Nenad Zimonjić
Nenad Zimonjić | |||||||||||||
Nenad Zimonjić at the 2013 French Open | |||||||||||||
Nickname: | Ziki, Zimo, Zimone | ||||||||||||
Nation: | Serbia | ||||||||||||
Birthday: | 4th June 1976 | ||||||||||||
Size: | 191 cm | ||||||||||||
Weight: | 91 kg | ||||||||||||
1st professional season: | 1995 | ||||||||||||
Playing hand: | Right, one-handed backhand | ||||||||||||
Trainer: | Marko Nesic | ||||||||||||
Prize money: | $ 8,431,888 | ||||||||||||
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Career record: | 12:25 | ||||||||||||
Highest ranking: | 176 (March 29 1999) | ||||||||||||
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Career record: | 710: 425 | ||||||||||||
Career title: | 54 | ||||||||||||
Highest ranking: | 1 (November 17, 2008) | ||||||||||||
Current placement: | 407 | ||||||||||||
Weeks as No. 1: | 41 | ||||||||||||
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Last update of the infobox: December 18, 2019 |
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Sources: official player profiles at the ATP / WTA and ITF (see web links ) |
Nenad Zimonjić ( Serbian - Cyrillic Ненад Зимоњић ; born June 4, 1976 in Belgrade , then SR Serbia , SFR Yugoslavia ) is a Serbian tennis player . He is particularly successful in doubles and mixed games.
Career
Zimonjić has been a professional player since 1995. On November 17, 2008 he was at the top of the ATP world rankings in doubles for the first time , his best position in singles was place 176 (March 29, 1999).
At the ATP tournament in St. Pölten , a preparatory tournament for the French Open , he caused a sensation in May 2004 when he reached the main field of the tournament via qualification and was number six in the world as number 339 in the world rankings in the first round, Andre Agassi , 6-2, 7-6 6 defeated. Experts reckoned with Agassis 800 in this match. Individual victory, which, however, had to pause for almost two months due to an injury break. Zimonjić managed another surprise in June 2005 at the lawn tournament in Halle . In the first round he defeated Nicolas Kiefer as a qualifier 6: 7 1 , 6: 3, 6: 4.
But his strength lies in the doubles, where he celebrated his greatest successes. He won a total of 53 tournaments, in a further 36 tournaments he was in the finals. He won his first title in Delray Beach in 1999 together with Max Mirny . In the following years he played with various partners and continuously worked his way up the double world rankings.
Julian Knowle was his permanent partner from October 2003 to 2004 . During the 2005 season Zimonjić then played alongside Leander Paes and from the beginning of 2006 to June 2007 he formed a team with Fabrice Santoro . After separating from Santoro, Zimonjić teamed up with Daniel Nestor , who had been denied further success at the side of Mark Knowles . Zimonjić said he had waited several years for a world-class doubles player to become available. The irony of the story: When the Canadian and the Serb decided to work together after the 2007 Wimbledon tournament, Knowles / Nestor surprisingly won the French Open .
At the side of Novak Đoković , Zimonjić defeated the Australian pairing Paul Hanley and Lleyton Hewitt in the Davis Cup 2008 in Belgrade in front of 20,000 spectators in the sold-out Beogradska Arena . They secured the team's promotion to the world group. Until then, there had only been more viewers at a Davis Cup game at one final.
2008 was Zimonjićs most successful season, in which he won five tournaments with Nestor. In addition to two wins at Masters tournaments at Rothenbaum in Hamburg and in Toronto , the two Belgrade-borns won their first joint Grand Slam title. While Zimonjić celebrated his first Grand Slam title in doubles at Wimbledon , Nestor completed his career Grand Slam in doubles with this victory. With his long-term partner Mark Knowles, Nestor had previously won the double competitions at the French Open, the Australian Open and the US Open. He had already won his third Grand Slam mixed title at the Australian Open. Before the Wimbledon tournament, Nestor and Zimonjić also played their way into the final at the French Open , but surprisingly lost 2: 6 and 3: 6 to the unseeded Pablo Cuevas and Luis Horna in the final . At the Masters Cup in Shanghai they survived the preliminary round without defeat and defeated the Bryan twins Bob and Mike 7: 6 3 , 6: 2 in the final . Since the American brothers and sisters had lost a match in the preliminary round, Nestor and Zimonjić overtook them in the season's final sprint and ended the year number 1 in the team ranking.
