Damir Džumhur ( ; born 20 May 1992) is a Bosnian professional
tennis
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player. His career-best singles ATP ranking of World No. 23, achieved on 2 July 2018, makes him the highest-ranked tennis player from Bosnia and Herzegovina. He is currently Bosnia and Herzegovina's No. 1 player.
By winning the
2017 St. Petersburg Open singles tournament, Džumhur became the first player competing under the Bosnia and Herzegovina flag to claim an ATP World Tour title. He added also a triumph at the
2017 Kremlin Cup and became the first player in tennis history to win both events played on Russian soil in the same season. Džumhur is also the first male player to represent
Bosnia and Herzegovina
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in the main draw of any
Grand Slam.
He is a member of the
Bosnia and Herzegovina Davis Cup team, and he competed at the
2016 Summer Olympics
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, being selected as the first male tennis player from his country to do so.
As a junior, he was ranked world No. 3 and he was a bronze medalist at the
2010 Youth Olympic Games
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.
Early and personal life
Džumhur was born on 20 May 1992 in
Sarajevo
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as a first child to Nerfid and Žaneta Džumhur. His birth in a maternity hospital located near the
Zetra Olympic Hall came shortly after the outbreak of the
Bosnian War
The Bosnian War ( / Рат у Босни и Херцеговини) was an international armed conflict that took place in Republic of Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bosnia and Herzegovina between 1992 and 1995. Following several earlier violent incid ...
. The arena was destroyed at the time, but it was the same place where Damir would start practicing tennis.
As a child, Džumhur practiced skiing and football in addition to tennis. Growing up, he admired
Patrick Rafter and
Roger Federer
Roger Federer ( , ; born 8 August 1981) is a Swiss former professional tennis player. He was ranked as the List of ATP number 1 ranked singles tennis players, world No. 1 in men's singles by the Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP) for 3 ...
,
and he is also a keen football fan and supports the Bosnian team
FK Željezničar.
As a teenager, Džumhur acted in movies. When he was 14, he was a
background actor in the
Golden Bear
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awarded film ''
Grbavica'' by
Jasmila Žbanić. He also got his first significant role in the German film ' (2007) by Rudolf Schweiger, where he played the role of the sharpshooter Duncan.
In addition to his native
Bosnian, Džumhur speaks English. He studied
political science
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at the
Faculty of Political Sciences at the
University of Sarajevo
The University of Sarajevo (Bosnian language, Bosnian, Croatian language, Croatian and Serbian language, Serbian: ''Univerzitet u Sarajevu'' / Sveučilište u Sarajevu / Универзитет у Сарајеву) is a List of universities in Bo ...
.
Džumhur was in a relationship with Croatian model and former ''
Big Brother'' contestant Barbara Šegetin, with whom he has a son named Luka.
Junior career

From the beginning, Džumhur has been coached by his father Nerfid, who has been running a tennis school since 1994. He started playing tennis at the age of five and began practising professionally in 1999 after the renovated Zetra has been opened.
In his early years, he participated in local events, mainly in Bosnia and Herzegovina,
Croatia
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and
Serbia and Montenegro
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. His first major success came in 2004 when he won the unofficial U–12 European Championships in Rome. That year, he played a total of nine tournaments, winning all of them and losing only four sets in the process.
Before turning 18, Džumhur was competing in various tournaments held across the continent and organized by
Tennis Europe. He finished 2005 and 2006 seasons on 87th and 25th positions, respectively in Europe's under-14 boys' singles rankings, and in the years 2007 and 2008, he ended as the 13th- and 17th-ranked player in the under-16 category.
In 2008, Džumhur started competing in official
ITF junior tournaments in the under-18 category. In that year, he played six tournaments in total, winning one and reaching the final of another. He closed his first season on this level with 17 wins and 5 losses, which classified him as the world's 299th junior player. The following season Damir participated in 20 such events, winning two titles, and with 45–17 win–loss record, he finished as 35th player. However, he has not been ranked by ITF in those two years due to insufficient appearances in premier events.
In 2010, Džumhur played in 12 tournaments, four of which he claimed. That includes the triumph in the U–18 European Championships in
Klosters, after beating
Andrés Artuñedo Martínavarro in straight sets in the final. In August 2010, by defeating
Victor Baluda, Džumhur won the bronze medal in
singles event at the
2010 Summer Youth Olympics in
Singapore
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, where he was also a country representative during the
Opening Ceremony as a flag bearer for
Bosnia and Herzegovina
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. That year he appeared in his only three junior Grand Slam events, where he achieved a second round finish at the
Roland Garros, a quarterfinal finish at the
Wimbledon Championships
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and a third round finish at the
US Open in singles competitions and also a Quarterfinal, second round and Quarterfinal finish in doubles, respectively.
