Uładzimir IhnatsikУладзімір Ігнацік File:Ignatik WMQ14 (8) (14583940296).jpg Country (sports) File:Flag of Belarus.svg Belarus Residence Minsk , BelarusBorn (1990-07-14 ) 14 July 1990 (age 34) Minsk, Byelorussian SSR , Soviet Union Height 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in) Turned pro 2007 Plays Right-handed (two-handed backhand) Coach Jan Stancik, Erik Csarnakovics Prize money $699,949 Career record 13–16 (at ATP Tour level, Grand Slam level, and in Davis Cup ) Career titles 0 Highest ranking No. 129 (19 June 2017) Australian Open Q2 (2017 ) French Open Q2 (2008 , 2014 , 2017 , 2018 , 2019 ) Wimbledon Q2 (2011 , 2014 , 2016 ) US Open Q3 (2018 ) Career record 3-1 (at ATP Tour level, Grand Slam level, and in Davis Cup ) Career titles 0 Highest ranking No. 117 (19 November 2012) Davis Cup 17–16 Last updated on: 4 April 2023.
Uładzimir Iharavich Ihnatsik (Belarusian : Уладзімір Ігаравіч Ігнацік ); or Vladimir Igorevich Ignatik (Russian : Владимир Игоревич Игнатик ); born 14 July 1990 in Belarus , is a Belarusian professional tennis player .
Professional career
Junior career
Igantik was ranked the No. 1 junior in the world in June 2007 after winning the boys' singles title at 2007 Roland Garros , and later finished runner-up at the 2007 Wimbledon Championships . Then as the top seed, Ignatik lost in the quarterfinals of the 2007 US Open .
Early career
Ignatik gained ATP points mainly by playing in Futures tournaments. He finished 2007 ranked 864 in the world, and 2008 ranked 431 in the world. Ignatik played his first two rubbers for Belarus in Davis Cup in 2008, at the age of 17, against Switzerland, losing in four sets to the top 20 player Stanislas Wawrinka , as well as losing a dead rubber to Yves Allegro in two sets. Ignatik got his first two wins in his next fixture against Georgia, defeating Lado Chikhladze in three sets, and Nodar Itonishvili in a dead rubber.
2009
Ignatik continued to play Futures in 2009. In May 2009, Ignatik retired in his first rubber against South Africa, which Belarus would go on to lose 5–0. In June Ignatik won his first Futures tournament in Poland. In August Ignatik hit a rich vein of form, reaching the final in a Futures in Serbia, followed by a win two weeks later in Poland. Two weeks later he won another Futures in Turkey, and the following week he won another in Spain. After this win Ignatik was ranked within the top 300, and began to participate in Challenger level tournaments.
In November, Ignatik got back-to-back quarter-finals in Jersey and Yokohama, before winning his first Challenger in Tokyo at the end of the month. He finished the year ranked No. 192 in the world.
2010
Ignatik began the year playing in the Futures circuit again, making it to the finals in one Futures tournament in Britain. After this, he went back to playing in the Challenger tour, but as of May, hadn't made it to the quarterfinals of any of these tournaments. In the Davis Cup , Ignatik lost both of his singles rubbers in a tie against Italy.
2011
Ignatik won his second Challenger in Guangzhou defeating Alexandre Kudryavtsev in the final.
2012
He won his third Challenger in Tashkent defeating Lukáš Lacko in the final.
ATP Challenger and ITF Futures finals
Singles: 33 (23–10)
Legend
ATP Challenger (5–2)
ITF Futures (18–8)
Finals by surface
Hard (10–5)
Clay (11–3)
Grass (0–0)
Carpet (2–2)
Result
W–L
Date
Tournament
Tier
Surface
Opponent
Score
Win
1–0
Jan 2008
USA F2, Miami
Futures
Hard
United States Todd Paul
4–6, 7–6(10–8) , 6–2
Loss
1–1
May 2008
Spain F18, Vic
Futures
Clay
Spain Javier Genaro-Martinez
4–6, 5–7
Win
2–1
Jun 2008
Belarus F1, Minsk
Futures
Hard
Latvia Deniss Pavlovs
6–1, 2–0, ret.
