Uladzimir Ignatik

Uladzimir Ignatik
Уладзімір Ігнацік
Country (sports)  Belarus
Residence Minsk, Belarus
Born (1990-07-14) 14 July 1990
Minsk, Belarus
Height 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)
Plays Right-handed (two-handed backhand)
Coach Jan Stancik, Erik Csarnakovics
Prize money $539,824
Singles
Career record 13–16 (at ATP Tour level, Grand Slam level, and in Davis Cup)
Career titles 22
5 Challenger, 17 Futures
Highest ranking No. 129 (19 June 2017)
Current ranking No. 213 (16 July 2018)
Grand Slam Singles results
Australian Open Q2 (2017)
French Open Q2 (2008, 2014, 2017, 2018)
Wimbledon Q2 (2011, 2014, 2016)
US Open Q3 (2018)
Doubles
Career record 0–0 (at ATP Tour level, Grand Slam level, and in Davis Cup)
Career titles 9
4 Challenger, 5 Futures
Highest ranking No. 117 (19 November 2012)
Current ranking No. 404 (15 January 2018)
Team competitions
Davis Cup 17–16
Last updated on: 15 January 2018.

Uladzimir Ignatik (Belarusian: Уладзімір Ігнацік, translit. Ignatsik; 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 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 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 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.

ITF finals (31–26)

Singles (22–10)

Legend
Challenger
Futures
Finals by surface
Hard (10–4)
Clay (9–5)
Grass (0–0)
Carpet (3–1)
Result No. Date Tournament Surface Opponent Score
Winner 01. 20 January 2008 USA F2 Futures Hard United States Todd Paul 4–6, 7–6(10–8), 6–2
Runner-up 02. 11 May 2008 Spain F18 Futures Clay Spain Javier Genaro-Martinez 4–6, 5–7
Winner 03. 14 June 2008 Belarus F1 Futures Hard Latvia Deniss Pavlovs 6–1, 2–0, ret.
Runner-up 04. 1 March 2009 USA F5 Futures Hard United States Jesse Witten 5–7, 4–6
Winner 05. 7 June 2009 Poland F3 Futures Clay Poland Marcin Gawron 6–1, 4–6, 6–2
Runner-up 06. 9 August 2009 Serbia F4 Futures Clay Serbia Dejan Katic 6–3, 3–6, 2–6
Winner 07. 23 August 2009 Poland F4 Futures Clay Poland Marcin Gawron 6–1, 6–3
Winner 08. 20 September 2009 Turkey F9 Futures Hard Ukraine Denys Molchanov 6–2, 6–2
Winner 09. 4 October 2009 Spain F33 Futures Hard Spain Roberto Bautista Agut 6–1, 3–6, 7–6(7–3)
Winner 10. 29 November 2009 Toyota Challenger, Japan Carpet (i) Japan Tatsuma Ito 7–6(9–7), 7–6(7–3)
Runner-up 11. 23 January 2010 Great Britain F2 Futures Hard (i) Italy Stefano Galvani 4–6, 6–4, 0–6
Winner 12. 19 March 2011 Guangzhou Challenger, China Hard Russia Alexander Kudryavtsev 6–4, 6–4
Runner-up 13. 21 April 2012 Uzbekistan F1 Futures Hard Ukraine Ivan Sergeyev 6–7(5–7), 1–6
Winner 14. 8 July 2012 Germany F8 Futures Clay Czech Republic Jan Minář 6–4, 7–6(7–3)
Winner 15. 14 October 2012 Tashkent Challenger, Uzbekistan Hard Slovakia Lukáš Lacko 6–3, 7–6(7–3)
Winner 16. 24 November 2013 Czech Republic F6 Futures Carpet (i) Slovakia Karol Beck 6–2, 6–3
Runner-up 17. 1 December 2013 Czech Republic F7 Futures Carpet (i) Lithuania Laurynas Grigelis 6–4, 3–6, 6–7(2–7)
Winner 18. 19 January 2014 Germany F2 Futures Hard (i) Slovakia Karol Beck 4–6, 6–3, 7–6(7–3)
Winner 19. 22 February 2014 Croatia F2 Futures Hard (i) Croatia Nikola Mektić 5–7, 6–3, 6–3
Winner 20. 16 March 2014 Croatia F3 Futures Clay France Tak Khunn Wang 6–2, 6–4
Runner-up 21. 18 January 2015 Germany F2 Futures Hard (i) Germany Maximilian Marterer 4–6, 6–4, 5–7
Winner 22. 17 May 2015 Czech Republic F1 Futures Clay Czech Republic Jan Mertl 6–1, 6–3
Runner-up 23. 24 May 2015 Czech Republic F2 Futures Clay Czech Republic Marek Michalička 6–7(4–7), 5–7
Winner 24. 11 July 2015 Czech Republic F6 Futures Clay Czech Republic Jan Mertl 6–7(9–11), 6–4, 6–1
Winner 25. 2 August 2015 Slovakia F3 Futures Clay Slovakia Filip Horanský 6–3, 7–5
Winner 26. 13 February 2016 Switzerland F1 Futures Carpet (i) Germany Jan Choinski 6–4, 6–3
Winner 27. 8 July 2016 Czech Republic F5 Futures Clay Poland Pawel Cias 6–1, 6–4
Runner-up 28. 31 July 2016 Prague Challenger, Czech Republic Clay Colombia Santiago Giraldo 4–6, 6–3, 6–7(2–7)
Winner 29. 7 August 2016 Slovakia F2 Futures Clay Czech Republic Pavel Nejedly 6–0, 6–1
Runner-up 30. 17 September 2016 Meknes Challenger, Morocco Clay Germany Maximilian Marterer 6–7(3–7), 3–6
Winner 31. 29 January 2017 Rennes Challenger, France Hard (i) Russia Andrey Rublev 6–7(6–8), 6–3, 7–6(7–5)
Winner 32. 26 November 2017 Andria Challenger, Italy Hard (i) Belgium Christopher Heyman 6–7(3–7), 6–4, 7–6(7–3)

