Dušan Lajović

Dušan Lajović
Country (sports)  Serbia
Residence Stara Pazova, Serbia
Born (1990-06-30) 30 June 1990
Belgrade, SR Serbia, SFR Yugoslavia
Height 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)
Turned pro 2007
Plays Right-handed (one-handed backhand)
Coach Jose Perlas
Prize money $3,146,333
Singles
Career record 95–120 (44.19%)
Career titles 0
Highest ranking No. 52 (8 October 2018)
Current ranking No. 52 (8 October 2018)
Grand Slam Singles results
Australian Open 2R (2014, 2016, 2017)
French Open 4R (2014)
Wimbledon 2R (2014, 2017)
US Open 3R (2018)
Doubles
Career record 24–41 (36.92%)
Career titles 1
Highest ranking No. 104 (8 June 2015)
Current ranking No. 277 (1 October 2018)
Grand Slam Doubles results
Australian Open 2R (2017)
French Open 2R (2015)
Wimbledon 2R (2018)
US Open 2R (2014, 2018)
Team competitions
Davis Cup F (2013)
Last updated on: 1 October 2018.

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

Lajović has won one doubles title[1] on the ATP Tour in his career. On 24 September 2018, Lajović reached his best singles ranking of world No. 53.[2] On 8 June 2015, he peaked at world number 104[3] in the doubles rankings. He is best known for a very powerful first serve, up to 232 km/h (144 mph) along with strong baseline groundstrokes. In recent years, he has proven to be a reliable and consistent player for the Serbian Davis Cup team contributing to their achieving one final, one semifinal, and three quarterfinals.

Tennis career

For a long time, Lajović 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 for the first time in his career. 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.

2014: French Open round of 16

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 & eventual champion Rafael Nadal.

2015: First ATP doubles title & second Davis Cup quarterfinal

Partnered with Radu Albot, they won the Istanbul doubles title, marking the first ATP doubles title for the Serb. At the French Open he lost to eventual champion Stan Wawrinka in the second round in four sets.

2016: Third Davis Cup quarterfinal

At the 2016 Argentina Open, Lajović reached quarterfinals defeating world No. 12 John Isner en route.[4] He reached semifinals of the 2016 Brasil Open after beating top seed and world No. 20 Benoît Paire in the second round, that was his first tour-level semifinal appearance after losing all eight prior quarterfinals matches before in his career.[5] This was followed by semifinal appearances at the Generali Open & Los Cabos Open.

2017: Masters round of 16 & Davis Cup semifinal

In Indian wells, the Serbian defeated five opponents to reach the fourth round eventually losing to Pablo Carreno Busta. His contributions in successful Davis Cup ties against Russia & Spain, resulted in Serbia making the semifinal where he defeated Lucas Pouille but lost to Jo-Wilfried Tsonga.

2018: Masters quarterfinal

At the Australian Open he lost in five sets to US open quarter-finalist Diego Schwartzman in his opening match. His next match was a five set loss to Miami masters champion John Isner in a Davis Cup tie. A temporary return to the Challenger Tour resulted in winning the Open Region Guadeloupe. After qualifying for the Monte Carlo Masters, he faced 12 time grand slam champion Novak Djokovic, losing in straight sets. At the Madrid Masters he defeated former top ten player Richard Gasquet in the second round, followed by a victory over world No. 6 Juan Martín del Potro, falling to world No. 8 Kevin Anderson in the quarterfinal. This clay court season was topped off with a semifinal appearance at the Lyon Open & a five set loss at the French open to world No. 3 Alexander Zverev. His first round match at Wimbledon was against defending champion & world No. 2 Roger Federer, he would lose in 3 clear sets. At the China open he was able to secure his second victory over a top 10 player, defeating world No. 7 Grigor Dimitrov.

Style of playing

Lajovic plays his best games on clay courts, but can also be a very dangerous player on hard courts or grass because of his very powerful first serve up to 220 km/h (137 mph), along with powerful groundstrokes and power forehand from the baseline. He also utilizes the serve and volley, depending on the court. He uses a powerful one handed backhand.

Personal life

Lajovic was born 30 June 1990 in Belgrade, Serbia to parents Marina and Dragisa Lajovic. He started playing tennis when he was 8 years old in T.K. Stara Pazova and later continued in T.K. Partizan Belgrade. He lives in Stara Pazova, Serbia where he owns a cafe-restaurant. Lajovic's nickname is Duci (Dutzee). He is in a relationship with longtime girlfriend Lidija Mikic, who is a student of medicine.

