Radoslav Lukaev

Radoslav Lukaev (Bulgarian: Радослав Лукаев) (born 24 April 1982) is a former professional tennis player from Bulgaria.[1]

Radoslav Lukaev
Радослав Лукаев
Country (sports)Bulgaria Bulgaria
Born (1982-04-24) 24 April 1982
Burgas, Bulgaria
Height1.89 m (6 ft 2 in)
Turned pro2000
Retired2005
PlaysRight-handed
Prize moneyUS$ 55,014
Singles
Career record4–4
Career titles0
0 Challengers, 4 Futures
Highest rankingNo. 229 (23 September 2002)
Grand Slam singles results
WimbledonQ2 (2003)
US Open1R (2002)
Doubles
Career record3–2
Career titles0
1 Challengers, 2 Futures
Highest rankingNo. 301 (5 May 2003)

Lukaev made it into his first Grand Slam event at the 2002 US Open, with wins over Éric Prodon, Jaroslav Levinský and Peter Luczak in the qualifiers. He met Russian Nikolay Davydenko in the first round and lost in four sets.[2]

He played five Davis Cup ties for Bulgaria, winning seven of his 12 matches, with a 4–3 record in singles and 3–2 record in doubles. In 2005 he was called upon to play the fifth and deciding rubber against Finland's Tuomas Ketola and came out on top, in straight sets.[3]

Year-end rankings

Year 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005
Singles 1225 922 384 249 594 678 441
Doubles 1164 693 741 311 532 1277 495

Challenger and Futures finals

Singles: 5 (4–1)

Legend (singles)
ATP Challenger Tour (0–0)
ITF Futures (4–1)
Titles by surface
Hard (1–0)
Clay (3–1)
Grass (0–0)
Carpet (0–0)
Result W–L    Date    Tournament Tier Surface Opponent Score
Win 1–0 Aug 2001 Latvia F1, Jūrmala Futures Clay Poland Mariusz Fyrstenberg 6–2, 0–6, 6–2
Win 2–0 Aug 2001 Lithuania F1, Vilnius Futures Clay Sweden Jon Wallmark 7–6(7–3), 1–6, 6–3
Win 3–0 May 2002 Germany F3, Mannheim Futures Clay Germany Jan Weinzierl 6–3, 1–6, 7–6(7–2)
Loss 3–1 Jun 2002 France F11, Toulon Futures Clay Bulgaria Orlin Stanoytchev 2–6, 6–0, 5–7
Win 4–1 Jun 2005 Turkey F3, Istanbul Futures Hard North Macedonia Predrag Rusevski 6–2, 6–3

Doubles: 10 (3–7)

Legend (doubles)
ATP Challenger Tour (1–2)
ITF Futures (2–5)
Titles by surface
Hard (1–1)
Clay (1–6)
Grass (0–0)
Carpet (1–0)
Result W–L    Date    Tournament Tier Surface Partner Opponents Score
Loss 0–1 Sep 2000 Sofia, Bulgaria Challenger Clay Austria Luben Pampoulov Australia Dejan Petrovic
Bulgaria Orlin Stanoytchev
2–6, 7–6(7–5), 6–7(6–8)
Loss 0–2 Jul 2001 Macedonia F3, Skopje Futures Hard North Macedonia Predrag Rusevski Bulgaria Todor Enev
Bulgaria Milen Velev
2–6, 5–7
Loss 0–3 Aug 2001 Lithuania F1, Vilnius Futures Clay Estonia Mait Künnap Finland Lauri Kiiski
Finland Tero Vilen
2–6, 6–3, 5–7
Win 1–3 Mar 2002 France F8, Melun Futures Carpet (i) Poland Mariusz Fyrstenberg Bulgaria Todor Enev
Russia Dmitry Vlasov
6–2, 6–2
Loss 1–4 May 2002 Germany F3, Mannheim Futures Clay Austria Luben Pampoulov Germany Florian Jeschonek
Slovakia Ivo Klec
w/o
Loss 1–5 Jun 2002 Germany F7, Trier Futures Clay United States Hamid Mirzadeh Portugal Bernardo Mota
Argentina Diego Moyano
6–1, 1–6, 4–6
Loss 1–6 Jun 2002 France F11, Toulon Futures Clay Uzbekistan Dmitri Tomashevich France Sylvain Charrier
France John Thivolle
w/o
Win 2–6 May 2003 New Delhi, India Challenger Hard Russia Dmitry Vlasov Israel Jonathan Erlich
Israel Andy Ram
7–6(8–6), 4–6, 6–2
Win 3–6 Jul 2002 Serbia and Montenegro F4, Belgrade Futures Clay Bulgaria Todor Enev France Stéphane Robert
France Xavier Audouy
6–4, 6–7(7–9), 6–4
Loss 3–7 Aug 2005 Timișoara, Romania Challenger Clay Bulgaria Ilia Kushev Romania Ionuț Moldovan
Romania Gabriel Moraru
2–6, 0–6
  • w/o = Walkover

Davis Cup

Radoslav Lukaev debuted for the Bulgaria Davis Cup team in 2000. Since then he has 5 nominations with 5 ties played, his singles W/L record is 4–3 and doubles W/L record is 3–2 (7–5 overall).

Singles (4–3)

Edition Round Date Surface Opponent W/L Result
2003 Europe/Africa Zone Group II R1 4 April 2003 Carpet (I) Ukraine Andrei Dernovskiy W 6–3, 6–7(6–8), 6–3, 6–2
6 April 2003 Ukraine Orest Tereshchuk L 6–3, 3–6, 6–7(7–9), 3–6
QF 11 July 2003 Clay Serbia and Montenegro Boris Pašanski W 3–6, 6–4, 6–7(3–7), 6–4, 6–4
14 July 2003 Serbia and Montenegro Janko Tipsarević L 3–6, 1–6, 3–6
2005 Europe/Africa Zone Group II QF 15 July 2005 Clay Finland Jarkko Nieminen L 6–7(4–7), 3–6, 2–6
17 July 2005 Finland Tuomas Ketola W 7–6(7–5), 6–4, 6–1
SF 23 September 2005 Hard Ukraine Sergei Yaroshenko W 6–4, 6–4, 7–6(7–4)

Doubles (3–2)

Edition Round Date Partner Surface Opponents W/L Result
2000 Europe/Africa Zone Group II RPO 22 July 2000 Bulgaria Todor Enev Clay Israel Jonathan Erlich
Israel Harel Levy
W 6–4, 7–5, 7–6(7–5)
2003 Europe/Africa Zone Group II R1 5 April 2003 Bulgaria Todor Enev Carpet (I) Ukraine Andrei Dernovskiy
Ukraine Orest Tereshchuk
W 6–3, 6–4, 6–4
QF 13 July 2003 Bulgaria Todor Enev Clay Serbia and Montenegro Dejan Petrovic
Serbia and Montenegro Nenad Zimonjić
L 3–6, 1–6, 2–6
2005 Europe/Africa Zone Group II QF 16 July 2005 Bulgaria Ilia Kushev Clay Finland Jarkko Nieminen
Finland Lauri Kiiski
W 7–5, 6–3, 6–7(5–7), 6–3
SF 24 September 2005 Bulgaria Ilia Kushev Hard Ukraine Mikhail Filima
Ukraine Orest Tereshchuk
L 4–6, 2–6, 6–7(3–7)
  • RPO = Relegation Play-off

References

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