Borna Gojo

Borna Gojo (Croatian pronunciation: [bôːrna ɡǒːjo]; born 27 February 1998) is a Croatian professional tennis player. He has a career high ATP singles ranking of world No. 72, achieved on 20 November 2023, and a doubles ranking of world No. 394 achieved on 17 January 2022. He is currently the No. 3 Croatian player.

Borna Gojo

Gojo at the 2021 Internationaux de Tennis de Vendée
Country (sports)	Croatia
Residence	Split, Croatia
Born	(1998-02-27) 27 February 1998 Split, Croatia
Height	1.96 m (6 ft 5 in)
Turned pro	2020
Plays	Right-handed (two-handed backhand)
College	Wake Forest
Prize money	$1,120,870
Singles
Career record	19–22 (46.3%) (at ATP Tour level, Grand Slam level, and in Davis Cup)
Career titles	0
Highest ranking	No. 72 (20 November 2023)
Current ranking	No. 134 (22 April 2024)
Grand Slam singles results
Australian Open	Q3 (2021)
French Open	2R (2022)
Wimbledon	1R (2023)
US Open	4R (2023)
Doubles
Career record	0–0 (at ATP Tour level, Grand Slam level, and in Davis Cup)
Career titles	0
Highest ranking	No. 394 (17 January 2022)
Team competitions
Davis Cup	F (2021)
Last updated on: 15 April 2024.

College career

Gojo played college tennis at Wake Forest University, where he was part of the team that won the NCAA National Championship in 2018 while being named the tournament's most outstanding player.

Professional career

2018: ATP debut

Gojo made his ATP main draw debut at the 2018 Winston-Salem Open after receiving a wildcard for the singles main draw. He faced American Ryan Harrison and lost 2–6, 4–6.

2020: Top 250 debut

He made his top 250 debut at No. 245 on 19 October 2020.

2021: Davis Cup finalist

Borna lost in the finals with team Croatia in the 2021 Davis Cup.

2022: Major debut & first win, Maiden Challenger title & top 150

At the 2022 French Open he qualified for his first Grand Slam in his career. He defeated fellow qualifier and lucky loser Alessandro Giannessi in five sets for his first Grand Slam win.

He moved 34 positions up into the top 150 at No. 148 on 31 October 2022, following his maiden Challenger title in Ortisei.

2023: Masters, Wimbledon, US Open debuts and first fourth round, top 75

He made his debut on 9 January 2023 in the top 125 at world No. 124.

He made his Masters 1000 debut in Indian Wells as a qualifier, where he lost in the first round to Richard Gasquet and at the 2023 Mutua Madrid Open also as a qualifier where he lost to Thiago Monteiro. He reached a few spots shy of the top 100 in the rankings on 8 May 2023.

Gojo made his debut at the 2023 Wimbledon Championships as a direct entry into the main draw. He qualified for the next Major at the 2023 US Open and reached the fourth round for the first time at a Major defeating Hugo Dellien, Mackenzie McDonald and Jiří Veselý. He lost to second seed and eventual champion Novak Djokovic. As a result he reached the top 100 at world No. 77 climbing 28 spots on 11 September 2023.

He received a wildcard for the 2023 Erste Bank Open in Vienna, Austria where he defeated Aslan Karatsev and sixth seed Tommy Paul to reach the quarterfinals.

Singles performance timeline

Key

W

F

SF

QF

#R

RR

Q#

DNQ

A

NH

(W) winner; (F) finalist; (SF) semifinalist; (QF) quarterfinalist; (#R) rounds 4, 3, 2, 1; (RR) round-robin stage; (Q#) qualification round; (DNQ) did not qualify; (A) absent; (NH) not held; (SR) strike rate (events won / competed); (W–L) win–loss record.

To avoid confusion and double counting, these charts are updated at the conclusion of a tournament or when the player's participation has ended.

