Aleksandar Vukic

Aleksandar Vukic (Serbo-Croatian Latin: Aleksandar Vukić, Serbo-Croatian Cyrillic: Александар Вукић, pronounced [aleksǎːndar ʋǔːkitɕ, alěksaːn-]; born 6 April 1996) is an Australian professional tennis player.

Aleksandar Vukic
Country (sports) Australia
ResidenceSydney, Australia
Born (1996-04-06) 6 April 1996
Sydney, Australia
Height1.88 m (6 ft 2 in)
PlaysRight-handed (two-handed backhand)
CollegeUniversity of Illinois
Prize money$295,611
Singles
Career record6–10 (at ATP Tour level, Grand Slam level, and in Davis Cup)
Career titles0
Highest rankingNo. 117 (28 February 2022)
Current rankingNo. 117 (28 February 2022)
Grand Slam singles results
Australian Open2R (2022)
French Open1R (2020)
WimbledonQ1 (2021)
Doubles
Career record0–1 (at ATP Tour level, Grand Slam level, and in Davis Cup)
Career titles0
Highest rankingNo. 394 (28 February 2022)
Current rankingNo. 394 (28 February 2022)
Grand Slam doubles results
Australian Open1R (2022)
Grand Slam mixed doubles results
Australian Open1R (2021)
Last updated on: 13 June 2021.

Vukic has a career high ATP singles ranking of World No. 117 achieved in 28 February 2022. He also has a career high ATP doubles ranking of World No. 394 achieved on the same date. Vukic has won one ITF Futures singles title. Vukic made his main draw ATP singles debut at the 2018 Sydney International and his Grand Slam debut at the 2020 French Open, after qualifying for both.

Early life

Vukic was born in Sydney, Australia. His parents and older brother left Montenegro during the breakup of Yugoslavia in the early 1990s and settled in Sydney before Vukic was born.[1] Vukic began playing tennis at the age of 6 and later attended the University of Illinois between 2015-18 where he was named three-time All-American in tennis.[2]

Professional career

2014–2019: ITF and ATP debut

Vukic made his ITF Tour debut in Spain in May 2014.

Vukic made his main draw ATP singles debut at the 2018 Sydney International, where he qualified for the main draw by defeating Dušan Lajović and Ričardas Berankis. He came within two points of defeating Feliciano Lopez, ranked 36 in the world. He lost the match 6–4, 6–7(5–7), 3–6.

In May 2019, Vukic reached the semi-final of the 2019 Savannah Challenger, his best performance at the ATP Challenger Tour level. Following a quarter-final appearance at 2019 Internazionali di Tennis Città dell'Aquila, Vukic reached a career high singles ranking of 258.

2020: Grand Slam and top 200 singles debut

In January 2020, Vukic reached the final round of 2020 Australian Open – Men's singles qualifying. In March 2020, Vukic reached his first ATP Challenger Tour final in Monterrey Challenger.[3] In September, Vukic qualified for the 2020 French Open main draw, where he made his grand slam singles debut. He lost in round one to Pedro Martínez.[4]

Vukic ended 2020 with a singles rank of World No. 196.

2021: First ATP Tour win

Vukic commenced the 2021 season at the 2021 Great Ocean Road Open, where he defeated Yen-Hsun Lu for his first ATP main draw win.[5] Vukic was defeated by Jannik Sinner in the second round.[6]

At the 2021 Australian Open, Vukic entered into the main draw as a wildcard and lost to 19th seed Karen Khachanov in the first round.

Vukic returned the ATP Challenger tour, achieving quarterfinal appearances in April at Split and Split II.

Vukic lost in the third and final round of qualifying for the French Open and in the first round of qualifying for Wimbledon Championships.

In August 2021, Vukic tested positive for COVID-19.[7]

On 20 September 2021, and following a semifinal result at the Cary Challenger, Vukic improved his ranking back to No. 214.[8] He followed this by a final also in singles at the 2021 Charlottesville Men's Pro Challenger where he lost to Stefan Kozlov. He reached a career-high singles ranking of No. 156 on 22 November 2021.

2022: First ATP quarterfinal and Grand Slam win, top 150 debut

At the Adelaide International 2, Vukic achieved his first top 50 win against Alexander Bublik[9] and reached his first ATP Tour-level quarterfinal, before losing to Thanasi Kokkinakis.[10] As a result he made his top 150 debut at World No. 144 on 17 January 2022.

Vukic was awarded a second wildcard into the 2022 Australian Open.[11] He defeated 30th seed Lloyd Harris in 4 sets for his first Grand Slam victory. He lost to qualifier Radu Albot in the second round.

