Slovak tennis player
Lukáš Lacko Country (sports) Slovakia Residence Bratislava , SlovakiaBorn (1987-11-03 ) 3 November 1987 (age 36) Piešťany , 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 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 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.
Lukáš Lacko (Slovak pronunciation: [ˈlukaːʂ ˈlatskɔ] ; 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.
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 )
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 Kližan .[ 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 [ edit ]
Singles: 2 (2 runner-ups)[ edit ]
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)[ edit ]
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 [ edit ]
Singles: 40 (22–18)[ edit ]
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 Čilić
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
Dušan Lojda
6–4, 6–2
Loss
11–9
Nov 2010
Ortisei , Italy
Challenger
Clay
Michał Przysiężny
3–6, 5–7
Win
12–9
Sep 2011
Izmir , Turkey
Challenger
Hard
Marsel İlhan
6–4, 6–3
Win
13–9
Nov 2011
Bratislava , Slovakia
Challenger
Hard
Ričardas 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
Lukáš 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
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 Čapkovič
Sanchai Ratiwatana Sonchat Ratiwatana
6–3, 7–5
Loss
1–1
Jun 2006
Kosice , Slovakia
Challenger
Clay
Kamil Čapkovič
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
Jiří Krkoška
Ruben Bemelmans Niels Desein
6–1, 3–6, [10–3]
Loss
3–3
Oct 2009
Tashkent , Uzbekistan
Challenger
Hard
Jiří Krkoška
Denis Istomin Murad Inoyatov
6–7(4–7) , 4–6
Win
4–3
Nov 2011
Bratislava , Slovakia
Challenger
Hard
Jan Hájek
Lukáš Rosol David Škoch
7–5, 7–5
Win
5–3
Oct 2014
Tashkent , Uzbekistan
Challenger
Hard
Ante Pavić
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]
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.
Current through the 2022 Australian Open .