Mate Delić

Mate Delić (Croatian pronunciation: [mǎːte děliːtɕ];[1][2] born 29 April 1993) is a Croatian tennis player. He primarily plays on the ITF Futures Tour and ATP Challenger Tour.

Mate Delić
Country (sports) Croatia
ResidenceSplit, Croatia
Born (1993-04-29) 29 April 1993
Split, Croatia
Height1.96 m (6 ft 5 in)
PlaysRight-handed, two-handed backhand
Prize money$193,036
Singles
Career record3–12
Career titles0
Highest rankingNo. 150 (05 January 2015)
Grand Slam singles results
Australian OpenQ2 (2015)
French OpenQ1 (2015)
WimbledonQ1 (2014)
US OpenQ1 (2014)
Doubles
Career record0–2
Career titles0
Highest rankingNo. 348 (28 October 2013)
Last updated on: 21 April 2021.


As a junior, Delic reached a career high combined singles and doubles ranking of world No. 19, which he achieved on December 31 2011. His best results in the junior grand slams were a semi-final finish at the 2011 French Open in singles where he lost to Dominic Thiem and a semi-final finish at the 2011 Australian Open in doubles, partnering Joris De Loore where they lost to Jiri Vesely and Filip Horansky.


Delic has reached s career high singles ranking of world No. 150, achieved on 5 January 2015, as well as a career high doubles ranking of world No. 348, achieved on 18 October, 2013.


In July of 2011, Delic made his ATP Tour debut when he was granted a wild card entry into the main draw of the 2011 Croatian Open. He would go on the lose to Italian Gianluca Naso in straight sets 4–6, 2–6. In 2014 he was given a wild card into the main draw of the 2014 Zagreb Indoors where again he was defeated in the first round, this time by compatriot and fifth seed Marin Cilic 4–6, 4–6. Three months later at the 2014 Düsseldorf Open he qualified for a main draw for the first time in his career, and then went on to defeat Michał Przysiężny in the first round 7–5, 7–5, as well as Dustin Brown in the second round 6–3, 6–0, before eventually falling in the quarterfinals to Philipp Kohlschreiber in three sets 5–7, 6–4, 1–6. His only other win at the ATP Tour level was in a singles tie of Davis Cup play, where he represents his native Croatia.


Delic has reached 18 career singles finals, posting a tally of 5 wins and 13 losses, which includes a 0–2 record in ATP Challenger Tour finals. Additionally, he has reached 13 career singles finals with a record of 7 wins and 6 losses all coming on the ITF Futures Tour.

ATP Challenger and ITF Futures finals


Singles: 18 (5–13)

Legend
ATP Challenger (0–2)
ITF Futures (5–11)
Finals by surface
Hard (1–6)
Clay (3–7)
Grass (0–0)
Carpet (1–0)
Result W–L    Date    Tournament Tier Surface Opponent Score
Win 1–0 Nov 2012 Greece F7, Heraklion Futures Carpet Nikola Cacic 6–4, 7–6(7–3)
Win 2–0 May 2013 Turkey F20, Antalya Futures Hard Hugo Nys 3–6, 7–5, 6–4
Win 3–0 Jun 2013 Bosnia & Herzegovina F4, Kiseljak Futures Clay Damir Džumhur 7–5, 6–2
Loss 3–1 Nov 2013 Croatia F10, Solin Futures Clay Nikola Mektic 6–7(5–7), 6–7(2–7)
Loss 3–2 Jan 2014 Israel F3, Eilat Futures Hard Amir Weintraub 4–6, 2–6
Loss 3–3 Mar 2014 Turkey F10, Antalya Futures Hard Karol Beck 6–7(5–7), 6–3, 3–6
Loss 3–4 Apr 2014 Vercelli, Italy Challenger Clay Simone Bolelli 2–6, 2–6
Loss 3–5 Sep 2014 Genoa, Italy Challenger Clay Albert Ramos 1–6, 5–7
Loss 3–6 Oct 2015 Turkey F42, Antalya Futures Hard Dimitar Kuzmanov 6–0, 6–7(8–10), 1–6
Win 4–6 Nov 2015 Turkey F45, Antalya Futures Clay Tomislav Brkić 3–6, 6–4, 6–1
Loss 4–7 Jan 2016 Turkey F1, Antalya Futures Hard Michal Konečný 4–6, 6–7(6–8)
Loss 4–8 Jan 2016 Turkey F2, Antalya Futures Hard Vadym Ursu 0–6, 4–6
Loss 4–9 Apr 2017 Turkey F14, Antalya Futures Clay Marsel İlhan 2–6, 5–7
Loss 4–10 Apr 2017 Turkey F15, Antalya Futures Clay Martín Cuevas 6–4, 4–6, 1–6
Loss 4–11 Oct 2017 Turkey F36, Antalya Futures Clay Dennis Novak 3–6, 4–6
Loss 4–12 Oct 2017 Turkey F37, Antalya Futures Clay Peter Torebko 2–6, 2–6
Loss 4–13 Jan 2018 Turkey F3, Antalya Futures Hard Dimitar Kuzmanov 3–6, 4–6
Win 5–13 May 2018 Turkey F17, Antalya Futures Clay Gijs Brouwer 6–0, 6–4


