Irakli Labadze (, ; born June 9, 1981) is a Georgian retired professional tennis player. His career-high singles ranking was World No. 42, which he attained in July 2004. He was the first Georgian player to reach the fourth round at Wimbledon as a qualifier.
Career
Juniors
Labadze had a successful junior career, notably reaching the final of the Wimbledon boys' singles in 1998 and losing to future World No.1 Roger Federer. Together with Lovro Zovko he won the 1999 French Open boys' doubles.
Pro tour
Labadze's most successful appearance at a Grand Slam event came at the 2006 Wimbledon Championships, where he reached the fourth round. After eliminating Gastón Gaudio and Mardy Fish, he was defeated by the eventual runner-up Rafael Nadal in three sets. It was to be his last appearance in the singles main draw at a major championship.
Labadze's best result in Masters 1000 tournaments was reaching the semifinals of the 2004 Indian Wells Masters. After defeating Carlos Moyá and James Blake, he lost to Tim Henman in straight sets.
Junior Grand Slam finals
Singles: 1 (1 runner-up)
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|- style="background:#ccffcc;"
|style="background:#ffa07a;"|Loss||1998||Wimbledon||Grass|| Roger Federer||4–6, 4–6
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Doubles: 1 (1 title)
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|- style="background:#ebc2af;"
|style="background:#98fb98;"|Win||1999||French Open||Clay|| Lovro Zovko|| Kristian Pless <br> Olivier Rochus||6–1, 7–6
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ATP career finals
Doubles: 3 (3 runner-ups)
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!class="unsortable"|W–L
!Date
!Tournament
!Tier
!Surface
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!Opponents
!class="unsortable"|Score
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|style="background:#ffa07a;"|Loss
|<small>0–1</small>
|2001 Idea Prokom Open – Men's doubles|
|Sopot, Poland
|International Series
|Clay
| Attila Sávolt
| Paul Hanley <br> Nathan Healey
|6–7<sup>(10–12)</sup>, 2–6
|-
|style="background:#ffa07a;"|Loss
|<small>0–2</small>
|2001 St. Petersburg Open – Doubles|
|St. Petersburg, Russia
|International Series
|Hard
| Marat Safin
| Denis Golovanov <br> Yevgeny Kafelnikov
|5–7, 4–6
|-
|style="background:#ffa07a;"|Loss
|<small>0–3</small>
|2002 St. Petersburg Open – Doubles|
|St. Petersburg, Russia
|International Series
|Hard
| Marat Safin
| David Adams <br> Jared Palmer
|6–7<sup>(8–10)</sup>, 3–6
|}
ATP Challenger and ITF Futures finals
Singles: 18 (10–8)
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!Result
!class="unsortable"|W–L
!Date
!Tournament
!Tier
!Surface
!Opponent
!class="unsortable"|Score
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|style="background:#ffa07a;"|Loss
|<small>0-1</small>
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|style="background:#cffcff;"|USA F1, Altamonte Springs
|style="background:#cffcff;"|Futures
|Hard
| James Blake
|2–6, 2–6
|-
|style="background:#ffa07a;"|Loss
|<small>0-2</small>
|
|style="background:#cffcff;"|Philippines F2, Manila
|style="background:#cffcff;"|Futures
|Hard
| Jan Hermansson
|6–1, 4–6, 1–6
|-
|style="background:#ffa07a;"|Loss
|<small>0-3</small>
|
|style="background:#cffcff;"|USA F4, Vero Beach
|style="background:#cffcff;"|Futures
|Clay
