Nikoloz Basilashvili

Nikoloz Basilashvili (Georgian: ნიკოლოზ ბასილაშვილი, translit.: nik'oloz basilashvili, pronounced [nikʼɔlɔz bɑsilɑʃvili];[2] born 23 February 1992) is a Georgian professional tennis player. In July 2018, he made it into the main draw of the German Open in Hamburg as a qualifier and went on to win the tournament, defeating Leonardo Mayer in the final, thereby becoming the first Georgian player since Alex Metreveli to win an ATP tournament. In October 2018, Basilashvili won his second ATP title at the China Open by defeating world No. 4 Juan Martín del Potro in the final. In 2019, Basilashvili completed his first title defense by winning the German Open for a second successive year. He achieved a career-high ATP singles ranking of world No. 16 on 27 May 2019.

Nikoloz Basilashvili
ნიკოლოზ ბასილაშვილი
Basilashvili at the 2018 French Open
Country (sports) Georgia
ResidenceTbilisi, Georgia
Born (1992-02-23) 23 February 1992
Tbilisi, Georgia
Height1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)
Turned pro2008
PlaysRight-handed (two-handed backhand)
CoachJan De Witt
Prize moneyUS$ 5,479,761
Singles
Career record98–103 (48.8% in Grand Slam and ATP World Tour main draw matches, and in Davis Cup)
Career titles3
Highest rankingNo. 16 (27 May 2019)
Current rankingNo. 27 (16 March 2020)[1]
Grand Slam Singles results
Australian Open3R (2018, 2019)
French Open3R (2017)
Wimbledon3R (2015)
US Open4R (2018)
Other tournaments
Olympic Games1R (2016)
Doubles
Career record10–28 (26.3% in Grand Slam and ATP World Tour main draw matches, and in Davis Cup)
Career titles0
2 Futures
Highest rankingNo. 148 (27 May 2019)
Current rankingNo. 168 (15 July 2019)
Grand Slam Doubles results
Australian Open1R (2018)
French Open2R (2018)
Wimbledon1R (2017)
US Open1R (2017)
Team competitions
Davis Cup10–7 (58.8%)
Last updated on: 22 March 2020.

Personal life

Basilashvili was born 23 February 1992 in Tbilisi, Georgia. His father, Nodar, is a dancer of the Sukhishvili Georgian National Ballet, his mother, Natalia, worked as a physician.[3] He has a brother, Tengiz. Apart from his native language he also speaks Russian and English.[4]

Basilashvili started playing tennis at age 5. From 2007–2011 he was coached in Sacramento, CA, United States. When he was 15 his family moved to Russia. In 2011, Basilashvili announced that he may play for Russia, but decided to keep playing under Georgian flag.[5]

He has a son, Lukas who was born in 2015. On May 24, 2020 Basilashvili was arrested on domestic violence charge. He allegedly had assaulted his former wife Neka Dorokashvili in front of a minor. Tbilisi city court decided to bail him out paying 100,000 GEL. The preliminary court date is set for 16 July.[6] Basilashvili denies the charges and intends to sue his former wife for defamation.[7]

Career

Junior career

Nikoloz did not play at any Grand Slams during his junior career. He reached a career high combined (singles and doubles) of world No. 59 on 5 January 2009. He ended his junior career with a 35–22 record on singles and 14–17 on doubles.[8]

Basilashvili played in his first ITF Junior Circuit tournament in late 2006 at the G2 Jerry Simmons Tournament. He lost in the first qualifying round.[9] In 2007, he managed to break through the qualifying of two G4 tournaments in Israel and a G3 in Romania. Nikoloz lost in the Round of 16 in all of them. Later that year, he reached his first semifinal at any junior tournament doing that in doubles for the first time at the US Junior Hard Court Championships, partnering Patrick Daciek. In singles, he reached that round at the G4 USTA Illinois losing to Filip Krajinovic, in September.[10][11]

In 2008, Nikoloz won his only junior title, the G4 Tennis Express tournament, defeating Raymond Sarmiento in three sets. The Georgian played mostly at G1 and GA tournaments that year, breaking through the qualifiers of the Eddie Herr Tennis Championship and the Orange Bowl. He reached the round of 16 in the former and the quarterfinals in the latter. The Orange Bowl was his last junior tournament.[12]

Senior career

In 2015, he qualified for his first Grand Slam tournament – Roland Garros, losing in the first round to Thanasi Kokkinakis. He also managed to qualify for Wimbledon later that year, where he beat Facundo Bagnis and 15th seed Feliciano López, advancing to the third round of a major for the first time in his career. Additionally, he managed to qualify for the US Open, where he lost to Feliciano López in the first round in straight sets.

