Nenad Zimonjić facts for kids
Country (sports) | Yugoslavia (1995–2003) Serbia and Montenegro (2003–2006) Serbia (2006–) |
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Residence | Belgrade, Serbia |
Born | Belgrade, SR Serbia, SFR Yugoslavia |
4 June 1976
Height | 1.91 m (6 ft 3 in) |
Turned pro | 1995 |
Plays | Right-handed (one-handed backhand) |
Coach | Marko Nešić |
Prize money | US$8,437,703 |
Official website | nenadzimonjic.com |
Singles | |
Career record | 12–25 (32.43% in ATP World Tour and Grand Slam main draw matches, and in Davis Cup) |
Career titles | 0 |
Highest ranking | No. 176 (29 March 1999) |
Grand Slam singles results | |
Australian Open | 1R (2001) |
Wimbledon | 3R (1999) |
Doubles | |
Career record | 710–427 (62.45% in ATP World Tour and Grand Slam main draw matches, and in Davis Cup) |
Career titles | 54 |
Highest ranking | No. 1 (17 November 2008) |
Grand Slam doubles results | |
Australian Open | F (2010) |
French Open | W (2010) |
Wimbledon | W (2008, 2009) |
US Open | QF (2006, 2009, 2015) |
Other doubles tournaments | |
Tour Finals | W (2008, 2010) |
Mixed doubles | |
Career titles | 5 |
Grand Slam mixed doubles results | |
Australian Open | W (2004, 2008) |
French Open | W (2006, 2010) |
Wimbledon | W (2014) |
US Open | F (2005) |
Team competitions | |
Davis Cup | W (2010) |
Nenad Zimonjić (Serbian Cyrillic: Ненад Зимоњић, pronounced [nênaːd zǐmoɲitɕ]; born 4 June 1976) is a Serbian professional tennis player who was ranked world No. 1 in doubles.
He is an eight-time Grand Slam champion, having won the 2008 and 2009 Wimbledon Championships as well as the 2010 French Open in men's doubles partnering Daniel Nestor. In mixed doubles, Zimonjić won the 2004 Australian Open partnering Elena Bovina, the 2006 and 2010 French Opens partnering Katarina Srebotnik, the 2008 Australian Open partnering Sun Tiantian, and the 2014 Wimbledon Championships partnering Samantha Stosur. He has also reached nine further major finals across the two disciplines.
Zimonjić won 54 doubles titles on the ATP Tour, including the 2008 and 2010 Tour Finals, and 15 Masters 1000-level titles. He became the world No. 1 for the first time in November 2008, going on to spend 50 weeks at the top of the rankings over the next two years. Zimonjić was the second Serbian to top the doubles rankings, after Slobodan Živojinović in 1986.
In singles, he reached his career-high ranking of world No. 176 in March 1999, and achieved his best major result at the Wimbledon Championships that year, reaching the third round. Zimonjić represented Serbia in the Davis Cup from 1995 to 2017, competing in 55 ties and earning 43 victories, making him the most successful Davis Cup player in Serbian history. He was also part of the team that won the tournament in 2010, and served as captain from 2017 to 2020, overseeing Serbia's victory at the inaugural ATP Cup in 2020. Zimonjić also competed at the Olympic Games on four occasions.
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Career
Doubles
Zimonjić turned pro in 1995 and remained relatively unknown outside his native country until a surprise victory in the mixed doubles at the 2004 Australian Open. Paired for the first time with Russian Elena Bovina, he beat defending champions Martina Navratilova and Leander Paes in straight sets in an hour and nine minutes. Alongside Katarina Srebotnik of Slovenia, he won the 2006 French Open crown with a straight-sets victory over Daniel Nestor and Elena Likhovtseva. At the 2006 Wimbledon Championships, Zimonjić reached the final of the men's doubles alongside France's Fabrice Santoro and the quarterfinals of the mixed doubles.
In 2007, Zimonjić reached the 2007 French Open mixed doubles final as the defending champions with Katarina Srebotnik and lost to Nathalie Dechy and Andy Ram. He left Santoro after Wimbledon and teamed with Mahesh Bhupathi until after the 2007 US Open. After the US Open, Nenad left Bhupathi and partnered with Daniel Nestor, who won the French Open earlier in the year alongside Mark Knowles. The team won the 2007 St. Petersburg Open, without losing a set. Nestor and Zimonjić later won 2008 Wimbledon (Zimonjić's first Grand Slam), 2009 Wimbledon and 2010 French Open.
In 2009, they defended their Wimbledon title & won 5 Masters 1000 titles. At the World Team Cup as a part of the Serbian team. With Victor Troicki, he won two decisive games against Italian and Argentinian teams; as a result, Serbia finished first in its group, and then proceeded to beat Germany in the final encounter. In 2010, they finished runners-up at the Australian Open, later on in the year he won both the doubles with Daniel Nestor and the mixed doubles with Katarina Srebotnik at Roland Garros. Zimonjic ended his partnership with Nestor after winning the ATP World Tour Finals. In 2011, he partnered with Michaël Llodra, with whom he won one Masters 1000 title & four ATP 500 titles. Their partnership ended mid-way through 2012, after Roland Garros. In 2014, Zimonjic & Nestor renewed their partnership, which saw them both return to the top 10 by May & ranked 3 by the end of the year. In 2015 he started the year partnering Aisam-ul-Haq Qureshi, then teamed up with Marcin Matkowski; despite not winning a title together, the Polish-Serbian duo qualified for the World Tour Finals. Zimonjic won titles each year for 16 straight seasons and finished 12 consecutive seasons, starting in 2004, ranked in the ATP doubles top 20. Since 2016, when he played doubles at the Rio Olympics with Novak Djokovic, Zimonjic hasn't had a steady partner for a full season.
