Duje Ajduković

Duje Ajduković (born 5 February 2001) is a Croatian tennis player. He has a career high ATP singles ranking of World No. 115 achieved on 1 April 2024. He also has a career high ATP doubles ranking of No. 491 achieved on 8 November 2021.^[1] Ajduković has won 2 ATP Challenger singles title and 9 ITF titles, 7 singles and 2 doubles. He is currently the No. 2 Croatian player.^[2]

Duje Ajduković

Ajduković at the 2022 French Open
Country (sports)	Croatia
Residence	Zagreb, Croatia
Born	(2001-02-05) 5 February 2001 (age 23) Split, Croatia
Height	1.88 m (6 ft 2 in)
Turned pro	2018
Plays	Right-handed (two-handed backhand)
Prize money	$308,376
Singles
Career record	2–7 (at ATP Tour level, Grand Slam level, and in Davis Cup)
Career titles	0
Highest ranking	No. 115 (1 April 2024)
Current ranking	No. 129 (6 May 2024)
Grand Slam singles results
Australian Open	Q2 (2024)
French Open	Q2 (2022)
Wimbledon	Q3 (2022)
Doubles
Career record	1–1 (at ATP Tour level, Grand Slam level, and in Davis Cup)
Career titles	0
Highest ranking	No. 491 (8 November 2021)
Current ranking	No. 1255 (1 April 2024)
Last updated on: 10 April 2024.

Professional career

Ajduković made his ATP main draw debut at the 2021 Croatia Open Umag after receiving a wildcard into the singles and doubles main draws.^[3]

In August 2023, Ajdukovic won his first ATP Challenger tournament in Lüdenscheid, Germany after going through the qualifying, defeating Hugo Dellien in the final in straight sets.

He qualified for his first ATP 500 tournament at the 2024 Barcelona Open Banc Sabadell.

Challenger and ITF Futures/World Tennis Tour Finals

Singles: 14 (9–5)

Legend (singles) ATP Challenger Tour (2–2) ITF Futures Tour/World Tennis Tour (7-3)

Titles by surface Hard (1–2) Clay (8–3) Grass (0–0) Carpet (0–0)

Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Tier	Surface	Opponent	Score
Loss	0–1	Oct 2018	Tunisia F34, Monastir	Futures	Hard	Baptiste Crepatte	7–5, 6–7^(3–7), 2–6
Loss	0–2	Sep 2019	M15, Székesfehérvár, Hungary	World Tennis Tour	Clay	Michael Vrbenský	2-6, 2-6
Win	1-2	Oct 2019	M15 Tabarka, Tunisia	World Tennis Tour	Clay	Pol Toledo Bagué	6-3, 6-1
Win	2-2	Nov 2019	M15 Antalya, Turkey	World Tennis Tour	Clay	Álvaro López San Martín	6-2, 6-4
Win	3-2	Mar 2020	M25 Antalya, Turkey	World Tennis Tour	Clay	Pedro Cachin	3–6, 6–4, 7–6^(7–2)
Win	4-2	Sep 2020	M15 Curtea de Argeș, Romania	World Tennis Tour	Clay	Franco Agamenone	2–6, 6–4, 6–4
Win	5-2	Apr 2023	M25 Dubrovnik, Croatia	World Tennis Tour	Clay	Luka Mikrut	6–3, 6–2
Win	6-2	Apr 2023	M25 Split, Croatia	World Tennis Tour	Clay	Eric Vanshelboim	6–3, 6–4
Loss	6-3	Apr 2023	M15 Kuršumlijska Banja, Serbia	World Tennis Tour	Clay	Maks Kaśnikowski	4–6, 6–7^(3–7)
Win	7-3	Jun 2023	M25 Kiseljak, Bosnia and Herzegovina	World Tennis Tour	Clay	Pedro Boscardin Dias	6–2, 7–5
Win	8–3	July 2023	Lüdenscheid, Germany	Challenger	Clay	Hugo Dellien	7–5, 6–4
Loss	8–4	Sep 2023	Braga, Portugal	Challenger	Clay	Oriol Roca Batalla	6–4, 1–6, 1–6
Win	9–4	Nov 2023	Kobe, Japan	Challenger	Hard	Sho Shimabukuro	6–4, 6–2
Loss	9–5	Jan 2024	Quimper, France	Challenger	Hard (i)	Pierre-Hugues Herbert	3–6, 2–6

Doubles: 1 (2–1)

Legend (doubles) ATP Challenger Tour (0–0) ITF Futures Tour (2–1)

Titles by surface Hard (0–1) Clay (0–0) Grass (0–0) Carpet (0–0)

Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Tier	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Loss	0–1	Oct 2018	Tunisia F34, Monastir	Futures	Hard	Petros Tsitsipas	Bernardo Azevedo Pereira E Oliveira   Robert Strombachs	4–6, 7–6^(8–6), [6–10]
Win	1–1	Nov 2019	M15 Antalya, Antalya	World Tennis Tour	Clay	Karlo Kranic	Dragos Dima   Mircea-Alexandru Jecan	6–3, 3–6, [10–6]
Win	2–1	Dec 2019	M15 Antalya, Antalya	World Tennis Tour	Clay	Miljan Zekić	Vladimir Korolev   Andrey Uvarov	6–3, 6–3

National representation

Davis Cup (0–1)

Group membership Finals (0–1) Qualifying Round (0–0)

Matches by surface Hard (0–1) Clay (0–0) Grass (0–0)

Matches by type Singles (0–1) Doubles (0–0)

Matches by venue Home (0–1) Away (0–0) Neutral (0–0)

•     indicates the outcome of the Davis Cup match followed by the score, date, place of event, the zonal classification and its phase, and the court surface.

Result	No.	Rubber	Match type (partner if any)	Opponent nation	Opponent player(s)	Score
2–1; 17 September 2023; Arena Gripe, Split, Croatia; Davis Cup Final Group D round robin; hard (indoor) surface
Defeat	1	I	Singles	Netherlands	Botic van de Zandschulp	3–6, 6–3, 5–7

References

1. "Duje Ajdukovic | Overview". ATP Tour. from the original on 2021-07-21. Retrieved 2021-07-19.
2. "ATP Rankings | Pepperstone ATP Rankings (Singles) | ATP Tour | Tennis | ATP Tour | Tennis".
3. "Rafael Matos é favorito nas duplas em Umag. Romboli joga". Lance!. from the original on 2021-07-18. Retrieved 2021-07-19.

External links

• Duje Ajduković at the Association of Tennis Professionals
• Duje Ajduković at the International Tennis Federation