Ivan Dodig

Ivan Dodig
Country  Croatia
Residence Zagreb, Croatia
Born 2 January 1985 (1985-01-02) (age 27)
Međugorje, Socialist Republic of Bosnia and Herzegovina, SFR Yugoslavia
Height 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)
Turned pro 2004
Plays Right-handed (two-handed backhand)
Career prize money $923,684 (Singles and doubles)
Singles
Career record 35–33 (at ATP Tour-level, Grand Slam-level, and in Davis Cup)
Career titles 1
Highest ranking No. 32 (10 October 2011)
Current ranking No. 36 (26 December 2011)
Grand Slam results
Australian Open 2R (2010, 2011)
French Open 1R (2011)
Wimbledon 2R (2010)
US Open 2R (2010)
Doubles
Career record 10–21 (at ATP Tour-level, Grand Slam-level, and in Davis Cup)
Career titles 0
Highest ranking No. 129 (7 February 2011)
Grand Slam Doubles results
Australian Open –
French Open –
Wimbledon –
US Open –
Last updated on: 25 April 2011.

Ivan Dodig (born 2 January 1985 in Međugorje, SR Bosnia and Herzegovina, SFR Yugoslavia) is a Croatian tennis player. His career-high rank ATP singles ranking is No. 32 and his best doubles rank is No. 129.

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2010

At the 2010 Australian Open he qualified for the main tournament, and beat former World No. 1 Juan Carlos Ferrero in the first round 2–6, 1–6, 6–4, 6–1, 6–1. However, he bowed out to Stefan Koubek 6–7, 1–6, 2–6 in the second round.

Dodig then had a pretty average year, playing many Challenger tournaments throughout the year. He failed to qualify for 2010 French Open, but he had notably reached the second round at 2010 Wimbledon Championships beating Óscar Hernández 6–1, 6–3, 6–3 before stretching Sam Querrey to four tough sets 2–6, 7–5, 3–6, 6–7. He also reached the second round at the 2010 US Open after beating Fernando Gonzalez 6–7, 6–1, 1–0 who retired with a knee injury, but before Dodig retired himself with an injury, trailing 7–6, 2–6, 3–6, 2–3 against Thiemo de Bakker.

2011

At the 2011 Australian Open, Dodig played Ivo Karlović in the 1st round and prevailed in a tough five set match 6–4, 3–6, 6–7, 6–4, 6–4. He was then drawn to play 3rd seed and eventual champion Novak Đoković in the second round. He played extremely well, and although he lost in four sets 5–7, 7–6, 0–6, 2–6 he was the only player to win a set against Djokovic in the whole tournament.

He followed this up with a surprise first tournament win in front of his home crowd at the 2011 PBZ Zagreb Indoors beating last year's finalist Michael Berrer 6–3, 6–4.

He then made a second round appearance at the 2011 Regions Morgan Keegan Championships, losing to the comeback kid Juan Martin del Potro 4–6, 4–6. Dodig then reached the quarterfinals at the 2011 Delray Beach International Tennis Championships after beating Kunitsyn and Sela, before losing to Janko Tipsarević 6–7, 1–6.

First round action in the Davis Cup, a showdown between Croatia vs Germany, saw Dodig up against Kohlschreiber, but he succumbed to the German in five sets 4–6, 6–3, 6–4, 6–7, 4–6. The loss proved costly as Germany went on to prevail 3–2 in the tie to move on to the quarterfinals.

Dodig chose to skip the 2011 BNP Paribas Open.

At the 2011 Sony Ericsson Open he beat Andrey Golubev in the first round 6–7, 6–4, 6–0. However, he lost to World No.4 Robin Söderling 6–3, 2–6, 4–6 despite being up 4–2 in the third set.

At the 2011 Monte-Carlo Rolex Masters, he bowed out to World No.29 Tommy Robredo 4–6, 2–6 in the first round.

Dodig then found some good form heading into the 2011 Barcelona Open Banco Sabadell tournament. In the opening round he beat Vincent Millot 6–2, 6–3 before beating No.3 seed and last year's finalist Robin Söderling 6–2, 6–4. He then went on to claim hard fought scalps over fast-rising Canadian Milos Raonic 7–6, 4–6, 6–3 and home favourite Feliciano Lopez 6–4, 2–6, 6–4 to reach the semifinals of a clay-court tournament for the first time in his career. However in the semifinals, he was inevitably stopped by five-time champion and eventual champion for the 6th time, World No.1 Rafael Nadal who is still yet to lose a match on Barcelona soil. Despite breaking twice as he broke once in each set to hang on with Nadal, Dodig eventually fell 3–6, 2–6 after giving a decent fight, which added to the Spaniard's current winning streak on clay.

