Mili Poljičak

Mili Poljičak (born 13 July 2004) is a Croatian professional tennis player.

Mili Poljičak

Poljičak at the 2023 Wimbledon Championships
Country (sports)	Croatia
Born	(2004-07-13) 13 July 2004 (age 19) Split, Croatia
Height	1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)
Plays	Right-handed (two-handed backhand)
Coach	Josip Dumanic
Prize money	$70,615
Singles
Career record	0–1 (at ATP Tour level, Grand Slam level, and in Davis Cup)
Career titles	1 ITF
Highest ranking	No. 462 (3 April 2023)
Current ranking	No. 841 (18 March 2024)
Grand Slam singles results
Wimbledon	Q1 (2023)
Wimbledon Junior	W (2022)
Doubles
Career record	1–2 (at ATP Tour level, Grand Slam level, and in Davis Cup)
Career titles	6 ITF
Highest ranking	No. 269 (24 October 2022)
Current ranking	No. 466 (18 March 2024)
Grand Slam doubles results
Australian Open Junior	QF (2022)
French Open Junior	W (2022)
Wimbledon Junior	QF (2022)
US Open Junior	SF (2021)
Last updated on: 18 March 2024.

Poljičak has a career high ATP singles ranking of World No. 462 achieved on 3 April 2023. He also has a career high ATP doubles ranking of World No. 269 achieved on 24 October 2022.^[1]

Career

Poljičak made his ATP main draw debut at the 2021 Croatia Open Umag after receiving a wildcard into the doubles main draw.^[2] Partnering with Admir Kalender, the pair defeated 2nd seed Pablo Cuevas and Fabrice Martin in the first round in straight sets but lost in the next round to eventual champions Fernando Romboli and David Vega Hernández in three sets.

At the 2022 Zagreb Open he reached his maiden Challenger final as a wildcard where he lost to Filip Misolic. At the same tournament also as a wildcard he reached the semifinals in doubles partnering Antonio Šančić. As a result he reached the top 550 at World No. 549 (up 923 positions) in the singles rankings and the top 375 in doubles (up 88 positions) on 16 May 2022.

At 18 years of age, he received a wildcard for the qualifying draw of the 2023 Wimbledon Championships to make his Grand Slam qualifying debut.^[3]

Challenger and World Tennis Tour Finals

Singles: 2 (1–1)

Legend (singles) ATP Challenger Tour (0–1) ITF World Tennis Tour (1–0)

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

Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Tier	Surface	Opponent	Score
Loss	0–1	May 2022	Zagreb, Croatia	Challenger	Clay	Filip Misolic	3–6, 6-7^(6–8)
Win	1–1	Nov 2022	M15 Monastir, Tunisia	World Tennis Tour	Hard	Robin Bertrand	6–1, 2–6, 6–4

Doubles: 12 (8–4)

Legend ATP Challenger Tour (0–0) ITF World Tennis Tour (7–4)

Finals by surface Hard (3–0) Clay (5–4) Grass (0–0) Carpet (0–0)

Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Tier	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Win	0–1	Apr 2021	M15 Šibenik, Croatia	World Tennis Tour	Clay	Borna Devald	Zvonimir Babić   David Pichler	3–6, 4–6
Win	1–1	Apr 2022	M25 Split, Croatia	World Tennis Tour	Clay	Luka Mikrut	Théo Arribagé   Luca Sanchez	2–6, 6–4, [10–8]
Loss	1–1	May 2022	M25 Ulcinj, Montenegro	World Tennis Tour	Clay	Stefan Popović	Cezar Cretu   Daniel Cukierman	4–6, 1–6
Loss	1–2	May 2022	M25 Osijek, Croatia	World Tennis Tour	Clay	Luka Mikrut	Dev Javia   Lukáš Pokorný	6–7^(3–7), 6–3, [8–10]
Loss	1–3	Aug 2022	M25 Maribor, Slovenia	World Tennis Tour	Clay	Antonio Šančić	Domagoj Bilješko   Kirill Kivattsev	3-6, 7–6^(7–0), [9–11]
Win	2-3	Oct 2022	M25 Sunderland, Great Britain	World Tennis Tour	Hard	Arthur Fery	Filip Bergevi   Petros Tsitsipas	6–1, 6–2
Win	3-3	Jul 2023	M25 Klosters, Switzerland	World Tennis Tour	Clay	Damien Wenger	Patrick Zahraj   Leopold Zima	6–2, 6–4
Win	4-3	Sep 2023	M25 Maribor, Slovenia	World Tennis Tour	Clay	Luka Mikrut	Nikola Bašić   Jan Kupčič	6–7^(5–7), 6–1, [10–6]
Win	5-3	Jan 2024	M15 Monastir, Tunisia	World Tennis Tour	Hard	Constantin Bittoun Kouzmine	Nicola Kuhn   David Pérez Sanz	6–1, 0–6, [10–8]
Win	6-3	Feb 2024	M15 Oberhaching, Germany	World Tennis Tour	Hard (i)	Daniel Masur	Giovanni Oradini   Matej Vocel	5–7, 6–3, [10–8]
Loss	6-4	Mar 2024	M15 Poreč, Croatia	World Tennis Tour	Clay	Nikola Bašić	Alen Bill   Luka Mikrut	1–6, 5–7
Win	7-4	Mar 2024	M15 Rovinj, Croatia	World Tennis Tour	Clay	Luka Mikrut	Leonardo Rossi   Luigi Sorrentino	6–7^(5–7), 7–5, [10–7]
Win	8-4	Mar 2024	M15 Opatija, Croatia	World Tennis Tour	Clay	Luka Mikrut	Tommaso Compagnucci   Luigi Sorrentino	6–4, 6–2

Junior Grand Slam finals

Singles: 1 (1 title)

Result	Year	Championship	Surface	Opponent	Score
Winner	2022	Wimbledon	Grass	Michael Zheng	7–6^(7–2), 7–6^(7–3)

Doubles: 1 (1 title)

Result	Year	Tournament	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Winner	2022	French Open	Clay	Edas Butvilas	Gonzalo Bueno   Ignacio Buse	6–4, 6–0

References

1. "Mili Poljicak | Overview | ATP Tour | Tennis". ATP Tour.
2. "Rafael Matos é favorito nas duplas em Umag. Romboli joga". Lance!.
3. https://www.atptour.com/en/news/wimbledon-2023-wild-cards-announcement

External links

• Mili Poljičak at the Association of Tennis Professionals
• Mili Poljičak at the International Tennis Federation