In July 2010 Džumhur was placed third on the ITF world rankings, he finished this year on 4th place with 40 singles wins and 8 losses.
In 2010, he played his first two matches in
Davis Cup for Bosnia and Herzegovina, winning both of them in matches against
Estonia
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and
Portugal
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.
Junior Grand Slam results – Singles:
Australian Open: – (-)
French Open: 2R (
2010
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)
Wimbledon: QF (
2010
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US Open: 3R (
2010
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Junior Grand Slam results – Doubles:
Australian Open: – (-)
French Open: QF (
2010
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)
Wimbledon: 2R (
2010
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)
US Open: QF (
2010
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)
Professional career
2011–2013: First years as a pro
Džumhur turned professional in 2011, making his debut at the
ATP World Tour in
Zagreb
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during qualifying for the
2011 PBZ Zagreb Indoors. He spent his first years as a pro mainly on the
ATP Challenger Tour
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and in
ITF Men's Circuit tournaments. He won an overall twelve singles and eight doubles Futures titles, as well as twice reached the finals in Challenger events – the
2013 Košice Open and
2013 Poznań Open, losing in three sets on both occasions to
Mikhail Kukushkin and
Andreas Haider-Maurer, respectively.
In that period Džumhur took part in four Davis Cup ties involving Bosnia and Herzegovina, playing in total of eight rubbers, winning in two singles and one doubles matches. He barely missed on a wild card into the
2012 Summer Olympics
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, as the last spot in the
men's singles draw went to
Lleyton Hewitt
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, which was criticized by Bosnian media.
He ended his first fully professional season on 339th position, while the next year he finished inside the Top 250.
The year of 2013 saw Džumhur climbing into the top 200 in the world singles rankings, firstly achieved on 19 August 2013, and eventually he finished the year at World No. 187.
2014: Closing in on Top 100
In January 2014, Džumhur became the first male Bosnian representative to play in the main draw of a Grand Slam, having reached the third round of the
2014 Australian Open, where he eventually lost to 7th seed
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 ...
. On the way to this stage, Džumhur defeated
Dustin Brown,
Niels Desein,
Ruben Bemelmans in
qualifying competition, before winning against
Jan Hájek, and 32nd seeded
Ivan Dodig. He received praise from Berdych and
Novak Djokovic
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after the tournament.
Džumhur then played for his country in
Davis Cup first round match against Greece, where he lost in four sets to Markos Kalovelonis, ranked No. 691 at the time. However, in his next match he came back from two sets down and won against
Alexandros Jakupovic, sealing a 3–1 victory for Bosnia and Herzegovina over Greece. That was then followed by a series of unsuccessful appearances in a combination of World Tour and Challenger Tour events across Europe and the United States, where Džumhur made his debut in
ATP World Tour Masters 1000 cycle, having played in the qualifying of the
Indian Wells Masters and the
Miami Masters, where he won his sole eight points during that period. He finished his first hard-court part of the season by helping his country beat
Finland
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in the 2014 Davis Cup Group II second round.
Džumhur opened his clay campaign by winning
2014 Mersin Cup – first Challenger tournament in his career. On the way to this triumph, he defeated
Guillaume Rufin
Guillaume Rufin (; born 26 May 1990) is a French former professional tennis player. His highest singles ranking is World No. 81, achieved in September 2013.
Career
2009
He received a wildcard into the 2009 French Open, his Association of Ten ...
,
Egor Gerasimov,
Thomas Fabbiano
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and
Matteo Viola in straight sets. That was followed by a win over
Pere Riba in the final match, which allowed him to achieve career-high singles ranking. Džumhur became only the second player (after
Amer Delić), who has ever won a Challenger tournament under the Bosnian flag. In May that year, at
2014 Roland Garros, he qualified for a second straight Grand Slam tournament, where he lost in the first round to 26th seed
Feliciano López
Feliciano López Díaz-Guerra (; born 20 September 1981) is a Spanish former professional tennis player. He achieved his career-high singles ATP rankings, ranking of world No. 12 in March 2015 and doubles ranking of world No. 9 in November 2016. ...
. Straight after he went on to win his second challenger title, at
2014 BRD Arad Challenger, in
Romania
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, by beating Pere Riba again in the final which moved him in Top 110 of ATP ranking.
Later in June, Džumhur took part in his only matches of the season played on
grass surface, losing both of them in three sets – to
Ante Pavić in singles and
Gero Kretschmer/
Alexander Satschko pair in doubles, during
2014 Wimbledon Championships
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qualifying events.
