Serbian tennis player (born 1988)
Miljan Zekić (Serbian Cyrillic : Миљан Зекић , pronounced [mǐʎan zěːkitɕ] ; born 12 July 1988) is a Serbian tennis player.[ 1] On 11 July 2016, Zekic reached his best singles ranking of world No. 188, while on 8 July 2013, he peaked at No. 269 in the doubles rankings.
Zekić made his ATP main draw debut in doubles with compatriot David Savić as a wildcard pair at the 2011 Serbia Open , losing in the first round to top-seeded pair Zimonjić /Granollers . In July 2016 he won his first trophy on the ATP Challenger Tour winning Internazionali di Tennis dell'Umbria in Todi .
Zekić made his ATP main draw debut in singles as a qualifier at 2017 Croatia Open Umag , losing to Radu Albot in the first round. In two weeks' time, he played in another ATP tournament, 2017 Generali Open Kitzbühel , defeating top seed Alessandro Giannessi and eighth seed Stefanos Tsitsipas in the qualifying rounds, and earned his first ATP main draw victory by defeating world No. 66 Andrey Kuznetsov , before losing to second seed and world No. 25 Fabio Fognini in the second round.
Zekić was a fifth (reserve) player on a Serbian Davis Cup team in the semifinal against France in the 2017 Davis Cup [ 2] and didn't play in any match. The following year he made his Davis Cup debut, partnered with another debutant, Nikola Milojević , in a doubles match against USA losing 7–6(3) , 2–6, 5–7, 4–6 in the first round.[ 3]
Key
W
F
SF
QF
#R
RR
Q#
DNQ
A
NH
(W) winner; (F) finalist; (SF) semifinalist; (QF) quarterfinalist; (#R) rounds 4, 3, 2, 1; (RR) round-robin stage; (Q#) qualification round; (DNQ) did not qualify; (A) absent; (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.
ATP Challenger and ITF Futures finals [ edit ]
Singles: 45 (26–19)[ edit ]
Legend
ATP Challenger (1–3)
ITF Futures (25–16)
Finals by surface
Hard (0–0)
Clay (26–19)
Grass (0–0)
Carpet (0–0)
Result
W–L
Date
Tournament
Tier
Surface
Opponent
Score
Loss
0–1
Aug 2010
Serbia F6, Sombor
Futures
Clay
Ivan Bjelica
3–6, 2–6
Win
1–1
Oct 2010
Egypt F5, Cairo
Futures
Clay
Dušan Lajović
6–1, 3–6, 6–4
Win
2–1
Mar 2011
Turkey F10, Antalya
Futures
Clay
Patrik Brydolf
6–4, 6–3
Win
3–1
May 2011
Bosnia & Herzegovina F2, Sarajevo
Futures
Clay
Tomislav Brkić
7–6(7–1) , 6–2
Loss
3–2
Jun 2011
France F9, Toulon
Futures
Clay
Gianni Mina
6–7(4–7) , 4–6
Win
4–2
Jul 2011
France F11, Bourg-en-Bresse
Futures
Clay
Alexandre Folie
6–3, 6–4
Loss
4–3
Jul 2012
Turkey F26, İzmir
Futures
Clay
Sergio Gutiérrez Ferrol
1–6, 4–6
Win
