Igor Zelenay

Igor Zelenay (Slovak pronunciation: [ˈiɡɔr ˈzelenaj]; born 10 February 1982) is a Slovak former professional tennis player who was a doubles specialist. He reached a career-high ranking of world No. 50 in July 2009. His career-high singles ranking is No. 279, achieved in August 2005. Zelanay has won one ATP Tour title and finished runner-up at four other ATP tournaments.

Igor Zelenay

Country (sports)	Slovakia
Residence	Slovakia
Born	(1982-02-10) 10 February 1982 (age 43) Trenčín, Czechoslovakia
Height	6 ft 6 in (198 cm)
Turned pro	2002
Retired	Dec 2024
Plays	Right-handed (two-handed backhand)
Coach	Juraj Dulik
Prize money	$ 910,557
Singles
Career record	0–0
Career titles	0
Highest ranking	No. 279 (1 August 2005)
Doubles
Career record	97–140
Career titles	1
Highest ranking	No. 50 (27 July 2009)
Grand Slam doubles results
Australian Open	3R (2010)
French Open	3R (2009)
Wimbledon	3R (2008, 2009)
US Open	2R (2010)
Medal record Tennis Representing  Slovakia Summer Universiade 2003 Daegu Singles 2003 Daegu Doubles 2003 Daegu Mixed Doubles
Last updated on: 9 September 2024.

Career

Zelenay reached his first ATP doubles final at the 2010 Delray Beach International Tennis Championships, where he and his partner Philipp Marx lost in straight sets to the Bryan brothers.

Zelenay announced his retirement in December 2024.^[1]

ATP career finals

Doubles: 5 (1 title, 4 runner-ups)

Legend Grand Slam tournaments (0–0) ATP World Tour Finals (0–0) ATP World Tour Masters 1000 (0–0) ATP World Tour 500 Series (0–0) ATP World Tour 250 Series (1–4)

Titles by surface Hard (1–2) Clay (0–2) Grass (0–0)

Titles by setting Outdoor (0–2) Indoor (1–2)

Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Tier	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Loss	0–1	Feb 2010	Delray Beach Open, United States	250 Series	Hard (i)	Philipp Marx	Bob Bryan Mike Bryan	3–6, 6–7(3–7)
Loss	0–2	Apr 2011	Grand Prix Hassan II, Morocco	250 Series	Clay	Colin Fleming	Robert Lindstedt Horia Tecău	2–6, 1–6
Loss	0–3	Sep 2012	St. Petersburg Open, Russia	250 Series	Hard (i)	Lukáš Lacko	Rajeev Ram Nenad Zimonjić	2–6, 6–4, [6–10]
Loss	0–4	Jul 2018	Swiss Open, Switzerland	250 Series	Clay	Denys Molchanov	Matteo Berrettini Daniele Bracciali	6–7(2–7), 6–7(5–7)
Win	1–4	Sep 2019	St. Petersburg Open, Russia	250 Series	Hard (i)	Divij Sharan	Matteo Berrettini Simone Bolelli	6–3, 3–6, [10–8]

Challenger and Futures finals

Singles: 7 (2–5)

Legend (singles) ATP Challenger Tour (0–1) ITF Futures Tour (2–4)

Titles by surface Hard (1–3) Clay (0–1) Grass (0–1) Carpet (1–0)

Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Tier	Surface	Opponent	Score
Loss	0–1	Jun 2002	Czech Republic F2, Jablonec nad Nisou	Futures	Clay	Régis Lavergne	2–6, 6–4, 5–7
Loss	0–2	Nov 2002	Czech Republic F6, Prague	Futures	Hard	Lukáš Dlouhý	3–6, 6–4, 3–6
Loss	0–3	Jan 2003	Germany F1B, Biberach	Futures	Hard (i)	Roko Karanušić	5–7, 5–7
Win	1–3	Sep 2003	France F15, Bagnères-de-Bigorre	Futures	Hard	Nicolas Tourte	7–6(7–4), 6–7(5–7), 7–5
Win	2–3	Jan 2005	Austria F1, Anif	Futures	Carpet (i)	Boštjan Ošabnik	6–3, 6–1
Loss	2–4	Apr 2005	Great Britain F6, Bath	Futures	Hard (i)	Mark Hilton	3–6, 4–6
Loss	2–5	Jul 2005	Manchester, Great Britain	Challenger	Grass	Daniele Bracciali	4–6, 4–6

