Nikola Mektić

Nikola Mektić

Country (sports)	Croatia
Residence	Zagreb, Croatia
Born	(1988-12-24) 24 December 1988 Zagreb, Yugoslavia
Height	1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
Turned pro	2006
Plays	Right-handed
Prize money	$1,179,915
Singles
Career record	3–8
Career titles	0
Highest ranking	No. 213 (6 May 2013)
Grand Slam Singles results
Australian Open	Q2 (2011)
French Open	Q1 (2013)
Wimbledon	Q3 (2011)
US Open	Q2 (2010)
Doubles
Career record	77–57
Career titles	4
Highest ranking	No. 16 (10 September 2018)
Current ranking	No. 17 (1 October 2018)
Grand Slam Doubles results
Australian Open	3R (2017)
French Open	SF (2018)
Wimbledon	SF (2017)
US Open	3R (2018)
Grand Slam Mixed Doubles results
French Open	2R (2018)
Wimbledon	3R (2017)
US Open	F (2018)
Last updated on: 2 October 2018.

Nikola Mektić (born 24 December 1988) is a Croatian professional tennis player who specializes in doubles. He reached the semifinals of the Men's Doubles 2017 Wimbledon Championships and the Men's Doubles 2018 French Open. He also won the 2018 Mutua Madrid Open Masters 1000 event. In October 2018 Mektić achieved his highest career ranking at No. 13. The same year surpassed the 1,000,000 $ mark in career earnings.

Early and personal life

Mektić was born in Zagreb, Croatia in 1988 to Mirko (father) and Višnja (mother). He began playing tennis at age 6 after his brother Luka took up the sport. He supports LeBron James and the Cleveland Cavaliers (NBA).

Career

After toiling on the ATP challenger tour for a better part of a decade and achieving a career high ranking of 213 in singles (on May 6, 2013) ^[1], in 2016 he decided to focus on doubles. The same year Mektić reached his first ATP men's doubles finals at the Croatia Open in Umag. Since then, he has won four ATP men's doubles titles.

Significant finals

Grand Slam tournament finals

Mixed doubles: 1 (1 runner-up)

Outcome	Year	Championship	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Loss	2018	US Open	Hard	Alicja Rosolska	Bethanie Mattek-Sands Jamie Murray	6–2, 3–6, [9–11]

Masters 1000 finals

Doubles: 1 (1 title)

Outcome	Year	Championship	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Win	2018	Madrid Open	Clay	Alexander Peya	Bob Bryan Mike Bryan	5–3 ret.

ATP career finals

Doubles: 9 (4 titles, 5 runner-ups)

Legend Grand Slam tournaments (0–0) ATP World Tour Finals (0–0) ATP World Tour Masters 1000 (1–0) ATP World Tour 500 Series (0–1) ATP World Tour 250 Series (3–4)

Titles by surface Hard (2–2) Clay (2–3) Grass (0–0)

Titles by setting Outdoor (3–4) Indoor (1–1)

Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Tier	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Loss	0–1	Jul 2016	Croatia Open, Croatia	250 Series	Clay	Antonio Šančić	Martin Kližan David Marrero	4–6, 2–6
Win	1–1	Feb 2017	Memphis Open, United States	250 Series	Hard (i)	Brian Baker	Ryan Harrison Steve Johnson	6–3, 6–4
Win	2–1	Apr 2017	Hungarian Open, Hungary	250 Series	Hard	Brian Baker	Juan Sebastián Cabal Robert Farah	7–6(7–2), 6–4
Loss	2–2	Oct 2017	Shenzhen Open, China	250 Series	Hard	Nicholas Monroe	Alexander Peya Rajeev Ram	3–6, 2–6
Loss	2–3	Feb 2018	Sofia Open, Bulgaria	250 Series	Hard (i)	Alexander Peya	Robin Haase Matwé Middelkoop	7–5, 4–6, [4–10]
Loss	2–4	Feb 2018	Rio Open, Brazil	500 Series	Clay	Alexander Peya	David Marrero Fernando Verdasco	7–5, 5–7, [8–10]
Win	3–4	Apr 2018	Grand Prix Hassan II, Morocco	250 Series	Clay	Alexander Peya	Benoît Paire Édouard Roger-Vasselin	7–5, 3–6, [10–7]
Loss	3–5	May 2018	Bavarian Championships, Germany	250 Series	Clay	Alexander Peya	Ivan Dodig Rajeev Ram	3–6, 5–7
Win	4–5	May 2018	Madrid Open, Spain	Masters 1000	Clay	Alexander Peya	Bob Bryan Mike Bryan	5–3, ret.

ATP Challenger and ITF Future titles

Singles (15)

Challengers (0)

Futures (15)

No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Opponent	Score
1.	25 May 2008	Brčko, Bosnia and Herzegovina	Clay	Dennis Blömke	6–2, 6–3
2.	10 May 2009	Doboj, Bosnia and Herzegovina	Clay	Ivan Bjelica	7–6, 4–6, 6–3
3.	31 May 2009	Brčko, Bosnia and Herzegovina	Clay	Aleksander Slović	7–6, 7–5
4.	23 August 2009	Vinkovci, Croatia	Clay	Ismar Gorčić	7–6, 7–6
5.	30 August 2009	Čakovec, Croatia	Clay	Attila Balázs	6–3, 7–5
6.	6 September 2009	Osijek, Croatia	Clay	Aldin Šetkić	2–6, 6–4, 6–2
7.	6 June 2010	Rogaška Slatina, Slovenia	Clay	Denys Molchanov	6–3, 4–2 ret.
8.	18 July 2010	Fano, Italy	Clay	Stefano Ianni	6–2, 6–0
9.	27 February 2011	Zagreb, Croatia	Clay	Michael Lammer	7–6, ret.
10.	27 May 2012	Prijedor, Bosnia and Herzegovina	Clay	Marin Bradarić	5–7, 7–5, 6–0
11.	3 June 2012	Bled, Slovenia	Clay	Marcel Zimmermann	1–6, 6–2, 6–4
12.	29 September 2013	Sokobanja, Serbia	Clay	Marc Rath	6–6, 5–2, ret.
13.	13 October 2013	Solin, Croatia	Clay	Mate Delić	7–6, 7–6
14.	2 March 2014	Trento, Italy	Carpet	Roman Jebavý	6–3, 5–7, 6–1
15.	26 October 2014	Jablonec nad Nisou, Czech Republic	Carpet	Jan Hernych	6–4, 6–4

Doubles performance timeline

Current through the 2018 US Open.

References

External links

• Nikola Mektić at the Association of Tennis Professionals
• Nikola Mektić at the International Tennis Federation
• Nikola Mektić at the Davis Cup