Laslo Djere;
Serbian Latin: ''Laslo Đere''; (born 2 June 1995) is a Serbian professional
tennis
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player. On 10 June 2019, Djere reached his career-high singles ranking of world No. 27. On 22 March 2021, he reached his career-high at world No. 346 in the doubles rankings. He is currently the No. 3 Serbian player.
He has won three
ATP Tour
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singles titles, all on clay, one an
ATP 500 event in
Rio in 2019, after which he made the break-through into top 30, and at the inaugural
2020 Forte Village Sardegna Open
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and the
2025 Chile Open both
ATP 250
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events. Djere debuted on the ATP Tour at the
2013 PTT Thailand Open, where he was a wildcard. His first qualification attempt to play in the main draw at any Grand Slam was at the
2015 French Open, but his first successful attempt and main draw debut happened at the
2016 French Open
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. At
2018 US Open, he recorded his first Grand Slam win, defeating
Leonardo Mayer in first round.
Early life and background
Laslo Djere was born on 2 June 1995 to mother Hajnalka and father Csaba (or Čaba) Đere in
Senta
Senta ( sr-cyrl, Сента, ; Hungarian language, Hungarian: ''Zenta'', ; Romanian language, Romanian: ''Zenta'') is a town and municipality located in Vojvodina, Serbia. It is situated on the bank of the Tisza, Tisa river in the geographical ...
, at the time part of the
Federal Republic of Yugoslavia
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. His parents were Hungarians. Both of his parents died from cancer. He is a member of the
Hungarian community in Serbia.
Djere began playing tennis at age 5 with his father. He also has one sister named Judit. He is fluent in Serbian, English, and Hungarian. His favorite surface is
clay
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. His idols growing up were
Andy Roddick
Andrew Stephen Roddick (born August 30, 1982) is an American former professional tennis player. He was ranked as the world No. 1 in men's singles by the Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP) for 13 weeks, including as the year-end No. 1 in ...
,
Lleyton Hewitt
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and
Novak Djokovic
Novak Djokovic ( sr-Cyrl-Latn, Новак Ђоковић, Novak Đoković, separator=" / ", ; born 22 May 1987) is a Serbian professional tennis player. He has been ranked as the List of ATP number 1 ranked singles tennis players#Weeks at N ...
. He is a supporter of the
Chicago Bulls (NBA) and
Seattle Seahawks (NFL).
Junior career
On the junior tour, Djere won five singles titles in 10 finals (one final was canceled), while in doubles he won two titles in as many finals.
In December 2012, he reached the finals in back-to-back tournaments at Eddie Herr and
Orange Bowl
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, losing the first one (Grade 1 event) 6–0, 4–6, 5–7 to
Cristian Garín
Cristian Ignacio Garín Medone (; born 30 May 1996) is a Chilean professional tennis player. He has been ATP rankings, ranked as high as world No. 17 by the Association of Tennis Professionals, ATP in singles, achieved on 13 September 2021. He ...
despite leading 6–0, 4–1, but winning the latter more prestigious event (Grade A) over
Elias Ymer
Elias Ymer (born 10 April 1996) is a Swedish tennis player. Ymer has a career high Association of Tennis Professionals, ATP singles ranking of World No. 105, achieved on 11 June 2018. He has a career high ATP doubles ranking of World No. 188, ac ...
6–4, 6–4. This came after the recent passing of his mother Hajnalka. In May 2013, he played in the final of another Grade A event,
Trofeo Bonfiglio
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, but lost to
Alexander Zverev
Alexander "Sascha" Zverev (; born 20 April 1997) is a German professional tennis player and the current world No. 3. He has won 24 ATP Tour titles in singles and two in doubles, and has been runner-up at three Grand Slam (tennis)#Tournaments, ma ...
6–7(5), 7–5, 5–7. Nevertheless, he reached a career-high combined ranking of No. 3 on 27 May 2013.