In early 2009, Zimonjić reached the finals in Doha and Sydney with his partner , but they did not win the tournaments. At the Australian Open , the second round was over. The first tournament victory of the year followed in Rotterdam . In April she won the Masters in Monte Carlo , Barcelona and the Masters in Rome . Zimonjić and his partner also won the Masters in Madrid . At the French Open they reached the semifinals. In Wimbledon , Zimonjić defended his double title.
At the French Open 2010 , Zimonjić won both the men's doubles (with Nestor) and the mixed (with Katarina Srebotnik ). At the end of 2010 he won the ATP World Tour Finals in London with Nestor . This was his last tournament with the Canadian. His new doubles partner was Michaël Llodra from the 2011 season , with whom he won four tournaments during the season and stood in four other finals. At the beginning of 2012 there was another title as well as a final appearance before he and Llodra parted again. With changing partners, he closed the season with two more titles and another finals. He started the 2013 season with Robert Lindstedt , but played alongside Julien Benneteau from the middle of the season . With Lindstedt he won one, with Benneteau two titles. For the 2014 season Zimonjić and Daniel Nestor formed a team again and they won the title three times in five finals, two of them in a Masters tournament. He also won the mixed competition at Wimbledon with Samantha Stosur .
Zimonjic has played for the Serbian Davis Cup team since 1995 , which won the Davis Cup in 2010. In the early years he was part of a Yugoslav Davis Cup team before the Serbian one was introduced in 1995.
successes
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Double
Victories
No. | date | competition | Topping | partner | Final opponent | Result |
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1. | May 9, 1999 | Delray Beach (1) | sand | Max Mirny |
Doug Flat Brian MacPhie |
7: 6 3 , 3: 6, 6: 3 |
2. | March 5, 2000 | Delray Beach (2) | Hard court | Brian MacPhie |
Joshua Eagle Andrew Florent |
7: 5, 6: 4 |
3. | October 15, 2000 | Vienna (1) | Hard court (i) | Yevgeny Kafelnikov |
Jiří Novák David Rikl |
6: 4, 6: 4 |
4th | October 14, 2001 | Lyon | Carpet (i) | Daniel Nestor |
Arnaud Clément Sébastien Grosjean |
6: 1, 6: 2 |
5. | February 24, 2002 | Memphis | Hard court (i) | Brian MacPhie |
Bob Bryan Mike Bryan |
6: 3, 3: 6, 6: 4 |
6th | March 9, 2003 | Delray Beach (3) | Hard court | Leander Paes |
Raemon Sluiter Martin Verkerk |
7: 5, 3: 6, 7: 5 |
7th | October 26, 2003 | St. Petersburg (1) | Hard court (i) | Julian Knowle |
Michael Kohlmann Rainer Schüttler |
7: 6 1 , 6: 3 |
8th. | April 25, 2004 | Monte Carlo (1) | sand | Tim Henman |
Gastón Etlis Martín Rodríguez |
7: 5, 6: 2 |
9. | April 17, 2005 | Monte Carlo (2) | sand | Leander Paes |
Bob Bryan Mike Bryan
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walkover |
