Nikola Milojević (tennis)

Nikola Milojević (Serbian Cyrillic: Никола Милојевић, pronounced [nǐkola mǐlojeʋitɕ]; born 19 June 1995) is a tennis player from Serbia. He reached his highest ranking of no. 1 in ITF Junior rankings on 7 January 2013.[2]

Nikola Milojević

Country (sports)	Serbia
Residence	Belgrade, Serbia
Born	19 June 1995 Belgrade, Serbia, FR Yugoslavia
Height	1.88 m (6 ft 2 in)
Plays	Right-handed (two-handed backhand)
Coach	Nemanja Kontić[1]
Prize money	US$ 708,649
Singles
Career record	4–4 (50.0% in Grand Slam and ATP World Tour main draw matches, and in Davis Cup)
Career titles	0 2 Challenger 12 Futures
Highest ranking	No. 133 (12 October 2020)
Current ranking	No. 145 (8 February 2021)
Grand Slam Singles results
Australian Open	Q3 (2020)
French Open	2R (2020)
Wimbledon	Q2 (2017)
US Open	Q3 (2018)
Doubles
Career record	1–2 (33.3%)
Career titles	0
Highest ranking	No. 252 (18 February 2019)
Current ranking	No. 834 (8 February 2021)
Last updated on: 8 February 2021.

Milojević has a career high ATP singles ranking of 133, which he achieved on 12 October 2020. He also achieved a career high ATP doubles ranking of 252 on 18 February 2019.

At the 2020 French Open he won his first Grand Slam match against fellow Serbian Filip Krajinović in four sets 6–4, 3–6, 6–3, 6–1.[3]

Career

Milojević made his ATP main draw debut as a wildcard at 2014 Düsseldorf Open, where he defeated Mirza Bašić in the first round before losing to eventual finalist, Ivo Karlović, in the second round.

Milojević was a fifth player on a Serbian Davis Cup team in the first round tie against United States in the 2010 Davis Cup[4] as well as a first round tie against Switzerland in 2014[5][6] and didn't play in any match. He was also invited for a semifinal clash against France in 2017, but instead chose to play in a challenger tournament in order to improve his ATP ranking.[7]

In February 2018, he finally made his Davis Cup debut, partnered with another debutant, Miljan Zekić, in a doubles match against USA, losing 7–6⁽³⁾, 2–6, 5–7, 4–6 in the first round.[8]

In June 2018, Milojević won his first challenger title in Fergana, Uzbekistan.

Milojević was partnered with Danilo Petrović for the 2018 Davis Cup World Group Play-offs vs. India in September. They defeated Rohan Bopanna/Saketh Myneni in straight sets to help secure Serbia a decisive 3–0 lead after second day's play. (Serbia eventually won the tie 4–0)[8]

Team competition finals: 1 (1–0)

Result	W–L	Date	Team competition	Surface	Partner/Team	Opponents	Score
Win	1–0	Jan 2020	ATP Cup, Sydney, Australia	Hard	Novak Djokovic Dušan Lajović Viktor Troicki Nikola Ćaćić	Rafael Nadal Roberto Bautista Agut Pablo Carreño Busta Albert Ramos Viñolas Feliciano López	2–1

Challenger and Futures finals

Singles: 29 (14–15)

Legend (Singles) ATP Challenger Tour (2–5) ITF Futures Tour (12–10)

Titles by Surface Hard (12–11) Clay (2–4) Grass (0–0) Carpet (0–0)

Titles by setting Outdoor (12–15) Indoor (2–0)

Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Tier	Surface	Opponent	Score
Win	1–0	Sep 2013	Greece F12, Marathon	Futures	Hard	Louk Sorensen	w/o
Win	2–0	Mar 2014	Kazakhstan F3, Aktobe	Futures	Hard (i)	Ilya Lebedev	7–6^(7–5), 6–3
Loss	2–1	Jun 2014	Turkey F19, Bodrum	Futures	Clay	Jared Donaldson	3–6, 4–6
Loss	2–2	Jul 2014	China F9, Zhangjiagang	Futures	Hard	Li Zhe	2–6, 2–6
Win	3–2	Aug 2014	Turkey F27, Ankara	Futures	Clay	Gavin van Peperzeel	7–5, 7–5
Loss	3–3	Feb 2015	Turkey F5, Antalya	Futures	Hard	Riccardo Bellotti	6–7^(2–7), 5–7
Loss	3–4	Feb 2015	Egypt F6, Sharm El Sheikh	Futures	Hard	Jaroslav Pospíšil	4–6, 4–6
Loss	3–5	Apr 2015	Greece F2, Heraklion	Futures	Hard	Peđa Krstin	4–6, 6–7^(3–7)
Loss	3–6	Jun 2015	Uzbekistan F3, Andijan	Futures	Hard	Denys Molchanov	6–2, 6–7^(3–7), 4–6
Loss	3–7	Aug 2015	Switzerland F3, Geneva	Futures	Clay	Roberto Marcora	4–6, 2–6
Win	4–7	Sep 2015	Tunisia F24, El Kantaoui	Futures	Hard	Jannis Kahlke	6–3, 6–1
Win	5–7	Nov 2015	Tunisia F31, El Kantaoui	Futures	Hard	Antoine Hoang	2–6, 7–5, 6–4
Win	6–7	Nov 2015	Tunisia F32, El Kantaoui	Futures	Hard	Alexandre Müller	6–2, 6–3
Win	7–7	Dec 2015	Tunisia F35, El Kantaoui	Futures	Hard	Anis Ghorbel	6–3, 7–5
Win	8–7	Dec 2015	Tunisia F36, El Kantaoui	Futures	Hard	Anis Ghorbel	6–2, 4–6, 6–3
Loss	8–8	Feb 2016	Egypt F3, Sharm El Sheikh	Futures	Hard	Karim-Mohamed Maamoun	6–7^(5–7), 6–2, 4–6
Win	9–8	Feb 2016	Egypt F4, Sharm El Sheikh	Futures	Hard	Laurent Rochette	6–2, 6–4
Loss	9–9	Jun 2016	Tunisia F21, Hammamet	Futures	Clay	Cristian Garín	4–6, 6–2, 0–6
Win	10–9	Aug 2016	Egypt F18, Sharm El Sheikh	Futures	Hard	Bradley Mousley	3–6, 6–3, 6–3
Loss	10–10	Oct 2016	Turkey F41, Antalya	Futures	Hard	Alex Molčan	4–6, 5–7
Loss	10–11	Jan 2017	Nouméa, New Caledonia	Challenger	Hard	Adrian Mannarino	3–6, 5–7
Loss	10–12	Feb 2017	Tempe, USA	Challenger	Hard	Tennys Sandgren	6–4, 0–6, 3–6
Loss	10–13	Jun 2017	Fergana, Uzbekistan	Challenger	Hard	Ilya Ivashka	4–6, 3–6
Win	11–13	Jul 2017	China F14, Tianjin	Futures	Hard	Li Zhe	6–4, 6–2
Win	12–13	Feb 2018	Kazakhstan F2, Shymkent	Futures	Hard (i)	Sanjar Fayziev	6–2, 5–7, 7–6^(8–6)
Win	13–13	Jun 2018	Fergana, Uzbekistan	Challenger	Hard	Enrique López Pérez	6–3, 6–4
Loss	13–14	Oct 2018	Almaty, Kazakhstan	Challenger	Hard	Denis Istomin	7–6^(7–4), 6–7^(5–7), 2–6
Loss	13–15	Apr 2019	Barletta, Italy	Challenger	Clay	Gianluca Mager	6–7^(4–7), 7–5, 2–3 ret.
Win	14–15	Aug 2019	Liberec, Czech Republic	Challenger	Clay	Rogerio Dutra Silva	6–3, 3–6, 6–4

Singles performance timelines

Key

W

F

SF

QF

#R

RR

Q#

A

P

Z#

PO

G

F-S

SF-B

NMS

NH

(W) Won; (F) finalist; (SF) semifinalist; (QF) quarterfinalist; (#R) rounds 4, 3, 2, 1; (RR) round-robin stage; (Q#) qualification round; (A) absent; (P) postponed; (Z#) Davis/Fed Cup Zonal Group (with number indication) or (PO) play-off; (G) gold, (F-S) silver or (SF-B) bronze Olympic medal; a (NMS) downgraded Masters Series/1000 tournament; (NH) not held. SR=strike rate (events won/competed)

To avoid confusion and double counting, these charts are updated at the conclusion of a tournament or when the player's participation has ended.

Current through to the 2021 Australian Open.

Tournament	2013	2014	2015	2016	2017	2018	2019	2020	2021	SR	W–L	Win%
Grand Slam Tournaments
Australian Open	A	A	A	A	Q1	Q1	Q1	Q3	Q2	0 / 0	0–0	0%
French Open	A	A	A	Q1	A	Q1	Q2	2R		0 / 1	1–1	50%
Wimbledon	A	A	A	A	Q2	Q1	Q1	NH		0 / 0	0–0	0%
US Open	A	A	A	Q1	Q1	Q3	Q2	A		0 / 0	0–0	0%
Win–Loss	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	1–1		0 / 1	1–1	50%
Career statistics
	2013	2014	2015	2016	2017	2018	2019	2020	2021	Career
Tournaments	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	2		4
Titles	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0
Finals	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0
Overall Win–Loss	0–0	1–1	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	1–1	2–2		0 / 4	4–4	50%
Win %	–	50%	–	–	–	–	50%	50%	–	50%
Year-end Ranking	703	385	240	238	158	174	155			$708,649

References

1. Nikola Milojevic on Instagram: "After 4h battle we made it through #25k title"
2. Nikola Milojević prvi junior sveta
3. LIVE - Filip Krajinovic - Nikola Milojevic Roland-Garros men
4. Mandrapa, N. (3 July 2010). "Marko je patriota!" (in Serbian). Večernje novosti. Retrieved 2017-11-18.
5. "Održana pre-draw konferencija NIS Dejvis kup reprezentacije Srbije" (in Serbian). Tennis Federation of Serbia. 29 January 2014. Retrieved 2017-11-18.
6. "Ne plaše se Vavrinke: Podmlađena ekipa igra protiv Švajcarske u Novom Sadu! (Foto)" (in Serbian). Svet. 29 January 2014. Retrieved 2017-11-18.
7. "ЕКСКЛУЗИВНО, Зимоњић зна тим за Французе, Лајовић прва табла!" (in Serbian). Sportski žurnal. 4 September 2017. Retrieved 2017-11-19.
8. Nikola Milojević at the Davis Cup

External links

• Nikola Milojević at the Association of Tennis Professionals
• Nikola Milojević at the International Tennis Federation
• Nikola Milojević at the Davis Cup