Junior Grand Slam results – Singles:
* Australian Open: 1R (
2013
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*International Year of Quinoa
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January
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)
* French Open: 3R (
2013
2013 was the first year since 1987 to contain four unique digits (a span of 26 years).
2013 was designated as:
*International Year of Water Cooperation
*International Year of Quinoa
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January
* January 5 – 2013 Craig, Alask ...
)
* Wimbledon: QF (
2013
2013 was the first year since 1987 to contain four unique digits (a span of 26 years).
2013 was designated as:
*International Year of Water Cooperation
*International Year of Quinoa
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January
* January 5 – 2013 Craig, Alask ...
)
* US Open: –
Junior Grand Slam results – Doubles:
* Australian Open: 2R (
2013
2013 was the first year since 1987 to contain four unique digits (a span of 26 years).
2013 was designated as:
*International Year of Water Cooperation
*International Year of Quinoa
Events
January
* January 5 – 2013 Craig, Alask ...
)
* French Open: 2R (
2012
2012 was designated as:
*International Year of Cooperatives
*International Year of Sustainable Energy for All
Events January
*January 4 – The Cicada 3301 internet hunt begins.
* January 12 – Peaceful protests begin in the R ...
,
2013
2013 was the first year since 1987 to contain four unique digits (a span of 26 years).
2013 was designated as:
*International Year of Water Cooperation
*International Year of Quinoa
Events
January
* January 5 – 2013 Craig, Alask ...
)
* Wimbledon: 2R (
2013
2013 was the first year since 1987 to contain four unique digits (a span of 26 years).
2013 was designated as:
*International Year of Water Cooperation
*International Year of Quinoa
Events
January
* January 5 – 2013 Craig, Alask ...
)
* US Open: –
Professional career
2013–2016: ATP debut, top 200
Djere started 2013 season, playing mainly at Futures. In July 2013, he won Serbia F6 Futures in
Kikinda
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, winning over
Teodor-Dacian Crăciun in the final. Month later, he won another Futures at Serbia F7 in
Zlatibor
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Among the most popular places in Serbia for tourism, Zlatibor's main attractions include health tourism, skiing, and hiking and the lo ...
. In September 2013, he made his
ATP main draw debut at the
2013 PTT Thailand Open where he received entry to the main draw as a wildcard entrant. In the first round he lost to sixth 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. ...
. By the end of year, he was runner–up at two Futures in Cyprus.
In 2014, Djere played only at Futures, as well as two unsuccessful attempt at Challengers. At
Prosperita Open in
Ostrava
Ostrava (; ; ) is a city in the north-east of the Czech Republic and the capital of the Moravian-Silesian Region. It has about 283,000 inhabitants. It lies from the border with Poland, at the confluences of four rivers: Oder, Opava (river), Opa ...
, he lost in third round of qualification, losing from
Marek Michalička. In May, he won Croatia F8 Futures in
Bol, defeating
Mike Urbanija in final. Week later, he won another Futures in Bosnia&Herzegovina (F2) in
Prijedor
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. At
Vicenza International, he lost in third round of qualification, losing from
Zhang Ze
Zhang Ze (; ; born July 4, 1990), is a Chinese former professional tennis player.
Zhang's career highlights include reaching the quarterfinals of the 2012 China Open (defeating Richard Gasquet en route), playing the Australian Open main dra ...
. In September, he won Serbia F13 Futures in
Niš
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. His last tournament of 2014 season was in December, at Senegal F2 Futures in
Dakar
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, where he had success, and won title, winning against
Aldin Šetkić in final.
Djere started 2015 season successfully, playing in the semifinal of
Morocco Tennis Tour – Casablanca, where
Javier Martí stopped him to reach his first Challenger final. In late January, he won Egypt F3 Futures in
Cairo
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, defeating
Kamil Majchrzak in straight-sets. At
Dubai Tennis Championships
The Dubai Tennis Championships (also known as the Dubai Duty Free Tennis Championships for sponsorship reasons) (formerly known for sponsorship reasons as the ''Barclays Dubai Tennis Championships'' and the ''Dubai Duty Free Men's and Women's Champ ...
