2013–16: Historic maiden ATP title Radu Albot has achieved many firsts for a
Moldovan professional tennis player. In September 2013 he won the
ATP Challenger event in
Fergana,
Uzbekistan, becoming the first player from his country to win an
ATP Challenger tournament. At the
2014 US Open, he won three straight matches in the men's qualifying tournament to gain a berth in the main draw, becoming the first
Moldovan to play in the main draw of a
Grand Slam. In May 2015, Albot teamed up with
Dušan Lajović to win the doubles title at the inaugural
2015 Istanbul Open, becoming the first
Moldovan to win an
ATP Tour level event. In October 2015, Albot together with his doubles partner
František Čermák managed to reach the
2015 Kremlin Cup final, being defeated by
Andrey Rublev and
Dmitry Tursunov in the decisive set. In June 2016, he qualified for the
2016 Wimbledon Championships and won his first
Grand Slam match in 4 attempts, defeating
Gastão Elias in the first round.
2017–19: Historic ATP singles title & top 40 debut, Major doubles semifinal In June 2017, Radu Albot reached the quarterfinals of the
2017 Antalya Open beating
João Sousa and
Paolo Lorenzi, before losing to
Andreas Seppi in straight sets. In the same year, he played for the first time in the main draw of all four
Grand Slam tournaments. He was a direct entry into the
Australian Open,
French Open and
Wimbledon tournaments. Albot qualified for the
2017 US Open tournament and won two main draw matches before being defeated by
Sam Querrey in the third round, his best singles finish at a
Grand Slam to date. 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. He equalled his Grand Slam third round achievement at the
2018 Wimbledon Championships, defeating 20th seed
Pablo Carreño Busta and
Aljaz Bedene before eventually losing in the third round to
John Isner. At the
2018 US Open, he and partner
Malek Jaziri reached the doubles semifinals. In September 2018, he reached his first
ATP Tour level singles semifinals at the
2018 Moselle Open where he lost against the eventual tournament champion,
Gilles Simon. In 2019, 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 late February, he won the
2019 Delray Beach Open, making history as the first
Moldovan to win an ATP singles title, knocking out
Ivo Karlović,
Nick Kyrgios,
Steve Johnson and
Mackenzie McDonald. In the final he defeated
Dan Evans of Great Britain in a closely fought three-set match. At the same tournament he reached the semifinals in doubles with Japanese
Yoshihito Nishioka. In March in
Miami he continued his great form. Albot was the only man to take a set off the eventual champion,
Roger Federer, in the whole tournament during their second round match. In May, Albot reached the
2019 Geneva Open semifinal losing in the penultimate round against
Nicolás Jarry. In August, seeded seventh, he reached his third semifinal of 2019 at the
2019 Los Cabos Open, losing to fifth seed Taylor Fritz. His three victories in the tournament put him at a total of 25 for the year, his most
ATP Tour wins in a season. As a result he reached his highest career ranking in the top 40 of world No. 39 on 5 August 2019.
2020–21: Inaugural ATP Cup, Australian Open third round, struggles, out of top 100 In January 2020, Albot participated in the Inaugural
2020 ATP Cup in the Group stage as a member of the
Moldovan team. He 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. 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. In February, seeded sixth, he made his first semifinal in 19 months and of the year at the
2021 Singapore Tennis Open where he lost to
Alexander Bublik. After eight first rounds losses he dropped out of the top 100 on 2 August 2021. He finished with a 6-15 ATP win–loss record for the 2021 season, ranked No. 125.
2022–23: Major third round, back to Masters & top 100, 100th win Albot reached the main draw at the
2022 Australian Open as a qualifier, and defeated
Yoshihito Nishioka and Australian wildcard
Aleksandar Vukic. He lost to
Alexander Zverev in straight sets in the third round. He won the title at the
2022 Istanbul Challenger defeating
Lukáš Rosol. As a result, he moved back into the 100 to No. 92 on 19 September 2022. He finished the 2022 season ranked No. 106. He lost in the first round of the qualifications at the
2023 Australian Open to American
Brandon Holt. At the
2023 Delray Beach Open he reached his first ATP semifinal since February 2021 by defeating
Fernando Verdasco,
Aleksandar Vukic and second seed
Tommy Paul, which was his seventh top-20 career win and 99th career win overall. In the semifinals, he lost against fourth seed
Miomir Kecmanović. As a result, he returned to the top 100 at No. 99 on 20 February 2023. In March, he entered the main draw of the
2023 BNP Paribas Open as a lucky loser directly into the second round, replacing 15th seed
Pablo Carreño Busta who withdrew in the last minute. In May, he qualified for the
2023 French Open and won his first round match against American wildcard
Patrick Kypson. It was his 101st career win, having recorded his 100th match win earlier at the
Banja Luka Open in April. He also qualified for the
2023 Wimbledon Championships. He finished the 2023 season ranked No. 131.
2024: Back to top 150, tenth US Open appearance Ranked No. 137, he qualified for the main draw at the
2024 Delray Beach Open and won his first round match against #NextGenATP player
Juncheng Shang. He also qualified for the main draw at the
2024 Țiriac Open and defeated
Aleksandar Kovacevic. He lost to another #NextGenATP player, wildcard
João Fonseca in the second round. Ranked No. 144, he qualified for the
2024 Wimbledon Championships. Ranked No. 152, he also qualified for the
Citi Open in Washington D.C., defeating
Eliot Spizzirri and fourth qualifying seed
Terence Atmane. He won his first round match over
Facundo Díaz Acosta. Ranked No. 138, he qualified for the
US Open, making his tenth appearance, and 30th at a Grand Slam overall, defeating
Javier Barranco Cosano, No. 10 qualifying seed
Luca Van Assche and
Shintaro Mochizuki. He lost in the first round in straight sets against
Novak Djokovic in his first meeting with the defending champion. With previous career wins over
Marko Djokovic and
Djordje Djokovic, Albot is the only player to have played a professional singles match against each of all three Djokovic brothers. ==Performance timelines==