Duje Ajduković (born 5 February 2001) is a Croatian tennis player. He has a career high ATP singles ranking of World No. 115 achieved on 1 April 2024. He also has a career high ATP doubles ranking of No. 491 achieved on 8 November 2021.[1] Ajduković has won 2 ATP Challenger singles title and 9 ITF titles, 7 singles and 2 doubles. He is currently the No. 2 Croatian player.[2]

Duje Ajduković
Ajduković at the 2022 French Open
Country (sports) Croatia
ResidenceZagreb, Croatia
Born (2001-02-05) 5 February 2001 (age 23)
Split, Croatia
Height1.88 m (6 ft 2 in)
Turned pro2018
PlaysRight-handed (two-handed backhand)
Prize money$308,376
Singles
Career record2–7 (at ATP Tour level, Grand Slam level, and in Davis Cup)
Career titles0
Highest rankingNo. 115 (1 April 2024)
Current rankingNo. 122 (22 April 2024)
Grand Slam singles results
Australian OpenQ2 (2024)
French OpenQ2 (2022)
WimbledonQ3 (2022)
Doubles
Career record1–1 (at ATP Tour level, Grand Slam level, and in Davis Cup)
Career titles0
Highest rankingNo. 491 (8 November 2021)
Current rankingNo. 1255 (1 April 2024)
Last updated on: 10 April 2024.

Professional career edit

Ajduković made his ATP main draw debut at the 2021 Croatia Open Umag after receiving a wildcard into the singles and doubles main draws.[3]

In August 2023, Ajdukovic won his first ATP Challenger tournament in Lüdenscheid, Germany after going through the qualifying, defeating Hugo Dellien in the final in straight sets.

He qualified for his first ATP 500 tournament at the 2024 Barcelona Open Banc Sabadell.

Challenger and ITF Futures/World Tennis Tour Finals edit

Singles: 14 (9–5) edit

Legend (singles)
ATP Challenger Tour (2–2)
ITF Futures Tour/World Tennis Tour (7-3)
Titles by surface
Hard (1–2)
Clay (8–3)
Grass (0–0)
Carpet (0–0)
Result W–L    Date    Tournament Tier Surface Opponent Score
Loss 0–1 Oct 2018 Tunisia F34, Monastir Futures Hard   Baptiste Crepatte 7–5, 6–7(3–7), 2–6
Loss 0–2 Sep 2019 M15, Székesfehérvár, Hungary World Tennis Tour Clay   Michael Vrbenský 2-6, 2-6
Win 1-2 Oct 2019 M15 Tabarka, Tunisia World Tennis Tour Clay   Pol Toledo Bagué 6-3, 6-1
Win 2-2 Nov 2019 M15 Antalya, Turkey World Tennis Tour Clay   Álvaro López San Martín 6-2, 6-4
Win 3-2 Mar 2020 M25 Antalya, Turkey World Tennis Tour Clay   Pedro Cachin 3–6, 6–4, 7–6(7–2)
Win 4-2 Sep 2020 M15 Curtea de Argeș, Romania World Tennis Tour Clay   Franco Agamenone 2–6, 6–4, 6–4
Win 5-2 Apr 2023 M25 Dubrovnik, Croatia World Tennis Tour Clay   Luka Mikrut 6–3, 6–2
Win 6-2 Apr 2023 M25 Split, Croatia World Tennis Tour Clay   Eric Vanshelboim 6–3, 6–4
Loss 6-3 Apr 2023 M15 Kuršumlijska Banja, Serbia World Tennis Tour Clay   Maks Kaśnikowski 4–6, 6–7(3–7)
Win 7-3 Jun 2023 M25 Kiseljak, Bosnia and Herzegovina World Tennis Tour Clay   Pedro Boscardin Dias 6–2, 7–5
Win 8–3 July 2023 Lüdenscheid, Germany Challenger Clay   Hugo Dellien 7–5, 6–4
Loss 8–4 Sep 2023 Braga, Portugal Challenger Clay   Oriol Roca Batalla 6–4, 1–6, 1–6
Win 9–4 Nov 2023 Kobe, Japan Challenger Hard   Sho Shimabukuro 6–4, 6–2
Loss 9–5 Jan 2024 Quimper, France Challenger Hard (i)   Pierre-Hugues Herbert 3–6, 2–6

Doubles: 1 (2–1) edit

Legend (doubles)
ATP Challenger Tour (0–0)
ITF Futures Tour (2–1)
Titles by surface
Hard (0–1)
Clay (0–0)
Grass (0–0)
Carpet (0–0)
Result W–L    Date    Tournament Tier Surface Partner Opponents Score
Loss 0–1 Oct 2018 Tunisia F34, Monastir Futures Hard   Petros Tsitsipas   Bernardo Azevedo Pereira E Oliveira
  Robert Strombachs
4–6, 7–6(8–6), [6–10]
Win 1–1 Nov 2019 M15 Antalya, Antalya World Tennis Tour Clay   Karlo Kranic   Dragos Dima
  Mircea-Alexandru Jecan
6–3, 3–6, [10–6]
Win 2–1 Dec 2019 M15 Antalya, Antalya World Tennis Tour Clay   Miljan Zekić   Vladimir Korolev
  Andrey Uvarov
6–3, 6–3

National representation edit

Davis Cup (0–1) edit

Group membership
Finals (0–1)
Qualifying Round (0–0)
Matches by surface
Hard (0–1)
Clay (0–0)
Grass (0–0)
Matches by type
Singles (0–1)
Doubles (0–0)
Matches by venue
Home (0–1)
Away (0–0)
Neutral (0–0)
Result No. Rubber Match type (partner if any) Opponent nation Opponent player(s) Score
 2–1; 17 September 2023; Arena Gripe, Split, Croatia; Davis Cup Final Group D round robin; hard (indoor) surface
Defeat 1 I Singles   Netherlands Botic van de Zandschulp 3–6, 6–3, 5–7

References edit

  1. ^ "Duje Ajdukovic | Overview". ATP Tour. Archived from the original on 2021-07-21. Retrieved 2021-07-19.
  2. ^ "ATP Rankings | Pepperstone ATP Rankings (Singles) | ATP Tour | Tennis | ATP Tour | Tennis".
  3. ^ "Rafael Matos é favorito nas duplas em Umag. Romboli joga". Lance!. Archived from the original on 2021-07-18. Retrieved 2021-07-19.

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