Slovak tennis player
Lukáš Lacko (Slovak pronunciation: [ˈlukaːʂ ˈlatskɔ] ; born 3 November 1987) is a former professionalSlovak 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 the2010 Australian Open , he lost in the second round to World No. 2 and defending championRafael Nadal 2–6, 2–6, 2–6.[ 2]
At the2010 French Open , he played and won the longest match of his career in the first round against AmericanMichael 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 theOpen Era at the French Open.[ 3] Lacko continued his second round streak in 2010 majors by defeating the 24th seedMarcos Baghdatis in four sets. He then lost a very tight five set second round match againstJérémy Chardy .He played in the2010 Atlanta Tennis Championships and upset former World No.1Lleyton Hewitt 6–2, 6–4 to advance to the quarterfinals.[ 4] At the2011 Qatar Open , he lost in the second round toRafael 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 toMikhail Youzhny in straight sets. At the2012 Summer Olympics , he lost in the first round in the men's singles, and in the first round of the men's doubles withMartin Kližan .[ 6] At the2014 French Open he lost in the first round toRoger Federer .
Lacko reached his second career ATP final at the2018 Eastbourne International losing toMischa 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 Koeck6–1, 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 Kallias3–6, 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 StatesChallenger Hard Scott Oudsema 6–7(5–7) , 2–6 Loss 4–7 May 2007 Rijeka , CroatiaChallenger Clay Marin Čilić 5–7, 2–6 Loss 4–8 Aug 2007 Istanbul , TurkeyChallenger Hard Mischa Zverev 4–6, 4–6 Win 5–8 Oct 2007 Kolding , DenmarkChallenger 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 , UzbekistanChallenger Hard Samuel Groth 4–6, 7–5, 7–6(7–4) Win 11–8 Nov 2009 Seoul , South KoreaChallenger Hard Dušan Lojda 6–4, 6–2 Loss 11–9 Nov 2010 Ortisei , ItalyChallenger Clay Michał Przysiężny 3–6, 5–7 Win 12–9 Sep 2011 Izmir , TurkeyChallenger Hard Marsel İlhan 6–4, 6–3 Win 13–9 Nov 2011 Bratislava , SlovakiaChallenger Hard Ričardas Berankis 7–6(9–7) , 6–2 Loss 13–10 Oct 2012 Tashkent , UzbekistanChallenger Hard Uladzimir Ignatik 3–6, 6–7(3–7) Win 14–10 Nov 2012 Helsinki , FinlandChallenger Hard Jarkko Nieminen 6–3, 6–4 Loss 14–11 Jul 2013 Granby , CanadaChallenger Hard Frank Dancevic 4–6, 7–6(7–4) , 3–6 Win 15–11 Nov 2013 Bratislava , SlovakiaChallenger Hard Lukáš Rosol 6–4, 4–6, 6–4 Loss 15–12 Apr 2014 Shenzhen , ChinaChallenger Hard Gilles Müller 6–7, 3–6 Win 16–12 Oct 2014 Tashkent , UzbekistanChallenger Hard Sergiy Stakhovsky 6–2, 6–3 Loss 16–13 Apr 2015 Ra'anana , IsraelChallenger Hard Nikoloz Basilashvili 6–4,4–6,3–6 Loss 16–14 May 2015 Busan , South KoreaChallenger Hard Chung Hyeon 3–6,1–6 Win 17–14 Sep 2015 Izmir , TurkeyChallenger Hard Marius Copil 6–3, 7–6(7–5) Loss 17–15 Oct 2015 Tashkent , UzbekistanChallenger Hard Denis Istomin 3–6, 4–6 Loss 17–16 Nov 2015 Bratislava , SlovakiaChallenger Hard Egor Gerasimov 6–7(1–7) , 6–7(5–7) Loss 17–17 Mar 2016 Guangzhou , ChinaChallenger Hard Nikoloz Basilashvili 1–6, 7–6(8–6) , 5–7 Win 18–17 Nov 2017 Bratislava , SlovakiaChallenger Hard Marius Copil 6–4, 7–6(7–4) Win 19–17 Nov 2017 Brescia , ItalyChallenger Hard Laurynas Grigelis 6–1, 6–2 Win 20–17 May 2018 Glasgow , United KingdomChallenger Hard Luca Vanni 4–6, 7–6(7–3) , 6–4 Win 21–17 Oct 2019 Ismaning , GermanyChallenger Carpet Maxime Cressy 6–3, 6–0 Win 22–17 Aug 2021 Mallorca , SpainChallenger Hard Yasutaka Uchiyama 5–7, 7–6(10–8) , 6–1 Loss 22–18 Oct 2021 Ismaning , GermanyChallenger 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 , IndiaChallenger Hard Kamil Čapkovič Sanchai Ratiwatana Sonchat Ratiwatana 6–3, 7–5 Loss 1–1 Jun 2006 Kosice , SlovakiaChallenger Clay Kamil Čapkovič Viktor Bruthans Pavel Snobel 5–7, 7–5, [4–10] Loss 1–2 May 2007 Rijeka , CroatiaChallenger 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 , FranceChallenger Hard Jiří Krkoška Ruben Bemelmans Niels Desein 6–1, 3–6, [10–3] Loss 3–3 Oct 2009 Tashkent , UzbekistanChallenger Hard Jiří Krkoška Denis Istomin Murad Inoyatov 6–7(4–7) , 4–6 Win 4–3 Nov 2011 Bratislava , SlovakiaChallenger Hard Jan Hájek Lukáš Rosol David Škoch 7–5, 7–5 Win 5–3 Oct 2014 Tashkent , UzbekistanChallenger Hard Ante Pavić Frank Moser Alexander Satschko 6–3, 3–6, [13–11] Loss 5–4 Jan 2020 Rennes , FranceChallenger Hard Teymuraz Gabashvili Antonio Sancic Tristan-Samuel Weissborn 5–7, 7–6(7–5) , [7–10]
Performance timelines [ edit ] 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 the2022 Australian Open .