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Nikoloz Basilashvili
ნიკოლოზ ბასილაშვილი

Nikoloz Basilashvili 2, 2015 Wimbledon Qualifying - Diliff.jpg
Basilashvili at the 2015 Wimbledon qualifying tournament

Country (sports)
 Georgia
Residence
Tbilisi, Georgia
Born
(1992-02-23) 23 February 1992 (age 26)
Tbilisi, Georgia
Height 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)
Turned pro 2008
Plays Right-handed (two-handed backhand)
Coach Jan De Witt
Prize money
US$3,479,870
Singles
Career record 66–74 (47.14% in Grand Slam and ATP World Tour main draw matches, and in Davis Cup)
Career titles 2
Highest ranking No. 21 (5 November 2018)
Current ranking No. 21 (19 November 2018)[1]
Grand Slam Singles results
Australian Open 3R (2018)
French Open 3R (2017)
Wimbledon 3R (2015)
US Open 4R (2018)
Other tournaments
Olympic Games 1R (2016)
Doubles
Career record 6–20 (23.08% in Grand Slam and ATP World Tour main draw matches, and in Davis Cup)
Career titles 0
2 Futures
Highest ranking No. 197 (19 November 2018)
Current ranking No. 197 (19 November 2018)
Grand Slam Doubles results
Australian Open 1R (2018)
French Open 2R (2018)
Wimbledon 1R (2017)
US Open 1R (2017)
Team competitions
Davis Cup 10–7 (58.82%)
Last updated on: 5 November 2018.

Nikoloz Basilashvili (Georgian: ნიკოლოზ ბასილაშვილი, translit.: nik'oloz basilashvili, pronounced [nikʼɔlɔz bɑsilɑʃvili];[2] born 23 February 1992) is a Georgian professional tennis player. In July 2018, he made it into the main draw of the German Open in Hamburg as a qualifier and went on to win the tournament, defeating Leonardo Mayer in the final and becoming the first Georgian player ever to win an ATP tournament. In October 2018, Basilashvili won his second ATP title at the China Open by defeating world No. 4 Juan Martín del Potro in the final. He achieved a career-high ATP singles ranking of world No. 21 on 5 November 2018. Nikoloz Basilashvili game style is, that he slaps the ball as hard as he can. He also holds the record for most grand slam titles won in total, 127




Contents






  • 1 Career


    • 1.1 Junior career


    • 1.2 Senior career




  • 2 ATP career finals


    • 2.1 Singles: 4 (2 titles, 2 runners-up)




  • 3 Singles performance timeline


  • 4 Wins over top-10 players per season


  • 5 ATP Challenger & ITF Futures finals


    • 5.1 Singles: 20 (15–5)


    • 5.2 Doubles: 6 (2–4)




  • 6 Davis Cup matches


  • 7 References


  • 8 External links





Career



Junior career


Nikoloz did not play at any Grand Slams during his junior career. He reached a career high combined (singles and doubles) of world No. 59 on 5 January 2009. He ended his junior career with a 35–22 record on singles and 14–17 on doubles.[3]


Basilashvili played in his first ITF Junior Circuit tournament in late 2006 at the G2 Jerry Simmons Tournament. He lost in the first qualifying round.[4]
In 2007, he managed to break through the qualifying of two G4 tournaments in Israel and a G3 in Romania. Nikoloz lost in the Round of 16 in all of them. Later that year, he reached his first semifinal at any junior tournament doing that in doubles for the first time at the US Junior Hard Court Championships, partnering Patrick Daciek. In singles, he reached that round at the G4 USTA Illinois losing to Filip Krajinovic, in September.[5][6]


In 2008, Nikoloz won his only junior title, the G4 Tennis Express tournament, defeating Raymond Sarmiento in three sets. The Georgian played mostly at G1 and GA tournaments that year, breaking through the qualifiers of the Eddie Herr Tennis Championship and the Orange Bowl. He reached the round of 16 in the former and the quarterfinals in the latter. The Orange Bowl was his last junior tournament.[7]



Senior career


In 2015, he qualified for his first Grand Slam tournament – Roland Garros, losing in the first round to Thanasi Kokkinakis. He also managed to qualify for Wimbledon later that year, where he beat Facundo Bagnis and 15th seed Feliciano López, advancing to the third round of a major for the first time in his career. Additionally, he managed to qualify for the US Open, where he lost to Feliciano López in the first round in straight sets.


