Nikoloz Basilashvili

Nikoloz Basilashvili
ნიკოლოზ ბასილაშვილი

Basilashvili at the 2016 Generali Open Kitzbühel
Country (sports)	Georgia
Residence	Tbilisi, Georgia
Born	(1992-02-23) 23 February 1992 Tbilisi, Georgia
Height	1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)
Turned pro	2008
Plays	Right-handed (two-handed backhand)
Prize money	$618,406
Singles
Career record	11–18 (37.93% in Grand Slam and ATP World Tour main draw matches, and in Davis Cup)
Career titles	0 5 Challengers
Highest ranking	No. 86 (19 October 2015)
Current ranking	No. 94 (28 November 2016)
Grand Slam Singles results
Australian Open	1R (2016)
French Open	1R (2015, 2016)
Wimbledon	3R (2015)
US Open	1R (2015)
Doubles
Career record	0–3
Career titles	0
Highest ranking	No. 522 (21 March 2016)
Current ranking	No. 1181 (24 October 2016)
Last updated on: 24 October 2016.

Nikoloz Basilashvili (Georgian: ნიკოლოზ ბასილაშვილი; born 23 February 1992) is a Georgian tennis player who mainly competes on the ATP Challenger Tour. His coach is Pierre Christen.

Career

In 2015 he qualified for his first Grand Slam Tournament, Roland Garros, losing in the first round to Thanasi Kokkinakis. Later in the same year he managed to qualify for Wimbledon, where he beat Facundo Bagnis and the 15th seed Feliciano López, advancing to the third round of a major for the first time in his career. Later that year he managed to qualify for US Open too, 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. That year in July Basilashvili played in his first ATP tournament final, the Austrian Open Kitzbühel that is part of the 250 series, where he lost to Paolo Lorenzi in two sets. In October Georgian player got his first Top 10 win, when he defeated world number 10 Tomáš Berdych in Vienna Open.

ATP career finals

Singles: 1 (1 runner-up)

Outcome	No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Opponent	Score
Runner-up	1.	23 July 2016	Austrian Open Kitzbühel, Kitzbühel, Austria	Clay	Paolo Lorenzi	3–6, 4–6

Other finals

Challengers and Futures titles

Singles: 20 (15 titles, 5 runner-up)

Outcome	No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Opponent	Score
Winner	1.	24 August 2009	Sochi, Russia	Clay	Mikhail Fufygin	2–6, 7–5, 7–5
Winner	2.	18 June 2012	Kazan, Russia	Clay	Ivan Sergeyev	6–4, 7–6(7–4)
Runner-up	3.	2 July 2012	Yerevan, Armenia	Clay	Arthur De Greef	0–6, 1–6
Runner-up	4.	6 August 2012	Moscow, Russia	Clay	Boy Westerhof	4–6, 4–6
Winner	5.	13 August 2012	Moscow, Russia	Clay	Alexander Lobkov	6–3, 7–6(7–0)
Winner	6.	10 September 2012	Tbilisi, Georgia	Clay	Toni Androić	6–3, 4–6, 7–6(7–1)
Winner	7.	3 December 2012	Antalya, Turkey	Hard	Vladimir Uzhylovsky	3–6, 6–2, 6–2
Winner	8.	10 December 2012	Antalya, Turkey	Hard	Guillermo Olaso	6–2, 6–2
Winner	9.	12 August 2013	Appiano, Italy	Clay	Matteo Trevisan	7–5, 3–6, 6–4
Runner-up	10.	4 November 2013	Antalya Turkey	Hard	Robin Kern	6–4, 3–6, 3–6
Runner-up	11.	11 November 2013	Antalya, Turkey	Clay	Marc Rath	1–6, 3–6
Winner	12.	20 January 2014	Kaarst, Germany	Carpet(i)	Miloslav Mečíř	2–6, 7–5, 6–3
Winner	13.	19 May 2014	Karshi, Uzbekistan	Hard	Chase Buchanan	7–6(7–2), 6–2
Runner-up	14.	17 November 2014	Andria, Italy	Carpet(i)	Ričardas Berankis	4–6, 0–1 RET
Winner	15.	8 December 2014	Doha, Qatar	Hard	Ramkumar Ramanathan	7–6(7–5), 6–2
Winner	16.	15 December 2014	Doha, Qatar	Hard	James Marsalek	6–1, 6–2
Winner	17.	5 March 2015	Ra'anana, Israel	Hard	Lukáš Lacko	4–6, 6–4, 6–3
Winner	18.	26 July 2015	Scheveningen, Netherlands	Clay	Andrey Kuznetsov	6–7(3–7), 7–6(7–4), 6–3
Winner	19.	21 March 2016	Guangzhou, PR China	Hard	Lukáš Lacko	6–1, 6–7(6–8), 7–5
Winner	20.	14 May 2016	Heilbronn, Germany	Clay	Jan-Lennard Struff	6–4, 7–6(7–3)

Performance timeline

Singles

Wins over top-10 players per season

#	Player	Rank	Event	Surface	Rd	Score	Basilashvili Rank
2016
1.	Tomáš Berdych	10	Vienna Open, Vienna, Austria	Hard	1R	6–4, 6–7(5–7), 7–5	107

External links

• Nikoloz Basilashvili at the Association of Tennis Professionals
• Nikoloz Basilashvili at the International Tennis Federation