Nikola Ćaćić
Nikola Ćaćić (Serbian Cyrillic: Никола Ћаћић, pronounced [nǐkola t͡ɕât͡ɕit͡ɕ]; born 7 December 1990), commonly mistaken as Nikola Čačić, is a Serbian professional tennis player.[1]
ITF name | Nikola Cacic |
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Country (sports) | Serbia and Montenegro (as a junior) Serbia |
Residence | Belgrade, Serbia |
Born | Banja Luka, SFR Yugoslavia | 7 December 1990
Height | 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in) |
Turned pro | 2007 |
Plays | Right-handed (two-handed backhand) |
Coach | Petar Djukic |
Prize money | $498,328 |
Singles | |
Career record | 1–1 (50.0% in Grand Slam and ATP World Tour main draw matches, and in Davis Cup) |
Career titles | 0 5 Futures |
Highest ranking | No. 281 (8 September 2014) |
Current ranking | No. 1353 (25 January 2021) |
Doubles | |
Career record | 20–23 (46.5% in Grand Slam and ATP World Tour main draw matches, and in Davis Cup) |
Career titles | 2 4 Challenger, 32 Futures |
Highest ranking | No. 52 (28 September 2020) |
Current ranking | No. 56 (4 January 2021) |
Grand Slam Doubles results | |
Australian Open | 1R (2020) |
French Open | 1R (2020) |
US Open | 1R (2020) |
Last updated on: 5 February 2021. |
Tennis career
He has won 2 doubles titles in the ATP Tour, 3 doubles titles in the ATP Challenger Tour, as well as five singles and 32 doubles titles in ITF Futures tournaments. Ćaćić competes both in singles and doubles events, mainly on ITF Men's Circuit and ATP Challenger Tour level.
Having played alongside his compatriots, including Marko Djokovic, Ilija Bozoljac and Dušan Lajović, he has also taken part in three ATP World Tour main doubles tournaments held in Belgrade (in 2010 and 2012) and Umag (in 2012), where he lost in the opening rounds.
In the summer of 2014, after a series of successful appearances in Challenger tournaments played on clay surface, and thanks to his first victory in three years in Futures event, Ćaćić moved into the Top 300 and achieved his career-best singles ranking of 281 in the ATP list.
Ćaćić did not participate in any tournament during the 2015 season due to injury, which caused a drop from both world singles and doubles rankings.
He recorded his first win on ATP World Tour level in the first round of 2016 Croatia Open Umag, where he defeated Aljaž Bedene in three sets, ranked 69th at the time.
In the summer of 2019, he won his first ATP Challenger title at the 2019 Shkymkent Challenger with Yang Tsung-hua. Later that year he won his first tour level doubles title, alongside his compatriot Dušan Lajović at the 2019 Chengdu Open, edging out the number 4 seeds Jonathan Erlich and Fabrice Martin 7–6(11–9), 3–6, [10–3].
ATP career finals
Doubles: 2 (2 titles)
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Result | W–L | Date | Tournament | Tier | Surface | Partner | Opponents | Score |
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Win | 1–0 | Sep 2019 | Chengdu Open, China | 250 Series | Hard | Dušan Lajović | Jonathan Erlich Fabrice Martin |
