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| Country (sports) |  Yugoslavia (2001–2003) Serbia and Montenegro (2003–2006) Serbia (2006–2019) |
|---|---|
| Residence | Belgrade, Serbia |
| Born | (1984-06-22)22 June 1984 (age 41)[1] Belgrade,SR Serbia,SFR Yugoslavia |
| Height | 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in) |
| Turned pro | 2002 |
| Retired | 2019 |
| Plays | Right-handed (two-handed backhand) |
| Coach | Dirk Hordorff (2009–2019) Rainer Schüttler (2009–2019) |
| Prize money | $8,616,024[2] |
| Singles | |
| Career record | 288–257 |
| Career titles | 4 |
| Highest ranking | No. 8 (2 April 2012) |
| Grand Slam singles results | |
| Australian Open | 4R (2013) |
| French Open | 4R (2012) |
| Wimbledon | 4R (2007,2008) |
| US Open | QF (2011,2012) |
| Other tournaments | |
| Tour Finals | RR (2011,2012) |
| Olympic Games | 3R (2012) |
| Doubles | |
| Career record | 79–103 |
| Career titles | 1 |
| Highest ranking | No. 46 (25 April 2011) |
| Grand Slam doubles results | |
| Australian Open | 3R (2011) |
| French Open | QF (2008,2019) |
| Wimbledon | 3R (2010) |
| US Open | 3R (2009) |
| Other doubles tournaments | |
| Olympic Games | QF (2012) |
| Team competitions | |
| Davis Cup | W (2010) |
Janko Tipsarević (Serbian Cyrillic:Јанко Типсаревић,pronounced[jâːŋkotipsǎːreʋitɕ]; born 22 June 1984) is a Serbiantennis coach and former professional player. He is also a politician, serving as a member of theCity Assembly of Belgrade since 21 June 2024.[3][4] He is also a member of thepopulistSerbian Progressive Party (SNS).[5]
In tennis, his career-high singles ranking is world No. 8, achieved on 2 April 2012. In his career, he won 4 ATP World Tour titles, one ATP doubles title, threeFutures, and 15Challenger titles. Tipsarević also won the2001 Australian Open junior title. He holds notable victories over formerworld No. 1 playersCarlos Moyá,Marat Safin,Lleyton Hewitt,Juan Carlos Ferrero,Andy Roddick, his compatriotNovak Djokovic, andAndy Murray. His best results at a Grand Slam tournament were reaching the quarterfinals at theUS Open in 2011 and 2012.
Tipsarević was born inBelgrade, Serbia (thenSFR Yugoslavia). His father, Pavle, is a professor, and his mother, Vesna, is a housewife. He also has a younger brother, Veljko (Вељко). He finished high school and in 2006 completed his degree in Sports Management at theUniversity of Belgrade.
He began pursuing tennis at age six. At the age of nine, he joined theNew Belgrade Tennis Club where he trained under the guidance of Russian coach Roman Savochkin.
As a junior, he won the2001 Australian Open boys' singles title, achieving the No. 1 ranking the same year (and No. 4 in doubles).[6]
In 2001, as a member of theYugoslavDavis Cup team he won all three matches against Poland in the Group II quarterfinal, helping the team to a 3–2 win. The following week, he won his first careerFutures title in Belgrade. In 2002, he won his second Futures title in Mexico.
After winning his firstATP Challenger tournament in Germany, he made hisATP Tour debut in Indianapolis in 2003. After beating fellow SerbNenad Zimonjić in the first round, he lost in the second round toYevgeny Kafelnikov in straight sets. He also made hisGrand Slam debut in theUS Open as a qualifier. He lost to 20th seed,Mark Philippoussis in the first round. In 2004, as a qualifier, he made his first appearances at the French Open and Wimbledon, losing in the first round of each. Later that year, he won two Challenger titles in singles and one in doubles.
Tipsarević played in 15 ATP tournaments in 2005 and broke into the top 100 for the first time. He also reached the second rounds of the Australian Open and French Open. He lost toDominik Hrbatý in the Australian Open, but was able to beat him atRoland Garros. He also reached the third round ofWimbledon, beatingTommy Haas andLu Yen-hsun, but then lost toThomas Johansson. In doubles, he partnered withJiří Vaněk to win the Napoli Challenger title. He also reached the quarterfinals with fellow SerbNovak Djokovic in theCroatia Open Umag and theVietnam Open withMarcos Baghdatis.
He finished 2006 as the No. 2 Serbian tennis player after Djokovic, and he was ranked in the top 100 for the first time at No. 65. He won four Challenger titles, compiling a 31–8 record at that level. On the ATP Tour, he reached the quarterfinals of theNottingham Open, losing toRobin Söderling from Sweden.[7]
After he won the Zagreb Challenger title in May 2007, Tipsarević played full-time on the ATP Tour. He reached the third round of the French Open and the quarterfinals of theOrdina Open. He has also achieved his best Grand Slam performance so far by reaching the fourth round atWimbledon. He won all of his first three matches in five sets, and this marked the first time since 1974 that someone had won three straight five-set matches at Wimbledon. He also saved a match point in his third round victory over Australian Open runner-upFernando González. He was eventually defeated by former French Open championJuan Carlos Ferrero in straight sets.[8] The win saw him rise to world No. 48, his first time inside the top 50.