In 2016, he qualified for his first Australian Open, losing the first round in straight sets to Roger Federer. Later that same year, in July, Basilashvili reached his first ATP tournament final – the Austrian Open Kitzbühel, where he lost to Paolo Lorenzi in two sets. He recorded his first win over a Top 10 player in October, when he defeated world number 10 Tomáš Berdych at the Vienna Open.

In February 2017, Basilashvili participated at the Sofia event, grabbing victories over Adrian Mannarino, 1st seed Dominic Thiem and 8th seed Martin Kližan, before losing to 3rd seed and eventual champion Grigor Dimitrov in the semifinals. Basilashvili continued his good form at the Memphis Open, where he defeated 1st seed Ivo Karlović and went on to subsequently reach the final, losing to Ryan Harrison in straight sets. In June 2017, Basilashvili achieved a then career-high singles ranking of 51. He reached three semifinals and one final throughout the year. At the 2017 French Open, after defeating Gilles Simon and Viktor Troicki, Basilashvili lost to eventual champion Rafael Nadal in the third round, winning just one game in three sets.[13]

In July 2018, he made it into the main draw of the German Open in Hamburg as a qualifier and went on to win the tournament, defeating Leonardo Mayer 6–4, 0–6, 7–5 in the final and becoming the first Georgian player since Alex Metreveli to win an ATP tournament. After winning his first title, Basilashvili moved to No. 35 in the world standings, his highest ever singles ranking and also the highest ever by a player from Georgia in the post-Soviet era. In October 2018, he won his second ATP title by upsetting top seed Juan Martín del Potro in the final of the China Open. In December in Doha, he lost to Novak Djokovic in three sets after beating Albert Ramos Viñolas and Andrey Rublev.

In 2019, he lost in four sets to the later semifinalist Stefanos Tsitsipas at the Australian Open after beating two qualifiers in four and five sets. At the ATP 500 tournament in Rotterdam in February, he beat Hyeon Chung and Márton Fucsovics before losing to 1st seed Kei Nishikori. His performance earned him his career-high ranking of 19. He then played the Dubai Duty-free championships where he beat Karen Khachanov and Roberto Bautista Agut before falling to Borna Coric of Croatia. At Indian Wells he suffered an upset to Prajnesh Gunnashwaren of India.

At the 2019 US Open Basilashvili defeated Márton Fucsovics from Hungary in the first round.

Performance timelines
Key
W  F  SF QF #R RR Q# A P Z# PO G F-S SF-B NMS NH
(W) Won; (F) finalist; (SF) semifinalist; (QF) quarterfinalist; (#R) rounds 4, 3, 2, 1; (RR) round-robin stage; (Q#) qualification round; (A) absent; (P) postponed; (Z#) Davis/Fed Cup Zonal Group (with number indication) or (PO) play-off; (G) gold, (F-S) silver or (SF-B) bronze Olympic medal; a (NMS) downgraded Masters Series/1000 tournament; (NH) not held. SR=strike rate (events won/competed)
To avoid confusion and double counting, these charts are updated at the conclusion of a tournament or when the player's participation has ended.

Singles

Current through the suspension of the 2020 ATP Tour.

Tournament20092010201120122013201420152016201720182019 2020SRW–LWin%
Grand Slam tournaments
Australian Open A A A A A A Q1 1R 1R 3R 3R 2R 0 / 5 5–5 50%
French Open A A A A A A 1R 1R 3R 1R 1R 0 / 5 2–5 29%
Wimbledon A A A A A Q1 3R Q2 2R 1R 2R NH 0 / 4 4–4 50%
US Open A A A A A Q2 1R Q1 1R 4R 3R 0 / 4 5–4 55%
Win–Loss 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 2–3 0–2 3–4 5–4 3–3 1–1 0 / 17 14–17 45%
Olympic Games
Summer Olympics Not Held A Not Held 1R Not Held 0 / 1 0–1 0%
ATP World Tour Masters 1000
Indian Wells A A A A A A Q2 A 1R 1R 2R NH 0 / 3 0–3 0%
Miami Open A A A A A A A A 1R 2R 4R NH 0 / 3 3–3 50%
Monte Carlo Masters A A A A A A A A 1R A 1R NH 0 / 2 0–2 0%
Madrid Open A A A A A A A A Q1 1R 1R NH 0 / 2 0–2 0%
Rome Masters A A A A A A A A A 2R 3R NH 0 / 2 3–2 60%
Canada Open A A A A A A A A 1R A 3R NH 0 / 2 2–2 50%
Cincinnati Masters A A A A A A Q1 1R 3R A 1R 0 / 3 2–3 50%
Shanghai Masters A A A A A A 1R Q1 1R 2R 3R 0 / 4 3–4 25%
Paris Masters A A A A A A A Q2 Q1 2R 1R 0 / 2 1–2 50%
Win–Loss 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–1 0–1 2–6 4–6 6–7 0–0 0 / 21 12–21 35%
Career statistics
Tournaments 0 0 0 0 0 1 8 9 27 28 17 3 Career total: 93
Titles 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 Career total: 3
Finals 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 2 1 0 Career total: 5
Overall Win–Loss 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–1 4–8 8–10 25–27 29–28 28–24 4–5 3 / 93 98–103 49%
Year-end ranking 556 635 585 264 447 178 113 94 59 21 26 $5,479,761

