Vladimir Gabrichidze

Vladimir Gabrichidze (born 16 May 1968) is a former professional tennis player from Georgia.

Vladimir Gabrichidze

Country (sports)	Soviet Union Georgia
Born	(1968-05-16) 16 May 1968 Tbilisi, Georgian SSR
Height	1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)
Turned pro	1990
Plays	Right-handed
Prize money	$108,548
Singles
Career record	2–6
Career titles	0
Highest ranking	No. 140 (27 Apr 1992)
Doubles
Career record	2–8
Career titles	0
Highest ranking	No. 184 (12 Jul 1993)

Career

Gabrichidze won the doubles at the USSR Championships on six occasions and was also the singles winner once. He also represented the Soviet Union in their Davis Cup World Group qualifier in 1990. When he returned to the Davis Cup two years later, it was with the CIS team but from 1995 he competed for the Georgians. By the time he made his last Davis Cup appearance in 2002, Gabrichidze had taken part in 18 ties for Georgia, winning 11 of his 16 singles matches and 10 of 14 doubles rubbers.

In 1991 he played in the biggest tournament of his career, the Italian Open, part of the ATP Tour's Championship Series. He was eliminated in the opening round by Pete Sampras, but did manage to take a set off the American.

He reached the quarter-finals of the Prague Open in 1992 and en route upset world number 52 Renzo Furlan. In the same year he made the Kremlin Cup semi-finals, in the doubles, with partner Andrei Merinov.

Challenger titles

Singles: (1)

No.	Year	Tournament	Surface	Opponent	Score
1.	1991	Pescara, Italy	Clay	Martin Střelba	7–5, 6–4

Doubles: (3)

No.	Year	Tournament	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
1.	1989	Fürth, West Germany	Clay	Dimitri Poliakov	Cristiano Caratti Federico Mordegan	6–4, 6–7, 6–4
2.	1991	Bangalore, India	Clay	Mihnea-Ion Năstase	Sean Cole Martin Zumpft	2–6, 7–5, 6–3
3.	1991	Geneva, Switzerland	Clay	Martin Střelba	Roberto Argüello Christian Miniussi	1–6, 6–3, 6–4