Wikipedia

Radu Albot

Radu Albot (born 11 November 1989) is a Moldovan professional tennis player. He is the first player from Moldova to win ATP World Tour singles (2019 Delray Beach Open) and doubles (2015 Istanbul Open) titles. He achieved a career high ranking of No. 39 on 5 August 2019. He is also the first Moldovan to break into the top 100 in August 2015 and four years later in the top 40.

Radu Albot
Albot at the 2023 Washington Open
Country (sports) Moldova
ResidenceChișinău, Moldova
Born (1989-11-11) 11 November 1989 (age 34)
Chișinău, Moldavian SSR, Soviet Union
Height1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)
Turned pro2008
PlaysRight-handed
(two-handed backhand)
CoachBurghard Riehemann, Vladimir Albot
Prize moneyUS $5,143,749
Singles
Career record107–147
Career titles1
Highest rankingNo. 39 (5 August 2019)
Current rankingNo. 138 (19 August 2024)[1]
Grand Slam singles results
Australian Open3R (2021, 2022)
French Open2R (2018, 2019, 2020, 2023)
Wimbledon3R (2018)
US Open3R (2017)
Doubles
Career record50–72
Career titles1
Highest rankingNo. 56 (29 April 2019)
Current rankingNo. 837 (22 July 2024)
Grand Slam doubles results
Australian Open3R (2018, 2019)
French OpenQF (2015)
Wimbledon3R (2022)
US OpenSF (2018)
Team competitions
Davis Cup43–18
Last updated on: 25 August 2024.

He finished in the top 100 in the year-end rankings for five years (2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020). His year-end career high was in 2019 when he finished at No. 46.

Albot has won one ATP singles and one doubles title, 7 singles and 10 doubles Challenger titles in his career, as well as 14 singles and 7 doubles Futures titles. He has been a regular member of the Moldovan Davis Cup team since 2007 and holds his country's records for the most singles wins (28) and total wins (41).

Personal life

edit

Albot became a father on 19 April 2020, after his girlfriend Doina, gave birth to daughter Adeline.[2]

Career

edit

2013–16: Historic maiden ATP title

edit

Radu Albot has achieved many firsts for a Moldovan professional tennis player. In September 2013 he won the ATP Challenger event in Fergana, Uzbekistan, becoming the first player from his country to win an ATP Challenger tournament. At the 2014 US Open, he won three straight matches in the men's qualifying tournament to gain a berth in the main draw, becoming the first Moldovan to play in the main draw of a Grand Slam Tournament.

In May 2015, Albot teamed up with Dušan Lajović to win the doubles title at the inaugural 2015 Istanbul Open, becoming the first Moldovan to win an ATP Tour level event. In October 2015, Albot together with his doubles partner František Čermák managed to reach the 2015 Kremlin Cup final, being defeated by Andrey Rublev and Dmitry Tursunov in the decisive set. In June 2016, he qualified for the 2016 Wimbledon Championships and won his first Grand Slam match in 4 attempts, defeating Gastão Elias in the first round.

2017–19: Historic ATP singles title & first Grand Slam doubles semifinal, top 40

edit

In June 2017, Radu Albot reached the quarterfinals of the 2017 Antalya Open beating João Sousa and Paolo Lorenzi, before losing to Andreas Seppi in straight sets. In the same year, he played for the first time in the main draw of all four Grand Slam tournaments. He was a direct entry into the Australian Open, French Open and Wimbledon tournaments. Albot qualified for the 2017 US Open tournament and won two main draw matches before being defeated by Sam Querrey in the third round, his best singles finish at a Grand Slam to date.

In February 2018, Radu Albot reached the quarterfinals of the 2018 New York Open, winning matches against Bjorn Fratangelo and John Isner, but being eliminated by Kei Nishikori in the decisive third set.

He equalled his Grand Slam third round achievement at the 2018 Wimbledon Championships, defeating 20th seed Pablo Carreño Busta and Aljaz Bedene before eventually losing in the third round to John Isner.

