24 Facts About Radu Albot

Radu Albot was born on 11 November 1989 and is a Moldovan professional tennis player.

Radu Albot is the first player from Moldova to win ATP World Tour singles and doubles titles.

Radu Albot achieved a career high ranking of No 39 on 5 August 2019.

Radu Albot is the first Moldovan to break into the top 100 in August 2015 and four years later in the top 40.

Radu Albot finished in the top 100 in the year-end rankings for five years.

Radu Albot has been a regular member of the Moldovan Davis Cup team since 2007 and holds his country's records for the most singles wins and total wins.

Radu Albot became a father on 19 April 2020, after his girlfriend Doina, gave birth to daughter Adeline.

Radu Albot has achieved many firsts for a Moldovan professional tennis player.

In May 2015, Radu Albot teamed up with Dusan Lajovic to win the doubles title at the inaugural 2015 Istanbul Open, becoming the first Moldovan to win an ATP Tour level event.

In June 2017, Radu Albot reached the quarterfinals of the 2017 Antalya Open beating Joao Sousa and Paolo Lorenzi, before losing to Andreas Seppi in straight sets.

Radu Albot was a direct entry into the Australian Open, French Open and Wimbledon tournaments.

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.

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

In 2019, Radu 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.

In May, Radu Albot reached the 2019 Geneva Open semifinal losing in the penultimate round against Nicolas Jarry.

In January 2020, Radu Albot participated in the Inaugural 2020 ATP Cup in the Group stage as a member of the Moldovan team.

Radu Albot 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.

Radu 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.

Radu Albot reached the main draw at the 2022 Australian Open as a qualifier, and defeated Yoshihito Nishioka and Australian wildcard Aleksandar Vukic.

Radu Albot lost to Alexander Zverev in straight sets in the third round.

Radu Albot won the title at the 2022 Istanbul Challenger defeating Lukas Rosol.

Radu Albot lost in the first round of the qualifications at the 2023 Australian Open to American Brandon Holt.

Radu Albot won his first round match over Facundo Diaz Acosta.

Radu Albot lost in the first round in straight against the defending champion Novak Djokovic.