Began playing at age eight…Father, Tomislav; mother, Davorka; brothers Zeljko and Mladen who both work as tennis coach…Speaks Croatian and English…Enjoys music, movies, table tennis and video games…Childhood idol was countryman Goran Ivanisevic. Considers hard-court his favourite surface and his serve as favourite shot…Physical trainer is Stjepan Medak...
DEUCE Dodig Feature (Feb. 2012)
2012 -- The Croat finished in the Top 75 for 2nd straight year and best ATP World Tour result was Valencia SF. Also QF in Zagreb and at London/Queen’s Club where he defeated No. 5 Tsonga in 3rd set TB (l. to Querrey)...In Grand Slam play, won only match at US Open (d. Moriya, l. to eventual champion Murray)... Represented his country in Davis Cup (1-2), World Team Cup (1-2) and Olympics (1R)...Went 1-3 vs. Top 10 opponents and compiled records of 10-14 on hard, 3-4 on grass and 3-8 on clay...
2011 -- The Croat finished in Top 50 for 1st time, highlighted by 1st career ATP World Tour title in hometown of Zagreb (d. Berrer) and personal-high 26 match wins, 18 more from previous year…Was 1 of 10 first-time ATP World Tour winners in 2011...In June, was runner-up on grass in 's-Hertogenbosch (l. to Tursunov)…Also a SF in Barcelona (l. to Nadal) in April and QF at Delray Beach (l. to Tipsarevic) in February...His best Grand Slam result was 2R at Australian Open, (l. to eventual champion Djokovic in 4 sets - only player to take a set off Serb)...Went 2-7 vs. Top 10 foes with wins over No. 5 Soderling in Barcelona and No. 2 Nadal in Montréal, both in 2R...Compiled marks of 17-16 on hard, 5-3 on grass and 4-6 on clay…Earned a career-high $645,735...
2010 -- The Zagreb resident finished in Top 100 for first time at a year-end best No. 88, highlighted by his second career ATP World Tour QF in Stockholm (l. to Ljubicic) as a qualifer…Qualified five times during season, including Australian Open, Wimbledon and US Open, reaching second round each time…His best win of the season came at Australian Open where he beat No. 23 Ferrero in five sets before losing to Koubek in 2nd RD…In Challenger play, compiled a 19-12 match record, winning title at Astana-2 (d. Kunitsyn) in November and reaching final at Ostrava (l. Rosol) in May…Went 8-7 in ATP play and won a career high $189,953...
2009 -- Qualified in Zagreb and reached his 1st ATP World Tour QF (d. Andreev, Gulbis, l. to Ancic)…Won Sarajevo Challenger (d. Meffert) and reached finals in Ostrava (l. to Hajek) and Kolding (l. to Bogdanovic)...
2008 -- Made ATP debut as a qualifier in Marseille and lost to No. 3 Djokovic in 1R...
2013
Advanced to 3R of a Grand Slam tournament for first time in 12th major at Australian Open (d. Chinese WC Di, Nieminen in five sets) before losing to No. 10 Gasquet...On 10 February, partnering Pavic finished runner-up at Zagreb for second straight year (l. to Knowle-Polasek)…Dropped to 2-3 lifetime in ATP World Tour SFs after losing in Munich SFs (l. to Haas)…
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