Igor Zelenay

 ( 1982 Births ) 

Igor Zelenay (; 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 Tour tournaments.

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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.

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ATP career finals

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

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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)

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Hard (1–2)

Clay (0–2)

Grass (0–0)

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Outdoor (0–2)

Indoor (1–2)

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Loss	0–1		Delray Beach Open, United States	250 Series	Hard (i)	Philipp Marx	Bob Bryan Mike Bryan	3–6, 6–7(3–7)
Loss	0–2		Grand Prix Hassan II, Morocco	250 Series	Clay	Colin Fleming	Robert Lindstedt Horia Tecău	2–6, 1–6
Loss	0–3		St. Petersburg Open, Russia	250 Series	Hard (i)	Lukáš Lacko	Rajeev Ram Nenad Zimonjić	2–6, 6–4, 6–10
Loss	0–4		Swiss Open, Switzerland	250 Series	Clay	Denys Molchanov	Matteo Berrettini Daniele Bracciali	6–7(2–7), 6–7(5–7)
Win	1–4		St. Petersburg Open, Russia	250 Series	Hard (i)	Divij Sharan	Matteo Berrettini Simone Bolelli	6–3, 3–6, 10–8

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Challenger and Futures finals

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Singles: 7 (2–5)

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ATP Challenger Tour (0–1)

ITF Futures Tour (2–4)

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Hard (1–3)

Clay (0–1)

Grass (0–1)

Carpet (1–0)

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Loss	0–1		Czech Republic F2, Jablonec nad Nisou	Futures	Clay	Régis Lavergne	2–6, 6–4, 5–7
Loss	0–2		Czech Republic F6, Prague	Futures	Hard	Lukáš Dlouhý	3–6, 6–4, 3–6
Loss	0–3		Germany F1B, Biberach	Futures	Hard (i)	Roko Karanušić	5–7, 5–7
Win	1–3		France F15, Bagnères-de-Bigorre	Futures	Hard	Nicolas Tourte	7–6(7–4), 6–7(5–7), 7–5
Win	2–3		Austria F1, Anif	Futures	Carpet (i)	Boštjan Ošabnik	6–3, 6–1
Loss	2–4		Great Britain F6, Bath	Futures	Hard (i)	Mark Hilton	3–6, 4–6
Loss	2–5		Manchester, Great Britain	Challenger	Grass	Daniele Bracciali	4–6, 4–6

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Doubles: 96 (60–36)

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ATP Challenger Tour (46–30)

ITF Futures Tour (14–6)

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Hard (16–12)

Clay (36–20)

Grass (0–0)

Carpet (8–4)

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

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Doubles performance timeline

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