Blaž Kavčič

Blaž Kavčič

Country (sports)	Slovenia
Residence	Ljubljana, Slovenia
Born	5 March 1987 Ljubljana, SFR Yugoslavia
Height	1.88 m (6 ft 2 in)
Turned pro	2005
Plays	Right-handed (two-handed backhand)
Coach(es)	Blaž Trupej
Prize money	$1,504,655
Official website	en.blazkavcic.com
Singles
Career record	54–78
Career titles	0 14 Challengers, 2 Futures
Highest ranking	No. 68 (6 August 2012)
Current ranking	No. 223 (12 September 2016)
Grand Slam Singles results
Australian Open	3R (2013)
French Open	2R (2010, 2011, 2012, 2013)
Wimbledon	2R (2015)
US Open	3R (2014)
Other tournaments
Olympic Games	2R (2012)
Doubles
Career record	12–13
Career titles	0 2 Challenger, 3 Futures
Highest ranking	No. 178 (13 May 2012)
Current ranking	No. 479 (11 July 2016)
Grand Slam Doubles results
US Open	1R (2011, 2012)
Last updated on: 11 July 2016.

Blaž Kavčič (born 5 March 1987) is a Slovenian professional tennis player. He turned professional in 2005.

He considers clay his favourite surface. He was the highest ranked Slovenian male player ever, achieving a career-high of World No. 68 in August 2012. He became first Slovenian ATP singles player to: achieve a Top 100 ranking, win a Grand Slam main draw match and perform at the Summer Olympics. He became the second Slovene ATP player earning over 1 million US dollars in prize money and highest ever paid Slovene player in history.

Tennis career

2005–2009

Kavčič turned professional in 2005 playing exclusively on the ATP Futures and ATP Challenger Series circuit for three seasons. In 2006, Kavčič made his Davis Cup debut for Slovenia.

In 2008 he qualified for ATP events – in Zagreb, where he lost to Roko Karanušić. In Pörtschach he defeated Teymuraz Gabashvili in the first round before losing to Igor Kunitsyn. He finished the year ranked No. 260.

In 2009 he didn't play in any of ATP Tour main draws. He played in qualifications of three Grand Slams, but all lost. He also played in Davis Cup.

2010

In 2010 he reached the second round in Houston on clay, but lost to big serving Sam Querrey.

Kavčič played in the 2010 French Open where he won his first grand slam match by defeating Eduardo Schwank. He became the first Slovenian male player to directly qualify for a Grand Slam tournament without having to go through qualifying rounds.

Together with Slovenia Davis Cup Team he won the 2010 Davis Cup Europe/Africa Zone Group II, ensuring Slovenia to advance to Europe/Africa Zone Group I.

2011

In 2011 at Chennai Open he reached his first career quarterfinal on the ATP Tour. He lost there against Tomáš Berdych from Czech Republic.^[1]

In the 2011 Australian Open he reached the second round for the first time in his career. He was the first Slovenian ATP player in 2R of Australia.

As a first Slovenian player on ATP Masters 1000 series he performed at 2011 Sony Ericsson Open in Miami and lost in three sets in the first round against Olivier Rochus.

At Serbia Open he lost his second quarterfinal match in straight sets against Novak Djoković.

At 2011 Swedish Open he lost his third quarterfinal match against Tomáš Berdych.

In the 2011 US Open he played his first tournament where he lost in 1R. He also played his first Grand Slam Men's Doubles and lost in first round.

2012

In the 2012 Australian Open he lost in the second round against Juan Martín del Potro.

In the 2012 French Open he lost in straight sets in the second round against Novak Djokovic.

At 2012 Summer Olympics he reached second round where he lost against David Ferrer. He is the first Slovenian who competed at Men's Singles Tennis competition at Olympic Games.^[2]

2013

At the 2013 Australian Open, Kavcic made it to the third round of a grand slam for the first time in his career, defeating the 29th seed Thomaz Bellucci and local wildcard James Duckworth, before losing to 7th seed Jo-Wilfried Tsonga in straight sets.

