Aleksandar Vukic

Aleksandar Vukic (Montenegrin: Александар Вукић, romanized: Aleksandar Vukić, pronounced [aleksǎːndar ʋǔːkitɕ, alěksaːn-]; born 6 April 1996) is an Australian professional tennis player.

Aleksandar Vukic
Vukic at the 2022 French Open
Country (sports) Australia
ResidenceSydney, New South Wales, Australia
Born (1996-04-06) 6 April 1996
Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Height1.88 m (6 ft 2 in)
Turned pro2018
PlaysRight-handed (two-handed backhand)
CollegeIllinois
Prize moneyUS$ 1,100,699
Singles
Career record19–28 (40.4% in ATP Tour and Grand Slam main draw matches, and in Davis Cup)
Career titles0
Highest rankingNo. 48 (14 August 2023)
Current rankingNo. 50 (11 September 2023)
Grand Slam singles results
Australian Open2R (2022)
French Open1R (2020)
Wimbledon2R (2023)
US Open1R (2023)
Doubles
Career record2–3 (40.0% in ATP Tour and Grand Slam main draw matches, and in Davis Cup)
Career titles0
Highest rankingNo. 394 (28 February 2022)
Current rankingNo. 458 (07 August 2023)
Grand Slam doubles results
Australian Open1R (2022, 2023)
US Open1R (2023)
Grand Slam mixed doubles results
Australian Open1R (2021)
Last updated on: 07 August 2023.

Vukic has a career high ATP singles ranking of world No. 48 achieved on 14 August 2023. He also has a career high ATP doubles ranking of world No. 394 achieved on the same date. Vukic has won one ITF Futures singles title. Vukic made his main draw ATP singles debut at the 2018 Sydney International and his Grand Slam debut at the 2020 French Open, after qualifying for both.

Early life

Vukic was born in Sydney, Australia. His parents and older brother left Montenegro during the breakup of Yugoslavia in the early 1990s and settled in Sydney before Vukic was born.[1] Vukic began playing tennis at the age of 6 and later attended the University of Illinois from 2015 to 2018 where he was named three-time All-American in tennis.[2]

Professional career

2014–2019: ITF and ATP debut

Vukic made his ITF Tour debut in Spain in May 2014.

Vukic made his main draw ATP singles debut at the 2018 Sydney International, where he qualified for the main draw by defeating Dušan Lajović and Ričardas Berankis. He came within two points of defeating Feliciano López, ranked No. 36 in the world. He lost the match 6–4, 6–7(5–7), 3–6.

In May 2019, Vukic reached the semifinal of the 2019 Savannah Challenger, his best performance at the ATP Challenger Tour level. Following a quarter-final appearance at 2019 Internazionali di Tennis Città dell'Aquila, Vukic reached a career high singles ranking of No. 258.

2020: Grand Slam and top 200 debut

In January 2020, Vukic reached the final round of 2020 Australian Open – Men's singles qualifying. In March 2020, Vukic reached his first ATP Challenger Tour final in Monterrey Challenger.[3]

In September, Vukic qualified for the 2020 French Open main draw, where he made his Grand Slam singles debut. He lost in round one to Pedro Martínez.[4]

Vukic ended 2020 with a singles ranking of world no. 196.

2021: First ATP Tour win, Masters debut and first win

Vukic commenced the 2021 season at the 2021 Great Ocean Road Open, where he defeated Yen-Hsun Lu for his first ATP main draw win.[5] Vukic was defeated by Jannik Sinner in the second round.[6]

At the 2021 Australian Open, Vukic entered into the main draw as a wildcard and lost to 19th seed Karen Khachanov in the first round.

Vukic returned the ATP Challenger tour, achieving quarterfinal appearances in April at Split and Split II.

Vukic lost in the third and final round of qualifying for the French Open and in the first round of qualifying for Wimbledon Championships.

In August 2021, Vukic tested positive for COVID-19 and had to skip the US Open.[7]

On 20 September 2021, and following a semifinal result at the Cary Challenger, Vukic improved his ranking back to No. 214.[8] In October at the 2021 BNP Paribas Open he recorded his first main draw win at a Masters 1000 level as a qualifier defeating Pablo Andújar.[9][10] He followed this by a final also in singles at the 2021 Charlottesville Men's Pro Challenger where he lost to Stefan Kozlov.

He reached a career-high singles ranking of No. 156 on 22 November 2021.

2022: First ATP quarterfinal, Challenger title and Major win, top 125

At the Adelaide International 2, Vukic achieved his first top 50 win against Alexander Bublik[11] and reached his first ATP quarterfinal, before losing to Thanasi Kokkinakis.[12] As a result, he made his top 150 debut at world no. 144 on 17 January 2022.

Vukic was awarded a second wildcard into the 2022 Australian Open.[13] He defeated 30th seed Lloyd Harris in four sets for his first Grand Slam victory. He lost to fellow qualifier Radu Albot in the second round.

In February, he won his first title at the 2022 Bengaluru Open II. As a result, he reached the top 125 at world no. 118 on 21 February 2022.

