“It's been a long journey. Having a lot of injuries last year, and then being here, it means the world.”
— Aleksandar Vukic, 31 Jul 2023
» Fritz ends Vukic’s dream week in thrilling Atlanta final
On court
- Played college tennis for University of Illinois; graduated with a finance degree
- Won first professional title at the ITF Futures event in Champaign, USA in July 2017
- Qualified for the Sydney International in 2018, marking the first time he played an ATP main draw
- Made the final round of Australian Open 2020 qualifying, then his best Grand Slam result
- Defeated world No.56 Feliciano Lopez to make first ATP Challenger final in Monterrey in March 2020
- Broke into the world’s top 200 in March 2020
- Made his Grand Slam main draw debut at Roland Garros in 2020 after defeating three higher-ranked opponents in qualifying
- Made first ATP tour-level quarterfinal at Adelaide International in January 2022; reached a second in Sofia in September that year
- Scored first Grand Slam main draw win at Australian Open 2022
- In February 2022, won first Challenger title in Bengaluru, India, the biggest title of his career to date and first pro title in almost five years
- Won three round of qualifying to reach the main draw at Australian Open 2023
- Made top-100 debut in May 2023
- Reached his first ATP singles final at Atlanta in July 2023
- Broke into the world’s top 50 in August 2023
Off court
- Parents are Ljiljana and Rad; introduced to tennis at age five because his older brother, Vladimir, also played
- Follows soccer and basketball in his spare time.
Year-end singles ranking history
2023 | 62 |
2022 | 140 |
2021 | 156 |
2020 | 194 |
2019 | 271 |
2018 | 458 |
2017 | 481 |
2016 | 787 |
2015 | 717 |
2014 | 1321 |
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