Janko Tipsarević

Janko Tipsarević

Country (sports)	Yugoslavia(2001–2003) Serbia and Montenegro(2003–2006) Serbia(2006–2019)
Residence	Belgrade,Serbia
Born	(1984-06-22)22 June 1984 Belgrade,SR Serbia,SFR Yugoslavia
Height	1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
Turned pro	2002
Retired	2019
Plays	Right-handed (two-handed backhand)
Coach	Dirk Hordorff (2009–2019) Rainer Schüttler(2009–2019)
Prize money	$8,616,024
Singles
Career record	288–257
Career titles	4
Highest ranking	No. 8 (2 April 2012)
Grand Slam singles results
Australian Open	4R (2013)
French Open	4R (2012)
Wimbledon	4R (2007,2008)
US Open	QF (2011,2012)
Other tournaments
Tour Finals	RR (2011,2012)
Olympic Games	3R (2012)
Doubles
Career record	79–103
Career titles	1
Highest ranking	No. 46 (25 April 2011)
Grand Slam doubles results
Australian Open	3R (2011)
French Open	QF (2008,2019)
Wimbledon	3R (2010)
US Open	3R (2009)
Other doubles tournaments
Olympic Games	QF (2012)
Team competitions
Davis Cup	W(2010)

Janko Tipsarević(Serbian Cyrillic:Јанко Типсаревић,pronounced[jâːŋkotipsǎːreʋitɕ];born 22 June 1984) is a Serbian politician and former professionaltennisplayer.His career-high singles ranking is world No. 8, achieved on 2 April 2012. In his career, he won 4 ATP World Tour titles, one ATP doubles title, threeFutures,and 15Challengertitles. Tipsarević also won the2001 Australian Openjunior title. He holds notable victories over formerworld No. 1playersCarlos Moyá,Marat Safin,Lleyton Hewitt,Juan Carlos Ferrero,Andy Roddick,his compatriotNovak Djokovic,andAndy Murray.His best results at a Grand Slam tournament have been reaching the quarterfinals at theUS Openin 2011 and 2012.

Tennis career

Tipsarević began playing tennis at age six, and at the age of nine started playing at theNew BelgradeTennis Club with Russian coach Roman Savochkin.

Juniors: Australian Open champion & junior No. 1

As a junior, he won the2001 Australian Openboys' singles title, achieving the No. 1 ranking the same year (and No. 4 in doubles).

2001–2004

Tipsarević at the 2004 US Open

In 2001, as a member of theYugoslavDavis Cupteam he won all three matches against Poland in the Group II quarterfinal, helping the team to a 3–2 win. The following week, he won his first careerFutures titlein Belgrade. In 2002, he won his second Futures title in Mexico.

After winning his firstATP Challengertournament in Germany, he made hisATP Tourdebut in Indianapolis in 2003. After beating fellow SerbNenad Zimonjićin the first round, he lost in the second round toYevgeny Kafelnikovin straight sets. He also made hisGrand Slamdebut in theUS Openas a qualifier. He lost to 20th seed,Mark Philippoussisin the first round. In 2004, as a qualifier, he made his first appearances at the French Open and Wimbledon, losing in the first round of each. Later that year, he won two Challenger titles in singles and one in doubles.

2005–2006: Breaking top 100

Tipsarević played in 15 ATP tournaments in 2005 and broke into the top 100 for the first time. He also reached the second rounds of the Australian Open and French Open. He lost toDominik Hrbatýin the Australian Open, but was able to beat him atRoland Garros.He also reached the third round ofWimbledon,beatingTommy HaasandLu Yen-hsun,but then lost toThomas Johansson.In doubles, he partnered withJiří Vaněkto win the Napoli Challenger title. He also reached the quarterfinals with fellow SerbNovak Djokovicin theCroatia Open Umagand theVietnam OpenwithMarcos Baghdatis.

He finished 2006 as the No. 2 Serbian tennis player after Djokovic, and he was ranked in the top 100 for the first time at No. 65. He won four Challenger titles, compiling a 31–8 record at that level. On the ATP Tour, he reached the quarterfinals of theNottingham Open,losing toRobin Söderlingfrom Sweden.

2007–2008: Breaking top 50

After he won the Zagreb Challenger title in May 2007, Tipsarević played full-time on the ATP Tour. He reached the third round of the French Open and the quarterfinals of theOrdina Open.He has also achieved his best Grand Slam performance so far by reaching the fourth round atWimbledon.He won all of his first three matches in five sets, and this marked the first time since 1974 that someone had won three straight five-set matches at Wimbledon. He also saved a match point in his third round victory over Australian Open runner-upFernando González.He was eventually defeated by former French Open championJuan Carlos Ferreroin straight sets.The win saw him rise to world No. 48, his first time inside the top 50.

Tipsarević pushedRoger Federerto five sets in the third round of the2008 Australian Open,losing 7–6, 6–7, 7–5, 1–6, 8–10.At that time, Federer had never played a fifth set with 18 games. The match took four and a half hours to complete. His effort in making the third round of the Australian Open made Tipsarević's ranking rise from No. 49 to No. 42.

