Dušan Lajović

Dušan Lajović

Country	Serbia
Residence	Stara Pazova, Serbia
Born	(1990-06-30) 30 June 1990 Belgrade, SR Serbia, SFR Yugoslavia
Height	1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
Plays	Right-handed (one-handed backhand)
Prize money	$895,431
Singles
Career record	26–39 (40.00%)
Career titles	0
Highest ranking	No. 57 (27 October 2014)
Current ranking	No. 71 (2 March 2015)
Grand Slam Singles results
Australian Open	2R (2014)
French Open	4R (2014)
Wimbledon	2R (2014)
US Open	1R (2014)
Doubles
Career record	6–8
Career titles	0
Highest ranking	No. 221 (27 October 2014)
Team competitions
Davis Cup	F (2013)
Last updated on: 27 October 2014.

Dušan Lajović (Serbian Cyrillic: Душан Лајовић; born 30 June 1990) is a professional tennis player from Serbia.

Tennis career

Lajović reached his highest individual ranking on the ATP Tour on 3 February 2014, when he became World No. 101. For a long time, he primarily played on the Futures circuit and the Challenger circuit. In 2011 he qualified for the Kremlin Cup, and lost in the first round of the main draw. In the 2011 St. Petersburg Open, he reached the quarter finals. In 2012, he began working with a new coach, Boris Bošnjaković, played in the Davis Cup for the first time, reached the finals of 2012 Orbetello Challenger and won the 2012 Samarkand Challenger. Replacing an injured Janko Tipsarevic, he played two live rubbers in the 2013 Davis Cup final, including the deciding rubber against Radek Stepanek of the Czech Republic. He was defeated comfortably in both but was praised by team-mate Novak Djokovic for how he coped with the big occasion. His first appearance in main draw of grand slam was at 2014 Australian Open and he reached 2nd round where he lost to Kei Nishikori. He bettered this at the 2014 French Open by reaching the fourth round where he was beaten in straight sets by world number one, Rafael Nadal.

ATP career finals

Doubles: 1 (1 runner-up)

Outcome	No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Runner-up	1.	27 July 2014	ATP Vegeta Croatia Open Umag, Umag, Croatia	Clay	Franko Škugor	František Čermák Lukáš Rosol	4–6, 6–7(5–7)

Singles performance timeline

Team competition: 1 (0–1)

Outcome	No.	Date	Team competition	Surface	Partner/Team	Opponents	Score
Runner-up	1.	15–17 November 2013	Davis Cup, Belgrade, Serbia	Hard (i)	Novak Djokovic Nenad Zimonjić Ilija Bozoljac	Tomáš Berdych Radek Štěpánek Lukáš Rosol Jan Hájek	2–3

ATP Challenger Tour and ITF Futures finals

Singles: 13 (8–5)

Outcome	No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Opponent	Score
Winner	1.	10 August 2009	Sombor, Serbia	Clay	Aleksandar Slović	6–3, 6–4
Runner–up	1.	14 June 2010	Belgrade, Serbia	Clay	Oleksandr Nedovyesov	4–6, 2–6
Winner	2.	2 August 2010	Novi Sad, Serbia	Clay	Aldin Šetkić	6–0, 4–6, 6–3
Runner–up	2.	22 August 2010	Este Padova, Italy	Clay	Matteo Viola	5–7, 1–6
Runner–up	3.	31 October 2010	Cairo, Egypt	Clay	Miljan Zekić	1–6, 6–3, 4–6
Winner	3.	23 January 2011	Antalya, Turkey	Hard	Artem Smirnov	WEA
Winner	4.	19 March 2011	Cividino, Italy	Hard	Andrea Stoppini	3–6, 6–4, 6–3
Winner	5.	25 March 2011	Foggia, Italy	Clay	Walter Trusendi	6–2, 6–7(7–9), 6–2
Winner	6.	2 October 2011	Umag, Croatia	Clay	Andrey Kuznetsov	6–4, 0–6, 7–5
Runner–up	4.	29 July 2012	Orbetello, Italy	Clay	Roberto Bautista Agut	3–6, 1–6
Winner	7.	11 August 2012	Samarkand, Uzbekistan	Clay	Farrukh Dustov	6–3, 6–2
Winner	8.	9 June 2013	Caltanissetta, Italy	Clay	Robin Haase	7–6(7–4), 6–3
Runner–up	5.	16 June 2013	Blois, France	Clay	Julian Reister	1–6, 7–6(7–3), 6–7(2–7)
Winner	9.	2 November 2013	Seoul, South Korea	Hard	Julian Reister	W/O

Doubles: 5 (4–1)

Outcome	No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Winner	1.	29 June 2008	Belgrade, Serbia	Clay	Nikola Čačić	David Savić Miljan Zekić	7–6(8–6), 3–6, [10–8]
Runner–up	1.	25 October 2009	Cairo, Egypt	Clay	Nikola Ćirić	Oscar Burrieza-Lopez Javier Marti	4–6, 6–1, [9–11]
Winner	2.	16 May 2010	Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina	Clay	Miljan Zekić	Mirza Bašić Zlatan Kadrić	6–3, 6–4
Winner	3.	15 August 2010	Novi Sad, Serbia	Clay	Ilija Vučić	Javier Herrera-Eguiluz Brendan Moore	7–5, 5–7, [10–8]
Winner	4.	24 October 2010	Cairo, Egypt	Clay	Miljan Zekić	Alexander Lobkov Alexander Rumyantsev	7–6(7–5), 7–6(10–8)

References

• Dušan Lajović at the Association of Tennis Professionals
• Dušan Lajović at the International Tennis Federation
• Dušan Lajović at the Davis Cup

Association of Tennis Professionals: Top ten Serbian male singles tennis players as of 2 March 2015 1. Novak Djokovic (1 ) 2. Viktor Troicki (4113) 3. Dušan Lajović (71 3) 4. Filip Krajinović (100 3) 5. Laslo Djere (243 54) 6. Peđa Krstin (252 5) 7. Nikola Čačić (338 2) 8. Miljan Zekić (34352) 9. Nikola Milojević (350 36) 10. Ilija Bozoljac (375 170)