David Savic

David Savic
Nation:	Serbia
Birthday:	23rd August 1985
Resignation:	2011
Playing hand:	Right
Trainer:	Dragan Savić , Zoran Zdravković
Prize money:	$ 86,727
singles
Career record:	0-0
Highest ranking:	363 (October 12, 2009)
Double
Career record:	2: 3
Highest ranking:	193 (September 13, 2010)
Sources: official player profiles at the ATP / WTA and ITF (see web links )

David Savić (born August 23, 1985 in Belgrade , SFR Yugoslavia ) is a former Serbian tennis player .

Career

David Savić is the son of former Davis Cup player from Yugoslavia Dragan Savić . He started playing tennis at the age of 7. Among the juniors, he reached 55th place in the junior world rankings and played in one edition of a Grand Slam tournament .

With the professionals Savić began to play tournaments regularly from 2003 and made progress on the third-class ITF Future Tour from year to year and improved his world ranking position . Especially in doubles he achieved his first successes, by 2006 he had won three titles in futures. 2007 was his first best year, he managed to win his only future in singles and had four more successes in doubles, so that at the end of the year he was each in the top 500 in the world. In 2008 in Rome , the Serb played his first individual match with a Challenger , but as in some other appearances at this level he was always defeated in the first round. It wasn't until May 2009 in Blumenau that he won his first match and made it to the quarterfinals. Thanks to several finals in Futures, Savić reached his career high in singles in October with 363th place. He stayed in the top 500 through 2010, but couldn't win another match with a Challenger. In doubles it went a little further for him. He reached his career high in September 2010 with the 19th place. By the end of his career in 2011, he had 19 double titles on the Future Tour, with Challengers he was able to reach the semi-finals several times. He had his only appearances on the ATP World Tour from 2009 to 2011 in Belgrade , where he benefited from a wildcard . He was able to win a match twice.

In 2012, Savić was sentenced by the International Court of Justice for match fixing to a life ban and a fine of US $ 100,000. He is said to have tried to bribe other players to intentionally bring about certain outcomes. The events are said to have occurred in 2010. The fine was subsequently waived, but the blocking was confirmed.

At times he was the coach of his compatriot Danilo Petrović .

Web links

• ATP profile of David Savic (English)
• ITF profile of David Savic (English)
• ITF junior profile of David Savic (English)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ David Savic fails with appeal against tennis life ban. In: bbc.com. September 6, 2012, accessed February 28, 2019 .