Nikola Ćaćić

Nikola Ćaćić (Serbian Cyrillic: Никола Ћаћић, pronounced [nǐkola t͡ɕât͡ɕit͡ɕ]; born 7 December 1990)[lower-alpha 1] is a Serbian professional tennis player.[1] He has a career-high ranking of World No. 35 in doubles achieved on 8 November 2021. He has won three doubles titles in the ATP Tour, four doubles titles in the ATP Challenger Tour, as well as five singles and 32 doubles titles in ITF Futures tournaments.

Nikola Ćaćić
Ćaćić at the 2021 French Open
Country (sports) Serbia
ResidenceBelgrade, Serbia
Born (1990-12-07) 7 December 1990
Banja Luka, SR Bosnia and Herzegovina, SFR Yugoslavia
Height1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)
Turned pro2007
PlaysRight-handed (two-handed backhand)
CoachPetar Djukic
Prize moneyUS$1,000,196
Singles
Career record1–1 (50.0% in Grand Slam and ATP World Tour main draw matches, and in Davis Cup)
Career titles0
Highest rankingNo. 281 (8 September 2014)
Doubles
Career record87–90 (49.2% in Grand Slam and ATP World Tour main draw matches, and in Davis Cup)
Career titles3
Highest rankingNo. 35 (8 November 2021)
Current rankingNo. 74 (23 October 2023)
Grand Slam doubles results
Australian Open3R (2023)
French OpenQF (2021)
Wimbledon3R (2021)
US Open2R (2021)
Grand Slam mixed doubles results
Australian Open1R (2022)
Wimbledon2R (2022)
US Open2R (2021)
Last updated on: 26 October 2023.

Tennis career

2010–2014: Top 300 in singles

Ćaćić competed both in singles and doubles events, mainly on ITF Men's Circuit and ATP Challenger Tour level.

Having played alongside his compatriots, including Marko Djokovic, Ilija Bozoljac and Dušan Lajović, he has also taken part in three ATP World Tour main doubles tournaments held in Belgrade (in 2010 and 2012) and Umag (in 2012), where he lost in the opening rounds.

In the summer of 2014, after a series of successful appearances in Challenger tournaments played on a clay surface, and thanks to his first victory in three years in a Futures event, Ćaćić moved into the top 300 and achieved his career-high ATP singles ranking of No. 281.

2015

Ćaćić did not participate in any tournament during the 2015 season due to injury, which caused a drop from both world singles and doubles rankings.

2016

He recorded his first win on ATP World Tour level in the first round of Croatia Open, where he defeated Aljaž Bedene in three sets, ranked 69th at the time.

2019: First doubles title and Top 100 debut, Serbian No. 1 in doubles

In the summer of 2019, he won his first ATP Challenger title at the Shkymkent Challenger with Yang Tsung-hua.

Later that year he won his first ATP tour level doubles title, alongside his compatriot Dušan Lajović at the Chengdu Open, edging out the No. 4 seeds, Jonathan Erlich and Fabrice Martin, 7–6(11–9), 3–6, [10–3]. As a result, he reached the top 100 on 30 September 2019.

2020: Inaugural ATP Cup champion, Second doubles title

In January, he was part of Serbian team that won inaugural 2020 ATP Cup by defeating Spain in the final.

In February, he won his second ATP Tour title in Lyon, partnering Mate Pavić.

2021: Third doubles title, French Open quarterfinal, Three more finals, top 35

He partnered with Tomislav Brkić and won the doubles title at the ATP Buenos Aires, which was only their second tournament as a team. After that they reached the finals of Andalucía Open and semifinals at Serbia Open. Following these great result he entered the top 50 in doubles at a career-high ATP doubles ranking of No. 48, on 26 April 2021.

The pair also reached the quarterfinals of the 2021 French Open for their best showing in their careers defeating fourth seeds Marcel Granollers/Horacio Zeballos and Máximo González/Simone Bolelli en route.

