Filip Misolic Explained

Filip Misolic
Birth Date:8 August 2001
Birth Place:Graz, Austria
Height:NaN1.80
Turnedpro:2019
Plays:Right-handed (two-handed backhand)
Careerprizemoney:$564,656
Singlestitles:0
Highestsinglesranking:No. 126 (24 April 2023)
Currentsinglesranking:No. 187 (10 June 2024)
Australianopenresult:Q1 (2023, 2024)
Frenchopenresult:2R (2024)
Wimbledonresult:Q1 (2022, 2023)
Usopenresult:Q2 (2022, 2023)
Doublestitles:0
Highestdoublesranking:No. 1082 (9 May 2022)
Updated:10 June 2024

Filip Misolic (Croatian: Mišolić; born 8 August 2001) is an Austrian tennis player.He has a career high ATP singles ranking of world No. 126, achieved on 24 April 2023.[1] He is currently the No. 4 Austrian player.[2]

Career

2022: Maiden Challenger title, ATP debut & first final, top 150 debut

Ranked No. 301, Misolic won the ATP Challenger singles title at the 2022 Zagreb Open.[3] As a result he reached the top 250 climbing 76 positions up in the rankings to No. 225 on 16 May 2022.[4]

Ranked No. 205, he made his ATP debut at the 2022 Generali Open Kitzbühel as a wildcard where he reached the quarterfinals defeating Daniel Dutra da Silva and Pablo Andujar.[5] Next he defeated Dusan Lajovic to reach the first ATP semifinal in his career.[6] [7] He reached his maiden ATP final defeating Yannick Hanfmann in a final set tiebreak.[8] As a result he moved close to 70 positions up the rankings in the top 150 to a new career-high of world No. 137 and became the Austrian player No. 1 on 1 August 2022.[9]

2023: Second Challenger

He reached the quarterfinals at the 2023 Swedish Open in Bastad after qualifying into the main draw, where he lost to third seed Lorenzo Musetti.

Ranked No. 181, he qualified for the 2023 Stockholm Open and defeated eight seed Dan Evans. He also qualified for his home tournament, the 2023 Erste Bank Open.[10]

2024: Grand Slam debut and first win

Ranked No. 241, he made his Grand Slam debut at the 2024 French Open after qualifying for the main draw[11] and defeated lucky loser Otto Virtanen in five sets. As a result he moved more than 50 positions up, back into the top 200 in the rankings.

Singles performance timeline

Current through the 2024 Monte-Carlo Masters.

Tournament2021202220232024SRW–L
Grand Slam tournaments
Australian OpenAAQ1Q10 / 00–0
French OpenAAQ20 / 00–0
WimbledonAQ1Q1A0 / 00–0
US OpenAQ2Q20 / 00–0
style=text-align:leftWin–loss0–00–00–00–00 / 00–0
National representation
Davis CupAWG IA0 / 01–0
ATP Tour Masters 1000
Indian Wells MastersAAQ2A0 / 00–0
Miami OpenAAQ2A0 / 00–0
Madrid OpenAAQ10 / 00–0
Career statistics
style=text-align:leftTournaments02507
style=text-align:leftTitles00000
style=text-align:leftFinals01001
style=text-align:leftOverall win–loss0–05–23–50–08–7
style=text-align:leftYear-end ranking354149146

ATP career finals

Singles: 1 (1 runner-up)

Legend
Grand Slam tournaments (0–0)
ATP Finals (0–0)
Masters 1000 (0–0)
ATP Tour 500 Series (0–0)
ATP Tour 250 Series (0–1)
Finals by surface
Hard (0–0)
Clay (0–1)
Grass (0–0)
Finals by setting
Outdoor (0–1)
Indoor (0–0)

ATP Challenger and ITF World Tennis Tour finals

Singles: 10 (8-2)

Legend
ATP Challenger Tour (2–1)
ITF World Tennis Tour (6–1)
Finals by surface
Hard (0–0)
Clay (8–2)
Grass (0–0)
Carpet (0–0)
ResultW–LDateTournamentTierSurfaceOpponentScore
Loss0–1M15 Antalya, TurkeyWorld TourClay Holger Rune0–6, 0–4 ret.
Win1–1M15 Porec, CroatiaWorld TourClay Pietro Rondoni6–4, 6–4
Win2–1M25 Telfs, AustriaWorld TourClay Bogdan Ionut Apostol7–6(9–7), 6–1
Win3–1M15 Novi Sad, SerbiaWorld TourClay Luciano Darderi6–4, 6–4
Win4–1M15 Novi Sad, SerbiaWorld TourClay Francisco Comesaña6–4, 6–3
Win5–1M25 Pardubice, Czech RepublicWorld TourClay Henri Squire7–5, 6–3
Win6–1M25 Porec, CroatiaWorld TourClay Oriol Roca Batalla3–6, 7–6(7–2), 6–4
Win7–1Zagreb, CroatiaChallengerClay Mili Poljičak6–3, 7–6(8–6)
Win8–1Roseto degli Abruzzi, ItalyChallengerClay Raphaël Collignon4–6, 7–5, 7–6(8–6)
Loss8–2Mauthausen, AustriaChallengerClay Hamad Međedović2–6, 7–6(7–5), 4–6

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Filip Misolic | Overview | ATP Tour | Tennis. ATP Tour.
  2. Web site: Rankings | Pepperstone ATP Rankings (Singles) | ATP Tour | Tennis | ATP Tour | Tennis .
  3. Web site: ATP Challenger Zagreb Open on Instagram: "Pobjednik ATP Zagreb Opena, Filip Mišolić! - - - ATP Zagreb Open's trophy winner Filip Mišolić #tennis @atpchallengertour @hts_sluzbeni" .
  4. https://www.tennisnet.com/en/news/atp-challenger-zagreb-qualifier-filip-misolic-makes-it-to-the-final ATP Challenger Zagreb: Qualifier Filip Misolic makes it to the final!
  5. Web site: Misolic Wins Memorable Kitzbühel Debut . 25 July 2022 . 28 July 2022 . 17 August 2022 . https://web.archive.org/web/20220817172924/https://www.tennis-tourtalk.com/93293/misolic-wins-memorable-kitzbuhel-debut . dead .
  6. Web site: Misolic sensational in the semifinals . 29 July 2022 .
  7. Web site: Misolic Remains Alive in the Rainy Austrian Alps . 29 July 2022 . 29 July 2022 . 19 August 2022 . https://web.archive.org/web/20220819091013/https://www.tennis-tourtalk.com/93456/misolic-remains-alive-in-the-rainy-austrian-alps . dead .
  8. Web site: Filip Misolic Edges Yannick Hanfmann to Reach Dream Final in Kitzbühel | ATP Tour | Tennis .
  9. Web site: Austrian No. 1, FM ranking .
  10. https://www.erstebank-open.com/en/news/storys/misolic-zieht-in-hauptbewerb-ein Misolic makes it into main draw
  11. Web site: De Jong, Bergs qualify for Roland Garros; Monteiro, Kukushkin, Misolic seal main draw spots. 24 May 2024.