Miljan Zekić

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 number 188, while on 8 July 2013, he peaked at world number 269 in the doubles rankings.

Miljan Zekić

Zekić in 2017
Country (sports)	Serbia
Residence	Belgrade, Serbia
Born	(1988-07-12) 12 July 1988 (age 35) Belgrade, SR Serbia, SFR Yugoslavia
Height	1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)
Plays	Right handed (two–handed backhand)
Coach	Slobodan Vojinović
Prize money	$408,683
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. 404 (23 October 2023)
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. 699 (23 October 2023)
Last updated on: 23 October 2023.

Career

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

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

Tournament	2016	2017	2018	2019	2020	2021	2022	2023	SR	W–L	Win %
Grand Slam tournaments
Australian Open	A	Q2	A	A	A	A	A	Q1	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	–

ATP Challenger and ITF Futures finals

Singles: 45 (26–19)

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

Doubles: 43 (21–22)

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

References

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

External links

• Miljan Zekić at the Association of Tennis Professionals
• Miljan Zekić at the International Tennis Federation  
• Miljan Zekić at the Davis Cup