Radu Albot

Albot at the 2023 Washington Open
Country (sports)	Moldova
Residence	Chișinău, Moldova
Born	(1989-11-11) 11 November 1989 (age 34) Kishinev, Moldavian SSR, Soviet Union (now Chișinău, Moldova)
Height	1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)
Turned pro	2008
Plays	Right-handed (two-handed backhand)
Coach	Magnus Tideman, Vladimir Albot
Prize money	US$5,047,968
Singles
Career record	102–141 (42.0% in ATP World Tour and Grand Slam main draw matches, and in Davis Cup)
Career titles	1
Highest ranking	No. 39 (5 August 2019)
Current ranking	No. 137 (5 February 2024)[1]
Grand Slam singles results
Australian Open	3R (2021, 2022)
French Open	2R (2018, 2019, 2020, 2023)
Wimbledon	3R (2018)
US Open	3R (2017)
Doubles
Career record	50–71 (41.3% in ATP World Tour and Grand Slam main draw matches, and in Davis Cup)
Career titles	1
Highest ranking	No. 56 (29 April 2019)
Current ranking	No. 1366 (5 February 2024)
Grand Slam doubles results
Australian Open	3R (2018, 2019)
French Open	QF (2015)
Wimbledon	3R (2022)
US Open	SF (2018)
Team competitions
Davis Cup	43–18
Last updated on: 5 February 2024.

Radu Albot (born 11 November 1989) is a Moldovan professional tennis player. He is the first player from Moldova to win ATP World Tour singles (2019 Delray Beach Open) and doubles (2015 Istanbul Open) titles.

Albot has won one ATP singles and one doubles title, 7 singles and 10 doubles Challenger titles in his career, as well as 14 singles and 7 doubles Futures titles. He has been a regular member of the Moldovan Davis Cup team since 2007 and holds his country's records for the most singles wins (28) and total wins (41).

His ATP singles ranking of No. 99 on 3 August 2015, made him the first Moldovan to break into the top 100. Albot achieved a career high ranking of No. 39 on 5 August 2019. He finished in the top 100 in the year-end rankings for five years (2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020). His year-end career high was in 2019 when he finished at No. 46.

Personal life

Albot became a father on 19 April 2020, after his girlfriend Doina, gave birth to daughter Adeline.^[2]

Tennis career

2013–16: Historic maiden ATP title

Radu Albot has achieved many firsts for a Moldovan professional tennis player. In September 2013 he won the ATP Challenger event in Fergana, Uzbekistan, becoming the first player from his country to win an ATP Challenger tournament. At the 2014 US Open, he won three straight matches in the men's qualifying tournament to gain a berth in the main draw, becoming the first Moldovan to play in the main draw of a Grand Slam Tournament.

In May 2015, Albot teamed up with Dušan Lajović to win the doubles title at the inaugural 2015 Istanbul Open, becoming the first Moldovan to win an ATP Tour level event. In October 2015, Albot together with his doubles partner František Čermák managed to reach the 2015 Kremlin Cup final, being defeated by Andrey Rublev and Dmitry Tursunov in the decisive set. In June 2016, he qualified for the 2016 Wimbledon Championships and won his first Grand Slam match in 4 attempts, defeating Gastão Elias in the first round.

2017–19: Historic ATP singles title & first Grand Slam doubles semifinal, top 40

In June 2017, Radu Albot reached the quarterfinals of the 2017 Antalya Open beating João Sousa and Paolo Lorenzi, before losing to Andreas Seppi in straight sets. In the same year, he played for the first time in the main draw of all four Grand Slam tournaments. He was a direct entry into the Australian Open, French Open and Wimbledon tournaments. Albot qualified for the 2017 US Open tournament and won two main draw matches before being defeated by Sam Querrey in the third round, his best singles finish at a Grand Slam to date.

In February 2018, Radu Albot reached the quarterfinals of the 2018 New York Open, winning matches against Bjorn Fratangelo and John Isner, but being eliminated by Kei Nishikori in the decisive third set.

