Alex Bogdanovic
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Aleksa Bogdanovic also known as his British nickname Alex, is a Serbian
-British tennis
player born in Belgrade
, Yugoslavia
. Alex was brought to England by his parents Dušan and Amelija when he was seven and took up tennis as a means of making new friends.
Bogdanovic turned professional in 2002. He is the current British No. 6, with a ranking of 374 as of 28 February 2011. His highest ranking is 108, which he achieved on 25 June 2007. Bogdanovic has competed mainly in the Challenger Tour. He qualified for the 2004 US Open, losing in the first round. He received wildcards to Wimbledon every year from 2002 to 2009, losing in the first round each time.
Bogdanovic is generally regarded as a player who has never fulfilled his potential. The Times
writes that "Bogdanovic has long been regarded as a player too satisfied by failure and in denial of the true facts of tennis life."
and reaching the semifinal of the US Junior Open in United States in 2001, the first British player ever to do so.
and also finished runner-up in the senior national championships that autumn beating top 100 player Martin Lee and British no 4 Arvind Parmar
before losing in the final to Lee Childs
in straight sets. In 2002, he was given a wildcard for Wimbledon, being the youngest man in the draw. However, he lost in the first round. His first senior title was won this year, the Futures tournament in Nottingham
. That autumn he won the senior national championships, beating Martin Lee again and defeating Jamie Delgado 7–5, 6–2 in the final.
for Great Britain in February 2003 against Australia, playing against the then world number 1, Lleyton Hewitt
. Bogdanovic, then ranked at 457 in the world, made a great start on the clay court
surface against a surprisingly lacklustre Hewitt and led 5–3 in the first set, but Hewitt then found his form and cruised to victory in straight sets, 7–5, 6–1, 6–2. Bogdanovic beat Todd Woodbridge
6–2, 7–6, in a dead-rubber
to prevent a whitewash.
withdrew the bulk of their funding to him because of a perceived lack of commitment. At the Sarajevo challenger, Bogdanovic was forced to withdraw from his quarterfinal match with food poisoning. The next day the LTA insisted that he travelled to Greece to play a futures. Bogdanovic was bed-ridden with a fever and so said that he couldn't and because of that reason the LTA cut his funding. Bogdanovic however responded by employing new coach Mike Raphael and within 3 months reached the final of two Challenger events (Nottingham and Manchester, winning in Manchester
) and qualifying for the US Open, his first non-Wimbledon Grand Slam tournament, losing in the first round in five sets.
and the Nottingham Open
ATP tournaments. As well at Wimbledon. He drew strong opponents in all three ATP events. At Queens he took World number 33 Dmitry Tursunov
to a tie- break, in Nottingham he took a set off world 52 Max Mirnyi
and at Wimbledon he made a credible showing against world number 2 Rafael Nadal
. Alex received Wild Card
entry into all three.
in Newport, Rhode Island
the week after Wimbledon, which his compatriot Greg Rusedski
had won the previous two years. l.
Bogdanovic was drawn to play against American world 735 in the 1st round, Jesse Levine
. He won this match 6–4 7–5, his first ATP tour victory of the season. Alex went on to beat George Bastl
of Switzerland 6–1 7–6 (8–6), in the second round, to advance to the quarter finals of an ATP Tour for the first time in his career. He lost to the 6th seed from Austria, Jürgen Melzer
in 3 sets after having won the first set.
in this encounter.
Bogdanovic then had a poor clay court season with 2 first-round challenger exits and failing to qualify for the French Open main draw. After this came a 2nd-round defeat to Richard Bloomfield
at the Surbiton Trophy.
Before Wimbledon
, where he has been granted entry via a wildcard. Alex competed at two ATP
tour events, Queen's
and the Nottingham Open
.
At Queen's he managed to gain an impressive victory over world number 42 Hyung-Taik Lee, and beat British youngster Jamie Baker in the second round to play Andy Roddick
. He put on a superb performance against Roddick having won the first set 6–4, and pushed Roddick to a close tie-break in the second set. During the tie-break he was two points from victory, but Roddick took advantage of the Hawk-eye system and a correctly challenged call put him 6–5 up in the tie-break before winning the second set to make it one set all. Roddick broke Alex's serve for the first time in the final set making the final result 4–6 7–6(7–5) 6–4. Bogdanovic's impressive run at Queen's meant a career high of 108. After the match Roddick complimented Bogdanovic and claimed he was "lucky to get out of there." He eagerly backed the idea Alex should easily burst into the top 50 at least by the end of 2007. Sadly this dream has not yet been realised.
defeat by Argentina
and slipped out of the Top 200. His poor 2008 continued, with wildcard entries for the 2008 Artois Championships and 2008 Wimbledon Championships
men's singles
tournament resulting in defeats. At Wimbledon he faced Simone Bolelli
from Italy and lost in four sets 6-7, 6-4, 3-6, 6-7, his seventh consecutive defeat in the first round at Wimbledon. This low was followed by a victory in the Challenger Banque Tournament in Canada, which helped boost Bogdanovic back into the Top 200, for a short period at least.
