Radoslav Lukaev

Radoslav Lukaev (Bulgarian: Радослав Лукаев) (born 24 April 1982) is a former professional tennis player from Bulgaria.[1]

Radoslav Lukaev
Радослав Лукаев
Country (sports) Bulgaria
Born (1982-04-24) 24 April 1982
Burgas, Bulgaria
Height1.89 m (6 ft 2 1⁄2 in)
Turned pro2000
Retired2005
PlaysRight-handed
Prize money$55,014
Singles
Career record4–4 (at Grand Slam-level, ATP World Tour-level, and in Davis Cup)
Career titles0 ATP, 4 ITF
Highest rankingNo. 229 (23 September 2002)
Grand Slam Singles results
WimbledonQ2 (2003)
US Open1R (2002)
Doubles
Career record3–2 (at Grand Slam-level, ATP World Tour-level, and in Davis Cup)
Career titles0 ATP, 3 ITF
Highest rankingNo. 301 (5 May 2003)

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

Futures and Challenger finals: 15 (7–8)

Singles: 5 (4–1)
Legend
ATP Challengers (0–0)
ITF Futures (4–1)
Outcome No. Date Tournament Surface Opponent in the final Score in the final
Winner 1. 12 August 2001 Jūrmala, Latvia
ITF Futures $10,000		 Clay Mariusz Fyrstenberg 6–2, 0–6, 6–2
Winner 2. 19 August 2001 Vilnius, Lithuania
ITF Futures $10,000		 Clay Jon Wallmark 7–6(7–3), 1–6, 6–3
Winner 3. 12 May 2002 Mannheim, Germany
ITF Futures $15,000		 Clay Jan Weinzierl 6–3, 1–6, 7–6(7–2)
Runner-up 1. 30 June 2002 Toulon, France
ITF Futures $15,000		 Clay Orlin Stanoytchev 2–6, 6–0, 5–7
Winner 4. 26 June 2005 Istanbul, Turkey
ITF Futures $10,000		 Hard Predrag Rusevski 6–2, 6–3

Doubles: 10 (3–7)
Legend
ATP Challengers (1–2)
ITF Futures (2–5)
Outcome No. Date Tournament Surface Partner Opponents in the final Score in the final
Runner-up 1. 10 September 2000 Sofia, Bulgaria
ATP Challenger $25,000		 Clay Luben Pampoulov Dejan Petrovic
Orlin Stanoytchev		 2–6, 7–6(7–5), 6–7(6–8)
Runner-up 2. 1 July 2001 Skopje, Macedonia
ITF Futures $10,000		 Hard Predrag Rusevski Todor Enev
Milen Velev		 2–6, 5–7
Runner-up 3. 19 August 2001 Vilnius, Lithuania
ITF Futures $10,000		 Clay Mait Künnap Lauri Kiiski
Tero Vilen		 2–6, 6–3, 5–7
Winner 1. 31 March 2002 Melun, France
ITF Futures $15,000		 Carpet (I) Mariusz Fyrstenberg Todor Enev
Dmitry Vlasov		 6–2, 6–2
Runner-up 4. 12 May 2002 Mannheim, Germany
ITF Futures $15,000		 Clay Luben Pampoulov Florian Jeschonek
Ivo Klec		 W/O
Runner-up 5. 16 June 2002 Trier, Germany
ITF Futures $15,000		 Clay Hamid Mirzadeh Bernardo Mota
Diego Moyano		 6–1, 1–6, 4–6
Runner-up 6. 30 June 2002 Toulon, France
ITF Futures $15,000		 Clay Dmitri Tomashevich Sylvain Charrier
John Thivolle		 W/O
Winner 2. 3 May 2003 New Delhi, India
ATP Challenger $25,000		 Hard Dmitry Vlasov Jonathan Erlich
Andy Ram		 7–6(8–6), 4–6, 6–2
Winner 3. 20 July 2003 Belgrade, Serbia and Montenegro
ITF Futures $10,000		 Clay Todor Enev Stéphane Robert
Xavier Audouy		 6–4, 6–7(7–9), 6–4
Runner-up 7. 7 August 2005 Timișoara, Romania
ATP Challenger $25,000		 Clay Ilia Kushev Ionuț Moldovan
Gabriel Moraru		 2–6, 0–6
  • W/O = Walkover

Davis Cup

Radoslav Lukaev debuted for the Bulgaria Davis Cup team in 2000. Since then he has a 4–3 singles record and a 3–2 doubles record (7–5 overall).

Singles (4–3)
Edition Round Date Surface Opponent W/L Result
2003 Europe/Africa Zone Group II R1 4 April 2003 Carpet (I) Andrei Dernovskiy W 6–3, 6–7(6–8), 6–3, 6–2
6 April 2003 Orest Tereshchuk L 6–3, 3–6, 6–7(7–9), 3–6
QF 11 July 2003 Clay Boris Pašanski W 3–6, 6–4, 6–7(3–7), 6–4, 6–4
14 July 2003 Janko Tipsarević L 3–6, 1–6, 3–6
2005 Europe/Africa Zone Group II QF 15 July 2005 Clay Jarkko Nieminen L 6–7(4–7), 3–6, 2–6
17 July 2005 Tuomas Ketola W 7–6(7–5), 6–4, 6–1
SF 23 September 2005 Hard Sergei Yaroshenko W 6–4, 6–4, 7–6(7–4)

Doubles (3–2)
Edition Round Date Partner Surface Opponents W/L Result
2000 Europe/Africa Zone Group II RPO 22 July 2000 Todor Enev Clay Jonathan Erlich
Harel Levy		 W 6–4, 7–5, 7–6(7–5)
2003 Europe/Africa Zone Group II R1 5 April 2003 Todor Enev Carpet (I) Andrei Dernovskiy
Orest Tereshchuk		 W 6–3, 6–4, 6–4
QF 13 July 2003 Todor Enev Clay Dejan Petrovic
Nenad Zimonjić		 L 3–6, 1–6, 2–6
2005 Europe/Africa Zone Group II QF 16 July 2005 Ilia Kushev Clay Jarkko Nieminen
Lauri Kiiski		 W 7–5, 6–3, 6–7(5–7), 6–3
SF 24 September 2005 Ilia Kushev Hard Mikhail Filima
Orest Tereshchuk		 L 4–6, 2–6, 6–7(3–7)
  • RPO = Relegation Play-off

References
  1. ATP World Tour Profile
  2. ITF Tennis Profile
  3. Davis Cup Profile
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