Doubles: 96 (60–36)

Legend (doubles) ATP Challenger Tour (46–30) ITF Futures Tour (14–6)

Titles by surface Hard (16–12) Clay (36–20) Grass (0–0) Carpet (8–4)

Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Tier	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Win	1–0	Oct 2000	Finland F2, Helsinki	Futures	Carpet	Karol Beck	Jarkko Nieminen Tero Vilen	6–2, 6–4
Win	2–0	Jul 2001	Slovakia F5, Bratislava	Futures	Clay	Borut Urh	Martin Štěpánek Jiří Vrbka	w/o
Win	3–0	Aug 2001	Togliatti, Russia	Challenger	Hard	Karol Beck	Abdul Hamid Makhkamov Dmitriy Tomashevich	7–5, 4–6, 6–3
Win	4–0	Aug 2001	Russia F1, Balashikha	Futures	Clay	Karol Beck	Alexey Kedryuk Orest Tereshchuk	0–6, 6–3, 6–4
Loss	4–1	Sep 2001	Zabrze, Poland	Challenger	Clay	Karol Beck	Julian Knowle Michael Kohlmann	1–6, 6–7(5–7)
Win	5–1	Oct 2001	Greece F4, Corfu	Futures	Carpet	Luke Bourgeois	Michal Navrátil Jiří Vrbka	6–4, 7–6(9–7)
Loss	5–2	Nov 2001	Prague, Czech Republic	Challenger	Hard (i)	Karol Beck	Lukáš Dlouhý David Miketa	1–6, 6–4, 3–6
Win	6–2	Jun 2002	Slovakia F1A, Košice	Futures	Clay	Juraj Hasko	František Babaj Michal Mertiňák	3–6, 6–4, 6–3
Win	7–2	Jan 2003	Germany F1C, Oberhaching	Futures	Carpet (i)	Michal Mertiňák	Daniel Elsner Philipp Petzschner	4–6, 7–6(20–18), 7–6(7–5)
Win	8–2	Nov 2003	Prague, Czech Republic	Challenger	Carpet (i)	Martin Štěpánek	Karsten Braasch Jean-Claude Scherrer	6–4, 4–6, 6–4
Loss	8–3	Jan 2004	Germany F3, Oberhaching	Futures	Hard (i)	Łukasz Kubot	Frederik Nielsen Rasmus Nørby	4–6, 7–6(8–6), 0–6
Loss	8–4	Apr 2004	France F6, Angers	Futures	Clay (i)	Goran Tošić	Xavier Audouy Nicolas Tourte	1–6, 1–6
Loss	8–5	Apr 2004	Italy F4, Bergamo	Futures	Clay	Viktor Bruthans	Fabio Colangelo Alessandro Motti	4–6, 1–6
Win	9–5	May 2004	Czech Republic F1, Most	Futures	Clay	Ladislav Chramosta	Diego Junqueira Damián Patriarca	7–6(7–2), 4–6, 6–1
Loss	9–6	Oct 2004	France F19, La Roche-sur-Yon	Futures	Hard (i)	Daniel Muñoz de la Nava	Xavier Audouy Jean-François Bachelot	6–3, 1–6, 2–6
Win	10–6	Oct 2004	Belgium F1, Waterloo	Futures	Carpet (i)	Darko Mađarovski	Michel Koning Martijn van Haasteren	6–4, 7–6(7–3)
Win	11–6	Nov 2004	Prague, Czech Republic	Challenger	Carpet (i)	Lukáš Dlouhý	Jan Minář Jaroslav Pospíšil	6–3, 3–6, 7–6(7–5)
Win	12–6	Jun 2005	Košice, Slovakia	Challenger	Clay	Petr Luxa	Johan Landsberg Harel Levy	6–4, 6–2
Win	13–6	Dec 2006	Czech Republic F4, Vendryně	Futures	Hard (i)	Lukáš Rosol	Daniel Lustig Filip Polášek	6–1, 6–1
Win	14–6	Dec 2006	Czech Republic F5, Opava	Futures	Carpet (i)	Lukáš Rosol	Roman Vögeli Jaroslav Pospíšil	4–6, 6–2, 6–1
Win	15–6	Mar 2007	France F5, Poitiers	Futures	Hard (i)	Filip Polášek	Victor Ioniță Brian Wilson	6–4, 6–4
Loss	15–7	May 2007	Czech Republic F1, Teplice	Futures	Clay	Martin Slanar	Roman Kutáč Karel Tříska	4–6, 4–6