ATP career finals

Doubles: 2 (1 title, 1 runner-up)

Legend
Grand Slam Tournaments (0–0)
ATP World Tour Finals (0–0)
ATP World Tour Masters 1000 (0–0)
ATP World Tour 500 Series (0–0)
ATP World Tour 250 Series (1–1)
Finals by surface
Hard (0–0)
Clay (1–1)
Grass (0–0)
Carpet (0–0)
Result W–L    Date    Tournament Tier Surface Partner Opponents Score
Loss 0–1 Jul 2014 Croatia Open, Croatia 250 Series Clay Croatia Franko Škugor Czech Republic František Čermák
Czech Republic Lukáš Rosol		 4–6, 6–7(5–7)
Win 1–1 May 2015 Istanbul Open, Turkey 250 Series Clay Moldova Radu Albot Sweden Robert Lindstedt
Austria Jürgen Melzer		 6–4, 7–6(7–2)

Team competition finals

Result Date Team competition Surface Partner/Team Opponents Score
Loss Nov 2013 Davis Cup, Belgrade, Serbia Hard (i) Serbia Novak Djokovic
Serbia Nenad Zimonjić
Serbia Ilija Bozoljac		 Czech Republic Tomáš Berdych
Czech Republic Radek Štěpánek
Czech Republic Lukáš Rosol
Czech Republic Jan Hájek		 2–3

ATP Challenger Tour and ITF Futures finals

Singles: 17 (12–5)

Legend
ATP Challenger (6–2)
ITF Futures (6–3)
Result Date Tournament Category Surface Opponent Score
Win Aug 2009 Sombor, Serbia Futures Clay Serbia Aleksandar Slović 6–3, 6–4
Loss Jun 2010 Belgrade, Serbia Futures Clay Ukraine Oleksandr Nedovyesov 4–6, 2–6
Win Aug 2010 Novi Sad, Serbia Futures Clay Bosnia and Herzegovina Aldin Šetkić 6–0, 4–6, 6–3
Loss Aug 2010 Este Padova, Italy Futures Clay Italy Matteo Viola 5–7, 1–6
Loss Oct 2010 Cairo, Egypt Futures Clay Serbia Miljan Zekić 1–6, 6–3, 4–6
Win Jan 2011 Antalya, Turkey Futures Hard Ukraine Artem Smirnov WEA
Win Mar 2011 Cividino, Italy Futures Hard Italy Andrea Stoppini 3–6, 6–4, 6–3
Win Mar 2011 Foggia, Italy Futures Clay Italy Walter Trusendi 6–2, 6–7(7–9), 6–2
Win Oct 2011 Umag, Croatia Futures Clay Russia Andrey Kuznetsov 6–4, 0–6, 7–5
Loss Jul 2012 Orbetello, Italy Challenger Clay Spain Roberto Bautista Agut 3–6, 1–6
Win Aug 2012 Samarkand, Uzbekistan Challenger Clay Uzbekistan Farrukh Dustov 6–3, 6–2
Win Jun 2013 Caltanissetta, Italy Challenger Clay Netherlands Robin Haase 7–6(7–4), 6–3
Loss Jun 2013 Blois, France Challenger Clay Germany Julian Reister 1–6, 7–6(7–3), 6–7(2–7)
Win Nov 2013 Seoul, South Korea Challenger Hard Germany Julian Reister W/O
Win Sep 2015 Banja Luka, Bosnia and Herzegovina Challenger Hard Romania Victor Hănescu 7–6(7–5), 7–6(7–5)
Win Jul 2017 Båstad, Sweden Challenger Clay Argentina Leonardo Mayer 6–2, 7–6(7–4)
Win Apr 2018 Le Gosier, Guadeloupe Challenger Hard United States Denis Kudla 6–4, 6–0

Doubles: 6 (4–2)

Legend
ATP Challenger (0–1)
ITF Futures (4–1)
Result Date Tournament Category Surface Partner Opponents Score
Win Jun 2008 Belgrade, Serbia Futures Clay Serbia Nikola Čačić Serbia David Savić
Serbia Miljan Zekić		 7–6(8–6), 3–6, [10–8]
Loss Oct 2009 Cairo, Egypt Futures Clay Serbia Nikola Ćirić Spain Oscar Burrieza-Lopez
Spain Javier Marti		 4–6, 6–1, [9–11]
Win May 2010 Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina Futures Clay Serbia Miljan Zekić Bosnia and Herzegovina Mirza Bašić
Bosnia and Herzegovina Zlatan Kadrić		 6–3, 6–4
Win Aug 2010 Novi Sad, Serbia Futures Clay Serbia Ilija Vučić Mexico Javier Herrera-Eguiluz
Australia Brendan Moore		 7–5, 5–7, [10–8]
Win Oct 2010 Cairo, Egypt Futures Clay Serbia Miljan Zekić Russia Alexander Lobkov
Russia Alexander Rumyantsev		 7–6(7–5), 7–6(10–8)
Loss Sep 2015 Sibiu, Romania Challenger Clay Serbia Ilija Bozoljac Romania Victor Crivoi
Romania Petru-Alexandru Luncanu		 4–6, 3–6