Current through the 2024 Australian Open – Men's singles

Tournament	2018	2019	2020	2021	2022	2023	2024	SR	W–L
Grand Slam tournaments
Australian Open	A	A	A	Q3	A	A	A	0 / 0	0–0
French Open	A	A	A	Q2	2R	Q2		0 / 1	1–1
Wimbledon	A	A	A	Q1	Q1	1R		0 / 1	0–1
US Open	A	A	A	Q1	Q2	4R		0 / 1	3–1
Win–loss	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	1–1	3–2	0–0	0 / 3	4–3
National representation
Davis Cup	A	RR	QR	F	SF	RR		0 / 4	7–6
ATP Masters 1000
Indian Wells Masters	A	A	NH	A	A	1R	A	0 / 1	0–1
Miami Open	A	A	NH	A	A	Q2	A	0 / 0	0–0
Madrid Open	A	A	NH	A	A	1R		0 / 1	0–1
Italian Open	A	A	NH	A	A	Q1		0 / 0	0–0
Canadian Open	A	A	NH	A	A	Q1		0 / 0	0–0
Cincinnati Masters	A	A	NH	A	A	A		0 / 0	0–0
Shanghai Masters	A	A	NH	A	A	A		0 / 0	0–0
Win–loss	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–2	0–0	0 / 2	0–2
Career statistics
Tournaments	1	0	0	2	3	9	2	17
Overall win–loss	0–1	0–2	1–0	3–3	3–5	12–9	0–2	19–22
Year-end ranking	335	276	221	284	144	72

ATP Challenger and ITF Futures finals

Singles: 6 (1–5)

Legend (singles) ATP Challenger (1–4) ITF Futures (0–2)

Finals by surface Hard (1–4) Clay (0–1) Grass (0–0) Carpet (0–0)

Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Tier	Surface	Opponent	Score
Loss	0–1	Dec 2016	Turkey F49, Antalya	Futures	Hard	Alexandar Lazov	6–7(6–8), 5–7
Loss	0–2	Nov 2017	Malaysia F3, Kuala Lumpur	Futures	Hard	Scott Griekspoor	4–6, 2–6
Loss	0–3	Feb 2022	Bengaluru, India	Challenger	Hard	Tseng Chun-hsin	4–6, 5–7
Win	1–3	Oct 2022	Ortisei, Italy	Challenger	Hard (i)	Lukáš Klein	7–6(7–4), 6–3
Loss	1–4	Feb 2023	Monterrey, Mexico	Challenger	Hard	Nuno Borges	4–6, 6–7(6–8)
Loss	1–5	Apr 2023	Murcia, Spain	Challenger	Clay	Matteo Arnaldi	4–6, 6–7(4–7)

Doubles 4 (2–2)

Legend ATP Challenger (0–0) ITF Futures (2–2)

Finals by surface Hard (0–1) Clay (2–1) Grass (0–0) Carpet (0–0)

Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Tier	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Loss	0–1	Jul 2016	Serbia F2, Sombor	Futures	Clay	Domagoj Bilješko	Ljubomir Čelebić Nerman Fatić	6–1, 3–6, [6–10]
Win	1–1	Sep 2016	Serbia F6, Zlatibor	Futures	Clay	Domagoj Bilješko	Goran Marković Antun Vidak	6–1, 6–7(1–7), [11–9]
Win	2–1	Oct 2016	Croatia F10, Bol	Futures	Clay	Nino Serdarušić	Ivan Bjelica Darko Jandrić	6–3, 6–7(11–13), [10–5]
Loss	2–2	Dec 2016	Turkey F49, Antalya	Futures	Hard	Ondřej Krstev	Tuna Altuna Alexander Pavlioutchenkov	6–3, 3–6, [12–14]

National representation

Davis Cup (8–6)

Group membership Finals (6–6) Qualifying Round (2–0)

Matches by surface Hard (8–6) Clay (0–0) Grass (0–0)

Matches by type Singles (8–6) Doubles (0–0)

Matches by venue Home (4–1) Away (1–2) Neutral (3–3)

• 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.

