Miljan Zekić ( sr-Cyrl, Миљан Зекић, ; born 12 July 1988) is a

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player.

Career

Zekić made his ATP main draw debut in doubles with compatriot David Savić as a wildcard pair at the 2011 Serbia Open, losing in the first round to top-seeded pair Zimonjić/

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. On 11 July 2016, Zekic reached his best singles ranking of world number 188, while on 8 July 2013, he peaked at world number 269 in the doubles rankings. In July 2016 he won his first trophy on the

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winning Internazionali di Tennis dell'Umbria in

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. Zekić made his ATP main draw debut in singles as a qualifier at 2017 Croatia Open Umag, losing to

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in the first round. In two weeks' time, he played in another ATP tournament, 2017 Generali Open Kitzbühel, defeating top seed

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and eighth seed

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in the qualifying rounds, and earned his first ATP main draw victory by defeating world No. 66 Andrey Kuznetsov, before losing to second seed and world No. 25

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in the second round. Zekić was a fifth (reserve) player on a Serbian Davis Cup team in the semifinal against France in the

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and didn't play in any match. The following year he made his Davis Cup debut, partnered with another debutant,

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, in a doubles match against USA losing 7–6⁽³⁾, 2–6, 5–7, 4–6 in the first round.

Performance timeline

Singles

ATP Challenger and ITF Futures finals

Singles: 44 (26–18)

Doubles: 42 (21–21)

References

External links

* * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Zekic, Miljan 1988 births Living people Serbian male tennis players Tennis players from Belgrade