5–3
Jul 2012
Turkey F27, İzmir
Futures
Clay
Romain Arneodo
7–5, 6–1
Loss
5–4
Aug 2012
Serbia F9, Novi Sad
Futures
Clay
Carlos Gómez-Herrera
2–6, 2–6
Win
6–4
Sep 2012
Serbia F13, Nis
Futures
Clay
Tihomir Grozdanov
5–7, 6–1, 6–1
Loss
6–5
May 2013
Bulgaria F1, Plovdiv
Futures
Clay
Damir Džumhur
3–6, 3–6
Win
7–5
Jun 2013
Serbia F1, Belgrade
Futures
Clay
Danilo Petrovic
7–6(7–3) , 6–2
Win
8–5
Jun 2013
Serbia F2, Belgrade
Futures
Clay
Danilo Petrovic
6–1, 7–5
Win
9–5
Jun 2014
Serbia F2, Belgrade
Futures
Clay
Yannick Maden
7–5, 6–3
Loss
9–6
Aug 2014
Serbia F7, Sombor
Futures
Clay
Marko Tepavac
3–6, 6–7(5–7)
Win
10–6
Aug 2014
Serbia F11, Zlatibor
Futures
Clay
Danilo Petrovic
6–4, 6–2
Loss
10–7
Feb 2015
Sri Lanka F2, Colombo
Futures
Clay
Rui Machado
2–6, 1–6
Loss
10–8
Feb 2015
Sri Lanka F3, Colombo
Futures
Clay
Rui Machado
0–6, 3–6
Win
11–8
May 2015
Croatia F9, Bol
Futures
Clay
Yannick Mertens
6–7(4–7) , 7–5, 6–2
Win
12–8
Jun 2015
Serbia F3, Šabac
Futures
Clay
Robin Stanek
2–6, 6–4, 6–1
Win
13–8
Jan 2016
Tunisia F2, Hammamet
Futures
Clay
Pedro Sousa
6–3, 6–3
Win
14–8
Feb 2016
China F1, Anning
Futures
Clay
Enrique López Pérez
6–4, 6–4
Loss
14–9
Feb 2016
China F2, Anning
Futures
Clay
Enrique López Pérez
3–6, 3–6
Win
15–9
Jul 2016
Todi , Italy
Challenger
Clay
Stefano Napolitano
6–7(6–8) , 6–4, 6–3
Loss
15–10
Sep 2016
Banja Luka , Bosnia & Herzegovina
Challenger
Clay
Adam Pavlásek
6–3, 1–6, 4–6
Win
16–10
Mar 2017
Tunisia F8, Hammamet
Futures
Clay
Tomislav Brkić
6–7(7–9) , 6–3, 6–4
Win
17–10
Dec 2017
Tunisia F39, Hammamet
Futures
Clay
Gonçalo Oliveira
4–1 ret.
Win
18–10
Dec 2017
Tunisia F40, Hammamet
Futures
Clay
Aziz Dougaz
6–3, 6–2
Win
19–10
Feb 2018
Spain F5, Murcia
Futures
Clay
Daniel Gimeno Traver
6–4, 3–6, 6–3
Win
20–10
Aug 2018
Serbia F1, Novi Sad
Futures
Clay
Simone Roncalli
6–2, 6–4
Win
21–10
Sep 2018
Italy F28, Santa Margherita di Pula , Italy
Futures
Clay
Alessandro Petrone
6–3, 6–3
Loss
21–11
Apr 2019
M25, Santa Margherita di Pula, Italy
World Tennis Tour
Clay
Laurent Lokoli
7–5, 5–7, 2–6
Win
22–11
Dec 2019
M15 Antalya , Turkey
World Tennis Tour
Clay
Pavel Kotov
3–6, 6–4, 7–6(7–4)
Loss
22–12
Jan 2020
M15 Antalya , Turkey
World Tennis Tour
Clay
Timofei Skatov
3–6, 6–4, 3–6
Win
23–12
Nov 2020
M15 Cairo , Egypt
World Tennis Tour
Clay
Niels Visker
6–1, 7–6(7–3)
Loss
23–13
Feb 2021
M15 Antalya , Turkey
World Tennis Tour
Clay
Nuno Borges
4–6, 3–3 ret.
Loss
23–14
Mar 2021
M15 Antalya , Turkey
World Tennis Tour
Clay
Dragoș Nicolae Mădăraș
6–2, 6–7(6–8) , 5–6 ret.