At the 2022 Sofia Open he defeated Fabio Fognini and Fernando Verdasco to reach only his second ATP quarterfinal.[14]

2023: Second Challenger title, first ATP final and Masters third round, top 50

He qualified for the 2023 Australian Open where he lost to fellow qualifier Brandon Holt. At the 2023 Delray Beach Open he entered the main draw as lucky loser and won in the first round against qualifier Christopher Eubanks. He qualified for his second Masters 1000 main draw in Indian Wells for a second time at this tournament. He also qualified for the 2023 Miami Open to make his debut at this Masters.

He won his third professional title and the biggest of his career, a second Challenger at the 2023 Busan Open in South Korea, defeating top seed Max Purcell by retirement.[15] At the next Challenger, the 2023 Open de Oeiras II he reached again the final. As a result, he made his top 100 debut at world No. 95 in the rankings on 22 May 2023.[16]

On his debut at the 2023 Wimbledon Championships he defeated Daniel Altmaier.[17]

At the 2023 Atlanta Open, he reached his first ATP semifinal, defeating fourth seed Yoshihito Nishioka and fifth seed Christopher Eubanks. He then defeated seventh seed Ugo Humbert to reach his first final at ATP Tour level. He reached the third round of a Masters 1000 for the first time at the Canadian Open as a lucky loser defeating Tomás Martín Etcheverry and Sebastian Korda. As a result he reached the top 50 in the rankings.

ATP career finals

Singles: 1 (1 runner-up)
Legend
Grand Slam tournaments (0–0)
ATP Tour Finals (0–0)
ATP Tour Masters 1000 (0–0)
ATP Tour 500 Series (0–0)
ATP Tour 250 Series (0–1)
Finals by surface
Hard (0–1)
Clay (0–0)
Grass (0–0)
Finals by setting
Outdoor (0–1)
Indoor (0–0)
Result W–L    Date    Tournament Tier Surface Opponent Score
Loss 0–1 Jul 2023 Atlanta Open, United States 250 Series Hard United States Taylor Fritz 5–7, 7–6(7–5), 4–6

ATP Challenger and ITF Futures/World Tennis Tour finals

Singles: 14 (3–11)
Legend
ATP Challenger (2–7)
ITF Futures (1–4)
Finals by surface
Hard (3–9)
Clay (0–2)
Grass (0–0)
Carpet (0–0)
Result W–L    Date    Tournament Tier Surface Opponent Score
Loss 0–1 Aug 2015 Canada F6, Saskatoon Futures Hard Australia Matt Reid 6–7(12–14), 1–6
Win 1–1 Jul 2017 USA F25, Champaign, Illinois Futures Hard United States Deiton Baughman 7–5, 4–6, 6–2
Loss 1–2 Aug 2017 Poland F9, Bydgoszcz Futures Clay Germany Mats Moraing 2–6, 5–7
Loss 1–3 Jul 2018 USA F19, Wichita, Kansas Futures Hard Russia Evgeny Karlovskiy 4–6, 4–6
Loss 1–4 Mar 2019 M25 Bakersfield, California World Tennis Tour Hard United States Jenson Brooksby 3–6, 1–6
Loss 1–5 Mar 2020 Monterrey Challenger Hard France Adrian Mannarino 1–6, 3–6
Loss 1–6 Nov 2021 Charlottesville Challenger Hard (i) United States Stefan Kozlov 2–6, 3–6
Loss 1–7 Nov 2021 Champaign Challenger Hard (i) United States Stefan Kozlov 7–5, 3–6, 4–6
Win 2–7 Feb 2022 Bangalore Challenger Hard Bulgaria Dimitar Kuzmanov 6–4, 6–4
Loss 2–8 Nov 2022 Calgary Challenger Hard (i) Germany Dominik Koepfer 2–6, 4–6
Loss 2–9 Nov 2022 Champaign Challenger Hard (i) United States Ben Shelton 6–0, 3–6, 2–6
Loss 2–10 Apr 2023 Seoul Challenger Hard China Bu Yunchaokete 6–7(4–7), 4–6
Win 3–10 May 2023 Busan Challenger Hard Australia Max Purcell 6–4, 1–0 ret.
Loss 3–11 May 2023 Oeiras Challenger Clay Argentina Facundo Díaz Acosta 4–6, 3–6

Doubles: 3 (0–3)
Legend
ATP Challenger (0–2)
ITF Futures (0–1)
Finals by surface
Hard (0–0)
Clay (0–2)
Grass (0–1)
Carpet (0–0)
Result W–L    Date    Tournament Tier Surface Partner Opponents Score
Loss 0–1 Jun 2015 Serbia F2, Valjevo Futures Clay Switzerland Antoine Bellier Serbia Danilo Petrovic
Czech Republic Libor Salaba		 6–7(7–9), 4–6
Loss 0–2 Jul 2021 Poznań Challenger Clay Poland Karol Drzewiecki Czech Republic Zdeněk Kolář
Czech Republic Jiří Lehečka		 4–6, 6–3, [5–10]
Loss 0–3 Jun 2023 Surbiton Challenger Grass Australia Alexei Popyrin United Kingdom Liam Broady
United Kingdom Johnny O'Mara		 4–6, 7–5, [8–10]