| Michael Russell
|6–7, 3–6
|-
|style="background:#ffa07a;"|Loss
|<small>0-4</small>
|
|style="background:#cffcff;"|Mexico F6, Chihuahua
|style="background:#cffcff;"|Futures
|Hard
| Solon Peppas
|4–6, 4–6
|-
|style="background:#98fb98;"|Win
|<small>1-4</small>
|
|style="background:#cffcff;"|USA F3, Boca Raton
|style="background:#cffcff;"|Futures
|Hard
| Marcos Daniel
|6–4, 6–4
|-
|style="background:#98fb98;"|Win
|<small>2-4</small>
|
|style="background:moccasin;"|Fürth, Germany
|style="background:moccasin;"|Challenger
|Clay
| Daniel Elsner
|6–4, 6–4
|-
|style="background:#98fb98;"|Win
|<small>3-4</small>
|
|style="background:moccasin;"|Birmingham, United States
|style="background:moccasin;"|Challenger
|Clay
| James Blake
|6–2, 6–3
|-
|style="background:#98fb98;"|Win
|<small>4-4</small>
|
|style="background:moccasin;"|Bucharest, Romania
|style="background:moccasin;"|Challenger
|Clay
| Emilio Benfele Álvarez
|6–4, 6–2
|-
|style="background:#ffa07a;"|Loss
|<small>4-5</small>
|
|style="background:moccasin;"|Ulm, Germany
|style="background:moccasin;"|Challenger
|Clay
| Nikolay Davydenko
|6–4, 6–7<sup>(2–7)</sup>, 5–7
|-
|style="background:#ffa07a;"|Loss
|<small>4-6</small>
|
|style="background:moccasin;"|Manerbio, Italy
|style="background:moccasin;"|Challenger
|Clay
| Attila Sávolt
|5–7, 2–6
|-
|style="background:#98fb98;"|Win
|<small>5-6</small>
|
|style="background:moccasin;"|Brest, France
|style="background:moccasin;"|Challenger
|Hard
| Paradorn Srichaphan
|6–4, 7–5
|-
|style="background:#98fb98;"|Win
|<small>6-6</small>
|
|style="background:moccasin;"|Kyiv, Ukraine
|style="background:moccasin;"|Challenger
|Clay
| Gorka Fraile
|6–0, 4–6, 6–4
|-
|style="background:#ffa07a;"|Loss
|<small>6-7</small>
|
|style="background:moccasin;"|Grenoble, France
|style="background:moccasin;"|Challenger
|Hard
| Michaël Llodra
|4–6, 3–6
|-
|style="background:#ffa07a;"|Loss
|<small>6-8</small>
|
|style="background:moccasin;"|Mönchengladbach, Germany
|style="background:moccasin;"|Challenger
|Clay
| Daniel Elsner
|1–6, 6–2, 3–6
|-
|style="background:#98fb98;"|Win
|<small>7-8</small>
|
|style="background:moccasin;"|Kyiv, Ukraine
|style="background:moccasin;"|Challenger
|Clay
| Petr Kralert
|6–1, 6–2
|-
|style="background:#98fb98;"|Win
|<small>8-8</small>
|
|style="background:moccasin;"|Saint-Jean-de-Luz, France
|style="background:moccasin;"|Challenger
|Hard
| Fabrice Santoro
|1–6, 7–6<sup>(7–4)</sup>, 6–4
|-
|style="background:#98fb98;"|Win
|<small>9-8</small>
|
|style="background:moccasin;"|Dnipropetrovsk, Ukraine
|style="background:moccasin;"|Challenger
|Hard
| Harel Levy
|6–3, 3–6, 6–1
|-
|style="background:#98fb98;"|Win
|<small>10-8</small>
|
|style="background:moccasin;"|Biella, Italy
|style="background:moccasin;"|Challenger
|Clay
| Carlos Berlocq
|7–6<sup>(7–4)</sup>, 6–0
|}
Doubles: 14 (6–8)
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!Result
!class="unsortable"|W–L
!Date
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!Tier
!Surface
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!class="unsortable"|Score
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|style="background:#ffa07a;"|Loss
|<small>0–1</small>
|
|style="background:#cffcff;"|Philippines F1, Manila
|style="background:#cffcff;"|Futures
|Hard
| Dmitry Tursunov
| Marcus Hilpert <br> Andrew Rueb
|4–6, 6–7