On 26 July 2017 the Serbian became the 10th player to record 700 doubles match wins (or more).
In June 2018, Zimonjic underwent bilateral hip replacement surgery. He returned to the ATP tour in February 2019 at the Sofia Open, where he and compatriot Viktor Troicki had won the doubles title two years prior.
2021–2024: Hiatus, 2022 & 2023 Wimbledon mixed invitation doubles title, 2024 Wimbledon mixed invitation doubles final and intention to return
Although Zimonjic never officially announced his retirement, he didn't play on the ATP Tour for more than three years since Dubai Tennis Championships 2021.
Partnering Marion Bartoli, Zimonjic won the inaugural Wimbledon mixed invitation doubles 2022. They beat Todd Woodbridge and Cara Black in straight sets in the final.
In 2023, partnering Rennae Stubbs, Zimonjic successfully defended his Wimbledon mixed invitation doubles title. They beat Greg Rusedski and Conchita Martinez in straight sets in the final.
In 2023 he announced his intention to return to the ATP tour.
In 2024, partnering Barbara Schett, he reached the final of 2024 Wimbledon Championships – Mixed invitation doubles. They were defeated by Mark Woodforde and his partner Dominika Cibulkova.
Singles
In August 1994, Zimonjić won his first professional singles title, beating Miles MacLagan on clay at a satellite tournament in Hungary. He went on to win four other ITF satellite events, as well as four Challenger tour titles in singles: Kyiv (Ukraine) in 1998, Belo Horizonte (Brazil) in 2000, Andrezieux (France) in 2001, and Belgrade (Serbia) in 2004. In 2004, he defeated Andre Agassi in St Pölten, and in 2005 on the grass of Halle, he defeated Nicolas Kiefer. Other recognised opponents include Ivo Karlovic in 2000, Nicolas Mahut in 2001.
Davis Cup and ATP Cup
Zimonjić has been a member of Serbia Davis Cup team (previously Yugoslavia Davis Cup team and Serbia and Montenegro Davis Cup team, respectively) since 1995, playing both singles and doubles, and in 2003–2004 he was the playing captain of the national team. In recent years, with the emergence of highly ranked Serbian singles players Novak Djokovic, Janko Tipsarević, and Viktor Troicki, Zimonjić became a doubles specialist on the team, partnering all of them, as well as Dušan Vemić and Ilija Bozoljac.
In 2010, Serbia won its first ever Davis Cup title, following the victories over United States (3–2), Croatia (4–1), Czech Republic (3–2), and France in the final match (3–2). Zimonjić played in all four doubles rubbers over the course of the competition, winning once (against Croatia, partnering Tipsarević) and losing the other three times (partnering Tipsarević, Djokovic, and Troicki, respectively). To celebrate the win, all the players shaved their heads. The central celebration was held in Belgrade in front of several thousand fans, and the Serbian national postal service issued a stamp picturing the players.
In the 2013 quarterfinals against the United States, he and Ilija Bozoljac had an impressive five set victory against the no. 1 ranked Bryan brothers.
Zimonjić was named Serbia Davis Cup team captain in 2003-2004 and from January 2017 till December 2020 when he was unexpectedly replaced by Victor Troicki. He was also the 2020 ATP Cup captain when Serbia won the inaugural 2020 cup.
Personal life
Zimonjić was born in Belgrade, and was brought up in the Borča suburb, while he is currently living in New Belgrade. Zimonjić's paternal family hails from the Gacko region in Herzegovina, from where it settled in Vučkovica near Kragujevac, while his mother was born in Gospić, in Lika. The family's slava (feast day) is Aranđelovdan. He is related to Bogdan Zimonjić (1813–1909), a Serbian Orthodox priest and guerilla leader.
In 2008, he married former model Mina Knežević. On 3 December 2008 his wife gave birth to twins, Leon and Luna.
