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Miljan Zekić

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Miljan Zekić
Zekić in 2017
Country (sports) Serbia
ResidenceBelgrade, Serbia
Born (1988-07-12) 12 July 1988 (age 36)
Belgrade, SR Serbia, SFR Yugoslavia
Height1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)
PlaysRight handed (two–handed backhand)
CoachSlobodan Vojinović
Prize money$410,799
Singles
Career record1–2 (ATP Tour level, Grand Slam level, and Davis Cup)
Career titles0
Highest rankingNo. 188 (11 July 2016)
Current rankingNo. 540 (1 April 2024)
Grand Slam singles results
Australian OpenQ2 (2017)
French OpenQ1 (2016, 2017)
WimbledonQ2 (2017)
US OpenQ2 (2016)
Doubles
Career record0–2 (ATP Tour level, Grand Slam level, and Davis Cup)
Career titles0
Highest rankingNo. 269 (8 July 2013)
Current rankingNo. 845 (1 April 2024)
Last updated on: 1 April 2024.

Miljan Zekić (Serbian Cyrillic: Миљан Зекић, pronounced [mǐʎan zěːkitɕ]; born 12 July 1988) is a Serbian tennis player.[1] On 11 July 2016, Zekic reached his best singles ranking of world No. 188, while on 8 July 2013, he peaked at No. 269 in the doubles rankings.

Career

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Zekić made his ATP main draw debut in doubles with compatriot David Savić as a wildcard pair at the 2011 Serbia Open, losing in the first round to top-seeded pair Zimonjić/Granollers. In July 2016 he won his first trophy on the ATP Challenger Tour winning Internazionali di Tennis dell'Umbria in Todi.

Zekić made his ATP main draw debut in singles as a qualifier at 2017 Croatia Open Umag, losing to Radu Albot in the first round. In two weeks' time, he played in another ATP tournament, 2017 Generali Open Kitzbühel, defeating top seed Alessandro Giannessi and eighth seed Stefanos Tsitsipas in the qualifying rounds, and earned his first ATP main draw victory by defeating world No. 66 Andrey Kuznetsov, before losing to second seed and world No. 25 Fabio Fognini in the second round.

Zekić was a fifth (reserve) player on a Serbian Davis Cup team in the semifinal against France in the 2017 Davis Cup[2] and didn't play in any match. The following year he made his Davis Cup debut, partnered with another debutant, Nikola Milojević, in a doubles match against USA losing 7–6(3), 2–6, 5–7, 4–6 in the first round.[3]

Performance timeline

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Key
W  F  SF QF #R RR Q# DNQ A NH
(W) winner; (F) finalist; (SF) semifinalist; (QF) quarterfinalist; (#R) rounds 4, 3, 2, 1; (RR) round-robin stage; (Q#) qualification round; (DNQ) did not qualify; (A) absent; (NH) not held; (SR) strike rate (events won / competed); (W–L) win–loss record.
To avoid confusion and double counting, these charts are updated at the conclusion of a tournament or when the player's participation has ended.

Singles

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Tournament 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 SR W–L Win %
Grand Slam tournaments
Australian Open A Q2 A A A A A Q1 A 0 / 0 0–0  – 
French Open Q1 Q1 A A A A A A 0 / 0 0–0  – 
Wimbledon A Q2 A A NH A Q1 A 0 / 0 0–0  – 
US Open Q2 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 0–0  – 

ATP Challenger and ITF Futures finals

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Singles: 45 (26–19)

