Mate Delić (Croatian pronunciation: [mǎːte děliːtɕ];[1][2] born 29 April 1993) is a former Croatian tennis player and coach. He primarily played on the ITF Futures Tour and ATP Challenger Tour. Delic has reached a career high singles ranking of world No. 150, achieved on 5 January 2015, as well as a career high doubles ranking of world No. 348, achieved on 18 October 2013. Delic has reached 18 career singles finals, posting a tally of 5 wins and 13 losses, which includes a 0–2 record in ATP Challenger Tour finals. Additionally, he has reached 13 career singles finals with a record of 7 wins and 6 losses all coming on the ITF Futures Tour.

Mate Delić
Country (sports) Croatia
ResidenceSplit, Croatia
Born (1993-04-29) 29 April 1993 (age 30)
Split, Croatia
Height1.96 m (6 ft 5 in)
Turned pro2010
Retired2020
PlaysRight-handed, two-handed backhand
Prize money$193,036
Singles
Career record3–12
Career titles0
Highest rankingNo. 150 (5 January 2015)
Grand Slam singles results
Australian OpenQ2 (2015)
French OpenQ1 (2015)
WimbledonQ1 (2014)
US OpenQ1 (2014)
Doubles
Career record0–2
Career titles0
Highest rankingNo. 348 (28 October 2013)
Last updated on: 21 April 2021.

Juniors edit

As a junior, Delic reached a career high combined singles and doubles ranking of world No. 19, which he achieved on December 31, 2011. His best results in the junior grand slams were a semifinal finish at the 2011 French Open in singles where he lost to Dominic Thiem and a semifinal finish at the 2011 Australian Open in doubles, partnering Joris De Loore where they lost to Jiří Veselý and Filip Horansky.

Professional career edit

In July 2011, Delic made his ATP Tour debut when he was granted a wildcard entry into the main draw of the 2011 Croatian Open. He would go on the lose to Italian Gianluca Naso in straight sets 4–6, 2–6. In 2014 he was given a wildcard into the main draw of the 2014 Zagreb Indoors where again he was defeated in the first round, this time by compatriot and fifth seed Marin Čilić 4–6, 4–6. Three months later at the 2014 Düsseldorf Open he qualified for a main draw for the first time in his career, and then went on to defeat Michał Przysiężny in the first round 7–5, 7–5, as well as Dustin Brown in the second round 6–3, 6–0, before eventually falling in the quarterfinals to Philipp Kohlschreiber in three sets 5–7, 6–4, 1–6. His only other win at the ATP Tour level was in a singles tie of Davis Cup play, where he represents his native Croatia.

Coaching edit

In 2022, he started coaching fellow Croatian Borna Ćorić.[3] Since 2024, he is the coach of Dominic Thiem.

ATP Challenger and ITF Futures finals edit

Singles: 18 (5–13) edit

Legend
ATP Challenger (0–2)
ITF Futures (5–11)
Finals by surface
Hard (1–6)
Clay (3–7)
Grass (0–0)
Carpet (1–0)
Result W–L    Date    Tournament Tier Surface Opponent Score
Win 1–0 Nov 2012 Greece F7, Heraklion Futures Carpet   Nikola Ćaćić 6–4, 7–6(7–3)
Win 2–0 May 2013 Turkey F20, Antalya Futures Hard   Hugo Nys 3–6, 7–5, 6–4
Win 3–0 Jun 2013 Bosnia & Herzegovina F4, Kiseljak Futures Clay   Damir Džumhur 7–5, 6–2
Loss 3–1 Nov 2013 Croatia F10, Solin Futures Clay   Nikola Mektić 6–7(5–7), 6–7(2–7)
Loss 3–2 Jan 2014 Israel F3, Eilat Futures Hard   Amir Weintraub 4–6, 2–6
Loss 3–3 Mar 2014 Turkey F10, Antalya Futures Hard   Karol Beck 6–7(5–7), 6–3, 3–6
Loss 3–4 Apr 2014 Vercelli, Italy Challenger Clay   Simone Bolelli 2–6, 2–6
Loss 3–5 Sep 2014 Genoa, Italy Challenger Clay   Albert Ramos Viñolas 1–6, 5–7
Loss 3–6 Oct 2015 Turkey F42, Antalya Futures Hard   Dimitar Kuzmanov 6–0, 6–7(8–10), 1–6
Win 4–6 Nov 2015 Turkey F45, Antalya Futures Clay   Tomislav Brkić 3–6, 6–4, 6–1
Loss 4–7 Jan 2016 Turkey F1, Antalya Futures Hard   Michal Konečný 4–6, 6–7(6–8)
Loss 4–8 Jan 2016 Turkey F2, Antalya Futures Hard   Vadym Ursu 0–6, 4–6
Loss 4–9 Apr 2017 Turkey F14, Antalya Futures Clay   Marsel İlhan 2–6, 5–7
Loss 4–10 Apr 2017 Turkey F15, Antalya Futures Clay   Martín Cuevas 6–4, 4–6, 1–6
Loss 4–11 Oct 2017 Turkey F36, Antalya Futures Clay   Dennis Novak 3–6, 4–6
Loss 4–12 Oct 2017 Turkey F37, Antalya Futures Clay   Peter Torebko 2–6, 2–6
Loss 4–13 Jan 2018 Turkey F3, Antalya Futures Hard   Dimitar Kuzmanov 3–6, 4–6
Win 5–13 May 2018 Turkey F17, Antalya Futures Clay   Gijs Brouwer 6–0, 6–4

