| Dušan Vemić | |
| Country: | (1995–2003) (2003–2006) (2006–2011) |
| Residence: | Los Angeles, United States |
| Birth Date: | 1976 6, df=y |
| Birth Place: | Zadar, SR Croatia, SFR Yugoslavia |
| Turnedpro: | 1995 |
| Retired: | 2011 |
| Plays: | Right-handed (two-handed backhand) |
| Careerprizemoney: | $821,902 |
| Singlesrecord: | 14–19 (42.42%) |
| Singlestitles: | 0 |
| Highestsinglesranking: | No. 146 (25 February 2008) |
| Australianopenresult: | Q3 (2000) |
| Frenchopenresult: | 1R (2007) |
| Wimbledonresult: | Q2 (2000, 2006, 2007) |
| Usopenresult: | Q2 (2007) |
| Doublesrecord: | 54–76 (41.54%) |
| Doublestitles: | 0 |
| Highestdoublesranking: | No. 31 (12 January 2009) |
| Australianopendoublesresult: | SF (2010) |
| Frenchopendoublesresult: | SF (2008) |
| Wimbledondoublesresult: | 3R (2006) |
| Usopendoublesresult: | QF (2008) |
| Australianopenmixedresult: | 2R (2009) |
| Frenchopenmixedresult: | 2R (2009) |
| Wimbledonmixedresult: | 3R (2000) |
| Usopenmixedresult: | QF (2008) |
| Updated: | 31 January 2022 |
Dušan Vemić (Serbian: Душан Вемић; born 17 June 1976) is a Serbian tennis coach[1] [2] and former professional tennis player.
His professional tennis career started in 1995, and his career high was No. 146 in singles (reached on 25 February 2008), and No.31 in doubles (on 12 January 2009). Vemić ranks 19th in Fastest recorded tennis serves (235 km/h / 146 mph) in Tour history.
Vemić began 2007 ranked #406, down 170 spots from the start of 2006. He had success in 2007 playing at all levels of the tennis tour: Futures, Challenger, and ATP events. Two Futures semifinals and a final, qualifying into 3 ATP events, and qualifying into and winning a match in a top-level Challenger moved his ranking back into the top-300 in mid-April. He then reached the semifinal of a top-level Challenger in Bermuda in April and qualified into the main draw of the French Open in May, where he lost in four sets to eventual third-rounder Janko Tipsarević. In August, a semifinal performance in a top-level Challenger in Segovia followed by a finals appearance the next week in a Challenger in Binghamton pushed his ranking back into the top-200 for the first time since he was there for two weeks in 2004, and was his highest ranking since May 1998, when he spent 5 weeks in the top-200.
In 2008, Vemić competed in World Team Tennis with the Kansas City Explorers entry, which narrowly lost the league championship to the New York Buzz.
Highlights of his 2008-year include winning 5 doubles titles on the ATP Challenger Tour: Miami, United States with Ilija Bozoljac (SRB); Sunrise, Florida, USA with Janko Tipsarević (SRB); Cremona, Italy with Eduardo Schwank (ARG); Waco, Texas, USA with Alex Bogomolov Jr. (USA); and Calabasas, California, USA with Ilija Bozoljac (SRB).
Vemić also reached both the semifinals of the French Open and the quarterfinals at the U.S. Open with partner Bruno Soares.
Always versatile in his partner choice, Dusan Vemić has partnered with players such as Jamie Murray, Ivo Karlović, Novak Djokovic, and Mischa Zverev in 2009.[3]
In the 2010 Australian Open, Vemić and Ivo Karlović made the semifinals, losing to Daniel Nestorand Nenad Zimonjić 6–4,6–4
Following his career on tour, Vemić briefly coached WTA player Andrea Petkovic, helping her and coach Petar Popović to reach an all-time WTA ranking high of #9.
Soon afterward, Vemić joined the world number one tennis team for Novak Djokovic. As part of the Djokovic team, Vemić coached alongside Djokovic's longtime coach Marián Vajda in US Open '11, '12; Australian Open '12, '13; French Open '12, '13; Wimbledon '12, '13. During that time, Djokovic won two grand slam titles at the Australian Open and one grand slam title at the US Open in Flushing Meadows, New York, as well as the 2012 ATP World Tour Finals in London. In 2016, Vemic coached Djokovic at the ATP Miami Open, where he won the Championship against Kei Nishikori 6–3, 6–3, and surpassed Roger Federer in career prize money earnings.
In January 2013, Vemić joined the coaching staff of the Serbian Davis Cup team, seeing it to the Davis Cup finals against Czech Republic. He remains a coach of the Serbian team, helping lead them through the 2016 Davis Cup World Group competition.
