 Semifinal results at major Challengers in Spain and Istanbul in July got his ranking back to #181.In October, he qualified into ATP main draws two weeks in a row, losing in the first round to #26 Richard Gasquet in France and beating #21 Dmitry Tursunov in the first round in Moscow before losing to #54 Arnaud Clément.That brought his singles ranking to a career high of #158.