, he made his first attempt to play at some ATP 500 Series event, but failed in the second round of qualification, losing from
Lucas Pouille
Lucas Pouille (, born 23 February 1994) is a French professional tennis player. He has a career-high ATP singles ranking of world No. 10, achieved on 19 March 2018 and a career-high ATP doubles ranking of world No. 79, achieved on 11 April 2016. ...
. At
French Open
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, he played in qualification, trying to reach his first main-draw at any grand-slams, but lost in the first round from
Nikoloz Basilashvili
Nikoloz Basilashvili ( ka, ნიკოლოზ ბასილაშვილი, tr, ; born 23 February 1992) is a Georgian professional tennis player. He reached a career-high ATP singles ranking of world No. 16 on 27 May 2019 making him the ...
. In June 2015, in the final of
Czech Open challenger tournament in
Prostějov
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, he lost to No. 2 seed
Jiří Veselý
Jiří Veselý (; born 10 July 1993) is a Czech professional tennis player. He reached a career-high singles ranking of world No. 35 on 27 April 2015.
Youth career
Veselý reached the No. 1 junior combined world ranking in January 2011, co ...
(ranked No. 41 at the time), while beating three other top 80 players on his way to the final, No. 1 seed
Martin Kližan
Martin Kližan (; born 11 July 1989) is a Slovak professional tennis player. He has a career-high singles ATP rankings, ranking of world No. 24, achieved on 27 April 2015, and No. 73 in doubles, achieved on 4 May 2015. He won the 2006 French Ope ...
, No. 6 seed
Dušan Lajović
Dušan Lajović ( sr-Cyrl, Душан Лајовић; born 30 June 1990) is a Serbian professional tennis player. On 29 April 2019, he reached his career-high singles ranking of world No. 23. On 21 September 2020, he peaked at No. 82 in the doubl ...
, and No. 7 seed
João Souza
João Olavo Soares de Souza (; born 27 May 1988) is a Brazilian former professional tennis player. Before receiving a lifetime ban for match-fixing, Souza competed mainly on the ATP Challenger Tour, both in singles and doubles. He reached his hi ...
, respectively. After that result, on June 8, he debuted in top 200, reaching place of 182. He also reached the quarterfinal at
Aspria Tennis Cup in
Milan
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. At
US Open, he failed to reach the main-draw, losing in first round of qualification from
Mathias Bourgue. By the end of the year, he played quarterfinal at
Morocco Tennis Tour – Casablanca II, and semifinal at
Sparkassen ATP Challenger in
Ortisei.
In May 2016, he played in a Grand Slam main draw for the first time after getting through the qualifying draw at the
French Open
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. He reached two Challenger finals during the summer of 2016.
2017–2018: Breakthrough, top 100
In January, Djere played at
Australian Open
The Australian Open (stylized ΛO) is a tennis tournament organised by Tennis Australia annually at Melbourne Park in Melbourne, Victoria (state), Victoria, Australia. It is chronologically the first of the four Grand Slam (tennis), Grand Sl ...
qualification, but lost in second round from
Ivan Dodig
Ivan Dodig (; born 2 January 1985) is a Croatian professional tennis player who specializes in doubles. He reached his career-high doubles ranking of World No. 2 in September 2023.
He is a seven-time Grand Slam champion, having won men's double ...
, missing his chance to debut in main-draw there. Later, he won title at Croatia F4 Futures in
Opatija
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, defeating
Zdeněk Kolář in final. In April 2017, Djere recorded his first ATP main draw win at the
Grand Prix Hassan II
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over
Martin Kližan
Martin Kližan (; born 11 July 1989) is a Slovak professional tennis player. He has a career-high singles ATP rankings, ranking of world No. 24, achieved on 27 April 2015, and No. 73 in doubles, achieved on 4 May 2015. He won the 2006 French Ope ...