At theWimbledon Championships,Tipsarević pulled off a second-round upset of sixth-seededAndy Roddickin four sets, 6–7, 7–5, 6–4, 7–6.It was his fourth top-ten win. He followed that up with a win over 25th seedDmitry Tursunovto make his second straight round-of-16 appearance at Wimbledon. He then lost his fourth-round match toRainer Schüttler.

Janko Tipsarević warming up at the 2008 Western & Southern Open

2009: First ATP final

In October 2009, at theKremlin Cuptournament in Moscow, he advanced to his first-ever ATP final, beatingDaniel Köllerer,Christophe Rochus,Robby Ginepri(beating him for the first time in three meetings), and qualifierIllya Marchenkoen route. He lost toMikhail Youzhnyin the final in three sets. Despite his disappointing loss in his first final, he came out firing in the very next week, as he reached his second consecutive semifinal (for the first time) at theBank Austria-TennisTrophy,beating eighth seedJohn Isner,Michael Berrerand third seedGaël Monfils,en route. He lost toJürgen Melzerin the semifinal in three sets, after being a set up and two points away from victory.

2010 Davis Cup:Tipsarević during his match against theCzech Republic

2010: Davis Cup title

In 2010, he started off the season well by reaching the semifinals at theChennai Open,but lost to eventual championMarin Čilić.He reached the second round of theAustralian Open,losing toTommy Haasin five sets. He lost in the opening rounds at theZagreb Indoorsand theABN AMRO World Tennis Tournamentin Rotterdam. At theDubai Tennis Championships,he beatAndreas Seppiin the opening round,and then stunned third seed Andy Murray in three sets, for the best win of his career to that point.Following the big win, he lost to seventh seed Mikhail Youzhny in the quarterfinals.

In June, he reached his second ATP Tour-level final inRosmalen.He beatJérémy Chardy,Arnaud Clément,Peter Luczak,and defending championBenjamin Beckeren route, only to lose to in-formSergiy Stakhovskyin two sets. At the US Open, Tipsarević defeatedOlivier Rochusin the first round, and then scored a big upset by beating former champion and ninth seed Andy Roddick in the second round in four sets. Advancing to the third round of the US Open for the first time, he was defeated byGaël Monfilsin a three-hour four-setter. After the US Open, Tipsarević scored key wins overTomáš BerdychandRadek Štěpánekin theDavis CupforSerbia,filling in for an ill Novak Djokovic. In Basel, Tipsarević lost to then world No. 2. Roger Federer in two sets.

2011: Becoming a top-10 player and first ATP titles

Tipsarević again started the season well inChennai,reaching the semifinals but losing toXavier Malissein three sets. At theAustralian Open,Tipsarević reached the second round and lost in five sets toFernando Verdasco,despite twice serving for the match and holding match points in the fourth set, 6–2, 6–4, 4–6, 6–7, 0–6. Tipsarević played inMemphiswhere he lost to eventual champion Andy Roddick in the second round.

His next tournament was inDelray Beach,where he reached the final. This was his third ATP final appearance overall, but he lost toJuan Martín del Potroin straight sets, despite holding a 4–1 lead in the first set. He then reached the second round of theIndian Wells Masters,defeatingTobias Kamkein straight sets but losing toSam Querreyin the second round. Tipsarević then played theMiami Masters,reaching the fourth round on a run where he defeatedRobin Haase,Marin Čilić, andPhilipp Petzschner,before losing toGilles Simon.

At theMonte-Carlo Masters,Tipsaerević was defeated in the first round byFeliciano López.He bounced back at his home event, theSerbia Open,reaching the semifinals. He defeatedKei Nishikori,Mischa Zverev,andSomdev Devvarman,before he withdrew in his match with countryman Novak Djokovic. AtRoland Garros,he reached the third round, defeatingBrian DabulandPere Ribain straight sets before losing to Roger Federer. His next event was theQueen's Club Championshipswhere he reached the round of 16, defeatingBlaž KavčičandMichael Russellbefore losing to Andy Murray in two sets. At theEastbourne International,Tipsarević reached the final. He defeatedJames Ward,Mikhail Kukushkin,Grigor Dimitrov,and Kei Nishikori, before losing to Andreas Seppi, retiring hurt at 3–5 in the third set. At Wimbledon, still troubled by injury, Tipsarević retired against Ivo Karlović in the first round at 1–3 in the second set.

At theGerman Open,after receiving a bye in the first round, he was defeated byJuan Mónaco.His form improved at theLegg Mason Tennis Classic,where he reached the quarterfinals, defeating Michael Berrer and Grigor Dimitrov, but lost to eventual finalist Gaël Monfils in straight sets. At theRogers Cup,Tipsarević had an impressive run, defeatingAlejandro Falla,Fernando Verdasco,Ivan Dodig,and Tomáš Berdych to reach his first Masters series semifinal, where he lost toMardy Fish.Subsequently, Tipsarević entered the top 20 for the first time.

