Lukáš Lacko

Lukáš Lacko
Singles

Country (sports)	Slovakia
Residence	Piešťany, Slovakia
Born	(1987-11-03) 3 November 1987 Piešťany, Czechoslovakia
Height	1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)
Turned pro	2005
Plays	Right-handed (two-handed backhand)
Prize money	US$ 2,226,425
Career record	74–111
Career titles	0
Highest ranking	No. 44 (14 January 2013)
Current ranking	No. 110 (26 September 2016)
Grand Slam Singles results
Australian Open	3R (2012)
French Open	2R (2010)
Wimbledon	3R (2012, 2016)
US Open	1R (2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016)
Other tournaments
Olympic Games	1R (2012)
Doubles
Career record	6–31
Career titles	0
Highest ranking	No. 170 (5 July 2010)
Current ranking	No. 842 (1 February 2016)
Grand Slam Doubles results
Australian Open	1R (2010, 2011, 2013)
French Open	1R (2010, 2011, 2013)
Wimbledon	3R (2010)
US Open	1R (2010, 2012)
Last updated on: 3 February 2016.

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.^[1] 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.^[2]

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.^[3]

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.^[4]

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)

Legend
Grand Slam Tournaments (0–0)
ATP World Tour Finals (0–0)
ATP World Tour Masters 1000 (0–0)
ATP World Tour 500 Series (0–0)
ATP World Tour 250 Series (0–1)

Titles by Surface
Hard (0–1)
Clay (0–0)
Grass (0–0)
Carpet (0–0)

Outcome	No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Opponent	Score
Runner-up	1.	5 February 2012	PBZ Zagreb Indoors, Zagreb, Croatia	Hard (i)	Mikhail Youzhny	2–6, 3–6

Doubles: 1 (0–1)

Legend
Grand Slam Tournaments (0–0)
ATP World Tour Finals (0–0)
ATP World Tour Masters 1000 (0–0)
ATP World Tour 500 Series (0–0)
ATP World Tour 250 Series (0–1)

Finals by Surface
Hard (0–1)
Clay (0–0)
Grass (0–0)
Carpet (0–0)

Outcome	No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
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

Legend
ATP Challenger Tour (9–9)

Outcome	No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Opponent	Score
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)

Legend
Grand Slam (0)
Tennis Masters Cup (0)
ATP Masters Series (0)
ATP Tour (0)
Challengers (4)

Titles by Surface
Hard (4)
Grass (0)
Clay (0)
Carpet (0)

No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
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

**Key**
W	F	SF	QF	R#	RR	Q#	A	P	Z#	PO	G	F-S	SF-B	NMS	NH

(W) Won tournament; reached (F) final, (SF) semifinal, (QF) quarterfinal; (R#) rounds 4, 3, 2, 1; competed at a (RR) round-robin stage; reached a (Q#) qualification round; (A) absent; played in a (Z#) Davis/Fed Cup Zonal Group (with number indication) or (PO) play-off; won a (G) gold, (F-S) silver or (SF-B) bronze Olympic medal; a (NMS) downgraded Masters Series/1000 tournament; or (NH) tournament not held.

To avoid confusion and double counting, these charts are updated either at the conclusion of a tournament, or when the player's participation in the tournament has ended.

Current till 2016 US Open.

Tournament	2007	2008	2009	2010	2011	2012	2013	2014	2015	2016	W–L
Grand Slam tournaments
Australian Open	1R	1R	A	2R	1R	3R	2R	1R	2R	Q1	5–8
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	11–28
Career statistics
Titles–Finals	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–1	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–1
Year-End Ranking	139	325	82	89	112	51	81	95	110

Doubles performance timeline

Current as far as the US Open.

Tournament	2010	2011	2012	2013	W–L
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

References

↑ "Rafael Nadal defeats Lukas Lacko – Australian Open 2010 Second Round". Retrieved 20 January 2010.
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↑ "Hewitt exits early in Atlanta". Retrieved 23 July 2010.
↑ "Nadal, Federer advance in Qatar". Retrieved 1 January 2013.

External links

Lukáš Lacko at the Association of Tennis Professionals
Lukáš Lacko at the International Tennis Federation
Lukáš Lacko at the Davis Cup

Association of Tennis Professionals: Top ten Slovak male singles tennis players as of 14 November 2016

1. Martin Kližan (35 ) 2. Jozef Kovalík (119 1) 3. Andrej Martin (127 ) 4. Lukáš Lacko (128 16) 5. Norbert Gombos (131 30)

6. Filip Horanský (384 11) 7. Patrik Fabian (582 34) 8. Alex Molčan (654 ) 9. Peter Vajda (818 1) 10. Patrik Nema (882 )

Association of Tennis Professionals: Top ten Slovak male doubles tennis players as of 14 November 2016

1. Andrej Martin (78 ) 2. Igor Zelenay (109 13) 3. Martin Kližan (214 1) 4. Lukáš Lacko (506 ) 5. Adrian Sikora (694 2)

6. Patrik Fabian (715 9) 7. Filip Horanský (823 171) 8. Lukas Klein (827 2) 9. Patrik Nema (829 2) 10. Martin Blaško (956 3)

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