Lukáš Lacko
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Biography
Lukáš Lacko (Slovak pronunciation: [ˈlukaːʃ ˈlat͡sko], LOO-kahsh LAHT-skoh; born 3 November 1987) is a professional Slovak tennis player. His career-high ATP singles ranking is World No. 44, achieved in January 2013.
Tennis career
Juniors
As a junior Lacko compiled a singles win/loss record of 88–39, reaching as high as No. 3 in the combined junior world rankings in February 2005.
Junior Grand Slam results:
Australian Open: QF (2005)
French Open: SF (2005)
Wimbledon: 1R (2004)
US Open: 2R (2005)
Pro tour
At the 2010 Australian Open, he lost in the second round to World No. 2 and defending champion Rafael Nadal 2–6, 2–6, 2–6. At the 2010 French Open, he played and won the longest match of his career in the first round against American Michael Yani with the score at 6–4, 6–7, 6–7, 7–6, 12–10. The 4-hour, 56-minute match stretched over the course of two days, and tied the record for the most games played in the Open Era at the French Open.
Lacko continued his 2nd round streak in 2010 majors by defeating the 24th seed Marcos Baghdatis in four sets. He then lost a very tight five set 2nd round match against Jérémy Chardy.
Lacko played in the 2010 Atlanta Tennis Championships and upset former World No.1 Lleyton Hewitt 6–2, 6–4 to advance to the quarterfinals.
At the 2011 Qatar Open, he lost in the second round to Rafael Nadal, despite achieving the rare feat of winning a set against Nadal 6–0.
He reached his first singles ATP final in Zagreb 2012, where he lost to Mikhail Youzhny in straight sets.
At the 2014 French Open he lost in the first round to Roger Federer.
ATP career finals
Singles: 1 (0–1)
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Outcome | No. | Date | Tournament | Surface | Opponent | Score |
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Runner-up | 1. | 5 February 2012 | PBZ Zagreb Indoors, Zagreb, Croatia | Hard (i) | Mikhail Youzhny | 2–6, 3–6 |
Doubles: 1 (0–1)
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Outcome | No. | Date | Tournament | Surface | Partner | Opponents | Score |
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Runner-up | 1. | 23 September 2012 | St. Petersburg Open, St. Petersburg, Russia | Hard (i) | Igor Zelenay | Rajeev Ram Nenad Zimonjić | 2–6, 6–4, [6–10] |
ATP Challenger Tour (9–9)
Singles
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ATP Challenger Tour (9–9) |
Outcome | No. | Date | Tournament | Surface | Opponent | Score |
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Runner-up | 1. | 7 August 2006 | Binghamton, New York, United States | Hard | Scott Oudsema | 6–7(5–7), 2–6 |
Runner-up | 2. | 7 May 2007 | Rijeka, Croatia | Clay | Marin Čilić | 5–7, 2–6 |
Runner-up | 3. | 6 August 2007 | Istanbul, Turkey | Hard | Mischa Zverev | 4–6, 4–6 |
Winner | 1. | 15 October 2007 | Kolding, Denmark | Hard (I) | Gilles Müller | 7–6(7–3), 6–4 |
Winner | 2. | 18 May 2009 | Fergana, Uzbekistan | Hard | Samuel Groth | 4–6, 7–5, 7–6(7–4) |
Winner | 3. | 26 October 2009 | Seoul, South Korea | Hard | Dušan Lojda | 6–4, 6–2 |
Runner-up | 4. | 8 November 2010 | Urtijëi, Italy | Carpet (I) | Michał Przysiężny | 3–6, 5–7 |
Winner | 4. | 25 September 2011 | İzmir, Turkey | Hard | Marsel İlhan | 6–4, 6–3 |
Winner | 5. | 20 November 2011 | Bratislava, Slovakia | Hard (i) | Ričardas Berankis | 7–6(9–7), 6–2 |
Runner-up | 5. | 14 October 2012 | Tashkent, Uzbekistan | Hard | Uladzimir Ignatik | 3–6, 6–7(3–7) |
Winner | 6. | 18 November 2012 | Helsinki, Finland | Hard | Jarkko Nieminen | 6–3, 6–4 |
Runner-up | 6. | 21 July 2013 | Grandby, Canada | Hard | Frank Dancevic | 4–6,7–6,3–6 |
Winner | 7. | 10 November 2013 | Bratislava, Slovakia | Hard (i) | Lukáš Rosol | 6–4, 4–6, 6–4 |
Runner-up | 7. | 27 April 2014 | Shenzhen, China | Hard | Gilles Müller | 6–7,3–6 |
Winner | 8. | 12 October 2014 | Tashkent, Uzbekistan | Hard | Sergiy Stakhovsky | 6–2, 6–3 |
Runner-up | 8. | 5 April 2015 | Ra'anana, Israel | Hard | Nikoloz Basilashvili | 6–4,4-6,3–6 |
Runner-up | 9. | 10 May 2015 | Busan, Korea | Hard | Chung Hyeon | 3–6,1-6 |
Winner | 10. | 27 September 2015 | İzmir, Turkey | Hard | Marius Copil | 6–3, 7-6(7-5) |
Doubles (4)
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No. | Date | Tournament | Surface | Partner | Opponents | Score |
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1. | 24 April 2006 | Dharwad, India | Hard | Kamil Čapkovič | Sanchai Ratiwatana Sonchat Ratiwatana | 6–3, 7–5 |
2. | 7 September 2009 | St. Remy, France | Hard | Jiří Krkoška | Ruben Bemelmans Niels Desein | 6–1, 3–6, [10–3] |
3. | 19 November 2011 | Bratislava, Slovakia | Hard | Jan Hájek | Lukáš Rosol David Škoch | 7–5, 7–5 |
4. | 12 October 2014 | Tashkent, Uzbekistan | Hard | Ante Pavić | Frank Moser Alexander Satschko | 6–3, 3–6, [13–11] |
Singles performance timeline
W | F | SF | QF | #R | RR | Q# | A | P | Z# | PO | G | F-S | SF-B | NMS | NH |
Current till 2017 Australian Open.
Tournament | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | W–L |
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Grand Slam tournaments | ||||||||||||
Australian Open | 1R | 1R | A | 2R | 1R | 3R | 2R | 1R | 2R | Q1 | 3R | 7–9 |
French Open | Q1 | Q1 | A | 2R | Q1 | 1R | 1R | 1R | 1R | A | 1–5 | |
Wimbledon | Q1 | A | 1R | 2R | 1R | 3R | 1R | 1R | 1R | 3R | 5–8 | |
US Open | Q3 | Q2 | Q3 | 1R | 1R | 1R | 1R | 1R | 1R | 1R | 0–7 | |
Win–Loss | 0–1 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 3–4 | 0–3 | 4–4 | 1–4 | 0–4 | 1–4 | 2–2 | 2–1 | 13–29 |
Career statistics | ||||||||||||
Titles–Finals | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–1 |
Year-End Ranking | 139 | 325 | 82 | 89 | 112 | 51 | 81 | 95 | 110 | 122 |
Doubles performance timeline
Current as far as the US Open.
Tournament | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | W–L | |||
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Grand Slam tournaments | |||||||||
Australian Open | 1R | 1R | 1R | 0–3 | |||||
French Open | 1R | 1R | 1R | 0–3 | |||||
Wimbledon | 3R | 1R | 1R | 1R | 2–4 | ||||
US Open | 2R | 1R | 1R | 1–3 | |||||
Win–Loss | 3–4 | 0–2 | 0–3 | 0–4 | 3–13 |