Marko Djokovic
Country (sports) | Serbia |
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Residence | Belgrade,Serbia |
Born | Belgrade,SR Serbia,SFR Yugoslavia(modernSerbia) | 20 August 1991
Height | 1.87 m (6 ft1+1⁄2in) |
Turned pro | 2007 |
Retired | 2019 (last match) |
Plays | Right-handed (two-handed backhand) |
Prize money | US$89,765 |
Singles | |
Career record | 0–4 |
Career titles | 0 |
Highest ranking | No. 571 (14 January 2019) |
Grand Slam singles results | |
Australian OpenJunior | 1R (2008) |
Doubles | |
Career record | 3–10 |
Career titles | 0 |
Highest ranking | No. 323 (18 March 2019) |
Last updated on: 29 August 2022. |
Marko Djokovic(Serbian Cyrillic:Марко Ђоковић,romanized:Marko Đoković,pronounced[mâːrkɔd͡ʑɔ̂ːkɔʋit͡ɕ];born 20 August 1991) is aSerbianformertennisplayer. He is the middle of the three children of Dijana andSrđan Đoković,[1]younger brother ofNovakand elder toDjordje Djokovic.Djokovic was included as a fifth player in aSerbian Davis Cup teamfor a quarterfinal tie against Croatia in the2010 Davis Cup.
Tennis career
[edit]Djokovic appeared on the juniorITFcircuit in September 2006. In July 2007, he failed to qualify for theCroatia Open Umag,losing toPablo Andújar6–2, 6–1 in the 1st round of qualifying.[2]He also played, with his elder brother Novak, one doubles match in his career, having been beaten byÉdouard Roger-VasselinandMathieu Montcourt7–5, 6–1. Djokovic also has lost in twoFuturestournaments inNovi Sadin the first round, both times to compatriot Saša Stojisavljević. He contested theAustralian Openjuniors in 2008, losing in the first round to Clifford Marsland in 3 sets. Djokovic won his first junior title at the Montenegro Open inPodgorica,defeating Ljubomir Čelebić in the final.[3]In July 2008, Djokovic received a wildcard entry into the qualifying rounds of the Croatia Open Umag but was beaten by ItalianFrancesco Piccari.[4]In September 2008, in his first ever main ATP Tour event, he received a wildcard entry into the main draw of theThailand Open.[5]He was defeated in the first round byJarkko Nieminen6–2, 6–0. On 7 May 2009, Djokovic, withDarko Mađarovski(as a wildcard pair), defeated ATP doubles world number 2 duoDaniel NestorandNenad Zimonjić,by 7–6, 2–6, [10–6], in the opening round of theSerbia Open,an ATP World Tour 250 tournament. This was Marko's first ever ATP win. He was included as a fifth player in the Serbian Davis Cup team for their quarterfinal tie against Croatia in the 2010 Davis Cup[6]– a standard practice ofTennis Federation of Serbiaand Davis Cup captain Bogdan Obradović for each tie to invite a different talented young player to practice with regular players and gain necessary experience.[7]Djokovic was given a wildcard for the2012 Dubai Duty Freetournament and opened the ATP World Tour 500 event againstAndrei Golubevof Kazakhstan, losing in straight sets.[8]According to his elder brother Novak, he had stopped playing tennis in 2015,[9]but Marko has since played again in qualifying competitions on theATP Challenger Toursince 2017, successfully surpassing this phase in the2018 Copa Sevilla.The change in the ATP ranking points to start the 2019 season propelled Djokovic to a career-high ranking of world No. 574.[10]
Career statistics
[edit]Challengers and Futures finals
[edit]Singles 2 (1–1)
[edit]Legend |
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Challengers (0–0) |
Futures (1–1) |
Outcome | # | Date | Tournament | Surface | Opponent | Score |
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Runner-up | 1. | 15 August 2010 | Novi Sad,Serbia F5 | Clay | Aldin Šetkić | 1–6, 1–6 |
Winner | 1. | 15 July 2012 | Belgrade,Serbia F5 | Clay | Carlos Gómez-Herrera | 4–1 ret. |
Doubles 6 (5–1)
[edit]Legend |
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Challengers (0–0) |
Futures (5–1) |
Outcome | # | Date | Tournament | Surface | Partner | Opponents | Score |
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Winner | 1. | 14 July 2012 | Belgrade,Serbia F5 | Clay | Matthew Short | Bojan Zdravković Stefan Micov |
7–6(7–4),7–5 |
Winner | 2. | 18 August 2012 | Novi Sad,Serbia F9 | Clay | Carlos Gómez-Herrera | Mate Čutura Franjo Raspudić |
6–4, 6–3 |
Winner | 3. | 13 July 2013 | Belgrade,Serbia F4 | Clay | Matthew Short | Ivan Bjelica Matej Sabanov |
6–4, 6–4 |
Winner | 4. | 9 November 2013 | Heraklion,Greece F18 | Hard | Carlos Gómez-Herrera | Luke Bambridge Oliver Golding |
6–1, 6–7(3–6),[13–11] |
Runner-up | 1. | 21 June 2014 | Belgrade,Serbia F2 | Clay | Ljubomir Čelebić | Jake Eames Gavin Van Peperzeel |
2–6, 0–6 |
Winner | 5. | 11 November 2017 | Heraklion,Greece F8 | Hard | Carlos Gómez-Herrera | Conor Berg Mousheg Hovhannisyan |
6–1, 6–2 |
References
[edit]- ^"Serbian players emerge from a broken country".International Herald Tribune.Retrieved2009-02-17.
- ^"Croatia Open Umag – 2007 Singles qualify drawn"(PDF).[permanent dead link]
- ^"Montenegro Open – Drawsheet".juniortennis.com. Archived fromthe originalon 2011-07-25.Retrieved2008-08-23.
- ^"Umag Open qualifying draw".itftennis.com.Retrieved2008-08-23.
- ^"Untitled Document".Archived fromthe originalon 2008-09-13.Retrieved2008-09-14.
- ^Mandrapa, N. (3 July 2010)."Marko je patriota!"(in Serbian). Večernje novosti.Retrieved2017-11-12.
- ^Đ., S. (5 July 2010)."Noletov brat pre Bozoljca i Krajinovića"(in Serbian). Press.Retrieved2017-11-12.
- ^Newman, Paul (28 February 2012)."Djokovic's little brother fails to make his Marko".London: atpworldtour.com.Retrieved2012-02-28.
- ^"Djokovic says his younger brothers have added pressure".
- ^"New Ranking System Bumps Novak Djokovic's Brother to Career-High Ranking".2 January 2019.