Result	No.	Rubber	Match type (partner if any)	Opponent nation	Opponent player(s)	Score
0–3; 18 November 2019; Caja Mágica, Madrid, Spain; Davis Cup Finals Group B round robin; hard (indoor) surface
Defeat	1	I	Singles	Russia	Andrey Rublev	3–6, 3–6
0–3; 20 November 2019; Caja Mágica, Madrid, Spain; Davis Cup Finals Group B round robin; hard (indoor) surface
Defeat	2	II	Singles	Spain	Rafael Nadal	4–6, 3–6
3–1; 6-7 March 2020; Dom Sportova, Zagreb, Croatia; Davis Cup qualifying round; hard (indoor) surface
Victory	3	I	Singles	India	Prajnesh Gunneswaran	3–6, 6–4, 6–2
3–0; 25 November 2021; Pala Alpitour, Turin, Italy; Davis Cup Final Group D round robin; hard (indoor) surface
Victory	4	I	Singles	Australia	Alexei Popyrin	7–6(7–5), 7–5
2–1; 29 November 2021; Pala Alpitour, Turin, Italy; Davis Cup Finals Quarterfinal; hard (indoor) surface
Victory	5	I	Singles	Italy	Lorenzo Sonego	7–6(7–2), 2–6, 6–2
2–1; 3 December 2021; Madrid Arena, Madrid, Spain; Davis Cup Finals Semifinal; hard (indoor) surface
Victory	6	I	Singles	Serbia	Dušan Lajović	4–6, 6–3, 6–2
0–2; 5 December 2021; Madrid Arena, Madrid, Spain; Davis Cup Finals Final; hard (indoor) surface
Defeat	7	I	Singles	Russia	Andrey Rublev	4–6, 6–7(5–7)
0–3; 14 September 2022; Unipol Arena, Bologna, Italy; Davis Cup Final Group A round robin; hard (indoor) surface
Defeat	8	I	Singles	Italy	Lorenzo Musetti	4–6, 2–6
2–1; 15 September 2022; Unipol Arena, Bologna, Italy; Davis Cup Final Group A round robin; hard (indoor) surface
Defeat	9	I	Singles	Sweden	Elias Ymer	2–6, 6–7(2–7)
3–0; 17 September 2022; Unipol Arena, Bologna, Italy; Davis Cup Final Group A round robin; hard (indoor) surface
Victory	10	I	Singles	Argentina	Sebastián Báez	6–1, 3–6, 6–3
3–1; 4–5 February 2023; Centar Zamet, Rijeka, Croatia; Davis Cup qualifying round; hard (indoor) surface
Victory	11	II	Singles	Austria	Dominic Thiem	6–3, 7–6(7–2),
1–2; 13 September 2023; Arena Gripe, Split, Croatia; Davis Cup Final Group D round robin; hard (indoor) surface
Victory	12	II	Singles	United States	Frances Tiafoe	6–4, 7–6(8–6)
1–2; 15 September 2023; Arena Gripe, Split, Croatia; Davis Cup Final Group D round robin; hard (indoor) surface
Defeat	13	II	Singles	Finland	Emil Ruusuvuori	6–7(3–7), 4–6
2–1; 17 September 2023; Arena Gripe, Split, Croatia; Davis Cup Final Group D round robin; hard (indoor) surface
Victory	14	II	Singles	Netherlands	Tallon Griekspoor	4–6, 7–6(7–2), 6–4

ATP Cup (4–1)

Matches by surface Hard (4–1) Clay (0–0) Grass (0–0)

Matches by type Singles (3–0) Mixed Doubles (1–1)

Rubber outcome	No.	Rubber	Match type (partner if any)	Opponent nation	Opponent player(s)	Score
8–2; 29 December 2022–3 January 2023; RAC Arena, Perth, Australia; Round robin, Group F; hard surface
Victory	1	IV	Singles	Argentina	Federico Coria	7–6(7–5), 6–4
Victory	2	V	Mixed Doubles (with Tara Würth)		Nadia Podoroska / Tomás Martín Etcheverry	1–6, 6–4, [10–4]
Victory	3	IV	Singles	France	Adrian Mannarino	7–6(7–5), 3–6, 7–6(7–5)
2–3; 4 January 2023; RAC Arena, Perth, Australia; Host city final; hard surface
Victory	4	IV	Singles	Greece	Stefanos Sakellaridis	6–4, 6–2
Defeat	5	V	Mixed Doubles (with Petra Martić)		Maria Sakkari / Stefanos Tsitsipas	6–7(6–8), 4–6

External links

• Borna Gojo at the Association of Tennis Professionals
• Borna Gojo at the International Tennis Federation
• Borna Gojo at the Davis Cup