Australian tennis player
Aleksandar Vukic Country (sports) AustraliaResidence Sydney , New South Wales , AustraliaBorn (1996-04-06 ) 6 April 1996 (age 28) Sydney, New South Wales, AustraliaHeight 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in) Turned pro 2018 Plays Right-handed (two-handed backhand) College Illinois Prize money US$ 1,847,888 Career record 31–45 (40.8% in ATP Tour and Grand Slam main draw matches, and in Davis Cup ) Career titles 0 Highest ranking No. 48 (14 August 2023) Current ranking No. 69 (1 July 2024) Australian Open 2R (2022 ) French Open 1R (2020 , 2024 ) Wimbledon 2R (2023 , 2024 ) US Open 1R (2023 ) Career record 3–11 (21.4% in ATP Tour and Grand Slam main draw matches, and in Davis Cup ) Career titles 0 Highest ranking No. 389 (21 March 2022) Australian Open 2R (2024 ) Wimbledon 1R (2024 ) US Open 1R (2023 ) Australian Open 1R (2021 ) Last updated on: 1 July 2024.
Aleksandar Vukic (Montenegrin : Александар Вукић , romanized : Aleksandar Vukić , pronounced [aleksǎːndar ʋǔːkitɕ, alěksaːn-] ; born 6 April 1996) is an Australian professional tennis player.
He has a career high ATP singles ranking of world No. 48 achieved on 14 August 2023. He also has a career high ATP doubles ranking of world No. 389 achieved on 21 March 2022.
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, and is of Serbian and Montenegrin origin.[1] His parents and older brother left Montenegro during the breakup of Yugoslavia in the early 1990s and settled in Sydney before Vukic was born.[2] Vukic began playing tennis at the age of 6 and later attended the University of Illinois from 2015 to 2018 where he was named three-time All-American in tennis.[3]
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 López , ranked No. 36 in the world. He lost the match 6–4, 6–7(5–7) , 3–6.
In May 2019, Vukic reached the semifinal 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 No. 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 .[4]
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 .[5]
Vukic ended 2020 with a singles ranking of world no. 196.
2021: First ATP Tour win, Masters debut and 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.[6] Vukic was defeated by Jannik Sinner in the second round.[7]
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 .[8]
On 20 September 2021, and following a semifinal result at the Cary Challenger , Vukic improved his ranking back to No. 214.[9]
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 Andújar .[10] [11] 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 and Major win, top 125
At the Adelaide International 2 , Vukic achieved his first top 50 win against Alexander Bublik [12] and reached his first ATP quarterfinal, before losing to Thanasi Kokkinakis .[13] 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 .[14] 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 first title at the 2022 Bengaluru Open II . As a result, he reached the top 125 at world no. 118 on 21 February 2022.
At the 2022 Sofia Open he defeated Fabio Fognini and Fernando Verdasco to reach only his second ATP quarterfinal.[15]
2023-2024: First ATP final and Masters third round, top 50
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 for his second Masters 1000 main draw in Indian Wells for a second time at this tournament. He also qualified 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.[16] At the next Challenger, the 2023 Open de Oeiras II he reached again the final. As a result, he made his top 100 debut at world No. 95 in the rankings on 22 May 2023.[17]
On his debut at the 2023 Wimbledon Championships he defeated Daniel Altmaier .[18]
At the 2023 Atlanta Open , he reached his first ATP semifinal, defeating fourth seed Yoshihito Nishioka and fifth seed Christopher Eubanks . He then defeated seventh seed Ugo Humbert to reach his first final at ATP Tour level. He reached the third round of a Masters 1000 for the first time at the Canadian Open as a lucky loser defeating Tomás Martín Etcheverry and Sebastian Korda . As a result, he reached the top 50 in the rankings.
At the beginning of the European clay season at the 2024 Grand Prix Hassan II , he reached the quarterfinals defeating previous year runner-up Alexandre Müller , and then second seed Sebastian Ofner in a match with two tiebreaks lasting close to three hours.
He made his debut at the 2024 Monte-Carlo Masters as a lucky loser replacing Jordan Thompson after his late withdrawal.