He equalled his Grand Slam third round achievement at the 2018 Wimbledon Championships, defeating 20th seed Pablo Carreño Busta and Aljaz Bedene before eventually losing in the third round to John Isner.

At the 2018 US Open, he and partner Malek Jaziri reached the doubles semifinals. In September 2018, he reached his first ATP Tour level singles semifinals at the 2018 Moselle Open where he lost against the eventual tournament champion, Gilles Simon.^[3]

In 2019, Albot reached the semifinals of the 2019 Open Sud de France tournament, beating Philipp Kohlschreiber, Ernests Gulbis and Marcos Baghdatis, before losing to the eventual tournament champion Jo-Wilfried Tsonga.^[4][5]

In late February, he won the 2019 Delray Beach Open, making history as the first Moldovan to win an ATP singles title, knocking out Ivo Karlović, Nick Kyrgios, Steve Johnson and Mackenzie McDonald. In the final he defeated Dan Evans of Great Britain in a closely fought three-set match.^[6][7] At the same tournament he reached the semifinals in doubles with Japanese Yoshihito Nishioka.^[8] In March in Miami continuing his great form, he took a set off the eventual champion Roger Federer in his second round match.^[9][10]

In May, Albot reached the 2019 Geneva Open semifinal losing in the penultimate round against Nicolás Jarry.^[11] In August, seeded seventh, he reached his third semifinal of 2019 at the 2019 Los Cabos Open,^[12] losing to fifth seed Taylor Fritz.^[13] His three victories in the tournament put him at a total of 25 for the year, his most ATP tour wins in a season.

2020–21: Inaugural ATP Cup, Australian Open third round, struggles, out of top 100

In January 2020, Albot participated in the Inaugural 2020 ATP Cup in the Group stage as a member of the Moldovan team. He snapped an eighth -match losing streak at the opening round of Roland Garros and reached the quarterfinals at the 2020 Sofia Open with a win over top seed Denis Shapovalov.^[14]

Albot reached the third round at the 2021 Australian Open for the first time at this Major where he defeated World No. 13 Roberto Bautista Agut en route before losing to 24th seed Casper Ruud.^[15] In February, seeded sixth, he made his first semifinal in 19 months and of the year at the 2021 Singapore Tennis Open where he lost to Alexander Bublik.^[16][17] After eight first rounds losses he dropped out of the top 100 on 2 August 2021.

He finished with a 6-15 ATP win–loss record for the 2021 season, ranked No. 125.

2022–24: Consecutive Major third round, ATP semifinal in two years, back to Masters, 100th win

Albot reached the main draw at the 2022 Australian Open as a qualifier,^[18] and defeated Yoshihito Nishioka and Australian wildcard Aleksandar Vukic. He lost to Alexander Zverev in straight sets in the third round.^[19]

He won the title at the 2022 Istanbul Challenger defeating Lukáš Rosol.^[20] As a result, he moved back into the 100 to No. 92 on 19 September 2022.

He finished the 2022 season ranked No. 106.

He lost in the first round of the qualifications at the 2023 Australian Open to American Brandon Holt. At the 2023 Delray Beach Open he reached his first ATP semifinal since February 2021 by defeating second seeded Tommy Paul, which was his seventh top-20 career win and 99th career win overall.^[21] In the semifinals, he lost against fourth seed Miomir Kecmanović.^[22] As a result, he returned to the top 100 at No. 99 on 20 February 2023. In March, he entered the main draw of the 2023 BNP Paribas Open as a lucky loser directly into the second round, replacing 15th seed Pablo Carreño Busta who withdrew in the last minute.

In May, he qualified for the 2023 French Open and won his first round match against American wildcard Patrick Kypson. It was his 101th career win, having recorded his 100th match win at the Banja Luka Open in April.^[23]

Ranked No. 137, he qualified for the main draw at the 2024 Delray Beach Open.^[24]

Performance timelines

Singles

Current through the 2023 Canadian Open.