, before losing to second seed
Albert Ramos Viñolas
Albert Ramos Viñolas (; born 17 January 1988) is a Spanish professional tennis player. He has a career-high ATP singles ranking of world No. 17, achieved in May 2017 after reaching the final of the 2017 Monte Carlo Masters.
Career
Juniors
R ...
. At his next tournament, the
Hungarian Open, he reached his first ATP semifinal after defeating the likes of
Daniil Medvedev
Daniil Sergeyevich Medvedev ( rus, Даниил Сергеевич Медведев, p=dənʲɪˈil sʲɪrˈɡʲe(j)ɪvʲɪtɕ mʲɪdˈvʲedʲɪf; born 11 February 1996) is a Russian professional tennis player. He has been ranked as the List of ...
,
Viktor Troicki and
Fernando Verdasco
Fernando Verdasco Carmona (; born 15 November 1983) is a Spaniards, Spanish tennis coach and a former professional player. He was ranked world No. 7 in men's singles by the Association of Tennis Professionals, ATP, achieved in April 2009, and w ...
, before being defeated by
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 ...
. He followed this with a quarterfinal at
Istanbul Open, where he was defeated by Troicki. At
French Open
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, he lost in second round of qualification from
Oscar Otte
Oscar Otte (; born 16 July 1993) is a German professional tennis player. He has been ranked as high as world No. 36 in singles by the Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP), which he achieved on 27 June 2022, and has a career-high doubles ra ...
. Following the successes on the ATP level, he played in challengers during the summer, winning one (
2017 Internazionali di Perugia) and reaching three other finals, which enabled him to break the top 100 for the first time on 24 July 2017 at No. 91. In September, Djere made his Davis Cup debut for
Serbia
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in their
2017
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Events January
* January 1 – Istanbul nightclub shooting: A gunman dressed as Santa Claus opens fire at the ...
semifinal clash against France, losing in straight sets to
Jo-Wilfried Tsonga
Jo-Wilfried Tsonga (; born 17 April 1985) is a French former professional tennis player. He was ranked as high as world No. 5 by the Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP), which he achieved in February 2012. Tsonga won 18 singles titles on th ...
.
In November, he played his first ATP Masters 1000 qualification, but wasn't good enough to beat
Filip Krajinović
Filip Krajinović (, ; born 27 February 1992) is a Serbian former professional tennis player. He achieved a career-high singles ranking of world No. 26 on 23 April 2018. in the second round, and qualify to main-draw. He finished the year ranked No. 88.
In January, Djere finally debuted in main-draw at
Australian Open
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, playing in first round against
Ivo Karlović
Ivo Karlović (; born 28 February 1979) is a Croatian former professional tennis player. His height of 211 cm (6 ft 11 in) makes him the joint-tallest ranked tennis player in history (along with Reilly Opelka). He won eight ATP Tour si ...
, but didn't make it to the second round. He had his
ATP Masters 1000
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debut at the
2018 BNP Paribas Open
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, where he was defeated by
Tim Smyczek
Timothy Allen Salazar Smyczek ( ; ; born December 30, 1987) is an American former professional tennis player. He made three quarterfinals on the main tour as well as the semi-finals of Newport in 2018. Additionally he won seven Challenger title ...
. He reached two ATP semifinals in 2018,
Istanbul Open in May and
Swiss Open Gstaad in July, where he defeated
Borna Ćorić
Borna Ćorić (; born 14 November 1996) is a Croatian professional tennis player. On 5 November 2018, he reached his best singles ranking of world No. 12. In 2022, Ćorić became the lowest-ranked champion in ATP Tour Masters 1000, Masters 1000 h ...
among others. He recorded his first Grand Slam main draw win by defeating
Leonardo Mayer at the
US Open, before losing to
Richard Gasquet
Richard Gabriel Cyr Gasquet (; born 18 June 1986) is a French former professional tennis player. He was ranked as high as world No. 7 in men's singles by the Association of Tennis Professionals, ATP, attained in July 2007. Gasquet won 16 singles ...
in the second round when he failed to convert all 12 of his break point opportunities. He next played a home tie against India in the
Davis Cup World Group play-offs, where he defeated
Ramkumar Ramanathan
Ramanathan Ramkumar (born 8 November 1994) is an Indian professional tennis player. He has been ranked as high as world No. 111 in singles by the ATP, which he achieved in July 2018, and in doubles at No. 58, achieved in August 2022. Ramkuma ...
in the opener for his first career win in a Davis Cup match and Serbia eventually won the tie 4–0.