During his clay-court comeback, Džumhur won in Italy his third title of the season at
2014 San Benedetto Tennis Cup, by beating
Andreas Haider-Maurer in the final in straight sets. That gave him first ever direct entry into the main draw of Grand Slam tournament –
2014 US Open. He was there defeated in the first round by
David Ferrer, ranked No. 5 at that time, losing in four sets. A week before the start of US Open Džumhur qualified for the first time in his career to ATP World Tour event, which was
2014 Winston-Salem Open, played on hard surface, where he lost in two sets to
Adrian Mannarino.
His last Davis Cup appearance of the season has ended in three-set defeat to
Ričardas Berankis
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, which sealed victory for
Lithuania
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and left Bosnia and Herzegovina in Group II of the Europe/Africa Zone.
In Autumn of 2014 Džumhur was unsuccessful in his hard-court appearances, however he twice achieved his career-high ranking of 101. On both occasions he was one point short of being placed among Top 100 of the world, as the first male Bosnian representative. He eventually finished that season on 109th place, and thus failed to achieve his goal, set in August, of singles ranking inside first hundred by the end of the season, as well as did not gain direct entry into the first Grand Slam tournament of the
new season –
2015 Australian Open, but he fulfilled his initial wish of being ranked in Top 150 at the end of the year.
2015: Breakthrough in the ATP
Džumhur began the new season in India, where he was unsuccessful in his bid to qualify for the main draw of the
2015 Aircel Chennai Open, losing to
Luca Vanni in the final qualifying round. For the first time in his career, he also took part in the main doubles draw of an ATP World Tour level tournament, playing alongside
Aljaž Bedene
Aljaž Bedene (born 18 July 1989) is a Slovenian former professional tennis player. He was ranked as high as No. 43 in singles by the Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP), which he achieved in February 2018. He reached four singles finals ...
. Later in January he failed to pass Australian Open qualifying, after a three set loss to
Tim Pütz in the second qualifying round, while being the top seed in the draw. After the Australian Open, Džumhur managed to win his first career singles match on ATP World Tour level in
2015 PBZ Zagreb Indoors, against
Michael Berrer, in three sets, after saving two match points, before falling to third seed
Guillermo García López in two sets. It was also the first
ATP 250 series tournament in Džumhur's career, where he was a direct acceptance, thus did not have to play qualifying event in order to be in the main draw.
Right after the Croatian event, Džumhur went to
Dominican Republic
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, where he dominated the first edition of
2015 Milex Open, played on green clay in
Santo Domingo
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, and became the first player who has ever won a professional tennis tournament in that country. Džumhur did not lose a set on his way to the title and spent on court less than five and a half hours in total during whole tournament week. He won the final against
Renzo Olivo by retirement. It followed wins over
Benjamin Balleret,
Bastian Trinker,
Nicolás Jarry and
Cristian Garín
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. Džumhur was then accepted to the main draw of
2015 Morelos Open, as a
special exempt, where he managed to win further four matches, bringing his tally to nine consecutive wins, and thus reaching the second consecutive final on Challenger level, and his career-first played on hard surface. He lost to
Víctor Estrella Burgos, but his semifinal win against
Adrián Menéndez Maceiras, where he saved two match points, gave him first ever placement inside the top 100 in
ATP rankings, which made Džumhur the first male representative of Bosnia and Herzegovina to do so, and also the highest ranked player in a singles ranking list competing under the Bosnian flag (surpassing
Mervana Jugic-Salkić's No. 99 ranking from June 2004).
In March, he played in his debut ATP Masters 1000 tournament, at
2015 Miami Open, where he lost in three sets to
James Duckworth, after successfully passed qualifying. With this event, Džumhur has completed his first hard-court part of the season.

The beginning of April saw Džumhur win three consecutive ATP World Tour 250 matches against
Paul-Henri Mathieu,
Marcel Granollers
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and
Andreas Haider-Maurer at
2015 Grand Prix Hassan II in
Casablanca
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, which gave him his first ever semifinal appearance on this level, and his ranking subsequently increased to 85th. He became the first Bosnian player, who has reached last four stage in the World Tour event, before losing in three sets to second seed
Martin Kližan.
In May, Džumhur improved his career-best singles and doubles rankings, by reaching 81st and 342nd positions, respectively. Later that month he made headlines again after reaching third round at the French Open, where he lost to world No. 2
Roger Federer
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. After the match, Džumhur received approval from the Swiss, as well as described his pre-match feeling on facing his childhood idol as "dreaming". In the earlier stages of the tournament, Džumhur defeated
Mikhail Youzhny
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, after the Russian retired while trailing by two sets, and
Marcos Baghdatis
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in four sets.