At theUS Open,Tipsarević reached his first Grand Slam quarterfinal, after defeatingAugustin Gensse,Philipp Petzschner, Tomáš Berdych, and Juan Carlos Ferrero, but lost to Djokovic in the quarterfinals, retiring in the fourth set due to a thigh injury. His ranking subsequently rose to No. 13. In the Davis Cup semifinal showdown between Serbia and Argentina, Tipsarević was defeated in three straight sets by Juan Martín del Potro during the second singles rubber of the tie. The defending champions, Serbia, eventually lost the tie 2–3 against Argentina. At theMalaysian Openin Kuala Lumpur, he was third seed. He defeatedFlavio Cipolla,in the opening round. In the quarterfinals, he played just four games asNikolay Davydenkoretired as Tipsarević led 3–1. In the semifinals, he improved his unbeaten head-to-head record to 5–0 against Kei Nishikori as he dispatched him in straight sets. In the final, he won his first ATP title in five attempts, defeating Marcos Baghdatis. Tipsarević suffered first-round exits at theJapan Opento Dmitry Tursunov,and at theShanghai Mastersto Feliciano López.

He rebounded at theKremlin Cupin Moscow, winning the title as the top seed. He defeatedIgor Kunitsyn,avenged his loss against Dmitry Tursunov, and downed home favourite Nikolay Davydenko, saving three consecutive set points on his serve at *0–40 during *4–5 in the second set, to reach the sixth final of his career. In the firstall-Serbian finalin tennis history, Tipsarević defeated his good friend, compatriot, and defending champion Viktor Troicki in two sets, to win his second career title. The following week, he reached theSt. Petersburg Openfinal, losing to Croatian Marin Čilić in three sets. Thanks to his regularity and despite the loss, he became the first player in the world to reach both Kremlin Cup and St. Petersburg finals consecutively in the same year. At theSwiss Indoorsin Basel, he retired in his opening round match againstFlorian Mayerto a hamstring injury. At theBNP Paribas Masters,he defeatedAlex Bogomolov Jr.,losing just a one-game, in his opening second-round match. In the third round, he wasted a 5–1 lead in the first set and a 4–2 lead in the second to lose against Tomáš Berdych for the first time in five meetings.

On 22 November, Andy Murray announced his withdrawal from the ATP World Tour Finals. Because Tipsarević was the first alternate, he was able to make his debut at the year-end championships. Placed in Group A in the round-robin stage, Tipsarević was drawn against Berdych and had a chance to avenge his recent loss in Paris against him. Janko almost defeated him by reaching match point. Undeterred by the painful loss, he capped off his career-best season in style as he notched arguably the best win of his career in his next match by defeating his good friend Djokovic, for his first win over a world No. 1 player, as well as his first win in the year-end championships. Tipsarević ended the season at a career-high ranking of world No. 9.

2012: Maintaining in the top 10

Tipsarević began 2012 at the ATP Aircel Chennai Open, making the final but losing toMilos Raonic.At theAustralian Open,Tipsarević was seeded ninth. He defeated Dmitry Tursunov in the first round, continuing in the same fashion againstJames Duckworthin the second round. He eventually lost to 17th seed Richard Gasquet in the third round in straight sets. Tipsarević reached the quarterfinals of theMiami Masters,losing to runner-up Andy Murray and moved up to world No. 8, surpassing Mardy Fish.

Tipsarević represented Serbia in the Davis Cup quarterfinal clash with the Czech Republic, which was played on clay in Prague. Tipsarević beat Radek Štěpánek in his opening singles rubber in five sets, saving three match points, but fell in the fourth rubber to Tomáš Berdych, after squandering set points in all three sets, to lose the overall tie 1–3. At the first ATP Master Series 1000 clay event of 2012 inMonte Carlo,he defeatedAlbert Montañés,before losing to Gilles Simon in three sets in the third round. At theMadrid Open,he defeatedFederico Delbonisin the first round, before avenging his loss to Gilles Simon by beating him for the first time in five meetings. In the quarterfinals, he upset world No. 1 Novak Djokovic in straight sets to reach his second semifinal in a masters event, and his first on clay. In the semifinals, however, he lost to then world No. 3, Roger Federer, in two sets. AtRome,he lost in the opening round toStan Wawrinkain straight sets. Tipsarević reached the fourth round of theFrench Open,where he lost toNicolás Almagro.

AtWimbledon,Janko reached the third round, where he lost to Mikhail Youzhny in four sets. Tipsarević made it to the quarterfinals of theMercedesCupby defeatingSteve Darcisof Belgium.In the quarterfinals, he saved four match points in the second set to beatBjörn Phau.In the semifinals, he defeatedThomaz Bellucciin another hard-fought three-set victory, to reach his first clay-court final. In the final, he defeatedJuan Mónacoin three sets for his first title of 2012 (third in his career).

Tipsarević continued his run of play inGstaad,where he reached the final. However, he lost to Thomaz Bellucci in three sets.At the Rogers Cup, he got past Mikhail Youzhny, Marin Čilić, andMarcel Granollersto reach his third Masters semifinal, but fell to Djokovic in two sets.