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|style="background:#98fb98;"|Win
|<small>1–1</small>
|
|style="background:#cffcff;"|USA F4, Vero Beach
|style="background:#cffcff;"|Futures
|Clay
| Lovro Zovko
| Hugo Armando <br> Mitch Sprengelmeyer
|7–6, 7–6
|-
|style="background:#ffa07a;"|Loss
|<small>1–2</small>
|
|style="background:#cffcff;"|Mexico F5, Playa del Carmen
|style="background:#cffcff;"|Futures
|Hard
| Diego Ayala
| Flávio Saretta <br> Leonardo Silva
|5–7, 6–7
|-
|style="background:#ffa07a;"|Loss
|<small>1–3</small>
|
|style="background:#cffcff;"|USA F1, Pembroke Pines
|style="background:#cffcff;"|Futures
|Hard
| Rafael De Mesa
| Gareth Williams <br> Jeff Williams
|4–6, 1–6
|-
|style="background:#ffa07a;"|Loss
|<small>1–4</small>
|
|style="background:moccasin;"|Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam
|style="background:moccasin;"|Challenger
|Hard
| Kevin Ullyett
| Michael Hill <br> Todd Woodbridge
|3–6, 4–6
|-
|style="background:#ffa07a;"|Loss
|<small>1–5</small>
|
|style="background:moccasin;"|Budapest, Hungary
|style="background:moccasin;"|Challenger
|Clay
| Dinu-Mihai Pescariu
| Thomas Shimada <br> Myles Wakefield
|2–6, 6–3, 3–6
|-
|style="background:#98fb98;"|Win
|<small>2–5</small>
|
|style="background:moccasin;"|Quito, Ecuador
|style="background:moccasin;"|Challenger
|Clay
| Francisco Costa
| Eric Nunez <br> Martin Stringari
|6–2, 7–6<sup>(7–4)</sup>
|-
|style="background:#98fb98;"|Win
|<small>3–5</small>
|
|style="background:moccasin;"|Santiago, Chile
|style="background:moccasin;"|Challenger
|Clay
| Dušan Vemić
| Joan Balcells <br> Germán Puentes Alcañiz
|6–3, 6–4
|-
|style="background:#ffa07a;"|Loss
|<small>3–6</small>
|
|style="background:moccasin;"|Kyiv, Ukraine
|style="background:moccasin;"|Challenger
|Clay
| Yuri Schukin
| Federico Browne <br> Fred Hemmes
|4–6, 3–6
|-
|style="background:#98fb98;"|Win
|<small>4–6</small>
|
|style="background:moccasin;"|Mönchengladbach, Germany
|style="background:moccasin;"|Challenger
|Clay
| Rogier Wassen
| Karsten Braasch <br> Franz Stauder
|6–7<sup>(4–7)</sup>, 6–2, 6–2
|-
|style="background:#98fb98;"|Win
|<small>5–6</small>
|
|style="background:moccasin;"|Reggio Emilia, Italy
|style="background:moccasin;"|Challenger
|Clay
| Yuri Schukin
| Francesco Aldi <br> Tomas Tenconi
|6–4, 6–3
|-
|style="background:#ffa07a;"|Loss
|<small>5–7</small>
|
|style="background:moccasin;"|Trani, Italy
|style="background:moccasin;"|Challenger
|Clay
| Giorgio Galimberti
| Carlos Berlocq <br> Cristian Villagrán
|6–4, 2–6, 4–6
|-
|style="background:#ffa07a;"|Loss
|<small>5–8</small>
|
|style="background:moccasin;"|Aachen, Germany
|style="background:moccasin;"|Challenger
|Carpet
| Tomasz Bednarek
| Ernests Gulbis <br> Mischa Zverev
|7–6<sup>(7–5)</sup>, 4–6, [8–10]
|-
|style="background:#98fb98;"|Win
|<small>6–8</small>
|
|style="background:moccasin;"|Samarkand, Uzbekistan
|style="background:moccasin;"|Challenger
|Clay
| Denis Matsukevich
| Danila Arsenov <br> Vaja Uzakov
|7–6<sup>(7–1)</sup>, 4–6, [10–3]
|}
Performance timeline
Singles
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!Tournament!!1999!!2000!!2001!!2002!!2003!!2004!!2005!!2006!!2007!!2008!!SR!!W–L!!Win%
|-
|colspan=25 style=text-align:left|Grand Slam tournaments
|-
|align=left|Australian Open
|A
|A
|bgcolor=ecf2ff|Q1
|bgcolor=afeeee|1R
|bgcolor=afeeee|1R
|bgcolor=afeeee|1R
|bgcolor=afeeee|1R
|A
|A
|A
!0 / 4
!0–4
!