Doubles

ATP career finals

Singles: 1 (1 title)

Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Tier	Surface	Opponent	Score
Win	1–0	Feb 2019	Delray Beach Open, United States	250 Series	Hard	Dan Evans	3–6, 6–3, 7–6(9–7)

Doubles: 2 (1 title, 1 runner-up)

Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Tier	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Win	1–0	May 2015	Istanbul Open, Turkey	250 Series	Clay	Dušan Lajović	Robert Lindstedt Jürgen Melzer	6–4, 7–6(7–2)
Loss	1–1	Oct 2015	Kremlin Cup, Russia	250 Series	Hard (i)	František Čermák	Andrey Rublev Dmitry Tursunov	6–2, 1–6, [6–10]

ATP Challenger and ITF Futures finals

Singles: 35 (23–12)

Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Tier	Surface	Opponent	Score
Loss	0–1	Jun 2010	Romania F3, Bacău	Futures	Clay	Florian Reynet	1–6, 3–6
Loss	0–2	Oct 2010	Turkey F9, Antalya	Futures	Hard	Sam Groth	3–6, 1–6
Win	1–2	Oct 2010	Turkey F11, Antalya	Futures	Hard	Denys Molchanov	6–3, 4–6, 7–5
Win	2–2	Mar 2011	Turkey F7, Antalya	Futures	Clay	Ruan Roelofse	7–5, 6–4
Win	3–2	Apr 2011	Turkey F11, Antalya	Futures	Clay	Alejandro González	7–5, 6–3
Win	4–2	Apr 2011	Turkey F12, Antalya	Futures	Hard	Yannik Reuter	6–3, 7–6(7–1)
Win	5–2	Apr 2011	Turkey F13, Antalya	Futures	Hard	Peter Gojowczyk	6–3, 6–2
Win	6–2	May 2011	Italy F11, Cesena	Futures	Clay	Walter Trusendi	2–6, 6–2, 7–6(7–1)
Loss	6–3	Feb 2012	Turkey F6, Antalya	Futures	Hard	Daniel Smethurst	6–3, 5–7, 0–6
Win	7–3	Feb 2012	Turkey F7, Antalya	Futures	Hard	Aleksandr Lobkov	7–6(7–5), 6–3
Win	8–3	Mar 2012	Turkey F8, Antalya	Futures	Hard	Ádám Kellner	7–6(7–5), 6–2
Win	9–3	Apr 2012	Turkey F12, Antalya	Futures	Hard	Sergio Gutiérrez Ferrol	6–1, 6–3
Win	10–3	Apr 2012	Turkey F15, Antalya	Futures	Hard	Tomislav Brkić	6–1, 4–6, 6–1
Win	11–3	Apr 2012	Turkey F16, Antalya	Futures	Hard	Tomislav Brkić	3–6, 6–4, 7–6(7–3)
Loss	11–4	May 2012	Romania F1, Cluj	Futures	Clay	Marcin Gawron	1–6, 3–6
Win	12–4	Jun 2012	Romania F3, Bacău	Futures	Clay	Roman Borvanov	7–5, 6–4
Loss	12–5	Feb 2013	Turkey F7, Antalya	Futures	Hard	Yannik Reuter	6–7(4–7), 6–3, 2–6
Win	13–5	Mar 2013	Turkey F8, Antalya	Futures	Hard	Reid Carleton	6–1, 6–4
Win	14–5	Mar 2013	Turkey F9, Antalya	Futures	Hard	Marsel İlhan	6–3, 3–6, 7–6(9–7)
Loss	14–6	May 2013	Qarshi, Uzbekistan	Challenger	Hard	Teymuraz Gabashvili	4–6, 4–6
Win	15–6	Sep 2013	Fergana, Italy	Challenger	Hard	Ilija Bozoljac	7–6(11–9), 6–7(3–7), 6–1
Loss	15–7	Sep 2014	Sibiu, Romania	Challenger	Clay	Jason Kubler	4–6, 1–6
Win	16–7	Mar 2015	Kolkata, India	Challenger	Hard	James Duckworth	7–6(7–0), 6–1
Loss	16–8	Jun 2015	Moscow, Russia	Challenger	Clay	Daniel Muñoz de la Nava	0–6, 1–6
Loss	16–9	Jul 2015	Poznań, Poland	Challenger	Clay	Pablo Carreño Busta	4–6, 4–6
Loss	16–10	Aug 2015	Prague, Czech Republic	Challenger	Clay	Rogério Dutra Silva	2–6, 7–6(7–5), 4–6
Win	17–10	Jun 2016	Furth, Germany	Challenger	Clay	Jan-Lennard Struff	6–3, 6–4
Win	18–10	Jun 2016	Fergana, Uzbekistan	Challenger	Hard	Konstantin Kravchuk	6–4, 6–2
Win	19–10	Jul 2016	Poznań, Poland	Challenger	Clay	Clement Geens	6–2, 6–4
Loss	19–11	Oct 2017	Suzhou, China	Challenger	Hard	Miomir Kecmanović	4–6, 4–6
Win	20–11	Nov 2017	Shenzhen, China	Challenger	Hard	Hubert Hurkacz	7–6(8–6), 6–7(3–7), 6–4
Win	21–11	Oct 2018	Liuzhou, China	Challenger	Hard	Miomir Kecmanović	6–2, 4–6, 6–3
Win	22–11	Nov 2021	Pau, France	Challenger	Hard (i)	Jiří Lehečka	6–2, 7–6(7–5)
Win	23–11	Sep 2022	Istanbul, Turkey	Challenger	Hard	Lukáš Rosol	6–2, 6–0
Loss	23–12	Oct 2022	Busan, South Korea	Challenger	Hard	Kamil Majchrzak	4–6, 6–3, 2–6