At the 2018 US Open, he and partner Malek Jaziri reached the doubles semifinals. In September 2018, he reached his first ATP Tour level singles semifinals at the 2018 Moselle Open where he lost against the eventual tournament champion, Gilles Simon.[3]

In 2019, Albot reached the semifinals of the 2019 Open Sud de France tournament, beating Philipp Kohlschreiber, Ernests Gulbis and Marcos Baghdatis, before losing to the eventual tournament champion Jo-Wilfried Tsonga.[4][5]

In late February, he won the 2019 Delray Beach Open, making history as the first Moldovan to win an ATP singles title, knocking out Ivo Karlović, Nick Kyrgios, Steve Johnson and Mackenzie McDonald. In the final he defeated Dan Evans of Great Britain in a closely fought three-set match.[6][7] At the same tournament he reached the semifinals in doubles with Japanese Yoshihito Nishioka.[8] In March in Miami continuing his great form, he took a set off the eventual champion Roger Federer in his second round match.[9][10]

In May, Albot reached the 2019 Geneva Open semifinal losing in the penultimate round against Nicolás Jarry.[11] In August, seeded seventh, he reached his third semifinal of 2019 at the 2019 Los Cabos Open,[12] losing to fifth seed Taylor Fritz.[13] His three victories in the tournament put him at a total of 25 for the year, his most ATP tour wins in a season.

2020–21: Inaugural ATP Cup, Australian Open third round, struggles, out of top 100

edit

In January 2020, Albot participated in the Inaugural 2020 ATP Cup in the Group stage as a member of the Moldovan team. He snapped an eighth -match losing streak at the opening round of Roland Garros and reached the quarterfinals at the 2020 Sofia Open with a win over top seed Denis Shapovalov.[14]

Albot reached the third round at the 2021 Australian Open for the first time at this Major where he defeated World No. 13 Roberto Bautista Agut en route before losing to 24th seed Casper Ruud.[15] In February, seeded sixth, he made his first semifinal in 19 months and of the year at the 2021 Singapore Tennis Open where he lost to Alexander Bublik.[16][17] After eight first rounds losses he dropped out of the top 100 on 2 August 2021.

He finished with a 6-15 ATP win–loss record for the 2021 season, ranked No. 125.

2022–23: Major third round, back to Masters & top 100, 100th win

edit

Albot reached the main draw at the 2022 Australian Open as a qualifier,[18] and defeated Yoshihito Nishioka and Australian wildcard Aleksandar Vukic. He lost to Alexander Zverev in straight sets in the third round.[19]

He won the title at the 2022 Istanbul Challenger defeating Lukáš Rosol.[20] As a result, he moved back into the 100 to No. 92 on 19 September 2022.

He finished the 2022 season ranked No. 106.

He lost in the first round of the qualifications at the 2023 Australian Open to American Brandon Holt. At the 2023 Delray Beach Open he reached his first ATP semifinal since February 2021 by defeating Fernando Verdasco, Aleksandar Vukic and second seed Tommy Paul, which was his seventh top-20 career win and 99th career win overall.[21] In the semifinals, he lost against fourth seed Miomir Kecmanović.[22] As a result, he returned to the top 100 at No. 99 on 20 February 2023. In March, he entered the main draw of the 2023 BNP Paribas Open as a lucky loser directly into the second round, replacing 15th seed Pablo Carreño Busta who withdrew in the last minute.

In May, he qualified for the 2023 French Open and won his first round match against American wildcard Patrick Kypson. It was his 101th career win, having recorded his 100th match win earlier at the Banja Luka Open in April.[23] He also qualified for the 2023 Wimbledon Championships.

He finished the 2023 season ranked No. 131.

2024: Back to top 150, tenth US Open appearance

edit

Ranked No. 137, he qualified for the main draw at the 2024 Delray Beach Open[24][25] and won his first round match against #NextGenATP player Juncheng Shang. He also qualified for the main draw at the 2024 Țiriac Open and defeated Aleksandar Kovacevic.[26] He lost to another #NextGenATP player, wildcard João Fonseca in the second round.

Ranked No. 144, he qualified for the 2024 Wimbledon Championships.[27] Ranked No. 152, he also qualified for the Citi Open in Washington D.C., defeating Eliot Spizzirri and fourth qualifying seed Terence Atmane. He won his first round match over Facundo Díaz Acosta.[28]

Ranked No. 138, he qualified for the US Open, making his tenth appearance at this Major defeating Javier Barranco Cosano, No. 10 qualifying seed Luca Van Assche and Shintaro Mochizuki.[29][30] He lost in the first round in straight against the defending champion Novak Djokovic.[31] With previous career wins over Marko Djokovic and Djordje Djokovic, Albot is the only player to have played a professional singles match against each of all three Djokovic brothers.[32][33]

Performance timelines

edit
Key
W  F  SF QF #R RR Q# DNQ A NH
(W) winner; (F) finalist; (SF) semifinalist; (QF) quarterfinalist; (#R) rounds 4, 3, 2, 1; (RR) round-robin stage; (Q#) qualification round; (DNQ) did not qualify; (A) absent; (NH) not held; (SR) strike rate (events won / competed); (W–L) win–loss record.
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

edit

Current through the 2024 Canadian Open.