Significant finals
Grand Slam
Men's doubles: 7 (3–4)
Outcome | Year | Tournament | Surface | Partner | Opponents | Score |
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Runner-up | 2004 | Wimbledon | Grass | Julian Knowle | Jonas Björkman Todd Woodbridge |
1–6, 4–6, 6–4, 4–6 |
Runner-up | 2006 | Wimbledon | Grass | Fabrice Santoro | Bob Bryan Mike Bryan |
3–6, 6–4, 4–6, 2–6 |
Runner-up | 2008 | French Open | Clay | Daniel Nestor | Pablo Cuevas Luis Horna |
2–6, 3–6 |
Winner | 2008 | Wimbledon | Grass | Daniel Nestor | Jonas Björkman Kevin Ullyett |
7–6(14–12), 6–7(6–8), 6–3, 6–3 |
Winner | 2009 | Wimbledon (2) | Grass | Daniel Nestor | Bob Bryan Mike Bryan |
7–6(9–7), 6–7(3–7), 7–6(7–3), 6–3 |
Runner-up | 2010 | Australian Open | Hard | Daniel Nestor | Bob Bryan Mike Bryan |
3–6, 7–6(7–5), 3–6 |
Winner | 2010 | French Open | Clay | Daniel Nestor | Lukáš Dlouhý Leander Paes |
7–5, 6–2 |
Mixed doubles: 10 (5–5)
Outcome | Year | Tournament | Surface | Partner | Opponents | Score |
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Winner | 2004 | Australian Open | Hard | Elena Bovina | Martina Navratilova Leander Paes |
6–1, 7–6(7–3) |
Runner-up | 2005 | US Open | Hard | Katarina Srebotnik | Daniela Hantuchová Mahesh Bhupathi |
4–6, 2–6 |
Winner | 2006 | French Open | Clay | Katarina Srebotnik | Elena Likhovtseva Daniel Nestor |
6–3, 6–4 |
Runner-up | 2007 | French Open | Clay | Katarina Srebotnik | Nathalie Dechy Andy Ram |
5–7, 3–6 |
Winner | 2008 | Australian Open (2) | Hard | Sun Tiantian | Sania Mirza Mahesh Bhupathi |
7–6(7–4), 6–4 |
Runner-up | 2008 | French Open | Clay | Katarina Srebotnik | Victoria Azarenka Bob Bryan |
2–6, 6–7(4–7) |
Winner | 2010 | French Open (2) | Clay | Katarina Srebotnik | Yaroslava Shvedova Julian Knowle |
4–6, 7–6(7–5), [11–9] |
Runner-up | 2011 | French Open | Clay | Katarina Srebotnik | Casey Dellacqua Scott Lipsky |
6–7(6–8), 6–4, [7–10] |
Runner-up | 2014 | French Open | Clay | Julia Görges | Anna-Lena Grönefeld Jean-Julien Rojer |
6–4, 2–6, [7–10] |
Winner | 2014 | Wimbledon | Grass | Samantha Stosur | Chan Hao-ching Max Mirnyi |
6–4, 6–2 |
Year-end championships
Doubles: 3 (2–1)
Outcome | Year | Championship | Surface | Partner | Opponent | Score |
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Runner-up | 2005 | Shanghai | Hard (i) | Leander Paes | Michaël Llodra Fabrice Santoro |
7–6(8–6), 3–6, 6–7(4–7) |
Winner | 2008 | Shanghai | Hard (i) | Daniel Nestor | Bob Bryan Mike Bryan |
7–6(7–3), 6–2 |
Winner | 2010 | London | Hard (i) | Daniel Nestor | Mahesh Bhupathi Max Mirnyi |
7–6(8–6), 6–4 |
ATP career finals
Doubles: 91 (54 titles, 37 runner-ups)
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Result | W–L | Date | Tournament | Tier | Surface | Partner | Opponents | Score |
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Loss | 0–1 | Feb 1999 | Pacific Coast Championships, US | World Series | Hard (i) | Aleksandar Kitinov | Todd Woodbridge Mark Woodforde |
5–7, 7–6(7–3), 4–6 |
Win | 1–1 | May 1999 | Delray Beach Open, US | World Series | Clay | Max Mirnyi | Doug Flach Brian MacPhie |
7–6(7–3), 3–6, 6–3 |
Win | 2–1 | Mar 2000 | Delray Beach Open, US (2) | International | Hard | Brian MacPhie | Joshua Eagle Andrew Florent |
7–5, 6–4 |
Loss | 2–2 | May 2000 | Bavarian Championships, Germany | International | Clay | Max Mirnyi | David Adams John-Laffnie de Jager |
4–6, 4–6 |
Win | 3–2 | Oct 2000 | Vienna Open, Austria | Intl. Gold | Hard (i) | Yevgeny Kafelnikov | Jiří Novák David Rikl |
6–4, 6–4 |
Loss | 3–3 | Mar 2001 | Dubai Tennis Championships, UAE | Intl. Gold | Hard | Daniel Nestor | Joshua Eagle Sandon Stolle |
4–6, 4–6 |
Loss | 3–4 | Apr 2001 | Estoril Open, Portugal | International | Clay | Donald Johnson | Radek Štěpánek Michal Tabara |
4–6, 1–6 |
Win | 4–4 | Oct 2001 | Grand Prix de Tennis de Lyon, France | International | Carpet (i) | Daniel Nestor | Arnaud Clément Sébastien Grosjean |
6–1, 6–2 |
Win | 5–4 | Feb 2002 | U.S. National Indoor Tennis Championships, US | Intl. Gold | Hard (i) | Brian MacPhie | Bob Bryan Mike Bryan |
6–3, 3–6, [10–4] |
Win | 6–4 | Mar 2003 | Delray Beach Open, US (3) | International | Hard | Leander Paes | Raemon Sluiter Martin Verkerk |
7–5, 3–6, 7–5 |