ATP career finals

Singles: 5 (3 titles, 2 runners-up)
Legend
Grand Slam tournaments (0–0)
ATP World Tour Finals (0–0)
ATP World Tour Masters 1000 (0–0)
ATP World Tour 500 Series (3–0)
ATP World Tour 250 Series (0–2)
Titles by surface
Hard (1–1)
Clay (2–1)
Grass (0–0)
Titles by setting
Outdoor (3–1)
Indoor (0–1)
Result W–L    Date    Tournament Tier Surface Opponent Score
Loss 0–1 Jul 2016 Austrian Open Kitzbühel, Austria 250 Series Clay Paolo Lorenzi 3–6, 4–6
Loss 0–2 Feb 2017 Memphis Open, United States 250 Series Hard (i) Ryan Harrison 1–6, 4–6
Win 1–2 Jul 2018 German Open, Germany 500 Series Clay Leonardo Mayer 6–4, 0–6, 7–5
Win 2–2 Oct 2018 China Open, China 500 Series Hard Juan Martín del Potro 6–4, 6–4
Win 3–2 Jul 2019 Hamburg European Open, Germany (2) 500 Series Clay Andrey Rublev 7–5, 4–6, 6–3

ATP Challenger & ITF Futures finals

Singles: 20 (15 titles, 5 runner–ups)
Legend
ATP Challengers (5–1)
ITF Futures (10–4)
Result W–L Date Tournament Tier Surface Opponent Score
Win 1–0 Aug 2009 ITF Sochi, Russia Futures Clay Mikhail Fufygin 2–6, 7–5, 7–5
Win 2–0 Jun 2012 ITF Kazan, Russia Futures Clay Ivan Sergeyev 6–4, 7–6(7–4)
Loss 2–1 Jul 2012 ITF Yerevan, Armenia Futures Clay Arthur De Greef 0–6, 1–6
Loss 2–2 Aug 2012 ITF Moscow, Russia Futures Clay Boy Westerhof 4–6, 4–6
Win 3–2 Aug 2012 ITF Moscow, Russia Futures Clay Alexander Lobkov 6–3, 7–6(7–0)
Win 4–2 Sep 2012 ITF Tbilisi, Georgia Futures Clay Toni Androić 6–3, 4–6, 7–6(7–1)
Win 5–2 Dec 2012 ITF Antalya, Turkey Futures Hard Volodymyr Uzhylovskyi 3–6, 6–2, 6–2
Win 6–2 Dec 2012 ITF Antalya, Turkey Futures Hard Guillermo Olaso 6–2, 6–2
Win 7–2 Aug 2013 ITF Appiano, Italy Futures Clay Matteo Trevisan 7–5, 3–6, 6–4
Loss 7–3 Nov 2013 ITF Antalya Turkey Futures Hard Robin Kern 6–4, 3–6, 3–6
Loss 7–4 Nov 2013 ITF Antalya, Turkey Futures Clay Marc Rath 1–6, 3–6
Win 8–4 Jan 2014 ITF Kaarst, Germany Futures Carpet (i) Miloslav Mečíř 2–6, 7–5, 6–3
Win 9–4 May 2014 Karshi Challenger, Uzbekistan Challenger Hard Chase Buchanan 7–6(7–2), 6–2
Loss 9–5 Nov 2014 Andria International, Italy Challenger Carpet (i) Ričardas Berankis 4–6, 0–1 ret.
Win 10–5 Dec 2014 ITF Doha, Qatar Futures Hard Ramkumar Ramanathan 7–6(7–5), 6–2
Win 11–5 Dec 2014 ITF Doha, Qatar Futures Hard James Marsalek 6–1, 6–2
Win 12–5 Mar 2015 Israel Open, Israel Challenger Hard Lukáš Lacko 4–6, 6–4, 6–3
Win 13–5 Jul 2015 The Hague Open, Netherlands Challenger Clay Andrey Kuznetsov 6–7(3–7), 7–6(7–4), 6–3
Win 14–5 Mar 2016 Guangzhou International, China Challenger Hard Lukáš Lacko 6–1, 6–7(6–8), 7–5
Win 15–5 May 2016 Heilbronn Neckarcup, Germany Challenger Clay Jan-Lennard Struff 6–4, 7–6(7–3)