[ On 24 September 2018, after making semifinal at Sibiu Open, Djere reached a then-career high of world No. 83 on 24 September 2018, that in the same time was his highest ranking until 2019.
]
2019: First ATP title, top 30 debut
In February, Djere won his first ATP title at the Rio Open
The Rio Open, also known as the ''Rio Open presented by Claro'' for sponsorship reasons, is a tennis event on the ATP Tour and former WTA International Tournaments event. The tournament is played on outdoor clay courts at the Jockey Club Brasile ...
, defeating Dominic Thiem
Dominic Thiem (; born 3 September 1993) is an Austrian former professional tennis player. He was ranked world No. 3 in singles by the Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP), which he first achieved in March 2020. Thiem won 17 ATP Tour-level s ...
in the process for the first top 10 win of his career and reached a then-career high ranking of No. 37. During the trophy presentation in Rio, Djere dedicated the title to his late parents in an emotional speech. This title, helped him enter the top 50 for the first time, climbing to World No. 37. After that he made the semifinal at 2019 Brasil Open in São Paulo
São Paulo (; ; Portuguese for 'Paul the Apostle, Saint Paul') is the capital of the São Paulo (state), state of São Paulo, as well as the List of cities in Brazil by population, most populous city in Brazil, the List of largest cities in the ...
, losing from Guido Pella
Guido Pella (; born 17 May 1990) is an Argentine former professional tennis player. In August 2019, Pella reached his career best world No. 20 in singles. In July 2019, he peaked at No. 55 in doubles.
Personal life
His father, Carlos, taught hi ...
.
He next played in Indian Wells, where he was seeded for the first time in his career in an ATP event (despite being a wildcard entrant), receiving a first round bye and then defeating Guido Andreozzi
Guido Andreozzi (; ; born 5 August 1991) is an Argentine professional tennis player of Italian descent. His career-high rankings are world No. 70 in singles, achieved on 28 January 2019 and No. 47 in doubles, reached on 19 May 2025. He has won tw ...
for his first Masters 1000 win, before being defeated by countryman Miomir Kecmanović in the third round, his best career showing at a Masters 1000 level. A semifinal at the Hungarian Open saw him climb to a career high of world No. 29.
He next reached the third round of Madrid Masters, where he defeated Juan Martín del Potro
Juan Martín del Potro (; born 23 September 1988) is an Argentine former professional tennis player. He was ranked world No. 3 in men's singles by the Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP), in August 2018. Del Potro won 22 ATP Tour-level sing ...
for his second top 10 win, before losing to Marin Čilić
Marin Čilić (; born 28 September 1988) is a Croatian professional tennis player. He has been ranked world No. 3 in men's singles by the Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP), achieved on 28 January 2018. Čilić has won 21 ATP Tour-level si ...
. Winning only one match at the Rome Masters
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(lost in round two to Basilashvili), coupled with a few withdrawals proved to be enough for Djere to be seeded at a Grand Slam for the first time in his career.
At the French Open
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, he was seeded 31st, and had his best Grand Slam result so far. He reached the third round, winning against Albert Ramos Viñolas
Albert Ramos Viñolas (; born 17 January 1988) is a Spanish professional tennis player. He has a career-high ATP singles ranking of world No. 17, achieved in May 2017 after reaching the final of the 2017 Monte Carlo Masters.
Career
Juniors
R ...
and Alexei Popyrin
Alexei Popyrin (born 5 August 1999) is an Australian professional tennis player. He has a career-high Association of Tennis Professionals, ATP singles ranking of world No. 21 achieved on 9 June 2025. He also has a career-high ATP doubles rankin ...