Džumhur held grass-court preparations in Liverpool, where he was invited to play in an exhibition
Liverpool Hope University International Tennis Tournament. After playing a total of four singles matches, he was named as a joint runner-up, together with
Pablo Andújar. Džumhur was drawn against Federer in his first ever main draw appearance at
Wimbledon, and he lost to the eventual runner-up in straight sets. For the first time in his career, Džumhur competed in doubles main draw at Grand Slam event – playing alongside Aljaž Bedene, they were defeated by the
Steve Johnson/
Sam Querrey team, also in straight sets.
During his summer clay-court comeback, Džumhur advanced to his first doubles Challenger final, at
2015 Sparkassen Open, playing together with
Franko Škugor
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, which placed him on his highest ever doubles ranking position. A couple of unsuccessful singles appearances on challenger level caused Damir to drop to 100th place on the ATP singles list, which however was enough to gain direct entry to the
US Open. First round loss there in four sets against 24th seed
Bernard Tomic
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has followed three consecutive defeats on ATP World Tour for Džumhur.
After 50 days without a win, Džumhur managed to win five consecutive matches in five days in
Alphen aan den Rijn
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, losing two set in the process and sealed his fifth challenger title, defeating home player
Igor Sijsling
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in three sets. He later went to Morocco to play three clay challengers in
Kenitra,
Mohammedia and
Casablanca
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, winning the last one (defeated
Daniel Muñoz de la Nava in three-set final), which gave him highest ever ranking position of 77.
He eventually finished 2015 season on 82nd place, after a series of failed attempts in clay court South American challengers during the months of October and November. Similarly, like the year before, Džumhur had not achieved his higher goal of placement among top 70 players of the world, but managed to fulfil the initial one, which was the year-end ranking position inside top 100, allowing him to be directly accepted into the
2016 Australian Open
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.
2016: Maiden Top 10 wins

Džumhur started the new season in
Doha
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at the
2016 Qatar ExxonMobil Open. He defeated
Marco Cecchinato before losing to Tomáš Berdych in straight sets. He later moved to Australia, where was defeated in
2016 Apia International Sydney qualifying by
Maximilian Marterer, and then was drawn to face
Kyle Edmund
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Edmund is an ...
in the first round of the Australian Open. He came from behind to defeat him in five sets and then faced 15th seed
David Goffin
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, losing in four sets.
He later took part in series of two indoor and then two outdoor hard court events across Europe and North America, losing in second rounds in
Sofia
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,
Memphis and
Delray Beach before being defeated to
Dominic Thiem in the first round of
2016 Abierto Mexicano Telcel in Acapulco, first
ATP World Tour 500 series
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tournament in which Džumhur has ever participated in the main draw.
Džumhur began the month of March in
Indian Wells, being crushed by Marcel Granollers in the first round, losing twelve consecutive games. After a second round exit in
Guadalajara challenger he returned to the United States to play another Masters 1000 event of the season –
2016 Miami Open. In the opening round Džumhur defeated
Leonardo Mayer, which was his only third win over a top 50 player (and first, not counting matches ended with opponent's retirement) and first singles triumph on this level. In his second match in
Key Biscayne
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he faced former world No. 1
Rafael Nadal
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, ranked 5th at the time, who retired when Džumhur was serving while leading in set three. It was Džumhur's first Top 10 win in his career. He then defeated
Mikhail Kukushkin in the third round, before losing to
Milos Raonic
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in the Round of 16, finishing the first part of the season on 87th place.
His clay court part of the season started in
Roquebrune-Cap-Martin, where Džumhur played in
2016 Monte-Carlo Rolex Masters. After passing the qualifying competition he beat
Robin Haase
Robin Haase (; born 6 April 1987) is a Dutch professional tennis player.
He reached his career-high Association of Tennis Professionals, ATP singles ranking of world No. 33 in July 2012 and his highest doubles ranking of world No. 29 in May 2023 ...
and world No. 7 Tomáš Berdych, achieving his second win versus Top 10 ranked opponent and improving head-to-head record with the Czech to 1–2. He was then defeated by Milos Raonic, being two points away from placement in the quarterfinals. He then took part in two consecutive ATP World Tour 250 series tournaments in Bucharest and Istanbul, losing to
Marco Cecchinato in the second round, and to
Diego Schwartzman
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in the quarterfinals, respectively, despite having a match point in the match with the Argentine. Later he qualified for yet another Masters 1000 event that season, losing in the first round of
2016 Internazionali BNL d'Italia to
Jérémy Chardy
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in three sets, while in the meantime he managed to improve his career-best ranking to 71.
In Roland Garros he was eliminated in the first round, being defeated in four sets by
João Sousa. His fourth successive loss came in the opening round of a challenger circuit event –
2016 UniCredit Czech Open where he retired due to right ankle injury. It was the last tournament he played before the grass season.
