Slovak tennis player
Luká? Lacko Country (sports) Slovakia Residence Bratislava , SlovakiaBorn (1987-11-03 ) 3 November 1987 (age 35) Pieany , Czechoslovakia Height 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in) Turned pro 2005 Retired 2022 Plays Right-handed (two-handed backhand) Coach Dominik Hrbaty Prize money US$ 3,602,283Career record 98-148 (39.8%) Career titles 0 Highest ranking No. 44 (14 January 2013)[1] Australian Open 3R (2012 , 2017 ) French Open 2R (2010 ) Wimbledon 3R (2012 , 2016 ) US Open 1R (2010 -18 ) Olympic Games 1R (2012 ) Career record 6-32 (15.8%) Career titles 0 Highest ranking No. 170 (5 July 2010) Australian Open 1R (2010 , 2011 , 2013 ) French Open 1R (2010 , 2012 , 2013 ) Wimbledon 3R (2010 ) US Open 2R (2010 ) Last updated on: 21 November 2022.
Luká? Lacko (Slovak pronunciation: ['luka:? 'latsk?] ; born 3 November 1987) is a former 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 )
Professional 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.[2]
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-minutes 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.[3]
Lacko continued his second round streak in 2010 majors by defeating the 24th seed Marcos Baghdatis in four sets. He then lost a very tight five set second round match against Jérémy Chardy .
He played in the 2010 Atlanta Tennis Championships and upset former World No.1 Lleyton Hewitt 6-2, 6-4 to advance to the quarterfinals.[4]
At the 2011 Qatar Open , he lost in the second round to Rafael Nadal , despite achieving the rare feat of winning a bagel set against Nadal.[5]
He reached his first singles ATP final in Zagreb 2012, where he lost to Mikhail Youzhny in straight sets. At the 2012 Summer Olympics , he lost in the first round in the men's singles, and in the first round of the men's doubles with Martin Kli?an .[6]
At the 2014 French Open he lost in the first round to Roger Federer .
Lacko reached his second career ATP final at the 2018 Eastbourne International losing to Mischa Zverev .[7]
In October 2022, he announced that 2022 might be his last season.[8]
ATP Tour career finals
Singles: 2 (2 runner-ups)
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 (0-2)
Finals by surface
Hard (0-1)
Clay (0-0)
Grass (0-1)
Finals by setting
Outdoor (0-1)
Indoor (0-1)
Doubles: 1 (1 runner-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 (0-0)
ATP World Tour 250 Series (0-1)
Finals by surface
Hard (0-1)
Clay (0-0)
Grass (0-0)
Finals by setting
Outdoor (0-0)
Indoor (0-1)
ATP Challenger and ITF Futures finals
Singles: 40 (22-18)
Legend
ATP Challenger (14-13)
ITF Futures (8-5)
Finals by surface
Hard (15-11)
Clay (3-6)
Grass (0-0)
Carpet (4-1)
Result
W-L
Date
Tournament
Tier
Surface
Opponent
Score
Loss
0-1
May 2005
Morocco F4, Marrakesh
Futures
Clay
Lamine Ouahab
6-4, 3-6, 2-6
Loss
0-2
Aug 2005
Croatia F3, Vinkovci
Futures
Clay
Marin Cilic
3-6, 1-6
Win
1-2
Oct 2005
Italy F32, Olbia
Futures
Clay
Tobias Koeck
6-1, 6-3
Win
2-2
Oct 2005
Ukraine F2, Cherkassy
Futures
Clay
Sascha Kloer
2-6, 6-3, 6-1
Loss
2-3
Oct 2005
Ukraine F3, Illyichovsk
Futures
Clay
Photos Kallias
3-6, 7-5, 1-5
Loss
2-4
Nov 2005
Czech Republic F6, Ostravicí
Futures
Hard
Jan Hajek
6-1, 5-7, 4-6
Win
3-4
Jan 2006
Austria F2, Salzburg
Futures
Carpet
Werner Eschauer
3-6, 6-1, 7-5
Loss
3-5
Jun 2006
Italy F19, L'Aquila
Futures
Clay
Kamil Capkovic
2-6, 6-7(6-8)
Win
4-5
Jul 2006
Germany F6, Kassel
Futures
Clay
Dustin Brown
3-6, 6-3, 6-4
Loss
4-6
Aug 2006
Binghamton , United States
Challenger
Hard
Scott Oudsema
6-7(5-7) , 2-6
Loss
4-7
May 2007
Rijeka , Croatia
Challenger
Clay
Marin ?ili?