At theUS Open,Tipsarević successfully defended his points from the year before, reaching the quarterfinals of a Grand Slam for the second time in his career where he lost toDavid Ferrerin five sets after being up 4–1 and 0–30 on Ferrer's serve in the final set.At theBNP Paribas Mastershe defeated Juan Mónaco in the third round to book the final spot for the2012 ATP World Tour Finals.He wonClash of Continents Exhibitionas representative ofEurope.For the whole of the 2012 season he stayed in the top 10.

2013–2014: Fourth ATP title and string of injuries

Tipsarević began his season by going one step better than the previous year to lift the2013 Aircel Chennai Opentitle, defeating surprise finalistRoberto Bautista Agutin the final.

At theAustralian Open,he defeatedLleyton Hewitt,Lukáš Lacko andJulien Benneteauto reach a career-best fourth round of that tournament. He lost toNicolás Almagroafter retiring due to a foot injury late in the second set. In theFrench Open,he lost in the third round to Mikhail Youzhny in a match that was marred by an altercation with a screaming fan.AtWimbledonhe lost to countryman Viktor Troicki in the first round. He made the fourth round of the US Open.

In 2014, Tipsarević underwent foot surgery in Frankfurt for the injury suffered in Valencia. The operation was successful, and he hoped to resume his career soon.

2015: Return from injury and time off

Following 17 months of inactivity, Tipsarević made a return to the ATP World Tour, stating: "My goal and dream would be to come back to the top 10, and I don’t have many weeks to waste." He began his season in March, partnering Djokovic in doubles at theMiami Masters,which Tipsarević had entered using a protected ranking (PR). The pair lost a close first-round match toRobert Lindstedtand Jürgen Melzer. In April, Tipsarević received a wild card for theU.S. Clay Court Championshipsin Houston, where he saved two match points to defeat qualifierGuilherme Clezarin the opening round. He followed this up with a competitive loss to fifth seedSantiago Giraldo.In doubles, Tipsarević and Philipp Petzschner lost to top seeds,the Bryan brothers. Later in the month, Tipsarević participated in theRomanian Open,defeating qualifierThomas Fabbiano.In the second round, he was defeated by top seed Gilles Simon. At the BMW Open he defeated Bernard Tomic (world 27), before being halted byVíctor Estrella BurgosNext, in May, he was given a wildcard for the Masters Madrid event qualifying draw. In the first qualifying round, Tipsarević beat third seed and No. 61Vasek Pospisilin straight sets, but lost the next qualifying round 2–1 sets to youngster No. 103Thanasi Kokkinakis.Next, he took part in the clay courtGeneva Openevent, where he was again given a wildcard into the main draw. However, he lost in straight sets to No. 66Denis Istominin the first round. In June, Tipsarević played atWimbledon.He lost in straight sets toMarcel Granollersin the first round. He had better luck at theUS Open,takingGuillermo García Lópezto five sets in defeat. He andRadu Albotlost in three sets toAliaksandr Buryand Denis Istomin in the first round of doubles. He did not play on tour for the rest of the year.

2016: Late return to form

With a continuing foot injury, he withdrew from the Australian Open. He suffered first round exits at Roland Garros and Wimbledon, however in August his season built serious momentum when he won theChina International Challenger.As a result, he moved up 160 spots in the world rankings. He followed up his newfound form at the US Open with a four-set victory over 29th seed Sam Querrey, his first grand slam match victory in three years. A semifinal appearance at the Shenzhen Open saw him jump a further 51 spots to become ranked 173. Five more match victories across five ATP tournaments led him to finish the year ranked 144.

2017: Return to top 60

With no points to defend until April, Janko capitalized on this by playing the Bangkok Challenger I and II, which he went on to win both. These two titles have led him to rise to No. 104 in the ATP world rankings. Janko played his first tournament on the ATP World Tour, when he was given a wild card into the draw in Quito. He won his first round match afterDaniel Gimeno Traverretired when 4–1 down. However, in the second round, Janko lost in two tiebreak sets to Thomaz Bellucci. Despite early exits at the Argentina and Rio Open, to his credit he lost to the eventual champions of those tournaments. Tipsarević partnered with Troicki at the 2017 US Open but lost first round. In singles, he beat Kokkinakis in the first round, but lost to Schwartzman in the second round.

2018–19: Absence from tour and comeback

Tipsarević had been absent from tour since the 2017 US Open. He was unranked in singles at the conclusion of the2018 US Open.Aside from a three-week period during May 2015, this was the first time he had been unranked in singles since September 2000. At the close of 2018 he had been inactive due to injury for the entire year, therefore had zero ranking points. However, he qualified for a protected ranking of 88 which automatically qualified him for Grand Slam events for one year. He would need attain approximately 500 ranking points over the next year in order to maintain a spot in the top 100 rankings in order to gain direct entry into grand slam events. As such he announced that he would participate in the main draw of the 2019 Australian Open.