|-
|align=left|French Open
|A
|A
|bgcolor=ecf2ff|Q2
|bgcolor=afeeee|2R
|bgcolor=afeeee|1R
|bgcolor=afeeee|2R
|bgcolor=ecf2ff|Q2
|bgcolor=ecf2ff|Q1
|A
|A
!0 / 3
!2–3
!
|-
|align=left|Wimbledon
|bgcolor=ecf2ff|Q1
|bgcolor=ecf2ff|Q2
|bgcolor=ecf2ff|Q2
|bgcolor=afeeee|2R
|bgcolor=afeeee|1R
|bgcolor=afeeee|2R
|bgcolor=ecf2ff|Q2
|bgcolor=afeeee|4R
|A
|bgcolor=ecf2ff|Q1
!0 / 4
!5–4
!
|-
|align=left|US Open
|A
|bgcolor=ecf2ff|Q1
|A
|bgcolor=afeeee|1R
|A
|bgcolor=afeeee|1R
|A
|A
|A
|A
!0 / 2
!0–2
!
|-
!style=text-align:left|Win–loss
!0–0
!0–0
!0–0
!2–4
!0–3
!2–4
!0–1
!3–1
!0–0
!0–0
!0 / 13
!7–13
!
|-
|colspan=15 align=left|ATP World Tour Masters 1000
|-
|align=left|Indian Wells
|A
|A
|A
|A
|A
|bgcolor=yellow|SF
|bgcolor=afeeee|1R
|A
|A
|A
!0 / 2
!5–2
!
|-
|align=left|Miami
|A
|A
|A
|bgcolor=afeeee|1R
|bgcolor=ecf2ff|Q2
|bgcolor=afeeee|1R
|bgcolor=afeeee|2R
|A
|A
|A
!0 / 3
!1–3
!
|-
|align=left|Monte Carlo
|A
|A
|A
|bgcolor=ecf2ff|Q1
|A
|A
|A
|A
|A
|A
!0 / 0
!0–0
!
|-
|align=left|Hamburg
|A
|A
|A
|A
|bgcolor=ecf2ff|Q2
|bgcolor=afeeee|2R
|A
|A
|A
|A
!0 / 1
!1–1
!
|-
|align=left|Rome
|A
|A
|A
|bgcolor=ecf2ff|Q1
|bgcolor=ecf2ff|Q2
|bgcolor=afeeee|2R
|A
|A
|A
|A
!0 / 1
!1–1
!
|-
|align=left|Madrid
|align="center" colspan="3" style="color:#cccccc;"|Not Held
|A
|A
|bgcolor=afeeee|1R
|A
|A
|A
|A
!0 / 1
!0–1
!
|-
|align=left|Canada
|A
|A
|A
|A
|A
|bgcolor=afeeee|1R
|A
|A
|A
|A
!0 / 1
!0–1
!
|-
|align=left|Cincinnati
|A
|A
|A
|A
|A
|bgcolor=afeeee|1R
|A
|A
|A
|A
!0 / 1
!0–1
!
|-
|align=left|Paris
|A
|A
|A
|A
|bgcolor=ecf2ff|Q1
|A
|A
|A
|A
|A
!0 / 0
!0–0
!
|-
!style=text-align:left|Win–loss
!0–0
!0–0
!0–0
!0–1
!0–0
!7–7
!1–2
!0–0
!0–0
!0–0
!0 / 10
!8–10
!
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