On 9 June Džumhur received a Tripartite Commission Invitation, which gave him the right to represent
Bosnia and Herzegovina
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at the
2016 Summer Olympics
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, as the first male tennis player in country's history. On July 19, 2016, Džumhur was confirmed as a direct entrant to the men's singles, due to the withdrawal of several tennis players from the Games. Hence, his invitation was transferred to fellow Bosnian tennis player –
Mirza Bašić.
For the second year running Džumhur took part in the
exhibition grass tournament played in June in
Liverpool
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, and after winning both of his singles matches, including Sunday final against
Paolo Lorenzi, he was crowned champion. Džumhur then continued his
2016 Wimbledon Championships
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preparations at
2016 Aegon Open Nottingham, beating in three sets a title-holder
Denis Istomin, with the match being suspended after set two due to darkness, and then losing on the same day to
Vasek Pospisil
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. The triumph against the Uzbekistani was his first recorded professional grass-court win. Džumhur then competed at the third major of the year in London. He won his first round match by defeating
Denis Kudla in five sets before losing to
Pierre-Hugues Herbert
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in round two.
In July Džumhur won both singles rubbers he played for Bosnia and Herzegovina in 3–1 victory against Turkey, sealing his country progress to the promotional play-offs. Then he played in
Umag his last clay court ATP World Tour event of the season, defeating
Nicolás Almagro
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and Thomas Fabbiano before losing a three-set quarterfinal battle with
Fabio Fognini
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.
Džumhur's maiden participation at the Summer Olympics ended at the first hurdle as he was defeated by
Dudi Sela
David "Dudi" Sela (; born 4 April 1985) is an Israeli former professional tennis player. He reached a career-high singles ranking of World No. 29 in July 2009.
Sela won the French Open 2003 junior doubles title. Representing Israel Davis Cup te ...
in two sets. The match was overshadowed by an incident with Israeli spectators abusing
Islam
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religion and Bosnian nation, particularly Džumhur, accusing him of being Muslim, which he denied. It caused a match suspension as the chair umpire Gianluca Moscarella had to intervene on the stands separating Džumhur's coach & father Nerfid from Sela's fans. His poor form continued in the United States, where Džumhur lost in the first matches in both of the tournaments he entered as a build-up to the
2016 US Open, namely in
Western & Southern Open and
Winston-Salem Open. After four consecutive losses Džumhur upset a 17th seed Bernard Tomic in the first round of the ultimate Grand Slam tournament of the season, which was a repeat of the match they played in the previous US Open. That was his first ever win in
Flushing Meadows. He was then however defeated by
Illya Marchenko in straight sets.
After reaching a semifinal in
Alphen aan den Rijn
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, where Džumhur was forced to retire in the third set due to right shoulder injury, he helped his national team winning 5–0 in
Vilnius
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a
Davis Cup tie against Lithuania, notching a straight-set victory over
Laurynas Grigelis, which gave Bosnia and Herzegovina a progress to the Europe/Africa Zone Group I for the very first time. Immediately after, Džumhur went on to play at the
2016 Moselle Open, losing to Guillermo García López in the opening round, worsening their head-to-head record to 0–3. Then Džumhur headed to Morocco to play his last two clay-court challengers. Despite being No. 1 seed in both of them, he lost early to opponents ranked in the third and fourth hundred of ATP ranking, thus dropping out of Top 90 before entering the last phase of the season, a series of hardcourt indoor European tournaments.
Džumhur concluded his season in Paris, losing in the
2016 BNP Paribas Masters qualifying to
Dustin Brown. It followed participations in events held in Moscow and Vienna. Firstly, at the
2016 Kremlin Cup he came back from 1–4 deficit in the third set versus
Karen Khachanov to win 6–4 (despite the Russian was twice serving for the match) and progress to the second round where he was forced to retire against
Pablo Carreño Busta due to food poisoning. Then Džumhur managed to reach the main draw of
2016 Erste Bank Open, recording there his first ever
ATP World Tour 500 level match win, defeating Nicolás Almagro in the first round. He then wasted a 5–1 lead over
Ivo Karlović in the final set, losing eventually in tiebreak. Nevertheless, after these tournaments Džumhur moved back into the top 80, where he finished season 2016. Yet again he did not fulfill his end-of-season ranking goal (set for Top 60 finish this time), however he maintained his career trend of closing every single season higher than the previous one.
He ended the 2016 season at No. 77 in the rankings. On 15 December Džumhur was named by ''
Nezavisne novine'' readers as Bosnian Athlete of the Year and was presented with the award at the ceremony in Sarajevo organized by the newspaper itself and
Radio and Television of Bosnia and Herzegovina.