Win	16–7	Jul 2007	Oberstaufen, Germany	Challenger	Clay	Filip Polášek	Peter Gojowczyk Marc Sieber	7–5, 7–5
Win	17–7	Aug 2007	Slovakia F3, Bratislava	Futures	Clay	Filip Polášek	Viktor Bruthans Ján Stančík	w/o
Loss	17–8	Sep 2007	Düsseldorf, Germany	Challenger	Clay	Filip Polášek	Fabio Colangelo Philipp Marx	6–3, 3–6, [7–10]
Win	18–8	Sep 2007	Trnava, Slovakia	Challenger	Clay	Filip Polášek	Diego Junqueira Rubén Ramírez Hidalgo	6–1, 6–4
Loss	18–9	Oct 2007	Rennes, France	Challenger	Carpet (i)	Filip Polášek	Philipp Petzschner Björn Phau	2–6, 2–6
Win	19–9	Dec 2007	Czech Republic F5, Frýdlant nad Ostravicí	Futures	Hard (i)	Lukáš Rosol	Jiří Krkoška Ján Stančík	6–4, 6–2
Loss	19–10	Dec 2007	Czech Republic F6, Opava	Futures	Carpet (i)	Lukáš Rosol	Nikola Martinović Joško Topić	4–6, 5–7
Loss	19–11	Feb 2008	Bergamo, Italy	Challenger	Hard (i)	James Cerretani	Simone Bolelli Andreas Seppi	3–6, 0–6
Loss	19–12	May 2008	Ostrava, Czech Republic	Challenger	Clay	Jan Hernych	Sergiy Stakhovsky Tomáš Zíb	6–7(6–8), 6–3, [12–14]
Win	20–12	Jun 2008	Košice, Slovakia	Challenger	Clay	Tomasz Bednarek	Miguel Ángel López Jaén Carlos Poch Gradin	6–1, 4–6, [13–11]
Loss	20–13	Aug 2008	Cordenons, Italy	Challenger	Clay	David Škoch	Marco Crugnola Alessio di Mauro	6–1, 4–6, [6–10]
Loss	20–14	Aug 2008	Istanbul, Turkey	Challenger	Hard	David Škoch	Michael Kohlmann Frank Moser	6–7(4–7), 4–6
Loss	20–15	Sep 2008	Düsseldorf, Germany	Challenger	Clay	Lukáš Rosol	Jan Hájek Tomáš Zíb	6–1, 2–6, [7–10]
Loss	20–16	Sep 2008	Orléans, France	Challenger	Hard (i)	Jean-Claude Scherrer	Sergiy Stakhovsky Lovro Zovko	6–7(7–9), 4–6
Win	21–16	Sep 2008	Trnava, Slovakia	Challenger	Clay	David Škoch	Daniel Köllerer Michal Mertiňák	6–3, 6–1
Loss	21–17	Mar 2009	Besançon, France	Challenger	Hard (i)	David Škoch	Karol Beck Jaroslav Levinský	6–2, 5–7, [7–10]
Loss	21–18	Nov 2009	Eckental, Germany	Challenger	Carpet (i)	Philipp Marx	Michael Kohlmann Alexander Peya	4–6, 6–7(4–7)
Loss	21–19	Nov 2009	Aachen, Germany	Challenger	Carpet (i)	Philipp Marx	Rohan Bopanna Aisam Qureshi	4–6, 6–7(6–8)
Win	22–19	Nov 2009	Bratislava, Slovakia	Challenger	Hard (i)	Philipp Marx	Leoš Friedl David Škoch	6–4, 6–4
Win	23–19	Dec 2009	Salzburg, Austria	Challenger	Hard (i)	Philipp Marx	Sanchai Ratiwatana Sonchat Ratiwatana	6–4, 7–5
Win	24–19	Oct 2010	Mons, Belgium	Challenger	Hard (i)	Filip Polášek	Ruben Bemelmans Yannick Mertens	3–6, 6–4, [10–5]
Win	25–19	Apr 2011	Barletta, Italy	Challenger	Clay	Lukáš Rosol	Martin Fischer Andreas Haider-Maurer	6–3, 6–2
Win	26–19	Jul 2011	Orbetello, Italy	Challenger	Clay	Julian Knowle	Romain Jouan Benoît Paire	6–1, 7–6(7–2)
Loss	26–20	Mar 2012	Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina	Challenger	Hard (i)	Michal Mertiňák	Dustin Brown Jonathan Marray	6–7(2–7), 6–2, [9–11]
Loss	26–21	Apr 2012	Barletta, Italy	Challenger	Clay	Jonathan Marray	Johan Brunström Dick Norman	4–6, 5–7