As Great Britain's
2nd ranked player Bogdanovic was selected for the Davis Cup World Group play-off against Austria in September. Playing the first singles rubber against World No 41 Jürgen Melzer
, he lost in 4 sets. He played the final rubber against Alexander Peya
, a player ranked two places below, in match to decide which country will be relegated from the World Group to the Group One Euro/African Zone. After winning the first, he faded to lose in four sets.
Despite captain John Lloyd admitting that the final tie was 50/50 in a televised interview by Sue Barker
, his comments and further comments by LTA Chief Executive Roger Draper regarding a lack of a number two player suggests that this could be the last time Bogdanovic will represent his country in a Davis Cup tie.
to Tomáš Berdych
in straight sets in the first round. This was his eighth straight loss at Wimbledon. In total he won 3 out of 27 sets at Wimbledon. He continued to compete largely on the Challenger circuit, winning in Kolding
, Denmark, which helped him to retain his place in the world top 200.
.
Serbs
The Serbs are a South Slavic ethnic group of the Balkans and southern Central Europe. Serbs are located mainly in Serbia, Montenegro and Bosnia and Herzegovina, and form a sizable minority in Croatia, the Republic of Macedonia and Slovenia. Likewise, Serbs are an officially recognized minority in...
-British tennis
Tennis
Tennis is a sport usually played between two players or between two teams of two players each . Each player uses a racket that is strung to strike a hollow rubber ball covered with felt over a net into the opponent's court. Tennis is an Olympic sport and is played at all levels of society at all...
player born in Belgrade
Belgrade
Belgrade is the capital and largest city of Serbia. It is located at the confluence of the Sava and Danube rivers, where the Pannonian Plain meets the Balkans. According to official results of Census 2011, the city has a population of 1,639,121. It is one of the 15 largest cities in Europe...
, Yugoslavia
Yugoslavia
Yugoslavia refers to three political entities that existed successively on the western part of the Balkans during most of the 20th century....
. Alex was brought to England by his parents Dušan and Amelija when he was seven and took up tennis as a means of making new friends.
Bogdanovic turned professional in 2002. He is the current British No. 6, with a ranking of 374 as of 28 February 2011. His highest ranking is 108, which he achieved on 25 June 2007. Bogdanovic has competed mainly in the Challenger Tour. He qualified for the 2004 US Open, losing in the first round. He received wildcards to Wimbledon every year from 2002 to 2009, losing in the first round each time.
Bogdanovic is generally regarded as a player who has never fulfilled his potential. The Times
The Times
The Times is a British daily national newspaper, first published in London in 1785 under the title The Daily Universal Register . The Times and its sister paper The Sunday Times are published by Times Newspapers Limited, a subsidiary since 1981 of News International...
writes that "Bogdanovic has long been regarded as a player too satisfied by failure and in denial of the true facts of tennis life."
Juniors
He had a lot of success in juniors for Great Britain, reaching a high of no 8, winning the Uruguay Bowl in MontevideoMontevideo
Montevideo is the largest city, the capital, and the chief port of Uruguay. The settlement was established in 1726 by Bruno Mauricio de Zabala, as a strategic move amidst a Spanish-Portuguese dispute over the platine region, and as a counter to the Portuguese colony at Colonia del Sacramento...
and reaching the semifinal of the US Junior Open in United States in 2001, the first British player ever to do so.
Early senior career in Britain
He finished runner-up in the U18 national championships in 2001 to Richard BloomfieldRichard Bloomfield
Richard Bloomfield is an English professional male tennis player. He turned professional in 2002 and reached a peak world ranking of 176 in March 2007. 'Bloomers', as he is known to the tennis world, is from the small Norfolk village of Alpington.Bloomfield won the 2001 British Junior Tennis...
and also finished runner-up in the senior national championships that autumn beating top 100 player Martin Lee and British no 4 Arvind Parmar
Arvind Parmar
Arvind Parmar was born 1978 in Hitchin, Hertfordshire and attended Whitehill Junior School followed by Hitchin Boys School. He is a former top British tennis player. Of Indian descent, he retired in December 2006. Parmar is nicknamed the "Hitchin Hurricane". After retiring he began coaching and...
before losing in the final to Lee Childs
Lee Childs (tennis)
----Lee Childs is a tennis player from England.Following match victories in 2000, Childs was hailed as "the future of British tennis" and a successor to Tim Henman and Greg Rusedski....
in straight sets. In 2002, he was given a wildcard for Wimbledon, being the youngest man in the draw. However, he lost in the first round. His first senior title was won this year, the Futures tournament in Nottingham
Nottingham
Nottingham is a city and unitary authority in the East Midlands of England. It is located in the ceremonial county of Nottinghamshire and represents one of eight members of the English Core Cities Group...
. That autumn he won the senior national championships, beating Martin Lee again and defeating Jamie Delgado 7–5, 6–2 in the final.
