Duje Ajduković Explained
| Duje Ajduković |
| Residence: | Zagreb, Croatia |
| Birth Date: | 2001 2, df=yes |
| Birth Place: | Split, Croatia |
| Height: | NaN1.88 |
| Turnedpro: | 2018 |
| Coach: | Frane Nincević |
| Plays: | Right-handed (two-handed backhand) |
| Careerprizemoney: | $414,488 |
| Singlesrecord: | 5–9 (at ATP Tour level, Grand Slam level, and in Davis Cup) |
| Singlestitles: | 0 |
| Highestsinglesranking: | No. 110 (22 July 2024) |
| Currentsinglesranking: | No. 110 (22 July 2024) |
| Australianopenresult: | Q2 (2024) |
| Frenchopenresult: | Q2 (2022, 2024) |
| Wimbledonresult: | Q3 (2022) |
| Usopenresult: | Q2 (2024) |
| Doublesrecord: | 1–1 (at ATP Tour level, Grand Slam level, and in Davis Cup) |
| Doublestitles: | 0 |
| Highestdoublesranking: | No. 491 (8 November 2021) |
| Currentdoublesranking: | No. 870 (22 July 2024) |
| Updated: | 22 July 2024 |
Duje Ajduković (born 5 February 2001) is a Croatian tennis player. He has a career high ATP singles ranking of World No. 110 achieved on 22 July 2024. He also has a career high ATP doubles ranking of No. 491 achieved on 8 November 2021.[1] Ajduković has won 2 ATP Challenger singles title and 9 ITF titles, 7 singles and 2 doubles. He is currently the No. 2 Croatian player.[2]
Professional career
Ajduković made his ATP main draw debut at the 2021 Croatia Open Umag after receiving a wildcard into the singles and doubles main draws.[3]
In August 2023, Ajdukovic won his first ATP Challenger tournament in Lüdenscheid, Germany after going through the qualifying, defeating Hugo Dellien in the final in straight sets.
He reached a new career high of No. 115 on 1 April 2024 He qualified for his first ATP 500 tournament at the 2024 Barcelona Open Banc Sabadell.
He reached his first semifinal as a qualifier at the 2024 Swedish Open in Bastad, defeating Luca Van Assche, eight seed Pavel Kotov and Thiago Monteiro. He lost to Rafael Nadal in three sets. As a result he reached the top 110 in the live rankings.[4]
Challenger and ITF Futures/World Tennis Tour Finals
Singles: 14 (9–5)
| Legend (singles) |
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| ATP Challenger Tour (2–2) | | ITF Futures Tour/World Tennis Tour (7-3) | |
| | Titles by surface |
|---|
| Hard (1–2) | | Clay (8–3) | | Grass (0–0) | | Carpet (0–0) | |
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| Result | W–L | Date | Tournament | Tier | Surface | Opponent | Score |
|---|
| Loss | 0–1 | | Tunisia F34, Monastir | Futures | Hard |  Baptiste Crepatte | 7–5, 6–7(3–7), 2–6 |
| Loss | 0–2 | | M15, Székesfehérvár, Hungary | World Tennis Tour | Clay |  Michael Vrbenský | 2-6, 2-6 |
| Win | 1-2 | | M15 Tabarka, Tunisia | World Tennis Tour | Clay | Pol Toledo Bagué | 6-3, 6-1 |
| Win | 2-2 | | M15 Antalya, Turkey | World Tennis Tour | Clay | Álvaro López San Martín | 6-2, 6-4 |
| Win | 3-2 | | M25 Antalya, Turkey | World Tennis Tour | Clay |  Pedro Cachin | 3–6, 6–4, 7–6(7–2) |
| Win | 4-2 | | M15 Curtea de Argeș, Romania | World Tennis Tour | Clay |  Franco Agamenone | 2–6, 6–4, 6–4 |
| Win | 5-2 | | M25 Dubrovnik, Croatia | World Tennis Tour | Clay | Luka Mikrut | 6–3, 6–2 |
| Win | 6-2 | | M25 Split, Croatia | World Tennis Tour | Clay |  Eric Vanshelboim | 6–3, 6–4 |
| Loss | 6-3 | | M15 Kuršumlijska Banja, Serbia | World Tennis Tour | Clay |  Maks Kaśnikowski | 4–6, 6–7(3–7) |
| Win | 7-3 | | M25 Kiseljak, Bosnia and Herzegovina | World Tennis Tour | Clay |  Pedro Boscardin Dias | 6–2, 7–5 |
| Win | 8–3 | | style=background:moccasin | Lüdenscheid, Germany | style=background:moccasin | Challenger | Clay |  Hugo Dellien | 7–5, 6–4 |
| Loss | 8–4 | | style=background:moccasin | Braga, Portugal | style=background:moccasin | Challenger | Clay | Oriol Roca Batalla | 6–4, 1–6, 1–6 |
| Win | 9–4 | | Kobe, Japan | Challenger | Hard | | 6–4, 6–2 |
| Loss | 9–5 | | style=background:moccasin | Quimper, France | style=background:moccasin | Challenger | Hard (i) | Pierre-Hugues Herbert | 3–6, 2–6 | |
Doubles: 1 (2–1)
| Legend (doubles) |
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| ATP Challenger Tour (0–0) | | ITF Futures Tour (2–1) | |
| | Titles by surface |
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| Hard (0–1) | | Clay (0–0) | | Grass (0–0) | | Carpet (0–0) | |
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National representation
Davis Cup (0–1)
| Group membership |
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| Finals (0–1) | | Qualifying Round (0–0) | |
| | Matches by surface |
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| Hard (0–1) | | Clay (0–0) | | Grass (0–0) | |
| | Matches by type |
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| Singles (0–1) | | Doubles (0–0) | |
| | Matches by venue |
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| Home (0–1) | | Away (0–0) | | Neutral (0–0) | |
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- indicates the outcome of the Davis Cup match followed by the score, date, place of event, the zonal classification and its phase, and the court surface.
Notes and References
- Web site: Duje Ajdukovic | Overview. ATP Tour. 2021-07-19. 2021-07-21. https://web.archive.org/web/20210721153434/https://www.atptour.com/en/players/duje-ajdukovic/a0cj/overview. live.
- Web site: ATP Rankings | Pepperstone ATP Rankings (Singles) | ATP Tour | Tennis | ATP Tour | Tennis .
- Web site: Rafael Matos é favorito nas duplas em Umag. Romboli joga. Lance!. 2021-07-19. 2021-07-18. https://web.archive.org/web/20210718174647/https://www.lance.com.br/tenis/rafael-matos-favorito-nas-duplas-umag-romboli-joga.html. live.
- Web site: Nadal shakes off stiff start, rallies past Ajdukovic to Bastad final. 20 July 2024.
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