Tournament 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 SR W–L Win%
Grand Slam tournaments
Australian Open A A A Q2 Q2 Q1 Q2 Q2 1R 1R 2R A 3R 3R Q1 Q1 0 / 5 5–5 50%
French Open A A A A A Q1 Q2 1R 1R 2R 2R 2R 1R Q2 2R Q2 0 / 7 4–7 36%
Wimbledon A A A Q1 Q1 Q1 Q1 2R 2R 3R 1R NH 1R 1R 1R 1R 0 / 8 4–8 33%
US Open A A A Q2 Q1 1R 1R 1R 3R 1R 1R 1R 1R Q1 1R 1R 0 / 10 2–10 17%
Win–loss 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–1 0–1 1–3 3–4 3–4 2–4 1–2 2–4 2–2 1–3 0–2 0 / 30 15–30 33%
ATP Masters 1000
Indian Wells Masters A A A A A A A A 1R 1R 3R NH A Q1 2R 0 / 4 2–4 33%
Miami Open A A A A A A A A 1R 2R 2R NH 1R Q1 Q2 0 / 4 2–4 33%
Monte-Carlo Masters A A A A A A A A Q1 A 2R NH A Q1 A 0 / 1 1–1 50%
Madrid Open A A A A A A A A A A 1R NH Q1 A A Q2 0 / 1 0–1 0%
Italian Open A A A A A A A A A A 2R Q1 A A A Q2 0 / 1 1–1 50%
Canadian Open A A A A A A A A A A 2R NH A A Q2 0 / 1 1–1 50%
Cincinnati Masters A A A A A A A A Q1 A 2R Q1 A 0 / 1 1–1 50%
Shanghai Masters A A A A A A A A Q2 Q2 1R NH 0 / 1 0–1 0%
Paris Masters A A A A A A Q1 Q2 A A 3R 2R A 0 / 2 3–2 60%
Win–loss 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–2 1–2 9–9 1–1 0–1 0–0 0–1 0–0 0 / 16 11–16 41%
Career statistics
Tournaments 0 0 0 0 0 4 4 11 17 23 27 10 15 10 12 6 Career total: 139
Titles 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 Career total: 1
Finals 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 Career total: 1
Overall win–loss 1–2 0–0 0–0 2–2 5–1 7–4 2–5 4–11 9–17 12–23 31–26 7–13 6–15 9–10 7–12 5–7 107–147
Year-end ranking 726 503 281 225 169 168 121 97 87 98 46 93 125 106 131 42%

Doubles

edit
Tournament 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 SR W–L Win &
Grand Slam tournaments
Australian Open A 1R A 3R[a] 3R A 2R A 0 / 4 5–3 63%
French Open QF A 1R A 1R 1R A A 0 / 4 3–4 43%
Wimbledon 1R A A 1R 1R NH 1R 3R 0 / 5 2–5 29%
US Open 1R A A SF 2R A A A 0 / 3 5–3 63%
Win–loss 3–3 0–1 0–1 6–2 3–4 0–1 1–2 2–1 0 / 16 15–15 50%
ATP Masters 1000
Miami Open A A A A 2R NH A A 0 / 1 1–1 43%
Monte-Carlo Masters A A A A QF NH A A 0 / 1 2–1 67%
Madrid Open A A A A 1R NH A A 0 / 1 0–1 0%
Italian Open A A A A 1R A A 0 / 1 0–1 0%
Canadian Open A A A A 1R NH A 0 / 1 0–1 0%
Cincinnati Masters A A A A 1R A A 0 / 1 0–1 0%
Shanghai Masters A A A A 1R NH 0 / 1 0–1 0%
Win–loss 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 3–7 0–0 0–0 0–0 0 / 7 3–7 30%

ATP Tour career finals

edit

Singles: 1 (1 title)

edit
Legend (singles)
Grand Slam tournaments (0–0)
ATP Finals (0–0)
ATP Tour Masters 1000 (0–0)
ATP Tour 500 Series (0–0)
ATP Tour 250 Series (1–0)
Finals by surface
Hard (1–0)
Clay (0–0)
Grass (0–0)
Finals by setting
Outdoor (1–0)
Indoor (0–0)
Result W–L    Date    Tournament Tier Surface Opponent Score
Win 1–0 Feb 2019 Delray Beach Open, United States 250 Series Hard   Dan Evans 3–6, 6–3, 7–6(9–7)