On 8 November 2021, Cacic reached a career high of World No. 35 in doubles.

2022: Masters 1000 quarterfinal

He reached the quarterfinals at the 2022 Mutua Madrid Open with partner Brkic where they lost to eventual champions and seventh seeded pair of Wesley Koolhof and Neal Skupski.

2023: Australian Open third round, Estoril Open final, Davis Cup quarterfinal

Partnering Aisam-ul-Haq Qureshi he reached the third round at the 2023 Australian Open where they lost to top seeds Wesley Koolhof and Neal Skupski.

In April, partnering Miomir Kecmanović, Cacic reached the final of Estoril Open, where they were defeated by the fourth seeded pair of Sander Gillé and Joran Vliegen.[2] In July, partnering Victor Vlad Cornea, Cacic reached the semifinals of the Hamburg Open, where they were defeated by third seeds and eventual champions Tim Pütz and Kevin Krawietz.[3]

In September, during the Davis Cup Finals in Valencia, Cacic partnered Miomir Kecmanović and it was the Serbian Davis Cup team that emerged victorious against South Korean pair Song Min-kyu and Nam Ji-sung, same duo they fell to last year.[4] In the tie against Spain, paired again with Kecmanović, they won in straight sets against Alejandro Davidovich Fokina and Marcel Granollers, helping Serbia win the tie 3:0 and reach the Davis Cup quarterfinals.[5]

In October, partnering Victor Vlad Cornea, Cacic reached the quarterfinals of 2023 Basel Open, by defeating Swiss duo Mika Brunold and Marc-Andrea Hüsler in straight sets, before losing to the No. 4 seeds Jamie Murray and Michael Venus.[6]

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.

Doubles

ATP career finals

Doubles: 7 (3 titles, 4 runner-ups)

Legend
Grand Slam (0–0)
ATP 1000 (0–0)
ATP 500 (0–0)
ATP 250 (3–4)
Finals by surface
Hard (2–1)
Clay (1–3)
Grass (0–0)
Carpet (0–0)
Finals by setting
Outdoor (2–2)
Indoor (1–1)
Result W–L    Date    Tournament Tier Surface Partner Opponents Score
Win 1–0 Sep 2019 Chengdu Open, China 250 Series Hard Serbia Dušan Lajović Israel Jonathan Erlich
France Fabrice Martin
7–6(11–9), 3–6, [10–3]
Win 2–0 Feb 2020 Open Sud de France, France 250 Series Hard (i) Croatia Mate Pavić Pakistan Aisam-ul-Haq Qureshi
United Kingdom Dominic Inglot
6–4, 6–7(4–7), [10–4]
Win 3–0 Mar 2021 Argentina Open, Argentina 250 Series Clay Bosnia and Herzegovina Tomislav Brkić Uruguay Ariel Behar
Ecuador Gonzalo Escobar
6–3, 7–5
Loss 3–1 Apr 2021 Andalucía Open, Spain 250 Series Clay Bosnia and Herzegovina Tomislav Brkić Uruguay Ariel Behar
Ecuador Gonzalo Escobar
2–6, 4–6
Loss 3–2 Jul 2021 Croatia Open, Croatia 250 Series Clay Bosnia and Herzegovina Tomislav Brkić Brazil Fernando Romboli
Spain David Vega Hernández
3–6, 5–7
Loss 3–3 Oct 2021 Kremlin Cup, Russia 250 Series Hard (i) Bosnia and Herzegovina Tomislav Brkić Finland Harri Heliövaara
Netherlands Matwé Middelkoop
5–7, 6–4, [9–11]
Loss 3–4 Apr 2023 Estoril Open, Portugal 250 Series Clay Serbia Miomir Kecmanović Belgium Sander Gillé
Belgium Joran Vliegen
3–6, 4–6

Team competition finals: 1 (1–0)