In August 2016, Vemić was the official coach for the Serbian men's tennis team, for team Serbia, at the Games of the XXXI Olympiad in Rio de Janeiro. The team consisted of world #1 Novak Djokovic, former #1 ATP doubles player Nenad Zimonjić and ATP top 30 player Viktor Troicki.
From August 2016 to 2017, Vemić was the head coach for the most successful doubles team of all time, Americans Mike and Bob Bryan, also known as the Bryan brothers.
He then worked with Brandon Nakashima from May 2020[4] to February 2022.
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| Result | W–L | Date | Tournament | Tier | Surface | Partner | Opponents | Score | |
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| Loss | 0–1 | Kitzbühel, Austria | Championship Series | Clay |  Álex Calatrava | Chris Haggard  Peter Nyborg | 3–6, 7–6(7–4), 6–7(4–7) | ||
| Loss | 0–2 | Los Angeles, United States | International Series | Hard |  Travis Parrott |  Rohan Bopanna Eric Butorac | 6–7(5–7), 6–7(5–7) |
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| Result | W–L | Date | Tournament | Tier | Surface | Opponent | Score | |
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| Win | 1-0 | Skopje, Macedonia | Challenger | Clay |  Clemens Trimmel | 6–3, 6–7, 6–3 | ||
| Loss | 1-1 | USA F5, Harlingen | Futures | Hard | Huntley Montgomery | 4–6, 7–6(7–4), 5–7 | ||
| Win | 2-1 | USA F12, Tampa | Futures | Clay | Francisco Rodríguez | 6–1, 6–4 | ||
| Win | 3-1 | USA F28, Lubbock | Futures | Hard |  Bruno Soares | 6–7(5–7), 7–6(7–3), 6–3 | ||
| Loss | 3-2 | USA F29, Arlington | Futures | Hard |  Juan Pablo Guzmán | 3–6, 5–7 | ||
| Loss | 3-3 | Forest Hills, United States | Challenger | Grass | Justin Gimelstob | 6–7(7–9), 2–6 | ||
| Loss | 3-4 | Forest Hills, United States | Challenger | Clay | James Blake | 3–6, 4–6 | ||
| Loss | 3-5 | USA F2, North Miami Beach | Futures | Hard |  Bruno Echagaray | 2–6, 7–6(7–5), 5–7 | ||
| Loss | 3-6 | Binghamton, United States | Challenger | Hard | Thomas Johansson | 4–6, 6–7(7–9) | ||
| Loss | 3-7 | Lubbock, United States | Challenger | Hard |  Robert Smeets | 3–6, 6–7(7–9) | ||
| Loss | 3-8 | USA F1, Wesley Chapel | Futures | Hard | Somdev Devvarman | 6–4, 4–6, 4–6 | ||
| Loss | 3-9 | Tunis, Tunisia | Challenger | Clay | Thomaz Bellucci | 2–6, 4–6 |
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| Result | W–L | Date | Tournament | Tier | Surface | Partner | Opponents | Score | |
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| Loss | 0–1 | Budva, Yugoslavia | Challenger | Clay | Nenad Zimonjić | Nebojsa Djordjevic  Aleksandar Kitinov | 3–6, 2–6 | ||
| Win | 1–1 | Budapest, Hungary | Challenger | Clay | Nebojsa Djordjevic |  Kornél Bardóczky Miklós Jancsó | 6–1, 3–6, 6–4 | ||
| Loss | 1–2 | Skopje, Macedonia | Challenger | Clay | Nebojsa Djordjevic | Thomas Buchmayer Thomas Strengberger | 4–6, 6–7 | ||
| Win | 2–2 | Wolfsburg, Germany | Challenger | Carpet |  Marat Safin | Jan-Ralph Brandt Thomas Messmer | 6–4, 4–6, 6–2 | ||
| Loss | 2–3 | Barletta, Italy | Challenger | Clay | Thomas Strengberger | Joan Balcells Juan Ignacio Carrasco | 6–7(4–7), 3–6 | ||
| Loss | 2–4 | Oberstaufen, Germany | Challenger | Clay |  Omar Camporese | Nuno Marques Rogier Wassen | 6–7, 6–7 | ||
| Loss | 2–5 | Newcastle, United Kingdom | Challenger | Clay | Nebojsa Djordjevic | Jeff Coetzee Edwin Kempes | 6–1, 6–7, 2–6 | ||
| Win | 3–5 | Weiden, Germany | Challenger | Clay | Emilio Benfele Álvarez | Simon Aspelin Johan Landsberg | 6–7, 6–2, 6–4 | ||
| Loss | 3–6 | Sofia, Bulgaria | Challenger | Clay | Nebojsa Djordjevic | Massimo Ardinghi Davide Sanguinetti | 4–6, 2–6 | ||
