Miljan Zekić
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Serbian tennis player (born 1988)
| Zekić in 2017 | |
| Country (sports) | Serbia |
|---|---|
| Residence | Belgrade, Serbia |
| Born | (1988年07月12日) 12 July 1988 (age 36) Belgrade, SR Serbia, SFR Yugoslavia |
| Height | 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in) |
| Turned pro | 2006 |
| Plays | Right handed (two–handed backhand) |
| Coach | Slobodan Vojinović |
| Prize money | US 416,635ドル |
| Singles | |
| Career record | 1–2 (ATP Tour level, Grand Slam level, and Davis Cup) |
| Career titles | 0 |
| Highest ranking | No. 188 (11 July 2016) |
| Current ranking | No. 774 (17 February 2025) |
| Grand Slam singles results | |
| Australian Open | Q2 (2017) |
| French Open | Q1 (2016, 2017) |
| Wimbledon | Q2 (2017) |
| US Open | Q2 (2016) |
| Doubles | |
| Career record | 0–2 (ATP Tour level, Grand Slam level, and Davis Cup) |
| Career titles | 0 |
| Highest ranking | No. 269 (8 July 2013) |
| Current ranking | No. 1618 (17 February 2025) |
| Team competitions | |
| Davis Cup | 0–1 (Sin. 0–0, Dbs. 0–1) |
| Last updated on: 23 February 2025. | |
Miljan Zekić (Serbian Cyrillic: Миљан Зекић, pronounced [mǐʎanzěːkitɕ] ; 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
[edit ]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
[edit ] 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
[edit ]| Tournament | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | SR | W–L | Win % | |
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| 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
[edit ]Singles: 46 (27–19)
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| Result | W–L | Date | Tournament | Tier | Surface | Opponent | Score |
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| 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 |
| Win | 27–19 | May 2024 | M15 Brčko, Bosnia and Herzegovina | World Tennis Tour | Clay | Poland Paweł Juszczak | 2–6, 6–2, 5–1 Ret. |
Doubles: 44 (21–23)
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| Result | W–L | Date | Tournament | Tier | Surface | Partner | Opponents | Score |
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| 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 |
| Loss | 21–23 | May 2024 | M15 Brčko, Bosnia and Herzegovina | World Tennis Tour | Clay | United States Kabeer Kapasi | Ukraine Vladyslav Orlov Germany Tim Ruehl |
2–6, 1–6 |
References
[edit ]- ^ Može li Zekić opet ubaciti 16 asova?
- ^ "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年11月19日.
- ^ Miljan Zekić at the Davis Cup