Viktor Galović (; born 19 September 1990) is a former

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player. Galović has a career high ATP singles ranking of 173, achieved on 14 May 2018. Galović had previously represented Italy where he was raised but in 2014 switched back to his home country of Croatia.

Career

Galović made his ATP main draw singles debut at the 2014 Bet-at-home Cup Kitzbühel where he qualified for the main draw, defeating

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and

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en route. In the main draw he lost to

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in three sets in the first round. Galović had his grass debut in Stuttgart where he lost in the second round of qualifications to Denis Kudla. But he was lucky and he received an entry as a lucky loser. In the first round of the ATP tournament in Stuttgart he lost to

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6:3,4:6,1:6. Galović retired in July 2021 due to continuous back and hip injuries.

Davis Cup

Galović had three team nominations for Croatia in the

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, playing two matches. His debut was on 17 September 2017 in Bogotá, Colombia in the

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. He defeated Alejandro González in a best of three sets, dead rubber (6–4, 2–6, 6–2). His second match was played in Osijek, Croatia in the First Round of 2018 Davis Cup World Group against

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. He played against

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on 2 February 2018 and lost 4–6, 4–6, 2–6. Galović was on the list of the Croatian players in the quarter-final of 2018 Davis Cup against Kazakhstan but was unused by captain

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Statistics

Performance timeline

Singles

ATP Challenger and ITF Futures finals

Singles: 11 (4–7)

Doubles: 8 (4–4)

References

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Galovic, Viktor 1990 births Living people Croatian male tennis players Sportspeople from Nova Gradiška Italian male tennis players Naturalised citizens of Italy Naturalised tennis players Italian people of Croatian descent 21st-century Italian sportsmen