Dušan Lajović
Dušan Lajović (Serbian Cyrillic: Душан Лајовић; born 30 June 1990) is a Serbian professional tennis player.
Lajović has won one doubles title[1] on the ATP Tour in his career. On 27 October 2014, Lajović reached his best singles rankings of world number 57.[2] On 8 June 2015, he peaked at world number 104[3] in the doubles rankings.
Tennis career
Lajović reached his highest individual ranking on the ATP Tour on 27 October 2014, when he became World No. 57. For a long time, he primarily played on the Futures circuit and the Challenger circuit. In 2011 he qualified for the Kremlin Cup, and lost in the first round of the main draw. In the 2011 St. Petersburg Open, he reached the quarter finals. In 2012, he began working with a new coach, Boris Bošnjaković, played in the Davis Cup for the first time, reached the finals of 2012 Orbetello Challenger and won the 2012 Samarkand Challenger. Replacing an injured Janko Tipsarevic, he played two live rubbers in the 2013 Davis Cup final, including the deciding rubber against Radek Stepanek of the Czech Republic. He was defeated comfortably in both but was praised by team-mate Novak Djokovic for how he coped with the big occasion. His first appearance in main draw of grand slam was at 2014 Australian Open and he reached 2nd round where he lost to Kei Nishikori. He bettered this at the 2014 French Open by reaching the fourth round where he was beaten in straight sets by world number one & eventual champion Rafael Nadal. The following year, at the French Open he lost to eventual champion Stan Wawrinka in the second round. At the 2016 Argentina Open, Lajovic reached quarterfinals defeating world No. 12 John Isner en route.[4] He reached semifinals of the 2016 Brasil Open after beating top seed and world No. 20 Benoît Paire in the second round, that was his first tour-level semifinal appearance after losing all eight prior quarterfinals matches before in his career.[5]
ATP career finals
Doubles: 2 (1 title; 1 runner-up)
| Legend |
| Grand Slam Tournaments (0–0) |
| ATP World Tour Finals (0–0) |
| ATP World Tour Masters 1000 (0–0) |
| ATP World Tour 500 Series (0–0) |
| ATP World Tour 250 Series (1–1) |
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| Finals by Surface |
| Hard (0–0) |
| Clay (1–1) |
| Grass (0–0) |
| Carpet (0–0) |
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Singles performance timeline
Key
| W |
F |
SF |
QF |
R# |
RR |
Q# |
A |
NH |
(W) Won tournament; reached (F) final, (SF) semifinal, (QF) quarterfinal; (R#) rounds 4, 3, 2, 1; competed at a (RR) round-robin stage; reached a (Q#) qualification round; (A) absent; or (NH) tournament not held.
To avoid confusion and double counting, these charts are updated either at the conclusion of a tournament, or when the player's participation in the tournament has ended.
Team competition: 1 (0–1)
ATP Challenger Tour and ITF Futures finals
Singles: 15 (10–5)
| Legend |
|---|
| ATP Challenger Tour (4–2) |
| ITF Futures (6–3) |
| Result |
Date |
Category |
Tournament |
Surface |
Opponent |
Score |
|---|
| Winner |
10 August 2009 |
Futures |
Sombor, Serbia |
Clay |
 Aleksandar Slović |
6–3, 6–4 |
| Runner–up |
14 June 2010 |
Futures |
Belgrade, Serbia |
Clay |
 Oleksandr Nedovyesov |
4–6, 2–6 |
| Winner |
2 August 2010 |
Futures |
Novi Sad, Serbia |
Clay |
 Aldin Šetkić |
6–0, 4–6, 6–3 |
| Runner–up |
22 August 2010 |
Futures |
Este Padova, Italy |
Clay |
 Matteo Viola |
5–7, 1–6 |
| Runner–up |
31 October 2010 |
Futures |
Cairo, Egypt |
Clay |
Miljan Zekić |
1–6, 6–3, 4–6 |
| Winner |
23 January 2011 |
Futures |
Antalya, Turkey |
Hard |
Artem Smirnov |
WEA |
| Winner |
19 March 2011 |
Futures |
Cividino, Italy |
Hard |
Andrea Stoppini |
3–6, 6–4, 6–3 |
| Winner |
25 March 2011 |
Futures |
Foggia, Italy |
Clay |
Walter Trusendi |
6–2, 6–7(7–9), 6–2 |
| Winner |
2 October 2011 |
Futures |
Umag, Croatia |
Clay |
 Andrey Kuznetsov |
6–4, 0–6, 7–5 |
| Runner–up |
29 July 2012 |
Challenger |
Orbetello, Italy |
Clay |
 Roberto Bautista Agut |
3–6, 1–6 |
| Winner |
11 August 2012 |
Challenger |
Samarkand, Uzbekistan |
Clay |
 Farrukh Dustov |
6–3, 6–2 |
| Winner |
9 June 2013 |
Challenger |
Caltanissetta, Italy |
Clay |
 Robin Haase |
7–6(7–4), 6–3 |
| Runner–up |
16 June 2013 |
Challenger |
Blois, France |
Clay |
 Julian Reister |
1–6, 7–6(7–3), 6–7(2–7) |
| Winner |
2 November 2013 |
Challenger |
Seoul, South Korea |
Hard |
Julian Reister |
W/O |
| Winner |
21 September 2015 |
Challenger |
Banja Luka, Bosnia and Herzegovina |
Hard |
 Victor Hănescu |
7–6(7–5), 7–6(7–5) |
Doubles: 5 (4–1)
| Legend |
|---|
| ATP Challenger Tour (0–0) |
| ITF Futures (4–1) |
| Result |
Date |
Tournament |
Surface |
Partner |
Opponents |
Score |
|---|
| Winner |
29 June 2008 |
Futures |
Belgrade, Serbia |
Clay |
Nikola Čačić |
David Savić
Miljan Zekić |
7–6(8–6), 3–6, [10–8] |
| Runner–up |
25 October 2009 |
Futures |
Cairo, Egypt |
Clay |
Nikola Ćirić |
Oscar Burrieza-Lopez
Javier Marti |
4–6, 6–1, [9–11] |
| Winner |
16 May 2010 |
Futures |
Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina |
Clay |
Miljan Zekić |
Mirza Bašić
Zlatan Kadrić |
6–3, 6–4 |
| Winner |
15 August 2010 |
Futures |
Novi Sad, Serbia |
Clay |
Ilija Vučić |
 Javier Herrera-Eguiluz
 Brendan Moore |
7–5, 5–7, [10–8] |
| Winner |
24 October 2010 |
Futures |
Cairo, Egypt |
Clay |
Miljan Zekić |
Alexander Lobkov
Alexander Rumyantsev |
7–6(7–5), 7–6(10–8) |
References
External links
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