Result W–L Date Team competition Surface Partner/Team Opponents Score
Win 1–0 Jan 2020 ATP Cup, Sydney, Australia Hard Serbia Novak Djokovic
Serbia Dušan Lajović
Serbia Nikola Milojević
Serbia Viktor Troicki
Spain Rafael Nadal
Spain Roberto Bautista Agut
Spain Pablo Carreño Busta
Spain Albert Ramos Viñolas
Spain Feliciano López
2–1

Challenger and Futures finals

Singles: 10 (5 titles, 5 runner-ups)

Legend (singles)
ATP Challenger Tour (0–0)
ITF Futures Tour (5–5)
Finals by surface
Hard (0–3)
Clay (5–1)
Grass (0–0)
Carpet (0–1)
Result W–L    Date    Tournament Tier Surface Opponent Score
Loss 0–1 Jan 2011 Israel F3, Eilat Futures Hard Hungary Ádám Kellner 2–6, 5–7
Win 1–1 Jun 2011 Serbia F1, Belgrade Futures Clay France Axel Michon 6–3, 6–0
Win 2–1 Aug 2011 Croatia F7, Vinkovci Futures Clay Croatia Dino Marcan 7–6(8–6), 6–0
Loss 2–2 Feb 2012 Russia F4, Yoshkar-Ola Futures Hard (i) Russia Evgeny Kirillov 6–7(3–7), 6–7(3–7)
Loss 2–3 Nov 2012 Greece F7, Heraklion Futures Carpet Croatia Mate Delić 4–6, 6–7(3–7)
Loss 2–4 Nov 2013 Greece F20, Rethymno Futures Hard United Kingdom Oliver Golding 4–6, 6–7(4–7)
Win 3–4 Aug 2014 Romania F13, Brașov Futures Clay Portugal Frederico Ferreira Silva 6–4, 4–6, 7–5
Win 4–4 May 2016 Croatia F6, Bol Futures Clay Hungary Péter Nagy 7–5, 6–4
Win 5–4 Nov 2017 Tunisia F35, Hammamet Futures Clay Spain Carlos Boluda-Purkiss 6–1, 6–2
Loss 5–5 Dec 2017 Turkey F46, Antalya Futures Clay Bosnia and Herzegovina Tomislav Brkić 6–7(2–7), 6–2, 6–7(7–9)

Doubles: 59 (37 titles, 22 runner-ups)

