Radu Albot | Bio | ATP Tour

Nicknamed Machine by other players.
Speaks Romanian, Russian, English and a bit of German and Spanish.
Began playing tennis at age 8 because his father watched tennis on TV.
Daughter,Adeline; father, Vladimir; mother, Svetlana.
Parentssold some of their properties to fund his tournaments, traveland training.
Favourite surfaces are hard and clay.
Favourite tournaments are US Open and Wimbledon.
Idols growing up were Sebastien Grosjean and Marat Safin. Also admired Roger Federer, Yevgeny Kafelnikov and David Ferrer.
If he wasn't a tennis player, he would play football.
Enjoys spending time with friends and biking.
Studies at sports university in Chisinau.
Has trained in Romania, Germany, USA and Spain.
Struggled with right shoulder injury to start 2020, withdrawing from Australian Open and beginning season 0-7.

(UPDATED 21 AUGUST 2024)

Achieved career-high No. 39 and earned personal-best 31 wins in 2019, highlighted by 1st ATP Tour title at Delray Beach (d. Evans after saving 3 MPs).
Earned 100th win of career at the age of 33 beating Coria in 2023 Banja Luka 1R.
Advanced to Grand Slam 3R at 2017 US Open as Q, 2018 Wimbledon, 2021 Australian Open and 2022 Australian Open as Q.
Owns 216-159 Challenger record (9-8 in finals), winning most recent title at 2022 Istanbul.
Peaked at No. 11 as a junior in 2007 and earned wins over future ATP No. 3s Dimitrov and Raonic.
Speaks Romanian, Russian, English and a bit of German and Spanish after training in Romania, USA, Germany and Spain.