Tipsarević pushedRoger Federer to five sets in the third round of the2008 Australian Open, losing 7–6, 6–7, 7–5, 1–6, 8–10.[9] At that time, Federer had never played a fifth set with 18 games. The match took four and a half hours to complete. His effort in making the third round of the Australian Open made Tipsarević's ranking rise from No. 49 to No. 42.
At theWimbledon Championships, Tipsarević pulled off a second-round upset of sixth-seededAndy Roddick in four sets, 6–7, 7–5, 6–4, 7–6.[10] It was his fourth top-ten win. He followed that up with a win over 25th seedDmitry Tursunov to make his second straight round-of-16 appearance at Wimbledon. He then lost his fourth-round match toRainer Schüttler.[11]
In October 2009, at theKremlin Cup tournament in Moscow, he advanced to his first-ever ATP final, beatingDaniel Köllerer,Christophe Rochus,Robby Ginepri (beating him for the first time in three meetings), and qualifierIllya Marchenko en route. He lost toMikhail Youzhny in the final in three sets. Despite his disappointing loss in his first final, he came out firing in the very next week, as he reached his second consecutive semifinal (for the first time) at theBank Austria-TennisTrophy, beating eighth seedJohn Isner,Michael Berrer and third seedGaël Monfils, en route. He lost toJürgen Melzer in the semifinal in three sets, after being a set up and two points away from victory.
In 2010, he started off the season well by reaching the semifinals at theChennai Open, but lost to eventual championMarin Čilić. He reached the second round of theAustralian Open, losing toTommy Haas in five sets. He lost in the opening rounds at theZagreb Indoors and theABN AMRO World Tennis Tournament in Rotterdam. At theDubai Tennis Championships, he beatAndreas Seppi in the opening round,[12] and then stunned third seed Andy Murray in three sets, for the best win of his career to that point.[13] Following the big win, he lost to seventh seed Mikhail Youzhny in the quarterfinals.
In June, he reached his second ATP Tour-level final inRosmalen. He beatJérémy Chardy,Arnaud Clément,Peter Luczak, and defending championBenjamin Becker en route, only to lose to in-formSergiy Stakhovsky in two sets. At the US Open, Tipsarević defeatedOlivier Rochus in the first round, and then scored a big upset by beating former champion and ninth seed Andy Roddick in the second round in four sets. Advancing to the third round of the US Open for the first time, he was defeated byGaël Monfils in a three-hour four-setter. After the US Open, Tipsarević scored key wins overTomáš Berdych andRadek Štěpánek in theDavis Cup forSerbia, filling in for an ill Novak Djokovic. In Basel, Tipsarević lost to then world No. 2. Roger Federer in two sets.[14]
Tipsarević again started the season well inChennai, reaching the semifinals but losing toXavier Malisse in three sets. At theAustralian Open, Tipsarević reached the second round and lost in five sets toFernando Verdasco, despite twice serving for the match and holding match points in the fourth set, 6–2, 6–4, 4–6, 6–7, 0–6. Tipsarević played inMemphis where he lost to eventual champion Andy Roddick in the second round.[15]
His next tournament was inDelray Beach, where he reached the final. This was his third ATP final appearance overall, but he lost toJuan Martín del Potro in straight sets, despite holding a 4–1 lead in the first set. He then reached the second round of theIndian Wells Masters, defeatingTobias Kamke in straight sets but losing toSam Querrey in the second round. Tipsarević then played theMiami Masters, reaching the fourth round on a run where he defeatedRobin Haase, Marin Čilić, andPhilipp Petzschner, before losing toGilles Simon.
At theMonte-Carlo Masters, Tipsaerević was defeated in the first round byFeliciano López. He bounced back at his home event, theSerbia Open, reaching the semifinals. He defeatedKei Nishikori,Mischa Zverev, andSomdev Devvarman, before he withdrew in his match with countryman Novak Djokovic. AtRoland Garros, he reached the third round, defeatingBrian Dabul andPere Riba in straight sets before losing to Roger Federer. His next event was theQueen's Club Championships where he reached the round of 16, defeatingBlaž Kavčič andMichael Russell before losing to Andy Murray in two sets. At theEastbourne International, Tipsarević reached the final. He defeatedJames Ward,Mikhail Kukushkin,Grigor Dimitrov, and Kei Nishikori, before losing to Andreas Seppi, retiring hurt at 3–5 in the third set. At Wimbledon, still troubled by injury, Tipsarević retired against Ivo Karlović in the first round at 1–3 in the second set.
At theGerman Open, after receiving a bye in the first round, he was defeated byJuan Mónaco. His form improved at theLegg Mason Tennis Classic, where he reached the quarterfinals, defeating Michael Berrer and Grigor Dimitrov, but lost to eventual finalist Gaël Monfils in straight sets. At theRogers Cup, Tipsarević had an impressive run, defeatingAlejandro Falla, Fernando Verdasco,Ivan Dodig, and Tomáš Berdych to reach his first Masters series semifinal, where he lost toMardy Fish. Subsequently, Tipsarević entered the top 20 for the first time.