In 2016, he qualified for his first Australian Open, losing the first round in straight sets to Roger Federer. Later that same year, in July, Basilashvili reached his first ATP tournament final – the Austrian Open Kitzbühel, where he lost to Paolo Lorenzi in two sets. He recorded his first win over a Top 10 player in October, when he defeated world number 10 Tomáš Berdych at the Vienna Open.


In February 2017, Basilashvili participated at the Sofia event, grabbing victories over Adrian Mannarino, 1st seed Dominic Thiem and 8th seed Martin Kližan, before losing to 3rd seed and eventual champion Grigor Dimitrov in the semifinals. Basilashvili continued his good form at the Memphis Open, where he defeated 1st seed Ivo Karlović and went on to subsequently reach the final, losing to Ryan Harrison in straight sets. In June 2017, Basilashvili achieved a then career-high singles ranking of 51. He reached three semifinals and one final throughout the year. At the 2017 French Open, after defeating Gilles Simon and Viktor Troicki, Basilashvili lost to eventual champion Rafael Nadal in the third round, winning just one game in three sets.[8]


In July 2018, he made it into the main draw of the German Open in Hamburg as a qualifier and went on to win the tournament, defeating Leonardo Mayer 6–4, 0–6, 7–5 in the final and becoming the first Georgian player ever to win an ATP tournament. After winning his first title, Basilashvili moved to No. 35 in the world standings, his highest ever singles ranking and also the highest ever by a player from Georgia. In October 2018, he won his second ATP title by upsetting top seed Juan Martín del Potro in the final of the China Open.



ATP career finals



Singles: 4 (2 titles, 2 runners-up)














Legend
Grand Slam tournaments (0–0)
ATP World Tour Finals (0–0)
ATP World Tour Masters 1000 (0–0)
ATP World Tour 500 Series (2–0)
ATP World Tour 250 Series (0–2)







Titles by surface
Hard (1–1)
Clay (1–1)
Grass (0–0)






Titles by setting
Outdoor (2–1)
Indoor (0–1)





















































Result
W–L
   Date   
Tournament
Tier
Surface
Opponent
Score
Loss

0–1

Jul 2016

Austrian Open Kitzbühel, Austria
250 Series
Clay

Italy Paolo Lorenzi
3–6, 4–6
Loss

0–2

Feb 2017

Memphis Open, United States
250 Series
Hard (i)

United States Ryan Harrison
1–6, 4–6
Win

1–2

Jul 2018

German Open, Germany
500 Series
Clay

Argentina Leonardo Mayer
6–4, 0–6, 7–5
Win

2–2

Oct 2018

China Open, China
500 Series
Hard

Argentina Juan Martín del Potro
6–4, 6–4


Singles performance timeline























Key

W
 F 

SF

QF

#R

RR

Q#

A
P

Z#

PO

G

F-S

SF-B

NMS

NH

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



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

This table is current through the 2018 Paris Masters.




























































































































































































































































































































Tournament 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 SR W–L Win%

Grand Slam tournaments

Australian Open
A
A
A
A
A
A

Q1

1R

1R

3R
0 / 3
2–3
40%

French Open
A
A
A
A
A
A

1R

1R

3R

1R
0 / 4
2–4
33%

Wimbledon
A
A
A
A
A

Q1

3R

Q2

2R

1R
0 / 3
3–3
50%

US Open
A
A
A
A
A

Q2

1R

Q1

1R

4R
0 / 3
3–3
50%
Win–Loss
0–0
0–0
0–0
0–0
0–0
0–0
2–3
0–2
3–4
5–4
0 / 13
10–13
43%

ATP World Tour Masters 1000

Indian Wells
A
A
A
A
A
A

Q2
A

1R

1R
0 / 2
0–2
0%

Miami
A
A
A
A
A
A
A
A

1R

2R
0 / 2
1–2
33%

Monte Carlo
A
A
A
A
A
A
A
A

1R
A
0 / 1
0–1
0%

Madrid
A
A
A
A
A
A
A
A

Q1

1R
0 / 1
0–1
0%

Rome
A
A
A
A
A
A
A
A
A

2R
0 / 1
1–1
50%

Canada
A
A
A
A
A
A
A
A

1R
A
0 / 1
0–1
0%

Cincinnati
A
A
A
A
A
A

Q1

1R

3R
A
0 / 2
2–2
50%

Shanghai
A
A
A
A
A
A

1R

Q1

1R

2R
0 / 3
1–3
25%

Paris
A
A
A
A
A
A
A

Q2
Q1

2R
0 / 1
1–1
50%
Win–Loss
0–0
0–0
0–0
0–0
0–0
0–0
0–1
0–1
2–6
4–6
0 / 14
6–14
30%