ATP Challenger and ITF Futures/World Tennis Tour finals

Singles: 9 (2–7)
Legend
ATP Challenger (1–3)
ITF Futures (1–4)
Finals by surface
Hard (2–6)
Clay (0–1)
Grass (0–0)
Carpet (0–0)
Result W–L    Date    Tournament Tier Surface Opponent Score
Loss 0–1 Aug 2015 Canada F6, Saskatoon Futures Hard Matt Reid 6–7(12–14), 1–6
Win 1–1 Jul 2017 USA F25, Champaign Futures Hard Deiton Baughman 7–5, 4–6, 6–2
Loss 1–2 Aug 2017 Poland F9, Bydgoszcz Futures Clay Mats Moraing 2–6, 5–7
Loss 1–3 Jul 2018 USA F19, Wichita Futures Hard Evgeny Karlovskiy 4–6, 4–6
Loss 1–4 Mar 2019 M25 Bakersfield, USA World Tennis Tour Hard Jenson Brooksby 3–6, 1–6
Loss 1–5 Mar 2020 Monterrey, Mexico Challenger Hard Adrian Mannarino 1–6, 3–6
Loss 1–6 Nov 2021 Charlottesville, USA Challenger Hard (i) Stefan Kozlov 2–6, 3–6
Loss 1–7 Nov 2021 Champaign, USA Challenger Hard (i) Stefan Kozlov 7–5, 3–6, 4–6
Win 2–7 Feb 2022 Bangalore, India Challenger Hard Dimitar Kuzmanov 6–4, 6–4

Doubles: 2 (0–2)
Legend
ATP Challenger (0–1)
ITF Futures (0–1)
Finals by surface
Hard (0–0)
Clay (0–2)
Grass (0–0)
Carpet (0–0)
Result W–L    Date    Tournament Tier Surface Partner Opponents Score
Loss 0–1 Jun 2015 Serbia F2, Valjevo Futures Clay Antoine Bellier Danilo Petrovic
Libor Salaba		 6–7(7–9), 4–6
Loss 0–2 Jul 2021 Poznań, Poland Challenger Clay Karol Drzewiecki Zdeněk Kolář
Jiří Lehečka		 4–6, 6–3, [5–10]

Performance timelines
Key
W  F  SF QF #R RR Q# P# DNQ A Z# PO G S B NMS P NH
(W) winner; (F) finalist; (SF) semifinalist; (QF) quarterfinalist; (#R) rounds 4, 3, 2, 1; (RR) round-robin stage; (Q#) qualification round; (P#) preliminary round; (DNQ) did not qualify; (A) absent; (Z#) Davis/Fed Cup Zonal Group (with number indication) or (PO) play-off; (G) gold, (S) silver or (B) bronze Olympic/Paralympic medal; (NMS) not a Masters tournament; (P) postponed; (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

Current through the 2022 Australian Open.

Tournament2019202020212022SRW–L
Grand Slam tournaments
Australian Open Q1 Q3 1R 2R 0 / 1 0–1
French Open A 1R Q3 0 / 1 0–1
Wimbledon A NH Q1 0 / 0 0–0
US Open A A A 0 / 0 0–0
Win–loss 0–0 0–1 0–1 1–1 0 / 3 1–3
Year-end ranking 273 196 156

References
  1. "GETTING TO KNOW: ALEKSANDAR VUKIC". Tennis Australia. 17 January 2022. Retrieved 18 January 2022.
  2. "ABOUT ALEKSANDAR VUKIC". W SPORTS AND MEDIA. 1 November 2021. Retrieved 1 November 2021.
  3. "Biggest Mover Vukic Vaults into Top 200". Tennis Australia. 10 March 2020. Retrieved 13 February 2021.
  4. "Vukic's Winning Run Ends at Roland Garros". Tennis Australia. 29 September 2020. Retrieved 13 February 2021.
  5. "Australians Chris O'Connell, Aleksander Vukic and Max Purcell achieved new milestones". Tennis Australia. 1 February 2021. Retrieved 2 February 2021.
  6. "Thompson Advances at Great Ocean Road". Tennis Australia. 3 February 2021. Retrieved 3 February 2021.
  7. "Qualifyig Draw Revealed for US Open". Tennis Australia. 24 August 2021. Retrieved 24 August 2021.
  8. Leigh Rogers (20 September 2021). "Ranking Movers". Tennis Australia. Retrieved 20 September 2021.
  9. "Vukic Scores First Top Win 50 in Adelaide". Tennis Australia. 10 January 2022. Retrieved 14 January 2022.
  10. "Kokkinakis Sets All Aussie QuarterFinal". Tennis Australia. 12 January 2022. Retrieved 14 January 2022.
  11. "AUSTRALIAN OPEN 2022 MEN'S SINGLES WILDCARDS REVEALED". Tennis Australia. 8 January 2022. Retrieved 8 January 2022.


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