At theUS Open, Tipsarević reached his first Grand Slam quarterfinal, after defeatingAugustin Gensse, Philipp Petzschner, Tomáš Berdych, and Juan Carlos Ferrero, but lost to Djokovic in the quarterfinals, retiring in the fourth set due to a thigh injury. His ranking subsequently rose to No. 13. In the Davis Cup semifinal showdown between Serbia and Argentina, Tipsarević was defeated in three straight sets by Juan Martín del Potro during the second singles rubber of the tie. The defending champions, Serbia, eventually lost the tie 2–3 against Argentina. At theMalaysian Open in Kuala Lumpur, he was third seed. He defeatedFlavio Cipolla, in the opening round. In the quarterfinals, he played just four games asNikolay Davydenko retired as Tipsarević led 3–1. In the semifinals, he improved his unbeaten head-to-head record to 5–0 against Kei Nishikori as he dispatched him in straight sets. In the final, he won his first ATP title in five attempts, defeating Marcos Baghdatis. Tipsarević suffered first-round exits at theJapan Open to Dmitry Tursunov,[16] and at theShanghai Masters to Feliciano López.[17]
He rebounded at theKremlin Cup in Moscow, winning the title as the top seed. He defeatedIgor Kunitsyn, avenged his loss against Dmitry Tursunov, and downed home favourite Nikolay Davydenko, saving three consecutive set points on his serve at *0–40 during *4–5 in the second set, to reach the sixth final of his career. In the firstall-Serbian final in tennis history, Tipsarević defeated his good friend, compatriot, and defending champion Viktor Troicki in two sets, to win his second career title. The following week, he reached theSt. Petersburg Open final, losing to Croatian Marin Čilić in three sets. Thanks to his regularity and despite the loss, he became the first player in the world to reach both Kremlin Cup and St. Petersburg finals consecutively in the same year. At theSwiss Indoors in Basel, he retired in his opening round match againstFlorian Mayer to a hamstring injury. At theBNP Paribas Masters, he defeatedAlex Bogomolov Jr., losing just a one-game, in his opening second-round match. In the third round, he wasted a 5–1 lead in the first set and a 4–2 lead in the second to lose against Tomáš Berdych for the first time in five meetings.
On 22 November, Andy Murray announced his withdrawal from the ATP World Tour Finals. Because Tipsarević was the first alternate, he was able to make his debut at the year-end championships. Placed in Group A in the round-robin stage, Tipsarević was drawn against Berdych and had a chance to avenge his recent loss in Paris against him. Janko almost defeated him by reaching match point. Undeterred by the painful loss, he capped off his career-best season in style as he notched arguably the best win of his career in his next match by defeating his good friend Djokovic, for his first win over a world No. 1 player, as well as his first win in the year-end championships. Tipsarević ended the season at a career-high ranking of world No. 9.
Tipsarević began 2012 at the ATP Aircel Chennai Open, making the final but losing toMilos Raonic. At theAustralian Open, Tipsarević was seeded ninth. He defeated Dmitry Tursunov in the first round, continuing in the same fashion againstJames Duckworth in the second round. He eventually lost to 17th seed Richard Gasquet in the third round in straight sets. Tipsarević reached the quarterfinals of theMiami Masters, losing to runner-up Andy Murray and moved up to world No. 8, surpassing Mardy Fish.
Tipsarević represented Serbia in the Davis Cup quarterfinal clash with the Czech Republic, which was played on clay in Prague. Tipsarević beat Radek Štěpánek in his opening singles rubber in five sets, saving three match points, but fell in the fourth rubber to Tomáš Berdych, after squandering set points in all three sets, to lose the overall tie 1–3. At the first ATP Master Series 1000 clay event of 2012 inMonte Carlo, he defeatedAlbert Montañés, before losing to Gilles Simon in three sets in the third round. At theMadrid Open, he defeatedFederico Delbonis in the first round, before avenging his loss to Gilles Simon by beating him for the first time in five meetings. In the quarterfinals, he upset world No. 1 Novak Djokovic in straight sets to reach his second semifinal in a masters event, and his first on clay. In the semifinals, however, he lost to then world No. 3, Roger Federer, in two sets. AtRome, he lost in the opening round toStan Wawrinka in straight sets. Tipsarević reached the fourth round of theFrench Open, where he lost toNicolás Almagro.[18]
AtWimbledon, Janko reached the third round, where he lost to Mikhail Youzhny in four sets. Tipsarević made it to the quarterfinals of theMercedesCup by defeatingSteve Darcis of Belgium.[19] In the quarterfinals, he saved four match points in the second set to beatBjörn Phau. In the semifinals, he defeatedThomaz Bellucci in another hard-fought three-set victory, to reach his first clay-court final. In the final, he defeatedJuan Mónaco in three sets for his first title of 2012 (third in his career).[20]
Tipsarević continued his run of play inGstaad, where he reached the final. However, he lost to Thomaz Bellucci in three sets.[21] At the Rogers Cup, he got past Mikhail Youzhny, Marin Čilić, andMarcel Granollers to reach his third Masters semifinal, but fell to Djokovic in two sets.[22]
At theUS Open, Tipsarević successfully defended his points from the year before, reaching the quarterfinals of a Grand Slam for the second time in his career where he lost toDavid Ferrer in five sets after being up 4–1 and 0–30 on Ferrer's serve in the final set.[23] At theBNP Paribas Masters he defeated Juan Mónaco in the third round to book the final spot for the2012 ATP World Tour Finals.[24] He wonClash of Continents Exhibition as representative ofEurope. For the whole of the 2012 season he stayed in the top 10.