Doubles: 37 (17 titles, 20 runners-up)

Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Tier	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Loss	0–1	Aug 2007	Germany F13, Munchen	Futures	Clay	Torsten Wietoska	David Klier Philipp Piyamongkol	walkover
Loss	0–2	Jun 2008	Romania F6, Bacău	Futures	Clay	Andrei Ciumac	Teodor-Dacian Crăciun Victor Ioniță	2–6, 6–3, [7–10]
Loss	0–3	Jul 2008	Romania F11, Bucharest	Futures	Clay	Andrei Ciumac	Vladislav Bondarenko Robert Varga	2–6, 6–7(2–7)
Loss	0–4	Jul 2008	Romania F13, Târgu Mureș	Futures	Clay	Andrei Ciumac	Andrea Arnaboldi Vladislav Bondarenko	7–5, 0–6, [1–10]
Win	1–4	Aug 2008	Romania F14, Oradea	Futures	Clay	Andrei Ciumac	Steven Goh Zakary van Min	7–6(7–5), 6–7(5–7), [10–3]
Loss	1–5	Apr 2009	Egypt F5, Suiz	Futures	Clay	Teodor-Dacian Crăciun	Andrey Kuznetsov Robert Varga	2–6, 4–6
Loss	1–6	May 2009	Romania F1, Cralova	Futures	Clay	Andrei Ciumac	Petru-Alexandru Luncanu Marius Copil	5–7, 1–6
Win	2–6	May 2009	Romania F2, Bucharest	Futures	Clay	Andrei Ciumac	Florin Mergea Costin Pavăl	6–1, 6–2
Loss	2–7	Jun 2009	Romania F5, Bacău	Futures	Clay	Andrei Ciumac	Tobias Klein Alexander Sadecky	4–6, 3–6
Win	3–7	Sep 2009	Germany F17, Kempten	Futures	Clay	Jiří Školoudík	James Lemke Richard Waite	6–1, 6–2
Win	4–7	May 2010	Romania F2, Pitești	Futures	Clay	Andrei Ciumac	Ivan Anikanov Artem Smirnov	2–6, 6–3, [10–7]
Loss	4–8	Aug 2010	Romania F9, Arad	Futures	Clay	Andrei Ciumac	Alexandru-Daniel Carpen Alexandru Catalin Marasin	4–6, 5–7
Loss	4–9	Sep 2010	Brașov, Romania	Challenger	Clay	Andrei Ciumac	Daniele Giorgini Flavio Cipolla	3–6, 4–6
Win	5–9	Mar 2011	Turkey F8, Antalya	Futures	Hard	Denys Molchanov	Roman Jebavý Adrian Sikora	6–7(3–7), 6–3, [12–10]
Loss	5–10	Mar 2011	Turkey F10, Antalya	Futures	Clay	Andrei Ciumac	Toni Androić Dino Marcan	1–6, 2–6
Win	6–10	May 2011	Italy F10, Aosta	Futures	Clay	Yasutaka Uchiyama	Hiroki Moriya Shuichi Sekiguchi	4–6, 7–5, [10–7]
Loss	6–11	Aug 2011	Samarkand, Uzbekistan	Challenger	Clay	Andrey Kuznetsov	Alexander Kudryavtsev Mikhail Elgin	6–7(4–7), 6–2, [7–10]
Loss	6–12	Aug 2011	Romania F9, Brașov	Futures	Clay	Andrei Ciumac	Adrian Cruciat Teodor-Dacian Crăciun	0–6, 6–3, [7–10]