, in first two-round, before he lost from Kei Nishikori
is a Japanese professional tennis player. He is the only Japanese man in the Open Era to have been ranked in the top five in singles, reaching his career-high ranking of world No. 4 in March 2015, and the second man in history to do so after ...
in third round.
2020: Second ATP tour title
In October, Djere won the inaugural Forte Village Sardegna Open by beating home favorite Marco Cecchinato
Marco Cecchinato (; born 30 September 1992) is an Italian professional tennis player. He has a career-high ATP singles ranking of World No. 16 reached on 25 February 2019. On 29 April 2018, he won his first ATP World Tour title at the 2018 Hunga ...
in straight sets in the finals.
2021: Sardegna Open final
In April, he reached the final of Sardegna Open where he lost in three tight sets against home favorite Lorenzo Sonego
Lorenzo Sonego (; born 11 May 1995) is an Italian professional tennis player. Sonego has won four singles titles on the ATP Tour, and two doubles titles. He has a career high Association of Tennis Professionals, ATP singles ATP rankings, ranking o ...
.
Djere reached the third round of a Grand Slam for a second time at the 2021 French Open where he was defeated by sixth seed Alexander Zverev
Alexander "Sascha" Zverev (; born 20 April 1997) is a German professional tennis player and the current world No. 3. He has won 24 ATP Tour titles in singles and two in doubles, and has been runner-up at three Grand Slam (tennis)#Tournaments, ma ...
.
2022: Winston-Salem final
Djere started his 2022 season at the Adelaide International 1. Seeded seventh, he reached the quarterfinals where he lost to third seed Marin Čilić
Marin Čilić (; born 28 September 1988) is a Croatian professional tennis player. He has been ranked world No. 3 in men's singles by the Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP), achieved on 28 January 2018. Čilić has won 21 ATP Tour-level si ...
. At the Australian Open
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, he was defeated in the first round by world No. 14 and eventual quarterfinalist, Denis Shapovalov
Denis Viktorovich Shapovalov (born ) is a Canadian professional tennis player. He has been ATP rankings, ranked as high as world No. 10 in singles by the Association of Tennis Professionals, ATP, which he first achieved on September 21, 2020. Sh ...
.
Seeded eighth at the Argentina Open, Djere lost in the first round to compatriot, Miomir Kecmanović, in three sets. At the Rio Open
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, he was defeated in the first round by sixth seed and world No. 21, Lorenzo Sonego
Lorenzo Sonego (; born 11 May 1995) is an Italian professional tennis player. Sonego has won four singles titles on the ATP Tour, and two doubles titles. He has a career high Association of Tennis Professionals, ATP singles ATP rankings, ranking o ...
. In Acapulco
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, he was ousted from the tournament in the first round by third seed, world No. 4, and last year finalist, Stefanos Tsitsipas
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, despite having three set points in the first set. In March, he competed at the BNP Paribas Open
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. Here, he lost in the second round to 10th seed Jannik Sinner
Jannik Sinner (born 16 August 2001) is an Italian professional tennis player. He is currently ranked as the world No. 1 in men's singles by the ATP, the first Italian to reach the top ranking. Sinner has won 19 singles titles on the ATP Tour ...
.
At the 2022 Monte-Carlo Masters
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he reached the third round for the first time at this Masters and only the third time in his career at this level. He defeated Maxime Cressy, 16th seed Lorenzo Sonego
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in straight sets before losing to third seed and eventual champion Stefanos Tsitsipas
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.
At the 2022 Winston-Salem Open he reached his fourth ATP tour final defeating David Goffin
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, 16th seed João Sousa
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, qualifier Jason Kubler, Richard Gasquet
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and qualifier Marc-Andrea Huesler after needing 9 match points to win.