Tipsarević began his season by going one step better than the previous year to lift the2013 Aircel Chennai Open title, defeating surprise finalistRoberto Bautista Agut in the final.[25]
At theAustralian Open, he defeatedLleyton Hewitt, Lukáš Lacko andJulien Benneteau to reach a career-best fourth round of that tournament. He lost toNicolás Almagro after retiring due to a foot injury late in the second set. In theFrench Open, he lost in the third round to Mikhail Youzhny in a match that was marred by an altercation with a screaming fan.[26] AtWimbledon he lost to countryman Viktor Troicki in the first round. He made the fourth round of the US Open.
In 2014, Tipsarević underwent foot surgery in Frankfurt for the injury suffered in Valencia. The operation was successful, and he hoped to resume his career soon.[27]
Following 17 months of inactivity, Tipsarević made a return to the ATP World Tour, stating: "My goal and dream would be to come back to the top 10, and I don’t have many weeks to waste."[28] He began his season in March, partnering Djokovic in doubles at theMiami Masters, which Tipsarević had entered using a protected ranking (PR). The pair lost a close first-round match toRobert Lindstedt and Jürgen Melzer.In April, Tipsarević received a wild card for theU.S. Clay Court Championships in Houston, where he saved two match points to defeat qualifierGuilherme Clezar in the opening round. He followed this up with a competitive loss to fifth seedSantiago Giraldo. In doubles, Tipsarević and Philipp Petzschner lost to top seeds,the Bryan brothers.Later in the month, Tipsarević participated in theRomanian Open, defeating qualifierThomas Fabbiano. In the second round, he was defeated by top seed Gilles Simon. At the BMW Open he defeated Bernard Tomic (world 27), before being halted byVíctor Estrella Burgos Next, in May, he was given a wildcard for the Masters Madrid event qualifying draw. In the first qualifying round, Tipsarević beat third seed and No. 61Vasek Pospisil in straight sets, but lost the next qualifying round 2–1 sets to youngster No. 103Thanasi Kokkinakis. Next, he took part in the clay courtGeneva Open event, where he was again given a wildcard into the main draw. However, he lost in straight sets to No. 66Denis Istomin in the first round.In June, Tipsarević played atWimbledon. He lost in straight sets toMarcel Granollers in the first round. He had better luck at theUS Open, takingGuillermo García López to five sets in defeat. He andRadu Albot lost in three sets toAliaksandr Bury and Denis Istomin in the first round of doubles.He did not play on tour for the rest of the year.
With a continuing foot injury, he withdrew from the Australian Open. He suffered first round exits at Roland Garros and Wimbledon, however in August his season built serious momentum when he won theChina International Challenger. As a result, he moved up 160 spots in the world rankings. He followed up his newfound form at the US Open with a four-set victory over 29th seed Sam Querrey, his first grand slam match victory in three years. A semifinal appearance at the Shenzhen Open saw him jump a further 51 spots to become ranked 173. Five more match victories across five ATP tournaments led him to finish the year ranked 144.
With no points to defend until April, Janko capitalized on this by playing the Bangkok Challenger I and II, which he went on to win both. These two titles have led him to rise to No. 104 in the ATP world rankings. Janko played his first tournament on the ATP World Tour, when he was given a wild card into the draw in Quito. He won his first round match afterDaniel Gimeno Traver retired when 4–1 down. However, in the second round, Janko lost in two tiebreak sets to Thomaz Bellucci. Despite early exits at the Argentina and Rio Open, to his credit he lost to the eventual champions of those tournaments. Tipsarević partnered with Troicki at the 2017 US Open but lost first round. In singles, he beat Kokkinakis in the first round, but lost to Schwartzman in the second round.