Doubles: 2 (1-1)

edit
Legend (doubles)
Grand Slam tournaments (0–0)
ATP Finals (0–0)
ATP Tour Masters 1000 (0–0)
ATP Tour 500 Series (0–0)
ATP Tour 250 Series (1–1)
Finals by surface
Hard (0–1)
Clay (1–0)
Grass (0–0)
Finals by setting
Outdoor (1–1)
Indoor (0–0)
Result W–L    Date    Tournament Tier Surface Partner Opponents Score
Win 1–0 May 2015 Istanbul Open, Turkey 250 Series Clay   Dušan Lajović   Robert Lindstedt
  Jürgen Melzer 		6–4, 7–6(7–2)
Loss 1–1 Oct 2015 Kremlin Cup, Russia 250 Series Hard (i)   František Čermák   Andrey Rublev
  Dmitry Tursunov 		6–2, 1–6, [6–10]

ATP Challenger and Futures/ITF World Tennis Tour finals

edit

Singles: 36 (23–13)

edit
Legend (singles)
ATP Challenger Tour (9–8)
Futures/ITF World Tennis Tour (14–5)
Finals by surface
Hard (17–6)
Clay (6–7)
Grass (0–0)
Carpet (0–0)
Result W–L    Date    Tournament Tier Surface Opponent Score
Loss 0–1 Jun 2010 Romania F3, Bacău Futures Clay   Florian Reynet 1–6, 3–6
Loss 0–2 Oct 2010 Turkey F9, Antalya Futures Hard   Sam Groth 3–6, 1–6
Win 1–2 Oct 2010 Turkey F11, Antalya Futures Hard   Denys Molchanov 6–3, 4–6, 7–5
Win 2–2 Mar 2011 Turkey F7, Antalya Futures Clay   Ruan Roelofse 7–5, 6–4
Win 3–2 Apr 2011 Turkey F11, Antalya Futures Clay   Alejandro González 7–5, 6–3
Win 4–2 Apr 2011 Turkey F12, Antalya Futures Hard   Yannik Reuter 6–3, 7–6(7–1)
Win 5–2 Apr 2011 Turkey F13, Antalya Futures Hard   Peter Gojowczyk 6–3, 6–2
Win 6–2 May 2011 Italy F11, Cesena Futures Clay   Walter Trusendi 2–6, 6–2, 7–6(7–1)
Loss 6–3 Feb 2012 Turkey F6, Antalya Futures Hard   Daniel Smethurst 6–3, 5–7, 0–6
Win 7–3 Feb 2012 Turkey F7, Antalya Futures Hard   Aleksandr Lobkov 7–6(7–5), 6–3
Win 8–3 Mar 2012 Turkey F8, Antalya Futures Hard   Ádám Kellner 7–6(7–5), 6–2
Win 9–3 Apr 2012 Turkey F12, Antalya Futures Hard   Sergio Gutiérrez Ferrol 6–1, 6–3
Win 10–3 Apr 2012 Turkey F15, Antalya Futures Hard   Tomislav Brkić 6–1, 4–6, 6–1
Win 11–3 Apr 2012 Turkey F16, Antalya Futures Hard   Tomislav Brkić 3–6, 6–4, 7–6(7–3)
Loss 11–4 May 2012 Romania F1, Cluj Futures Clay   Marcin Gawron 1–6, 3–6
Win 12–4 Jun 2012 Romania F3, Bacău Futures Clay   Roman Borvanov 7–5, 6–4
Loss 12–5 Feb 2013 Turkey F7, Antalya Futures Hard   Yannik Reuter 6–7(4–7), 6–3, 2–6
Win 13–5 Mar 2013 Turkey F8, Antalya Futures Hard   Reid Carleton 6–1, 6–4
Win 14–5 Mar 2013 Turkey F9, Antalya Futures Hard   Marsel İlhan 6–3, 3–6, 7–6(9–7)
Loss 14–6 May 2013 Qarshi, Uzbekistan Challenger Hard   Teymuraz Gabashvili 4–6, 4–6
Win 15–6 Sep 2013 Fergana, Italy Challenger Hard   Ilija Bozoljac 7–6(11–9), 6–7(3–7), 6–1
Loss 15–7 Sep 2014 Sibiu, Romania Challenger Clay   Jason Kubler 4–6, 1–6
Win 16–7 Mar 2015 Kolkata, India Challenger Hard   James Duckworth 7–6(7–0), 6–1
Loss 16–8 Jun 2015 Moscow, Russia Challenger Clay   Daniel Muñoz de la Nava 0–6, 1–6
Loss 16–9 Jul 2015 Poznań, Poland Challenger Clay   Pablo Carreño Busta 4–6, 4–6
Loss 16–10 Aug 2015 Prague, Czech Republic Challenger Clay   Rogério Dutra Silva 2–6, 7–6(7–5), 4–6
Win 17–10 Jun 2016 Furth, Germany Challenger Clay   Jan-Lennard Struff 6–3, 6–4
Win 18–10 Jun 2016 Fergana, Uzbekistan Challenger Hard   Konstantin Kravchuk 6–4, 6–2
Win 19–10 Jul 2016 Poznań, Poland Challenger Clay   Clement Geens 6–2, 6–4
Loss 19–11 Oct 2017 Suzhou, China Challenger Hard   Miomir Kecmanović 4–6, 4–6
Win 20–11 Nov 2017 Shenzhen, China Challenger Hard   Hubert Hurkacz 7–6(8–6), 6–7(3–7), 6–4
Win 21–11 Oct 2018 Liuzhou, China Challenger Hard   Miomir Kecmanović 6–2, 4–6, 6–3
Win 22–11 Nov 2021 Pau, France Challenger Hard (i)   Jiří Lehečka 6–2, 7–6(7–5)
Win 23–11 Sep 2022 Istanbul, Turkey Challenger Hard   Lukáš Rosol 6–2, 6–0
Loss 23–12 Oct 2022 Busan, South Korea Challenger Hard   Kamil Majchrzak 4–6, 6–3, 2–6
Loss 23–13 Mar 2024 Girona, Spain Challenger Clay   Pedro Martinez 5–7, 4–6