Loss
23–15
Mar 2021
M15 Antalya , Turkey
World Tennis Tour
Clay
Matheus Pucinelli de Almeida
4–6, 4–6
Win
24–15
Mar 2021
M15 Antalya , Turkey
World Tennis Tour
Clay
Matheus Pucinelli de Almeida
6–1, 3–6, 6–4
Win
25–15
Mar 2021
M15 Antalya , Turkey
World Tennis Tour
Clay
Daniel Michalski
7–6(8–6) , 6–3
Win
26–15
Jun 2021
M15 Skopje , North Macedonia
World Tennis Tour
Clay
Alexandar Lazarov
6–4, 7–6(7–5)
Loss
26–16
Apr 2022
Barletta , Italy
Challenger
Clay
Nuno Borges
3-6, 5-7
Loss
26–17
Apr 2022
M25, Santa Margherita di Pula, Italy
World Tennis Tour
Clay
Laurent Lokoli
2–6, 7–5, 4–6
Loss
26–18
Jul 2022
Cali , Colombia
Challenger
Clay
Facundo Mena
2-6, 6-7(3–7)
Loss
26–19
Jul 2023
M15 Belgrade , Serbia
World Tennis Tour
Clay
Ergi Kırkın
6–3, 5–7, 3–6
Doubles: 43 (21–22)[ edit ]
Legend
ATP Challenger (0–1)
ITF Futures (21–21)
Finals by surface
Hard (3–0)
Clay (18–22)
Grass (0–0)
Carpet (0–0)
Result
W–L
Date
Tournament
Tier
Surface
Partner
Opponents
Score
Loss
0–1
Apr 2007
Turkey F1, Antalya
Futures
Clay
Guillermo Olaso
Artemon Apostu-Efremov Alexandru Lazar
6–7(3–7) , 3–6
Win
1–1
Jun 2007
Bulgaria F2, Sofia
Futures
Clay
David Savić
Ilia Kushev Vasko Mladenov
6–4, 6–3
Loss
1–2
Aug 2007
Serbia F5, Subotica
Futures
Clay
Ivan Bjelica
Lazar Magdinchev Goran Tošić
6–3, 1–6, 1–6
Loss
1–3
Oct 2007
Bosnia & Herzegovina F6, Medugorje
Futures
Clay
Ivan Bjelica
David Savić Tomislav Ternar
6–2, ret.
Loss
1–4
Mar 2008
Italy F4, Caltanissetta
Futures
Clay
Nikola Ćirić
Juan-Martín Aranguren Juan-Francisco Spina
walkover
Loss
1–5
May 2008
Bulgaria F2, Rousse
Futures
Clay
Yannick Mertens
Bogdan-Victor Leonte Mikhail Vasiliev
6–7(5–7) , 3–6
Win
2–5
May 2008
Bulgaria F3, Plévin
Futures
Clay
Yannick Mertens
Ilija Martinoski Predrag Rusevski
6–4, 3–6, [10–1]
Loss
2–6
Jun 2008
Serbia F2, Belgrade
Futures
Clay
David Savić
Nikola Ćaćić Dušan Lajović
6–7(6–8) , 6–3, [8–10]
Loss
2–7
Sep 2008
Bulgaria F8, Stara Zagora
Futures
Clay
Ivan Bjelica
Boris Nicola Bakalov Vasko Mladenov
3–6, 4–6
Loss
2–8
Sep 2008
Bosnia & Herzegovina F6, Mostar
Futures
Clay
Ivan Bjelica
Ivan Cerović Deniss Pavlovs
6–7(3–7) , 2–6
Loss
2–9
Feb 2009
Egypt F3, Cairo
Futures
Clay
David Savić
Karim Maamoun Sherif Sabry
4–6, 6–1, [7–10]
Win
3–9
Aug 2009
Serbia F4, Novi Sad
Futures
Clay
Ivan Bjelica
Vladimir Obradović Aleksander Slovic
6–3, 6–4
Loss
3–10
Apr 2010
Turkey F5, Antalya
Futures
Clay
Ivan Bjelica
Ignacio Coll Riudavets Gerard Granollers Pujol
2–6, 7–5, [7–10]
Win
4–10
May 2010
Bosnia & Herzegovina F4, Sarajevo
Futures
Clay
Dušan Lajović
Mirza Bašić Zlatan Kadric
6–3, 6–4
Win
5–10
May 2010
Bosnia & Herzegovina F5, Brčko
Futures
Clay
Ivan Bjelica
David Savić Goran Tošić
7–6(7–4) , 7–5
Win
6–10
Jun 2010
Bosnia & Herzegovina F7, Kiseljak
Futures
Clay
Arsenije Zlatanovic
Jasmin Ademovic Sven Lalic
7–6(7–4) , 4–6, [10–8]
Loss
6–11
Jul 2010
Serbia F3, Belgrade
Futures
Clay
Ivan Bjelica
David Savić György Balázs
1–6, 1–6
Loss
6–12
Aug 2010
Serbia F4, Novi Sad