In the 2013 French Open he lost in five sets in the second round against Andreas Seppi.

Singles titles (16)

Legend (Singles)
Challengers (14)
Futures (2)

No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Opponent	Score
1.	21 August 2006	Čakovec	Clay	Predrag Rusevski	6–3, 6–3
2.	4 September 2006	Zagreb	Clay	Rok Jark	6–4, 7–5
3.	25 May 2009	Alessandria	Clay	Jesse Levine	7–5, 6–3
4.	23 June 2009	Constanța	Clay	Julian Reister	3–6, 6–3, 6–4
5.	21 August 2010	Qarshi	Hard	Michael Venus	7–6^(8–6), 7–6^(7–5)
6.	5 September 2010	Rijeka	Clay	Rubén Ramírez Hidalgo	6–4, 3–6, 7–6^(7–5)
7.	26 September 2010	Ljubljana	Clay	David Goffin	6–2, 4–6, 7–5
8.	12 September 2011	Banja Luka	Clay	Pere Riba	6–4, 6–1
9.	28 April 2012	São Paulo	Clay	Júlio Silva	6–3, 7–5
10.	10 June 2012	Fürth	Clay	Sergiy Stakhovsky	6–3, 2–6, 6–2
11.	26 August 2013	Bangkok	Hard	Suk-Young Jeong	6–3, 6–1
12.	9 June 2014	Fergana	Hard	Alexander Kudryavtsev	6–4, 7–6^(10–8)
13.	16 June 2014	Tianjin	Hard	Alexander Kudryavtsev	6–2, 3–6, 7–5
14.	7 July 2014	Portoroz	Hard	Gilles Muller	7–5, 6–7^(4–7), 6–1
15.	21 March 2015	Shenzhen	Hard	André Ghem	7–5, 6–4
16.	04 September 2016	Bangkok	Hard	Go Soeda	6-0, 1-0 ret.

Davis Cup

Singles performances (16–8)

Edition	Round	Date	Against	Surface	Opponent	Result	Outcome
2006 Europe/Africa Zone Group II	1R	7-Apr-2006	Algeria	Clay	Rachid Baba-Aisa	6–0, 6–1	Win
2008 Europe/Africa Zone Group II	1R	11-Apr-2008	Cyprus	Hard	Marcos Baghdatis	4–6, 3–6, 4–6	Lose
		13-Apr-2008			Photos Kallias	6–1, 6–1	Win
	RPO	20-Jul-2008	Tunisia	Clay	Haithem Abid	6–3, 3–6, 3–6, 7–5, 6–2	Win
2009 Europe/Africa Zone Group II	1R	6-Mar-2009	Egypt	Carpet	Karim Maamoun	6–0, 6–2, 6–2	Win
		8-Mar-2009			Mahmoud Ezz	3–6, 7–6^(7–5), 6–4	Win
	QF	10-Jul-2009	Lithuania	Clay	Gvidas Sabeckis	6–2, 6–3, 6–1	Win
	SF	20-Sep-2009	Latvia	Carpet	Andis Juška	3–6, 4–6, 2–6	Lose
2010 Europe/Africa Zone Group II	R	5-Mar-2010	Norway	Hard	Stian Boretti	6–2, 6–4, 6–2	Win
	QF	9-Jul-2010	Bulgaria	Clay	Grigor Dimitrov	1–6, 6–1, 6–0, 6–3	Win
		11-Jul-2010			Todor Enev	6–2, 6–1	Win
	SF	17-Sep-2010	Lithuania	Hard	Ričardas Berankis	6–3, 2–6, 6–7^(9–11), 4–6	Lose
		19-Sep-2010			Laurynas Grigelis	6–4, 7–6^(7–4), 7–6^(7–5)	Win
2011 Europe/Africa Zone Group I	1R	4-Mar-2011	Finland	Clay	Harri Heliovaara	4–6, 6–2, 6–3, 6–4	Win
		6-Mar-2011			Jarkko Nieminen	3–6, 4–6, 6–4, 4–6	Lose
	2R	8-Jul-2011	Italy	Clay	Potito Starace	6–3, 3–6, 2–6, 4–6	Lose
2012 Europe/Africa Zone Group I	1R	10-Feb-2012	Denmark	Hard	Frederik Nielsen	6–2, 6–4, 6–4	Win
	2R	6-Apr-2012	South Africa	Hard	Ruan Roalofse	6–7^(5–7), 6–1, 6–1, 6–3	Win
		8-Apr-2012			Izak van der Merwe	6–7^(3–7), 4–6, 4–6	Lose
2013 Europe/Africa Zone Group I	1R	1-Feb-2013	Poland	Hard (I)	Jerzy Janowicz	3–6, 3–6, 5–7	Lose
	PO	13-Sep-2013	South Africa	Clay	Ruan Roalofse	6-1, 6-3, 6-4	Win
2014 Europe/Africa Zone Group I	1R	31-Jan-2014	Portugal	Hard (I)	Gastão Elias	7–6^(16–14), 6–1, 6–4	Win
		2-Feb-2014			João Sousa	7-5, 7–5, 6–2	Win
	2R	4-Apr-2014	Israel	Clay	Amir Weintraub	6–4, 5–7, 3-6, 6–3, 4-6	Lose