At the beginning of grass court season, he reached the quarterfinals at the 2024 Libéma Open . Next, also as a lucky loser, he entered the main draw of the 2024 Eastbourne International and reached his second ATP semifinal with wins over Fabian Marozsan , third seed Alexander Bublik and Yoshihito Nishioka (who beat him in the qualifications).[19]
He won again his first round match at the 2024 Wimbledon Championships over Sebastian Ofner in a five-setter saving a match point.[20]
ATP career finals
Singles: 1 (1 runner-up)
Legend
Grand Slam tournaments (0–0)
ATP Tour Finals (0–0)
ATP Tour Masters 1000 (0–0)
ATP Tour 500 Series (0–0)
ATP Tour 250 Series (0–1)
Finals by surface
Hard (0–1)
Clay (0–0)
Grass (0–0)
Finals by setting
Outdoor (0–1)
Indoor (0–0)
ATP Challenger and ITF Futures/World Tennis Tour finals
Singles: 14 (3–11)
Legend
ATP Challenger (2–7)
ITF Futures (1–4)
Finals by surface
Hard (3–9)
Clay (0–2)
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
Matt Reid
6–7(12–14) , 1–6
Win
1–1
Jul 2017
USA F25, Champaign, Illinois
Futures
Hard
Deiton Baughman
7–5, 4–6, 6–2
Loss
1–2
Aug 2017
Poland F9, Bydgoszcz
Futures
Clay
Mats Moraing
2–6, 5–7
Loss
1–3
Jul 2018
USA F19, Wichita, Kansas
Futures
Hard
Evgeny Karlovskiy
4–6, 4–6
Loss
1–4
Mar 2019
M25 Bakersfield, California
World Tennis Tour
Hard
Jenson Brooksby
3–6, 1–6
Loss
1–5
Mar 2020
Monterrey
Challenger
Hard
Adrian Mannarino
1–6, 3–6
Loss
1–6
Nov 2021
Charlottesville
Challenger
Hard (i)
Stefan Kozlov
2–6, 3–6
Loss
1–7
Nov 2021
Champaign
Challenger
Hard (i)
Stefan Kozlov
7–5, 3–6, 4–6
Win
2–7
Feb 2022
Bangalore
Challenger
Hard
Dimitar Kuzmanov
6–4, 6–4
Loss
2–8
Nov 2022
Calgary
Challenger
Hard (i)
Dominik Koepfer
2–6, 4–6
Loss
2–9
Nov 2022
Champaign
Challenger
Hard (i)
Ben Shelton
6–0, 3–6, 2–6
Loss
2–10
Apr 2023
Seoul
Challenger
Hard
Bu Yunchaokete
6–7(4–7) , 4–6
Win
3–10
May 2023
Busan
Challenger
Hard
Max Purcell
6–4, 1–0 ret.
Loss
3–11
May 2023
Oeiras
Challenger
Clay
Facundo Díaz Acosta
4–6, 3–6
Doubles: 3 (0–3)
Legend
ATP Challenger (0–2)
ITF Futures (0–1)
Finals by surface
Hard (0–0)
Clay (0–2)
Grass (0–1)
Carpet (0–0)
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 2024 Wimbledon Championship .
Record against top 10 players
Vukic's record against players who have been ranked in the top 10, with those who are active in boldface. Only ATP Tour main draw matches are considered:
Player
Record
Win %
Hard
Clay
Grass
Last Match
Number 1 ranked players
Novak Djokovic
0–1
0%
0–1
–
–
Lost (2–6, 7–5, 3–6) at at 2024 Indian Wells
Number 2 ranked players
Alexander Zverev
0–1
0%
0–1
–
–
Lost (4–6, 4–6, 4–6) at 2023 US Open
Jannik Sinner
0–2
0%
0–2
–
–
Lost (2–6, 3–6) at 2022 Sofia
Number 3 ranked players
Stefanos Tsitsipas
0–1
0%
0–1
–
–
Lost (3–6, 0–6) at 2024 Los Cabos
Stan Wawrinka
0–1
0%
0–1
–
–
Lost (4–6, 6–1, 1–6) at 2023 Indian Wells
Number 5 ranked players
Taylor Fritz
0–1
0%
0–1
–
–
Lost (5–7, 7–6(7–5) , 4–6) at 2023 Atlanta
Number 6 ranked players
Félix Auger-Aliassime
0–1
0%
0–1
–
–
Lost (6–7(3–7) , 7–6(7–2) , 2–6) at 2023 Tokyo
Gaël Monfils
0–2
0%
0–1
0–1
–
Lost (7–6(9–7) , 3–6, 5–7) at 2024 Monte Carlo
Number 7 ranked players
Fernando Verdasco
1–0
100%
1–0
–
–
Won (1–6, 6–4, 6–3) at 2022 Sofia
Number 8 ranked players
Karen Khachanov
0–1
0%
0–1
–
–
Lost (3–6, 7–6(7–4) , 6–7(2–7) , 4–6) at 2021 Australian Open
Number 9 ranked players
Fabio Fognini
1–0
100%
1–0
–
–
Won (7–6(13–11) , 7–5) at 2022 Sofia
Alex de Minaur
0–1
0%
0–1
–
–
Lost (4–6, 5–7) at 2021 Indian Wells
Number 10 ranked players
Denis Shapovalov
0–1
0%
–
–
0–1
Lost (6–7(6–8) , 6–7(6–8) ) at 2021 London
Total
2–13
13%
2–11(15%)
0–1(0%)
0–1(0%)
* Statistics correct as of 9 April 2024[update] .
Record against players ranked No. 11–20
Active players are in boldface.
*As of 9 April 2024[update]
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