Doubles: 37 (17-20)

edit
Legend (doubles)
ATP Challenger Tour (10–8)
Futures/ITF World Tennis Tour (7–12)
Finals by surface
Hard (6–4)
Clay (11–16)
Grass (0–0)
Carpet (0–0)
Result W–L    Date    Tournament Tier Surface Partner Opponents Score
Loss 0–1 Aug 2007 Germany F13, Munchen Futures Clay   Torsten Wietoska   David Klier
  Philipp Piyamongkol 		walkover
Loss 0–2 Jun 2008 Romania F6, Bacău Futures Clay   Andrei Ciumac   Teodor-Dacian Crăciun
  Victor Ioniță 		2–6, 6–3, [7–10]
Loss 0–3 Jul 2008 Romania F11, Bucharest Futures Clay   Andrei Ciumac   Vladislav Bondarenko
  Robert Varga 		2–6, 6–7(2–7)
Loss 0–4 Jul 2008 Romania F13, Târgu Mureș Futures Clay   Andrei Ciumac   Andrea Arnaboldi
  Vladislav Bondarenko 		7–5, 0–6, [1–10]
Win 1–4 Aug 2008 Romania F14, Oradea Futures Clay   Andrei Ciumac   Steven Goh
  Zakary van Min 		7–6(7–5), 6–7(5–7), [10–3]
Loss 1–5 Apr 2009 Egypt F5, Suiz Futures Clay   Teodor-Dacian Crăciun   Andrey Kuznetsov
  Robert Varga 		2–6, 4–6
Loss 1–6 May 2009 Romania F1, Cralova Futures Clay   Andrei Ciumac   Petru-Alexandru Luncanu
  Marius Copil 		5–7, 1–6
Win 2–6 May 2009 Romania F2, Bucharest Futures Clay   Andrei Ciumac   Florin Mergea
  Costin Pavăl 		6–1, 6–2
Loss 2–7 Jun 2009 Romania F5, Bacău Futures Clay   Andrei Ciumac   Tobias Klein
  Alexander Sadecky 		4–6, 3–6
Win 3–7 Sep 2009 Germany F17, Kempten Futures Clay   Jiří Školoudík   James Lemke
  Richard Waite 		6–1, 6–2
Win 4–7 May 2010 Romania F2, Pitești Futures Clay   Andrei Ciumac   Ivan Anikanov
  Artem Smirnov 		2–6, 6–3, [10–7]
Loss 4–8 Aug 2010 Romania F9, Arad Futures Clay   Andrei Ciumac   Alexandru-Daniel Carpen
  Alexandru Catalin Marasin 		4–6, 5–7
Loss 4–9 Sep 2010 Brașov, Romania Challenger Clay   Andrei Ciumac   Daniele Giorgini
  Flavio Cipolla 		3–6, 4–6
Win 5–9 Mar 2011 Turkey F8, Antalya Futures Hard   Denys Molchanov   Roman Jebavý
  Adrian Sikora 		6–7(3–7), 6–3, [12–10]
Loss 5–10 Mar 2011 Turkey F10, Antalya Futures Clay   Andrei Ciumac   Toni Androić
  Dino Marcan 		1–6, 2–6
Win 6–10 May 2011 Italy F10, Aosta Futures Clay   Yasutaka Uchiyama   Hiroki Moriya
  Shuichi Sekiguchi 		4–6, 7–5, [10–7]
Loss 6–11 Aug 2011 Samarkand, Uzbekistan Challenger Clay   Andrey Kuznetsov   Alexander Kudryavtsev
  Mikhail Elgin 		6–7(4–7), 6–2, [7–10]
Loss 6–12 Aug 2011 Romania F9, Brașov Futures Clay   Andrei Ciumac   Adrian Cruciat
  Teodor-Dacian Crăciun 		0–6, 6–3, [7–10]
Loss 6–13 Feb 2012 Turkey F6, Antalya Futures Hard   Andrei Ciumac   Germain Gigounon
