United States Harlingen, USA Hard United States Jesse Witten 5–7, 4–6
Winner 7 June 2009 Poland Koszalin, Poland Clay Poland Marcin Gawron 6–1, 4–6, 6–2
Runner-up 9 August 2009 Serbia Novi Sad, Serbia Clay Serbia Dejan Katić 6–3, 3–6, 2–6
Winner 23 August 2009 Poland Olsztyn, Poland Clay Poland Marcin Gawron 6–1, 6–3
Winner 20 September 2009 Turkey Istanbul, Turkey Hard Ukraine Denys Molchanov 6–2, 6–2
Winner 4 October 2009 Spain Martos, Spain Hard Spain Roberto Bautista Agut 6–1, 3–6, 7–6(7–3)
Winner 29 November 2009 Japan Dunlop World Challenge Carpet (i) Japan Tatsuma Ito 7–6(9–7), 7–6(7–3)
Runner-up 24 January 2010 United Kingdom Sheffield, UK Hard (i) Italy Stefano Galvani 4–6, 6–4, 0–6
Winner 20 March 2011 China ATP Challenger Guangzhou Hard Russia Alexander Kudryavtsev 6–4, 6–4
Runner-up 22 April 2012 Uzbekistan Namangan, Uzbekistan Hard Ukraine Ivan Sergeyev 6–7(5–7), 1–6
Winner 8 July 2012 Germany Kassel, Germany Clay Czech Republic Jan Minář 6–4, 7–6(7–3)
Winner 14 October 2012 Uzbekistan Tashkent Challenger Hard Slovakia Lukáš Lacko 6–3, 7–6(7–3)
Winner 24 November 2013 Czech Republic Jablonec nad Nisou, Czech Republic Carpet (i) Slovakia Karol Beck 6–2, 6–3
Runner-up 1 December 2013 Czech Republic Opava, Czech Republic Carpet (i) Lithuania Laurynas Grigelis 6–4, 3–6, 6–7(2–7)
Winner 19 January 2014 Germany Stuttgart, Germany Hard (i) Slovakia Karol Beck 4-6, 6-3, 7-6(3)
Winner 22 February 2014 Croatia Zagreb, Croatia Hard (i) Croatia Nikola Mektić 5-7, 6-3, 6-3
Winner 16 March 2014 Croatia Vrsar, Croatia Clay France Tak Khunn Wang 6-2, 6-4

Doubles

Outcome Date Tournament Surface Partner Opponents Score
Winners 27 January 2008 United States Boca Raton, USA Hard Russia Andrey Kumantsov United States Brian Battistone
United States Dann Battistone
7–5, 6–4
Runner-ups 9 March 2008 United States McAllen, USA Hard United States Adam El Mihdawy Lithuania Ričardas Berankis
Belarus Siarhei Betau
3–6, 3–6
Winners 18 January 2009 United States Boca Raton, USA Clay Armenia Tigran Martirosyan Canada Milan Pokrajac
Serbia Aleksander Slović
6–4, 6–7(4–7), [10–7]
Runner-ups 31 May 2009 Poland Kraków, Poland Clay Ukraine Denys Molchanov Germany Martin Emmrich
Chile Hans Podlipnik-Castillo
4–6, 6–7(5–7)
Runner-ups 25 October 2009 United Kingdom Glasgow, UK Hard (i) United Kingdom Daniel Cox United Kingdom Chris Eaton
United Kingdom Dominic Inglot
0–6, 6–7(5–7)
Runner-ups 21 February 2010 Morocco Morocco Tennis Tour – Tanger Clay Slovakia Martin Kližan Belgium Steve Darcis
Germany Dominik Meffert
7–5, 5–7, [7–10]
Runner-ups 20 March 2010 Italy Città di Caltanissetta Clay Slovakia Martin Kližan Spain David Marrero
Spain Santiago Ventura
6–7(3–7), 4–6
Winners 4 April 2010 France Open Prévadiès Saint–Brieuc Clay (i) Spain David Marrero United States Brian Battistone
United States Ryler DeHeart
4–6, 6–4, [10–5]
Runner-ups 22 August 2010 Brazil Aberto de Bahia Hard Slovakia Martin Kližan Brazil Franco Ferreiro
Brazil André Sá
2–6, 4–6
Runner-ups 2 January 2011 Brazil São Paulo, Brazil Hard Italy Thomas Fabbiano Brazil Franco Ferreiro
Brazil André Ghem
7–6(7–3), 4–6, [3–10]
Runner-ups 3 July 2011 Italy Sporting Challenger Clay Slovakia Martin Kližan Austria Martin Fischer
Austria Philipp Oswald
3–6, 4–6
Winners 26 February 2012 Germany Volkswagen Challenger Carpet (i) Lithuania Laurynas Grigelis Poland Tomasz Bednarek
France Olivier Charroin
7–5, 4–6, [10–5]
Winners 4 March 2012 France Challenger La Manche Hard (i) Lithuania Laurynas Grigelis Germany Dustin Brown
United Kingdom Jonathan Marray
4–6, 7–6(11–9), [10–0]
Winners 29 April 2012 Uzbekistan Andijan, Uzbekistan Hard Latvia Deniss Pavlovs Ukraine Vladyslav Manafov
Belarus Yaraslau Shyla
6–4, 6–2
Runner-ups 17 June 2012 Slovakia Košice Open Clay Belarus Andrei Vasilevski Poland Tomasz Bednarek
Poland Mateusz Kowalczyk
2–6, 7–5, [12–14]
Winners 8 September 2012 France Trophée des Alpilles Hard Lithuania Laurynas Grigelis Spain Jordi Marsé-Vidri
Spain Carles Poch-Gradin
6–7(4–7), 6–3, [10–6]
Runner-ups 17 November 2012 Finland IPP Open Hard Chinese Taipei Jimmy Wang Russia Mikhail Elgin
Slovakia Igor Zelenay
6–4, 6–7(0–7), [4–10]
Runner-ups 4 August 2013 Spain Open Castilla y León Hard Russia Mikhail Elgin United Kingdom Ken Skupski
United Kingdom Neal Skupski
3–6, 7–6(7–4), [6–10]
Runner-ups 26 January 2014 Germany Kaarst, Germany Carpet (i) Bulgaria Dimitar Kutrovsky Georgia (country) Nikoloz Basilashvili
Belarus Alexander Bury
6–4, 4–6, [6–10]

Singles performance timeline

Tournament2008200920102011201220132014SR W–L
Grand Slam tournaments
Australian Open A A A A Q1 Q1 A 0 / 0 0–0
French Open Q2 A Q1 Q1 A Q1 Q2 0 / 0 0–0
Wimbledon A A A Q2 A Q1 Q2 0 / 0 0–0
US Open A A Q2 A Q1 Q1 Q1 0 / 0 0–0
Win–Loss 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0 / 0 0–0

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