Tipsarević had been absent from tour since the 2017 US Open. He was unranked in singles at the conclusion of the2018 US Open. Aside from a three-week period during May 2015, this was the first time he had been unranked in singles since September 2000. At the close of 2018 he had been inactive due to injury for the entire year, therefore had zero ranking points. However, he qualified for a protected ranking of 88 which automatically qualified him for Grand Slam events for one year. He would need attain approximately 500 ranking points over the next year in order to maintain a spot in the top 100 rankings in order to gain direct entry into grand slam events. As such he announced that he would participate in the main draw of the 2019 Australian Open.[29]
Tipsarević has played for theSerbian Davis Cup team every year from 2000 to 2013 and has last played in 2016. During his playing time the country was known asFR Yugoslavia until 2003,Serbia and Montenegro between 2003 and 2006 andSerbia since 2006. In 2010, he was the hero in steering the Serbian team into their first historic Davis Cup final after prevailing overRadek Štěpánek to complete the 1–2 come-from-behind victory to help clinch the tie 3–2 over the Czech Republic. His record is 34–15 in singles and 7–3 in doubles.Once again, in 2013 he was the hero. His victory overVasek Pospisil of Canada in the last tie completed the 1–2 come-from-behind victory against Canada to reach the second final for Serbia. Before the match against Canada, Tipsarević together with Novak Djokovic,Nenad Zimonjić, andSlobodan Živojinović received their Davis Cup Commitment Award, which is granted to players who have shown long-standing dedication to representing their country in the competition.[30]
Janko is or was sponsored in the past byTecnifibre,Fila,Oakley,Tennis Flex,Extreme Intimo,[31] Trion:Z/Colantotte,Instaforex,Telekom Srbija.[32]
| Outcome | Year | Championship | Surface | Partner | Opponents | Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Runner-up | 2012 | Rome Masters | Clay |  Łukasz Kubot |  Marcel GranollersMarc López | 3–6, 2–6 |
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| Result | W–L | Date | Tournament | Surface | Opponent | Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Loss | 0–1 | Oct 2009 | Kremlin Cup, Russia | Hard (i) |  Mikhail Youzhny | 7–6(7–5), 0–6, 4–6 |
| Loss | 0–2 | Jun 2010 | Rosmalen Championships, Netherlands | Grass |  Sergiy Stakhovsky | 3–6, 0–6 |
| Loss | 0–3 | Feb 2011 | Delray Beach Open, United States | Hard |  Juan Martín del Potro | 4–6, 4–6 |
| Loss | 0–4 | Jun 2011 | Aegon International, United Kingdom | Grass |  Andreas Seppi | 6–7(5–7), 6–3, 3–5 ret. |
| Win | 1–4 | Oct 2011 | Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia | Hard (i) |  Marcos Baghdatis | 6–4, 7–5 |
| Win | 2–4 | Oct 2011 | Kremlin Cup, Russia | Hard (i) | Viktor Troicki | 6–4, 6–2 |
| Loss | 2–5 | Oct 2011 | St. Petersburg Open, Russia | Hard (i) |  Marin Čilić | 3–6, 6–3, 2–6 |
| Loss | 2–6 | Jan 2012 | Chennai Open, India | Hard |  Milos Raonic | 7–6(7–4), 6–7(4–7), 6–7(4–7) |
| Win | 3–6 | Jul 2012 | Stuttgart Open, Germany | Clay | Juan Mónaco | 6–4, 5–7, 6–3 |
| Loss | 3–7 | Jul 2012 | Gstaad, Switzerland | Clay |  Thomaz Bellucci | 7–6(8–6), 4–6, 2–6 |
| Win | 4–7 | Jan 2013 | Chennai Open, India | Hard | Roberto Bautista Agut | 3–6, 6–1, 6–3 |
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| Result | W–L | Date | Tournament | Surface | Partner | Opponents | Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Loss | 0–1 | Jan 2010 | Chennai Open, India | Hard |  Lu Yen-hsun | Marcel GranollersSantiago Ventura | 5–7, 2–6 |
| Loss | 0–2 | Oct 2010 | Kremlin Cup, Moscow | Hard |  Viktor Troicki | Igor KunitsynDmitry Tursunov | 6–7(6–8), 3–6 |
| Win | 1–2 | Jan 2012 | Chennai Open, India | Hard |  Leander Paes |  Jonathan ErlichAndy Ram | 6–4, 6–4 |
| Loss | 1–3 | May 2012 | Italian Open, Rome | Clay | Łukasz Kubot | Marcel GranollersMarc López | 3–6, 2–6 |
| Outcome | No. | Date | Team competition | Surface | Partner/team | Opponents | Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Winner | 1. | 23 May 2009 | World Team Cup, Düsseldorf | Clay | Viktor TroickiNenad Zimonjić |  Rainer SchüttlerPhilipp KohlschreiberNicolas KieferMischa Zverev | 2–1 |
| Winner | 2. | 3–5 December 2010 | Davis Cup, Belgrade | Hard (i) | Novak Djokovic Viktor Troicki Nenad Zimonjić |  Gaël MonfilsMichaël LlodraArnaud ClémentGilles Simon | 3–2 |
| Winner | 3. | 21 May 2012 | World Team Cup, Düsseldorf | Clay | Viktor Troicki Nenad ZimonjićMiki Janković |  Tomáš BerdychRadek ŠtěpánekFrantišek Čermák | 3–0 |
| Result | Year | Championship | Surface | Opponent | Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Winner | 2001 | Australian Open | Hard | Wang Yeu-tzuoo | 3–6, 7–5, 6–0 |