Davis Cup

Tipsarević has played for theSerbian Davis Cup teamevery year from 2000 to 2013 and has last played in 2016. During his playing time the country was known asFR Yugoslaviauntil 2003,Serbia and Montenegrobetween 2003 and 2006 andSerbiasince 2006. In 2010, he was the hero in steering the Serbian team into their first historic Davis Cup final after prevailing overRadek Štěpánekto complete the 1–2 come-from-behind victory to help clinch the tie 3–2 over the Czech Republic. His record is 34–15 in singles and 7–3 in doubles. Once again, in 2013 he was the hero. His victory overVasek Pospisilof Canada in the last tie completed the 1–2 come-from-behind victory against Canada to reach the second final for Serbia. Before the match against Canada, Tipsarević together with Novak Djokovic,Nenad Zimonjić,andSlobodan Živojinovićreceived their Davis Cup Commitment Award, which is granted to players who have shown long-standing dedication to representing their country in the competition.

Political career

He became a member ofSerbian Progressive Party(SNS) of presidentAleksandar Vučićin May 2023and spoke at an SNS rally on 26 May.He appeared onSNS coalition'slist for the2023 Belgrade City Assembly electionand was elected to theCity Assembly.

Personal life

Tipsarević was born inBelgrade,Serbia (thenSFR Yugoslavia). His father, Pavle, is a professor, and his mother, Vesna, is a housewife. He also has a younger brother, Veljko (Вељко). He finished high school and in 2006 completed his degree in Sports Management at theUniversity of Belgrade.

Commentators and the press often mention his love of classic literature as something unusual for a high-level athlete. He has a quotation, tattooed in Japanese, fromDostoyevsky( "Beauty will save the world", fromThe Idiot) on his left arm. He also has a Japanese tattoo on his right arm, which represents the first two letters of the names of his father, his mother, his brother, and himself inkatakana.According to US Open announcers Ted Robinson andJohn McEnroe,he also has a tattoo of a quote fromArthur Schopenhaueron his back.

He has been in a relationship with Biljana Šešević (Биљана Шешевић) since 2007, and they married on 4 July 2010. Their first child, a girl Emili, was born on 17 January 2014. They also have a son, Noa, born on 23 May 2020. His wife's sister Jovana is married to another former top 10 playerRainer Schüttler.

Tipsarevic enjoys DJing and is also a fan of the football clubFC Barcelona.In March 2011, Tipsarević mentioned that he reads the Bible and takes an interest in religion, although he is an atheist.

Endorsements

Janko is or was sponsored in the past byTecnifibre,Fila,Oakley,Tennis Flex,Extreme Intimo,Trion:Z/Colantotte,Instaforex,Telekom Srbija.

Significant finals

Masters 1000 finals

Doubles: 1 (0–1)

Outcome	Year	Championship	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Runner-up	2012	Rome Masters	Clay	Łukasz Kubot	Marcel Granollers Marc López	3–6, 2–6

ATP career finals

Singles: 11 (4 titles, 7 runner-ups)

Legend Grand Slam Tournaments (0–0) ATP World Tour Masters 1000 (0–0) ATP World Tour 500 Series (0–0) ATP World Tour 250 Series (4–7)

Finals by surface Hard (3–4) Clay (1–1) Grass (0–2) Carpet (0–0)

Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Surface	Opponent	Score
Loss	0–1	Oct 2009	Kremlin Cup,Russia	Hard (i)	Mikhail Youzhny	7–6(7–5),0–6, 4–6
Loss	0–2	Jun 2010	Rosmalen Championships,Netherlands	Grass	Sergiy Stakhovsky	3–6, 0–6
Loss	0–3	Feb 2011	Delray Beach Open,United States	Hard	Juan Martín del Potro	4–6, 4–6
Loss	0–4	Jun 2011	Aegon International,United Kingdom	Grass	Andreas Seppi	6–7(5–7),6–3, 3–5 ret.
Win	1–4	Oct 2011	Kuala Lumpur,Malaysia	Hard (i)	Marcos Baghdatis	6–4, 7–5
Win	2–4	Oct 2011	Kremlin Cup, Russia	Hard (i)	Viktor Troicki	6–4, 6–2
Loss	2–5	Oct 2011	St. Petersburg Open,Russia	Hard (i)	Marin Čilić	3–6, 6–3, 2–6
Loss	2–6	Jan 2012	Chennai Open,India	Hard	Milos Raonic	7–6(7–4),6–7(4–7),6–7(4–7)
Win	3–6	Jul 2012	Stuttgart Open,Germany	Clay	Juan Mónaco	6–4, 5–7, 6–3
Loss	3–7	Jul 2012	Gstaad,Switzerland	Clay	Thomaz Bellucci	7–6(8–6),4–6, 2–6
Win	4–7	Jan 2013	Chennai Open, India	Hard	Roberto Bautista Agut	3–6, 6–1, 6–3

Doubles: 4 (1–3)

Legend Grand Slam Tournaments (0–0) ATP World Tour Masters 1000 (0–1) ATP World Tour 500 Series (0–0) ATP World Tour 250 Series (1–2)

Finals by surface Hard (1–2) Clay (0–1) Grass (0–0) Carpet (0–0)

Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Loss	0–1	Jan 2010	Chennai Open,India	Hard	Lu Yen-hsun	Marcel Granollers Santiago Ventura	5–7, 2–6
Loss	0–2	Oct 2010	Kremlin Cup,Moscow	Hard	Viktor Troicki	Igor Kunitsyn Dmitry Tursunov	6–7(6–8),3–6
Win	1–2	Jan 2012	Chennai Open, India	Hard	Leander Paes	Jonathan Erlich Andy Ram	6–4, 6–4
Loss	1–3	May 2012	Italian Open,Rome	Clay	Łukasz Kubot	Marcel Granollers Marc López	3–6, 2–6