  Yannik Reuter 		6–7(6–8), 4–6
Loss 6–14 Feb 2012 Turkey F7, Antalya Futures Hard   Andrei Ciumac   Jorisde Loore
  Yannik Reuter 		3–6, 6–7(6–8)
Win 7–14 Apr 2012 Mersin, Turkey Challenger Clay   Denys Molchanov   Alessandro Motti
  Simone Vagnozzi 		6–0, 6–2
Win 8–14 May 2012 Ostrava, Czech Republic Challenger Clay   Teymuraz Gabashvili   Adam Pavlásek
  Jiří Veselý 		7–5, 5–7, [10–8]
Loss 8–15 Apr 2013 Mersin, Turkey Challenger Clay   Oleksandr Nedovyesov   Andreas Beck
  Dominik Meffert 		7–5, 3–6, [8–10]
Loss 8–16 May 2013 Samarkand, Uzbekistan Challenger Clay   Jordan Kerr   Farrukh Dustov
  Oleksandr Nedovyesov 		1–6, 6–7(7–9)
Win 9–16 Oct 2013 Kazan, Russia Challenger Hard   Farrukh Dustov   Egor Gerasimov
  Dzmitry Zhyrmont 		6–2, 6–7(3–7), [10–7]
Win 10–16 Mar 2014 China F1, Guangzhou Futures Hard   Christopher Rungkat   Claudio Grassi
  Ricadro Ghedin 		1–6, 7–5, [10–7]
Win 11–16 Apr 2014 Mersin, Turkey Challenger Clay   Jaroslav Pospíšil   Thomas Fabbiano
  Matteo Viola 		7–6(9–7), 6–1
Win 12–16 May 2014 Rome, Italy Challenger Clay   Artem Sitak   Andrea Arnaboldi
  Flavio Cipolla 		4–6, 6–2, [11–9]
Loss 12–17 Jun 2014 Arad, Romania Challenger Clay   Artem Sitak   Franko Škugor
  Antonio Velc 		4–6, 6–7(3–7)
Win 13–17 Jul 2014 Poznań, Poland Challenger Clay   Adam Pavlásek   Tomasz Bednarek
  Henri Kontinen 		7–5, 2–6, [10–8]
Loss 13–18 Jul 2014 Oberstaufen, Germany Challenger Clay   Mateusz Kowalczyk   Wesley Koolhof
  Alessandro Motti 		6–7(7–9), 3–6
Win 14–18 Aug 2014 San Marino, San Marino Challenger Clay   Enrique López Pérez   Franko Škugor
  Adrian Ungur 		6–4, 6–1
Loss 14–19 Feb 2015 Burnie, Australia Challenger Hard   Matthew Ebden   Carsten Ball
  Matt Reid 		5–7, 4–6
Win 15–19 Feb 2015 Launceston, Australia Challenger Hard   Mitchell Krueger   Adam Hubble
  Rubin Statham 		3–6, 7–5, [11–9]
Win 16–19 Oct 2017 Ningbo, China Challenger Hard   Rubin Statham   Jeevan Nedunchezhiyan
  Christopher Rungkat 		7–5, 6–3
Loss 16–20 Mar 2018 Irving, United States Challenger Hard   Matthew Ebden   Alexander Peya
  Philipp Petzschner 		2–6, 4–6
Win 17–20 Sep 2021 Istanbul, Turkey Challenger Hard   Alexander Cozbinov   Antonio Šančić
  Artem Sitak 		4–6, 7–5, [11–9]

Davis Cup

edit

Singles performances (28–8)

edit

Doubles performances (13-9)

edit

Best Grand Slam results details

edit

Record against other players

edit

Record against top 10 players

edit

Albot's record against players that have been in the ATP top 10, with active players in bold.

