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Miomir Kecmanović ( sr-Cyrl, Миомир Кецмановић, ; born 31 August 1999) is a Serbian professional
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player. Kecmanović reached his best singles ranking of world No. 27 on 16 January 2023 and he peaked at world No. 127 on 24 April 2023 in the doubles rankings. He has won two ATP titles both in singles and doubles. He is currently the No. 2 Serbian player.


Career


Juniors: Orange Bowl champion & junior No. 1

In December 2015, Kecmanović won the
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in a 3-set match against
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from Greece, 6–3, 2–6, 7–6(5). He reached the final in singles at 2016 Junior US Open where he was defeated by Canadian
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. He finished the year 2016 as ITF Juniors number 1 ranked tennis player.


2016: Davis Cup alternate player

Kecmanović was a fifth (reserve) player on a Serbian Davis Cup team in their quarterfinal tie against Great Britain in the
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– a standard practice of
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for each tie to invite a different talented young player to practice with regular players and gain necessary experience. Kecmanović credited this experience for finishing the year as junior world No. 1 and said that he is looking forward to one day make the team and play for Serbia.


2017: Turning pro & first Challenger title

In January 2017, Kecmanović won his first singles ITF pro circuit title in
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, US. In March, he received a wild card entry for the qualifying draw at
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and defeated 22nd seed and world No. 117
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in straight sets in the first round, before losing the deciding qualifying match to 11th seed and world No. 114
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. Serbian Davis Cup captain,
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, planned to include Kecmanović as a fifth player for Serbia's 7–9 April
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quarterfinal tie versus Spain, but as Kecmanović received a wild card for Panamá Cup Challenger, he instead chose to play in his first career challenger and lost in the first round to top seed and world No. 86
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in 3 sets, 6–2, 4–6, 2–6. He next played in San Luis Potosí Challenger in Mexico and had his first wins on the Challenger level after defeating 3rd seed and world No. 135
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in straight sets, Emilio Gómez in three sets and 7th seed
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in straight sets, before losing in the semifinals to 8th seed
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. At
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Kecmanović played in his third successive challenger, losing in the second round to 7th seed and world No. 114 Laaksonen. Kecmanović received a wild card for the qualifying draw of another ATP tournament,
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, where he defeated 2nd seed
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in the opening round, but lost to 8th seed
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in the deciding qualifier. Between May and July, Kecmanović played in four futures tournaments in Turkey and Belgium, respectively, winning two and reaching another final and one semifinal. He then resumed playing in challengers, playing three in Asia, with the best result coming in August in
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, where he was stopped in the quarterfinals. In September, Kecmanović was again in the plans to be a fifth player in 15–17 September Davis Cup semifinal against France, but as he received a wildcard for
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, he chose to play it in order to improve his ATP ranking, and again lost in the first round. He next played three futures in Italy, getting to one semifinal and two quarterfinals. He finished the season playing in three challengers in China and had his biggest achievement to date in October in
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, when he won the first challenger title of his career by beating 3rd seed and world No. 113
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, 6–4, 6–4, in the final.


2018: Top 150, WTT champion & Finals MVP

After reaching two quarterfinals in three challengers to start the season, Kecmanović broke into the top 200 for the first time in his career on 5 February, when he was ranked 194th on the ATP list. In March, he made his ATP main draw debut when he was granted wild card for
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, losing to
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in the first round. In April, he defeated 4th seed
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and 6th seed
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in the qualifying rounds to reach the main draw of U.S. Men's Clay Court Championships ATP 250 event in Houston, where he lost to 7th seed
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in the first round. In July and August, Kecmanović played
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league and helped
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win its first ever championship after losing five times in the finals between 1999 and 2014. They defeated
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, 19–18 in the final, after Kecmanović rallied from a 1–3 deficit in the final set to defeat Kevin King, 5–3, and earn Finals MVP honors. On the strength of three semifinal and one quarterfinal appearance in challenger events in September and October, Kecmanović reached the top 150 for the first time on 22 October, being ranked world No. 149. He closed out the season on a high note, reaching the final of the Liuzhou challenger and winning the Shenzhen challenger, to finish the season with a then career-high ranking of world No. 132.