Loss	26–22	Apr 2012	Napoli, Italy	Challenger	Clay	Rameez Junaid	Laurynas Grigelis Alessandro Motti	4–6, 4–6
Loss	26–23	May 2012	Prague, Czech Republic	Challenger	Clay	Martin Kližan	Lukáš Rosol Horacio Zeballos	5–7, 6–2, [10–12]
Win	27–23	May 2012	Bordeaux, France	Challenger	Clay	Martin Kližan	Olivier Charroin Jonathan Marray	7–6(7–5), 4–6, [10–4]
Win	28–23	Nov 2012	Helsinki, Finland	Challenger	Hard (i)	Mikhail Elgin	Uladzimir Ignatik Jimmy Wang	4–6, 7–6(7–0), [10–4]
Loss	28–24	Mar 2013	Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina	Challenger	Hard (i)	Karol Beck	Mirza Bašić Tomislav Brkić	3–6, 5–7
Win	29–24	Jun 2013	Košice, Slovakia	Challenger	Clay	Kamil Čapkovič	Gero Kretschmer Alexander Satschko	6–4, 7–6(7–5)
Loss	29–25	Jul 2013	Braunschweig, Germany	Challenger	Clay	Andreas Siljeström	Tomasz Bednarek Mateusz Kowalczyk	2–6, 6–7(4–7)
Win	30–25	Sep 2013	Como, Italy	Challenger	Clay	Rameez Junaid	Marco Crugnola Stefano Ianni	7–5, 7–6(7–2)
Win	31–25	Jun 2014	Vicenza, Italy	Challenger	Clay	Andrej Martin	Mateusz Kowalczyk Błażej Koniusz	6–1, 7–5
Win	32–25	Jul 2014	Braunschweig, Germany	Challenger	Clay	Andreas Siljeström	Rameez Junaid Michal Mertiňák	7–5, 6–4
Loss	32–26	Sep 2014	Szczecin, Poland	Challenger	Clay	Tomasz Bednarek	Dustin Brown Jan-Lennard Struff	2–6, 4–6
Win	33–26	Mar 2015	Kazan, Russia	Challenger	Hard (i)	Mikhail Elgin	Andrea Arnaboldi Matteo Viola	6–3, 6–3
Win	34–26	May 2015	Heilbronn, Germany	Challenger	Clay	Mateusz Kowalczyk	Dominik Meffert Tim Pütz	6–4, 6–3
Loss	34–27	Jun 2015	Prostějov, Czech Republic	Challenger	Clay	Mateusz Kowalczyk	Julian Knowle Philipp Oswald	6–4, 3–6, [9–11]
Win	35–27	Jun 2015	Prague, Czech Republic	Challenger	Clay	Mateusz Kowalczyk	Roberto Maytín Miguel Ángel Reyes-Varela	6–2, 7–6(7–5)
Win	36–27	Aug 2015	Slovakia F3, Piešťany	Futures	Clay	Filip Horanský	Isak Arvidsson Gábor Borsos	6–4, 1–6, [15–13]
Win	37–27	Aug 2015	Cordenons, Italy	Challenger	Clay	Andrej Martin	Dino Marcan Antonio Šančić	6–4, 5–7, [10–8]
Loss	37–28	Sep 2015	St Remy, France	Challenger	Clay	Andrej Martin	Ken Skupski Neal Skupski	4–6, 1–6
Loss	37–29	Oct 2015	Mons, Belgium	Challenger	Hard (i)	Rameez Junaid	Ruben Bemelmans Philipp Petzschner	3–6, 1–6
Win	38–29	Nov 2015	Bratislava, Slovakia	Challenger	Hard (i)	Ilija Bozoljac	Ken Skupski Neal Skupski	7–6(7–3), 4–6, [10–5]
Win	39–29	Nov 2015	Brescia, Italy	Challenger	Hard (i)	Ilija Bozoljac	Mirza Bašić Nikola Mektić	6–0, 6–3
Win	40–29	Mar 2016	Kazan, Russia	Challenger	Hard (i)	Aliaksandr Bury	Konstantin Kravchuk Philipp Oswald	6–2, 4–6, [10–6]
Win	41–29	Jun 2016	Prostějov, Czech Republic	Challenger	Clay	Aliaksandr Bury	Julio Peralta Hans Podlipnik Castillo	6–4, 6–4
Win	42–29	Jul 2016	Prague, Czech Republic	Challenger	Clay	Julian Knowle	Facundo Argüello Julio Peralta	6–4, 7–5