Loss | 6–5 | May 2003 | Valencia Open, Spain | International | Clay | Brian MacPhie | Lucas Arnold Ker Mariano Hood |
1–6, 7–6(9–7), 4–6 |
Loss | 6–6 | May 2003 | St. Pölten Grand Prix, Austria | International | Clay | Sargis Sargsian | Simon Aspelin Massimo Bertolini |
4–6, 7–6(10–8), 3–6 |
Win | 7–6 | Oct 2003 | St. Petersburg Open, Russia | International | Hard (i) | Julian Knowle | Michael Kohlmann Rainer Schüttler |
7–6(7–1), 6–3 |
Win | 8–6 | Apr 2004 | Monte-Carlo Masters, Monaco | Masters | Clay | Tim Henman | Gastón Etlis Martín Rodríguez |
7–5, 6–2 |
Loss | 8–7 | May 2004 | Bavarian Championships, Germany | International | Clay | Julian Knowle | James Blake Mark Merklein |
2–6, 4–6 |
Loss | 8–8 | Jul 2004 | Wimbledon, UK | Grand Slam | Grass | Julian Knowle | Jonas Björkman Todd Woodbridge |
1–6, 4–6, 6–4, 4–6 |
Win | 9–8 | Apr 2005 | Monte-Carlo Masters, Monaco (2) | Masters | Clay | Leander Paes | Bob Bryan Mike Bryan |
Walkover |
Win | 10–8 | Apr 2005 | Barcelona Open, Spain | Intl. Gold | Clay | Leander Paes | Feliciano López Rafael Nadal |
6–3, 6–3 |
Loss | 10–9 | Oct 2005 | Stockholm Open, Sweden | International | Hard (i) | Leander Paes | Wayne Arthurs Paul Hanley |
3–6, 3–6 |
Loss | 10–10 | Oct 2005 | Madrid Open, Spain | Masters | Hard (i) | Leander Paes | Mark Knowles Daniel Nestor |
6–3, 3–6, 2–6 |
Loss | 10–11 | Nov 2005 | Tennis Masters Cup, China | Masters Cup | Carpet (i) | Leander Paes | Michaël Llodra Fabrice Santoro |
7–6(8–6), 3–6, 6–7(4–7) |
Win | 11–11 | Jan 2006 | Sydney International, Australia | International | Hard | Fabrice Santoro | František Čermák Leoš Friedl |
6–1, 6–4 |
Loss | 11–12 | Apr 2006 | Monte-Carlo Masters, Monaco | Masters | Clay | Fabrice Santoro | Jonas Björkman Max Mirnyi |
2–6, 6–7(2–7) |
Win | 12–12 | Jun 2006 | Halle Open, Germany | International | Grass | Fabrice Santoro | Michael Kohlmann Rainer Schüttler |
6–0, 6–4 |
Loss | 12–13 | Jul 2006 | Wimbledon, UK | Grand Slam | Grass | Fabrice Santoro | Bob Bryan Mike Bryan |
3–6, 6–4, 4–6, 2–6 |
Win | 13–13 | Oct 2006 | Kremlin Cup, Russia | International | Carpet (i) | Fabrice Santoro | František Čermák Jaroslav Levinský |
6–1, 7–5 |
Loss | 13–14 | Nov 2006 | Paris Masters, France | Masters | Carpet (i) | Fabrice Santoro | Arnaud Clément Michaël Llodra |
6–7(4–7), 2–6 |
Win | 14–14 | Jan 2007 | Qatar Open, Qatar | International | Hard | Mikhail Youzhny | Martin Damm Leander Paes |
6–1, 7–6(7–3) |
Win | 15–14 | Mar 2007 | Dubai Tennis Championships, UAE | Intl. Gold | Hard | Fabrice Santoro | Mahesh Bhupathi Radek Štěpánek |
7–5, 6–7(3–7), [10–7] |
Win | 16–14 | May 2007 | Italian Open, Italy | Masters | Clay | Fabrice Santoro | Bob Bryan Mike Bryan |
6–4, 6–7(4–7), [10–7] |
Loss | 16–15 | Jun 2007 | Halle Open, Germany | International | Grass | Fabrice Santoro | Simon Aspelin Julian Knowle |
4–6, 6–7(5–7) |
Win | 17–15 | Aug 2007 | Connecticut Open, US | International | Hard | Mahesh Bhupathi | Mariusz Fyrstenberg Marcin Matkowski |
6–3, 6–3 |
Win | 18–15 | Oct 2007 | St. Petersburg Open, Russia (2) | International | Carpet (i) | Daniel Nestor | Jürgen Melzer Todd Perry |
6–1, 7–6(7–3) |
Loss | 18–16 | Nov 2007 | Paris Masters, France | Masters | Hard (i) | Daniel Nestor | Bob Bryan Mike Bryan |
3–6, 6–7(4–7) |
Loss | 18–17 | Mar 2008 | Indian Wells Masters, US | Masters | Hard | Daniel Nestor | Jonathan Erlich Andy Ram |
4–6, 4–6 |
Loss | 18–18 | May 2008 | Italian Open, Italy | Masters | Clay | Daniel Nestor | Bob Bryan Mike Bryan |
6–3, 4–6, [8–10] |
Win | 19–18 | May 2008 | Masters Series Hamburg, Germany | Masters | Clay | Daniel Nestor | Bob Bryan Mike Bryan |
6–4, 5–7, [10–8] |
Loss | 19–19 | Jun 2008 | French Open, France | Grand Slam | Clay | Daniel Nestor | Pablo Cuevas Luis Horna |
2–6, 3–6 |
Win | 20–19 | Jun 2008 | Queen's Club Championships, UK | International | Grass | Daniel Nestor | Marcelo Melo André Sá |
6–4, 7–6(7–3) |
Win | 21–19 | Jul 2008 | Wimbledon, UK | Grand Slam | Grass | Daniel Nestor | Jonas Björkman Kevin Ullyett |
7–6(14–12), 6–7(3–7), 6–3, 6–3 |
Win | 22–19 | Jul 2008 | Canadian Open, Canada | Masters | Hard | Daniel Nestor | Bob Bryan Mike Bryan |
6–2, 4–6, [10–6] |
Win | 23–19 | Nov 2008 | Tennis Masters Cup, China | Masters Cup | Hard (i) | Daniel Nestor | Bob Bryan Mike Bryan |
