Zoran Petković Explained

Zoran Petković
Residence:	Darmstadt, Germany
Birth Date:	^[1]
Birth Place:	Tuzla,^[2] SR Bosnia and Herzegovina, SFR Yugoslavia
Team:	yes
Daviscupresult:	1–1
Medaltemplates-Expand:	yes

Zoran Petković (Serbian: Зоран Петковић) is a Bosnia-born tennis coach and former player who competed for Yugoslavia.^[3] He is an ethnic Serb.^[4]

Career

Petković won a doubles silver medal at the 1979 Mediterranean Games partnering with Zoltan Ilin. In the early 1980s he took part in two Davis Cup ties for Yugoslavia; he lost a dead rubber to former World No. 1 Romania's Ilie Năstase in straight sets in 1980.^[5]

Also in the early 1980s, he played college tennis for the South Carolina Gamecocks men's tennis.^[6]

Personal life

His older daughter is German tennis player Andrea Petkovic, whom he has coached in the past.^[7]

Notes and References

1. Web site: Der Tennisvater der besonderen Art. tennisnet.com. 31 March 2011. German.
2. Web site: Tennistrainer Zoran Petkovic über den Weg zum Davis Cup. faz.net. 1 October 2019. Serbian.
3. https://www.itftennis.com/en/players/zoran-petkovic/800177963/yug/mt/s/overview/ ITF profile
4. Book: Walker, William. German and Bosnian Voices in a Time of Crisis: Bosnian Refugees in Germany 1992-2002. 2010. Dog Ear Publishing. Indianapolis. 978-1-608446-605. 178. 1st.
5. http://www.daviscup.com/en/players/player.aspx?id=800177963 Davis Cup profile
6. Web site: Petkovic feels at home in Charleston. postandcourier.com. 3 April 2015.
7. Web site: Andrea Petkovic Bio. wtatennis.com.