Win	43–29	Feb 2017	Quimper, France	Challenger	Hard (i)	Mikhail Elgin	Ken Skupski Neal Skupski	2–6, 7–5, [10–5]
Win	44–29	Feb 2017	Cherbourg, France	Challenger	Hard (i)	Roman Jebavý	Dino Marcan Tristan-Samuel Weissborn	7–6(7–4), 6–7(4–7), [10–6]
Win	45–29	Apr 2017	Francavilla, Italy	Challenger	Clay	Julian Knowle	Rameez Junaid Kevin Krawietz	2–6, 6–2, [10–7]
Loss	45–30	May 2017	Heilbronn, Germany	Challenger	Clay	Adil Shamasdin	Roman Jebavý Antonio Šančić	4–6, 1–6
Loss	45–31	May 2017	Mestre, Italy	Challenger	Clay	Julian Knowle	Ken Skupski Neal Skupski	7–5, 4–6, [5–10]
Win	46–31	Jul 2017	Braunschweig, Germany	Challenger	Clay	Julian Knowle	Gero Kretschmer Kevin Krawietz	6–3, 7–6(7–3)
Loss	46–32	Aug 2017	Cordenons, Italy	Challenger	Clay	Matwé Middelkoop	Roman Jebavý Zdeněk Kolář	2–6, 3–6
Win	47–32	Mar 2018	Zhuhai, China, P.R.	Challenger	Hard	Denys Molchanov	Aliaksandr Bury Peng Hsien-yin	7–5, 7–6(7–4)
Loss	47–33	Mar 2018	Shenzhen, China, P.R.	Challenger	Hard	Denys Molchanov	Hsieh Cheng-peng Rameez Junaid	6–7(3–7), 3–6
Win	48–33	Apr 2018	Barletta, Italy	Challenger	Clay	Denys Molchanov	Ariel Behar Máximo González	6–1, 6–2
Win	49–33	Apr 2018	Tunis, Tunisia	Challenger	Clay	Denys Molchanov	Jonathan Eysseric Joe Salisbury	7–6(7–4), 6–2
Win	50–33	Jun 2018	Prostějov, Czech Republic	Challenger	Clay	Denys Molchanov	Pablo Cuevas Martín Cuevas	4–6, 6–3, [10–7]
Win	51–33	Aug 2018	Cordenons, Italy	Challenger	Clay	Denys Molchanov	Andrej Martin Daniel Muñoz de la Nava	3–6, 6–3, [11–9]
Win	52–33	Nov 2018	Bratislava, Slovakia	Challenger	Hard (i)	Denys Molchanov	Ramkumar Ramanathan Andrei Vasilevski	6–2, 3–6, [11–9]
Win	53–33	Apr 2019	Barletta, Italy	Challenger	Clay	Denys Molchanov	Tomislav Brkić Tomislav Draganja	7–6(7–1), 6–4
Win	54–33	Apr 2019	Francavilla, Italy	Challenger	Clay	Denys Molchanov	Guillermo Durán David Vega Hernández	6–3, 6–2
Win	55–33	Aug 2019	Augsburg, Germany	Challenger	Clay	Andrei Vasilevski	Ivan Sabanov Matej Sabanov	4–6, 6–4, [10–3]
Win	56–33	Aug 2020	Ostrava, Czech Republic	Challenger	Clay	Artem Sitak	Karol Drzewiecki Szymon Walków	7–5, 6–4
Win	57–33	Aug 2021	Liberec, Czech Republic	Challenger	Clay	Roman Jebavý	Geoffrey Blancaneaux Maxime Janvier	6–2, 6–7(6–8), [10–5]
Win	58–33	Oct 2021	Ismaning, Germany	Challenger	Carpet (i)	Andre Begemann	Marek Gengel Tomáš Macháč	6-2, 6-4
Loss	58–34	Feb 2022	Forlí, Italy	Challenger	Hard (i)	Antonio Šančić	Victor Vlad Cornea Fabian Fallert	4-6, 6-3, [2-10]
Win	59–34	Apr 2022	Madrid, Spain	Challenger	Clay	Adam Pavlásek	Rafael Matos David Vega Hernández	6–3, 3–6, [10–6]
Win	60–34	May 2022	Zagreb, Croatia	Challenger	Clay	Adam Pavlásek	Domagoj Bilješko Andrey Chepelev	4–6, 6–3, [10–2]
Loss	60–35	June 2022	Parma, Italy	Challenger	Clay	Denys Molchanov	Luciano Darderi Fernando Romboli	2-6, 3-6
Loss	60–36	Oct 2022	Parma, Italy	Challenger	Clay	Luis David Martínez	Tomislav Brkić Nikola Ćaćić	2–6, 2–6

