Vaja Uzakov (born 4 June 1988) is an Uzbek tennis player.

Vaja Uzakov
Country (sports) Uzbekistan
Born (1988-06-04) 4 June 1988 (age 36)
Tashkent, Uzbekistan
PlaysRight-handed (two-handed backhand)
Prize money$56,241
Singles
Career record0–6 (at ATP Tour level, Grand Slam level)
Career titles0
0 Challenger, 0 Futures
Highest rankingNo. 698 (7 June 2010)
Doubles
Career record0–0 (at ATP Tour level, Grand Slam level)
Career titles0
0 Challenger, 3 Futures
Highest rankingNo. 316 (11 August 2008)
Team competitions
Davis Cup0–6
Medal record
Representing  Uzbekistan
Men's tennis
Asian Games
Silver medal – second place 2010 Guangzhou Team
Last updated on: 13 November 2017.

Uzakov has a career high ATP singles ranking of 698 achieved on 7 June 2010. He also has a career high ATP doubles ranking of 316, achieved on 11 August 2008.[1]

Uzakov has represented Uzbekistan at Davis Cup, where he has a win–loss record of 0–6.[2]

He played at the 2010 Asian Games on singles he lost from the late champion Somdev Devvarman at the 3rd round.[3] On mixed doubles with Nigina Abduraimova lost on 1st round. On the men's team event won the silver medal with Farrukh Dustov, Murad Inoyatov and Denis Istomin.

Future and Challenger finals

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Singles: 1 (0–1)

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Legend
Challengers 0 (0–0)
Futures 1 (0–1)
Outcome No. Date Tournament Surface Opponent Score
Runner-up 1. 13 September 2009   Volgograd, Russia F8 Hard   Evgeny Kirillov 0–6, 0–6

Doubles 9 (3–6)

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Legend
Challengers 4 (0–4)
Futures 5 (3–2)
Outcome No. Date Tournament Surface Partner Opponents Score
Runner-up 1. 18 August 2007   Bukhara, Uzbekistan Hard   Danila Arsenov   Evgeny Kirillov
  Alexander Kudryavtsev
3–6, 1–6
Runner-up 2. 25 May 2008   Fergana, Uzbekistan Hard   Alexandre Krasnoroutskiy   Konstantin Kravchuk
  Łukasz Kubot
4–6, 1–6
Runner-up 3. 9 August 2008   Samarkand, Uzbekistan Clay   Danila Arsenov   Irakli Labadze
  Denis Matsukevich
6–7(1–7), 6–4, [3–10]
Runner-up 4. 26 September 2009   Shymkent, Kazakhstan F3 Clay   Victor Kozin   Mikhail Fufygin
  Vitali Reshetnikov
4–6, 2–6
Winner 5. 6 May 2011   Taraz, Kazakhstan F2 Hard   Mikhail Fufygin   Denis Matsukevich
  Stanislav Vovk
7–6(7–5), 6–4
Winner 6. 29 October 2011   Lagos, Nigeria F4 Hard   Paterne Mamata   Abdul-Mumin Babalola
  Daouda Ndiaye
7–5, 3–6, [10–6]
Runner-up 7. 12 November 2011   Antalya, Turkey F31 Hard   Alexander Lobkov   Andrei Ciumac
  Maxim Dubarenco
5–7, 4–6
Winner 8. 14 July 2012   Almaty, Kazakhstan F6 Hard   Vitaly Kachanovskiy   Rifat Biktyakov
  Denis Yevseyev
6–3, 6–4
Runner-up 9. 17 May 2014   Samarkand, Uzbekistan Clay   Shonigmatjon Shofayziyev   Sergey Betov
  Aliaksandr Bury
4–6, 3–6

Davis Cup

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Participations: (0–6)

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Group membership
World Group (0–0)
WG Play-off (0–1)
Group I (0–5)
Group II (0–0)
Group III (0–0)
Group IV (0–0)
Matches by surface
Hard (0–3)
Clay (0–3)
Grass (0–0)
Carpet (0–0)
Matches by type
Singles (0–6)
Doubles (0–0)
Rubber outcome No. Rubber Match type (partner if any) Opponent nation Opponent player(s) Score
 0–5; 6–8 April 2007; Olympic Tennis Court, Seoul, South Korea; Asia/Oceania Second round; Hard surface
Defeat 1 V Singles   South Korea An Jae-sung 1–6, 2–6
 3–2; 11–13 April 2008; Philippine Columbian Association, Manila, Philippines; Asia/Oceania Relegation Play off first round; Clay (indoor) surface
Defeat 2 V Singles   Philippines Eric Taino 4–6, 4–6
 3–2; 8–10 May 2009; Sport Complex Pahlavon, Namangan, Uzbekistan; Asia/Oceania Third round; Clay (indoor) surface
Defeat 3 V Singles   Japan Takao Suzuki 6–4, 3–6, 3–6
 0–5; 18–20 September 2009; Belgrade Arena, Belgrade, Serbia; World Group Play off; Hard (indoor) surface
Defeat 4 V Singles   Serbia Ilija Bozoljac 1–6, 4–6
 3–2; 9–11 July 2010; Gimcheon Total Sports Town Tennis Courts, Gimcheon, South Korea; Asia/Oceania Relegation Play off first round; Hard (indoor) surface
Defeat 5 V Singles   South Korea Lim Yong-kyu 3–6, 1–6
 3–2; 4–6 March 2011; Sport Complex Pahlavon, Namangan, Uzbekistan; Asia/Oceania First round; Clay (indoor) surface
Defeat 6 V Singles   New Zealand Michael Venus 3–6, 0–6

References

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  1. ^ "Vaja Uzakov". ATP. 13 November 2017. Retrieved 17 November 2017.
  2. ^ "Vaja Uzakov". Davis Cup. 13 November 2017. Retrieved 17 November 2017.
  3. ^ "Somdev reaches quarters". thehindu.com. 20 November 2010. Retrieved 17 November 2017.
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