In the second round of the Rogers Cup, Dodig stunned world no. 2 Rafael Nadal, 1–6, 7–6, 7–6 after recovering from a 1–6, 1–3 deficit before losing 1–6, 4–6 to Janko Tipsarevic in the third round.

On 30 August 2011 – In the US Open first round Dodig lost to Nikolay Davydenko in a closely fought match. He eventually lost 7–6, 2–6, 6–0, 6–2, 2–6

Career finals

Singles: 2 (1–1)

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)
Outcome No. Date Tournament Surface Opponent in the final Score in the final
Winner 1. 6 February 2011 Zagreb, Croatia Hard (i) Michael Berrer 6–3, 6–4
Runner-up 1. 18 June 2011 s-Hertogenbosch, Netherlands Grass Dmitry Tursunov 3–6, 2–6

Challenger and Futures Titles (5)

Legend (Singles)
ATP Challenger Tour (2)
ITF Futures (3)
No. Date Tournament Surface Opponent in the final Score in the final
1. 4 June 2006 Prijedor, Bosnia and Herzegovina Clay Adam Vejmělka 6–3, 6–2
2. 14 October 2006 Lagos, Nigeria Hard Illya Marchenko 6–3, 6–4
3. 5 October 2008 Mostar, Bosnia and Herzegovina Clay Deniss Pavlovs 6–3, 6–2
4. 29 March 2009 Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina Hard (i) Dominik Meffert 6–4, 6–3
5. 7 November 2010 Astana, Kazakhstan Hard (i) Igor Kunitsyn 6–4, 6–3

Singles performance timeline

Key
W  F  SF QF #R RR Q# A P Z# PO SF-B F NMS

Won tournament, or reached Final, Semifinal, Quarterfinal, Round 4, 3, 2, 1, played in Round Robin or lost in Qualification Round 3, Round 2, Round 1, Absent from a tournament or Participated in a team event, played in a Davis Cup Zonal Group (with its number indication) or Play-Off, won a bronze or silver match at the Olympics. The last is for a Masters Series/1000 tournament that was relegated (Not a Masters Series).

Qualifying matches and Walkovers are neither official match wins nor losses. This table is current through the 2012 Aircel Chennai Open.

Tournament 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 SR W–L Win %
Grand Slam Tournaments
Australian Open 2R 2R 0 / 2 2–2 50
French Open Q2 Q1 1R 0 / 1 0–1 0
Wimbledon Q1 2R 1R 0 / 2 1–2 33.33
US Open Q1 2R 1R 0 / 2 1–2 33.33
Win–Loss 0–0 0–0 3–3 1–4 0–0 0 / 7 4–7 36.36
Davis Cup Singles
World Group QF 1R 0 / 2 1–2 33.33
Win–Loss 0–0 0–0 1–0 0–2 0–0 0 / 2 1–2 33.33
ATP World Tour Masters 1000
Indian Wells Masters
Miami Masters Q2 2R 0 / 1 1–1 50
Monte Carlo Masters Q1 1R 0 / 1 0–1 0
Rome Masters
Madrid Masters
Canada Masters Q2 3R 0 / 1 2–1 66.67
Cincinnati Masters 2R 0 / 1 1–1 50.00
Shanghai Masters 1R 0 / 1 0–1 0.00
Paris Masters 2R 0 / 1 1–1 50.00
Win–Loss 0–0 0–0 0–0 5–6 0–0 0 / 6 5–6 45.45
Career Statistics
Tournaments Played 1 2 7 24 1 35
Titles–Finals 0–0 0–0 0–0 1–2 0–0 1 / 34 1–2 50
Hardcourt Win–Loss 0–1 2–1 6–5 17–16 1–0 1 / 23 26–23 53.06
Grass Win–Loss 0–0 0–0 1–1 5–3 0–0 0 / 4 6–4 60
Clay Win–Loss 0–0 0–1 1–1 4–6 0–0 0 / 8 5–8 38.46
Overall Win–Loss 0–1 2–2 8–7 26–25 1–0 1 / 35 37–35 51.39
Win % 0% 50% 53% 51% 100% 51.39%
Year End Ranking 422 180 88 36 $971,427

External links

Association of Tennis Professionals: Top ten Croatian male singles tennis players as of November 7, 2011
1. Marin Čilić (18 2) · 2. Ivan Ljubičić (31 ) · 3. Ivan Dodig (39 4) · 4. Ivo Karlović (55 ) · 5. Antonio Veić (160 1)
6. Kristijan Mesaroš (268 33) · 7. Franko Škugor (315 ) · 8. Nikola Mektić (318 24)  · 9. Dino Marcan (356 26) · 10. Toni Androic (360 3)