| W | F | SF | QF | #R | RR | Q# | P# | DNQ | A | Z# | PO | G | S | B | NMS | NTI | P | NH |
| Tournament | 2000 | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | SR | W–L | Win% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Grand Slam tournaments | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Australian Open | A | A | A | A | Q1 | 2R | 2R | 1R | 3R | 2R | 2R | 2R | 3R | 4R | A | A | A | A | A | 1R | 0 / 10 | 12–10 | 55% | |
| French Open | A | A | A | Q3 | 1R | 2R | 1R | 3R | 1R | 3R | 1R | 3R | 4R | 3R | A | A | 1R | 1R | A | 1R | 0 / 13 | 12–13 | 48% | |
| Wimbledon | A | A | A | Q2 | 1R | 3R | 1R | 4R | 4R | 2R | 1R | 1R | 3R | 1R | A | 1R | 1R | 1R | A | 2R | 0 / 14 | 12–14 | 46% | |
| US Open | A | A | A | 1R | 1R | 1R | A | 2R | 1R | 1R | 3R | QF | QF | 4R | A | 1R | 2R | 2R | A | 1R | 0 / 14 | 16–14 | 53% | |
| Win–loss | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 0–3 | 4–4 | 1–3 | 6–4 | 5–4 | 4–4 | 3–4 | 7–4 | 11–4 | 8–4 | 0–0 | 0–2 | 1–3 | 1–3 | 0–0 | 1–4 | 0 / 51 | 52–51 | 50% | |
| Year-end championships | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| ATP Finals | did not qualify | RR | RR | did not qualify | 0 / 2 | 1–4 | 20% | |||||||||||||||||
| National representation | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Summer Olympics | A | not held | A | not held | 2R | not held | 3R | not held | A | not held | 0 / 2 | 3–2 | 60% | |||||||||||
| Davis Cup | Z3 | Z2 | Z2 | Z2 | Z2 | Z1 | PO | PO | 1R | 1R | W | SF | QF | F | A | A | QF | A | A | QF | 1 / 8 | 34–15 | 69% | |
| World Team Cup | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | W | A | RR | W | not held | 2 / 3 | 8–2 | 80% | |||||||
| Win–loss | 1–0 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 4–2 | 4–0 | 4–0 | 2–3 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 4–2 | 4–2 | 8–2 | 5–2 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 3 / 12 | 45–19 | 70% | |
| ATP Tour Masters 1000 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Indian Wells Masters | A | A | A | A | A | A | 2R | 3R | 1R | 1R | 2R | 2R | 3R | 2R | A | A | A | A | A | A | 0 / 8 | 5–8 | 38% | |
| Miami Open | A | A | A | A | A | A | Q1 | 2R | QF | 3R | 2R | 4R | QF | 4R | A | A | A | A | A | 2R | 0 / 8 | 16–8 | 67% | |
| Monte-Carlo Masters | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | 3R | 2R | A | 1R | 3R | 2R | A | A | A | A | A | A | 0 / 5 | 4–5 | 44% | |
| Madrid Open1 | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | 3R | 1R | A | A | SF | 1R | A | Q2 | A | A | A | A | 0 / 4 | 5–4 | 56% | |
| Italian Open | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | Q1 | 1R | 2R | 1R | A | 2R | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | 0 / 4 | 1–4 | 20% | |
| Canadian Open | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | 1R | A | 1R | SF | SF | 1R | A | 1R | A | A | A | A | 0 / 6 | 7–6 | 54% | |
| Cincinnati Masters | A | A | A | A | A | Q1 | A | A | 1R | A | A | 2R | 2R | 2R | A | A | A | 2R | A | A | 0 / 5 | 2–5 | 29% | |
| Shanghai Masters2 | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | Q1 | A | 2R | 1R | 3R | 1R | A | A | 2R | A | A | A | 0 / 5 | 3–5 | 37% | |
| Paris Masters | A | A | A | A | A | A | 1R | 2R | 1R | A | A | 3R | QF | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | 0 / 5 | 4–5 | 44% | |
| Win–loss | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 1–2 | 4–3 | 8–8 | 4–5 | 1–5 | 10–7 | 14–9 | 3–7 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 0 / 50 | 47–50 | 48% | |
| Career statistics | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2000 | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | Career | ||||
| Tournaments3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 15 | 17 | 21 | 22 | 23 | 22 | 26 | 26 | 24 | 0 | 7 | 10 | 12 | 0 | 11 | 245 | |||
| Titles | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | |||
| Finals | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11 | |||
| Overall win–loss4 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 5–4 | 5–7 | 11–15 | 10–20 | 19–22 | 26–21 | 30–25 | 25–23 | 54–26 | 57–28 | 20–24 | 0–0 | 3–7 | 8–11 | 5–12 | 0–0 | 7–11 | 288–257 | |||
| Win % | – | 100% | 50% | 56% | 42% | 42% | 33% | 46% | 55% | 55% | 52% | 68% | 67% | 45% | – | 30% | 44% | 29% | – | 39% | 52.84% | |||
| Year-end ranking | 1078 | 636 | 183 | 161 | 117 | 139 | 64 | 52 | 49 | 38 | 49 | 9 | 9 | 36 | – | 410 | 144 | 105 | – | 219 | $8,616,024 | |||
1 Held asHamburg Masters (outdoor clay) until 2008,Madrid Masters (outdoor clay) 2009 – present.
2 Held asStuttgart Masters (indoor hard) until 2001,Madrid Masters (indoor hard) from 2002 to 2008, andShanghai Masters (outdoor hard) 2009 – present.
