Borna Ćorić

Borna Ćorić
Borna Ćorić 2016 at the French Open
Nation:	Croatia
Birthday:	November 14, 1996
Size:	188 cm
Weight:	85 kg
1st professional season:	2013
Playing hand:	Right, two-handed backhand
Trainer:	Riccardo Piatti Kristijan Schneider
Prize money:	$ 6,371,345
singles
Career record:	132: 114
Career title:	2
Highest ranking:	12 (March 11, 2019)
Current placement:	15th
Grand Slam record
Double
Career record:	4:12
Highest ranking:	413 (November 7, 2016)
Last update of the infobox: May 13, 2019
Sources: official player profiles at the ATP / WTA and ITF (see web links )

Borna Ćorić (born November 14, 1996 in Zagreb ) is a Croatian tennis player .

Career

2013: Successes as a junior

Ćorić first appeared on the ATP World Tour in July 2013 when he received a wild card for the tournament in Umag . Horacio Zeballos was drawn to him in the first round , to whom he was defeated in three sets. He previously won his first tournament on the ITF Future Tour in April in Bournemouth, UK, with a final victory over Daniel Cox . At the Australian Open and the French Open , he reached the semi-finals in the juniors, and in Wimbledon he was in the quarter-finals. In September he celebrated his biggest victory at junior level when he reached the final of the US Open and won it against Thanasi Kokkinakis . With the win, Ćorić secured first place in the junior rankings, at the end of the year he was second. In the off-season he trained together with the then world number one Rafael Nadal on the Spanish island of Mallorca to prepare for the 2014 season.

Since 2014: Entry into the top 100 in the world rankings

He started this in February in Zagreb , where he lost to qualifier Michael Berrer in the first round . After a few more or less successful future and challenger tournaments, he received another wildcard for the tournament in Nice , but lost his opening game against Leonardo Mayer . In Umag he reached the quarterfinals for the first time after two-set wins over Édouard Roger-Vasselin and Horacio Zeballos, in which he was defeated by the top seed Fabio Fognini in three sets. Nevertheless, he then advanced to the top 200 in the world rankings . He caused a big surprise at the US Open in 2014 when he qualified for the main field and clearly defeated Lukáš Rosol in three sets in the first round . Then he failed in four sets to Víctor Estrella , but moved up to position 176 in the world rankings.

In September 2014 he reached his first Challenger final in Izmir, Turkey , which he won in three sets against Malek Jaziri . At the Swiss Indoors in Basel, Ćorić received a wild card for an ATP tournament, which he used in an impressive way. In the first round he defeated the seeded Latvian Ernests Gulbis in two sets , in the round of 16 Andrei Golubew , before he met former world number one Rafael Nadal in the quarter-finals, whom he also defeated in two sets. After his biggest victory so far, Ćorić failed in the semifinals in three sets to David Goffin , but moved into the top 100 for the first time in the world rankings; he ended the year in 91st place.

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Davis Cup

Ćorić has been playing for the Croatian Davis Cup team since 2013 . He made his debut in September in the play-off encounter against Great Britain , when he lost the first individual against Andy Murray in three sets with 3: 6, 0: 6 and 3: 6. In the quarter-finals against Poland in 2014 , he won the second individual against Jerzy Janowicz in five sets; Nevertheless, Croatia lost the game with 1: 3. In 2018 he won the Davis Cup with Croatia .

Awards

On the occasion of the ATP World Tour Finals 2014 , Ćorić was awarded the ATP Star of Tomorrow Award by the ATP as the youngest player to be placed in the top 100 of the world rankings at the end of the 2014 season. He thus succeeded Jiří Veselý , who was able to receive this award (previous award: Newcomer of the Year ) for the first time in 2013. He was succeeded by Alexander Zverev in 2015 .

successes

Legend (number of victories) Grand Slam ATP World Tour Finals ATP World Tour Masters 1000 ATP World Tour 500 (1) ATP World Tour 250 (1) ATP Challenger Tour (2)

Title after covering Hard Court (0) Sand (1) Grass (1)

singles

Tournament victories

ATP World Tour

No.	date	competition	Topping	Final opponent	Result
1.	April 16, 2017	Marrakech	sand	Philipp Kohlschreiber	5: 7, 7: 6 3 , 7: 5
2.	June 24, 2018	Hall	race	Roger Federer	7: 6 6 , 3: 6, 6: 2

ATP Challenger Tour

No.	date	competition	Topping	Final opponent	Result
1.	September 21, 2014	Izmir	Hard court	Malek Jaziri	6: 1, 6: 7 7 , 6: 4
2.	13th September 2015	Barranquilla	sand	Rogério Dutra da Silva	6: 4, 6: 1

Final participation

No.	date	competition	Topping	Final opponent	Result
1.	January 10, 2016	Chennai	Hard court	Stan Wawrinka	3: 6, 5: 7
2.	April 10, 2016	Marrakech	sand	Federico Delbonis	2: 6, 4: 6
3.	October 14, 2018	Shanghai	Hard court	Novak Đoković	3: 6, 4: 6
4th	22nd September 2019	Moscow	Hard court (i)	Daniil Medvedev	3: 6, 1: 6

Web links

Commons : Borna Ćorić  - collection of images, videos and audio files

• ATP profile of Borna Ćorić (English)
• ITF profile Borna Ćorić (English)
• Davis Cup stats by Borna Ćorić (English)

Individual evidence

1. ^ Coric and Konjuh secure US Open titles. In: www.itftennis.com. Retrieved July 16, 2016 . 
2. ↑ 2013 Year End Boys Combined Rollover Ranking , ITFTennis.com
3. ^ Tennis - Junior world no. 1 Borna Coric training with Rafael Nadal in Majorca. In: www.tennisworldusa.org. Retrieved July 16, 2016 . 
4. ↑ 17-year-old Borna Coric Reaches Umag Quarterfinals - Tennis Now. In: www.tennisnow.com. Retrieved July 16, 2016 . 
5. ↑ Tennis: Borna Coric creates the sensation and wins in Basel against Rafael Nadal. Retrieved July 16, 2016 . 
6. ^ Joe Mewis: Andy Murray wins Davis Cup opener to give Great Britain early advantage over Croatia. September 13, 2013, accessed July 16, 2016 . 
7. ↑ 2014 ATP World Tour Awards Presented by Moët & Chandon | ATP World Tour | Tennis. Retrieved July 16, 2016 .