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Legend
ATP Challenger (1–3)
ITF Futures (25–16)
Finals by surface
Hard (0–0)
Clay (26–19)
Grass (0–0)
Carpet (0–0)
Result W–L    Date    Tournament Tier Surface Opponent Score
Loss 0–1 Aug 2010 Serbia F6, Sombor Futures Clay Serbia Ivan Bjelica 3–6, 2–6
Win 1–1 Oct 2010 Egypt F5, Cairo Futures Clay Serbia Dušan Lajović 6–1, 3–6, 6–4
Win 2–1 Mar 2011 Turkey F10, Antalya Futures Clay Sweden Patrik Brydolf 6–4, 6–3
Win 3–1 May 2011 Bosnia & Herzegovina F2, Sarajevo Futures Clay Bosnia and Herzegovina Tomislav Brkić 7–6(7–1), 6–2
Loss 3–2 Jun 2011 France F9, Toulon Futures Clay France Gianni Mina 6–7(4–7), 4–6
Win 4–2 Jul 2011 France F11, Bourg-en-Bresse Futures Clay Belgium Alexandre Folie 6–3, 6–4
Loss 4–3 Jul 2012 Turkey F26, İzmir Futures Clay Spain Sergio Gutiérrez Ferrol 1–6, 4–6
Win 5–3 Jul 2012 Turkey F27, İzmir Futures Clay France Romain Arneodo 7–5, 6–1
Loss 5–4 Aug 2012 Serbia F9, Novi Sad Futures Clay Spain Carlos Gómez-Herrera 2–6, 2–6
Win 6–4 Sep 2012 Serbia F13, Nis Futures Clay Bulgaria Tihomir Grozdanov 5–7, 6–1, 6–1
Loss 6–5 May 2013 Bulgaria F1, Plovdiv Futures Clay Bosnia and Herzegovina Damir Džumhur 3–6, 3–6
Win 7–5 Jun 2013 Serbia F1, Belgrade Futures Clay Serbia Danilo Petrovic 7–6(7–3), 6–2
Win 8–5 Jun 2013 Serbia F2, Belgrade Futures Clay Serbia Danilo Petrovic 6–1, 7–5
Win 9–5 Jun 2014 Serbia F2, Belgrade Futures Clay Germany Yannick Maden 7–5, 6–3
Loss 9–6 Aug 2014 Serbia F7, Sombor Futures Clay Serbia Marko Tepavac 3–6, 6–7(5–7)
Win 10–6 Aug 2014 Serbia F11, Zlatibor Futures Clay Serbia Danilo Petrovic 6–4, 6–2
Loss 10–7 Feb 2015 Sri Lanka F2, Colombo Futures Clay Portugal Rui Machado 2–6, 1–6
Loss 10–8 Feb 2015 Sri Lanka F3, Colombo Futures Clay Portugal Rui Machado 0–6, 3–6
Win 11–8 May 2015 Croatia F9, Bol Futures Clay Belgium Yannick Mertens 6–7(4–7), 7–5, 6–2
Win 12–8 Jun 2015 Serbia F3, Šabac Futures Clay Czech Republic Robin Stanek 2–6, 6–4, 6–1
Win 13–8 Jan 2016 Tunisia F2, Hammamet Futures Clay Portugal Pedro Sousa 6–3, 6–3
Win 14–8 Feb 2016 China F1, Anning Futures Clay Spain Enrique López Pérez 6–4, 6–4
Loss 14–9 Feb 2016 China F2, Anning Futures Clay Spain Enrique López Pérez 3–6, 3–6