3 Including appearances inGrand Slam andATP World Tour main draw matches, and inSummer Olympics.
4 Including matches inGrand Slam, inATP World Tour, inSummer Olympics, inDavis Cup, and inWorld Team Cup.
| Tournament | 2000 | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | SR | W–L | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Grand Slam tournaments | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Australian Open | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | 1R | 1R | 1R | 1R | 3R | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | 0 / 5 | 2–5 | ||
| French Open | A | A | A | A | A | A | 3R | A | QF | A | A | 2R | A | A | A | A | 1R | 1R | A | QF | 0 / 6 | 9–6 | ||
| Wimbledon | A | A | A | A | A | A | 1R | 1R | 2R | A | 3R | A | A | A | A | 1R | 1R | A | A | 1R | 0 / 7 | 3–7 | ||
| US Open | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | 1R | A | 3R | 1R | A | A | A | A | 1R | 2R | 1R | A | 1R | 0 / 7 | 3–7 | ||
| Win–loss | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 2–2 | 0–3 | 4–3 | 2–2 | 2–3 | 3–2 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–2 | 1–3 | 0–2 | 0–0 | 3–3 | 0 / 25 | 17–25 | ||
| National representation | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Summer Olympics | A | not held | A | not held | A | not held | QF | not held | A | not held | 0 / 1 | 2–1 | ||||||||||||
| Davis Cup | Z3 | Z2 | Z2 | Z2 | Z2 | Z1 | PO | PO | 1R | 1R | W | SF | QF | F | A | A | QF | A | A | QF | 1 / 8 | 8–4 | ||
| World Team Cup | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | W | A | RR | W | not held | 2 / 3 | 1–2 | ||||||||
| Win–loss | 4–0 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 0–2 | 3–2 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 3 / 12 | 11–7 | ||
| ATP Tour Masters 1000 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Indian Wells Masters | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | 2R | 1R | A | QF | A | A | A | A | A | A | 0 / 3 | 3–2 | ||
| Miami Open | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | SF | QF | 2R | A | 1R | A | A | A | A | 0 / 4 | 6–4 | ||
| Monte-Carlo Masters | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | 1R | A | 1R | A | A | A | A | A | A | 0 / 2 | 0–2 | ||
| Madrid Open1 | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | 0 / 0 | 0–0 | ||
| Italian Open | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | 2R | A | F | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | 0 / 2 | 5–2 | ||
| Canadian Open | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | 2R | A | 1R | A | SF | A | A | A | A | 0 / 3 | 4–3 | ||
| Cincinnati Masters | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | 1R | A | 1R | 1R | 2R | 1R | A | A | A | A | A | 1R | 0 / 6 | 1–4 | ||
| Shanghai Masters2 | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | 2R | 2R | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | 0 / 2 | 2–2 | ||
| Paris Masters | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | 0 / 0 | 0–0 | ||
| Win–loss | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 3–3 | 5–6 | 7–2 | 3–5 | 0–0 | 3–2 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 0 / 22 | 21–19 | ||
| Career statistics | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2000 | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | Career | ||||
| Tournaments3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 11 | 9 | 7 | 17 | 12 | 11 | 8 | 0 | 6 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 5 | 104 | |||
| Titles / Finals | 0 / 0 | 0 / 0 | 0 / 0 | 0 / 0 | 0 / 0 | 0 / 0 | 0 / 0 | 0 / 0 | 0 / 0 | 0 / 0 | 0 / 2 | 0 / 0 | 1 / 2 | 0 / 0 | 0 / 0 | 0 / 0 | 0 / 0 | 0 / 0 | 0 / 0 | 0 / 0 | 1 / 4 | |||
| Overall win–loss4 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 3–7 | 1–11 | 5–8 | 6–7 | 18–17 | 11–14 | 19–9 | 4–7 | 0–0 | 3–6 | 2–6 | 0–4 | 0–0 | 4–6 | 79–103 | |||
| Year-end ranking | – | – | 456 | 402 | 242 | 312 | 206 | 470 | 125 | 192 | 70 | 85 | 54 | 236 | – | 200 | 418 | – | – | 187 | 43.41% | |||
Tipsarević's match record against those who have beenranked in the top 10, with those who have been No. 1 in boldface
Kei Nishikori 5–0Fernando Verdasco 5–2Tomáš Berdych 5–3
Grigor Dimitrov 4–3Arnaud Clément 3–1Radek Štěpánek 3–1David Nalbandian 3–2Juan Mónaco 3–3
Andy Murray 3–5Mikhail Youzhny 3–5Fabio Fognini 2–0
David Goffin 2–0
Paradorn Srichaphan 2–0Marcos Baghdatis 2–2
Ernests Gulbis 2–2Ivan Ljubičić 2–2
Andy Roddick 2–2Nikolay Davydenko 2–3