10. | April 24, 2005 | Barcelona (1) | sand | Leander Paes |
Feliciano López Rafael Nadal |
6: 3, 6: 3 |
11. | January 15, 2006 | Sydney (1) | Hard court | Fabrice Santoro |
František Čermák Leoš Friedl |
6: 1, 6: 4 |
12. | June 18, 2006 | Hall | race | Fabrice Santoro |
Michael Kohlmann Rainer Schüttler |
6-0, 6-4 |
13. | October 15, 2006 | Moscow | Carpet (i) | Fabrice Santoro |
František Čermák Jaroslav Levinský |
6: 1, 7: 5 |
14th | January 5, 2007 | Doha | Hard court | Mikhail Juschny |
Martin Damm Leander Paes
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6: 1, 7: 6 3 |
15th | February 26, 2007 | Dubai | Hard court | Fabrice Santoro |
Mahesh Bhupathi Radek Štěpánek |
7: 5, 6: 7 3 , [10: 7] |
16. | May 7, 2007 | Rome (1) | sand | Fabrice Santoro |
Bob Bryan Mike Bryan
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6: 4, 6: 7 3 , [10: 7] |
17th | August 25, 2007 | New Haven | Hard court | Mahesh Bhupathi |
Mariusz Fyrstenberg Marcin Matkowski |
6: 3, 6: 3 |
18th | October 28, 2007 | St. Petersburg (2) | Carpet (i) | Daniel Nestor |
Jürgen Melzer Todd Perry |
6: 1, 7: 6 3 |
19th | May 18, 2008 | Hamburg | sand | Daniel Nestor |
Bob Bryan Mike Bryan
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6: 4, 5: 7, [10: 8] |
20th | June 15, 2008 | Queen's Club | race | Daniel Nestor |
Marcelo Melo André Sá |
6: 4, 7: 6 3 |
21st | July 5, 2008 | Wimbledon (1) | race | Daniel Nestor |
Jonas Björkman Kevin Ullyett |
7: 6 12 , 6: 7 3 , 6: 3, 6: 3 |
22nd | July 27, 2008 | Toronto | Hard court | Daniel Nestor |
Bob Bryan Mike Bryan
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6: 2, 4: 6, [10: 6] |
23. | November 16, 2008 | Masters Cup | Hard court (i) | Daniel Nestor |
Bob Bryan Mike Bryan
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7: 6 3 , 6: 2 |
24. | February 15, 2009 | Rotterdam (1) | Hard court (i) | Daniel Nestor |
Lukáš Dlouhý Leander Paes
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6: 2, 7: 5 |
25th | April 19, 2009 | Monte Carlo (3) | sand | Daniel Nestor |
Bob Bryan Mike Bryan
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6: 4, 6: 1 |
26th | April 26, 2009 | Barcelona (2) | sand | Daniel Nestor |
Mahesh Bhupathi Mark Knowles |
6: 3, 7: 6 9 |
27. | May 3, 2009 | Rome (2) | sand | Daniel Nestor |
Bob Bryan Mike Bryan
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7: 6 5 , 6: 3 |
28. | May 17, 2009 | Madrid (1) | sand | Daniel Nestor |
Simon Aspelin Wesley Moodie |
6: 4, 6: 4 |
29 | 4th July 2009 | Wimbledon (2) | race | Daniel Nestor |
Bob Bryan Mike Bryan
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7: 6 7 , 6: 7 3 , 7: 6 3 , 6: 3 |
30th | August 16, 2009 | Cincinnati | Hard court | Daniel Nestor |
Bob Bryan Mike Bryan
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3: 6, 7: 6 2 , [15:13] |
31. | November 2, 2009 | Basel (1) | Hard court (i) | Daniel Nestor |
Bob Bryan Mike Bryan
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6: 2, 6: 3 |