2019: Major & Top 50 debuts, first ATP final & Top 10 win

He earned his first ATP victory by defeating world No. 56
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at the
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. He qualified for his first Grand Slam main draw at the
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. He played in the
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as a lucky loser. He defeated 30th seed
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on his way to the quarterfinals, before losing to in straight sets to
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. This result meant that Kecmanović was ranked in the top 100 for the first time. In
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, he beat former top-10 player
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in the first round before losing to
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in two tiebreak sets. At the
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, Kecmanović played in the main draw, beating
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in five sets before losing to
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, his first Grand Slam win. At the
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, he reached his first ATP final, losing to
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in the final. His semifinal against third seed Jordan Thompson was notable for featuring no breaks of serve, with Kecmanović saving all three break points on his serve. Kecmanović won his first Wimbledon match at The Championships 2019, beating
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in four sets, before retiring against
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two sets to love down. In
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, he beat
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and 8th seed
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both in straight sets, before losing in the quarterfinals to eventual finalist and second seed
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. At the Citi DC Open, he beat
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and
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before losing to
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. Having missed the Roger's Cup Masters Tournament, Kecmanović's breakthrough came at the Western and Southern Open. In the qualifying rounds, he beat
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and
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in straight sets. In the first round, he beat fellow 19 year old
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in straight sets. He then recorded his first Top-10 win by beating seventh seed
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in three sets. This victory ensured that Kecmanović would break into the top 50 for the first time. He then lost in straight sets to
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.


2020: First ATP title

Kecmanović started off the new decade by participating in the ATP 250
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. He defeated Australian Jordan Thompson before defeating third seed
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in the round of sixteen. In September, he won his first ATP title at the
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by beating
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in straight sets in the final.


2021: Top 40 debut

After reaching the second round at the
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, losing to
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, and following a semifinal run at the 2021 Argentina Open, Kecmanović achieved his best singles ranking of world No. 38 on 8 March 2021. During the Latin American Swing, he hired former World No. 3 player
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as his coach for a trial period.


2022: Australian Open fourth round, top 30

Kecmanović was initially set to play
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in the
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. Due to Djokovic's visa issues and his COVID-19 vaccination status, that ultimately led to his deportation, Kecmanović instead faced
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who was promoted to Djokovic's original position as a lucky loser. Kecmanovic defeated Caruso in straight sets, and advanced to the second round. Next he defeated Tommy Paul in straight sets and
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to make his first fourth round at a Major, which is his best result at a Grand Slam. He lost to 17th seed
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in straight sets in the fourth round. At the
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he reached the quarterfinals as a qualifier defeating sixth seed
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. He lost to
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in a second consecutive match, the first loss coming at the previous tournament, the
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. At the
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, Kecmanović reached his 2nd career
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quarterfinal. He defeated
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, 24th seed
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,
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, and 6th seed
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, earning the second Top 10 win of his career. He lost in the quarterfinals in three sets to eventual champion
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. The following week at the Miami Open, Kecmanović reached his 2nd consecutive Masters 1000 quarterfinal and 3rd overall. He defeated
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, 7th seed and 9th ranked
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for his third Top 10 win,
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, and 11th seed Taylor Fritz in a rematch of the previous week's Indian Wells quarterfinal. He lost to eventual champion
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in the quarterfinal in a final set tie-breaker. Due to this result, Kecmanović tied his career high ranking of World No. 38. He made his debut in the top 30 on 13 June 2022 following a third round showing for the first time in his career at the
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. At
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, he beat
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and
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in the first two rounds before losing to the number 1 seed and eventual champion
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in the third round.