| Loss | 3–7 | Buenos Aires, Argentina | Challenger | Clay | Paul Rosner | Guillermo Cañas Martín García | 4–6, 4–6 | ||
| Loss | 3–8 | Tampere, Finland | Challenger | Clay | Steven Randjelovic |  Ville Liukko Jarkko Nieminen | 0–6, 6–4, 3–6 | ||
| Win | 4–8 | Togliatti, Russia | Challenger | Hard | Lovro Zovko |  Ionuț Moldovan Yuri Schukin | 6–4, 6–4 | ||
| Win | 5–8 | Santiago, Chile | Challenger | Clay |  Irakli Labadze | Joan Balcells Germán Puentes-Alcaniz | 6–3, 6–4 | ||
| Loss | 5–9 | Dallas, United States | Challenger | Hard | Lovro Zovko | Gavin Sontag  Jerry Turek | 6–3, 5–7, 5–7 | ||
| Win | 6–9 | Aschaffenburg, Germany | Challenger | Clay | Aleksandar Kitinov | Karsten Braasch Franz Stauder | 6–7(3–7), 6–4, 7–6(8–6) | ||
| Loss | 6–10 | Santiago, Chile | Challenger | Clay | Daniel Melo | André Sá Alexandre Simoni | 6–3, 3–6, 6–7(3–7) | ||
| Loss | 6–11 | San Jose, Costa Rica | Challenger | Hard | Daniel Melo |  Jonathan Erlich Andy Ram | 3–6, 3–6 | ||
| Win | 7–11 | Belgrade, Serbia | Challenger | Carpet | Lovro Zovko |  Jaroslav Levinský Tomáš Zíb | walkover | ||
| Win | 8–11 | Weiden, Germany | Challenger | Clay | Jens Knippschild | Sergio Roitman Andrés Schneiter | 7–6(7–5), 6–2 | ||
| Loss | 8–12 | Córdoba, Spain | Challenger | Hard | Emilio Benfele Álvarez | Paul Rosner Ota Fukárek | 6–7(7–9), 4–6 | ||
| Loss | 8–13 | Manerbio, Italy | Challenger | Clay | Anthony Ross |  Mariusz Fyrstenberg Marcin Matkowski | 4–6, 6–7(4–7) | ||
| Loss | 8–14 | San Antonio, United States | Challenger | Hard | Hugo Armando | Diego Ayala Robert Kendrick | 2–6, 4–6 | ||
| Loss | 8-15 | USA F4, Brownsville | Futures | Hard | Lazar Magdinchev | Tripp Phillips Ryan Sachire | 2–6, 1–6 | ||
| Win | 9–15 | Tunica Resorts, United States | Challenger | Clay | Michael Russell | Juan Pablo Brzezicki Juan Pablo Guzmán | 7–6(7–4), 6–3 | ||
| Loss | 9–16 | Dallas, United States | Challenger | Hard | Mirko Pehar | Rajeev Ram Bobby Reynolds | 3–6, 4–6 | ||
| Win | 10–16 | Miami, United States | Challenger | Clay |  Ilija Bozoljac | Jean-Julien Rojer Márcio Torres | 7–5, 6–4 | ||
| Win | 11–16 | Sunrise, United States | Challenger | Hard | Janko Tipsarević |  Kristof Vliegen Peter Wessels | 6–2, 7–6(7–5) | ||
| Win | 12–16 | Cremona, Italy | Challenger | Hard | Eduardo Schwank | Florin Mergea Horia Tecău | 6–3, 6–2 | ||
| Loss | 12–17 | Dresden, Germany | Challenger | Clay | Ilija Bozoljac | Daniel Brands  Jun Woong-sun | 6–2, 6–7(4–7), [6–10] | ||
| Loss | 12–18 | Bordeaux, France | Challenger | Clay | Tomasz Bednarek | Diego Hartfield Sergio Roitman | 4–6, 4–6 | ||
| Win | 13–18 | Waco, United States | Challenger | Hard | Alex Bogomolov Jr. | Alberto Francis Nicholas Monroe | 6–4, 5–7, [10–8] | ||
| Loss | 13–19 | Lubbock, United States | Challenger | Hard | Alex Bogomolov Jr. | Roman Borvanov Artem Sitak | 2–6, 3–6 | ||
| Win | 14–19 | Calabasas, United States | Challenger | Hard | Ilija Bozoljac | Nathan Healey Somdev Devvarman | 1–6, 6–3, [13–11] | ||
| Loss | 14–20 | Louisville, United States | Challenger | Hard | Frank Dancevic | Prakash Amritraj Jesse Levine | 3–6, 6–7(10–12) | ||
| Loss | 14–21 | Tiburon, United States | Challenger | Hard | Ilija Bozoljac | Harsh Mankad Treat Huey | 4–6, 4–6 | ||
| Win | 15–21 | Istanbul, Turkey | Challenger | Hard | Leoš Friedl | Brian Battistone Andreas Siljeström | 7–6(8–6), 7–6(7–3) | ||
| Win | 16–21 | Serbia F3, Belgrade | Futures | Clay | Boris Conkic |  Vadim Alekseenko Petar Djukic | 6–4, 4–6, [10–5] |
| Tournament | 1998 | 1999 | 2000 | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | SR | W–L | Win% | ||
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| Grand Slam tournaments | |||||||||||||||||||
