Irakli Labadze
Irakli Labadze 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 [Wimbledon Championships – Boys' singles|1998] and losing to future World No.1 Roger Federer. Together with Lovro Zovko he won the 1999 French Open 1999 [French Open – Boys' doubles|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 [Pacific Life Open – Men's singles|2004 Indian Wells Masters]. After defeating Carlos Moyá and James Blake, he lost to Tim Henman in straight sets.
ATP career finals
Doubles: 3 (3 runner-ups)
| Result | W–L | Date | Tournament | Tier | Surface | Partner | Opponents | Score | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Loss | 0–1 | 2001 [Idea Prokom Open – Men's doubles|] | Sopot, Poland | International Series | Clay |  ATP Challenger and ITF Futures finalsSingles: 18 (10–8)
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dts|Mar 1999