Win 15–9 Jul 2016 Todi, Italy Challenger Clay Italy Stefano Napolitano 6–7(6–8), 6–4, 6–3
Loss 15–10 Sep 2016 Banja Luka, Bosnia & Herzegovina Challenger Clay Czech Republic Adam Pavlásek 6–3, 1–6, 4–6
Win 16–10 Mar 2017 Tunisia F8, Hammamet Futures Clay Bosnia and Herzegovina Tomislav Brkić 6–7(7–9), 6–3, 6–4
Win 17–10 Dec 2017 Tunisia F39, Hammamet Futures Clay Portugal Gonçalo Oliveira 4–1 ret.
Win 18–10 Dec 2017 Tunisia F40, Hammamet Futures Clay Tunisia Aziz Dougaz 6–3, 6–2
Win 19–10 Feb 2018 Spain F5, Murcia Futures Clay Spain Daniel Gimeno Traver 6–4, 3–6, 6–3
Win 20–10 Aug 2018 Serbia F1, Novi Sad Futures Clay Italy Simone Roncalli 6–2, 6–4
Win 21–10 Sep 2018 Italy F28, Santa Margherita di Pula, Italy Futures Clay Italy Alessandro Petrone 6–3, 6–3
Loss 21–11 Apr 2019 M25, Santa Margherita di Pula, Italy World Tennis Tour Clay France Laurent Lokoli 7–5, 5–7, 2–6
Win 22–11 Dec 2019 M15 Antalya, Turkey World Tennis Tour Clay Russia Pavel Kotov 3–6, 6–4, 7–6(7–4)
Loss 22–12 Jan 2020 M15 Antalya, Turkey World Tennis Tour Clay Kazakhstan Timofei Skatov 3–6, 6–4, 3–6
Win 23–12 Nov 2020 M15 Cairo, Egypt World Tennis Tour Clay Netherlands Niels Visker 6–1, 7–6(7–3)
Loss 23–13 Feb 2021 M15 Antalya, Turkey World Tennis Tour Clay Portugal Nuno Borges 4–6, 3–3 ret.
Loss 23–14 Mar 2021 M15 Antalya, Turkey World Tennis Tour Clay Sweden Dragoș Nicolae Mădăraș 6–2, 6–7(6–8), 5–6 ret.
Loss 23–15 Mar 2021 M15 Antalya, Turkey World Tennis Tour Clay Brazil Matheus Pucinelli de Almeida 4–6, 4–6
Win 24–15 Mar 2021 M15 Antalya, Turkey World Tennis Tour Clay Brazil Matheus Pucinelli de Almeida 6–1, 3–6, 6–4
Win 25–15 Mar 2021 M15 Antalya, Turkey World Tennis Tour Clay Poland Daniel Michalski 7–6(8–6), 6–3
Win 26–15 Jun 2021 M15 Skopje, North Macedonia World Tennis Tour Clay Bulgaria Alexandar Lazarov 6–4, 7–6(7–5)
Loss 26–16 Apr 2022 Barletta, Italy Challenger Clay Portugal Nuno Borges 3-6, 5-7
Loss 26–17 Apr 2022 M25, Santa Margherita di Pula, Italy World Tennis Tour Clay France Laurent Lokoli 2–6, 7–5, 4–6
Loss 26–18 Jul 2022 Cali, Colombia Challenger Clay Argentina Facundo Mena 2-6, 6-7(3–7)
Loss 26–19 Jul 2023 M15 Belgrade, Serbia World Tennis Tour Clay Turkey Ergi Kırkın 6–3, 5–7, 3–6

