Boro Jovanović (born 21 October 1939) is a former Yugoslav
tennis player
Tennis is a racket sport that is played either individually against a single opponent (singles) or between two teams of two players each (doubles). Each player uses a tennis racket that is strung with cord to strike a hollow rubber ball cove ...
. Jovanović was runner-up in the
1962 Wimbledon doubles tournament with
Nikola Pilić
Nikola "Niki" Pilić (born 27 August 1939) is a Croatian former professional tennis player who competed for SFR Yugoslavia.
He was one of the Handsome Eight. Pilić was ranked world No. 6 in January 1968 and world No. 7 for 1967 by Lance Tinga ...
, and quarter-finalist in the
1968 Wimbledon doubles tournament. In singles, Jovanović reached the final of the 1963
Italian Open and the quarterfinals of the
1968 French Open. In 1972, Boro Jovanović joined the
World Championship Tennis Tour.
Boro Jovanović ATP World Tour Tennis Profile
Retrieved Aug 26, 2009
He was ranked World No. 8 for 1963 by Lance Tingay
Lance Tingay (15 July 1915 – 10 March 1990) was a British sports journalist, historian, and author of several tennis books. For many years his annual ranking of top tennis players was "the only one that counted" before ATP rankings were introduc ...
of ''The Daily Telegraph''.
Grand Slam finals
Doubles: ( 1 runner-up)
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Zagrebački gospodin
1939 births
Living people
Croatian male tennis players
Yugoslav male tennis players
Tennis players from Zagreb
Mediterranean Games gold medalists for Yugoslavia
Mediterranean Games bronze medalists for Yugoslavia
Competitors at the 1963 Mediterranean Games
Universiade medalists in tennis
Mediterranean Games medalists in tennis
Universiade gold medalists for Yugoslavia
Medalists at the 1961 Summer Universiade
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