2023: Maiden Top-5 win, Hamburg final
Djere started his season at the Maharashtra Open. He defeated fifth seed, Alex Molčan
Alex Molčan (born 1 December 1997) is a Slovak professional tennis player. Molčan has a career-high ATP singles ranking of World No. 38 achieved on 23 May 2022. He also has a career high ATP doubles ranking of No. 268 achieved on 14 June 2021 ...
, in the first round. He lost in the second round to qualifier Maximilian Marterer. At the ASB Classic, he stunned top seed and world No. 3, Casper Ruud
Casper Ruud (; born 22 December 1998) is a Norwegian professional tennis player. He has been ATP rankings, ranked as high as world No. 2 in men's singles by the Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP), achieved in September 2022, making him t ...
, in the second round for his third Top-10 win of his career, and his first Top-5 victory. He was defeated in the quarterfinals by Constant Lestienne
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, despite having a match point in the second set. At the Australian Open
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, he got his first win at this Major event by beating qualifier Zizou Bergs in the first round. He lost in the second round to 27th seed and world No. 28 Grigor Dimitrov
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After the Australian Open, Djere represented Serbia in the Davis Cup
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tie against Norway. He played one match and won over Viktor Durasovic. In the end, Serbia won the tie over Norway 4–0 to advance to the Davis Cup Finals. At the Argentina Open, he lost in the second round to top seed, world No. 2, and eventual champion, Carlos Alcaraz
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, in three sets. In Rio, he was defeated in the second round by compatriot Dušan Lajović
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. Seeded sixth at the Chile Open, he reached the quarterfinals where he lost to third seed and previous year finalist, Sebastián Báez
Sebastián Báez (; born 28 December 2000) is an Argentine professional tennis player.
He has a career-high ATP singles ranking of world No. 18, achieved on 24 June 2024 and a doubles ranking of world No. 189, achieved on 29 July 2024. Báez ha ...
. In March, he competed at the BNP Paribas Open
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. He was beaten in the first round by Oscar Otte
Oscar Otte (; born 16 July 1993) is a German professional tennis player. He has been ranked as high as world No. 36 in singles by the Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP), which he achieved on 27 June 2022, and has a career-high doubles ra ...
. In Miami
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, he lost in the second round to 10th seed, world No. 11, 2021 finalist, and eventual finalist, Jannik Sinner
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.
Djere started his clay court season at the Monte-Carlo Masters
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. He lost in the first round to 10th seed and world No. 13, Hubert Hurkacz
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, in a three-set thriller, despite having match point in the third set. At the first edition of the Srpska Open, he beat third seed and world No. 21, Borna Ćorić
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, in the second round. He fell in his quarterfinal match to Alex Molčan
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. In Madrid
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, he lost in the first round to qualifier and eventual semifinalist, Aslan Karatsev. Seeded fourth at the Sardegna Open, he made it to his 12th ATP Challenger tour final and first since July 2018 defeating Ben Shelton but lost to sixth seed Ugo Humbert
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Humbert has won seven AT ...
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At the Italian Open, he defeated 23rd seed and world No. 30, Botic van de Zandschulp, in the second round. He reached the fourth round for the first in his career at a Masters 1000 level, benefitting from two retirements in the first and third rounds from Constant Lestienne
Constant Lestienne (; born 23 May 1992) is a French professional tennis player. He reached his highest ATP singles ranking of world No. 48 on 6 February 2023 and his highest doubles ranking of No. 250 was achieved on 12 June 2023. He has won eigh ...
and Cristian Garín
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respectively, but lost to world No. 4 Casper Ruud
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.
At the 2023 Wimbledon Championships
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The tournament was played on grass courts, wi ...
he reached the third round for the first time at this Major, defeating two Americans Maxime Cressy in four sets with four tiebreaks and 32nd seed Ben Shelton also in four sets.
In July, Djere reached the final of Hamburg Open
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, where he was defeated by Alexander Zverev
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.
In August, Djere reached the semifinals in Kitzbühel
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, where he was defeated in three sets after exactly three and a half hours of play by Dominic Thiem
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, despite having 5 match points.