Doubles (9–16)

Legend
Challenger
Futures
Finals by surface
Hard (4–6)
Clay (3–8)
Grass (0–0)
Carpet (2–2)
Result No. Date Tournament Surface Partner Opponent Score
Winner 01. 27 January 2008 USA F3 Futures Hard Russia Andrey Kumantsov United States Brian Battistone
United States Dann Battistone
7–5, 6–4
Runner-up 02. 9 March 2008 USA F6 Futures Hard United States Adam El Mihdawy Lithuania Ričardas Berankis
Belarus Sergey Betov
3–6, 3–6
Winner 03. 18 January 2009 USA F1 Futures Clay Armenia Tigran Martirosyan Canada Milan Pokrajac
Serbia Aleksander Slovic
6–4, 6–7(4–7), [10–7]
Runner-up 04. 30 May 2009 Poland F2 Futures Clay Ukraine Denys Molchanov Germany Martin Emmrich
Chile Hans Podlipnik-Castillo
4–6, 6–7(5–7)
Runner-up 05. 24 October 2009 Great Britain F15 Futures Hard (i) United Kingdom Daniel Cox United Kingdom Chris Eaton
United Kingdom Dominic Inglot
0–6, 6–7(5–7)
Runner-up 06. 20 February 2010 Tanger Challenger, Morocco Clay Slovakia Martin Kližan Belgium Steve Darcis
Germany Dominik Meffert
7–5, 5–7, [7–10]
Runner-up 07. 21 March 2010 Caltanissetta Challenger, Italy Clay Slovakia Martin Kližan Spain David Marrero
Spain Santiago Ventura
6–7(3–7), 4–6
Winner 08. 4 April 2010 Saint Brieuc Challenger, France Clay (i) Spain David Marrero United States Brian Battistone
United States Ryler DeHeart
4–6, 6–4, [10–5]
Runner-up 09. 21 August 2010 Salvador Challenger, Brazil Hard Slovakia Martin Kližan Brazil Franco Ferreiro
Brazil André Sá
2–6, 4–6
Runner-up 10. 1 January 2011 Brazil F1 Futures Hard Italy Thomas Fabbiano Brazil Franco Ferreiro
Brazil André Ghem
7–6(7–3), 4–6, [3–10]
Runner-up 11. 3 July 2011 Turin Challenger, Italy Clay Slovakia Martin Kližan Austria Martin Fischer
Austria Philipp Oswald
3–6, 4–6
Winner 12. 26 February 2012 Wolfsburg Challenger, Germany Carpet (i) Lithuania Laurynas Grigelis Poland Tomasz Bednarek
France Olivier Charroin
7–5, 4–6, [10–5]
Winner 13. 4 March 2012 Cherbourg Challenger, France Hard (i) Lithuania Laurynas Grigelis Germany Dustin Brown
United Kingdom Jonathan Marray
4–6, 7–6(11–9), [10–0]
Winner 14. 28 April 2012 Uzbekistan F2 Futures Hard Latvia Deniss Pavlovs Ukraine Vladyslav Manafov