Loss
2–2
Mar 2009
USA F5, Harlingen
Futures
Hard
United States Jesse Witten
5–7, 4–6
Win
3–2
Jun 2009
Poland F3, Koszalin
Futures
Clay
Poland Marcin Gawron
6–1, 4–6, 6–2
Loss
3–3
Aug 2009
Serbia F4, Novi Sad
Futures
Clay
Serbia Dejan Katic
6–3, 3–6, 2–6
Win
4–3
Aug 2009
Poland F4, Olsztyn
Futures
Clay
Poland Marcin Gawron
6–1, 6–3
Win
5–3
Sep 2009
Turkey F9, Istanbul
Futures
Hard
Ukraine Denys Molchanov
6–2, 6–2
Win
6–3
Oct 2009
Spain F33, Martos
Futures
Hard
Spain Roberto Bautista Agut
6–1, 3–6, 7–6(7–3)
Win
7–3
Nov 2009
Toyota , Japan
Challenger
Carpet
Japan Tatsuma Ito
7–6(9–7) , 7–6(7–3)
Loss
7–4
Jan 2010
Great Britain F2, Sheffield
Futures
Hard
Italy Stefano Galvani
4–6, 6–4, 0–6
Win
8–4
Mar 2011
Guangzhou , China
Challenger
Hard
Russia Alexander Kudryavtsev
6–4, 6–4
Loss
8–5
Apr 2012
Uzbekistan F1, Namangan
Futures
Hard
Ukraine Ivan Sergeyev
6–7(5–7) , 1–6
Win
9–5
Jul 2012
Germany F8, Kassel
Futures
Clay
Czech Republic Jan Minář
6–4, 7–6(7–3)
Win
10–5
Oct 2012
Tashkent , Uzbekistan
Challenger
Hard
Slovakia Lukáš Lacko
6–3, 7–6(7–3)
Win
11–5
Nov 2013
Czech Republic F6, Jablonec nad Nisou
Futures
Carpet
Slovakia Karol Beck
6–2, 6–3
Loss
11–6
Dec 2013
Czech Republic F7, Opava
Futures
Carpet
Lithuania Laurynas Grigelis
6–4, 3–6, 6–7(2–7)
Win
12–6
Jan 2014
Germany F2, Stuttgart
Futures
Hard
Slovakia Karol Beck
4–6, 6–3, 7–6(7–3)
Win
13–6
Feb 2014
Croatia F2, Zagreb
Futures
Hard
Croatia Nikola Mektić
5–7, 6–3, 6–3
Win
14–6
Mar 2014
Croatia F3, Vrsar
Futures
Clay
France Tak Khunn Wang
6–2, 6–4
Loss
14–7
Jan 2015
Germany F2, Stuttgart
Futures
Hard
Germany Maximilian Marterer
4–6, 6–4, 5–7
Win
15–7
May 2015
Czech Republic F1, Prague
Futures
Clay
Czech Republic Jan Mertl
6–1, 6–3
Loss
15–8
May 2015
Czech Republic F2, Jablonec nad Nisou
Futures
Clay
Czech Republic Marek Michalička
6–7(4–7) , 5–7
Win
16–8
Jul 2015
Czech Republic F6, Brno
Futures
Clay
Czech Republic Jan Mertl
6–7(9–11) , 6–4, 6–1
Win
17–8
Aug 2015
Slovakia F3, Piešťany
Futures
Clay
Slovakia Filip Horanský
6–3, 7–5
Win
18–8
Feb 2016
Switzerland F1, Oberentfelden
Futures
Carpet
Germany Jan Choinski
6–4, 6–3
Win
19–8
Jul 2016
Czech Republic F5, Ústí nad Orlicí
Futures
Clay
Poland Pawel Cias
6–1, 6–4
Loss
19–9
Jul 2016
Prague , Czech Republic
Challenger
Clay
Colombia Santiago Giraldo
4–6, 6–3, 6–7(2–7)
Win
20–9
Aug 2016
Slovakia F2, Piešťany
Futures
Clay
Czech Republic Pavel Nejedly
6–0, 6–1
Loss
20–10
Sep 2016
Meknes , Morocco
Challenger
Clay
Germany Maximilian Marterer
6–7(3–7) , 3–6
Win
21–10
Jan 2017
Rennes , France
Challenger
Hard
Russia Andrey Rublev
6–7(6–8) , 6–3, 7–6(7–5)
Win
22–10
Nov 2017
Andria , Italy
Challenger
Hard
Belgium Christopher Heyman
6–7(3–7) , 6–4, 7–6(7–3)
Win
23–10
Oct 2020
M25 Pardubice , Czech Republic
World Tennis Tour
Clay
Czech Republic Jan Satral
6–3, 6–2
Doubles: 26 (10–16)
Legend
ATP Challenger (4–9)
ITF Futures (6–7)
Finals by surface
Hard (4–6)
Clay (4–8)
Grass (0–0)
Carpet (2–2)
Result
W–L
Date
Tournament
Tier
Surface
Partner
Opponents
Score
Win
1–0
Jan 2008
USA F3, Baton Rouge
Futures
Hard
Russia Andrey Kumantsov
United States Brian Battistone United States Dann Battistone
7–5, 6–4
Loss
1–1
Mar 2008
USA F6, McAllen
Futures
Hard
United States Adam El Mihdawy
Lithuania Ričardas Berankis Belarus Sergey Betov
3–6, 3–6
Win
2–1
Jan 2009
USA F1, Boca Raton
Futures
Clay
Armenia Tigran Martirosyan
Canada Milan Pokrajac Serbia Aleksander Slovic
6–4, 6–7(4–7) , [10–7]
Loss
2–2
May 2009
Poland F2, Kraków
Futures
Clay
Ukraine Denys Molchanov
