Marko Djokovic

Marko Djokovic

Country (sports)	Serbia
Residence	Belgrade, Serbia
Born	(1991-08-20) August 20, 1991 Belgrade, Serbia, SFR Yugoslavia
Height	1.87 m (6 ft 1 1⁄2 in)
Turned pro	2007
Plays	Right-handed (two-handed backhand)
Prize money	US$ 71,525
Singles
Career record	0–4 (0% in Grand Slam and ATP World Tour main draw matches, and in Davis Cup)
Career titles	0 1 Futures
Highest ranking	No. 581 (22 October 2012)
Grand Slam Singles results
Australian Open Junior	1R (2008)
Doubles
Career record	1–8 (11.11% in Grand Slam and ATP World Tour main draw matches, and in Davis Cup)
Career titles	0 4 Futures
Highest ranking	No. 629 (29 July 2013)
Last updated on: 17 July 2017.

Marko Djokovic (Serbian: Марко Ђоковић, Marko Đoković, pronounced [mâːrkɔ d͡ʑɔ̂ːkɔʋit͡ɕ]; born August 20, 1991) is a Serbian professional tennis player. He is the middle of the three children of Dijana and Srđan Đoković,^[1] younger brother of Novak Djokovic and elder to Đorđe.

Tennis career

Marko Djokovic appeared on the junior ITF circuit in September 2006. In July 2007, he failed to qualify on the Croatia Open Umag, losing to Pablo Andújar 6–2, 6–1 in the 1st round of qualifying.^[2] He also played, with his elder brother Novak, one doubles match in his career, having been beaten by Édouard Roger-Vasselin and Mathieu Montcourt 7–5, 6–1.

Djokovic also has lost in two Futures tournaments in Novi Sad in the first round, both times to compatriot Saša Stojisavljević. He contested the Australian Open Juniors in 2008, losing in the first round to Clifford Marsland in 3 sets.

Djokovic won his first junior title at the Montenegro Open in Podgorica, defeating Ljubomir Čelebić in the final.^[3] In July 2008, Djokovic received a wildcard entry into the qualifying rounds of the Croatia Open in Umag but was beaten by Italian Francesco Piccari.^[4] In September 2008, in his first ever main ATP Tour event, he received a wild card entry into the main draw of the Thailand Open.^[5] He was defeated in the first round by Jarkko Nieminen 6–2, 6–0.

On May 7, 2009, Djoković, with Darko Mađarovski (both wildcards), defeated ATP Doubles world number 2 duo Daniel Nestor and Nenad Zimonjić, by 7–6, 2–6, [10–6], in the opening round of the Serbia Open, an ATP World Tour 250 tournament. This was Marko's first ever ATP win.

Djoković was given a wildcard for the 2012 Dubai Duty Free Tournament, and opened the ATP 500 event against Andrei Golubev of Kazakhstan, losing in straight sets.^[6] According to his elder brother Novak, he has stopped playing tennis.^[7]

Career statistics

Challengers and futures finals

Singles 2 (1–1)

Outcome	#	Date	Tournament	Surface	Opponent	Score
Runner-up	1.	15 August 2010	Novi Sad, Serbia F5	Clay	Aldin Šetkić	1–6, 1–6
Winner	1.	15 July 2012	Belgrade, Serbia F5	Clay	Carlos Gómez-Herrera	4–1, retired

Doubles 5 (4–1)

Outcome	#	Date	Tournament	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Winner	1.	14 July 2012	Belgrade, Serbia F5	Clay	Matthew Short	Bojan Zdravković Stefan Micov	7–6(7–4), 7–5
Winner	2.	18 August 2012	Novi Sad, Serbia F9	Clay	Carlos Gómez-Herrera	Mate Čutura Franjo Raspudić	6–4, 6–3
Winner	3.	13 July 2013	Belgrade, Serbia F4	Clay	Matthew Short	Ivan Bjelica Matej Sabanov	6–4, 6–4
Winner	4.	9 November 2013	Heraklion, Greece F18	Hard	Carlos Gómez-Herrera	Luke Bambridge Oliver Golding	6–1, 6–7(3–6), [13–11]
Runner-up	1.	21 June 2014	Belgrade, Serbia F2	Clay	Ljubomir Čelebić	Jake Eames Gavin Van Peperzeel	2–6, 0–6

References

External links

• Marko Djokovic at the Association of Tennis Professionals
• Marko Djokovic at the International Tennis Federation
• Marko Djokovic at the International Tennis Federation Junior Profile