Belarus Yaraslav Shyla
6–4, 6–2
Runner-up 15. 17 June 2012 Kosice Challenger, Slovakia Clay Belarus Andrei Vasilevski Poland Tomasz Bednarek
Poland Mateusz Kowalczyk
2–6, 7–5, [12–14]
Winner 16. 9 September 2012 St Remy Challenger, France Hard Lithuania Laurynas Grigelis Spain Jordi Marse-Vidri
Spain Carlos Poch Gradin
6–7(4–7), 6–3, [10–6]
Runner-up 17. 18 November 2012 Helsinki Challenger, Finland Hard (i) Chinese Taipei Jimmy Wang Russia Mikhail Elgin
Slovakia Igor Zelenay
6–4, 6–7(0–7), [4–10]
Runner-up 18. 4 August 2013 Segovia Challenger, Spain Hard Russia Mikhail Elgin United Kingdom Ken Skupski
United Kingdom Neal Skupski
3–6, 7–6(7–4), [6–10]
Runner-up 19. 26 January 2014 Germany F3 Futures Carpet (i) Bulgaria Dimitar Kutrovsky Georgia (country) Nikoloz Basilashvili
Belarus Aliaksandr Bury
6–4, 4–6, [6–10]
Runner-up 20. 31 May 2015 Czech Republic F3 Futures Clay Czech Republic Dominik Kellovsky Czech Republic Roman Jebavý
Czech Republic Jan Šátral
4–6, 6–4, [5–10]
Winner 21. 11 July 2015 Czech Republic F6 Futures Clay Czech Republic Roman Jebavý Czech Republic Dušan Lojda
Czech Republic Václav Šafránek
6–1, 6–4
Runner-up 22. 31 January 2016 Germany F3 Futures Carpet (i) Belgium Niels Desein Germany Johannes Haerteis
Germany Kevin Krawietz
7–6(7–5), 4–6, [8–10]
Winner 23. 20 February 2016 Switzerland F2 Futures Carpet (i) Slovakia Adrian Sikora Germany Johannes Haerteis
Germany Kevin Krawietz
6–4, 5–7, [10–7]
Runner-up 24. 24 September 2016 Kenitra Challenger, Morocco Clay Austria Michael Linzer Germany Kevin Krawietz
Germany Maximilian Marterer
6–7(6–8), 6–4, [6–10]
Runner-up 25. 9 April 2017 Sophia Antipolis Challenger, France Clay Slovakia Jozef Kovalík France Tristan Lamasine
Croatia Franko Škugor
2–6, 2–6

Singles performance timeline

Tournament20082009201020112012201320142015SRW–L
Grand Slam tournaments
Australian Open A A A A Q1 Q1 A A 0 / 0 0–0
French Open Q2 A Q1 Q1 A Q1 Q2 A 0 / 0 0–0
Wimbledon A A A Q2 A Q1 Q2 A 0 / 0 0–0
US Open A A Q2 A Q1 Q1 Q1 Q2 0 / 0 0–0
Win–Loss 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0 / 0 0–0

References

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