Performance timelines
Key
W  F  SF QF #R RR Q# P# DNQ A Z# PO G S B NMS NTI P NH
(W) winner; (F) finalist; (SF) semifinalist; (QF) quarterfinalist; (#R) rounds 4, 3, 2, 1; (RR) round-robin stage; (Q#) qualification round; (P#) preliminary round; (DNQ) did not qualify; (A) absent; (Z#) Davis/Fed Cup Zonal Group (with number indication) or (PO) play-off; (G) gold, (S) silver or (B) bronze Olympic/Paralympic medal; (NMS) not a Masters tournament; (NTI) not a Tier I tournament; (P) postponed; (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.

Singles

Current through the 2023 Japan Open.

Tournament2019202020212022 2023SRW–L
Grand Slam tournaments
Australian Open Q1 Q3 1R 2R 1R 0 / 3 1–3
French Open A 1R Q3 Q2 Q2 0 / 1 0–1
Wimbledon A NH Q1 A 2R 0 / 1 1–1
US Open A A A Q1 1R 0 / 1 0–1
Win–loss 0–0 0–1 0–1 1–1 1–3 0 / 6 2–6
Masters tournaments
Indian Wells Masters A A 2R Q2 1R 0 / 2 1–2
Miami Open A A A Q1 1R 0 / 1 0–1
Canadian Open A A A A 3R 0 / 1 2–1
Shanghai Masters A A A A 2R 0 / 1 1–1
Year-end ranking 273 196 156 132

Record against top 10 players

Vukic's record against players who have been ranked in the top 10, with those who are active in boldface. Only ATP Tour main draw matches are considered:

Player Record Win % Hard Clay Grass Last Match
Number 2 ranked players
Germany Alexander Zverev 0–1 0% 0–1 – – Lost (4–6, 4–6, 4–6) at 2023 US Open
Number 3 ranked players
Switzerland Stan Wawrinka 0–1 0% 0–1 – – Lost (4–6, 6–1, 1–6) at 2023 Indian Wells
Number 4 ranked players
Italy Jannik Sinner 0–2 0% 0–2 – – Lost (2–6, 3–6) at 2022 Sofia
Number 5 ranked players
United States Taylor Fritz 0–1 0% 0–1 – – Lost (5–7, 7–6(7–5), 4–6) at 2023 Atlanta
Number 6 ranked players
Canada Félix Auger-Aliassime 0–1 0% 0–1 – – Lost (6–7(3–7), 7–6(7–2), 2–6) at 2023 Tokyo
France Gaël Monfils 0–1 0% 0–1 – – Lost (4–6, 4–6) at 2023 Toronto
Number 7 ranked players
Spain Fernando Verdasco 1–0 100% 1–0 – – Won (1–6, 6–4, 6–3) at 2022 Sofia
Number 8 ranked players
Russia Karen Khachanov 0–1 0% 0–1 – – Lost (3–6, 7–6(7–4), 6–7(2–7), 4–6) at 2021 Australian Open
Number 9 ranked players
Italy Fabio Fognini 1–0 100% 1–0 – – Won (7–6(13–11), 7–5) at 2022 Sofia
Number 10 ranked players
Canada Denis Shapovalov 0–1 0% – – 0–1 Lost (6–7(6–8), 6–7(6–8)) at 2021 London
Total 2–9 18% 2–8
(20%)		 0–0
( – )		 0–1
(0%)		 * Statistics correct as of 16 October 2023.

Record against players ranked No. 11–20

Active players are in boldface.

*As of 11 September 2022

References
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  2. "ABOUT ALEKSANDAR VUKIC". W SPORTS AND MEDIA. 1 November 2021. Retrieved 1 November 2021.
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  4. "Vukic's Winning Run Ends at Roland Garros". Tennis Australia. 29 September 2020. Retrieved 13 February 2021.
  5. "Australians Chris O'Connell, Aleksander Vukic and Max Purcell achieved new milestones". Tennis Australia. 1 February 2021. Retrieved 2 February 2021.
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  10. "Vukic sets all-Aussie second round at Indian Wells".
  11. "Vukic Scores First Top Win 50 in Adelaide". Tennis Australia. 10 January 2022. Retrieved 14 January 2022.
  12. "Kokkinakis Sets All Aussie QuarterFinal". Tennis Australia. 12 January 2022. Retrieved 14 January 2022.
  13. "AUSTRALIAN OPEN 2022 MEN'S SINGLES WILDCARDS REVEALED". Tennis Australia. 8 January 2022. Retrieved 8 January 2022.
  14. "Ivashka Upsets Dimitrov, Sonego Races Through in Sofia".
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  16. "Carlos Alcaraz Back to World No. 1, Mover of Week | ATP Tour | Tennis".
  17. "Vukic scores breakthrough victory at Wimbledon 2023".
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