2017: Historic ATP World Tour titles & top 30 finish
The new campaign for Džumhur was opened with a straight set defeat to
Dudi Sela
David "Dudi" Sela (; born 4 April 1985) is an Israeli former professional tennis player. He reached a career-high singles ranking of World No. 29 in July 2009.
Sela won the French Open 2003 junior doubles title. Representing Israel Davis Cup te ...
at the
Chennai Open. His poor start to the season continued in Melbourne, where he lost in the first round of the
Australian Open to
Viktor Troicki, coming back from two sets down before eventually losing in five. Džumhur was criticized for his attitude on court, as he was involved in argument with chair umpire, which caused a point penalty being given to him. At 3:4 in the final set Džumhur requested supervisor to come on court, shortly before he lost his serve and allowed Troicki to serve for the match, which he did. The Bosnian refused to shake chair umpire's hand after the match.
Later he took part in the first ever Europe/Africa Zone Group I Davis Cup tie for Bosnia and Herzegovina, after the promotion sealed in Vilnius in the previous season, facing
Poland
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in Zenica. Despite fitness problems, Džumhur managed to play and defeat in straight sets
Hubert Hurkacz
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, contributing to a 5:0 win and progress to the second round to face Netherlands at home. Soon after he went on to play
Sofia Open, where he was beaten in his first match by
Andreas Seppi
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Personal lif ...
, even though the Italian was involved in clay-court Davis Cup tie in
Buenos Aires
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only two days earlier.
Džumhur notched his first ATP wins of the season in
Memphis, where he defeated returning from injury
Kevin Anderson, coming back from set and break down, and
Steve Darcis in straight sets. In his fourth career ATP World Tour quarterfinal he fell to
Ryan Harrison. Damir's rise of form continued in Delray Beach as he defeated
Konstantin Kravchuk and barely lost to
Juan Martín del Potro, receiving appraisal for his display from the Argentinian. Džumhur then went on to play in
2017 Dubai Tennis Championships, where he achieved his biggest career win to-date, by eliminating defending champion, world No. 3 and current US Open title holder,
Stan Wawrinka winning 7–6, 6–3. In the second round he overcame Marcel Granollers, also in straight sets, reaching yet another quarterfinal, and his first on ATP World Tour 500 level. He was there defeated by
Robin Haase
Robin Haase (; born 6 April 1987) is a Dutch professional tennis player.
He reached his career-high Association of Tennis Professionals, ATP singles ranking of world No. 33 in July 2012 and his highest doubles ranking of world No. 29 in May 2023 ...
in their third career meeting, worsening head-to-head record to 2–1. Thanks to points won in Dubai, Džumhur has broken into the top 70 for the first time, achieving singles ranking of 67 on 6 March.
Damir's first ever win in
Indian Wells, over Ryan Harrison at
world's second biggest outdoor tennis stadium in the opening round of a first of the season ATP Masters 1000 tournament gave him yet another career-high ranking improvement. Despite second round loss to
Albert Ramos Viñolas, and withdrawal from
2017 Irving Tennis Classic Džumhur was ranked 66 on 20 March. His appearance in the next Masters event also ended in the second round, where he was eliminated by
Nick Kyrgios, after saving five match points to win the opening confrontation with
Hyeon Chung.
On 7–9 April Džumhur played for his Davis Cup team, fighting for a place in World Group play-offs. After overcoming
Thiemo de Bakker in straight sets, in what was called by himself as the best match for Bosnia and Herzegovina he ever played, he has faced Robin Haase in 4th rubber, with Netherlands leading the tie by 2:1. Despite trailing by two sets to love and 0:4 in the third one Džumhur managed to level the match, only to lose eventually in five sets hence ending BiH team hopes of promotion. Damir's attitude was broadly commented as he was involved in multiple arguments throughout the match with chair umpire, ITF supervisor, Haase and other members of Dutch team.
In the months of April and May Džumhur was in poor form playing in various ATP clay-court tournaments across Europe. Firstly he failed to pass Monte-Carlo Masters qualifying, but managed to play in the main draw as a lucky loser, though lost yet again to Robin Haase. He was then twice eliminated in the second rounds of Budapest Open and Istanbul Open, before losing in the first matches in Rome Masters qualies, Nice and Roland Garros. At the end of the month he was ranked 96th and split with Serbian head coach Marko Subotić.