Doubles performances (4–2)

Edition	Round	Date	Partnering	Against	Surface	Opponent	Result	Outcome
2011 Europe/Africa Zone Group I	2R	9-Jul-2011	Grega Žemlja	Italy	Clay	Potito Starace Daniele Bracciali	6–7^(3–7), 6–7^(4–7), 2–6	Lose
2012 Europe/Africa Zone Group I	1R	11-Feb-2012	Grega Žemlja	Denmark	Hard	Thomas Kromann Frederik Nielsen	6–4, 6–7^(7–5), 6–4, 7–5	Win
	2R	7-Apr-2012	Grega Žemlja	South Africa	Hard	Raven Klaasen Izak van der Merwe	7–6^(7–5), 6–7^(4–7), 1–6, 4–6	Lose
2013 Europe/Africa Zone Group I	1R	2-Feb-2013	Grega Žemlja	Poland	Hard (I)	Mariusz Fyrstenberg Marcin Matkowski	6–3, 2–6, 6–2, 4–6, 13–11	Win
	PO	13-Sep-2013	Blaž Rola	South Africa	Clay	Raven Klaasen Nikala Scholtz	7-5, 6-1, 7-6^(7–4)	Win
2014 Europe/Africa Zone Group I	1R	1-Feb-2014	Grega Žemlja	Portugal	Hard (I)	Gastão Elias João Sousa	6-3, 7-5, 7–6^(7–5)	Win

Singles performance timeline

ATP profile cites incorrect 48–68 W–L statistics (correct 49–68). His win 6–2, 6–4, 6–4 vs Stian Boretti
from Norway in 1st round of 2010 Davis Cup: Slovenia vs. Norway match on 5 Mar 2010 is missing.^[3]