| Australian Open | Q1 | A | Q3 | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | Q1 | A | A | 0 / 0 | 0–0 | |||
| French Open | Q1 | A | A | A | A | A | Q1 | Q1 | Q1 | 1R | Q2 | A | A | A | 0 / 1 | 0–1 | |||
| Wimbledon | Q1 | A | Q2 | A | A | A | Q1 | Q1 | Q2 | Q2 | Q1 | A | A | A | 0 / 0 | 0–0 | |||
| US Open | A | A | Q1 | A | A | Q1 | Q1 | Q1 | A | Q2 | Q1 | A | A | A | 0 / 0 | 0–0 | |||
| style=text-align:left | Win–loss | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0 / 1 | 0–1 | ||
| ATP World Tour Masters 1000 | |||||||||||||||||||
| Indian Wells | A | A | A | A | A | A | Q1 | A | A | Q2 | 1R | Q1 | A | Q1 | 0 / 1 | 0–1 | |||
| Miami | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | Q2 | A | A | A | 0 / 0 | 0–0 | |||
| Monte Carlo | Q2 | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | 0 / 0 | 0–0 | |||
| Rome | 1R | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | 0 / 1 | 0–1 | |||
| Madrid | Not Held | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | Q2 | A | A | 0 / 0 | 0–0 | ||||||
| style=text-align:left | Win–loss | 0–1 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0 / 2 | 0–2 | ||
| Tournament | 1998 | 1999 | 2000 | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | SR | W–L | Win% | ||
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| Grand Slam tournaments | |||||||||||||||||||
| Australian Open | A | A | 2R | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | 1R | bgcolor=yellow | SF | 1R | 0 / 4 | 5–4 | ||
| French Open | A | A | 1R | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | bgcolor=yellow | SF | 2R | 2R | A | 0 / 4 | 6–4 | ||
| Wimbledon | Q1 | A | 1R | A | A | A | A | A | 3R | A | 1R | 1R | 1R | A | 0 / 5 | 2–5 | |||
| US Open | A | Q1 | Q1 | A | 1R | A | A | A | A | A | QF | 2R | 1R | A | 0 / 4 | 4–4 | |||
| style=text-align:left | Win–loss | 0–0 | 0–0 | 1–3 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 7–3 | 2–4 | 5–4 | 0–1 | 0 / 17 | 17–17 | ||
| Olympic Games | |||||||||||||||||||
| Summer Olympics | NH | style=background:#afeeee | 1R | Not Held | A | NH | A | NH | 0 / 1 | 0–1 | |||||||||
| ATP World Tour Masters 1000 | |||||||||||||||||||
| Indian Wells | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | 1R | QF | A | 0 / 2 | 2–2 | |||
| Miami | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | 2R | 1R | A | 0 / 2 | 1–2 | |||
| Monte Carlo | 1R | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | 0 / 1 | 0–1 | |||
| Rome | 1R | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | 2R | A | A | 0 / 2 | 1–2 | |||
| Madrid | Not Held | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | QF | 1R | A | 0 / 2 | 2–2 | ||||||
| Canada | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | 1R | A | A | 0 / 1 | 0–1 | |||
| style=text-align:left | Win–loss | 0–2 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 4–5 | 2–3 | 0–0 | 0 / 10 | 6–10 | ||
| Tournament | 2000 | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | SR | W–L | Win% | ||
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| Grand Slam tournaments | ||||||||||||||||
| Australian Open | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | 2R | A | 0 / 1 | 1–1 | |||
| French Open | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | 2R | A | 0 / 1 | 1–1 | |||
| Wimbledon | 3R | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | 2R | 1R | 1R | 0 / 4 | 3–4 | |||
| US Open | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | QF | 2R | A | 0 / 2 | 3–2 | |||
| style=text-align:left | Win–loss | 2–1 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 3–2 | 3–4 | 0–1 | 0 / 8 | 8–8 |