32. | November 15, 2009 | Paris | Hard court (i) | Daniel Nestor |
Marcel Granollers Tommy Robredo |
6: 4, 6: 3 |
33. | January 16, 2010 | Sydney (2) | Hard court | Daniel Nestor |
Ross Hutchins Jordan Kerr |
6: 3, 7: 6 5 |
34. | February 15, 2010 | Rotterdam (2) | Hard court (i) | Daniel Nestor |
Simon Aspelin Paul Hanley |
6: 4, 4: 6, [10: 7] |
35. | April 17, 2010 | Monte Carlo (4) | sand | Daniel Nestor |
Mahesh Bhupathi Max Mirny |
6: 3, 2: 0 task |
36. | April 25, 2010 | Barcelona (3) | sand | Daniel Nestor |
Lleyton Hewitt Mark Knowles |
4: 6, 6: 3, [10: 6] |
37. | June 5, 2010 | French Open | sand | Daniel Nestor |
Lukáš Dlouhý Leander Paes |
7: 5, 6: 2 |
38. | October 31, 2010 | Vienna (2) | Hard court (i) | Daniel Nestor |
Mariusz Fyrstenberg Marcin Matkowski |
7: 5, 3: 6, [10: 5] |
39. | November 28, 2010 | World Tour Finals (2) | Hard court (i) | Daniel Nestor |
Mahesh Bhupathi Max Mirny |
7: 6 6 , 6: 4 |
40. | August 6, 2011 | Washington (1) | Hard court | Michaël Llodra |
Robert Lindstedt Horia Tecau |
6: 7 3 , 7: 6 6 , [10: 7] |
41. | August 14, 2011 | Montréal (2) | Hard court | Michaël Llodra |
Bob Bryan Mike Bryan |
6: 4, 6: 7 5 , [10: 5] |
42. | October 9, 2011 | Beijing | Hard court | Michaël Llodra |
Robert Lindstedt Horia Tecau |
7: 6 2 , 7: 6 4 |
43. | November 6, 2011 | Basel (2) | Hard court (i) | Michaël Llodra |
Max Mirny Daniel Nestor |
6: 4, 7: 5 |
44. | 19th February 2012 | Rotterdam (3) | Hard court (i) | Michaël Llodra |
Robert Lindstedt Horia Tecau
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4: 6, 7: 5, [16:14] |
45. | September 24, 2012 | St. Petersburg (3) | Hard court (i) | Rajeev Ram |
Lukáš Lacko Igor Zelenay |
6: 2, 4: 6, [10: 6] |
46. | October 28, 2012 | Basel (3) | Hard court (i) | Daniel Nestor |
Treat Conrad Huey Dominic Inglot |
7: 5, 6: 7 4 , [10: 5] |
47. | 17th February 2013 | Rotterdam (4) | Hard court (i) | Robert Lindstedt |
Thiemo de Bakker Jesse Huta Galung |
5: 7, 6: 3, [10: 8] |
48. | April 21, 2013 | Monte Carlo (5) | sand | Julien Benneteau |
Bob Bryan Mike Bryan |
4: 6, 7: 6 4 , [14:12] |
49. | 4th August 2013 | Washington (2) | Hard court | Julien Benneteau |
Mardy Fish Radek Štěpánek |
7: 6 5 , 7: 5 |
50. | January 11, 2014 | Sydney (3) | Hard court | Daniel Nestor |
Rohan Bopanna Aisam-ul-Haq Qureshi |
7: 6 3 , 7: 6 3 |
51. | May 11, 2014 | Madrid (2) | sand | Daniel Nestor |
Bob Bryan Mike Bryan |
6: 4, 6: 2 |
52. | May 18, 2014 | Rome (3) | sand | Daniel Nestor |
Robin Haase Feliciano López |
6: 4, 7: 6 2 |
53. | October 26, 2014 | Basel (4) | Hard court (i) | Vasek Pospisil |
Marin Draganja Henri Kontinen |
7: 6 13 , 1: 6, [10: 5] |
54. | February 12, 2017 | Sofia | Hard court (i) | Viktor Troicki |
Mikhail Yelgin Andrei Kuznetsov |
6: 4, 6: 4 |
Final participation
No. | date | competition | Topping | partner | Final opponent | Result |
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1. | February 14, 1999 | San Jose | Hard court (i) | Aleksandar Kitinov |