7–6(7–3), 6–2 |
Loss | 23–20 | Jan 2009 | Qatar Open, Qatar | 250 Series | Hard | Daniel Nestor | Marc López Rafael Nadal |
6–4, 4–6, [8–10] |
Loss | 23–21 | Jan 2009 | Sydney International, Australia | 250 Series | Hard | Daniel Nestor | Bob Bryan Mike Bryan |
1–6, 6–7(3–7) |
Win | 24–21 | Feb 2009 | Rotterdam Open, Netherlands | 500 Series | Hard (i) | Daniel Nestor | Lukáš Dlouhý Leander Paes |
6–2, 7–5 |
Win | 25–21 | Apr 2009 | Monte-Carlo Masters, Monaco (3) | Masters 1000 | Clay | Daniel Nestor | Bob Bryan Mike Bryan |
6–4, 6–1 |
Win | 26–21 | Apr 2009 | Barcelona Open, Spain (2) | 500 Series | Clay | Daniel Nestor | Mahesh Bhupathi Mark Knowles |
6–3, 7–6(11–9) |
Win | 27–21 | May 2009 | Italian Open, Italy (2) | Masters 1000 | Clay | Daniel Nestor | Bob Bryan Mike Bryan |
7–6(7–5), 6–3 |
Win | 28–21 | May 2009 | Madrid Open, Spain | Masters 1000 | Clay | Daniel Nestor | Simon Aspelin Wesley Moodie |
6–4, 6–4 |
Win | 29–21 | Jul 2009 | Wimbledon, UK (2) | Grand Slam | Grass | Daniel Nestor | Bob Bryan Mike Bryan |
7–6(9–7), 6–7(3–7), 7–6(7–3), 6–3 |
Win | 30–21 | Aug 2009 | Cincinnati Masters, US | Masters 1000 | Hard | Daniel Nestor | Bob Bryan Mike Bryan |
3–6, 7–6(7–2), [15–13] |
Win | 31–21 | Nov 2009 | Swiss Indoors, Switzerland | 500 Series | Hard (i) | Daniel Nestor | Bob Bryan Mike Bryan |
6–2, 6–3 |
Win | 32–21 | Nov 2009 | Paris Masters, France | Masters 1000 | Hard (i) | Daniel Nestor | Marcel Granollers Tommy Robredo |
6–3, 6–4 |
Win | 33–21 | Jan 2010 | Sydney International, Australia (2) | 250 Series | Hard | Daniel Nestor | Ross Hutchins Jordan Kerr |
6–3, 7–6(7–5) |
Loss | 33–22 | Jan 2010 | Australian Open, Australia | Grand Slam | Hard | Daniel Nestor | Bob Bryan Mike Bryan |
3–6, 7–6(7–5), 3–6 |
Win | 34–22 | Feb 2010 | Rotterdam Open, Netherlands (2) | 500 Series | Hard (i) | Daniel Nestor | Simon Aspelin Paul Hanley |
6–4, 4–6, [10–7] |
Loss | 34–23 | Mar 2010 | Indian Wells Masters, US | Masters 1000 | Hard | Daniel Nestor | Marc López Rafael Nadal |
6–7(8–10), 3–6 |
Win | 35–23 | Apr 2010 | Monte-Carlo Masters, Monaco (4) | Masters 1000 | Clay | Daniel Nestor | Mahesh Bhupathi Max Mirnyi |
6–3, 2–0 ret. |
Win | 36–23 | Apr 2010 | Barcelona Open, Spain (3) | 500 Series | Clay | Daniel Nestor | Lleyton Hewitt Mark Knowles |
4–6, 6–3, [10-6] |
Loss | 36–24 | May 2010 | Madrid Open, Spain | Masters 1000 | Clay | Daniel Nestor | Bob Bryan Mike Bryan |
3–6, 4–6 |
Win | 37–24 | Jun 2010 | French Open, France | Grand Slam | Clay | Daniel Nestor | Lukáš Dlouhý Leander Paes |
7–5, 6–2 |
Win | 38–24 | Oct 2010 | Vienna Open, Austria (2) | 250 Series | Hard (i) | Daniel Nestor | Mariusz Fyrstenberg Marcin Matkowski |
7–5, 3–6, [10–5] |
Loss | 38–25 | Nov 2010 | Swiss Indoors, Switzerland | 500 Series | Hard (i) | Daniel Nestor | Bob Bryan Mike Bryan |
3–6, 6–3, [3–10] |
Win | 39–25 | Nov 2010 | ATP World Tour Finals, UK | Tour Finals | Hard (i) | Daniel Nestor | Mahesh Bhupathi Max Mirnyi |
7–6(8–6), 6–4 |
Loss | 39–26 | Feb 2011 | Rotterdam Open, Netherlands | 500 Series | Hard (i) | Michaël Llodra | Jürgen Melzer Philipp Petzschner |
4–6, 6–3, [5–10] |
Loss | 39–27 | May 2011 | Madrid Open, Spain | Masters 1000 | Clay | Michaël Llodra | Bob Bryan Mike Bryan |
3–6, 3–6 |
Win | 40–27 | Aug 2011 | Washington Open, US | 500 Series | Hard | Michaël Llodra | Robert Lindstedt Horia Tecău |
6–7(3–7), 7–6(8–6), [10–7] |
Win | 41–27 | Aug 2011 | Canadian Open, Canada (2) | Masters 1000 | Hard | Michaël Llodra | Bob Bryan Mike Bryan |
6–4, 6–7(5–7), [10–5] |
Loss | 41–28 | Aug 2011 | Cincinnati Masters, US | Masters 1000 | Hard | Michaël Llodra | Mahesh Bhupathi Leander Paes |
6–7(4–7), 6–7(2–7) |
Win | 42–28 | Oct 2011 | China Open, China | 500 Series | Hard | Michaël Llodra | Robert Lindstedt Horia Tecău |
7–6(7–2), 7–6(7–4) |
Loss | 42–29 | Oct 2011 | Shanghai Masters, China | Masters 1000 | Hard | Michaël Llodra | Max Mirnyi Daniel Nestor |
6–3, 1–6, [10–12] |
Win | 43–29 | Nov 2011 | Swiss Indoors, Switzerland (2) | 500 Series | Hard (i) | Michaël Llodra | Max Mirnyi Daniel Nestor |
6–4, 7–5 |
Win | 44–29 | Feb 2012 | Rotterdam Open, Netherlands (3) | 500 Series | Hard (i) | Michaël Llodra | Robert Lindstedt Horia Tecău |