In June Džumhur went back to challenger circuit, playing on that level for the first time since October 2016. Even though he was a top seed in Lisbon, he was defeated in the opening round by 550th ranked Daniel Muñoz de la Nava. He then moved to Blois, France where again competed as highest ranked player. That time he managed to win all five matches and by defeating
Calvin Hemery 6–1, 6–3 in the final he claimed his seventh ATP Challenger Tour singles title, moving up to 83rd place. It was followed by the only grass appearance of the season, at
2017 Wimbledon Championships, where Džumhur firstly notched his most convincing Grand Slam match triumph defeating
Renzo Olivo 6–2, 6–0, 6–1, before falling to
Aljaž Bedene
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in four-set second round battle.
Next he moved back to clay again, losing in the first rounds of Umag and Hamburg ATP events. August however saw him rising his form, winning 12 of 15 played matches across three tournaments. Firstly he reached his second ever ATP semifinal in
Los Cabos, Mexico, losing to an eventual champion
Sam Querrey in three sets. Then he was a runner-up in Santo Domingo challenger (lost to
Víctor Estrella Burgos) before achieving his career-best result in Winston-Salem, North Carolina, where he defeated
Denis Istomin,
Gilles Simon,
Horacio Zeballos
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,
Hyeon Chung and
Kyle Edmund
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Edmund is an ...
en route to his first ATP Tour final, also becoming Bosnia's first player to reach an ATP World Tour final, where he lost eventually to
Roberto Bautista Agut. Immediately after Džumhur entered top 60 for the first time, climbing up to 56th place. That was followed by an appearance at the last Grand Slam event of the season, at
2017 US Open. Džumhur managed to overcome 27th seed
Pablo Cuevas
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and
Cedrik-Marcel Stebe to reach the Round of 32 for the third time in his career, and first in New York City. Despite defeat in four sets to
Andrey Rublev, Damir moved up to career-high ranking of No. 55.
On 24 September, Džumhur defeated
Fabio Fognini
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in the final of
St. Petersburg, claiming his first ever ATP World Tour title, which sealed him 40th place on world singles ranking. His form continued in China, as he reached his fourth straight ATP World Tour 250 semifinal, in
Shenzhen
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, defeating world No. 4,
Alexander Zverev, on the way moving up to world No. 36. That was followed by first round exits in Beijing and Shanghai.
On 22 October, Džumhur defeated
Ričardas Berankis
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in a three-set final to claim the
2017 Kremlin Cup, pushing him to a new high ranking of world No. 31 the following day. He also made the doubles finals with
Antonio Šančić but lost to
Max Mirnyi
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Mirnyi became a doubles specialist following his singles career, in which he reached a career-high of World No. 18 (August 2003) and finished ...
and
Philipp Oswald. He then reached the second round in
Vienna
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, defeating Berankis again, and losing to Tsonga despite having a match point. He withdrew from Paris Masters, hence ending his most successful season to-date on an improved ranking of world No. 30, which qualified him to be a ''Commitment Player'' for 2018 season and have a seeding at the Australian Open, for the first time at any Grand Slam.
On 12 December, Džumhur was chosen as
2017 Bosnian Sportsman of the Year.
2018: Best season: Two major third rounds, third ATP title, historic top 25 debut
Džumhur started the year with a third round appearance at the
2018 Australian Open matching his best result at the tournament. He was defeated by world number 1
Rafael Nadal
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in straight sets. At the
2018 French Open he also reached the third round which also matched his best result at the tournament. He was defeated by world number 3
Alexander Zverev in a close 5-set battle.
On 30 June, Džumhur defeated
Adrian Mannarino in the final of
Antalya Open, which brought him at a historic career high for his country of world No. 23 in the singles rankings on 2 July 2018.
Džumhur made the semifinals of the
Los Cabos Open where he lost to world No. 4,
Juan Martín del Potro.
Džumhur ended the year with a third round appearance at the
Paris Masters where he lost to world No. 2,
Novak Djokovic
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, having lost the first set and having to retire early in the second set.
2018 was also the only year that Džumhur participated in all nine masters 1000 events. His year-end ranking was World No. 47.
2019: Four ATP quarterfinals
Džumhur started off the year with a straight sets loss to world No. 1, Novak Djokovic, at the
2019 Doha Open.
Džumhur made four quarterfinal appearances in 2019 at the
Rotterdam Open where he defeated 3rd seed
Stefanos Tsitsipas in the first round but lost to eventual champion
Gaël Monfils
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,
Geneva Open where he defeated 5th seed
Stan Wawrinka in the second round but lost to
Radu Albot,
Antalya Open where he went in as the 5th seed and defending champion but lost to
Jordan Thompson, and the
Zhuhai Championships where he went in as a qualifier but lost to Adrian Mannarino.
Džumhur only posted one major win in 2019 at the
US Open where he defeated
Elliot Benchetrit in the first round but lost in the second round to world No. 3,
Roger Federer
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.