Opponent Highest
ranking		 Matches Won Lost Win % Last match
Number 1 ranked players
  Daniil Medvedev 1 1 0 1 0% Lost (3–6, 1–6) at 2019 Monte Carlo Masters 2R
  Roger Federer 1 2 0 2 0% Lost (0–6, 3–6) at 2019 Swiss Indoors 2R
Number 3 ranked players
  Marin Čilić 3 2 1 1 50% Won (6–4, 7–6(8–6)) at 2019 Cincinnati 1R
  Grigor Dimitrov 3 1 0 1 0% Lost (2–6, 3–6) at 2020 ATP Cup RR
  David Ferrer 3 1 0 1 0% Lost (6–4, 5–7, 1–6, 0–6) at 2015 US Open 1R
  Stefanos Tsitsipas 3 1 0 1 0% Lost (6–7(2–7), 2–6) at 2018 Indian Wells Masters 1R
  Alexander Zverev 3 2 0 2 0% Lost (3–6, 4–6, 4–6) at 2022 Australian Open 3R
Number 4 ranked players
  Kei Nishikori 4 1 0 1 0% Lost (6–4, 3–6, 1–6) at 2018 New York Open QF
Number 5 ranked players
  Kevin Anderson 5 1 0 1 0% Lost (4–6, 3–6) at 2018 Acapulco 1R
  Andrey Rublev 5 1 0 1 0% Lost (1–6, 2–6) at 2020 Paris Masters 2R
  Jo-Wilfried Tsonga 5 1 0 1 0% Lost (1–6, 3–6) at 2019 Montpellier SF
Number 6 ranked players
  Gilles Simon 6 3 1 2 33% Won (6–4, 6–2) at 2019 Montreal 1R
  Gaël Monfils 6 1 0 1 0% Lost (6–4, 4–6, 1–6) at 2019 Paris Masters 3R
  Matteo Berrettini 6 2 0 2 0% Lost (3–6, 7–6(7–3), 1–6) at 2018 Kitzbühel 2R
Number 7 ranked players
  Casper Ruud 7 2 0 2 0% Lost (1–6, 7–5, 4–6, 4–6) at 2021 Australian Open 3R
  Fernando Verdasco 7 3 0 3 0% Lost (2–6, 6–3, 1–6) at 2019 Mutua Madrid Open 1R
  David Goffin 7 4 0 4 0% Lost (4–6, 1–6) at 2020 ATP Cup RR
Number 8 ranked players
  Marcos Baghdatis 8 1 1 0 100% Won (6–2, 7–6(7–2)) at 2019 Montpellier QF
  Janko Tipsarević 8 1 1 0 100% Won (7–5, 2–6, 6–0) at 2019 Los Cabos 1R
  Mikhail Youzhny 8 1 1 0 100% Won (4–6, 7–6(8–6), 7–5) at 2017 Gstaad 1R
  John Isner 8 4 1 3 25% Lost (3–6, 3–6, 4–6) at 2018 Wimbledon 3R
  Diego Schwartzman 8 1 0 1 0% Lost (4–6, 2–6) at 2019 Cincinnati Masters 3R
  Jack Sock 8 2 0 2 0% Lost (6–3, 3–6, 6–7(2–7)) at 2020 Delray Beach 1R
Number 9 ranked players
  Roberto Bautista Agut 9 1 1 0 100% Won (6–7(1–7), 6–0, 6–4, 7–6(7–5)) at 2021 Australian Open 2R
  Nicolás Almagro 9 2 1 1 50% Won (7–6(8–6), 6–3) at 2017 Marrakesh 1R
  Fabio Fognini 9 3 1 2 33% Lost (6–7(6–8), 3–6) at 2019 Rome Masters 2R
Number 10 ranked players
  Ernests Gulbis 10 1 1 0 100% Won (7–6(7–5), 4–6, 6–4) at 2019 Montpellier 2R
  Denis Shapovalov 10 1 1 0 100% Won (6–2, 6–4) at 2020 Sofia 2R
  Pablo Carreño Busta 10 2 1 1 50% Lost (3–6, 4–6) at 2019 Chengdu 1R
Total 49 12 37 24% * Statistics correct as of 5 May 2022

Notes

edit
  1. ^ Retired of tournament, doesn't count as a lost match.