5-7, 2-6
Loss
4-8
Aug 2007
Istanbul , Turkey
Challenger
Hard
Mischa Zverev
4-6, 4-6
Win
5-8
Oct 2007
Kolding , Denmark
Challenger
Hard
Gilles Müller
7-6(7-3) , 6-4
Win
6-8
Jan 2009
Great Britain F2, Sheffield
Futures
Hard
Scott Oudsema
7-6(7-5) , 5-7, 6-3
Win
7-8
Feb 2009
Croatia F2, Zagreb
Futures
Hard
Antonio Sancic
6-2, 4-6, 7-5
Win
8-8
Apr 2009
Russia F1, Moscow
Futures
Carpet
Denis Matsukevitch
6-4, 4-6, 6-2
Win
9-8
Apr 2009
Russia F2, Tyumen
Futures
Carpet
Pavel Chekhov
6-3, 5-7, 6-4
Win
10-8
May 2009
Fergana , Uzbekistan
Challenger
Hard
Samuel Groth
4-6, 7-5, 7-6(7-4)
Win
11-8
Nov 2009
Seoul , South Korea
Challenger
Hard
Du?an Lojda
6-4, 6-2
Loss
11-9
Nov 2010
Ortisei , Italy
Challenger
Clay
Micha? Przysiny
3-6, 5-7
Win
12-9
Sep 2011
Izmir , Turkey
Challenger
Hard
Marsel ?lhan
6-4, 6-3
Win
13-9
Nov 2011
Bratislava , Slovakia
Challenger
Hard
Ri?ardas Berankis
7-6(9-7) , 6-2
Loss
13-10
Oct 2012
Tashkent , Uzbekistan
Challenger
Hard
Uladzimir Ignatik
3-6, 6-7(3-7)
Win
14-10
Nov 2012
Helsinki , Finland
Challenger
Hard
Jarkko Nieminen
6-3, 6-4
Loss
14-11
Jul 2013
Granby , Canada
Challenger
Hard
Frank Dancevic
4-6, 7-6(7-4) , 3-6
Win
15-11
Nov 2013
Bratislava , Slovakia
Challenger
Hard
Luká? Rosol
6-4, 4-6, 6-4
Loss
15-12
Apr 2014
Shenzhen , China
Challenger
Hard
Gilles Müller
6-7, 3-6
Win
16-12
Oct 2014
Tashkent , Uzbekistan
Challenger
Hard
Sergiy Stakhovsky
6-2, 6-3
Loss
16-13
Apr 2015
Ra'anana , Israel
Challenger
Hard
Nikoloz Basilashvili
6-4,4-6,3-6
Loss
16-14
May 2015
Busan , South Korea
Challenger
Hard
Chung Hyeon
3-6,1-6
Win
17-14
Sep 2015
Izmir , Turkey
Challenger
Hard
Marius Copil
6-3, 7-6(7-5)
Loss
17-15
Oct 2015
Tashkent , Uzbekistan
Challenger
Hard
Denis Istomin
3-6, 4-6
Loss
17-16
Nov 2015
Bratislava , Slovakia
Challenger
Hard
Egor Gerasimov
6-7(1-7) , 6-7(5-7)
Loss
17-17
Mar 2016
Guangzhou , China
Challenger
Hard
Nikoloz Basilashvili
1-6, 7-6(8-6) , 5-7
Win
18-17
Nov 2017
Bratislava , Slovakia
Challenger
Hard
Marius Copil
6-4, 7-6(7-4)
Win
19-17
Nov 2017
Brescia , Italy
Challenger
Hard
Laurynas Grigelis
6-1, 6-2
Win
20-17
May 2018
Glasgow , United Kingdom
Challenger
Hard
Luca Vanni
4-6, 7-6(7-3) , 6-4
Win
21-17
Oct 2019
Ismaning , Germany
Challenger
Carpet
Maxime Cressy
6-3, 6-0
Win
22-17
Aug 2021
Mallorca , Spain
Challenger
Hard
Yasutaka Uchiyama
5-7, 7-6(10-8) , 6-1
Loss
22-18
Oct 2021
Ismaning , Germany
Challenger
Carpet
Oscar Otte
4-6, 4-6
Doubles: 9 (5-4)
Legend
ATP Challenger (4-4)
ITF Futures (1-0)
Finals by surface
Hard (4-2)
Clay (0-2)
Grass (0-0)
Carpet (1-0)
Result
W-L
Date
Tournament
Tier
Surface
Partner
Opponents
Score
Win
1-0
Apr 2006
Dharwad , India
Challenger
Hard
Kamil ?apkovi?
Sanchai Ratiwatana Sonchat Ratiwatana
6-3, 7-5
Loss
1-1
Jun 2006
Kosice , Slovakia
Challenger
Clay
Kamil ?apkovi?
Viktor Bruthans Pavel Snobel
5-7, 7-5, [4-10]
Loss
1-2
May 2007
Rijeka , Croatia
Challenger
Clay
Ivo Klec
Jean-Rene Lisnard Jerome Haehnel
3-6, 4-6
Win
2-2
Apr 2009
Russia F1, Moscow
Futures
Carpet
Konstantin Kravchuk
Pavel Chekhov Valery Rudnev
6-2, 6-4
Win
3-2
Sep 2009
St. Remy , France
Challenger
Hard
Ji?í Krko?ka
Ruben Bemelmans Niels Desein
6-1, 3-6, [10-3]
Loss
3-3
Oct 2009
Tashkent , Uzbekistan
Challenger
Hard
Ji?í Krko?ka
Denis Istomin Murad Inoyatov
6-7(4-7) , 4-6
Win
4-3
Nov 2011
Bratislava , Slovakia
Challenger
Hard
Jan Hájek
Luká? Rosol David ?koch
7-5, 7-5
Win
5-3
Oct 2014
Tashkent , Uzbekistan
Challenger
Hard
Ante Pavi?
Frank Moser Alexander Satschko
6-3, 3-6, [13-11]
Loss
5-4
Jan 2020
Rennes , France
Challenger
Hard
Teymuraz Gabashvili
Antonio Sancic Tristan-Samuel Weissborn
5-7, 7-6(7-5) , [7-10]
Performance timelines
Key
W
F
SF
QF
#R
RR
Q#
P#
DNQ
A
Z#
PO
G
S
B
NMS
NTI
P
NH
(W) winner; (F) finalist; (SF) semifinalist; (QF) quarterfinalist; (#R) rounds 4, 3, 2, 1; (RR) round-robin stage; (Q#) qualification round; (P#) preliminary round; (DNQ) did not qualify; (A) absent; (Z#) Davis/Fed Cup Zonal Group (with number indication) or (PO) play-off; (G) gold, (S) silver or (B) bronze Olympic/Paralympic medal; (NMS) not a Masters tournament; (NTI) not a Tier I tournament; (P) postponed; (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
Current through the 2022 Australian Open .
Doubles
References
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