Nickname is “Ali” or “Benki”…Speaks English, Slovenian and Croatian…Started playing tennis aged seven with plastic racquets…Father, Branko, works for a computer company; mother, Darlen, works for the Ministry of Defence; twin brother, Andraz, is a tennis coach and owns his investment company…Favourite surface is clay and shot is forehand…Favourite tournament is Roland Garros…Idols growing up were Fernando Gonzalez, David Nalbandian, Michael Schumacher (Formula One), Alberto Tomba (skier)…Would love to be a football player…Supports Real Madrid (football), Union Olimpija (basketball) and Cristiano Ronaldo (football)…First represented Slovenia in Davis Cup in March 2010...Trains in London and Ljubljana; previously trained in Vienna…(Physical trainer is Matej Mihelio (since 2011)…
2012 -- The No. 2 player from Slovenia finished in Top 100 for 1st time with consistent results in Challenger play. Compiled a 32-10 match record and won 4 titles...In limited ATP World Tour play, went 4-4, qualifying in Belgrade and reaching 2R (d. Klizan, l. to Nalbandian). Also reached 1st ATP Tour QF in Vienna (d. Garcia-Lopez, Young; l. to Tipsarevic)...Of his 4 Challenger titles 3 came on clay, in Casablanca (d. Devilder) in March, Barletta (d. Starace) in April, Kosice (d. Greul) in June. The following month, won title on hard courts in Wuhan (d. Ouanna) and finished runner-up in An-Ning (l. to Zemlja)...Tried to qualify in each Grand Slam tournament and lost in 2R at Australian Open, Roland Garros and US Open...Earned a career-high $108,616...
2011 -- Made ATP main draw debut as qualifier in Vienna (d. Karlovic, l. to Haas)...Won Barletta Challenger
(d. Volandri) and SF at 2 other events...Also reached 1 Futures final...
2010 -- Did not play after Wimbledon qualifying due to right wrist injury (same injury also occured in ‘08 and was sidelined 7 months and in ‘11, missing 4 months)...Successfully qualified twice in 5 attempts at Challenger events...Compiled 7-2 record min Futures, with 1 final...
2009 -- Was 53-16 in Futures events, reaching 7 Futures finals, winning 5 titles, including at 3 consecutive events in August...
2013
At 23 years, 5 months, Bedene reached his first ATP World Tour SF with a straight sets win over Wawrinka…Lost to Tipsarevic SFs in 3 sets…