References

edit
  1. ^ "Radu Albot | Overview". ATP Tour.
  2. ^ ATP Staff (5 June 2020). "Becoming A Father: The New Role in Radu Albot's Life". ATP Tour. Retrieved 11 February 2021.
  3. ^ "Radu Albot nu a trecut de semifinală la Moselle Open 2018" (in Romanian).
  4. ^ "Jo-Wilfried Tsonga and Pierre-Hugues Herbert in all-French final". BBC Sport. 9 February 2019.
  5. ^ "Tennis: Herbert beats Berdych to set up Montpellier final with Tsonga". Reuters.
  6. ^ "HIGHLIGHTS: Radu Albot becomes first Moldovan to win ATP title".
  7. ^ Shmerler, Cindy (25 February 2019). "Radu Albot, Trained on Wooden Courts of Moldova, Earns His Country's First Title". The New York Times. Retrieved 19 January 2022.
  8. ^ "After winning his first ATP title, Albot is putting Moldova on the map". Tennis.com. Retrieved 9 February 2024.
  9. ^ "On a drama-filled day, Federer survives scare to advance at Miami Open". Tennis.com. Retrieved 9 February 2024.
  10. ^ MOORMAN, GALE (25 March 2019). "Who is Radu Albot and why is he intimidating his opponents?". Tennis World USA. Retrieved 9 February 2024.
  11. ^ "Alexander Zverev, Nicolas Jarry through to Geneva Open final". Tennis.com. Retrieved 9 February 2024.
  12. ^ "Fritz eliminates Fabio Fognini to advance to the Los Cabos semifinals – Abierto de Tenis Los Cabos". 2 August 2019. Retrieved 9 February 2024.
  13. ^ "Taylor Fritz and Diego Schwartzman to battle for Los Cabos title". Tennis.com. Retrieved 9 February 2024.
  14. ^ "Albot Stuns Top-Seeded Shapovalov in Sofia – Tennis Now". tennisnow.com. Retrieved 9 February 2024.
  15. ^ "After losing his game in 2020, Radu Albot is finding "me" again". Tennis.com. Retrieved 9 February 2024.
  16. ^ "Radu Albot reaches his first semifinal since 2019". 26 February 2021.
  17. ^ "Radu Albot Moves into Singapore Semi-finals – Singapore Tennis Open 2021 Match Report | ATP Tour | Tennis".
  18. ^ "Radu Albot Reaches Final Qualifying Round in Melbourne". ATP Tour.
  19. ^ "Men's wrap: Zverev blasts, Shapovalov battles into final 16 | AO". ausopen.com. Retrieved 9 February 2024.
  20. ^ "Tennis player Radu Albot won the Challenger tournament in Istanbul". TRM. 19 September 2022. Retrieved 9 February 2024.
  21. ^ "Miomir Kecmanovic and Radu Albot Reach Delray Beach SFS". ATP Tour.
  22. ^ "Kecmanovic notches 100th career win and reaches Delray Beach final". 18 February 2023.
  23. ^ "Lajovic Ousts Fellow Serbian Krajinovic in Banja Luka; 19-year-old Shelbayh earns first tour-level win, Albot his 100th". 18 April 2023.
  24. ^ "Moldovan Albot reflects on 'best week of his career' in Delray". 12 February 2024.
  25. ^ "Moldovan Albot reflects on 'best week of his career' in Delray". 12 February 2024.
  26. ^ "17-year-old Fonseca continues breakthrough season in Bucharest". 16 April 2024.
  27. ^ "Pouille headlines quartet of French qualifiers at Wimbledon". ATPtour.com. 27 June 2024. Retrieved 27 June 2024.
  28. ^ "Tiafoe 'finds spark' to win Washington three-setter". 31 July 2024. Retrieved 31 July 2024.
  29. ^ "2024 US Open qualifying, Day 3: Arconada, Pareja stun; Schwartzman stays alive".
  30. ^ "Spizzirri recovers from missed match points, qualifies for US Open main draw; Veterans Schwartzman, Albot also advance to main draw". ATPTour. 22 August 2024.
  31. ^ "Radu Albot VS Novak Djokovic | Head 2 Head | H2H | ATP Tour | Tennis". ATP Tour. Retrieved 5 September 2024.
  32. ^ "Radu Albot VS Djordje Djokovic | Head 2 Head | H2H | ATP Tour | Tennis". ATP Tour. Retrieved 5 September 2024.
  33. ^ https://www.msn.com/en-us/sports/tennis/novak-djokovic-had-stern-warning-for-radu-albot-in-tunnel-just-before-dismantling-him/ar-AA1pxaOQ
edit
 
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Radu Albot.
Retrieved from "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Radu_Albot&oldid=1248321016"