During the US Open hardcourt swing, he reached quarterfinals of Winston-Salem Open
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by defeating Facundo Díaz Acosta in the second and Alex Michelsen in the third round, both in straight sets, before losing in the quarterfinals to the sixth seed and eventual champion Sebastián Báez
Sebastián Báez (; born 28 December 2000) is an Argentine professional tennis player.
He has a career-high ATP singles ranking of world No. 18, achieved on 24 June 2024 and a doubles ranking of world No. 189, achieved on 29 July 2024. Báez ha ...
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At the US Open, as No. 32 seed Djere reached the third round. In the first round he defeated Brandon Nakashima, while in the second, he defeated Frenchman Hugo Gaston, both times in straight sets. In the round of 32, he lost to Novak Djokovic
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in five sets, after being two sets to love up.
In September, during the Davis Cup Finals in Valencia
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, Djere, playing singles as his country's No. 1 for the first time, won against Kwon Soon-woo from South Korea
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and gave the all important second point to his Serbian Davis Cup team. In the tie against Spain
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, Djere won in straight sets against Albert Ramos Viñolas
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R ...
, helping Serbia win the tie 3:0.
In October 2023, Djere reached the semifinals of Stockholm Open
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, by defeating Leo Borg in the first, J. J. Wolf in the second round and outlasting Tomáš Macháč in the quarterfinals. In the semifinals, he lost to an eventual champion, Gael Monfils.
2024–2025: Santiago title, 150th win
In November 2024, Djere reached the semifinals at his home tournament, the 2024 Belgrade Open in Serbia, but lost to compatriot Hamad Medjedovic.
In February 2025, Djere reached back-to back-semifinals during the Golden Swing at the 2025 Argentina Open and at the 2025 Chile Open defeating en route, fourth seed Alejandro Tabilo
Alejandro Tabilo Álvarez (born 2 June 1997) is a Chilean professional tennis player. He has been ranked by the ATP as high as world No. 19 in singles, achieved on 1 July 2024 and a doubles ranking of No. 108, attained on 6 January 2025. He is ...
, Thiago Seyboth Wild
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as a qualifier, and fourth seed Pedro Martinez, Jaime Faria, respectively. He went one step further reaching his sixth tour-level final in Santiago
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with a win over top seed Francisco Cerundolo and subsequently won the title defeating another Argentinian, the defending champion Sebastian Baez, his 150th career win. As a result he returned to the top 75 in the ATP singles rankings on 3 March 2025.
Coaches
Djere's history of coaches include: Petar Čonkić in 2018, Boris Čonkić from 2018 to 2020, Eduardo Infantino from 2020 to 2022, Jaroslav Levinský
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from 2023 to 2024, and Mario Tudor since 2025.
Performance timelines
Singles
''Current through the 2025 Țiriac Open.''
ATP career finals
Singles: 6 (3 titles, 3 runner-ups)
ATP Challenger Tour and ITF Futures finals
Singles: 25 (11 titles, 14 runner-ups)
Doubles: 1 (1 runner–up)
ITF Junior Tour
ITF Junior Circuit Category GA finals
Singles: 2 (1 titles, 1 runner-up)
Wins against top 10 players
*Djere has a 3–19 () record against players who were, at the time the match was played, ranked in the top 10.
National and international representation
Davis Cup: 3 (1–2)
* indicates the outcome of the Davis Cup match followed by the score The Score may refer to:
Films and television
* The Score (1978 film), ''The Score'' (1978 film), a 1978 Swedish film, released in Sweden as ''Lyftet''
* The Score (2001 film), ''The Score'' (2001 film), a 2001 crime drama film starring Robert De Ni ...
, date, place of event, the zonal classification and its phase, and the court surface.
See also
* Serbia Davis Cup team
* Sport in Serbia
* Fastest recorded tennis serves
Notes
References
External links
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1995 births
Living people
Serbian male tennis players
Sportspeople from Senta
21st-century Serbian sportsmen