Loss	6–13	Feb 2012	Turkey F6, Antalya	Futures	Hard	Andrei Ciumac	Germain Gigounon Yannik Reuter	6–7(6–8), 4–6
Loss	6–14	Feb 2012	Turkey F7, Antalya	Futures	Hard	Andrei Ciumac	Jorisde Loore Yannik Reuter	3–6, 6–7(6–8)
Win	7–14	Apr 2012	Mersin, Turkey	Challenger	Clay	Denys Molchanov	Alessandro Motti Simone Vagnozzi	6–0, 6–2
Win	8–14	May 2012	Ostrava, Czech Republic	Challenger	Clay	Teymuraz Gabashvili	Adam Pavlásek Jiří Veselý	7–5, 5–7, [10–8]
Loss	8–15	Apr 2013	Mersin, Turkey	Challenger	Clay	Oleksandr Nedovyesov	Andreas Beck Dominik Meffert	7–5, 3–6, [8–10]
Loss	8–16	May 2013	Samarkand, Uzbekistan	Challenger	Clay	Jordan Kerr	Farrukh Dustov Oleksandr Nedovyesov	1–6, 6–7(7–9)
Win	9–16	Oct 2013	Kazan, Russia	Challenger	Hard	Farrukh Dustov	Egor Gerasimov Dzmitry Zhyrmont	6–2, 6–7(3–7), [10–7]
Win	10–16	Mar 2014	China F1, Guangzhou	Futures	Hard	Christopher Rungkat	Claudio Grassi Ricadro Ghedin	1–6, 7–5, [10–7]
Win	11–16	Apr 2014	Mersin, Turkey	Challenger	Clay	Jaroslav Pospíšil	Thomas Fabbiano Matteo Viola	7–6(9–7), 6–1
Win	12–16	May 2014	Rome, Italy	Challenger	Clay	Artem Sitak	Andrea Arnaboldi Flavio Cipolla	4–6, 6–2, [11–9]
Loss	12–17	Jun 2014	Arad, Romania	Challenger	Clay	Artem Sitak	Franko Škugor Antonio Velc	4–6, 6–7(3–7)
Win	13–17	Jul 2014	Poznań, Poland	Challenger	Clay	Adam Pavlásek	Tomasz Bednarek Henri Kontinen	7–5, 2–6, [10–8]
Loss	13–18	Jul 2014	Oberstaufen, Germany	Challenger	Clay	Mateusz Kowalczyk	Wesley Koolhof Alessandro Motti	6–7(7–9), 3–6
Win	14–18	Aug 2014	San Marino, San Marino	Challenger	Clay	Enrique López Pérez	Franko Škugor Adrian Ungur	6–4, 6–1
Loss	14–19	Feb 2015	Burnie, Australia	Challenger	Hard	Matthew Ebden	Carsten Ball Matt Reid	5–7, 4–6
Win	15–19	Feb 2015	Launceston, Australia	Challenger	Hard	Mitchell Krueger	Adam Hubble Rubin Statham	3–6, 7–5, [11–9]
Win	16–19	Oct 2017	Ningbo, China	Challenger	Hard	Rubin Statham	Jeevan Nedunchezhiyan Christopher Rungkat	7–5, 6–3
Loss	16–20	Mar 2018	Irving, United States	Challenger	Hard	Matthew Ebden	Alexander Peya Philipp Petzschner	2–6, 4–6
Win	17–20	Sep 2021	Istanbul, Turkey	Challenger	Hard	Alexander Cozbinov	Antonio Šančić Artem Sitak	4–6, 7–5, [11–9]

