Nikola Gnjatović

Nikola Gnjatović (born 15 September 1979) is a Serbian former professional tennis player.[1]

Nikola Gnjatović
Country (sports) FR Yugoslavia
Born (1979-09-15) 15 September 1979
Vračar, Serbia, Yugoslavia
PlaysRight-handed
Singles
Career record0–2 (Davis Cup)
Highest rankingNo. 759 (3 May 1999)
Doubles
Career record0–1 (Davis Cup)
Highest rankingNo. 424 (17 May 1999)

Gnjatović was born in Vračar, Belgrade and started out at the Košutnjak tennis club. When he was 16 he won Yugoslavia's national under 18s championship in both singles and doubles.[2] Srđan Đoković, father of Novak, once said that he had never seen a more talented player.[3] In 1999, he represented the Yugoslavia Davis Cup team for a tie against Morocco in Casablanca. His career however soon unravelled after he began taking heroin. He became addicted to the drug and over a 17 year period was hospitalised on numerous occasions, but is now clean.[4]

ITF Futures finals

Doubles: 4 (3–1)

Result W–L    Date    Tournament Surface Partner Opponents Score
Loss 0–1 May 1998 Yugoslavia F1, Belgrade Clay Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Mirko Jovanović Slovakia Martin Hromec
Czech Republic Adolf Musil
1–6, 2–6
Win 1–1 May 1998 Yugoslavia F2, Belgrade Clay Australia Dejan Petrović Italy Massimo Boscatto
Italy Igor Gaudi
6–3, 3–6, 6–3
Win 2–1 Aug 1998 Yugoslavia F6, Niš Clay Argentina Jose-Maria Arnedo Slovakia Martin Hromec
Australia Dejan Petrović
6–4, 7–6
Win 3–1 Aug 1998 Yugoslavia F7, Nikšić Clay Australia Dejan Petrović Argentina Jose-Maria Arnedo
Israel Michael Kogan
6–4, 5–7, 6–2

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