Davis Cup Debut
Bogdanovic made his debut in the Davis CupDavis Cup
The Davis Cup is the premier international team event in men's tennis. It is run by the International Tennis Federation and is contested between teams of players from competing countries in a knock-out format. The competition began in 1900 as a challenge between Britain and the United States. By...
for Great Britain in February 2003 against Australia, playing against the then world number 1, Lleyton Hewitt
Lleyton Hewitt
Lleyton Glynn Hewitt born 24 February 1981) is an Australian professional tennis player and former world no. 1.In 2000, Hewitt had won ATP titles on all three major surfaces and reached one final on carpet. By 2001, he became the youngest male ever to be ranked no. 1 at the age of 20...
. Bogdanovic, then ranked at 457 in the world, made a great start on the clay court
Clay court
A clay court is one of the four different types of tennis court. Clay courts are made of crushed shale, stone or brick. The red clay is slower than the green, or Har-Tru "American" clay. The French Open uses clay courts, making it unique among the Grand Slam tournaments.Clay courts are more common...
surface against a surprisingly lacklustre Hewitt and led 5–3 in the first set, but Hewitt then found his form and cruised to victory in straight sets, 7–5, 6–1, 6–2. Bogdanovic beat Todd Woodbridge
Todd Woodbridge
Todd Andrew Woodbridge is an Australian former tennis player. He was born in Sydney and turned professional in 1988. He is best known for his successful Doubles partnerships with Mark Woodforde and later Jonas Björkman...
6–2, 7–6, in a dead-rubber
Dead-rubber
Dead rubber is a term used in sporting parlance to describe a match in a series where the series result has already been decided by earlier matches...
to prevent a whitewash.
LTA controversy
In April 2004, the Lawn Tennis AssociationLawn Tennis Association
The Lawn Tennis Association is the national governing body of tennis in Great Britain, the Channel Islands and the Isle of Man.As the governing body, the LTA is responsible for the coaching and development of junior players, offering courses and qualifications on coaching, as well as the...
withdrew the bulk of their funding to him because of a perceived lack of commitment. At the Sarajevo challenger, Bogdanovic was forced to withdraw from his quarterfinal match with food poisoning. The next day the LTA insisted that he travelled to Greece to play a futures. Bogdanovic was bed-ridden with a fever and so said that he couldn't and because of that reason the LTA cut his funding. Bogdanovic however responded by employing new coach Mike Raphael and within 3 months reached the final of two Challenger events (Nottingham and Manchester, winning in Manchester
Manchester
Manchester is a city and metropolitan borough in Greater Manchester, England. According to the Office for National Statistics, the 2010 mid-year population estimate for Manchester was 498,800. Manchester lies within one of the UK's largest metropolitan areas, the metropolitan county of Greater...
) and qualifying for the US Open, his first non-Wimbledon Grand Slam tournament, losing in the first round in five sets.
Grass Court Season
The 2006 Grass court season was disappointing, seeing Bogdanovic going out in first rounds of the Surbiton Trophy, QueensQueen's Club Championships
The Queen's Club Championships is an annual tournament for male tennis players, held on grass courts at the Queen's Club in West Kensington, London. Between 1970 and 1989 it was part of the Grand Prix tennis circuit. The event is now an ATP World Tour 250 series tournament on the Association of...
and the Nottingham Open
Nottingham Open
The Slazenger Nottingham Open was a tennis tournament on the ATP Tour that was held in Nottingham, Great Britain...
ATP tournaments. As well at Wimbledon. He drew strong opponents in all three ATP events. At Queens he took World number 33 Dmitry Tursunov
Dmitry Tursunov
Dmitry Igorevich Tursunov is a Russian professional male tennis player. He was 12 years old when he came to the United States to train and further his prospects of becoming a professional player....
to a tie- break, in Nottingham he took a set off world 52 Max Mirnyi
Max Mirnyi
Max Mirnyi is a professional tennis player from Belarus.Today Mirnyi is a doubles specialist, but he also enjoyed a good singles career, finishing in the top 50 in the world for seven straight years, as well as representing Belarus in Davis Cup competition since April 1994, where he holds a...
and at Wimbledon he made a credible showing against world number 2 Rafael Nadal
Rafael Nadal
Rafael "Rafa" Nadal Parera is a Spanish professional tennis player and a former World No. 1. , he is ranked No. 2 by the Association of Tennis Professionals...
. Alex received Wild Card
Wild card (sports)
The term wild card refers broadly to a tournament or playoff berth awarded to an individual or team that has not qualified through normal play.-International sports:...
entry into all three.
