Nikola Milojević ( sr-Cyrl, Никола Милојевић, ; born 19 June 1995) is a Serbian professional

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player. Milojević has a career high ATP singles ranking of No. 125, which he achieved on 21 February 2022. He also achieved a career high ATP doubles ranking of No. 252 on 18 February 2019. He reached his highest ranking of no. 1 in

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rankings on 7 January 2013.

Career

2014: ATP debut

Milojević was a fifth player on a Serbian Davis Cup team in the first round tie against United States in the

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as well as a first round tie against Switzerland in

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and didn't play in any match. Milojević made his ATP main draw debut as a wildcard at 2014 Düsseldorf Open, where he defeated

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in the first round before losing to eventual finalist,

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, in the second round.

2017: Three Challengers finals, Top 150 debut

He was also invited for a semifinal clash against France in

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, but instead chose to play in a Challenger tournament in order to improve his ATP ranking. He reached the top 150 on 2 October 2017.

2018-19: Davis Cup debut, First & Second Challenger titles

In Februaray 2018, he finally 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. In June 2018, Milojević won his first Challenger title in

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, Uzbekistan. Milojević was partnered with Danilo Petrović for the 2018 Davis Cup World Group Play-offs vs.

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in September. They defeated

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in straight sets to help secure Serbia a decisive 3–0 lead after second day's play. (Serbia eventually won the tie 4–0) In August 2019, he won his third Challenger title at the

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in Liberec, Czechia.

2020-21: ATP Cup champion & Major debut, Challenger Third title & two finals

In January 2020, he was part of Serbian team that won the Inaugural

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by defeating Spain in the final. In September 2020, Milojević reached the second round on his debut as a qualifier in a Grand Slam main draw at the

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, where he won his first match against fellow Serbian

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/ref> After winning his third Challenger title at the

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in Croatia by defeating Bulgarian

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, Milojević reached his best career-high ranking of No. 129 on 5 April 2021.

2022: Australian Open debut, ATP quarterfinal and Top 125 debut

In January, Milojević qualified into the main draw of the

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for the first time at this Major, but lost to

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in the opening round. After the Australian tour, he reached the quarterfinals as a lucky loser at the

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where he lost to

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. As a result he reached the top 125 on 21 February 2022.

Singles performance timeline

''Current through the

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Team competition finals: 1 (1–0)

Challenger and Futures finals

Singles: 33 (15 titles, 18 runner–ups)

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