Lleyton Hewitt 2–3Gaël Monfils 2–4Novak Djokovic 2–5Marin Čilić 2–8Gilles Simon 2–9James Blake 1–0Jack Sock 1–0John Isner 1–1
Nicolás Lapentti 1–1
Jürgen Melzer 1–1Carlos Moyá 1–1Marat Safin 1–1
Kevin Anderson 1–2Juan Carlos Ferrero 1–2
Thomas Johansson 1–2Roberto Bautista Agut 1–3
Fernando González 1–3Tommy Haas 1–3Mardy Fish 1–4David Ferrer 1–6Pablo Carreño Busta 0–1Yevgeny Kafelnikov 0–1Karen Khachanov 0–1Mark Philippoussis 0–1Greg Rusedski 0–1Rainer Schüttler 0–1Diego Schwartzman 0–1Dominic Thiem 0–1Jo-Wilfried Tsonga 0–1
Stan Wawrinka 0–1Nicolás Almagro 0–2Nicolás Massú 0–2Mariano Puerta 0–2Tommy Robredo 0–2Robin Söderling 0–2Richard Gasquet 0–3Rafael Nadal 0–3Juan Martín del Potro 0–4Milos Raonic 0–5Roger Federer 0–6| Season | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wins | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15 |
| # | Player | Rank | Event | Surface | Rd | Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2007 | ||||||
| 1. | Fernando González | 6 | Wimbledon, UK | Grass | 3R | 6–3, 3–6, 6–3, 4–6, 8–6 |
| 2008 | ||||||
| 2. | Mikhail Youzhny | 8 | Rotterdam, Netherlands | Hard (i) | 1R | 7–6(7–3), 6–2 |
| 3. | James Blake | 8 | Hamburg, Germany | Clay | 2R | 4–6, 6–3, 6–3 |
| 4. | Andy Roddick | 6 | Wimbledon, UK | Grass | 2R | 6–7(5–7), 7–5, 6–4, 7–6(7–4) |
| 5. | David Ferrer | 4 | Olympic Games, Beijing | Hard | 1R | 7–6(10–8), 6–2 |
| 2009 | ||||||
| 6. | Gaël Monfils | 10 | Monte Carlo, Monaco | Clay | 1R | 6–3, 6–1 |
| 2010 | ||||||
| 7. | Andy Murray | 4 | Dubai, United Arab Emirates | Hard | 1R | 7–6(7–3), 4–6, 6–4 |
| 8. | Andy Roddick | 9 | US Open, New York | Hard | 2R | 3–6, 7–5, 6–3, 7–6(7–4) |
| 9. | Tomáš Berdych | 7 | Davis Cup, Belgrade | Hard (i) | RR | 7–5, 6–2, 2–6, 7–6(7–5) |
| 2011 | ||||||
| 10. | Tomáš Berdych | 9 | Montreal, Canada | Hard | QF | 6–3, 6–1 |
| 11. | Tomáš Berdych | 9 | US Open, New York | Hard | 3R | 6–4, 5–0 ret. |
| 12. | Novak Djokovic | 1 | ATP World Tour Finals, London | Hard (i) | RR | 3–6, 6–3, 6–3 |
| 2012 | ||||||
| 13. | Novak Djokovic | 1 | Madrid, Spain | Clay | QF | 7–6(7–2), 6–3 |
| 14. | Tomáš Berdych | 7 | World Team Cup, Düsseldorf | Clay | F | 7–5, 7–6(10–8) |
| 15. | Juan Mónaco | 10 | Paris, France | Hard (i) | 3R | 6–3, 3–6, 6–3 |
In May 2023, four years after the end of his pro tennis career, Tipsarević became a member of the rulingSerbian Progressive Party (SNS) of presidentAleksandar Vučić[33] and spoke at an SNS rally on 26 May.[34] He appeared onSNS coalition's list for the2023 Belgrade City Assembly election and was elected to theCity Assembly.[35] He was re-elected again in the2024 election.[36]
During Tipsarević's professional tennis career, match commentators and press often brought up the player's love ofclassic literature as something unusual for a high-level athlete.[37] His left arm features a tattooed quotation, in Japanese, fromDostoyevsky'sThe Idiot ("Beauty will save the world"). He also has a Japanese tattoo on his right arm, representing the first two letters of the names of his father, his mother, his brother, and himself inkatakana. According to US Open announcers Ted Robinson andJohn McEnroe, he also has a tattoo of a quote fromArthur Schopenhauer on his back.
For two months during 2004, Tipsarević dated Serbian television presenter Mila Arsić, four years his senior.[38][39]
In 2007, he began a relationship with television presenterBiljana Šešević [sr] (Биљана Шешевић), one year his senior, reportedly meeting her while being interviewed for a local television program she hosted on theNovi Sad-based Delta TV.[40] The couple announced theirengagement following Tipsarević'sproposal during a November 2009 vacation on theMaldives.[40] They married on 4 July 2010 in acivil ceremony at the S-Club hospitality venue inJakovo with 300 guests in attendance, including Tipsarević'sDavis Cup teammates Novak Djokovic,Viktor Troicki, andNenad Zimonjić.[41] The day after the wedding, Tipsarević was off toSplit to play in aDavis Cupquarterfinal tie versusCroatia.[42] The couple's first child, a girl Emili, was born on 17 January 2014. They also have a son, Noa, born on 23 May 2020.
In 2015, Tipsarević's sister-in-law Jovana Šešević (his wife's sister) married Tipsarević's coachRainer Schüttler, another former top 10 player.[43]
Tipsarević enjoys DJing and is also a fan of the football clubFC Barcelona. In March 2011, Tipsarević mentioned that he reads the Bible and takes an interest in religion, although he is an atheist.
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