Newport, United States
For the first time in his career, his ranking was high enough for him to be granted regular entry (i.e. without having to qualify) into the Hall of Fame Tennis ChampionshipsHall of Fame Tennis Championships
The Hall of Fame Championships is an international tennis tournament that has been held every year in July since 1976 at the International Tennis Hall of Fame in Newport, Rhode Island...
in Newport, Rhode Island
Newport, Rhode Island
Newport is a city on Aquidneck Island in Newport County, Rhode Island, United States, about south of Providence. Known as a New England summer resort and for the famous Newport Mansions, it is the home of Salve Regina University and Naval Station Newport which houses the United States Naval War...
the week after Wimbledon, which his compatriot Greg Rusedski
Greg Rusedski
Gregory "Greg" Rusedski is a British Canadian former tennis player who turned professional in 1991 and played until his retirement on 7 April 2007, at the age of 33...
had won the previous two years. l.
Bogdanovic was drawn to play against American world 735 in the 1st round, Jesse Levine
Jesse Levine
Jesse Levine is a Canadian-born American professional tennis player. He achieved his career-high singles rank of No. 94 on November 3, 2008....
. He won this match 6–4 7–5, his first ATP tour victory of the season. Alex went on to beat George Bastl
George Bastl
George Edward Bastl is a professional tennis player from Switzerland. He is ranked at World No. 845 as of August 22, 2011.He has reached one singles final in his career – at Tashkent in 1999.-Tennis career:...
of Switzerland 6–1 7–6 (8–6), in the second round, to advance to the quarter finals of an ATP Tour for the first time in his career. He lost to the 6th seed from Austria, Jürgen Melzer
Jürgen Melzer
Jürgen Melzer is an Austrian tennis player. He reached a career-high ranking of no. 8 on 18 April 2011, and a doubles ranking of no. 6 on 13 September 2010. He is the only current player on the ATP Tour to be ranked in the top 10 in both singles and doubles. He is a left-handed tennis player, but...
in 3 sets after having won the first set.
2007
Bogdanovic had a slow start to the season with his ranking dropping to 150. However his season picked up its pace when he was victorious in the Valencia challenger raising his ranking to 132. He followed this up with another consecutive challenger final in Cardiff, but failed to beat Frédéric NiemeyerFrederic Niemeyer
Frédéric Niemeyer is a retired, veteran minor tour and Canadian Davis Cup tennis player who now is a Tennis Canada coach. Born in Campbellton, New Brunswick, Niemeyer hails from Deauville, Sherbrooke, Quebec...
in this encounter.
Bogdanovic then had a poor clay court season with 2 first-round challenger exits and failing to qualify for the French Open main draw. After this came a 2nd-round defeat to Richard Bloomfield
Richard Bloomfield
Richard Bloomfield is an English professional male tennis player. He turned professional in 2002 and reached a peak world ranking of 176 in March 2007. 'Bloomers', as he is known to the tennis world, is from the small Norfolk village of Alpington.Bloomfield won the 2001 British Junior Tennis...
at the Surbiton Trophy.
Before Wimbledon
The Championships, Wimbledon
The Championships, Wimbledon, or simply Wimbledon , is the oldest tennis tournament in the world, considered by many to be the most prestigious. It has been held at the All England Club in Wimbledon, London since 1877. It is one of the four Grand Slam tennis tournaments, the other three Majors...
, where he has been granted entry via a wildcard. Alex competed at two ATP
Association of Tennis Professionals
The Association of Tennis Professionals or ATP was formed in 1972 by Donald Dell, Jack Kramer, and Cliff Drysdale to protect the interests of male professional tennis players. Since 1990, the association has organized the worldwide tennis tour for men and linked the title of the tour with the...
tour events, Queen's
Queen's Club Championships
The Queen's Club Championships is an annual tournament for male tennis players, held on grass courts at the Queen's Club in West Kensington, London. Between 1970 and 1989 it was part of the Grand Prix tennis circuit. The event is now an ATP World Tour 250 series tournament on the Association of...
and the Nottingham Open
Nottingham Open
The Slazenger Nottingham Open was a tennis tournament on the ATP Tour that was held in Nottingham, Great Britain...
.
At Queen's he managed to gain an impressive victory over world number 42 Hyung-Taik Lee, and beat British youngster Jamie Baker in the second round to play Andy Roddick
Andy Roddick
Andrew Stephen "Andy" Roddick is an American professional tennis player and a former World No. 1. He is currently the second highest-ranked American player, behind Mardy Fish....
. He put on a superb performance against Roddick having won the first set 6–4, and pushed Roddick to a close tie-break in the second set. During the tie-break he was two points from victory, but Roddick took advantage of the Hawk-eye system and a correctly challenged call put him 6–5 up in the tie-break before winning the second set to make it one set all. Roddick broke Alex's serve for the first time in the final set making the final result 4–6 7–6(7–5) 6–4. Bogdanovic's impressive run at Queen's meant a career high of 108. After the match Roddick complimented Bogdanovic and claimed he was "lucky to get out of there." He eagerly backed the idea Alex should easily burst into the top 50 at least by the end of 2007. Sadly this dream has not yet been realised.
