| Nikola Špear | |
| Birth Date: | 1944 2, df=y |
| Plays: | Right-handed |
| Singlestitles: | 8 |
| Highestsinglesranking: | No. 78 (2 July 1977) |
| Australianopenresult: | 1R (1975) |
| Frenchopenresult: | 4R (1966, 1967) |
| Wimbledonresult: | 2R (1970) |
| Usopenresult: | 2R (1975) |
| Doublestitles: | 0 |
| Highestdoublesranking: | No. 672 (2 January 1984) |
| Australianopendoublesresult: | 1R (1975) |
| Frenchopendoublesresult: | 3R (1970, 1971) |
| Wimbledondoublesresult: | 3R (1968) |
| Usopendoublesresult: | 1R (1969, 1971, 1976) |
| Mixed: | yes |
| Frenchopenmixedresult: | 2R (1968) |
| Wimbledonmixedresult: | 3R (1970) |
| Team: | yes |
| Daviscupresult: | F (1970) |
Nikola "Nikki" Špear (Serbian: Никола Шпеар; 22 February 1944 – 2 December 2017) was a Yugoslavian international tennis player.[1] [2] Špear won the senior championship of Yugoslavia 1968, 1972, 1973 and 1975.[3] He also organised tennis events in his hometown of Subotica.[4]
He competed in the Davis Cup a number of times, from 1969 to 1975.[5]
He was the coach of Denmark Davis Cup team, the German Fed Cup team and the Davis Cup team of FR Yugoslavia.[6]
| Result | W–L | Date | Tournament | Surface | Partner | Opponents | Score | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Loss | 0–1 | 1975 | Barcelona, Spain | Clay |  Paul Kronk |  Juan Gisbert Manuel Orantes | 7–6, 2–6, 4–6 | |
| Loss | 0–2 | 1977 | Munich, West Germany | Clay |  John Whitlinger | František Pála Balázs Taróczy | 3–6, 4–6 |
| Tournament | 1965 | 1966 | 1967 | 1968 | 1969 | 1970 | 1971 | 1972 | 1973 | 1974 | 1975 | 1976 | 1977 | 1978 | 1979 | 1980 | 1981 | Win % | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Grand Slam tournaments | |||||||||||||||||||||
| bgcolor=#EFEFEF align=left | Australian Open | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | 1R | A | A | A | A | A | A | 0 / 1 | 0–1 | 0% |
| bgcolor=#EFEFEF align=left | French Open | 1R | 4R | 4R | 2R | 1R | 3R | 2R | P2 | 1R | Q1 | 2R | 1R | 1R | 1R | 1R | A | A | 0 / 13 | 10–11 | 48% |
| bgcolor=#EFEFEF align=left | Wimbledon | A | A | 1R | 1R | 1R | 2R | 1R | 1R | A | A | 1R | 1R | A | A | A | A | A | 0 / 8 | 1–8 | 11% |
| bgcolor=#EFEFEF align=left | US Open | A | A | A | A | A | A | 1R | A | A | 1R | 2R | 1R | 1R | A | A | A | A | 0 / 5 | 1–5 | 17% |
| Win–loss | 0–0 | 3–1 | 2–2 | 1–2 | 0–1 | 3–2 | 1–3 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 2–4 | 0–3 | 0–2 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0 / 28 | 12–25 | 32% | |
| National representation | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Davis Cup | A | A | A | A | QF | bgcolor=thistle | F | A | 1R | A | A | QF | A | A | A | A | A | A | 0 / 4 | 5–9 | 36% |
| style=text-align:left | Win–loss | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–2 | 4–4 | 0–0 | 0–2 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0 / 4 | 5–9 | 36% |
| Career statistics | |||||||||||||||||||||
| 1965 | 1966 | 1967 | 1968 | 1969 | 1970 | 1971 | 1972 | 1973 | 1974 | 1975 | 1976 | 1977 | 1978 | 1979 | 1980 | 1981 | Career | ||||
| Tournaments | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 13 | 15 | 11 | 13 | 13 | 25 | 16 | 19 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 146 | |||
| style=text-align:left | Titles / Finals | 0 / 0 | 0 / 0 | 0 / 0 | 0 / 0 | 0 / 0 | 0 / 0 | 0 / 0 | 0 / 0 | 0 / 0 | 0 / 0 | 0 / 0 | 0 / 0 | 0 / 0 | 0 / 0 | 0 / 0 | 0 / 0 | 0 / 0 | 0 / 0 | ||
| style=text-align:left | Overall win–loss | 0–0 | 3–1 | 2–2 | 1–3 | 2–3 | 14–13 | 4–15 | 3–10 | 5–12 | 2–12 | 16–25 | 5–16 | 15–19 | 1–4 | 1–3 | 0–2 | 0–0 | 70–144 | ||
| style=text-align:left | Win % | – | 75% | 50% | 25% | 40% | 52% | 21% | 23% | 29% | 14% | 39% | 24% | 44% | 20% | 25% | 0% | – | 35% | ||
| Year-end ranking | N/A | 124 | 153 | 92 | 151 | 122 | 357 | 312 | 383 | style=color:#767676 | N/A | No. 78 | |||||||||