Marko Djokovic ( sr-cyr, Марко Ђоковић, translit=Marko Đoković, ; born 20 August 1991) is a

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n former

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player. He is the middle of the three children of Dijana and Srđan Đoković, younger brother of

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and elder to

Djordje Djokovic Djordje Djokovic ( sr-cyr, Ђорђе Ђоковић, translit=Đorđe Đoković; born 17 July 1995) is a Serbian inactive tennis player and tournament director of the Serbia Open, held at his brother Novak's Novak Tennis Center. He is the younges ...

. Djokovic was included as a fifth player in a Serbian Davis Cup team for a quarterfinal tie against Croatia in the

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Tennis career

Djokovic appeared on the junior ITF circuit in September 2006. In July 2007, he failed to qualify for the

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, losing to

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6–2, 6–1 in the 1st round of qualifying. He also played, with his elder brother Novak, one doubles match in his career, having been beaten by

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and

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7–5, 6–1.Djokovic also has lost in two

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tournaments in

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in the first round, both times to compatriot Saša Stojisavljević. He contested the

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juniors in 2008, losing in the first round to Clifford Marsland in 3 sets.Djokovic won his first junior title at the Montenegro Open in

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, defeating Ljubomir Čelebić in the final. In July 2008, Djokovic received a wildcard entry into the qualifying rounds of the Croatia Open Umag but was beaten by Italian

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. In September 2008, in his first ever main ATP Tour event, he received a wildcard entry into the main draw of the Thailand Open. He was defeated in the first round by

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6–2, 6–0.On 7 May 2009, Djokovic, with

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(as a wildcard pair), defeated ATP doubles world number 2 duo

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and

Nenad Zimonjić Nenad Zimonjić ( sr-Cyrl, Ненад Зимоњић, ; born 4 June 1976) is a Serbian former professional tennis player who was ranked world No. 1 in doubles. He is an eight-time Grand Slam champion, having won the 2008 and 2009 Wimbledon Cham ...

, by 7–6, 2–6, 0–6 in the opening round of the

Serbia Open The Serbia Open ( sr, Отворено првенство Србије, Otvoreno prvenstvo Srbije) is a professional tennis tournament. It is part of the ATP 250 tournaments. Held in Belgrade, Serbia and played on outdoor clay courts, the event ...

, an ATP World Tour 250 tournament. This was Marko's first ever ATP win.He was included as a fifth player in the Serbian Davis Cup team for their quarterfinal tie against Croatia in the 2010 Davis Cup – a standard practice of

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and Davis Cup captain Bogdan Obradović for each tie to invite a different talented young player to practice with regular players and gain necessary experience.Djokovic was given a wildcard for the 2012 Dubai Duty Free tournament and opened the ATP World Tour 500 event against Andrei Golubev of Kazakhstan, losing in straight sets. According to his elder brother Novak, he had stopped playing tennis in 2015, but Marko has since played again in qualifying competitions on the

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since 2017, successfully surpassing this phase in the 2018 Copa Sevilla.The change in the ATP ranking points to start the 2019 season propelled Djokovic to a career-high ranking of world No. 574.

Career statistics

Challengers and Futures finals

Singles 2 (1–1)

Doubles 6 (5–1)

References

External links

* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Djokovic, Marko 1991 births Living people Serbian male tennis players Tennis players from Belgrade Novak Djokovic