2008
Bogdanovic's projected entry into the World's Top 50 did not materialise. In a poor start to 2008, he was involved in Great Britain's Davis CupDavis Cup
The Davis Cup is the premier international team event in men's tennis. It is run by the International Tennis Federation and is contested between teams of players from competing countries in a knock-out format. The competition began in 1900 as a challenge between Britain and the United States. By...
defeat by Argentina
Argentina
Argentina , officially the Argentine Republic , is the second largest country in South America by land area, after Brazil. It is constituted as a federation of 23 provinces and an autonomous city, Buenos Aires...
and slipped out of the Top 200. His poor 2008 continued, with wildcard entries for the 2008 Artois Championships and 2008 Wimbledon Championships
2008 Wimbledon Championships
The 2008 Wimbledon Championships was a tennis tournament played on outdoor grass courts. It was the 122nd edition of the Wimbledon Championships, and the third Grand Slam event of the year...
men's singles
2008 Wimbledon Championships - Men's Singles
Rafael Nadal defeated five-time defending Wimbledon champion, Roger Federer, in five sets to win his first Wimbledon title and fifth Grand Slam championship. It was the longest championship match in Wimbledon history with play lasting four hours and 48 minutes, and with two rain delays...
tournament resulting in defeats. At Wimbledon he faced Simone Bolelli
Simone Bolelli
Simone Bolelli is a professional Italian tennis player.- 2003 :In 2003, Bolelli reached his first ITF Futures tournament semifinal at Egypt F1, losing to 485th-ranked Jaroslav Pospíšil. He played entirely Futures events except for one Challenger tournament in Brindisi, losing to Galo Blanco in the...
from Italy and lost in four sets 6-7, 6-4, 3-6, 6-7, his seventh consecutive defeat in the first round at Wimbledon. This low was followed by a victory in the Challenger Banque Tournament in Canada, which helped boost Bogdanovic back into the Top 200, for a short period at least.
As Great Britain's
Great Britain Davis Cup team
The Great Britain Davis Cup team represents the United Kingdom in Davis Cup tennis competition and is controlled by the Lawn Tennis Association. The United Kingdom played in the very first International Lawn Tennis Challenge...
2nd ranked player Bogdanovic was selected for the Davis Cup World Group play-off against Austria in September. Playing the first singles rubber against World No 41 Jürgen Melzer
Jürgen Melzer
Jürgen Melzer is an Austrian tennis player. He reached a career-high ranking of no. 8 on 18 April 2011, and a doubles ranking of no. 6 on 13 September 2010. He is the only current player on the ATP Tour to be ranked in the top 10 in both singles and doubles. He is a left-handed tennis player, but...
, he lost in 4 sets. He played the final rubber against Alexander Peya
Alexander Peya
Alexander Peya is an Austrian male tennis player. He reached a career high singles ranking of No. 92 on April 30, 2007. His career high doubles ranking was No. 48 on January 15, 2007. He was born in Vienna, Austria, and currently resides there.In September 2008 Peya helped Austria to a Davis Cup...
, a player ranked two places below, in match to decide which country will be relegated from the World Group to the Group One Euro/African Zone. After winning the first, he faded to lose in four sets.
Despite captain John Lloyd admitting that the final tie was 50/50 in a televised interview by Sue Barker
Sue Barker
Susan Barker, MBE is an English television presenter and former professional tennis player. During her tennis career, she won the women's singles title at the French Open and reached a career-high singles ranking of World No. 3...
, his comments and further comments by LTA Chief Executive Roger Draper regarding a lack of a number two player suggests that this could be the last time Bogdanovic will represent his country in a Davis Cup tie.
2009
In January 2009, Bogdanovic was dropped from Great Britain's Davis Cup squad. In June, he went out of WimbledonThe Championships, Wimbledon
The Championships, Wimbledon, or simply Wimbledon , is the oldest tennis tournament in the world, considered by many to be the most prestigious. It has been held at the All England Club in Wimbledon, London since 1877. It is one of the four Grand Slam tennis tournaments, the other three Majors...
to Tomáš Berdych
Tomáš Berdych
Tomáš Berdych is a professional tennis player from the Czech Republic. His most notable achievements are reaching the final of the 2010 Wimbledon Championships, and the semifinals of the 2010 French Open. He defeated the Croatian player Ivan Ljubičić in five sets to win the Paris Masters in 2005...
in straight sets in the first round. This was his eighth straight loss at Wimbledon. In total he won 3 out of 27 sets at Wimbledon. He continued to compete largely on the Challenger circuit, winning in Kolding
Kolding
Kolding is a Danish seaport located at the head of Kolding Fjord in Region of Southern Denmark . It is the site of the council Kolding Municipality. It is a transportation, commercial, and manufacturing centre, and has numerous industrial companies, principally geared towards shipbuilding...
, Denmark, which helped him to retain his place in the world top 200.