2023: Delray & Estoril finals, 100th career win

In January, in
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, Miomir won in the first round by beating
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in straight sets. In the round of 16, he lost to third seed
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. The following week, at the Adelaide International 2, he beat
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in the first round,
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in the second round, before being beaten in three sets by the defending champion,
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. With this result, Kecmanovic reached his career best singles ranking at No. 27 on 16 January 2023. At the
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, seeded No. 26, he surprisingly lost in the first round against Chilean
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. In February, Kecmanovic, as the fourth seed, reached his first final of the year at
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with wins over Nuno Borges and
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, both in straight sets, and in the semifinals he scored his 100th ATP tour victory by defeating
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. In the final, Kecmanovic lost in three sets to the top seed
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. In
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he reached his second final of the season defeating
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,
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,
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and
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before losing to top seed
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. In April, he reached the semifinals of
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, where he defeated
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in the second round in straight sets and
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in the quarterfinals, again in straight sets, before losing to compatriot and eventual champion
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in three tight sets, after exactly 3 hours of play. In July, seeded fourth Kecmanovic reached his fourth ATP semifinal of the season at the Swiss Open Gstaad. He defeated
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in the second round,
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in the quarterfinals, before losing to
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in the semifinals. In September, during the Davis Cup Finals in
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, Kecmanovic was paired in doubles with
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and it was Serbian Davis Cup team that emerged victorious against South Korean pair Song Min-kyu and
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, same duo they fell to last year. In the tie against
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, paired again with Nikola Ćaćić, they won in straight sets against
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and
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, helping Serbia win the tie 3:0 and reach the
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quarterfinals. Later in the month, at the
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Kecmanovic reached the quarterfinals. In the first round, he beat
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in straight sets. In the second round, he ousted
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, again in straight sets, before blowing to the top seed and eventual champion
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, in three tight sets. In October, Kecmanovic reached the semifinals of the
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, defeating
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in the first round, top seed and defending champion
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in the second and
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in the quarterfinals, all in straight sets. In the semifinals, he lost to
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.


2025: Delray Beach singles and doubles titles

In February, Kecmanovic won both singles and doubles title at
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. In singles, he lifted the trophy after saving two match points and winning the last five games in a three set match victory against
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. In doubles, he teammed up with
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to win a title in a three set match against American duo
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and
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. With this win, Kecmanovic became only the fourth ATP player to win the event's singles and doubles titles after
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(2007),
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(2001), and
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(1995). He is also the first Serbian to claim both titles at the same ATP Tour event and the first overall since Australian Jordan Thompson achieved the feat in
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(2024).


Personal life

Born in Belgrade, to Dragutin Kecmanović and Maja Pavlov, both doctors, specialists in general and abdominal surgery. Miomir began playing tennis at the age of 6 with his maternal grandfather, Jovan Pavlov, who was a General in
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. His paternal grandfather was Prof. Miomir Kecmanović, after whom Miomir was named, who played a crucial role in suppressing the
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. Growing up, his tennis idols were
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and
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. At age 13, he moved to Florida with his aunt, Tanja Pavlov, a psychologist, to train at
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. His aunt also acted as his manager.


Performance timelines


Singles

''Current through the
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Doubles


ATP Tour finals


Singles: 5 (2 titles, 3 runner-ups)


Doubles: 3 (2 titles, 1 runner-up)


Team Tennis Leagues


League finals: 2 (2 championships)

:''*(HC): Head Coach, (F): Franchise Player, (W): Wildcard Player, (R): Roster Player, (S): Substitute Player


ATP Challenger and ITF Futures finals


Singles: 8 (5 titles, 3 runner-ups)


Doubles: 2 (1 title, 1 runner-up)


Junior Grand Slam finals


Singles: 1 (1 runner-up)


Wins against top 10 players

*Kecmanović has a record against players who were, at the time the match was played, ranked in the top 10.


See also

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Serbia Davis Cup team The Serbian men's national tennis team represents Serbia in the Davis Cup and the United Cup, both tennis competitions. Serbia has occasionally competed in the Hopman Cup and has previously participated in prestigious tournaments, including the no ...
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List of Serbia Davis Cup team representatives This is a list of tennis players who have represented the Serbia Davis Cup team in an official Davis Cup match. Also included are those who played for the Yugoslavia Davis Cup team or the Serbia and Montenegro Davis Cup team. Serbia are consider ...
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Sport in Serbia Sport in Serbia includes football, basketball, handball, tennis, volleyball, and water polo. Professional sports in Serbia are organized by sporting federations and leagues (in case of team sports). Serbian professional sports includes multi-sport ...
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Junior tennis Junior tennis refers to tennis matches where the participants are aged 18 and under. Eligibility to compete in International Tennis Federation Junior tournaments is not based on age, but year of birth: as a result, some players must move out of ju ...


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* * * * * * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Kecmanovic, Miomir 1999 births Living people Tennis players from Belgrade Serbian male tennis players Serbian expatriate sportspeople in the United States Tennis players at the 2020 Summer Olympics Olympic tennis players for Serbia 21st-century Serbian sportsmen