Davis Cup

Singles performances (28–8)

Doubles performances (13-9)

Best Grand Slam results details

Australian Open 2021 Australian Open Round Opponent Score 1R Roberto Bautista Agut (12) 6–7(1–7), 6–0, 6–4, 7–6(7–5) 2R Christopher O'Connell (WC) 6–2, 7–5, 7–6(10–8) 3R Casper Ruud (24) 1–6, 7–5, 4–6, 4–6 2022 Australian Open (Qualifier) Round Opponent Score Q1 Filippo Baldi (PR) 7–6(8–6), 6–2 Q2 Yosuke Watanuki 6–1, 2–6, 6–2 Q3 João Sousa (17) 6–4, 6–4 1R Yoshihito Nishioka 6–3, 6–4, 4–6, 6–2 2R Aleksandar Vukic (WC) 6–4, 7–6(7–4), 6–4 3R Alexander Zverev (3) 3–6, 4–6, 4–6

French Open 2018 French Open Round Opponent Score 1R Grégoire Barrère (WC) 4–6, 0–6, 7–5, 6–1, 6–2 2R Damir Džumhur (26) 3–6, 3–6, 7–5, 6–1, 5–7 2019 French Open Round Opponent Score 1R Tennys Sandgren (Q) 7–6(7–3), 7–6(7–1), 3–6, 6–1 2R Jan-Lennard Struff 6–7(2–7), 6–7(3–7), 7–6(7–4), 2–6 2020 French Open Round Opponent Score 1R Jordan Thompson 6–2, 6–4, 6–1 2R Taylor Fritz (27) 3–6, 2–6, 4–6

Wimbledon Championships 2018 Wimbledon Round Opponent Score 1R Pablo Carreño Busta (20) 3–6, 6–0, 6–7(5–7), 6–2, 6–1 2R Aljaž Bedene 6–2, 4–6, 7–6(7–3), 5–7, 6–3 3R John Isner (9) 3–6, 3–6, 4–6

US Open 2017 US Open (Qualifier) Round Opponent Score Q1 João Domingues 6–0, 6–1 Q2 Cristian Garín 6–4, 6–4 Q3 Frank Dancevic (PR) 6–2, 6–4 1R Ernesto Escobedo 7–5, 4–6, 6–2, 6–4 2R Lu Yen-hsun 6–2, 7–6(9–7), 5–7, 0–6, 7–6(7–2) 3R Sam Querrey (17) 6–4, 2–6, 4–6, 4–6

Record against other players

Record against top 10 players

Albot's record against players that have been in the ATP top 10, with active players in bold.

