Damir Keretić (born 26 March 1960) is a ex-professional

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who represented

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in Davis Cup in the 1980s.

Biography

The only title he won during his career was the Challenger tournament in

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, Italy in 1981. By getting to the round of 16 at the Australian Open in December 1982 the right-hander reached a high singles ATP-ranking on 7 February 1983, when he became number 58 in the world. In 1986 he also reached the round of 16 at the French Open. He made his

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debut for

in 1983 during the Europe Zone quarterfinals against

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. All his Davis Cup matches were during 1983 and he won 4 of the 6 singles matches that he played. In 2020 Keretić, as part of the consortium DAFC Fussball GMBH began proceedings to buy a controlling stake in the Scottish football club

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Challenger titles

Singles: (1)

References

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* * 1960 births Living people German people of Croatian descent Tennis players from Zagreb West German male tennis players {{Germany-tennis-bio-stub