Doubles: 13 (7–6)

Legend
ATP Challenger (0–0)
ITF Futures (7–6)
Finals by surface
Hard (0–3)
Clay (5–3)
Grass (0–0)
Carpet (2–0)
Result W–L    Date    Tournament Tier Surface Partner Opponents Score
Loss 0–1 Feb 2011 Croatia F2, Zagreb Futures Hard Kristijan Mesaros Ante Pavic
Mislav Hizak
3–6, 7–6(7-3), [4–10]
Loss 0–2 Feb 2012 Croatia F1, Zagreb Futures Hard Mirza Basic Andrei Daescu
Florin Mergea
5–7, 1–6
Win 1–2 Oct 2012 Croatia F10, Solin Futures Clay Tomislav Draganja Jaroslav Pospisil
Andrej Martin
6–3, 4–6, [11–9]
Win 2–2 Nov 2012 Greece F6, Heraklion Futures Carpet Nikola Cacic Julien Dubail
Yannick Vandenbulcke
7–5, 6–2
Win 3–2 Nov 2012 Greece F7, Heraklion Futures Carpet Nikola Cacic Julien Dubail
Evan Couacoud
6–1, 6–2
Loss 3–3 Feb 2013 Turkey F7, Antalya Futures Hard Ilija Vucic Chang Yu
Li Zhe
5–7, 6–3, [9–11]
Win 4–3 Mar 2013 Croatia F6, Vrsar Futures Clay Tomislav Brkic Lukas Marsoun
Dominik Suc
2–6, 7–6(7-3), [10–8]
Loss 4–4 Apr 2013 Italy F4, Padova Futures Clay Josko Topic Matteo Donati
Andrey Golubev
6–7(6-8), 6–3, [6–10]
Win 5–4 Jun 2013 Bosnia & Herzegovina F4, Kiseljak Futures Clay Tomislav Draganja Filip Veger
Lovro Zovko
6–4, 6–3
Win 6–4 Aug 2013 Italy F22, Este Futures Clay Stefano Travaglia Jorge Aguilar
Guillermo Hormazabal
6–0, 6–1
Win 7–4 Oct 2013 Croatia F10, Solin Futures Clay Tomislav Brkic Aleksandre Kondulukov
Alexey Kondulukov
6–2, 4–6, [10–4]
Loss 7–5 Oct 2013 Croatia F11, Dubrovnik Futures Clay Tomislav Brkic Dominik Suc
Marek Michalicka
6–7(2–7), 1–6
Loss 7–6 Aug 2016 Austria F5, Innsbruck Futures Clay Duje Delic Dusty H. Boyer
Lukas Ollert
2–6, 3–6

References

  1. "Máte". Hrvatski jezični portal (in Serbo-Croatian). Retrieved 17 March 2018. Máte
  2. "dèlija". Hrvatski jezični portal (in Serbo-Croatian). Retrieved 17 March 2018. Dèlīć
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