Team competition finals: 3 (3–0)

Outcome	No.	Date	Team competition	Surface	Partner/team	Opponents	Score
Winner	1.	23 May 2009	World Team Cup,Düsseldorf	Clay	Viktor Troicki Nenad Zimonjić	Rainer Schüttler Philipp Kohlschreiber Nicolas Kiefer Mischa Zverev	2–1
Winner	2.	3–5 December 2010	Davis Cup,Belgrade	Hard (i)	Novak Djokovic Viktor Troicki Nenad Zimonjić	Gaël Monfils Michaël Llodra Arnaud Clément Gilles Simon	3–2
Winner	3.	21 May 2012	World Team Cup,Düsseldorf	Clay	Viktor Troicki Nenad Zimonjić Miki Janković	Tomáš Berdych Radek Štěpánek František Čermák	3–0

Junior Grand Slam finals

Boys' singles (1 title)

Result	Year	Championship	Surface	Opponent	Score
Winner	2001	Australian Open	Hard	Wang Yeu-tzuoo	3–6, 7–5, 6–0

Performance timelines

Key

W

F

SF

QF

#R

RR

Q#

P#

DNQ

A

Z#

PO

G

S

B

NMS

NTI

P

NH

(W) winner; (F) finalist; (SF) semifinalist; (QF) quarterfinalist; (#R) rounds 4, 3, 2, 1; (RR) round-robin stage; (Q#) qualification round; (P#) preliminary round; (DNQ) did not qualify; (A) absent; (Z#) Davis/Fed Cup Zonal Group (with number indication) or (PO) play-off; (G) gold, (S) silver or (B) bronze Olympic/Paralympic medal; (NMS) not a Masters tournament; (NTI) not a Tier I tournament; (P) postponed; (NH) not held; (SR) strike rate (events won / competed); (W–L) win–loss record.

Singles

Tournament	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008	2009	2010	2011	2012	2013	2014	2015	2016	2017	2018	2019	SR	W–L	Win%
Grand Slam tournaments
Australian Open	A	A	A	A	Q1	2R	2R	1R	3R	2R	2R	2R	3R	4R	A	A	A	A	A	1R	0 / 10	12–10	55%
French Open	A	A	A	Q3	1R	2R	1R	3R	1R	3R	1R	3R	4R	3R	A	A	1R	1R	A	1R	0 / 13	12–13	48%
Wimbledon	A	A	A	Q2	1R	3R	1R	4R	4R	2R	1R	1R	3R	1R	A	1R	1R	1R	A	2R	0 / 14	12–14	46%
US Open	A	A	A	1R	1R	1R	A	2R	1R	1R	3R	QF	QF	4R	A	1R	2R	2R	A	1R	0 / 14	16–14	53%
Win–loss	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–1	0–3	4–4	1–3	6–4	5–4	4–4	3–4	7–4	11–4	8–4	0–0	0–2	1–3	1–3	0–0	1–4	0 / 51	52–51	50%
Year-end championships
ATP Finals	did not qualify											RR	RR	did not qualify							0 / 2	1–4	20%
National representation
Summer Olympics	A	not held			A	not held			2R	not held			3R	not held			A	not held			0 / 2	3–2	60%
Davis Cup	Z3	Z2	Z2	Z2	Z2	Z1	PO	PO	1R	1R	W	SF	QF	F	A	A	QF	A	A	QF	1 / 8	34–15	69%
World Team Cup	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	W	A	RR	W	not held							2 / 3	8–2	80%
Win–loss	1–0	2–1	1–1	4–2	4–0	4–0	2–3	2–1	2–1	4–2	4–2	8–2	5–2	1–1	0–0	0–0	1–1	0–0	0–0	0–0	3 / 12	45–19	70%
ATP Tour Masters 1000
Indian Wells Masters	A	A	A	A	A	A	2R	3R	1R	1R	2R	2R	3R	2R	A	A	A	A	A	A	0 / 8	5–8	38%
Miami Open	A	A	A	A	A	A	Q1	2R	QF	3R	2R	4R	QF	4R	A	A	A	A	A	2R	0 / 8	16–8	67%
Monte-Carlo Masters	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	3R	2R	A	1R	3R	2R	A	A	A	A	A	A	0 / 5	4–5	44%
Madrid Open1	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	3R	1R	A	A	SF	1R	A	Q2	A	A	A	A	0 / 4	5–4	56%
Italian Open	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	Q1	1R	2R	1R	A	2R	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	0 / 4	1–4	20%
Canadian Open	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	1R	A	1R	SF	SF	1R	A	1R	A	A	A	A	0 / 6	7–6	54%
Cincinnati Masters	A	A	A	A	A	Q1	A	A	1R	A	A	2R	2R	2R	A	A	A	2R	A	A	0 / 5	2–5	29%
Shanghai Masters2	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	Q1	A	2R	1R	3R	1R	A	A	2R	A	A	A	0 / 5	3–5	37%
Paris Masters	A	A	A	A	A	A	1R	2R	1R	A	A	3R	QF	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	0 / 5	4–5	44%
Win–loss	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	1–2	4–3	8–8	4–5	1–5	10–7	14–9	3–7	0–0	0–1	1–1	0–1	0–0	1–1	0 / 50	47–50	48%
Career statistics
	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008	2009	2010	2011	2012	2013	2014	2015	2016	2017	2018	2019	Career
Tournaments3	0	0	0	2	7	15	17	21	22	23	22	26	26	24	0	7	10	12	0	11	245
Titles	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	4
Finals	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	5	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	11
Overall win–loss4	0–0	2–0	1–1	5–4	5–7	11–15	10–20	19–22	26–21	30–25	25–23	54–26	57–28	20–24	0–0	3–7	8–11	5–12	0–0	7–11	288–257
Win %	–	100%	50%	56%	42%	42%	33%	46%	55%	55%	52%	68%	67%	45%	–	30%	44%	29%	–	39%	52.84%
Year-end ranking	1078	636	183	161	117	139	64	52	49	38	49	9	9	36	–	410	144	105	–	219	$8,616,024