2010
In June 2010, Bogdanovic didn't receive his normal wildcard into the Wimbledon main draw and he had to qualify. In the second round of Wimbledon 2010 qualifying he lost to Nicholas Mahut 3-6 6-3 24-22.Titles
| Legend (Singles) |
| Grand Slam (0) |
| ATP World Tour Masters 1000 (0) |
| ATP World Tour 500 (0) |
| ATP World Tour 250 (0) |
| ATP Challenger Tour (9) |
| ITF Futures (2) |
| No. | Date | Tournament | Surface | Opponent in the final | Score |
| 1. | 4 February 2002 |  NottinghamNottingham Nottingham is a city and unitary authority in the East Midlands of England. It is located in the ceremonial county of Nottinghamshire and represents one of eight members of the English Core Cities Group... , Great Britain |
Carpet | Luke Milligan Luke Milligan Luke Milligan is a former tennis player from the United Kingdom, who turned professional in 1995.The right-hander reached his highest individual ranking on the ATP Tour on 8 July 1996, when he became the world number 217 and just after he won through to the third round of the Wimbledon... |
6–7(5), 7–6(6), 6–4 |
| 2. | 12 July 2004 | Manchester Manchester Manchester is a city and metropolitan borough in Greater Manchester, England. According to the Office for National Statistics, the 2010 mid-year population estimate for Manchester was 498,800. Manchester lies within one of the UK's largest metropolitan areas, the metropolitan county of Greater... , Great Britain |
Grass |  Michael Mertinak |
6–1, 6–3 |
| 3. | 4 July 2005 | Nottingham Nottingham Nottingham is a city and unitary authority in the East Midlands of England. It is located in the ceremonial county of Nottinghamshire and represents one of eight members of the English Core Cities Group... , Great Britain |
Grass | Mark Hilton |
6–3, 7–5 |
| 4. | 21 November 2005 | Sunderland, Great Britain |
Hard |  Danai UdomchokeDanai Udomchoke Danai Udomchoke is a professional tennis player from Thailand. He was born in Bangkok, where he still resides.Udomchoke turned professional in 1997, and is coached by Jan Stoce. He is sponsored by Dunlop Sport for his racquets and apparel. His career-best ranking is World No... |
7–6(4), 7–5 |
| 5. | 23 January 2006 | Wrexham Wrexham Wrexham is a town in Wales. It is the administrative centre of the wider Wrexham County Borough, and the largest town in North Wales, located in the east of the region. It is situated between the Welsh mountains and the lower Dee Valley close to the border with Cheshire, England... , Great Britain |
Hard |  Stéphane RobertStéphane Robert Stéphane Robert is a professional French professional tennis player.He reached his first ATP-level final at the 2010 SA Tennis Open, falling to Feliciano López 5–7, 1–6.... |
6–3, 6–2 |
| 6. | 6 February 2006 |  BergamoBergamo Bergamo is a town and comune in Lombardy, Italy, about 40 km northeast of Milan. The comune is home to over 120,000 inhabitants. It is served by the Orio al Serio Airport, which also serves the Province of Bergamo, and to a lesser extent the metropolitan area of Milan... , Italy |
Carpet | Simone Bolelli Simone Bolelli Simone Bolelli is a professional Italian tennis player.- 2003 :In 2003, Bolelli reached his first ITF Futures tournament semifinal at Egypt F1, losing to 485th-ranked Jaroslav Pospíšil. He played entirely Futures events except for one Challenger tournament in Brindisi, losing to Galo Blanco in the... |
6–1, 3–0 Ret. |
| 7. | 20 November 2006 | Shrewsbury Shrewsbury Shrewsbury is the county town of Shropshire, in the West Midlands region of England. Lying on the River Severn, it is a civil parish home to some 70,000 inhabitants, and is the primary settlement and headquarters of Shropshire Council... , Great Britain |
Hard |  Mischa ZverevMischa Zverev Mikhail "Mischa" Zverev is a German professional tennis player. He is the son of former Russian tennis player Alexander Zverev, who is also his coach. He now resides in Monte-Carlo, Monaco and represents Germany internationally... |
4–6, 6–4, 6–4 |
| 8. | 9 April 2007 |  Valencia, Spain |
Hard |  Zach Fleishman |
6–4, 6–7(4), 6–3 |
| 9. | 7 July 2008 |  GranbyGranby, Quebec Granby is a city in southwestern Quebec, located east of Montreal. The population as of the Canada 2006 Census was 47,637. Granby is the seat of La Haute-Yamaska Regional County Municipality. It is the fifth most populated city in Montérégie after Longueuil, Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieu, Brossard and... , Canada |
