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The slide has spread to clay. Basilashvili's four 2026 wins all came on dirt, but Monday's 4-6, 2-6 loss to Tiago Torres at the Estoril Open was his second straight on it, leaving him 4-5 on clay and 4-8 overall.
The 34-year-old won 70 percent of first-serve points to Torres's 69, yet took 6 of 24 on his second serve and held four of nine service games.
Outside the Italian Open week, 2026 reads 1-7. The one number climbing is his Drop Shot rank, up 127 spots to 173 across his last five events, against an ATP ranking slide from 107 to 135.
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Currently ranked No. 124. Across 2023–2026: a high of No. 84 and a low of No. 263 over 283 ranking updates.
Year-end ranking: 2023 — No. 263 · 2024 — No. 208 · 2025 — No. 109 · 2026 — No. 124 (current)
Nikoloz Basilashvili is a 34-year-old right-hander from Tbilisi, ranked outside the top 100 through 2026 and still capable of beating the players at the top of it. He stood at ATP No. 121 with 491 points on 29 September 2026, after opening the season at No. 107 and peaking at No. 105. The best rank in The Drop Shot's ranking records is ATP No. 84, first logged in February 2023; earlier seasons are not fully covered there.
The 2026 numbers cut both ways. He has won 77% of his first-serve points while producing fewer winners than unforced errors over the season, and his record stands at 7-9, with five wins in his last 10 matches.
The best of that form has come against high-ranked opponents. In May 2026 he beat Ben Shelton, then ATP No. 6, in the round of 64 at the Italian Open, then reached the round of 16 before Andrey Rublev beat him in three sets. At Wimbledon in July 2025 he won his opener against Lorenzo Musetti, then ATP No. 7, and went out in the second round.
His most recent run came in late September 2026, when three straight-set wins carried him to the Chengdu Open semifinals. Alejandro Davidovich Fokina recovered from a set down there to win 4-6, 6-4, 6-3.
Nikoloz Basilashvili's latest available published ATP singles ranking is No. 124 as of Oct 6, 2026 with 491 ATP Points.
Nikoloz Basilashvili has a 7–9 win-loss record in 2026 across the Grand Slam, Masters/1000, 500 and 250 events covered by The Drop Shot.
Nikoloz Basilashvili beat Jenson Brooksby 6-4 7(7)-6(4) in the quarterfinals at the Chengdu Open on Sep 27, 2026. This is the latest result available in the 2026 records.
Independent rolling tour snapshot · events starting Oct 7, 2024–Oct 6, 2026All surfaces · Slam / Masters / 500 / 250 · 70/30 when both windows qualifyUpdating snapshot…
| Opponent | Last meeting | H2H |
|---|---|---|
| WIMJul '25 | 0-1 | |
| WIMJul '25 | 1-0 | |
| RGMay '25 | 0-1 | |
| AOJan '25 | 0-1 | |
| ROMMay '26 | 1-0 |