¹Held asHamburg Masters(outdoor clay) until 2008,Madrid Masters(outdoor clay) 2009 – present.
²Held asStuttgart Masters(indoor hard) until 2001,Madrid Masters(indoor hard) from 2002 to 2008, andShanghai Masters(outdoor hard) 2009 – present.
³Including appearances inGrand SlamandATP World Tourmain draw matches, and inSummer Olympics.
⁴Including matches inGrand Slam,inATP World Tour,inSummer Olympics,inDavis Cup,and inWorld Team Cup.

Doubles

Tournament	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008	2009	2010	2011	2012	2013	2014	2015	2016	2017	2018	2019	SR	W–L
Grand Slam tournaments
Australian Open	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	1R	1R	1R	1R	3R	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	0 / 5	2–5
French Open	A	A	A	A	A	A	3R	A	QF	A	A	2R	A	A	A	A	1R	1R	A	QF	0 / 6	9–6
Wimbledon	A	A	A	A	A	A	1R	1R	2R	A	3R	A	A	A	A	1R	1R	A	A	1R	0 / 7	3–7
US Open	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	1R	A	3R	1R	A	A	A	A	1R	2R	1R	A	1R	0 / 7	3–7
Win–loss	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	2–2	0–3	4–3	2–2	2–3	3–2	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–2	1–3	0–2	0–0	3–3	0 / 25	17–25
National representation
Summer Olympics	A	not held			A	not held			A	not held			QF	not held			A	not held			0 / 1	2–1
Davis Cup	Z3	Z2	Z2	Z2	Z2	Z1	PO	PO	1R	1R	W	SF	QF	F	A	A	QF	A	A	QF	1 / 8	8–4
World Team Cup	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	W	A	RR	W	not held							2 / 3	1–2
Win–loss	4–0	1–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–1	0–0	0–0	1–0	1–1	0–2	3–2	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	1–1	3 / 12	11–7
ATP Tour Masters 1000
Indian Wells Masters	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	2R	1R	A	QF	A	A	A	A	A	A	0 / 3	3–2
Miami Open	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	SF	QF	2R	A	1R	A	A	A	A	0 / 4	6–4
Monte-Carlo Masters	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	1R	A	1R	A	A	A	A	A	A	0 / 2	0–2
Madrid Open1	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	0 / 0	0–0
Italian Open	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	2R	A	F	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	0 / 2	5–2
Canadian Open	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	2R	A	1R	A	SF	A	A	A	A	0 / 3	4–3
Cincinnati Masters	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	1R	A	1R	1R	2R	1R	A	A	A	A	A	1R	0 / 6	1–4
Shanghai Masters2	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	2R	2R	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	0 / 2	2–2
Paris Masters	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	0 / 0	0–0
Win–loss	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	3–3	5–6	7–2	3–5	0–0	3–2	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–1	0 / 22	21–19
Career statistics
	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008	2009	2010	2011	2012	2013	2014	2015	2016	2017	2018	2019	Career
Tournaments3	0	0	0	0	0	2	6	11	9	7	17	12	11	8	0	6	6	4	0	5	104
Titles / Finals	0 / 0	0 / 0	0 / 0	0 / 0	0 / 0	0 / 0	0 / 0	0 / 0	0 / 0	0 / 0	0 / 2	0 / 0	1 / 2	0 / 0	0 / 0	0 / 0	0 / 0	0 / 0	0 / 0	0 / 0	1 / 4
Overall win–loss4	0–0	1–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	2–1	3–7	1–11	5–8	6–7	18–17	11–14	19–9	4–7	0–0	3–6	2–6	0–4	0–0	4–6	79–103
Year-end ranking	–	–	456	402	242	312	206	470	125	192	70	85	54	236	–	200	418	–	–	187	43.41%

Record against top-ten players

Tipsarević's match record against those who have beenrankedin the top 10, with those who have been No. 1 in boldface