Doubles performance timeline

Key

W

F

SF

QF

#R

RR

Q#

DNQ

A

NH

(W) winner; (F) finalist; (SF) semifinalist; (QF) quarterfinalist; (#R) rounds 4, 3, 2, 1; (RR) round-robin stage; (Q#) qualification round; (DNQ) did not qualify; (A) absent; (NH) not held; (SR) strike rate (events won / competed); (W–L) win–loss record.

To avoid confusion and double counting, these charts are updated at the conclusion of a tournament or when the player's participation has ended.

Tournament	2008	2009	2010	2011	2012	2013	2014	2015	2016	2017	2018	2019	2020	2021	SR	W–L
Grand Slam tournaments
Australian Open	A	A	3R	2R	1R	1R	A	A	1R	A	A	2R	1R	1R	0 / 8	4–8
French Open	A	3R	1R	1R	A	1R	A	A	A	A	A	2R	1R	A	0 / 6	3–6
Wimbledon	3R	3R	2R	1R	1R	1R	1R	1R	1R	1R	Q2	1R	NH	1R	0 / 12	5–12
US Open	A	1R	2R	1R	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	1R	A	A	0 / 4	1–4
Win–loss	2–1	4–3	4–4	1–4	0–2	0–3	0–1	0–1	0–2	0–1	0–0	2–4	0–2	0–2	0 / 30	13–30