7–6(11–9), 3–6, [10–3] |
Win | 2–0 | Feb 2020 | Open Sud de France, France | 250 Series | Hard (i) | Mate Pavić | Aisam-ul-Haq Qureshi Dominic Inglot |
6–4, 6–7(4–7), [10–4] |
Team competition finals: 1 (1–0)
Result | W–L | Date | Team competition | Surface | Partner/Team | Opponents | Score |
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Win | 1–0 | Jan 2020 | ATP Cup, Sydney, Australia | Hard | Novak Djokovic Dušan Lajović Nikola Milojević Viktor Troicki |
Rafael Nadal Roberto Bautista Agut Pablo Carreño Busta Albert Ramos Viñolas Feliciano López |
2–1 |
Challenger and Futures finals
Singles: 10 (5–5)
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Result | W–L | Date | Tournament | Tier | Surface | Opponent | Score |
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Loss | 0–1 | Jan 2011 | Israel F3, Eilat | Futures | Hard | Ádám Kellner | 2–6, 5–7 |
Win | 1–1 | Jun 2011 | Serbia F1, Belgrade | Futures | Clay | Axel Michon | 6–3, 6–0 |
Win | 2–1 | Aug 2011 | Croatia F7, Vinkovci | Futures | Clay | Dino Marcan | 7–6(8–6), 6–0 |
Loss | 2–2 | Feb 2012 | Russia F4, Yoshkar-Ola | Futures | Hard (i) | Evgeny Kirillov | 6–7(3–7), 6–7(3–7) |
Loss | 2–3 | Nov 2012 | Greece F7, Heraklion | Futures | Carpet | Mate Delić | 4–6, 6–7(3–7) |
Loss | 2–4 | Nov 2013 | Greece F20, Rethymno | Futures | Hard | Oliver Golding | 4–6, 6–7(4–7) |
Win | 3–4 | Aug 2014 | Romania F13, Brașov | Futures | Clay | Frederico Ferreira Silva | 6–4, 4–6, 7–5 |
Win | 4–4 | May 2016 | Croatia F6, Bol | Futures | Clay | Peter Nagy | 7–5, 6–4 |
Win | 5–4 | Nov 2017 | Tunisia F35, Hammamet | Futures | Clay | Carlos Boluda-Purkiss | 6–1, 6–2 |
Loss | 5–5 | Dec 2017 | Turkey F46, Antalya | Futures | Clay | Tomislav Brkić | 6–7(2–7), 6–2, 6–7(7–9) |
Doubles: 56 (36 titles, 20 runner-ups)
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Result | W–L | Date | Tournament | Tier | Surface | Partner | Opponents | Score |
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Win | 1–0 | Jun 2008 | Serbia F2, Belgrade | Futures | Clay | Dušan Lajović | David Savić Miljan Zekić |
7–6(8–6), 3–6, [10–8] |
Loss | 1–1 | Oct 2010 | Turkey F10, Antalya | Futures | Hard | Tomislav Brkić | Artem Smirnov Róbert Varga |
4–6, 4–6 |
Loss | 1–2 | Jan 2011 | Israel F2, Eilat | Futures | Hard | Steven Diez | Damir Džumhur Ismar Gorčić |
3–6, 4–6 |
Win | 2–2 | Apr 2011 | Turkey F12, Antalya | Futures | Hard | Jozef Kovalík | David Rice Sean Thornley |
4–6, 6–4, [10–4] |
Win | 3–2 | May 2011 | Bosnia & Herzegovina F2, Sarajevo | Futures | Clay | Miljan Zekić | Rok Jarc Tom Kočevar-Desman |
6–3, 6–4 |
Win | 4–2 | May 2011 | Bosnia & Herzegovina F3, Brčko | Futures | Clay | Toni Androić | Marko Rajić Saša Vidojević |
6–2, 6–3 |
Win | 5–2 | May 2011 | Bosnia & Herzegovina F4, Prijedor | Futures | Clay | Toni Androić | Rok Jarc Tom Kočevar-Desman |
6–3, 6–2 |
Win | 6–2 | Jun 2011 | Bosnia & Herzegovina F5, Kiseljak | Futures | Clay | Toni Androić | Damir Džumhur Ismar Gorčić |
7–5, 6–4 |
Win | 7–2 | Jun 2011 | Serbia F1, Belgrade | Futures | Clay | Goran Tošić | Nemanja Kontić Arsenije Zlatanović |