• Kei Nishikori5–0
• Fernando Verdasco5–2
• Tomáš Berdych5–3
• Grigor Dimitrov4–3
• Arnaud Clément3–1
• Radek Štěpánek3–1
• David Nalbandian3–2
• Juan Mónaco3–3
• Andy Murray3–5
• Mikhail Youzhny3–5
• Fabio Fognini2–0
• David Goffin2–0
• Paradorn Srichaphan2–0
• Marcos Baghdatis2–2
• Ernests Gulbis2–2
• Ivan Ljubičić2–2
• Andy Roddick2–2
• Nikolay Davydenko2–3
• Lleyton Hewitt2–3
• Gaël Monfils2–4
• Novak Djokovic2–5
• Marin Čilić2–8
• Gilles Simon2–9
• James Blake1–0
• Jack Sock1–0
• John Isner1–1
• Nicolás Lapentti1–1
• Jürgen Melzer1–1
• Carlos Moyá1–1
• Marat Safin1–1
• Kevin Anderson1–2
• Juan Carlos Ferrero1–2
• Thomas Johansson1–2
• Roberto Bautista Agut1–3
• Fernando González1–3
• Tommy Haas1–3
• Mardy Fish1–4
• David Ferrer1–6
• Pablo Carreño Busta0–1
• Yevgeny Kafelnikov0–1
• Karen Khachanov0–1
• Mark Philippoussis0–1
• Greg Rusedski0–1
• Rainer Schüttler0–1
• Diego Schwartzman0–1
• Dominic Thiem0–1
• Jo-Wilfried Tsonga0–1
• Stan Wawrinka0–1
• Nicolás Almagro0–2
• Nicolás Massú0–2
• Mariano Puerta0–2
• Tommy Robredo0–2
• Robin Söderling0–2
• Richard Gasquet0–3
• Rafael Nadal0–3
• Juan Martín del Potro0–4
• Milos Raonic0–5
• Roger Federer0–6

Wins over top 10 players

• He has a 15–47 (24.2%) record against players who were, at the time the match was played, ranked in the top 10.

Season	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008	2009	2010	2011	2012	2013	2014	2015	2016	2017	2018	2019	Total
Wins	0	0	0	0	0	1	4	1	3	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	15

#	Player	Rank	Event	Surface	Rd	Score
2007
1.	Fernando González	6	Wimbledon,UK	Grass	3R	6–3, 3–6, 6–3, 4–6, 8–6
2008
2.	Mikhail Youzhny	8	Rotterdam,Netherlands	Hard (i)	1R	7–6(7–3),6–2
3.	James Blake	8	Hamburg,Germany	Clay	2R	4–6, 6–3, 6–3
4.	Andy Roddick	6	Wimbledon, UK	Grass	2R	6–7(5–7),7–5, 6–4, 7–6(7–4)
5.	David Ferrer	4	Olympic Games,Beijing	Hard	1R	7–6(10–8),6–2
2009
6.	Gaël Monfils	10	Monte Carlo,Monaco	Clay	1R	6–3, 6–1
2010
7.	Andy Murray	4	Dubai,United Arab Emirates	Hard	1R	7–6(7–3),4–6, 6–4
8.	Andy Roddick	9	US Open,New York	Hard	2R	3–6, 7–5, 6–3, 7–6(7–4)
9.	Tomáš Berdych	7	Davis Cup,Belgrade	Hard (i)	RR	7–5, 6–2, 2–6, 7–6(7–5)
2011
10.	Tomáš Berdych	9	Montreal,Canada	Hard	QF	6–3, 6–1
11.	Tomáš Berdych	9	US Open,New York	Hard	3R	6–4, 5–0 ret.
12.	Novak Djokovic	1	ATP World Tour Finals,London	Hard (i)	RR	3–6, 6–3, 6–3
2012
13.	Novak Djokovic	1	Madrid,Spain	Clay	QF	7–6(7–2),6–3
14.	Tomáš Berdych	7	World Team Cup,Düsseldorf	Clay	F	7–5, 7–6(10–8)
15.	Juan Mónaco	10	Paris,France	Hard (i)	3R	6–3, 3–6, 6–3

Awards

2002

• Best Male Tennis Player inFR Yugoslavia

2003

• Best Male Tennis Player in FR Yugoslavia

2004

• Best Male Tennis Player inSerbia and Montenegro

2012

• Davis CupCommitment Award

See also

• Serbia Davis Cup team
• List of Grand Slam boys' singles champions
• ATP World Tour Finals appearances
• List of male tennis players

External links

• Janko Tipsarevićat theAssociation of Tennis Professionals
• Janko Tipsarevićat theInternational Tennis Federation
• Janko Tipsarevićat theDavis Cup
• Biofile interview with Janko Tipsarević,Tennis-Prose,2010
• "The Mind-Body Problem: A conversation with Janko Tipsarević,Ideas Roadshow,2013at theWayback Machine(archived 11 November 2020)
• Janko TipsarevićatOlympedia
• Janko TipsarevićatOlympics
• Janko Tipsarevićat theOlimpijski Komitet Srbije(former profile)(in Serbian)