Borna Ćorić

Borna Ćorić
Country  Croatia
Residence Zagreb, Croatia
Born 14 November 1996
Zagreb, Croatia
Height 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)
Turned pro 2014
Plays Right-handed (two-handed backhand)
Coach(es) Željko Krajan (2014–2015)
Thomas Johansson (2015–present)
Prize money $451,837
Singles
Career record 14–17 (ATP Tour, Grand Slam and Davis Cup)
Career titles 0
Highest ranking No. 54 (13 April 2015)
Current ranking No. 54 (13 April 2015)
Grand Slam Singles results
Australian Open 1R (2015)
Wimbledon Q1 (2014)
US Open 2R (2014)
Doubles
Career record 0–2
Career titles 0
Highest ranking No. 560 (13 October 2014)
Current ranking No. 781 (6 April 2015)
Last updated on: 6 April 2015.

Borna Ćorić (pronounced: [cho:rich]; born 14 November 1996) is a Croatian professional tennis player.[1] On April 13, 2015, he reached his best singles ranking of world no. 54, and is now the youngest player on the ATP top 100 ranking list.

Junior career

In 2013, Ćorić reached the semifinals of both the Australian and French Open junior events, before going on to win the boys' singles event at the US Open against Australian Thanasi Kokkinakis in three sets. As a result, Ćorić moved to number 1 in the junior rankings.[2][3] He also began playing on the ITF Futures circuit, winning five singles titles.

Tournament20122013
Junior Grand Slam Tournaments
Australian Open 2R SF
French Open 1R SF
Wimbledon 2R QF
US Open 2R W

Professional career

2013

Ćorić made his senior debut at the 2013 Davis Cup, after he was selected for Croatia's World Group Play-off tie against Great Britain. He was thrown right in at the deep end with his first ever best-of-5 sets match against world number 3, Andy Murray. Despite showing promise, matching the Scot's level in the first 6 games, and breaking his serve in the third set, he would ultimately go on to lose in straight sets.

2014

In April, Ćorić defeated no. 21 Jerzy Janowicz on the first day of Davis Cup, Croatia versus Poland. In May, he made the semifinals of the China Challenger, further improving his ranking.

In July, in the first round of the clay court event in Umag where he was playing with a wildcard, Ćorić scored another notable win over a top-50 player, beating seventh seed, no. 46 Édouard Roger-Vasselin in straight sets. He beat qualifier Horacio Zeballos in the second round to reach his first ATP quarterfinal. In the quarterfinal, he faced second seed Fabio Fognini and lost in three sets. Ćorić entered the top 200 for the first time on July 28 after his run in Umag, at no. 194.

In August, Ćorić qualified for the main draw of the US Open, his first appearance in the main draw of a Grand Slam. He upset 29th seed Lukáš Rosol in the first round in straight sets, before falling to Víctor Estrella Burgos in the second round.

On 21 September, Ćorić won his first ATP Challenger Tour title in İzmir after a three-set win over no. 94, Malek Jaziri, and he entered the top 150 for the first time at the age of 17 and 10 months, at no. 140.

In October, he was given a wildcard for the Swiss Indoors, where he achieved his first victory over a top-20 player, no. 13 Ernests Gulbis, in straight sets. In the second round he beat no. 66 Andrey Golubev, and then went on to record the biggest victory of his career thus far, defeating world no. 3, Rafael Nadal, in the quarterfinals. His run to the semifinals launched him into the world's top 100 for the first time (at no. 93), becoming the youngest player to do so since Nadal in 2003.[4] In the semifinal, he lost to no. 28, David Goffin, in three sets.

In November, Ćorić won the ATP Star of Tomorrow, awarded by the ATP Awards, for being the youngest player in the top 100.[5]

2015

Ćorić began the season in Chennai, defeating Dutchman Robin Haase before losing to eventual champion Stan Wawrinka. At the Australian Open, Ćorić received his first ever direct entry into the main draw of a Grand Slam tournament. He faced 29th seed Jeremy Chardy in the first round; however, he lost in four sets. In February, after losing to Sergiy Stakhovsky and Gilles Simon in the first round in Zagreb and second round in Marseille respectively, Ćorić made his second ATP 500 semifinal of his career in Dubai, defeating world number 3, Andy Murray, in straight sets in the quarterfinals, his second win over a top 5 player; this was despite Ćorić losing in the qualifying tournament, and requiring entrance into the main draw as a Lucky Loser.[6] In the semifinals, he lost to world number 2, Roger Federer, in straight sets.

ATP Challengers and ITF Futures finals

Singles: 7 (6 Titles)

Legend
ATP Challengers (1–0)
ITF Futures (5–1)
Outcome No. Date Tournament Surface Opponent Score
Winner 1. 2013 Great Britain F9, Bournemouth Clay United Kingdom Daniel Cox 6–7(4), 6–4, 6–3
Winner 2. 2013 Turkey F32, İzmir Hard France Enzo Couacaud 6–7(0), 7–6(1), 7–5
Winner 3. 2013 Turkey F33, İzmir Hard South Africa Tucker Vorster 6–4, 6–4
Winner 4. 2013 Nigeria F1, Lagos Hard Croatia Ante Pavić 6–4, 6–3
Winner 5. 2013 Turkey F51, Istanbul Hard (I) Turkey Baris Erguden 6–4, 3–6, 6–3
Runner-up 6. 2014 China F4, Chengdu Hard China Wu Di 4–6, 2–6
Winner 7. 2014 İzmir Challenger, İzmir Hard Tunisia Malek Jaziri 6–1, 6–7(7–9), 6-4

Junior Grand Slam finals

Singles: 1 (1–0)

Outcome Year Championship Surface Opponent Score
Winner 2013 US Open Hard Australia Thanasi Kokkinakis 3–6, 6–3, 6–1

Singles performance timeline

Grand Slam Singles performance timeline

Tournament20142015W–L
Grand Slam Tournaments
Australian Open A 1R 0–1
French Open A 0–0
Wimbledon Q1 0–0
US Open 2R 1–1
Win–Loss 1–1 0–1 1–2

Wins over top 10 players per season

# Player Rank Event Surface Rd Score
2014
1. Spain Rafael Nadal 3 Basel, Switzerland Hard (i) QF 6–2, 7–6(7–4)
2015
2. United Kingdom Andy Murray 3 Dubai, United Arab Emirates Hard QF 6–1, 6–3

Awards

References

  1. "ATP Profile". atpworldtour.com. Retrieved 3 November 2014.
  2. "Croatians Coric, Konjuh win junior US Open titles". The Washington Post. September 8, 2013.
  3. "Hrvati poharali US Open! Konjuh i Ćorić pobjednici juniorskih turnira!" (in Croatian). Index. September 8, 2013.
  4. Herman, Martyn (1 November 2014). "Teenager Coric is a man on a mission". Reuters. Retrieved 3 November 2014.
  5. Associated Press (November 5, 2014). "Federer wins sportsmanship award". ESPN. Retrieved November 5, 2014.
  6. "Nerveless Coric Takes Out Murray In Dubai". ATP. 26 February 2015. Retrieved 26 February 2015.

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Awards
Preceded by
Czech Republic Jiří Veselý
ATP Star of Tomorrow
2014
Succeeded by
Incumbent