Doubles: 43 (21–22)

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Legend
ATP Challenger (0–1)
ITF Futures (21–21)
Finals by surface
Hard (3–0)
Clay (18–22)
Grass (0–0)
Carpet (0–0)
Result W–L    Date    Tournament Tier Surface Partner Opponents Score
Loss 0–1 Apr 2007 Turkey F1, Antalya Futures Clay Spain Guillermo Olaso Romania Artemon Apostu-Efremov
Romania Alexandru Lazar
6–7(3–7), 3–6
Win 1–1 Jun 2007 Bulgaria F2, Sofia Futures Clay Serbia David Savić Bulgaria Ilia Kushev
Bulgaria Vasko Mladenov
6–4, 6–3
Loss 1–2 Aug 2007 Serbia F5, Subotica Futures Clay Serbia Ivan Bjelica North Macedonia Lazar Magdinchev
Montenegro Goran Tošić
6–3, 1–6, 1–6
Loss 1–3 Oct 2007 Bosnia & Herzegovina F6, Medugorje Futures Clay Serbia Ivan Bjelica Serbia David Savić
Slovenia Tomislav Ternar
6–2, ret.
Loss 1–4 Mar 2008 Italy F4, Caltanissetta Futures Clay Serbia Nikola Ćirić Argentina Juan-Martín Aranguren
Argentina Juan-Francisco Spina
walkover
Loss 1–5 May 2008 Bulgaria F2, Rousse Futures Clay Belgium Yannick Mertens Romania Bogdan-Victor Leonte
Russia Mikhail Vasiliev
6–7(5–7), 3–6
Win 2–5 May 2008 Bulgaria F3, Plévin Futures Clay Belgium Yannick Mertens North Macedonia Ilija Martinoski
North Macedonia Predrag Rusevski
6–4, 3–6, [10–1]
Loss 2–6 Jun 2008 Serbia F2, Belgrade Futures Clay Serbia David Savić Serbia Nikola Ćaćić
Serbia Dušan Lajović
6–7(6–8), 6–3, [8–10]
Loss 2–7 Sep 2008 Bulgaria F8, Stara Zagora Futures Clay Serbia Ivan Bjelica Bulgaria Boris Nicola Bakalov
Bulgaria Vasko Mladenov
3–6, 4–6
Loss 2–8 Sep 2008 Bosnia & Herzegovina F6, Mostar Futures Clay Serbia Ivan Bjelica Croatia Ivan Cerović
Latvia Deniss Pavlovs
6–7(3–7), 2–6
Loss 2–9 Feb 2009 Egypt F3, Cairo Futures Clay Serbia David Savić Egypt Karim Maamoun
Egypt Sherif Sabry
4–6, 6–1, [7–10]
Win 3–9 Aug 2009 Serbia F4, Novi Sad Futures Clay Serbia Ivan Bjelica Serbia Vladimir Obradović
Serbia Aleksander Slovic
6–3, 6–4
Loss 3–10 Apr 2010 Turkey F5, Antalya Futures Clay Serbia Ivan Bjelica Spain Ignacio Coll Riudavets
Spain Gerard Granollers Pujol
2–6, 7–5, [7–10]
Win 4–10 May 2010 Bosnia & Herzegovina F4, Sarajevo Futures Clay Serbia Dušan Lajović Bosnia and Herzegovina Mirza Bašić
Bosnia and Herzegovina Zlatan Kadric
6–3, 6–4
Win 5–10 May 2010 Bosnia & Herzegovina F5, Brčko Futures Clay Serbia Ivan Bjelica Serbia David Savić
Montenegro Goran Tošić
7–6(7–4), 7–5
Win 6–10 Jun 2010 Bosnia & Herzegovina F7, Kiseljak Futures Clay Serbia Arsenije Zlatanovic Bosnia and Herzegovina Jasmin Ademovic
Bosnia and Herzegovina Sven Lalic
7–6(7–4), 4–6, [10–8]
Loss 6–11 Jul 2010 Serbia F3, Belgrade Futures Clay Serbia Ivan Bjelica Serbia David Savić
Hungary György Balázs
1–6, 1–6
Loss 6–12 Aug 2010 Serbia F4, Novi Sad Futures Clay Serbia Nikola Bubnic Serbia Boris Conkic
Serbia Ivan Djurdjevic
6–4, 2–6, [13–15]
Win 7–12 Aug 2010 Serbia F6, Sombor Futures Clay Serbia Ivan Bjelica Mexico Javier Herrera-Eguiluz
Australia Brendan Moore
6–3, 6-4
Loss 7–13 Aug 2010 Bulgaria F5, Bourgas Futures Clay North Macedonia Tomislav Jotovski Argentina Diego Álvarez
Italy Federico Torresi
4–6, 2–6
Win 8–13 Oct 2010 Egypt F4, Cairo Futures Clay Serbia Dušan Lajović Russia Aleksandr Lobkov
Russia Alexander Rumyantsev
7–6(7–5), 7–6(10–8)
Loss 8–14 Apr 2011 Turkey F11, Antalya Futures Clay Serbia Ivan Bjelica Croatia Toni Androić
Croatia Dino Marcan
5–7, 2–6