Germany Martin Emmrich Chile Hans Podlipnik-Castillo
4–6, 6–7(5–7)
Loss
2–3
Oct 2009
Great Britain F15, Glasgow
Futures
Hard
United Kingdom Daniel Cox
United Kingdom Chris Eaton United Kingdom Dominic Inglot
0–6, 6–7(5–7)
Loss
2–4
Feb 2010
Tanger , Morocco
Challenger
Clay
Slovakia Martin Kližan
Belgium Steve Darcis Germany Dominik Meffert
7–5, 5–7, [7–10]
Loss
2–5
Mar 2010
Caltanissetta , Italy
Challenger
Clay
Slovakia Martin Kližan
Spain David Marrero Spain Santiago Ventura
6–7(3–7) , 4–6
Win
3–5
Apr 2010
Saint-Brieuc , France
Challenger
Clay
Spain David Marrero
United States Brian Battistone United States Ryler DeHeart
4–6, 6–4, [10–5]
Loss
3–6
Aug 2010
Salvador , Brazil
Challenger
Hard
Slovakia Martin Kližan
Brazil Franco Ferreiro Brazil André Sá
2–6, 4–6
Loss
3–7
Jan 2011
Brazil F1, São Paulo
Futures
Hard
Italy Thomas Fabbiano
Brazil Franco Ferreiro Brazil André Ghem
7–6(7–3) , 4–6, [3–10]
Loss
3–8
Jul 2011
Turin , Italy
Challenger
Clay
Slovakia Martin Kližan
Austria Martin Fischer Austria Philipp Oswald
3–6, 4–6
Win
4–8
Feb 2012
Wolfsburg , Germany
Challenger
Carpet
Lithuania Laurynas Grigelis
Poland Tomasz Bednarek France Olivier Charroin
7–5, 4–6, [10–5]
Win
5–8
Mar 2012
Cherbourg , France
Challenger
Hard
Lithuania Laurynas Grigelis
Germany Dustin Brown United Kingdom Jonathan Marray
4–6, 7–6(11–9) , [10–0]
Win
6–8
Apr 2012
Uzbekistan F2, Andijan
Futures
Hard
Latvia Deniss Pavlovs
Ukraine Vladyslav Manafov Belarus Yaraslav Shyla
6–4, 6–2
Loss
6–9
Jun 2012
Košice , Slovakia
Challenger
Clay
Belarus Andrei Vasilevski
Poland Tomasz Bednarek Poland Mateusz Kowalczyk
2–6, 7–5, [12–14]
Win
7–9
Sep 2012
Saint-Rémy-de-Provence , France
Challenger
Hard
Lithuania Laurynas Grigelis
Spain Jordi Marse-Vidri Spain C. Poch Gradin
6–7(4–7) , 6–3, [10–6]
Loss
7–10
Nov 2012
Helsinki , Finland
Challenger
Hard
Chinese Taipei Jimmy Wang
Russia Mikhail Elgin Slovakia Igor Zelenay
6–4, 6–7(0–7) , [4–10]
Loss
7–11
Aug 2013
Segovia , Spain
Challenger
Hard
Russia Mikhail Elgin
United Kingdom Ken Skupski United Kingdom Neal Skupski
3–6, 7–6(7–4) , [6–10]
Loss
7–12
Jan 2014
Germany F3, Kaarst
Futures
Carpet
Bulgaria Dimitar Kutrovsky
Georgia (country) Nikoloz Basilashvili Belarus Aliaksandr Bury
6–4, 4–6, [6–10]
Loss
7–13
May 2014
Czech Republic F3, Most
Futures
Clay
Czech Republic Dominik Kellovsky
Czech Republic Roman Jebavý Czech Republic Jan Šátral
4–6, 6–4, [5–10]
Win
8–13
Jul 2014
Czech Republic F6, Brno
Futures
Clay
Czech Republic Roman Jebavý
Czech Republic Dušan Lojda Czech Republic Václav Šafránek
6–1, 6–4
Loss
8–14
Jan 2016
Germany F3, Nußloch
Futures
Carpet
Belgium Niels Desein
Germany Johannes Härteis Germany Kevin Krawietz
7–6(7–5) , 4–6, [8–10]
Win
9–14
Feb 2016
Switzerland F2, Trimbach
Futures
Carpet
Slovakia Adrian Sikora
Germany Johannes Härteis Germany Kevin Krawietz
6–4, 5–7, [10–7]
Loss
9–15
Sep 2016
Kenitra , Morocco
Challenger
Clay
Austria Michael Linzer
Germany Kevin Krawietz Germany Maximilian Marterer
6–7(6–8) , 6–4, [6–10]
Loss
9–16
Apr 2017
Sophia Antipolis , France
Challenger
Clay
Slovakia Jozef Kovalík
France Tristan Lamasine Croatia Franko Škugor
2–6, 2–6
Win
10–16
Sep 2020
M25 Jablonec nad Nisou , Czech Republic
World Tennis Tour
Clay
Slovakia Lukas Klein
Czech Republic Filip Duda Czech Republic Petr Nouza
6–3, 7–6(7–4)
Junior Grand Slam Finals
Singles: 2 (1 title, 1 runner-up)
Singles performance timeline
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.
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