Goran Dragicevic

Goran Dragicevic (born December 13, 1983) is an American former professional tennis player.

Goran Dragicevic
Country (sports) United States
Born (1983-12-13) December 13, 1983
PlaysRight-handed
Prize money$37,360
Singles
Career record0–0
Highest rankingNo. 653 (August 16, 2004)
Doubles
Career record2–4
Highest rankingNo. 103 (April 3, 2006)

Early life

Dragicevic, a native of Bosnia, moved to the United States as a late teenager. He came to the United States via Germany, where he had lived as a refugee for eight years, training at the Niki Pilic Tennis Academy in Oberschleißheim. His family had connections to New Port Richey through an uncle and settled in Florida.[1][2]

Tennis career

Dragicevic competed on the professional tour mostly as a doubles specialist, with his singles appearances limited to the satellite circuit, although he did feature in qualifiers at ATP Tour events in Delray Beach and Beijing in 2005. His best doubles ranking was 103 in the world and he reached nine ATP Challenger finals, winning three titles. On the ATP Tour he was a doubles quarter-finalist at Umag in 2005 and Memphis in 2006.

Challenger titles

Doubles: (3)
Result No.    Date    Tournament Surface Partner Opponents Score
Win 1. Jun 2005 Cuenca, Ecuador Clay United States Mirko Pehar Brazil Marcelo Melo
Brazil Bruno Soares		 6–3, 7–6(7–5)
Win 2. Aug 2005 Gramado, Brazil Hard United States Mirko Pehar Argentina Brian Dabul
Mexico Bruno Echagaray		 6–3, 6–4
Win 3. Oct 2005 Carson, U.S. Hard United States Jan-Michael Gambill United States Cody Conley
United States Ryan Newport		 6–4, 6–3

References
  1. Morgan, Nancy (September 3, 2005). "Family's moves have Dragicevic in good position". Tampa Bay Times.
  2. Morgan, Nancy (September 28, 2005). "Newcomer finding success quickly". Tampa Bay Times.
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