Opponent	Highest ranking	Matches	Won	Lost	Win %	Last match
Number 1 ranked players
Daniil Medvedev	1	1	0	1	0%	Lost (3–6, 1–6) at 2019 Monte Carlo Masters 2R
Roger Federer	1	2	0	2	0%	Lost (0–6, 3–6) at 2019 Swiss Indoors 2R
Number 3 ranked players
Marin Čilić	3	2	1	1	50%	Won (6–4, 7–6(8–6)) at 2019 Cincinnati 1R
Grigor Dimitrov	3	1	0	1	0%	Lost (2–6, 3–6) at 2020 ATP Cup RR
David Ferrer	3	1	0	1	0%	Lost (6–4, 5–7, 1–6, 0–6) at 2015 US Open 1R
Stefanos Tsitsipas	3	1	0	1	0%	Lost (6–7(2–7), 2–6) at 2018 Indian Wells Masters 1R
Alexander Zverev	3	2	0	2	0%	Lost (3–6, 4–6, 4–6) at 2022 Australian Open 3R
Number 4 ranked players
Kei Nishikori	4	1	0	1	0%	Lost (6–4, 3–6, 1–6) at 2018 New York Open QF
Number 5 ranked players
Kevin Anderson	5	1	0	1	0%	Lost (4–6, 3–6) at 2018 Acapulco 1R
Andrey Rublev	5	1	0	1	0%	Lost (1–6, 2–6) at 2020 Paris Masters 2R
Jo-Wilfried Tsonga	5	1	0	1	0%	Lost (1–6, 3–6) at 2019 Montpellier SF
Number 6 ranked players
Gilles Simon	6	3	1	2	33%	Won (6–4, 6–2) at 2019 Montreal 1R
Gaël Monfils	6	1	0	1	0%	Lost (6–4, 4–6, 1–6) at 2019 Paris Masters 3R
Matteo Berrettini	6	2	0	2	0%	Lost (3–6, 7–6(7–3), 1–6) at 2018 Kitzbühel 2R
Number 7 ranked players
Casper Ruud	7	2	0	2	0%	Lost (1–6, 7–5, 4–6, 4–6) at 2021 Australian Open 3R
Fernando Verdasco	7	3	0	3	0%	Lost (2–6, 6–3, 1–6) at 2019 Mutua Madrid Open 1R
David Goffin	7	4	0	4	0%	Lost (4–6, 1–6) at 2020 ATP Cup RR
Number 8 ranked players
Marcos Baghdatis	8	1	1	0	100%	Won (6–2, 7–6(7–2)) at 2019 Montpellier QF
Janko Tipsarević	8	1	1	0	100%	Won (7–5, 2–6, 6–0) at 2019 Los Cabos 1R
Mikhail Youzhny	8	1	1	0	100%	Won (4–6, 7–6(8–6), 7–5) at 2017 Gstaad 1R
John Isner	8	4	1	3	25%	Lost (3–6, 3–6, 4–6) at 2018 Wimbledon 3R
Diego Schwartzman	8	1	0	1	0%	Lost (4–6, 2–6) at 2019 Cincinnati Masters 3R
Jack Sock	8	2	0	2	0%	Lost (6–3, 3–6, 6–7(2–7)) at 2020 Delray Beach 1R
Number 9 ranked players
Roberto Bautista Agut	9	1	1	0	100%	Won (6–7(1–7), 6–0, 6–4, 7–6(7–5)) at 2021 Australian Open 2R
Nicolás Almagro	9	2	1	1	50%	Won (7–6(8–6), 6–3) at 2017 Marrakesh 1R
Fabio Fognini	9	3	1	2	33%	Lost (6–7(6–8), 3–6) at 2019 Rome Masters 2R
Number 10 ranked players
Ernests Gulbis	10	1	1	0	100%	Won (7–6(7–5), 4–6, 6–4) at 2019 Montpellier 2R
Denis Shapovalov	10	1	1	0	100%	Won (6–2, 6–4) at 2020 Sofia 2R
Pablo Carreño Busta	10	2	1	1	50%	Lost (3–6, 4–6) at 2019 Chengdu 1R
Total		49	12	37	24%	* Statistics correct as of 5 May 2022