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
Vukic at the 2022 French Open
Country (sports) Australia
ResidenceSydney, New South Wales, Australia
Born (1996-04-06) 6 April 1996
Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Height1.88 m (6 ft 2 in)
Turned pro2018
PlaysRight-handed (two-handed backhand)
CollegeIllinois Fighting Illini
Prize moneyUS$ 832,240
Singles
Career record9–16 (36.0% in ATP Tour and Grand Slam main draw matches, and in Davis Cup)
Career titles0
Highest rankingNo. 117 (28 February 2022)
Current rankingNo. 127 (8 May 2023)
Grand Slam singles results
Australian Open2R (2022)
French Open1R (2020)
WimbledonQ1 (2021)
US OpenQ1 (2022)
Doubles
Career record2–3 (40.0% in ATP Tour and Grand Slam main draw matches, and in Davis Cup)
Career titles0
Highest rankingNo. 394 (28 February 2022)
Current rankingNo. 889 (8 May 2023)
Grand Slam doubles results
Australian Open1R (2022, 2023)
Grand Slam mixed doubles results
Australian Open1R (2021)
Last updated on: 8 May 2023.

Vukic has a career high ATP singles ranking of World No. 117 achieved on 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 and 2018 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 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 ranking of World No. 196.

2021: First ATP Tour win, Masters debut & first 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 and had to skip the US Open.[7]

On 20 September 2021, and following a semifinal result at the Cary Challenger, Vukic improved his ranking back to No. 214.[8] In October at the 2021 BNP Paribas Open he recorded his first main draw win at a Masters 1000 level as a qualifier defeating Pablo Andujar.[9][10] 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 & Challenger title & Major win, top 125

At the Adelaide International 2, Vukic achieved his first top 50 win against Alexander Bublik[11] and reached his first ATP quarterfinal, before losing to Thanasi Kokkinakis.[12] 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.[13] He defeated 30th seed Lloyd Harris in four sets for his first Grand Slam victory. He lost to fellow qualifier Radu Albot in the second round.

In February, he won his maiden title at the 2022 Bengaluru Open II.

At the 2022 Sofia Open he defeated Fabio Fognini and Fernando Verdasco to reach only his second ATP quarterfinal.[14]

2023: Second Challenger title

He qualified for the 2023 Australian Open where he lost to fellow qualifier Brandon Holt.

At the 2023 Delray Beach Open he entered the main draw as lucky loser and won in the first round against qualifier Christopher Eubanks.

He qualified into his second Masters 1000 main draw in Indian Wells for a second time at this tournament. He qualified also for the 2023 Miami Open to make his debut at this Masters.

He won his third professional title and the biggest of his career, a second Challenger at the 2023 Busan Open in South Korea, defeating top seed Max Purcell by retirement. As a result he moved a couple of positions shy of the top 100.[15]

ATP Challenger and ITF Futures/World Tennis Tour finals

Singles: 13 (3–10)
Legend
ATP Challenger (2–6)
ITF Futures (1–4)
Finals by surface
Hard (3–9)
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 Australia Matt Reid 6–7(12–14), 1–6
Win 1–1 Jul 2017 USA F25, Champaign Futures Hard United States Deiton Baughman 7–5, 4–6, 6–2
Loss 1–2 Aug 2017 Poland F9, Bydgoszcz Futures Clay Germany Mats Moraing 2–6, 5–7
Loss 1–3 Jul 2018 USA F19, Wichita Futures Hard Russia Evgeny Karlovskiy 4–6, 4–6
Loss 1–4 Mar 2019 M25 Bakersfield, USA World Tennis Tour Hard United States Jenson Brooksby 3–6, 1–6
Loss 1–5 Mar 2020 Monterrey, Mexico Challenger Hard France Adrian Mannarino 1–6, 3–6
Loss 1–6 Nov 2021 Charlottesville, USA Challenger Hard (i) United States Stefan Kozlov 2–6, 3–6
Loss 1–7 Nov 2021 Champaign, USA Challenger Hard (i) United States Stefan Kozlov 7–5, 3–6, 4–6
Win 2–7 Feb 2022 Bangalore, India Challenger Hard Bulgaria Dimitar Kuzmanov 6–4, 6–4
Loss 2–8 Nov 2022 Calgary, Canada Challenger Hard (i) Germany Dominik Koepfer 2–6, 4–6
Loss 2–9 Nov 2022 Champaign, USA Challenger Hard (i) United States Ben Shelton 6–0, 3–6, 2–6
Loss 2–10 Apr 2023 Seoul, South Korea Challenger Hard China Bu Yunchaokete 6–7(4–7), 4–6
Win 3–10 May 2023 Busan, South Korea Challenger Hard Australia Max Purcell 6–4, 1–0 ret.

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 Switzerland Antoine Bellier Serbia Danilo Petrovic
Czech Republic Libor Salaba		 6–7(7–9), 4–6
Loss 0–2 Jul 2021 Poznań, Poland Challenger Clay Poland Karol Drzewiecki Czech Republic Zdeněk Kolář
Czech Republic 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 NTI 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; (NTI) not a Tier I 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 2023 Miami Open.

Tournament2019202020212022 2023SRW–L
Grand Slam tournaments
Australian Open Q1 Q3 1R 2R 1R 0 / 3 1–3
French Open A 1R Q3 Q2 0 / 1 0–1
Wimbledon A NH Q1 A 0 / 0 0–0
US Open A A A Q1 0 / 0 0–0
Win–loss 0–0 0–1 0–1 1–1 0–1 0 / 4 1–4
Masters tournaments
Indian Wells Masters A A 2R Q2 1R 0 / 2 1–2
Miami Open A A A Q1 1R 0 / 1 0–1
Year-end ranking 273 196 156 132

References
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  2. "ABOUT ALEKSANDAR VUKIC". W SPORTS AND MEDIA. 1 November 2021. Retrieved 1 November 2021.
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  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.
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  10. "Vukic sets all-Aussie second round at Indian Wells".
  11. "Vukic Scores First Top Win 50 in Adelaide". Tennis Australia. 10 January 2022. Retrieved 14 January 2022.
  12. "Kokkinakis Sets All Aussie QuarterFinal". Tennis Australia. 12 January 2022. Retrieved 14 January 2022.
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