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Blaž Kavčič (born 5 March 1987) is a
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coach and former professional player. He was the highest ranked Slovenian male player ever, achieving a career-high of World No. 68 in August 2012, until
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began to play for Slovenia again in January 2018, overtaking him with a career high ranking of 49. He became the first Slovenian ATP singles player to: achieve a Top 100 ranking, win a Grand Slam main draw match and perform at the
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. He became the second Slovene ATP player earning over 2 million US dollars in prize money and is the second highest ever paid male Slovene player in history after Aljaž Bedene.


Tennis career


2005–2007: Turning pro, Davis Cup debut

Kavčič turned professional in 2005 playing exclusively on the ATP Futures and ATP Challenger Series circuit for three seasons. In 2006, Kavčič made his Davis Cup debut for
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2008–2009: ATP Challenger debut

In 2008 he qualified for the ATP event in
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, where he lost to
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. In Pörtschach he defeated
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in the first round before losing to Igor Kunitsyn. He finished the year ranked No. 260. In 2009 he didn't play in any of ATP Tour main draws. He played in qualifications of three Grand Slams, but lost all of them. He also played in Davis Cup.


2010–2011: Major debut and first wins

In 2010 he reached the second round in
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on clay, but lost to big serving
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. Kavčič played in the 2010 French Open where he won his first grand slam match by defeating Eduardo Schwank. He became the first Slovenian male player to directly qualify for a Grand Slam tournament without having to go through qualifying rounds. Together with Slovenia Davis Cup Team he won the 2010 Davis Cup Europe/Africa Zone Group II, ensuring Slovenia to advance to Europe/Africa Zone Group I. In 2011 in
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he reached his first career quarterfinal on the
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. He lost there against
Tomáš Berdych Tomáš Berdych (; born 17 September 1985) is a Czech former professional tennis player. He was ranked world No. 4 in men's singles by the Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP), achieved in May 2015. Berdych won 13 ATP Tour singles titles, i ...
from
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. At the 2011 Australian Open he reached the second round for the first time in his career. He was the first Slovenian ATP player ever in the second round of the Major in Australia. As the first Slovenian player to participate in the ATP Masters 1000 series, he made his debut at 2011 Sony Ericsson Open in Miami and lost in three sets in the first round against
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. At the 2011 Serbia Open he lost his second quarterfinal match in straight sets against
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. At the 2011 Swedish Open he lost his third quarterfinal match against
Tomáš Berdych Tomáš Berdych (; born 17 September 1985) is a Czech former professional tennis player. He was ranked world No. 4 in men's singles by the Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP), achieved in May 2015. Berdych won 13 ATP Tour singles titles, i ...
. At the 2011 US Open he played his first tournament where he lost in the first round. He also played his first Grand Slam men's doubles and lost in the first round.


2012: Career high ranking, historic Olympics debut

At the 2012 Australian Open he lost in the second round against
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. At the 2012 French Open he lost in straight sets in the second round against
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. At the
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he reached second round where he lost against
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. He was the first Slovenian who competed in the men's singles tennis competition at the
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.


2013–2014: Two Grand Slam third rounds

At the 2013 Australian Open, Kavcic made it to the third round of a grand slam for the first time in his career, defeating the 29th seed
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and local wildcard James Duckworth, before losing to 7th seed
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in straight sets. At the 2013 French Open he lost in five sets in the second round against
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. At the 2014 US Open he reached the third round for the first time at this Major, defeating Donald Young and 30th seed Jeremy Chardy on the way but withdrew from his third round match with third seed
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.


2020–2021: Thirty Challenger finals and third doubles title

At the 2021 Zadar Open he won his third Challenger doubles title partnering his good friend
Blaž Rola Blaž Rola (born 5 October 1990) is a Slovenian tennis player. His highest career ranking is No. 78 in singles and No. 186 in doubles. In his career, he has won one ATP 250 series doubles title, nine singles and six doubles ITF Futures tourname ...
. At the 2021 Split Open he lost to Rola in his 31st Challenger singles final.


2022: Retirement

He officially announced his retirement in April at the end of the season in September after the Davis Cup.


ATP Challenger and ITF Futures finals


Singles: 36 (19–17)


Doubles: 15 (5–9)


Singles performance timeline


Davis Cup


Singles performances (17–9)


Doubles performances (5–4)


References


External links


Official website
* * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Kavcic, Blaz 1987 births Living people Slovenian male tennis players Tennis players from Ljubljana Tennis players at the 2012 Summer Olympics Olympic tennis players for Slovenia