Hard | Danai Udomchoke Danai Udomchoke Danai Udomchoke is a professional tennis player from Thailand. He was born in Bangkok, where he still resides.Udomchoke turned professional in 1997, and is coached by Jan Stoce. He is sponsored by Dunlop Sport for his racquets and apparel. His career-best ranking is World No... |
7–6(14), 3–6, 7–6(6) |
| 10. | 18 October 2009 |  KoldingKolding Kolding is a Danish seaport located at the head of Kolding Fjord in Region of Southern Denmark . It is the site of the council Kolding Municipality. It is a transportation, commercial, and manufacturing centre, and has numerous industrial companies, principally geared towards shipbuilding... , Denmark |
Hard |  Ivan DodigIvan Dodig Ivan Dodig is a Croatian tennis player. His career-high rank ATP singles ranking is No. 32 and his best doubles rank is No. 129.-2010:... |
3–6, 7–6(7), Def. |
| 11. | 23 January 2011 | Tamarac Tamarac Tamarac may refer to various places in the United States:Settlements* Tamarac, Florida* Tamarac Township, MinnesotaWild areas in Minnesota:* Tamarac National Wildlife Refuge** Tamarac Wilderness, within the RefugeRivers in Minnesota:... , FL, USA F2 |
Clay | Daniel Smethurst |
6-4, 0-6, 6-2 |
Runners-up
| No. | Date | Tournament | Surface | Opponent in the final | Score |
| 1. | 2 June 2003 | Surbiton Surbiton Surbiton, a suburban area of London in the Royal Borough of Kingston upon Thames, is situated next to the River Thames, with a mixture of Art-Deco courts, more recent residential blocks and grand, spacious 19th century townhouses blending into a sea of semi-detached 20th century housing estates... , Great Britain |
Grass |  Wesley MoodieWesley Moodie Wesley Moodie is a former professional tennis player from South Africa. Wesley is now retired.-Early life and college career:... |
4–6, 7–6(2), 1–6 |
| 2. | 26 April 2004 | Glasgow Glasgow Glasgow is the largest city in Scotland and third most populous in the United Kingdom. The city is situated on the River Clyde in the country's west central lowlands... , Great Britain |
Carpet | Gaël Monfils Gaël Monfils Gaël Sébastien Monfils is a French professional tennis player. he was the highest-ranked French tennis player, ranked no. 7 in the world ATP rankings. He was the runner-up at the Paris Masters in 2009 and 2010 and a semifinalist at the 2008 French Open.-2002:In 2002, Monfils finished 24th at the... |
4–6, 3–6 |
| 3. | 5 July 2004 | Nottingham Nottingham Nottingham is a city and unitary authority in the East Midlands of England. It is located in the ceremonial county of Nottinghamshire and represents one of eight members of the English Core Cities Group... , Great Britain |
Grass | Jo-Wilfried Tsonga |
3–6, 4–6 |
| 4. | 2 October 2006 |  MonsMons Mons is a Walloon city and municipality located in the Belgian province of Hainaut, of which it is the capital. The Mons municipality includes the old communes of Cuesmes, Flénu, Ghlin, Hyon, Nimy, Obourg, Baudour , Jemappes, Ciply, Harmignies, Harveng, Havré, Maisières, Mesvin, Nouvelles,... , Belgium |
Hard |  Janko TipsarevićJanko Tipsarevic Janko Tipsarević is a Serbian tennis player. His career-high ranking is No. 9, achieved on 14 November 2011. He is the 117th player in history to crack the top 10.... |
4–6, 6–1, 2–6 |
| 5. | 16 April 2007 | Cardiff Cardiff Cardiff is the capital, largest city and most populous county of Wales and the 10th largest city in the United Kingdom. The city is Wales' chief commercial centre, the base for most national cultural and sporting institutions, the Welsh national media, and the seat of the National Assembly for... , Great Britain |
Hard | Frédéric Niemeyer Frederic Niemeyer Frédéric Niemeyer is a retired, veteran minor tour and Canadian Davis Cup tennis player who now is a Tennis Canada coach. Born in Campbellton, New Brunswick, Niemeyer hails from Deauville, Sherbrooke, Quebec... |
4–6, 5–7 |
Grand Slam Singles Performance Timeline
To prevent confusion and double counting, information in this table is updated only once a tournament or the player's participation in the tournament has concluded. This table is current through the 2011 Wimbledon Championships2011 Wimbledon Championships
The 2011 Wimbledon Championships took place at the All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club in Wimbledon, London, England, from 20 June to 3 July 2011. It was the 125th edition of the championships, and the third Grand Slam tournament of the year. It was played on grass courts and was part of the...
