Lukáš Lacko

Lukáš Lacko (Slovak pronunciation: [ˈlukaːʃ ˈlat͡sko], LOO-kahsh LAHT-skoh; born 3 November 1987) is a professional Slovak tennis player. His career-high ATP singles ranking is World No. 44, achieved in January 2013.

Juniors

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)

Pro tour

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. 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-minute 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.

Lacko continued his 2nd round streak in 2010 majors by defeating the 24th seed Marcos Baghdatis in four sets. He then lost a very tight five set 2nd round match against Jérémy Chardy.

Lacko played in the 2010 Atlanta Tennis Championships and upset former World No.1 Lleyton Hewitt 6–2, 6–4 to advance to the quarterfinals.

At the 2011 Qatar Open, he lost in the second round to Rafael Nadal, despite achieving the rare feat of winning a set against Nadal 6–0.

He reached his first singles ATP final in Zagreb 2012, where he lost to Mikhail Youzhny in straight sets.

At the 2014 French Open he lost in the first round to Roger Federer.

Singles: 1 (0–1)

Outcome	No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Opponent	Score
Runner-up	1.	5 February 2012	PBZ Zagreb Indoors, Zagreb, Croatia	Hard (i)	Mikhail Youzhny	2–6, 3–6

Doubles: 1 (0–1)

Outcome	No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Runner-up	1.	23 September 2012	St. Petersburg Open, St. Petersburg, Russia	Hard (i)	Igor Zelenay	Rajeev Ram Nenad Zimonjić	2–6, 6–4, [6–10]

Singles

Outcome	No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Opponent	Score
Runner-up	1.	7 August 2006	Binghamton, New York, United States	Hard	Scott Oudsema	6–7(5–7), 2–6
Runner-up	2.	7 May 2007	Rijeka, Croatia	Clay	Marin Čilić	5–7, 2–6
Runner-up	3.	6 August 2007	Istanbul, Turkey	Hard	Mischa Zverev	4–6, 4–6
Winner	1.	15 October 2007	Kolding, Denmark	Hard (I)	Gilles Müller	7–6(7–3), 6–4
Winner	2.	18 May 2009	Fergana, Uzbekistan	Hard	Samuel Groth	4–6, 7–5, 7–6(7–4)
Winner	3.	26 October 2009	Seoul, South Korea	Hard	Dušan Lojda	6–4, 6–2
Runner-up	4.	8 November 2010	Urtijëi, Italy	Carpet (I)	Michał Przysiężny	3–6, 5–7
Winner	4.	25 September 2011	İzmir, Turkey	Hard	Marsel İlhan	6–4, 6–3
Winner	5.	20 November 2011	Bratislava, Slovakia	Hard (i)	Ričardas Berankis	7–6(9–7), 6–2
Runner-up	5.	14 October 2012	Tashkent, Uzbekistan	Hard	Uladzimir Ignatik	3–6, 6–7(3–7)
Winner	6.	18 November 2012	Helsinki, Finland	Hard	Jarkko Nieminen	6–3, 6–4
Runner-up	6.	21 July 2013	Grandby, Canada	Hard	Frank Dancevic	4–6,7–6,3–6
Winner	7.	10 November 2013	Bratislava, Slovakia	Hard (i)	Lukáš Rosol	6–4, 4–6, 6–4
Runner-up	7.	27 April 2014	Shenzhen, China	Hard	Gilles Müller	6–7,3–6
Winner	8.	12 October 2014	Tashkent, Uzbekistan	Hard	Sergiy Stakhovsky	6–2, 6–3
Runner-up	8.	5 April 2015	Ra'anana, Israel	Hard	Nikoloz Basilashvili	6–4,4-6,3–6
Runner-up	9.	10 May 2015	Busan, Korea	Hard	Chung Hyeon	3–6,1-6
Winner	10.	27 September 2015	İzmir, Turkey	Hard	Marius Copil	6–3, 7-6(7-5)

Doubles (4)

No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
1.	24 April 2006	Dharwad, India	Hard	Kamil Čapkovič	Sanchai Ratiwatana Sonchat Ratiwatana	6–3, 7–5
2.	7 September 2009	St. Remy, France	Hard	Jiří Krkoška	Ruben Bemelmans Niels Desein	6–1, 3–6, [10–3]
3.	19 November 2011	Bratislava, Slovakia	Hard	Jan Hájek	Lukáš Rosol David Škoch	7–5, 7–5
4.	12 October 2014	Tashkent, Uzbekistan	Hard	Ante Pavić	Frank Moser Alexander Satschko	6–3, 3–6, [13–11]

Current till 2017 Australian Open.

Current as far as the US Open.