Olympic Games

Summer Olympics
Not Held
A
Not Held

1R
NH
0 / 1
0–1
0%

Career statistics
Titles / Finals
0 / 0
0 / 0
0 / 0
0 / 0
0 / 0
0 / 0
0 / 0
0 / 1
0 / 1
2 / 2
2 / 4
Overall Win–Loss
0–0
0–0
0–0
0–0
0–0
0–1
4–8
8–10
25–27
29–28
66–74
Year-end ranking
556
635
585
264
447
178
113
94
59
21
47%


Wins over top-10 players per season



















Season 2008 – 2015 2016 2017 2018 Total
Wins 0 1 1 1
3













































#
Player
Rank
Event
Surface
Rd
Score
Basilashvili
Rank

2016
1.

Czech Republic Tomáš Berdych
10

Vienna Open, Vienna, Austria
Hard (i)
1R
6–4, 6–7(5–7), 7–5
107

2017
2.

Austria Dominic Thiem
8

Sofia Open, Sofia, Bulgaria
Hard (i)
2R
6–4, 6–4
87

2018
3.

Argentina Juan Martín del Potro
4

China Open, Beijing, China
Hard
F
6–4, 6–4
34


ATP Challenger & ITF Futures finals



Singles: 20 (15–5)






Legend

ATP Challengers (5–1)

ITF Futures (10–4)































































































































































































Outcome
No.
Date
Tournament
Surface
Opponent
Score
Winner
1.
24 August 2009

Sochi, Russia
Clay

Russia Mikhail Fufygin
2–6, 7–5, 7–5
Winner
2.
18 June 2012

Kazan, Russia
Clay

Ukraine Ivan Sergeyev
6–4, 7–6(7–4)
Runner-up
3.
2 July 2012

Yerevan, Armenia
Clay

Belgium Arthur De Greef
0–6, 1–6
Runner-up
4.
6 August 2012

Moscow, Russia
Clay

Netherlands Boy Westerhof
4–6, 4–6
Winner
5.
13 August 2012

Moscow, Russia
Clay

Russia Alexander Lobkov
6–3, 7–6(7–0)
Winner
6.
10 September 2012

Tbilisi, Georgia
Clay

Croatia Toni Androić
6–3, 4–6, 7–6(7–1)
Winner
7.
3 December 2012

Antalya, Turkey
Hard

Ukraine Vladimir Uzhylovsky
3–6, 6–2, 6–2
Winner
8.
10 December 2012

Antalya, Turkey
Hard

Spain Guillermo Olaso
6–2, 6–2
Winner
9.
12 August 2013

Appiano, Italy
Clay

Italy Matteo Trevisan
7–5, 3–6, 6–4
Runner-up
10.
4 November 2013

Antalya Turkey
Hard

Germany Robin Kern
6–4, 3–6, 3–6
Runner-up
11.
11 November 2013

Antalya, Turkey
Clay

Austria Marc Rath
1–6, 3–6
Winner
12.
20 January 2014

Kaarst, Germany
Carpet (i)

Slovakia Miloslav Mečíř
2–6, 7–5, 6–3
Winner
13.
19 May 2014

Karshi, Uzbekistan
Hard

United States Chase Buchanan
7–6(7–2), 6–2
Runner-up
14.
17 November 2014

Andria, Italy
Carpet (i)

Lithuania Ričardas Berankis
4–6, 0–1 RET
Winner
15.
8 December 2014

Doha, Qatar
Hard

India Ramkumar Ramanathan
7–6(7–5), 6–2
Winner
16.
15 December 2014

Doha, Qatar
Hard

United Kingdom James Marsalek
6–1, 6–2
Winner
17.
5 March 2015

Ra'anana, Israel
Hard

Slovakia Lukáš Lacko
4–6, 6–4, 6–3
Winner
18.
26 July 2015

Scheveningen, Netherlands
Clay

Russia Andrey Kuznetsov
6–7(3–7), 7–6(7–4), 6–3
Winner
19.
21 March 2016

Guangzhou, PR China
Hard

Slovakia Lukáš Lacko
6–1, 6–7(6–8), 7–5
Winner
20.
14 May 2016

Heilbronn, Germany
Clay

Germany Jan-Lennard Struff
6–4, 7–6(7–3)


Doubles: 6 (2–4)






Legend
ATP Challengers (0–1)
ITF Futures (2–3)








































