6–0, 3–6, [10–7] |
Loss | 7–3 | Jun 2011 | Serbia F2, Belgrade | Futures | Clay | Goran Tošić | Damir Džumhur Aldin Šetkić |
6–2, 6–7(4–7), [6–10] |
Loss | 7–4 | Jul 2011 | Serbia F4, Kikinda | Futures | Clay | Goran Tošić | Mislav Hižak Ante Pavić |
5–7, 5–7 |
Win | 8–4 | Aug 2011 | Serbia F5, Sombor | Futures | Clay | Goran Tošić | Ivan Bjelica Vladimir Obradović |
6–3, 6–4 |
Loss | 8–5 | Aug 2011 | Serbia F7, Novi Sad | Futures | Clay | Damir Džumhur | Ivan Bjelica David Savić |
7–5, 1–6, [5–10] |
Win | 9–5 | Oct 2011 | Croatia F10, Umag | Futures | Clay | Toni Androić | Marin Draganja Dino Marcan |
2–6, 7–5, [10–4] |
Win | 10–5 | Jan 2012 | Turkey F2, Antalya | Futures | Hard | Toni Androić | Patrik Brydolf Florian Reynet |
6–3, 6–2 |
Loss | 10–6 | Mar 2012 | Italy F1, Trento | Futures | Hard (i) | Damir Džumhur | Marco Crugnola Claudio Grassi |
4–6, 4–6 |
Win | 11–6 | Jun 2012 | Serbia F1, Belgrade | Futures | Clay | Goran Tošić | Danilo Petrović Milan Pokrajac |
6–4, 6–4 |
Win | 12–6 | Jun 2012 | Serbia F2, Belgrade | Futures | Clay | Goran Tošić | Juan Lizariturry Enrique López Pérez |
6–2, 6–4 |
Win | 13–6 | Sep 2012 | Germany F17, Hambach | Futures | Carpet (i) | Adrian Sikora | Pirmin Hänle Matt Simpson |
6–2, 6–3 |
Win | 14–6 | Nov 2012 | Greece F6, Heraklion | Futures | Carpet | Mate Delić | Julien Dubail Yannick Vandenbulcke |
7–5, 6–2 |
Win | 15–6 | Nov 2012 | Greece F7, Heraklion | Futures | Carpet | Mate Delić | Enzo Couacaud Julien Dubail |
6–1, 6–2 |
Win | 16–6 | Feb 2013 | France F3, Feucherolles | Futures | Hard (i) | Miljan Zekić | Stephan Fransen Wesley Koolhof |
3–6, 7–5, [10–8] |
Win | 17–6 | Apr 2013 | Italy F5, Vicenza | Futures | Clay | Damir Džumhur | Alessandro Motti Matteo Volante |
6–3, 6–4 |
Loss | 17–7 | Aug 2013 | Serbia F10, Novi Sad | Futures | Clay | Denis Bejtulahi | Boris Čonkić Matteo Fago |
6–7(4–7), 2–6 |
Loss | 17–8 | Sep 2013 | Serbia F11, Zlatibor | Futures | Clay | Denis Bejtulahi | Duje Kekez Ilija Vučić |
3–6, 4–6 |
Loss | 17–9 | Nov 2013 | Greece F20, Rethymno | Futures | Hard | Alexandros Jakupovic | Lewis Burton Marcus Willis |
4–6, 6–7(5–7) |
Loss | 17–10 | Feb 2014 | Italy F1, Sondrio | Futures | Hard (i) | Ilija Vučić | Roman Jebavý Robin Staněk |
6–3, 5–7, [7–10] |
Loss | 17–11 | Mar 2014 | Greece F1, Heraklion | Futures | Hard | Ilija Vučić | Oliver Golding Alexandros Jakupovic |
1–6, 6–3, [5–10] |
Win | 18–11 | Mar 2014 | Greece F2, Heraklion | Futures | Hard | Ilija Vučić | Jan Hernych Robin Staněk |
7–6(7–1), 7–5 |
Win | 19–11 | May 2014 | Bosnia & Herzegovina F1, Doboj | Futures | Clay | Tomislav Brkić | Ivan Milivojević Bojan Zdravković |
6–1, 6–3 |
Win | 20–11 | May 2014 | Bosnia & Herzegovina F2, Prijedor | Futures | Clay | Tomislav Brkić | Darko Jandrić Ante Marinčić |
6–3, 6–2 |
Win | 21–11 | May 2014 | Bosnia & Herzegovina F3, Brčko | Futures | Clay | Marko Tepavac | Nikola Ćirić Danilo Petrović |
6–4, 1–6, [10–1] |
Win | 22–11 | Jan 2016 | USA F3, Plantation | Futures | Clay | Denis Bejtulahi | Nick Chappell Raleigh Smith |