Win 9–14 May 2011 Bosnia & Herzegovina F2, Sarajevo Futures Clay Serbia Nikola Ćaćić Slovenia Tom Kočevar-Dešman
Slovenia Rok Jarc
6–3, 6-4
Loss 9–15 Jun 2012 Italy F11, Cesena Futures Clay Serbia Nikola Ćirić United States Nicholas Monroe
Germany Simon Stadler
6–4, 3–6, [5–10]
Win 10–15 Jul 2012 Turkey F26, İzmir Futures Clay Germany Dominik Schulz Russia Sergei Krotiouk
Russia Mikhail Vasiliev
6–1, 6-2
Win 11–15 Jul 2012 Turkey F27, İzmir Futures Clay Germany Dominik Schulz Italy Nicola Ghedin
Italy Giovanni Zennaro
7–6(7–4), 6-4
Win 12–15 Jul 2012 Italy F19, Fano Futures Clay Italy Matteo Volante Italy Stefano Napolitano
Italy Marco Viola
6–3, 7–6(7–3)
Win 13–15 Aug 2012 Serbia F10, Zlatibor Futures Clay Serbia Danilo Petrovic Serbia Miki Janković
Serbia Peđa Krstin
6–2, 4–6, [10–7]
Win 14–15 Feb 2013 France F3, Feucherolles Futures Hard Serbia Nikola Ćaćić Netherlands Stephan Fransen
Netherlands Wesley Koolhof
3–6, 7–5, [10–8]
Win 15–15 Apr 2013 France F7, Angers Futures Clay Serbia Ivan Bjelica Belgium Niels Dusein
Germany Tim Pütz
6–3, 6–4
Win 16–15 May 2013 Bulgaria F1, Plovdiv Futures Clay Bosnia and Herzegovina Damir Džumhur Bulgaria Dinko Halachev
Bulgaria Dinko Halachev
7–5, 6–7(4–7), [12–10]
Loss 16–16 Jul 2013 Timișoara, Romania Challenger Clay Serbia Ilija Vucic France Jonathan Eysseric
France Nicolas Renavand
7–6(8–6), 2–6, [7–10]
Loss 16–17 Nov 2013 Turkey F45, Antalya Futures Clay Georgia (country) Nikoloz Basilashvili Germany Tom Schonenberg
Germany Matthias Wunner
0–6, 4–6
Loss 16–18 Feb 2014 Egypt F3, Sharm El Sheikh Futures Clay Serbia Arsenije Zlatanovic Brazil Jose Pereira
Italy Stefano Travaglia
6–2, 3–6, [8–10]
Loss 16–19 Jun 2014 Serbia F1, Belgrade Futures Clay Serbia Nikola Ćirić Germany Dominique Maden
Germany Yannick Maden
4–6, 6–2, [3–10]
Win 17–19 Nov 2014 Greece F10, Heraklion Futures Hard Serbia Ivan Bjelica Greece Alexandros Jakupovic
Russia Markos Kalovelonis
6–3, 7–6(7–4)
Win 18–19 Feb 2015 Sri Lanka F3, Colombo Futures Clay Serbia Arsenije Zlatanovic United States Andre Dome
New Zealand Ben Mclachlin
6-2, 6-4
Win 19–19 Jun 2015 Serbia F3, Šabac Futures Clay North Macedonia Tomislav Jotovski France François-Arthur Vibert
France Florent Diep
6–7(4–7), 6–0, [10–4]
Loss 19–20 Jan 2016 Tunisia F2, Hammamet Futures Clay North Macedonia Tomislav Jotovski Sweden Markus Eriksson
Italy Matteo Volante
2-6, 1-6
Loss 19–21 Jan 2018 Tunisia F1, Hammamet Futures Clay Japan Shunsuke Wakita Italy Marko Bartolotti
Italy Julian Ocieppo
0-1 ret.
Win 20–21 Dec 2019 M15 Antalya, Turkey World Tennis Tour Clay Croatia Duje Ajduković Russia Vladimir Korolev
Russia Andrey Uvarov
6-3, 6-3
Win 21–21 Nov 2020 M15 Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt World Tennis Tour Hard Serbia Marko Miladinović Italy Alessandro Vega
Cyprus Petros Chrysochos
6–4, 6–3
Loss 21–22 May 2023 M25 Kuršumlijska Banja, Serbia World Tennis Tour Clay Ukraine Volodymyr Uzhylovskyi Netherlands Guy den Ouden
Italy Samuel Vincent Ruggeri
5–7, 2–6

References

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  1. ^ Može li Zekić opet ubaciti 16 asova?
  2. ^ "Selektor Nenad Zimonjić: "Meč u Lilu će biti svakako veliko iskustvo za sve nas, možda stvaranje novog, mlađeg tima" (in Serbian). Tennis Federation of Serbia. 4 September 2017. Retrieved 2017-11-19.
  3. ^ Miljan Zekić at the Davis Cup
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