Outcome
No.
Date
Tournament
Surface
Partner
Opponent
Score
Winner
1.
7 March 2010

McAllen, USA
Hard

Chinese Taipei Chen Ti

Australia Jared Easton
Australia Matheson Klein
7–5, 4–6, [10–4]
Runner-up
2.
28 February 2011

Brownsville, USA
Hard

Bulgaria Boris Nicola Bakalov

United States Devin Britton
United States Greg Ouellette
1–6, 3–6
Runner-up
3.
18 November 2013

Antalya, Turkey
Clay

Serbia Miljan Zekić

Germany Tom Schonenberg
Germany Matthias Wunner
0–6, 4–6
Runner-up
4.
16 December 2013

Doha, Qatar
Hard

Belarus Yahor Yatsyk

United Kingdom Evan Hoyt
Tunisia Skander Mansouri
4–6, 6–7(2–7)
Winner
5.
27 January 2014

Kaarst, Germany
Carpet (i)

Belarus Alexander Bury

Belarus Uladzimir Ignatik
Bulgaria Dimitar Kutrovsky
4–6, 6–4, [10–6]
Runner-up
6.
12 April 2015

Naples, Italy
Clay

Belarus Alexander Bury

Serbia Ilija Bozoljac
Serbia Filip Krajinović
1–6, 2–6


Davis Cup matches

























































































































































































2015 Davis Cup Europe Group III
Round
Date
Opponents
Final match score
Location
Surface
Match
Opponent
Rubber Score

RR
July 15, 2015

 Albania
3–0

San Marino
Clay
Singles 2
Rel Pelushi
6–0, 6–0 (W)

RR
July 17, 2015

 Malta
3–0

San Marino
Clay
Singles 2
Bernard Cassar Torregiani
6–1, 6–0 (W)

Play-off
July 18, 2015

 Estonia
2–0

San Marino
Clay
Singles 2

Jürgen Zopp
3–6, 6–2, 6–4 (W)

2016 Davis Cup Europe/Africa Zone Group II
Round
Date
Opponents
Final match score
Location
Surface
Match
Opponent
Rubber Score

1R
March 4–6, 2016

 Denmark
0–5

Tbilisi
Carpet (indoor)
Singles 1 Christian Sigsgaard 7–6(7–4), 1–6, 4–6, 4–6 (L)
Doubles (with George Tsivadze)

Sigsgaard/Nielsen
6–7(3–7), 1–6, 2–6 (L)

Play-off
July 15–17, 2016

 Zimbabwe
3–2

Tbilisi
Hard
Singles 2 Mark Fynn 6–3, 6–3, 6–2 (W)
Doubles (with
Nodar Itonishvili)


Lock/John Lock
6–3, 6–3, 6–7(6–8), 4–6, 4–6 (L)
Singles 3 Benjamin Lock 6–3, 6–4, 6–2 (W)

2017 Davis Cup Europe/Africa Zone Group II
Round
Date
Opponents
Final match score
Location
Surface
Match
Opponent
Rubber Score

1R
February 3–5, 2017

 Finland
3–2

Tbilisi
Carpet (indoor)
Singles 1 Eero Vasa 2–6, 6–1, 6–4, 6–1 (W)
Doubles (with George Tsivadze)

Heliövaara/Niklas-Salminen
4–6, 0–6, 3–6 (L)
Singles 3 Emil Ruusuvuori 6–2, 6–4, 6–4 (W)

2R
April 7–9, 2017

 Lithuania
2–3

Tbilisi
Hard
Singles 1 Tadas Babelis 6–3, 6–2, 6–0 (W)
Doubles (with George Tsivadze)

Grigelis/Mugevičius
4–6, 3–6, 3–6 (L)
Singles 3 Laurynas Grigelis 6–0, 6–1, 6–0 (W)

2018 Davis Cup Europe/Africa Zone Group II
Round
Date
Opponents
Final match score
Location
Surface
Match
Opponent
Rubber Score

1R
February 3–4, 2017

 Morocco
1–3

Marrakech
Clay
Singles 2 Amine Ahouda 6–3, 3–6, 3–6 (L)
Doubles (with Aleksandre Metreveli)

Ahouda/Ouahab
7–6(7–4), 4–6, 6–2 (W)
Singles 3 Lamine Ouahab 1–6, 3–6 (L)


References





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External links




  • Nikoloz Basilashvili at the Association of Tennis Professionals


  • Nikoloz Basilashvili at the International Tennis Federation


  • Nikoloz Basilashvili at the Davis Cup




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