Džumhur ended the year with his first Challenger final in two years at the
Slovak Open. He lost to
Dennis Novak in straight sets.
2020: Loss of form, out of top 100
Džumhur lost in the first round of the
Australian Open to 15th seed
Stan Wawrinka who would go on to make the quarterfinals. He dropped out of the top 100 on 17 February 2020 to No. 107.
In August, after not playing tennis for six months due to the
COVID-19 pandemic
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, Džumhur returned to the court. He played world No. 1 Djokovic in the first round of the
US Open but lost in straight sets.
In October, Džumhur reached the Challenger final at the
Sànchez-Casal Cup. He lost to
Carlos Alcaraz in straight sets.
At the end of the year, Džumhur only posted two wins to eight losses on the ATP Tour and his ranking plummeted to No. 119 in the world.
2021: Continued struggles, out of top 150
Džumhur qualified for the
Australian Open as a lucky loser but lost to
James Duckworth in the first round.
At the
Miami Masters, he qualified for the main draw also as a lucky loser and defeated
Kevin Anderson in the first round, before losing to second seed and world No. 5,
Stefanos Tsitsipas.
Džumhur made another final at the
Belgrade Challenger. He lost to the top seed
Roberto Carballés Baena in straight sets.
In July, Džumhur made his first quarterfinal of the year at the
Croatia Open where he lost to eventual finalist
Richard Gasquet
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.
He dropped out of the top 130 at No. 136 on 27 September 2021, his lowest since April 2014. He further dropped out of the top 150 on 8 November 2021.
2022: Montpellier quarterfinal, two Challenger finals, back to top 200
He qualified for the
2022 Australian Open main draw, but lost in the first round to
Pablo Andújar. After the Australian tour, he reached the quarterfinals of
Montpellier
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as a qualifier, where he lost in straight sets to
Filip Krajinović, after beating fourth seed
Nikoloz Basilashvili in the round of 16.
2023–2025: Third French Open third round, record Challenger titles, top 100
He received a wildcard for the main draw of the inaugural edition of the
2023 Banja Luka Open in his home country. He reached the quarterfinals defeating lucky loser
Liam Broady
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Early and personal life
Broady, the young ...
, his first ATP win of the season in the first round, and seventh seed Richard Gasquet in the second round, before losing to the second seed and eventual finalist
Andrey Rublev.
In April 2024, seeded second, he won his ninth Challenger in
Barletta, Italy defeating top seed
Harold Mayot in straight sets. As a result he returned to the top 150 in the rankings on 8 April 2024. Four months later, following two more Challenger titles in Ostrava and in Zagreb, he returned to the top 100 on 12 August 2024, for the first time since 2020. In September he won his fifth title for the season at the
2024 Istanbul Challenger. In November, Džumhur lifted his sixth straight trophy at the
Maia Challenger in Portugal, a season record for the most Challenger titles, defeating Italian
Francesco Passaro, which ensured his place inside the top 100, at world No. 83 in the ATP singles rankings on 2 December 2024.
At the
2025 Chile Open Dzumhur reached the quarterfinals defeating sixth seed
Mariano Navone.
After a five year absence Dzumhur returned to the main draw of the
2025 BNP Paribas Open in Indian Wells after qualifying. In the first round he defeated
Roberto Bautista Agut.
Performance timelines
''Current through the
2024 US Open qualifying.''
ATP Tour finals
Singles: 4 (3 titles, 1 runner-up)
Doubles: 1 (1 runner-up)
ATP Challenger and ITF Tour finals
Singles: 39 (26 titles, 13 runner-ups)
Doubles: 14 (8 titles, 6 runner-ups)
Exhibition matches
Singles
National and international representation
Davis Cup: 27 (16 victories, 11 defeats)
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, date, place of event, the zonal classification and its phase, and the court surface.
ITF Junior finals
Singles: 9 (7 titles, 2 runner-ups)
Doubles: 9 (5 titles, 4 runner-ups)
Other junior finals
Singles: 7 (3 titles, 4 runner-ups)
''Tournaments organized by
Tennis Europe in the category "14 & Under"''
''Tournaments organized by
Tennis Europe in the category "16 & Under"''
Best Grand Slam results details
Wins against Top 10 players
*Džumhur has a record against players who were, at the time the match was played, ranked in the top 10.
Notes
References
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1992 births
Living people
Bosnia and Herzegovina male tennis players
Olympic tennis players for Bosnia and Herzegovina
Tennis players at the 2010 Summer Youth Olympics
Tennis players at the 2016 Summer Olympics
Sportspeople from Sarajevo
21st-century Bosnia and Herzegovina sportsmen