4–6, 7–5, [16–14] |
Win | 45–29 | Sep 2012 | St. Petersburg Open, Russia (3) | 250 Series | Hard (i) | Rajeev Ram | Lukáš Lacko Igor Zelenay |
6–2, 4–6, [10–6] |
Loss | 45–30 | Oct 2012 | Stockholm Open, Sweden | 250 Series | Hard (i) | Robert Lindstedt | Marcelo Melo Bruno Soares |
7–6(7–4), 5–7, [6–10] |
Win | 46–30 | Oct 2012 | Swiss Indoors, Switzerland (3) | 500 Series | Hard (i) | Daniel Nestor | Treat Huey Dominic Inglot |
7–5, 6–7(4–7), [10–5] |
Win | 47–30 | Feb 2013 | Rotterdam Open, Netherlands (4) | 500 Series | Hard (i) | Robert Lindstedt | Thiemo de Bakker Jesse Huta Galung |
5–7, 6–3, [10–8] |
Loss | 47–31 | Mar 2013 | Dubai Tennis Championships, UAE | 500 Series | Hard | Robert Lindstedt | Mahesh Bhupathi Michaël Llodra |
6–7(6–8), 6–7(6–8) |
Win | 48–31 | Apr 2013 | Monte-Carlo Masters, Monaco (5) | Masters 1000 | Clay | Julien Benneteau | Bob Bryan Mike Bryan |
4–6, 7–6(7–4), [14–12] |
Win | 49–31 | Aug 2013 | Washington Open, US (2) | 500 Series | Hard | Julien Benneteau | Mardy Fish Radek Štěpánek |
7–6(7–5), 7–5 |
Win | 50–31 | Jan 2014 | Sydney International, Australia (3) | 250 Series | Hard | Daniel Nestor | Rohan Bopanna Aisam-ul-Haq Qureshi |
7–6(7–3), 7–6(7–3) |
Loss | 50–32 | Mar 2014 | Dubai Tennis Championships, UAE | 500 Series | Hard | Daniel Nestor | Rohan Bopanna Aisam-ul-Haq Qureshi |
4–6, 3–6 |
Loss | 50–33 | Apr 2014 | Barcelona Open, Spain | 500 Series | Clay | Daniel Nestor | Jesse Huta Galung Stéphane Robert |
3–6, 3–6 |
Win | 51–33 | May 2014 | Madrid Open, Spain (2) | Masters 1000 | Clay | Daniel Nestor | Bob Bryan Mike Bryan |
6–4, 6–2 |
Win | 52–33 | May 2014 | Italian Open, Italy (3) | Masters 1000 | Clay | Daniel Nestor | Robin Haase Feliciano López |
6–4, 7–6(7–2) |
Win | 53–33 | Oct 2014 | Swiss Indoors, Switzerland (4) | 500 Series | Hard (i) | Vasek Pospisil | Marin Draganja Henri Kontinen |
7–6(15–13), 1–6, [10–5] |
Loss | 53–34 | Feb 2015 | Dubai Tennis Championships, UAE | 500 Series | Hard | Aisam-ul-Haq Qureshi | Rohan Bopanna Daniel Nestor |
4–6, 1–6 |
Loss | 53–35 | May 2015 | Madrid Open, Spain | Masters 1000 | Clay | Marcin Matkowski | Rohan Bopanna Florin Mergea |
2–6, 7–6(7–5), [9–11] |
Loss | 53–36 | Jun 2015 | Queen's Club Championships, UK | 500 Series | Grass | Marcin Matkowski | Pierre-Hugues Herbert Nicolas Mahut |
2–6, 2–6 |
Loss | 53–37 | Aug 2015 | Cincinnati Masters, US | Masters 1000 | Hard | Marcin Matkowski | Daniel Nestor Édouard Roger-Vasselin |
2–6, 2–6 |
Win | 54–37 | Feb 2017 | Sofia Open, Bulgaria | 250 Series | Hard (i) | Viktor Troicki | Mikhail Elgin Andrey Kuznetsov |
6–4, 6–4 |
Team competition finals: 4 (3–1)
Outcome | No. | Date | Team competition | Surface | Partner/Team | Opponents | Score |
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Winner | 1. | 23 May 2009 | World Team Cup, Düsseldorf, Germany | Clay | Janko Tipsarević Viktor Troicki |
Rainer Schüttler Philipp Kohlschreiber Nicolas Kiefer Mischa Zverev |
2–1 |
Winner | 2. | 3–5 December 2010 | Davis Cup, Belgrade, Serbia | Hard (i) | Novak Djokovic Janko Tipsarević Viktor Troicki |
Gaël Monfils Michaël Llodra Arnaud Clément Gilles Simon |
3–2 |
Winner | 3. | 21 May 2012 | World Team Cup, Düsseldorf, Germany | Clay | Janko Tipsarević Viktor Troicki Miki Janković |
Tomáš Berdych Radek Štěpánek František Čermák |
3–0 |
Runner-up | 1. | 15–17 November 2013 | Davis Cup, Belgrade, Serbia | Hard (i) | Novak Djokovic Dušan Lajović Ilija Bozoljac |
Tomáš Berdych Radek Štěpánek Lukáš Rosol Jan Hájek |
2–3 |
Performance timelines
W | F | SF | QF | #R | RR | Q# | A | P | Z# | PO | G | F-S | SF-B | NMS | NH |
Singles
Tournament | 1999 | 2000 | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | SR | W–L | Win % |
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Grand Slam tournaments | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Australian Open | Q1 | Q2 | 1R | Q2 | Q1 | Absent | 0 / 1 | 0–1 | 0% | ||||||||||||||||||
French Open | Absent | Q1 | Absent | 0 / 0 | 0–0 | - | |||||||||||||||||||||
Wimbledon | 3R | Q1 | Q2 | Q1 | Absent | Q1 | Q1 | Q1 | Absent | 0 / 1 | 2–1 | 67% | |||||||||||||||
US Open | Q1 | A | Q2 | Q2 | Absent | 0 / 0 | 0–0 | - | |||||||||||||||||||