Tournament	2006	2007	2008	2009	2010	2011	2012	2013	2014	W–L
Grand Slam tournaments
Australian Open	A	A	A	LQ	1R	2R	2R	3R	2R	5-5
French Open	A	A	A	A	2R	2R	2R	2R	LQ	4–4
Wimbledon	A	A	A	LQ	1R	1R	1R	1R	A	0–4
US Open	A	A	A	LQ	A	1R	1R	LQ	3R*	2–2
Win–Loss	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	1–3	2–4	2–4	3–3	3-1	11–15
ATP World Tour Masters 1000
Miami	A	A	A	A	A	1R	A	1R	0-0	0–2
Rome	A	A	A	A	A	LQ	1R	LQ	0-0	0–1
Win–Loss	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–1	0–1	0–1	0-0	0–3
Olympic Games
Summer Olympics	Not Held		A	Not Held			2R	Not Held		1–1
Win–Loss	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	1–1	0–0	0-0	1–1
National Representation
Davis Cup	1R	A	PO	3R	W	2R	2R	PO	2R	16–8
Win–Loss	1–0	0–0	2–1	3–1	4–1	1–2	2–1	1–1	2-1	16–8
Career statistics
Overall Win–Loss	1–0	0–0	3–3	3–2	7–8	13–18	6–15	11–15	7-7	51–68
Win %	100%	0%	50%	60%	47%	42%	29%	42%	50%	43%
Year-end ranking	493	440	260	125	112	92	92	102	105	N/A

As of 31 August 2014

* Third-round match at the 2014 US Open was a walkover (doesn't count as a loss)

Head–to–head statistics

Head-to-head vs. Top 10 ranked players

W–L record against players who have been ranked World No. 10 at that time or before in their career. World No. 1 players are in boldface.

Opponent	Highest ranking	Matches	Won	Lost	Win %	Last match
Roger Federer	1	1	0	1	0%	Lost (2–6, 1–6, 6–7^(4–7)) at 2014 Australian Open
Novak Djokovic	1	2	0	2	0%	Lost (0–6, 4–6, 4–6) at 2012 French Open
Andy Roddick	1	1	0	1	0%	Lost (3–6, 7–5, 4–6, 2–6) at 2010 French Open
Lleyton Hewitt	1	3	2	1	66%	Lost (6–3, 4–6, 6–7^(4–7)) at 2013 San Jose
Tommy Haas	2	1	0	1	0%	Lost (1–6, 6–4, 4–6) at 2013 Hamburg
Ivan Ljubičić	3	1	0	1	0%	Lost (6–7^(5–7), 6–3, 1–6, 5–7) at 2011 US Open
Juan Martín del Potro	4	2	0	2	0%	Lost (4–6, 5–7, 3–6) at 2012 Australian Open
David Ferrer	5	1	0	1	0%	Lost (2–6, 2–6) at 2012 London Olympics
Jo-Wilfried Tsonga	5	1	0	1	0%	Lost (2–6, 1–6, 4–6) at 2013 Australian Open
Tomáš Berdych	6	2	0	2	0%	Lost (3–6, 3–6) at 2011 Båstad
Richard Gasquet	7	2	0	2	0%	Lost (3–6, 3–6) at 2014 Marseille
Gaël Monfils	7	1	0	1	0%	Lost (3–6, 1–6) at 2013 Umag
Mikhail Youzhny	8	2	0	2	0%	Lost (6–1, 1–6, 3–6) at 2013 Dubai
Marcos Baghdatis	8	2	1	1	50%	Won (3–6, 7–6^(7–2), 6–4) at 2013 Zagreb
Janko Tipsarević	8	2	0	2	0%	Lost (4–6, 4–6) at 2011 Queen's Club
Radek Štěpánek	8	1	1	0	100%	Won (6–7^(3–7), 4–6, 6–1, 2–0 ret.) at 2014 Australian Open
Nicolás Massú	9	1	0	1	0%	Lost (7–5, 3–6, 2–6) at 2009 Umag
Marin Čilić	9	1	0	1	0%	Lost (3–6, 6–7^(5–7)) at 2013 Zagreb
Stanislas Wawrinka	9	1	0	1	0%	Lost (6–4, 2–6, 1–6) at 2013 Casablanca
Total		28	4	24	14%	*As of 31 August 2014

Full head-to-head list (51-68)

Career W–L record in singles matches on ATP World Tour, Grand Slam, Davis Cup and Summer Olympic Games. The World No. 1 players are in boldface. (as of 31 August 2014)