Todd Woodbridge Mark Woodforde |
5: 7, 7: 6 3 , 4: 6 |
2. | May 7, 2000 | Munich (1) | sand | Max Mirny |
David Adams John-Laffnie de Jager |
4: 6, 4: 6 |
3. | March 4, 2001 | Dubai (1) | Hard court | Daniel Nestor |
Joshua Eagle Sandon Stolle |
4: 6, 4: 6 |
4th | April 15, 2001 | Estoril | sand | Donald Johnson |
Radek Štěpánek Michal Tabara |
4: 6, 1: 6 |
5. | May 4, 2003 | Valencia | sand | Brian MacPhie |
Lucas Arnold Ker Mariano Hood |
1: 6, 7: 6 7 , 4: 6 |
6th | May 25, 2003 | St. Polten | sand | Sargis Sargsian |
Simon Aspelin Massimo Bertolini |
4: 6, 7: 6 10 , 3: 6 |
7th | May 2, 2004 | Munich (2) | sand | Julian Knowle |
James Blake Mark Merklein |
2: 6, 4: 6 |
8th. | 4th July 2004 | Wimbledon (1) | race | Julian Knowle |
Jonas Björkman Todd Woodbridge
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1: 6, 4: 6, 6: 4, 4: 6 |
9. | October 16, 2005 | Stockholm (1) | Hard court (i) | Leander Paes |
Wayne Arthurs Paul Hanley |
3: 5, 3: 5 |
10. | October 23, 2005 | Madrid (1) | Hard court (i) | Leander Paes |
Mark Knowles Daniel Nestor
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6: 3, 3: 6, 2: 6 |
11. | November 13, 2005 | Shanghai | Carpet (i) | Leander Paes |
Michaël Llodra Fabrice Santoro |
7: 6 6 , 3: 6, 6: 7 4 |
12. | April 23, 2006 | Monte Carlo | sand | Fabrice Santoro |
Jonas Björkman Max Mirny
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2: 6, 6: 7 2 |
13. | July 9, 2006 | Wimbledon (2) | race | Fabrice Santoro |
Bob Bryan Mike Bryan |
3: 6, 6: 4, 4: 6, 2: 6 |
14th | November 5, 2006 | Paris (1) | Carpet (i) | Fabrice Santoro |
Arnaud Clément Michaël Llodra
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6: 7 4 , 2: 6 |
15th | June 17, 2007 | Hall | race | Fabrice Santoro |
Simon Aspelin Julian Knowle
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4: 6, 6: 7 5 |
16. | November 4, 2007 | Paris (2) | Hard court (i) | Daniel Nestor |
Bob Bryan Mike Bryan
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3: 6, 6: 7 4 |
17th | March 21, 2008 | Indian Wells (1) | Hard court | Daniel Nestor |
Jonathan Erlich Andy Ram |
4: 6, 4: 6 |
18th | May 11, 2008 | Rome | sand | Daniel Nestor |
Bob Bryan Mike Bryan
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6: 3, 4: 6, [8:10] |
19th | June 7, 2008 | French Open | sand | Daniel Nestor |
Pablo Cuevas Luis Horna |
2: 6, 3: 6 |
20th | January 9, 2009 | Doha | Hard court | Daniel Nestor |
Marc López Rafael Nadal |
6: 4, 4: 6, [8:10] |
21st | January 17, 2009 | Sydney | Hard court | Daniel Nestor |
Bob Bryan Mike Bryan
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1: 6, 6: 7 3 |
22nd | January 30, 2010 | Australian Open | Hard court | Daniel Nestor |
Bob Bryan Mike Bryan
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3: 6, 7: 6 5 , 3: 6 |
23. | March 20, 2010 | Indian Wells (2) | Hard court | Daniel Nestor |
Marc López Rafael Nadal
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6: 7 8 , 3: 6 |