Doubles: 6 (2 titles, 4 runner–ups)
Legend
ATP Challengers (0–1)
ITF Futures (2–3)
Result W–L    Date    Tournament Tier Surface Partner Opponent Score
Win 1–0 Mar 2010 ITF McAllen, USA Futures Hard Chen Ti Jared Easton
Matheson Klein		 7–5, 4–6, [10–4]
Loss 1–1 Feb 2011 ITF Brownsville, USA Futures Hard Boris Nicola Bakalov Devin Britton
Greg Ouellette		 1–6, 3–6
Loss 1–2 Nov 2013 ITF Antalya, Turkey Futures Clay Miljan Zekić Tom Schonenberg
Matthias Wunner		 0–6, 4–6
Loss 1–3 Dec 2013 ITF Doha, Qatar Futures Hard Yahor Yatsyk Evan Hoyt
Skander Mansouri		 4–6, 6–7(2–7)
Win 2–3 Jan 2014 ITF Kaarst, Germany Futures Carpet (i) Alexander Bury Uladzimir Ignatik
Dimitar Kutrovsky		 4–6, 6–4, [10–6]
Loss 2–4 Apr 2015 Napoli Cup, Italy Challenger Clay Alexander Bury Ilija Bozoljac
Filip Krajinović		 1–6, 2–6

Wins over top 10 players
  • He has a 4–10 (28.6%) record against players who were, at the time the match was played, ranked in the top 10.
Season2016201720182019Total
Wins11114
# Player Rank Event Surface Rd Score NBR
2016
1. Tomáš Berdych 10 Vienna Open, Austria Hard (i) 1R 6–4, 6–7(5–7), 7–5 107
2017
2. Dominic Thiem 8 Sofia Open, Bulgaria Hard (i) 2R 6–4, 6–4 87
2018
3. Juan Martín del Potro 4 China Open, China Hard F 6–4, 6–4 34
2019
4. Alexander Zverev 5 German Open, Germany Clay SF 6–4, 4–6, 7–6(7–5) 16

Davis Cup matches
2015 Davis Cup Europe Group III
Round Date Opponents Final match score Location Surface Match Opponent Rubber Score
RR July 15, 2015  Albania 3–0 San Marino Clay Singles 2 Rel Pelushi 6–0, 6–0 (W)
RR July 17, 2015  Malta 3–0 San Marino Clay Singles 2 Bernard Cassar Torregiani 6–1, 6–0 (W)
Play-off July 18, 2015  Estonia 2–0 San Marino Clay Singles 2 Jürgen Zopp 3–6, 6–2, 6–4 (W)
2016 Davis Cup Europe/Africa Zone Group II
Round Date Opponents Final match score Location Surface Match Opponent Rubber Score
1R
 March 4–6, 2016  Denmark 0–5 Tbilisi Carpet (indoor) Singles 1Christian Sigsgaard7–6(7–4), 1–6, 4–6, 4–6 (L)
Doubles (with George Tsivadze)Sigsgaard/Nielsen6–7(3–7), 1–6, 2–6 (L)
Play-off
 July 15–17, 2016  Zimbabwe 3–2 Tbilisi Hard Singles 2Mark Fynn6–3, 6–3, 6–2 (W)
Doubles (with
Nodar Itonishvili)		Lock/John Lock6–3, 6–3, 6–7(6–8), 4–6, 4–6 (L)
Singles 3Benjamin Lock6–3, 6–4, 6–2 (W)
2017 Davis Cup Europe/Africa Zone Group II
Round Date Opponents Final match score Location Surface Match Opponent Rubber Score
1R
 February 3–5, 2017  Finland 3–2 Tbilisi Carpet (indoor) Singles 1Eero Vasa2–6, 6–1, 6–4, 6–1 (W)
Doubles (with George Tsivadze)Heliövaara/Niklas-Salminen4–6, 0–6, 3–6 (L)
Singles 3Emil Ruusuvuori6–2, 6–4, 6–4 (W)
2R
 April 7–9, 2017  Lithuania 2–3 Tbilisi Hard Singles 1Tadas Babelis6–3, 6–2, 6–0 (W)
Doubles (with George Tsivadze)Grigelis/Mugevičius4–6, 3–6, 3–6 (L)
Singles 3Laurynas Grigelis6–0, 6–1, 6–0 (W)
2018 Davis Cup Europe/Africa Zone Group II
Round Date Opponents Final match score Location Surface Match Opponent Rubber Score
1R
 February 3–4, 2017  Morocco 1–3 Marrakech Clay Singles 2Amine Ahouda6–3, 3–6, 3–6 (L)
Doubles (with Aleksandre Metreveli)Ahouda/Ouahab7–6(7–4), 4–6, 6–2 (W)
Singles 3Lamine Ouahab1–6, 3–6 (L)

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