Uladzimir Ignatik
Quick Facts
Biography
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 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.
Career finals
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Singles
Outcome | Date | Tournament | Surface | Opponent | Score |
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Winner | 20 January 2008 | North Miami Beach, USA | Hard | Todd Paul | 4–6, 7–6(10–8), 6–2 |
Runner-up | 11 May 2008 | Vic, Spain | Clay | Javier Genaro-Martinez | 4–6, 5–7 |
Winner | 15 June 2008 | Minsk, Belarus | Hard | Deniss Pavlovs | 6–1, 2–0 ret. |
Runner-up | 1 March 2009 | Harlingen, USA | Hard | Jesse Witten | 5–7, 4–6 |
Winner | 7 June 2009 | Koszalin, Poland | Clay | Marcin Gawron | 6–1, 4–6, 6–2 |
Runner-up | 9 August 2009 | Novi Sad, Serbia | Clay | Dejan Katić | 6–3, 3–6, 2–6 |
Winner | 23 August 2009 | Olsztyn, Poland | Clay | Marcin Gawron | 6–1, 6–3 |
Winner | 20 September 2009 | Istanbul, Turkey | Hard | Denys Molchanov | 6–2, 6–2 |
Winner | 4 October 2009 | Martos, Spain | Hard | Roberto Bautista Agut | 6–1, 3–6, 7–6(7–3) |
Winner | 29 November 2009 | Dunlop World Challenge | Carpet (i) | Tatsuma Ito | 7–6(9–7), 7–6(7–3) |
Runner-up | 24 January 2010 | Sheffield, UK | Hard (i) | Stefano Galvani | 4–6, 6–4, 0–6 |
Winner | 20 March 2011 | ATP Challenger Guangzhou | Hard | Alexander Kudryavtsev | 6–4, 6–4 |
Runner-up | 22 April 2012 | Namangan, Uzbekistan | Hard | Ivan Sergeyev | 6–7(5–7), 1–6 |
Winner | 8 July 2012 | Kassel, Germany | Clay | Jan Minář | 6–4, 7–6(7–3) |
Winner | 14 October 2012 | Tashkent Challenger | Hard | Lukáš Lacko | 6–3, 7–6(7–3) |
Winner | 24 November 2013 | Jablonec nad Nisou, Czech Republic | Carpet (i) | Karol Beck | 6–2, 6–3 |
Runner-up | 1 December 2013 | Opava, Czech Republic | Carpet (i) | Laurynas Grigelis | 6–4, 3–6, 6–7(2–7) |
Winner | 19 January 2014 | Stuttgart, Germany | Hard (i) | Karol Beck | 4-6, 6-3, 7-6(3) |
Winner | 22 February 2014 | Zagreb, Croatia | Hard (i) | Nikola Mektić | 5-7, 6-3, 6-3 |
Winner | 16 March 2014 | Vrsar, Croatia | Clay | Tak Khunn Wang | 6-2, 6-4 |
Doubles
Outcome | Date | Tournament | Surface | Partner | Opponents | Score |
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Winners | 27 January 2008 | Boca Raton, USA | Hard | Andrey Kumantsov | Brian Battistone Dann Battistone | 7–5, 6–4 |
Runners-up | 9 March 2008 | McAllen, USA | Hard | Adam El Mihdawy | Ričardas Berankis Siarhei Betau | 3–6, 3–6 |
Winners | 18 January 2009 | Boca Raton, USA | Clay | Tigran Martirosyan | Milan Pokrajac Aleksander Slović | 6–4, 6–7(4–7), [10–7] |
Runners-up | 31 May 2009 | Kraków, Poland | Clay | Denys Molchanov | Martin Emmrich Hans Podlipnik-Castillo | 4–6, 6–7(5–7) |
Runners-up | 25 October 2009 | Glasgow, UK | Hard (i) | Daniel Cox | Chris Eaton Dominic Inglot | 0–6, 6–7(5–7) |
Runners-up | 21 February 2010 | Morocco Tennis Tour – Tanger | Clay | Martin Kližan | Steve Darcis Dominik Meffert | 7–5, 5–7, [7–10] |
Runners-up | 20 March 2010 | Città di Caltanissetta | Clay | Martin Kližan | David Marrero Santiago Ventura | 6–7(3–7), 4–6 |
Winners | 4 April 2010 | Open Prévadiès Saint–Brieuc | Clay (i) | David Marrero | Brian Battistone Ryler DeHeart | 4–6, 6–4, [10–5] |
Runners-up | 22 August 2010 | Aberto de Bahia | Hard | Martin Kližan | Franco Ferreiro André Sá | 2–6, 4–6 |
Runners-up | 2 January 2011 | São Paulo, Brazil | Hard | Thomas Fabbiano | Franco Ferreiro André Ghem | 7–6(7–3), 4–6, [3–10] |
Runners-up | 3 July 2011 | Sporting Challenger | Clay | Martin Kližan | Martin Fischer Philipp Oswald | 3–6, 4–6 |
Winners | 26 February 2012 | Volkswagen Challenger | Carpet (i) | Laurynas Grigelis | Tomasz Bednarek Olivier Charroin | 7–5, 4–6, [10–5] |
Winners | 4 March 2012 | Challenger La Manche | Hard (i) | Laurynas Grigelis | Dustin Brown Jonathan Marray | 4–6, 7–6(11–9), [10–0] |
Winners | 29 April 2012 | Andijan, Uzbekistan | Hard | Deniss Pavlovs | Vladyslav Manafov Yaraslau Shyla | 6–4, 6–2 |
Runners-up | 17 June 2012 | Košice Open | Clay | Andrei Vasilevski | Tomasz Bednarek Mateusz Kowalczyk | 2–6, 7–5, [12–14] |
Winners | 8 September 2012 | Trophée des Alpilles | Hard | Laurynas Grigelis | Jordi Marsé-Vidri Carles Poch-Gradin | 6–7(4–7), 6–3, [10–6] |
Runners-up | 17 November 2012 | IPP Open | Hard | Jimmy Wang | Mikhail Elgin Igor Zelenay | 6–4, 6–7(0–7), [4–10] |
Runners-up | 4 August 2013 | Open Castilla y León | Hard | Mikhail Elgin | Ken Skupski Neal Skupski | 3–6, 7–6(7–4), [6–10] |
Runners-up | 26 January 2014 | Kaarst, Germany | Carpet (i) | Dimitar Kutrovsky | Nikoloz Basilashvili Alexander Bury | 6–4, 4–6, [6–10] |
Singles performance timeline
Tournament | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | SR | W–L |
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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 |