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| Tournament | 2002 2002 ATP Tour The ATP Tour is the elite tour for professional tennis organised by the ATP. The ATP Tour includes the four Grand Slam tournaments, the Tennis Masters Cup, the ATP Masters Series, the International Series Gold and the International Series tournaments.- January :... | 2003 2003 ATP Tour The ATP Tour is the elite tour for professional tennis organised by the ATP. The ATP Tour includes the four Grand Slam tournaments, the Tennis Masters Cup, the ATP Masters Series, the International Series Gold and the International Series tournaments.- January :... | 2004 2004 ATP Tour The ATP Tour is the elite tour for professional tennis organised by the ATP. The ATP Tour includes the four Grand Slam tournaments, the Tennis Masters Cup, the ATP Masters Series, the International Series Gold and the International Series tournaments.- January :... | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 2007 ATP Tour The ATP Tour is the elite tour for professional tennis organised by the ATP. The ATP Tour includes the four Grand Slam tournaments, the Tennis Masters Cup, the ATP Masters Series, the International Series Gold and the International Series tournaments.-January:... | 2008 2008 ATP Tour The ATP Tour is the elite tour for professional tennis organized by the Association of Tennis Professionals. The ATP Tour includes the four Grand Slam tournaments, the Tennis Masters Cup, the ATP Masters Series, the International Series Gold and the International Series tournaments.-Schedule:This... | 2009 2009 ATP World Tour The Association of Tennis Professionals World Tour is the elite professional tennis circuit organised by the ATP. The 2009 ATP World Tour calendar comprises the Grand Slam tournaments , the ATP World Tour Masters 1000, the ATP World Tour 500 series, the ATP World Tour 250 series, the ATP World... | 2010 2010 ATP World Tour The Association of Tennis Professionals World Tour is the elite professional tennis circuit organized by the ATP. The 2010 ATP World Tour calendar comprises the Grand Slam tournaments , the ATP World Tour Masters 1000, the ATP World Tour 500 series, the ATP World Tour 250 series, the ATP World... | 2011 2011 ATP World Tour The Association of Tennis Professionals World Tour is the elite professional tennis circuit organized by the ATP. The 2011 ATP World Tour calendar comprises the Grand Slam tournaments , the ATP World Tour Masters 1000, the ATP World Tour 500 series, the ATP World Tour 250 series, the ATP World... | |Career SR | |Career W-L | |Win % |
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| Australian Open Australian Open The Australian Open is the only Grand Slam tennis tournament held in the southern hemisphere. The tournament was held for the first time in 1905 and was last contested on grass in 1987. Since 1972 the Australian Open has been held in Melbourne, Victoria. In 1988, the tournament became a hard court... |
A | A | Q2 | Q2 | A | Q1 | Q2 | Q2 | Q2 | A | 0 / 0 | 0–0 | 0.00 |
| French Open | A | A | A | Q2 | Q2 | Q2 | Q2 | Q2 | Q1 | A | 0 / 0 | 0–0 | 0.00 |
| Wimbledon | 1R 2002 Wimbledon Championships - Men's Singles Lleyton Hewitt defeated David Nalbandian 6–1, 6–3, 6–2 in the final to win the Gentlemen's Singles title at the 2002 Wimbledon Championships.-Seeds:# Lleyton Hewitt # Marat Safin # Andre Agassi ... |
1R 2003 Wimbledon Championships - Men's Singles Roger Federer defeated Mark Philippoussis 7-6, 6-2, 7-6 in the final to win the Gentlemen's Singles title at the 2003 Wimbledon Championships. It was Federer's first Grand Slam tournament win.-Seeds:The seeded players are listed below.-Key:... |
1R 2004 Wimbledon Championships - Men's Singles Roger Federer defeated Andy Roddick 4-6 7-5 7-6 6-4 in the final to win the Gentlemen's Singles title at the 2004 Wimbledon Championships. This tournament also marked the beginning of Federer's record streak of reaching 23 consecutive Grand Slam semi-finals.... |
1R 2005 Wimbledon Championships - Men's Singles Roger Federer defeated Andy Roddick 6-2 7-6 6-4 in the final to win the Gentlemen's Singles title at the 2005 Wimbledon Championships.-Seeds:# Roger Federer '# Andy Roddick # Lleyton Hewitt ... |
1R 2006 Wimbledon Championships - Men's Singles The 2006 Wimbledon Championships - Men's Singles began on June 26 and finished on July 9, 2006. Roger Federer defeated Rafael Nadal 6-0 7-6 6-7 6-3 in the final to win his fourth successive Wimbledon title.- Schedule :-Seeds:... |
1R 2007 Wimbledon Championships - Men's Singles Roger Federer won his fifth consecutive Wimbledon to equal the record of Björn Borg, defeating Rafael Nadal in five sets in the final.-Seeds:# Roger Federer # Rafael Nadal # Andy Roddick # Novak Djoković ... |
1R 2008 Wimbledon Championships - Men's Singles Rafael Nadal defeated five-time defending Wimbledon champion, Roger Federer, in five sets to win his first Wimbledon title and fifth Grand Slam championship. It was the longest championship match in Wimbledon history with play lasting four hours and 48 minutes, and with two rain delays... |
1R | Q2 | Q1 | 0 / 8 | 0–8 | 0.00 |
| US Open | A | A | 1R 2004 US Open - Men's Singles Andy Roddick was the defending champion, but lost in the quarterfinals against Joachim Johansson.Roger Federer won the title, defeating Lleyton Hewitt, 6-0, 7-6, 6-0, in the final... |
Q1 | Q1 | Q1 | Q1 | Q1 | Q1 | 0 / 1 | 0–1 | 0.00 | |
| Win-Loss | 0–1 | 0–1 | 0–2 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0 / 9 | 0–9 | 0.00 |