Futures
Clay
Nikola Bubnic
Boris Conkic Ivan Djurdjevic
6–4, 2–6, [13–15]
Win
7–12
Aug 2010
Serbia F6, Sombor
Futures
Clay
Ivan Bjelica
Javier Herrera-Eguiluz Brendan Moore
6–3, 6-4
Loss
7–13
Aug 2010
Bulgaria F5, Bourgas
Futures
Clay
Tomislav Jotovski
Diego Álvarez Federico Torresi
4–6, 2–6
Win
8–13
Oct 2010
Egypt F4, Cairo
Futures
Clay
Dušan Lajović
Aleksandr Lobkov Alexander Rumyantsev
7–6(7–5) , 7–6(10–8)
Loss
8–14
Apr 2011
Turkey F11, Antalya
Futures
Clay
Ivan Bjelica
Toni Androić Dino Marcan
5–7, 2–6
Win
9–14
May 2011
Bosnia & Herzegovina F2, Sarajevo
Futures
Clay
Nikola Ćaćić
Tom Kočevar-Dešman Rok Jarc
6–3, 6-4
Loss
9–15
Jun 2012
Italy F11, Cesena
Futures
Clay
Nikola Ćirić
Nicholas Monroe Simon Stadler
6–4, 3–6, [5–10]
Win
10–15
Jul 2012
Turkey F26, İzmir
Futures
Clay
Dominik Schulz
Sergei Krotiouk Mikhail Vasiliev
6–1, 6-2
Win
11–15
Jul 2012
Turkey F27, İzmir
Futures
Clay
Dominik Schulz
Nicola Ghedin Giovanni Zennaro
7–6(7–4) , 6-4
Win
12–15
Jul 2012
Italy F19, Fano
Futures
Clay
Matteo Volante
Stefano Napolitano Marco Viola
6–3, 7–6(7–3)
Win
13–15
Aug 2012
Serbia F10, Zlatibor
Futures
Clay
Danilo Petrovic
Miki Janković Peđa Krstin
6–2, 4–6, [10–7]
Win
14–15
Feb 2013
France F3, Feucherolles
Futures
Hard
Nikola Ćaćić
Stephan Fransen Wesley Koolhof
3–6, 7–5, [10–8]
Win
15–15
Apr 2013
France F7, Angers
Futures
Clay
Ivan Bjelica
Niels Dusein Tim Pütz
6–3, 6–4
Win
16–15
May 2013
Bulgaria F1, Plovdiv
Futures
Clay
Damir Džumhur
Dinko Halachev Dinko Halachev
7–5, 6–7(4–7) , [12–10]
Loss
16–16
Jul 2013
Timișoara , Romania
Challenger
Clay
Ilija Vucic
Jonathan Eysseric Nicolas Renavand
7–6(8–6) , 2–6, [7–10]
Loss
16–17
Nov 2013
Turkey F45, Antalya
Futures
Clay
Nikoloz Basilashvili
Tom Schonenberg Matthias Wunner
0–6, 4–6
Loss
16–18
Feb 2014
Egypt F3, Sharm El Sheikh
Futures
Clay
Arsenije Zlatanovic
Jose Pereira Stefano Travaglia
6–2, 3–6, [8–10]
Loss
16–19
Jun 2014
Serbia F1, Belgrade
Futures
Clay
Nikola Ćirić
Dominique Maden Yannick Maden
4–6, 6–2, [3–10]
Win
17–19
Nov 2014
Greece F10, Heraklion
Futures
Hard
Ivan Bjelica
Alexandros Jakupovic Markos Kalovelonis
6–3, 7–6(7–4)
Win
18–19
Feb 2015
Sri Lanka F3, Colombo
Futures
Clay
Arsenije Zlatanovic
Andre Dome Ben Mclachlin
6-2, 6-4
Win
19–19
Jun 2015
Serbia F3, Šabac
Futures
Clay
Tomislav Jotovski
François-Arthur Vibert Florent Diep
6–7(4–7) , 6–0, [10–4]
Loss
19–20
Jan 2016
Tunisia F2, Hammamet
Futures
Clay
Tomislav Jotovski
Markus Eriksson Matteo Volante
2-6, 1-6
Loss
19–21
Jan 2018
Tunisia F1, Hammamet
Futures
Clay
Shunsuke Wakita
Marko Bartolotti Julian Ocieppo
0-1 ret.
Win
20–21
Dec 2019
M15 Antalya , Turkey
World Tennis Tour
Clay
Duje Ajduković
Vladimir Korolev Andrey Uvarov
6-3, 6-3
Win
21–21
Nov 2020
M15 Sharm El Sheikh , Egypt
World Tennis Tour
Hard
Marko Miladinović
Alessandro Vega Petros Chrysochos
6–4, 6–3
Loss
21–22
May 2023
M25 Kuršumlijska Banja , Serbia
World Tennis Tour
Clay
Volodymyr Uzhylovskyi
Guy den Ouden Samuel Vincent Ruggeri
5–7, 2–6