Win–loss | 2–1 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0 / 2 | 2–2 | 50% |
Doubles
Yugoslavia | FRY | Serbia | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Tournament | 1995 | 1996 | 1997 | 1998 | 1999 | 2000 | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | SR | W–L | Win% |
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Grand Slam tournaments | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Australian Open | A | A | A | A | 1R | 1R | SF | 2R | 1R | 2R | 3R | 1R | QF | QF | 2R | F | QF | 3R | 2R | SF | 3R | A | 2R | 1R | A | A | A | A | 0 / 19 | 35–19 | 65% |
French Open | A | A | A | A | A | 1R | 1R | A | 2R | 2R | QF | 1R | SF | F | SF | W | SF | QF | 2R | QF | QF | 3R | SF | A | A | A | A | A | 1 / 17 | 44–16 | 73% |
Wimbledon | A | A | A | A | 1R | 1R | 3R | 3R | 3R | F | QF | F | SF | W | W | 2R | SF | 1R | QF | QF | QF | 3R | A | A | A | NH | A | A | 2 / 18 | 51–16 | 76% |
US Open | A | A | Q2 | A | 3R | 3R | 3R | 3R | 1R | 2R | 1R | QF | 2R | 3R | QF | 3R | 3R | 1R | 2R | 3R | QF | 1R | A | A | A | A | A | A | 0 / 18 | 28–18 | 61% |
Win–loss | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 2–3 | 2–4 | 8–4 | 5–3 | 3–4 | 8–4 | 8–4 | 10–4 | 12–4 | 16–3 | 14–3 | 14–3 | 13–4 | 5–4 | 6–4 | 12–4 | 11–4 | 4–3 | 5–2 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 3 / 72 | 158–69 | 70% |
Year-end championship | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
ATP Finals | Did not qualify | F | RR | DNQ | W | RR | W | RR | DNQ | RR | RR | Did not qualify | 2 / 8 | 16–14 | 53% | ||||||||||||||||
National representation | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Olympics1 | NH | A | Not Held | 1R | Not Held | A | Not Held | 1R | Not Held | QF | Not Held | 2R | Not Held | A | NH | 0 / 4 | 3–4 | 43% | |||||||||||||
Davis Cup | Z3 | Z2 | Z2 | Z2 | A | Z3 | Z2 | Z2 | Z2 | Z1 | Z1 | PO | PO | 1R | 1R | W | SF | QF | F | 1R | QF | QF | SF | A | A | NH | A | A | 1 / 10 | 30–19 | 61% |
Win–loss | 5–0 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 1–3 | 2–1 | 2–3 | 2–2 | 0–2 | 1–1 | 1–3 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 1 / 14 | 33–23 | 59% |
ATP World Tour Masters 1000 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Indian Wells | A | A | A | A | A | A | 2R | A | 2R | 2R | QF | QF | A | F | 1R | F | 1R | 1R | 1R | 2R | SF | SF | QF | A | A | NH | A | A | 0 / 15 | 22–15 | 59% |
Miami | A | A | A | A | 1R | 1R | QF | A | 1R | 2R | 1R | 2R | SF | 1R | 1R | 2R | QF | QF | QF | QF | 1R | 1R | 1R | 1R | A | NH | A | A | 0 / 19 | 16–19 | 46% |
Monte Carlo | A | A | A | A | A | 1R | 1R | 2R | A | W | W | F | 2R | 2R | W | W | 2R | SF | W | SF | SF | 2R | 1R | A | A | NH | A | A | 5 / 17 | 31–12 | 72% |
Madrid | Not Held | 1R | A | 1R | F | QF | 2R | QF | W | F | F | 2R | 1R | W | F | QF | 1R | A | A | NH | A | A | 2 / 15 | 23–13 | 64% | ||||||
Rome | A | A | A | A | A | A | 1R | A | A | 2R | QF | QF | W | F | W | 2R | QF | QF | 2R | W | 2R | 2R | A | A | A | A | A | A | 3 / 14 | 20–11 | 65% |
Canada | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | 1R | 1R | 2R | 2R | QF | 2R | W | SF | QF | W | QF | 1R | SF | QF | 1R | A | A | NH | A | A | 2 / 15 | 18–13 | 58% | |
Cincinnati | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | 1R | 1R | 1R | QF | QF | QF | SF | W | 2R | F | 1R | 2R | QF | F | 2R | A | A | A | A | A | A | 1 / 15 | 18–13 | 60% |
Shanghai | Not Held | 2R | QF | F | 2R | 2R | 2R | QF | QF | 2R | A | A | Not Held | 0 / 9 | 9–9 | 50% | |||||||||||||||
Paris | A | A | A | A | Q1 | QF | SF | 1R | A | 1R | 1R | F | F | 2R | W | QF | QF | 2R | 2R | 2R | 2R | 1R | 1R | A | A | A | A | A | 1 / 17 | 19–16 | 54% |
Hamburg | A | A | A | A | A | A | 2R | A | A | 2R | SF | SF | 2R | W | Not Masters Series | 1 / 6 | 10–5 | 67% | |||||||||||||
Stuttgart | A | A | A | A | A | SF | QF | Discontinued | 0 / 2 | 4–2 | 67% | ||||||||||||||||||||
Win–loss | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 5–4 | 7–7 | 1–5 | 1–4 | 10–8 | 12–8 | 15–9 | 13–7 | 18–7 | 21–4 | 14–8 | 17–8 | 8–9 | 9–8 | 17–7 | 13–9 | 7–8 | 2–6 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 15 / 144 | 190–128 | 60% |
Career statistics | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