Legend (doubles)
ATP Challenger Tour (5–8)
ITF Futures Tour (32–14)
Finals by surface
Hard (7–9)
Clay (27–13)
Grass (0–0)
Carpet (3–0)
Result W–L    Date    Tournament Tier Surface Partner Opponents Score
Win 1–0 Jun 2008 Serbia F2, Belgrade Futures Clay Serbia Dušan Lajović Serbia David Savić
Serbia Miljan Zekić
7–6(8–6), 3–6, [10–8]
Loss 1–1 Oct 2010 Turkey F10, Antalya Futures Hard Bosnia and Herzegovina Tomislav Brkić Ukraine Artem Smirnov
Hungary Róbert Varga
4–6, 4–6
Loss 1–2 Jan 2011 Israel F2, Eilat Futures Hard Canada Steven Diez Bosnia and Herzegovina Damir Džumhur
Bosnia and Herzegovina Ismar Gorčić
3–6, 4–6
Win 2–2 Apr 2011 Turkey F12, Antalya Futures Hard Slovakia Jozef Kovalík United Kingdom David Rice
United Kingdom Sean Thornley
4–6, 6–4, [10–4]
Win 3–2 May 2011 Bosnia & Herzegovina F2, Sarajevo Futures Clay Serbia Miljan Zekić Slovenia Rok Jarc
Slovenia Tom Kočevar-Dešman
6–3, 6–4
Win 4–2 May 2011 Bosnia & Herzegovina F3, Brčko Futures Clay Croatia Toni Androić Serbia Marko Rajić
Serbia Saša Vidojević
6–2, 6–3
Win 5–2 May 2011 Bosnia & Herzegovina F4, Prijedor Futures Clay Croatia Toni Androić Slovenia Rok Jarc
Slovenia Tom Kočevar-Dešman
6–3, 6–2
Win 6–2 Jun 2011 Bosnia & Herzegovina F5, Kiseljak Futures Clay Croatia Toni Androić Bosnia and Herzegovina Damir Džumhur
Bosnia and Herzegovina Ismar Gorčić
7–5, 6–4
Win 7–2 Jun 2011 Serbia F1, Belgrade Futures Clay Montenegro Goran Tošić Montenegro Nemanja Kontić
Serbia Arsenije Zlatanović
6–0, 3–6, [10–7]
Loss 7–3 Jun 2011 Serbia F2, Belgrade Futures Clay Montenegro Goran Tošić Bosnia and Herzegovina Damir Džumhur
Bosnia and Herzegovina Aldin Šetkić
6–2, 6–7(4–7), [6–10]
Loss 7–4 Jul 2011 Serbia F4, Kikinda Futures Clay Montenegro Goran Tošić Croatia Mislav Hižak
Croatia Ante Pavić
5–7, 5–7
Win 8–4 Aug 2011 Serbia F5, Sombor Futures Clay Montenegro Goran Tošić Serbia Ivan Bjelica
Serbia Vladimir Obradović
6–3, 6–4
Loss 8–5 Aug 2011 Serbia F7, Novi Sad Futures Clay Bosnia and Herzegovina Damir Džumhur Serbia Ivan Bjelica
Serbia David Savić
7–5, 1–6, [5–10]
Win 9–5 Oct 2011 Croatia F10, Umag Futures Clay Croatia Toni Androić Croatia Marin Draganja
Croatia Dino Marcan
2–6, 7–5, [10–4]
Win 10–5 Jan 2012 Turkey F2, Antalya Futures Hard Croatia Toni Androić Sweden Patrik Brydolf
France Florian Reynet
6–3, 6–2
Loss 10–6 Mar 2012 Italy F1, Trento Futures Hard (i) Bosnia and Herzegovina Damir Džumhur Italy Marco Crugnola
Italy Claudio Grassi
4–6, 4–6
Win 11–6 Jun 2012 Serbia F1, Belgrade Futures Clay Montenegro Goran Tošić Serbia Danilo Petrović
Canada Milan Pokrajac
6–4, 6–4
Win 12–6 Jun 2012 Serbia F2, Belgrade Futures Clay Montenegro Goran Tošić Spain Juan Lizariturry
Spain Enrique López Pérez
6–2, 6–4
Win 13–6 Sep 2012 Germany F17, Hambach Futures Carpet (i) Slovakia Adrian Sikora Germany Pirmin Hänle
New Zealand Matt Simpson
6–2, 6–3
Win 14–6 Nov 2012 Greece F6, Heraklion Futures Carpet Croatia Mate Delić Belgium Julien Dubail
