Boro Jovanović (21 October 1939 – 19 December 2023) was a Yugoslav and Croatian tennis player. Jovanović was runner-up in the 1962 Wimbledon doubles tournament with

Nikola Pilić Nikola "Niki" Pilić (born 27 August 1939) is a Croatian former professional tennis player who competed for SFR Yugoslavia. He was one of the Handsome Eight. Pilić was ranked world No. 6 in January 1968 and world No. 7 for 1967 by Lance Tin ...

, and quarter-finalist in the 1968 Wimbledon doubles tournament. In singles, Jovanović reached the final of the 1963 Italian Open and the quarterfinals of the

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. In 1972, Boro Jovanović joined the World Championship Tennis Tour. He was ranked World No. 8 for 1963 by

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of ''

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''. Jovanović died on 19 December 2023, at the age of 84.

Grand Slam finals

Doubles: ( 1 runner-up)

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1939 births 2023 deaths Croatian male tennis players Yugoslav male tennis players Tennis players from Zagreb Mediterranean Games gold medalists for Yugoslavia Mediterranean Games bronze medalists for Yugoslavia Competitors at the 1963 Mediterranean Games Summer World University Games medalists in tennis Mediterranean Games medalists in tennis FISU World University Games gold medalists for Yugoslavia Medalists at the 1961 Summer Universiade {{Croatia-tennis-bio-stub