1995 | 1996 | 1997 | 1998 | 1999 | 2000 | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | Career | |||
Tournaments | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 14 | 23 | 20 | 17 | 23 | 26 | 22 | 22 | 22 | 23 | 25 | 25 | 23 | 24 | 23 | 23 | 25 | 24 | 28 | 9 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 454 | ||
Titles | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 9 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 54 | ||
Finals | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 11 | 11 | 8 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 91 | ||
Overall W–L | 0–0 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 1–2 | 14–12 | 32–21 | 33–20 | 20–15 | 31–21 | 32–24 | 33–22 | 43–21 | 49–18 | 49–18 | 61–17 | 59–23 | 50–22 | 38–26 | 31–22 | 48–22 | 41–28 | 15–25 | 25–27 | 1–9 | 0–9 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 710–427 | ||
Year-end rank | 361 | 248 | 195 | 125 | 86 | 29 | 21 | 51 | 32 | 18 | 11 | 11 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 20 | 14 | 3 | 15 | 61 | 35 | 461 | 405 | 460 | 1241 | – | 62.45% |
1 2020 Summer Olympics is postponed to 2021 due to COVID-19 pandemic.
Mixed doubles
Tournament | 1999 | 2000 | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | SR |
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Grand Slam tournaments | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
Australian Open | A | A | QF | A | A | W | 2R | 1R | 2R | W | 1R | 1R | SF | A | 2R | 1R | 1R | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | 2 / 12 |
French Open | A | A | 1R | A | A | SF | 2R | W | F | F | 1R | W | F | 2R | QF | F | 1R | 2R | A | A | A | NH | A | A | 2 / 14 |
Wimbledon | 2R | 1R | A | 1R | QF | A | 3R | QF | 1R | 2R | 2R | 3R | 3R | SF | SF | W | 3R | 3R | 1R | A | A | NH | A | A | 1 / 17 |
US Open | A | A | 1R | A | 1R | QF | F | 2R | 1R | QF | QF | 2R | 1R | 1R | 2R | 1R | 2R | SF | 2R | A | A | NH | A | A | 0 / 16 |
SR | 0 / 1 | 0 / 1 | 0 / 3 | 0 / 1 | 0 / 2 | 1 / 3 | 0 / 4 | 1 / 4 | 0 / 4 | 1 / 4 | 0 / 4 | 1 / 4 | 0 / 4 | 0 / 3 | 0 / 4 | 1 / 4 | 0 / 4 | 0 / 3 | 0 / 2 | 0 / 0 | 0 / 0 | 0 / 0 | 0 / 0 | 0 / 0 | 5 / 59 |
Awards
- 1994
- Best Male Tennis Player in FR Yugoslavia
- 1996
- Best Male Tennis Player in FR Yugoslavia
- 1998
- Best Male Tennis Player in FR Yugoslavia
- 2001
- Best Male Tennis Player in FR Yugoslavia
- 2007
- Serbian Sport Association "May Award"
- 2008
- Year-end No. 1 (with Daniel Nestor)
- ATP Doubles Team of the Year (with Daniel Nestor)
- ITF Men's doubles World Champion (with Daniel Nestor)
- 2010
- Recognition for 50 matches played for Serbia Davis Cup team
- 2012
- Award Pride of the Nation by Serbia Tennis Federation
- Davis Cup Commitment Award
- 2013
- Davis Cup Award of Excellence
Records
Grand Slam tournaments | Time span | Records at each Grand Slam tournament | Players matched |
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French Open | 2010 | Won men's doubles and mixed doubles titles at the same tournament | Frew McMillan Jim Pugh Rick Leach John Fitzgerald Mark Woodforde Todd Woodbridge Leander Paes Mike Bryan Bob Bryan Bruno Soares Mate Pavić Joe Salisbury |
Time span | Other selected records | Players matched | |
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ATP Masters 1000 records | |||
2004–2013 | 5 Monte-Carlo Masters titles | Bob Bryan Mike Bryan |
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Davis Cup records | |||
1998 | Most games in a singles fifth set vs. Nuno Marques (38) | Richard Ashby Jose Medrano Nuno Marques |
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2013 | Oldest player in Davis Cup World Group Final (37 years, 5 months) | Stands alone |
Top 10 wins
- He has a 1–4 (20%) record against players who were, at the time the match was played, ranked in the top 10.
# | Player | Rank | Event | Surface | Rd | Score | NZ Rank |
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2004 | |||||||
1. | Andre Agassi | 6 | St. Pölten, Austria | Clay | 1R | 6–2, 7–6(8–6) | 339 |
See also
In Spanish: Nenad Zimonjić para niños
- Serbia Davis Cup team
- List of ATP number 1 ranked doubles players
- List of Grand Slam men's doubles champions
- List of Grand Slam mixed doubles champions
- ATP Tour records
- Sport in Serbia