Belgium Yannick Vandenbulcke
7–5, 6–2
Win 15–6 Nov 2012 Greece F7, Heraklion Futures Carpet Croatia Mate Delić France Enzo Couacaud
Belgium Julien Dubail
6–1, 6–2
Win 16–6 Feb 2013 France F3, Feucherolles Futures Hard (i) Serbia Miljan Zekić Netherlands Stephan Fransen
Netherlands Wesley Koolhof
3–6, 7–5, [10–8]
Win 17–6 Apr 2013 Italy F5, Vicenza Futures Clay Bosnia and Herzegovina Damir Džumhur Italy Alessandro Motti
Italy Matteo Volante
6–3, 6–4
Loss 17–7 Aug 2013 Serbia F10, Novi Sad Futures Clay Serbia Denis Bejtulahi Serbia Boris Čonkić
Italy Matteo Fago
6–7(4–7), 2–6
Loss 17–8 Sep 2013 Serbia F11, Zlatibor Futures Clay Serbia Denis Bejtulahi Croatia Duje Kekez
Serbia Ilija Vučić
3–6, 4–6
Loss 17–9 Nov 2013 Greece F20, Rethymno Futures Hard Greece Alexandros Jakupovic United Kingdom Lewis Burton
United Kingdom Marcus Willis
4–6, 6–7(5–7)
Loss 17–10 Feb 2014 Italy F1, Sondrio Futures Hard (i) Serbia Ilija Vučić Czech Republic Roman Jebavý
Czech Republic Robin Staněk
6–3, 5–7, [7–10]
Loss 17–11 Mar 2014 Greece F1, Heraklion Futures Hard Serbia Ilija Vučić United Kingdom Oliver Golding
Greece Alexandros Jakupovic
1–6, 6–3, [5–10]
Win 18–11 Mar 2014 Greece F2, Heraklion Futures Hard Serbia Ilija Vučić Czech Republic Jan Hernych
Czech Republic Robin Staněk
7–6(7–1), 7–5
Win 19–11 May 2014 Bosnia & Herzegovina F1, Doboj Futures Clay Bosnia and Herzegovina Tomislav Brkić Serbia Ivan Milivojević
Serbia Bojan Zdravković
6–1, 6–3
Win 20–11 May 2014 Bosnia & Herzegovina F2, Prijedor Futures Clay Bosnia and Herzegovina Tomislav Brkić Serbia Darko Jandrić
Croatia Ante Marinčić
6–3, 6–2
Win 21–11 May 2014 Bosnia & Herzegovina F3, Brčko Futures Clay Serbia Marko Tepavac Serbia Nikola Ćirić
Serbia Danilo Petrović
6–4, 1–6, [10–1]
Win 22–11 Jan 2016 USA F3, Plantation Futures Clay Serbia Denis Bejtulahi United States Nick Chappell
United States Raleigh Smith
3–6, 6–3, [10–7]
Win 23–11 Jan 2017 USA F3, Plantation Futures Clay Bosnia and Herzegovina Tomislav Brkić Spain Jaume Pla Malfeito
Spain Miguel Semmler
4–6, 6–1, [10–3]
Loss 23–12 Jan 2017 USA F4, Sunrise Futures Clay Bosnia and Herzegovina Tomislav Brkić Germany Peter Torebko
Austria Bastian Trinker
6–7(3–7), 6–4, [7–10]
Win 24–12 Feb 2017 Tunisia F7, Hammamet Futures Clay Bosnia and Herzegovina Tomislav Brkić Brazil Oscar José Gutierrez
Brazil Nicolas Santos
6–3, 6–2
Win 25–12 Jun 2017 Hungary F4, Gyula Futures Clay Australia Scott Puodziunas Hungary Levente Gödry
Hungary Péter Nagy
7–6(7–2), 6–2
Loss 25–13 Jul 2017 Turkey F25, Istanbul Futures Clay Bulgaria Vasko Mladenov Serbia Miki Janković
Bulgaria Dimitar Kuzmanov
4–6, 6–2, [9–11]
Win 26–13 Jul 2017 Turkey F29, Mersin Futures Clay Portugal Bernardo Saraiva Russia Bogdan Bobrov
Serbia Goran Marković
6–2, 3–6, [11–9]
Win 27–13 Oct 2017 Turkey F38, Antalya Futures Clay Kazakhstan Dmitry Popko Germany Peter Torebko