24. | May 15, 2010 | Madrid (2) | sand | Daniel Nestor |
Bob Bryan Mike Bryan
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3: 6, 4: 6 |
25th | November 7, 2010 | Basel | Hard court (i) | Daniel Nestor |
Bob Bryan Mike Bryan
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3: 6, 6: 3, [3:10] |
26th | February 13, 2011 | Rotterdam | Hard court (i) | Michaël Llodra |
Jürgen Melzer Philipp Petzschner |
6: 4, 3: 6, [5:10] |
27. | May 8, 2011 | Madrid (3) | sand | Michaël Llodra |
Bob Bryan Mike Bryan |
3: 6, 3: 6 |
28. | August 21, 2011 | Cincinnati (1) | Hard court | Michaël Llodra |
Mahesh Bhupathi Leander Paes |
6: 7 4 , 6: 7 2 |
29 | October 16, 2011 | Shanghai | Hard court | Michaël Llodra |
Max Mirny Daniel Nestor |
6: 3, 1: 6, [10:12] |
30th | October 21, 2012 | Stockholm (2) | Hard court (i) | Robert Lindstedt |
Marcelo Melo Bruno Soares |
7: 6 4 , 5: 7, [6:10] |
31. | March 3, 2013 | Dubai (2) | Hard court | Robert Lindstedt |
Mahesh Bhupathi Michaël Llodra |
6: 7 6 , 6: 7 6 |
32. | March 1, 2014 | Dubai (3) | Hard court | Daniel Nestor |
Rohan Bopanna Aisam-ul-Haq Qureshi |
4: 6, 3: 6 |
33. | April 27, 2014 | Barcelona | sand | Daniel Nestor |
Jesse Huta Galung Stéphane Robert |
3: 6, 3: 6 |
34. | February 28, 2015 | Dubai (4) | Hard court | Aisam-ul-Haq Qureshi |
Rohan Bopanna Daniel Nestor |
4: 6, 1: 6 |
35. | May 10, 2015 | Madrid (4) | sand | Marcin Matkowski |
Rohan Bopanna Florin Mergea |
2: 6, 7: 6 5 , [9:11] |
36. | June 21, 2015 | Queen's Club | race | Marcin Matkowski |
Pierre-Hugues Herbert Nicolas Mahut |
2: 6, 2: 6 |
37. | 23rd August 2015 | Cincinnati (2) | Hard court | Marcin Matkowski |
Daniel Nestor Édouard Roger-Vasselin |
2: 6, 2: 6 |
Mixed
No. | date | competition | Topping | Partner | Final opponent | Result |
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1. | February 1, 2004 | Australian Open (1) | Hard court | Jelena Bowina |
Leander Paes Martina Navrátilová |
6: 1, 7: 6 3 |
2. | June 11, 2006 | French Open (1) | sand | Katarina Srebotnik |
Daniel Nestor Jelena Lichowzewa |
6: 3, 6: 4 |
3. | January 27, 2008 | Australian Open (2) | Hard court | Sun Tiantian |
Sania Mirza Mahesh Bhupathi |
7: 6 4 , 6: 4 |
4th | June 6, 2010 | French Open (2) | sand | Katarina Srebotnik |
Jaroslawa Schwedowa Julian Knowle |
4: 6, 7: 6 5 , [11: 9] |
5. | July 6, 2014 | Wimbledon | race | Samantha Stosur |
Chan Hao-ching Max Mirny |
6: 4, 6: 2 |
Web links
- ATP profile of Nenad Zimonjic (English)
- ITF profile Nenad Zimonjic (English)
- Davis Cup statistics Nenad Zimonjic (English)
- official homepage
personal data | |
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SURNAME | Zimonjić, Nenad |
ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Зимоњић, Ненад (Cyrillic) |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Serbian tennis player |
DATE OF BIRTH | 4th June 1976 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | Belgrade , SR Serbia , SFR Yugoslavia |