Radoslav Lukaev
# Radoslav Lukaev

Radoslav Lukaev (Bulgarian: Радослав Лукаев) (born 24 April 1982) is a former professional tennis player from Bulgaria.

Lukaev made it into his first Grand Slam event at the 2002 US Open, with wins over Éric Prodon, Jaroslav Levinský and Peter Luczak in the qualifiers. He met Russian Nikolay Davydenko in the first round and lost in four sets.

He played five Davis Cup ties for Bulgaria, winning seven of his 12 matches, with a 4–3 record in singles and 3–2 record in doubles. In 2005 he was called upon to play the fifth and deciding rubber against Finland's Tuomas Ketola and came out on top, in straight sets.

## Year-end rankings

| Year | 1999 | 2000 | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Singles | 1225 | 922 | 384 | 249 | 594 | 678 | 441 |
| Doubles | 1164 | 693 | 741 | 311 | 532 | 1277 | 495 |

## Challenger and Futures finals

### Singles: 5 (4–1)

* Legend (singles)
* ATP Challenger Tour (0–0)
* ITF Futures (4–1)
* Titles by surface
* Hard (1–0)
* Clay (3–1)
* Grass (0–0)
* Carpet (0–0)

| Result | W–L | Date | Tournament | Tier | Surface | Opponent | Score |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Win | 1–0 | Aug 2001 | Latvia F1, Jūrmala | Futures | Clay | Mariusz Fyrstenberg | 6–2, 0–6, 6–2 |
| Win | 2–0 | Aug 2001 | Lithuania F1, Vilnius | Futures | Clay | Jon Wallmark | $7–6^{(7–3)},$ 1–6, 6–3 |
| Win | 3–0 | May 2002 | Germany F3, Mannheim | Futures | Clay | Jan Weinzierl | 6–3, 1–6, $7–6^{(7–2)}$ |
| Loss | 3–1 | Jun 2002 | France F11, Toulon | Futures | Clay | Orlin Stanoytchev | 2–6, 6–0, 5–7 |
| Win | 4–1 | Jun 2005 | Turkey F3, Istanbul | Futures | Hard | Predrag Rusevski | 6–2, 6–3 |

### Doubles: 10 (3–7)

* Legend (doubles)
* ATP Challenger Tour (1–2)
* ITF Futures (2–5)
* Titles by surface
* Hard (1–1)
* Clay (1–6)
* Grass (0–0)
* Carpet (1–0)

| Result | W–L | Date | Tournament | Tier | Surface | Partner | Opponents | Score |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Loss | 0–1 | Sep 2000 | Sofia, Bulgaria | Challenger | Clay | Luben Pampoulov | Dejan Petrovic Orlin Stanoytchev | 2–6, $7–6^{(7–5)},$ $6–7^{(6–8)}$ |
| Loss | 0–2 | Jul 2001 | Macedonia F3, Skopje | Futures | Hard | Predrag Rusevski | Todor Enev Milen Velev | 2–6, 5–7 |
| Loss | 0–3 | Aug 2001 | Lithuania F1, Vilnius | Futures | Clay | Mait Künnap | Lauri Kiiski Tero Vilen | 2–6, 6–3, 5–7 |
| Win | 1–3 | Mar 2002 | France F8, Melun | Futures | Carpet (i) | Mariusz Fyrstenberg | Todor Enev Dmitry Vlasov | 6–2, 6–2 |
| Loss | 1–4 | May 2002 | Germany F3, Mannheim | Futures | Clay | Luben Pampoulov | Florian Jeschonek Ivo Klec | w/o |
| Loss | 1–5 | Jun 2002 | Germany F7, Trier | Futures | Clay | Hamid Mirzadeh | Bernardo Mota Diego Moyano | 6–1, 1–6, 4–6 |
| Loss | 1–6 | Jun 2002 | France F11, Toulon | Futures | Clay | Dmitri Tomashevich | Sylvain Charrier John Thivolle | w/o |
| Win | 2–6 | May 2003 | New Delhi, India | Challenger | Hard | Dmitry Vlasov | Jonathan Erlich Andy Ram | $7–6^{(8–6)},$ 4–6, 6–2 |
| Win | 3–6 | Jul 2002 | Serbia and Montenegro F4, Belgrade | Futures | Clay | Todor Enev | Stéphane Robert Xavier Audouy | 6–4, $6–7^{(7–9)},$ 6–4 |
| Loss | 3–7 | Aug 2005 | Timișoara, Romania | Challenger | Clay | Ilia Kushev | Ionuț Moldovan Gabriel Moraru | 2–6, 0–6 |

* w/o = Walkover

## Davis Cup

Radoslav Lukaev debuted for the Bulgaria Davis Cup team in 2000. Since then he has 5 nominations with 5 ties played, his singles W/L record is 4–3 and doubles W/L record is 3–2 (7–5 overall).

### Singles (4–3)

| Edition | Round | Date | Surface | Opponent | W/L | Result |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 2003 Europe/Africa Zone Group II | R1 | 4 April 2003 | Carpet (I) | Andrei Dernovskiy | W | 6–3, $6–7^{(6–8)},$ 6–3, 6–2 |
| 2003 Europe/Africa Zone Group II | R1 | 6 April 2003 | Carpet (I) | Orest Tereshchuk | L | 6–3, 3–6, $6–7^{(7–9)},$ 3–6 |
| 2003 Europe/Africa Zone Group II | QF | 11 July 2003 | Clay | Boris Pašanski | W | 3–6, 6–4, $6–7^{(3–7)},$ 6–4, 6–4 |
| 2003 Europe/Africa Zone Group II | QF | 14 July 2003 | Clay | Janko Tipsarević | L | 3–6, 1–6, 3–6 |
| 2005 Europe/Africa Zone Group II | QF | 15 July 2005 | Clay | Jarkko Nieminen | L | $6–7^{(4–7)},$ 3–6, 2–6 |
| 2005 Europe/Africa Zone Group II | QF | 17 July 2005 | Clay | Tuomas Ketola | W | $7–6^{(7–5)},$ 6–4, 6–1 |
| 2005 Europe/Africa Zone Group II | SF | 23 September 2005 | Hard | Sergei Yaroshenko | W | 6–4, 6–4, $7–6^{(7–4)}$ |

### Doubles (3–2)

| Edition | Round | Date | Partner | Surface | Opponents | W/L | Result |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 2000 Europe/Africa Zone Group II | RPO | 22 July 2000 | Todor Enev | Clay | Jonathan Erlich Harel Levy | W | 6–4, 7–5, $7–6^{(7–5)}$ |
| 2003 Europe/Africa Zone Group II | R1 | 5 April 2003 | Todor Enev | Carpet (I) | Andrei Dernovskiy Orest Tereshchuk | W | 6–3, 6–4, 6–4 |
| 2003 Europe/Africa Zone Group II | QF | 13 July 2003 | Todor Enev | Clay | Dejan Petrovic Nenad Zimonjić | L | 3–6, 1–6, 2–6 |
| 2005 Europe/Africa Zone Group II | QF | 16 July 2005 | Ilia Kushev | Clay | Jarkko Nieminen Lauri Kiiski | W | 7–5, 6–3, $6–7^{(5–7)},$ 6–3 |
| 2005 Europe/Africa Zone Group II | SF | 24 September 2005 | Ilia Kushev | Hard | Mikhail Filima Orest Tereshchuk | L | 4–6, 2–6, $6–7^{(3–7)}$ |

* RPO = Relegation Play-off