Mohamed Abid 1–0 Kevin Anderson 1–0 Igor Andreev 0–2 Thierry Ascione 1–0 Rachid Baba-Aisa 1–0 Marcos Baghdatis 1–1 Roberto Bautista-Agut 0–1 Aljaž Bedene 1–0 Benjamin Becker 0–1 Thomaz Bellucci 1–1 Julien Benneteau 1–0 Ričardas Berankis 0–1 Tomáš Berdych 0–2 Carlos Berlocq 0–3 Michael Berrer 0–1 Stian Boretti 1–0 Jérémy Chardy 2–1 Marin Čilić 0–1 Flavio Cipolla 0–1

Marius Copil 1–0 Marcos Daniel 0–1 Steve Darcis 0–1 Juan Martín del Potro 0–2 Grigor Dimitrov 1–0 Ivan Dodig 0–1 Novak Djokovic 0–2 James Duckworth 2–0 Reda El Amrani 1–0 Todor Enev 1–0 Gastão Elias 1–0 Mahmoud Ezz 1–0 Alejandro Falla 1–0 Roger Federer 0-1 David Ferrer 0–1 Fabio Fognini 0–1 Andreas Haider-Maurer 0–1 Tommy Haas 0–1 Victor Hănescu 1–0

Harri Heliovaara 1–0 Lleyton Hewitt 2–1 Teymuraz Gabashvili 1–1 Richard Gasquet 0–2 Marcel Granollers 0–1 Laurynas Grigelis 1–0 Ernests Gulbis 1–0 Denis Istomin 1–0 Jerzy Janowicz 0–1 Andis Juška 0–1 Photos Kallias 1–0 Tobias Kamke 2–2 Roko Karanušić 0–1 Ivo Karlović 0–1 Robert Kendrick 1–0 Thanasi Kokkinakis 1–0 Łukasz Kubot 0–1 Igor Kunitsyn 0–1 Jan-Lennard Struff 0–1

Ivan Ljubičić 0–1 Feliciano López 0–1 Karim Maamoun 1–0 Nicolas Mahut 0–1 Robert Farah Maksoud 1–0 Nicolás Massú 0–1 Florian Mayer 1–0 Ricardo Mello 1–0 Gaël Monfils 0–1 Izak van der Merwe 0–1 Frederik Nielsen 1–0 Jarkko Nieminen 1–1 Wayne Odesnik 0–2 Philipp Petzschner 0–1 Sam Querrey 0–1 Ruan Roalofse 2–0 Andy Roddick 0–1 Olivier Rochus 0–1 Gvidas Sabeckis 1–0

Eduardo Schwank 1–0 Andreas Seppi 0–1 Igor Sijsling 0–1 Joao Sousa 1–0 Potito Starace 0–1 Radek Štěpánek 1-0 Janko Tipsarević 0–2 Bernard Tomic 0–1 Jo-Wilfried Tsonga 0–1 Vishnu Vardhan 1–0 Antonio Veić 1–2 Mikhail Youzhny 0–2 James Ward 1–0 Stanislas Wawrinka 0–1 Amir Weintraub 0–1 Donald Young 1–0 Mehdi Ziadi 1–0 Mischa Zverev 1–0

References

1. "Tomas Berdych destroys Blaz Kavcic; moves into the semi-finals – SkiStar Swedish Open 2011". blogs.bettor.com. 7 January 2011.
2. "Tomas Result: David Ferrer races past Blaz Kavcic". sportsmole.co.uk. 31 July 2012.
3. "Blaz Kavcic vs. Stian Boretti – Davis Cup, Group 2, 1R, NOR-SLO 0–5 – compare (official result)". TennisLive.us. 5 March 2010.

External links

• Official website
• Blaž Kavčič at the Association of Tennis Professionals
• Blaž Kavčič at the International Tennis Federation
• Blaž Kavčič at the Davis Cup