Singles performance timeline

Key
W  F  SF QF #R RR Q# A NH

(W) Won; (F) finalist; (SF) semifinalist; (QF) quarterfinalist; (#R) rounds 4, 3, 2, 1; (RR) round-robin stage; (Q#) qualification round; (A) absent; (NH) not held. SR=strike rate (events won/competed)

To avoid confusion and double counting, these charts are updated at the conclusion of a tournament or when the player's participation has ended.

Current till 2018 Shanghai Rolex Masters.

Tournament201020112012201320142015201620172018SRW–LWin%
Grand Slam tournaments
Australian Open A A Q1 Q2 2R 1R 2R 2R 1R 0 / 5 3–5 38%
French Open A A Q1 Q3 4R 2R 2R 1R 2R 0 / 5 6–5 55%
Wimbledon A A Q1 Q1 2R 1R 1R 2R 1R 0 / 5 2–5 29%
US Open A A A Q1 1R Q1 1R 1R 3R 0 / 4 2–4 33%
Win–Loss 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 5–4 1–3 2–4 2–4 3–4 0 / 19 13–19 41%
ATP World Tour Masters 1000
Indian Wells Masters A A A A 1R 1R 1R 4R 2R 0 / 5 4–5 44%
Miami Open A A A A 3R 1R 2R 1R 2R 0 / 5 3–5 38%
Monte-Carlo Masters A A A A Q1 A A Q1 1R 0 / 1 0–1 0%
Madrid Open A A A A A A Q2 A QF 0 / 1 3–1 75%
Italian Open A A A A Q2 1R Q1 A Q2 0 / 1 0–1 0%
Canadian Open A A A A A A A A A 0 / 0 0–0  – 
Cincinnati Masters A A A A A A A Q1 1R 0 / 1 0–1 0%
Shanghai Masters A A A A A A Q2 1R Q1 0 / 1 0–1 0%
Paris Masters A A A A Q1 2R 1R Q1 0 / 2 1–2 33%
Win–Loss 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 1–2 1–4 1–3 3–3 5–5 0 / 17 11–17 39%
National representation
Davis Cup A A QF F 1R QF QF SF 1R 0 / 7 9–7 56%
World Team Cup RR RR A Not Held 0 / 2 1–1 50%
Win–Loss 0–1 1–0 1–0 0–2 2–2 1–0 1–1 3–1 1–1 0 / 9 10–8 56%
Career statistics
Tournaments 1 5 1 4 17 21 22 21 21 113
Overall Win–Loss 0–2 3–5 2–1 0–6 16–19 17–21 19–23 18–22 22–22 0 / 113 97–121 44%
Win (%) 0% 38% 67% 0% 46% 45% 45% 45% 50% 44.5%
Year-end ranking 434 190 163 116 69 76 93 75 $3,146,333
Statistics last updated on October 6, 2018

Top 10 wins

# Player Rank Event Surface Rd Score DL Rank
2018
1. Argentina Juan Martín del Potro 6 Madrid Open, Spain Clay 3R 3–6, 6–4, 7–6(8–6) 95
2. Bulgaria Grigor Dimitrov 8 China Open, China Hard 2R 6–4, 2–6, 6–4 55

References

  1. ↑ http://www.atpworldtour.com/en/news/istanbul-2015-doubles-final-albot-lajovic
  2. ↑ http://www.atpworldtour.com/en/rankings/singles?rankDate=2018-09-17&countryCode=SRB
  3. ↑ http://www.atpworldtour.com/en/rankings/doubles?rankDate=2015-06-08&rankRange=1-5000&countryCode=SRB
  4. ↑ http://sport.blic.rs/tenis/veliki-trijumf-dusan-lajovic-srusio-iznera/4cdts2h
  5. ↑ http://www.atpworldtour.com/en/news/cuevas-beats-monteiro-in-sao-paulo-qfs-2016
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