3–6, 6–3, [10–7] |
Win | 23–11 | Jan 2017 | USA F3, Plantation | Futures | Clay | Tomislav Brkić | Jaume Pla Malfeito Miguel Semmler |
4–6, 6–1, [10–3] |
Loss | 23–12 | Jan 2017 | USA F4, Sunrise | Futures | Clay | Tomislav Brkić | Peter Torebko Bastian Trinker |
6–7(3–7), 6–4, [7–10] |
Win | 24–12 | Feb 2017 | Tunisia F7, Hammamet | Futures | Clay | Tomislav Brkić | Oscar José Gutierrez Nicolas Santos |
6–3, 6–2 |
Win | 25–12 | Jun 2017 | Hungary F4, Gyula | Futures | Clay | Scott Puodziunas | Levente Gödry Péter Nagy |
7–6(7–2), 6–2 |
Loss | 25–13 | Jul 2017 | Turkey F25, Istanbul | Futures | Clay | Vasko Mladenov | Miki Janković Dimitar Kuzmanov |
4–6, 6–2, [9–11] |
Win | 26–13 | Jul 2017 | Turkey F29, Mersin | Futures | Clay | Bernardo Saraiva | Bogdan Bobrov Goran Marković |
6–2, 3–6, [11–9] |
Win | 27–13 | Oct 2017 | Turkey F38, Antalya | Futures | Clay | Dmitry Popko | Peter Torebko Jeroen Vanneste |
6–1, 6–4 |
Win | 28–13 | Nov 2017 | Tunisia F34, Hammamet | Futures | Clay | Nino Serdarušić | Marc Giner Jaume Pla Malfeito |
6–2, 6–1 |
Win | 29–13 | Nov 2017 | Tunisia F35, Hammamet | Futures | Clay | Nino Serdarušić | Moez Echargui Anis Ghorbel |
7–5, 6–3 |
Win | 30–13 | Dec 2017 | Turkey F45, Antalya | Futures | Clay | Luca Margaroli | Gökberk Ergeneman Khumoyun Sultanov |
7–5, 6–2 |
Win | 31–13 | Dec 2017 | Turkey F46, Antalya | Futures | Clay | Luca Margaroli | Ivan Gakhov Alexander Pavlioutchenkov |
6–3, 7–6(7–1) |
Win | 32–13 | Mar 2018 | Turkey F8, Antalya | Futures | Hard | Maciej Smoła | Michiel de Krom Ryan Nijboer |
6–3, 6–4 |
Loss | 32–14 | Apr 2018 | Uzbekistan F1, Bukhara | Futures | Hard | Luca Margaroli | Alexander Pavlioutchenkov Evgenii Tiurnev |
6–7(4–7), 7–6(7–5), [8–10] |
Loss | 32–15 | Jun 2018 | Poprad-Tatry, Slovakia | Challenger | Clay | Luca Margaroli | Tomislav Brkić Ante Pavić |
3–6, 6–4, [14–16] |
Loss | 32–16 | Aug 2018 | Portorož, Slovenia | Challenger | Hard | Lucas Miedler | Gerard Granollers Pujol Lukáš Rosol |
5–7, 3–6 |
Loss | 32–17 | May 2019 | Rome, Italy | Challenger | Clay | Adam Pavlásek | Philipp Oswald Filip Polášek |
w/o |
Win | 33–17 | Jun 2019 | Shymkent, Kazakhstan | Challenger | Clay | Yang Tsung-hua | André Göransson Marc-Andrea Hüsler |
6–4, 6–4 |
Loss | 33–18 | Jun 2019 | Fergana, Uzbekistan | Challenger | Hard | Yang Tsung-hua | Evan King Hunter Reese |
3–6, 7–5, [4–10] |
Loss | 33–19 | Aug 2019 | Liberec, Czech Republic | Challenger | Clay | Antonio Šančić | Jonáš Forejtek Michael Vrbenský |
4–6, 3–6 |
Loss | 33–20 | Aug 2019 | Cordenons, Italy | Challenger | Clay | Antonio Šančić | Tomislav Brkic Ante Pavic |
2–6, 3–6 |
Win | 34–20 | Nov 2019 | Ortisei, Italy | Challenger | Hard (i) | Antonio Šančić | Sander Arends David Pel |
6–7(5–7), 7–6(7–3), [10–7] |
Win | 35-20 | Jan 2020 | Bendigo, Australia | Challenger | Hard | Denys Molchanov | Marcelo Arévalo Jonny O'Mara |
7–6(7–3), 6–4 |
Win | 36-20 | Sep 2020 | Forlì, Italy | Challenger | Clay | Tomislav Brkić | Andrey Golubev Andrea Vavassori |
3–6, 7–5, [10–3] |