Doubles: 13 (7–6) edit

Legend
ATP Challenger (0–0)
ITF Futures (7–6)
Finals by surface
Hard (0–3)
Clay (5–3)
Grass (0–0)
Carpet (2–0)
Result W–L    Date    Tournament Tier Surface Partner Opponents Score
Loss 0–1 Feb 2011 Croatia F2, Zagreb Futures Hard   Kristijan Mesaroš   Ante Pavić
  Mislav Hizak
3–6, 7–6(7–3), [4–10]
Loss 0–2 Feb 2012 Croatia F1, Zagreb Futures Hard   Mirza Bašić   Andrei Dăescu
  Florin Mergea
5–7, 1–6
Win 1–2 Oct 2012 Croatia F10, Solin Futures Clay   Tomislav Draganja   Jaroslav Pospíšil
  Andrej Martin
6–3, 4–6, [11–9]
Win 2–2 Nov 2012 Greece F6, Heraklion Futures Carpet   Nikola Ćaćić   Julien Dubail
  Yannick Vandenbulcke
7–5, 6–2
Win 3–2 Nov 2012 Greece F7, Heraklion Futures Carpet   Nikola Ćaćić   Julien Dubail
  Evan Couacoud
6–1, 6–2
Loss 3–3 Feb 2013 Turkey F7, Antalya Futures Hard   Ilija Vucic   Chang Yu
  Li Zhe
5–7, 6–3, [9–11]
Win 4–3 Mar 2013 Croatia F6, Vrsar Futures Clay   Tomislav Brkić   Lukas Marsoun
  Dominik Suc
2–6, 7–6(7–3), [10–8]
Loss 4–4 Apr 2013 Italy F4, Padova Futures Clay   Joško Topić   Matteo Donati
  Andrey Golubev
6–7(6–8), 6–3, [6–10]
Win 5–4 Jun 2013 Bosnia & Herzegovina F4, Kiseljak Futures Clay   Tomislav Draganja   Filip Veger
  Lovro Zovko
6–4, 6–3
Win 6–4 Aug 2013 Italy F22, Este Futures Clay   Stefano Travaglia   Jorge Aguilar
  Guillermo Hormazábal
6–0, 6–1
Win 7–4 Oct 2013 Croatia F10, Solin Futures Clay   Tomislav Brkić   Aleksandre Kondulukov
  Alexey Kondulukov
6–2, 4–6, [10–4]
Loss 7–5 Oct 2013 Croatia F11, Dubrovnik Futures Clay   Tomislav Brkić   Dominik Suc
  Marek Michalička
6–7(2–7), 1–6
Loss 7–6 Aug 2016 Austria F5, Innsbruck Futures Clay   Duje Delic   Dusty H. Boyer
  Lukas Ollert
2–6, 3–6

References edit

  1. ^ "Máte". Hrvatski jezični portal (in Serbo-Croatian). Retrieved 17 March 2018. Máte
  2. ^ "dèlija". Hrvatski jezični portal (in Serbo-Croatian). Retrieved 17 March 2018. Dèlīć
  3. ^ "Coric "didn't touch a racquet for seven months" : His injury, his doubts, his comeback in his own words". 8 March 2022.

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