Belgium Jeroen Vanneste
6–1, 6–4
Win 28–13 Nov 2017 Tunisia F34, Hammamet Futures Clay Croatia Nino Serdarušić Spain Marc Giner
Spain Jaume Pla Malfeito
6–2, 6–1
Win 29–13 Nov 2017 Tunisia F35, Hammamet Futures Clay Croatia Nino Serdarušić Tunisia Moez Echargui
Tunisia Anis Ghorbel
7–5, 6–3
Win 30–13 Dec 2017 Turkey F45, Antalya Futures Clay Switzerland Luca Margaroli Turkey Gökberk Ergeneman
Uzbekistan Khumoyun Sultanov
7–5, 6–2
Win 31–13 Dec 2017 Turkey F46, Antalya Futures Clay Switzerland Luca Margaroli Russia Ivan Gakhov
Russia Alexander Pavlioutchenkov
6–3, 7–6(7–1)
Win 32–13 Mar 2018 Turkey F8, Antalya Futures Hard Poland Maciej Smoła Netherlands Michiel de Krom
Netherlands Ryan Nijboer
6–3, 6–4
Loss 32–14 Apr 2018 Uzbekistan F1, Bukhara Futures Hard Switzerland Luca Margaroli Russia Alexander Pavlioutchenkov
Russia Evgenii Tiurnev
6–7(4–7), 7–6(7–5), [8–10]
Loss 32–15 Jun 2018 Poprad-Tatry, Slovakia Challenger Clay Switzerland Luca Margaroli Bosnia and Herzegovina Tomislav Brkić
Croatia Ante Pavić
3–6, 6–4, [14–16]
Loss 32–16 Aug 2018 Portorož, Slovenia Challenger Hard Austria Lucas Miedler Spain Gerard Granollers Pujol
Czech Republic Lukáš Rosol
5–7, 3–6
Loss 32–17 May 2019 Rome, Italy Challenger Clay Czech Republic Adam Pavlásek Austria Philipp Oswald
Slovakia Filip Polášek
w/o
Win 33–17 Jun 2019 Shymkent, Kazakhstan Challenger Clay Chinese Taipei Yang Tsung-hua Sweden André Göransson
Switzerland Marc-Andrea Hüsler
6–4, 6–4
Loss 33–18 Jun 2019 Fergana, Uzbekistan Challenger Hard Chinese Taipei Yang Tsung-hua United States Evan King
United States Hunter Reese
3–6, 7–5, [4–10]
Loss 33–19 Aug 2019 Liberec, Czech Republic Challenger Clay Croatia Antonio Šančić Czech Republic Jonáš Forejtek
Czech Republic Michael Vrbenský
4–6, 3–6
Loss 33–20 Aug 2019 Cordenons, Italy Challenger Clay Croatia Antonio Šančić Bosnia and Herzegovina Tomislav Brkić
Croatia Ante Pavić
2–6, 3–6
Win 34–20 Nov 2019 Ortisei, Italy Challenger Hard (i) Croatia Antonio Šančić Netherlands Sander Arends
Netherlands David Pel
6–7(5–7), 7–6(7–3), [10–7]
Win 35–20 Jan 2020 Bendigo, Australia Challenger Hard Ukraine Denys Molchanov El Salvador Marcelo Arévalo
United Kingdom Jonny O'Mara
7–6(7–3), 6–4
Win 36–20 Sep 2020 Forlì, Italy Challenger Clay Bosnia and Herzegovina Tomislav Brkić Kazakhstan Andrey Golubev
Italy Andrea Vavassori
3–6, 7–5, [10–3]
Loss 36–21 Apr 2021 Belgrade, Serbia Challenger Clay Bosnia and Herzegovina Tomislav Brkić Argentina Guillermo Durán
Argentina Andrés Molteni
4–6, 4–6
Win 37–21 Oct 2022 Parma, Italy Challenger Clay Bosnia and Herzegovina Tomislav Brkić Venezuela Luis David Martínez
Slovakia Igor Zelenay
6–2, 6–2
Loss 37–22 Apr 2023 Sanremo, Italy Challenger Clay Brazil Marcelo Demoliner Romania Victor Vlad Cornea
Croatia Franko Škugor
2–6, 3–6

See also

Notes

  1. Commonly mistaken as Nikola Čačić.

References

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