Janko Tipsarević
Janko Tipsarevic (Serbian Јанко Типсаревић; born June 22, 1984 in Belgrade ) is a Serbian tennis player.
- 3.1 Individual 3.1.1 Tournament Win
- 3.1.2 finals
- 3.2.1 Tournament Win
- 3.2.2 finals
Career
Youth
He began with six years playing tennis and joined with eight years the New Belgrade Tennis Club, he could also work in Miami or Barcelona. In 2001, he won the Junior Australian Open, reached the quarter-finals in the Junior French Open and finished the year in second place Junior World Ranking. As an amateur he won also still the Futures tournament in his hometown of Belgrade.
Already in 2000 he played in the Davis Cup team (including with Nenad Zimonjic ). The fourth-rate at that time Serbia managed with his help by a victory over Monaco to return to the third division. Tipsarevic the youngest Yugoslav Cup player of all time was (until 2001 there was a national team of Yugoslavia ).
2002-2004
2002 Tipsarevic turned pro and won two Futures tournaments in Mexico. The following year, in his cell, the first victory on Challenger level and in Torrance scored the first victory against a top -100 player, he defeated the Russians Dmitry Tursunov, the number 91 of the world tennis rankings was at this time. 2004 should be the breakthrough succeed, but after a balance of 2:9 of the first 11 Challenger encounters he even flew out of the top 200 But Tipsarevic caught himself and was able to end the year winning two Challenger tournaments. With the Davis Cup team also he celebrated promotion to the second highest group.
2005-2008
In 2005 he tried his hand at increasing ATP tournaments. His greatest successes were the first-time entry into the Top 100 and reaching the third round at the Grand Slam tournament at Wimbledon. In the last 13 games, however, there were only two victories. At the end he was only number 140 in the world.
The following year, he won four Challenger titles and finished the year first in the Top 100 (No. 65). He was the second-best Serb behind the ascending Novak Djokovic.
2007 was similar, he won a Challengerturnier in Zagreb and was able for the first time in the Top 50. Among the highlights were his appearances at Wimbledon. After two five- set wins over Alexander Peya and Florent Serra he met in the third round at the then number 6 in the world rankings Fernando González, which he also beat in five sets. Tipsarevic was the first player since Jan codes 1974, the reach Wimbledon three five- set victories in a row. In the fourth round he lost to Juan Carlos Ferrero. Another exclamation mark was his first time moving into the semi-finals of the ATP tournament in Moscow.
From the very first Grand Slam tournament of 2008 Tipsarevic caused a stir when he was defeated in the third round against the former number one, Roger Federer, only in the fifth set 8:10. The other season was fairly constant, with a few outliers up ( among other quarter-finals in Miami and second round at Wimbledon ). At the end Tipsarevic was the first time among the top 50 in the world.
2009
After a disappointing season and slipping to number 79 he was playing a Challenger tournament in Mons. There he won without dropping a set against quite strong competition such as Alejandro Falla, Xavier Malisse or Serhiy Stachowskyj. Two weeks after this tournament victory, he reached his first final on the ATP Tour, which he almost lost against his temporary partner Mikhail Youzhny double in three sets in Moscow. At the tournament in Valencia he came again into the semifinals, but it lost to Jurgen Melzer. With this " final sprint " he landed again in the top 50 in the world rankings.
On the ATP Tour, it did not really get good until October, but then he celebrated with the Serbian team a historic victory. With Tipsarevic, Viktor Troicki, Nenad Zimonjic and Arsenije Zlatanovic Serbia won the first World Team Cup in Dusseldorf. In his games against Stanislav Vovk, Francesco Piccari and Philipp Kohlschreiber, he remained without dropping a set.
2010
Tipsarevic leveled this season between 35th and 50th highlights on the tour were the finals in 's- Hertogenbosch and the victory against Andy Roddick in the second round of the U.S. Open.
Better was the season with the Serbian team. After the surprise success at the World Team Cup in the previous year the Davis Cup be won this year. Especially in the 3-2 win against the Czech Republic in the semi-final, Tipsarevic proved to be the match winner by winning both singles match against Tomas Berdych and Radek Stepanek. At the finals in Belgrade, in which, according to operators more than 100,000 tickets could have been sold, however, he was replaced by his relatively clear defeat against Gael Monfils Viktor Troicki through, who eventually won the decisive point against Michaël Llodra.
2011
This year, Tipsarevic made a breakthrough to advanced world class. He reached in Eastbourne as well as in the Delray Beach final it came up the quarter-finals at the Masters tournament in Miami and the semi-finals in Montreal. Tournament Win in Kuala Lumpur and Moscow brought him with number 9 had hitherto been his highest position in the world rankings. In addition to Djokovic and Troicki Tipsarevic, making it the third Serb among the 20 best tennis players. And finally, he defeated the year at the World Tour Finals for the first time his compatriot Novak Djokovic.
2012
The first tournament of the year at Chennai, he reached the final, where he distinguished Canadians Milos Raonic the was defeated in three sets in the end. In the doubles final, he secured with his partner Leander Paes the first doubles title of his career. At the Australian Open, he retired already in the third round against Richard Gasquet. In the subsequent first-round match in the Davis Cup Tipsarevic with his two individual wins large share in the quarter-finals, where the Serbian team against the Czech Republic was eliminated with 1:4. He was able to celebrate the Masters of Madrid, where he was only beaten in the semi finals by Roger Federer Another great success. It was only the second semi-final at a tournament the Masters series. A week later, he retired at the Masters of Rome after a bye in round 1 in the second round against Stanislas Wawrinka of. This was followed at the World Team Cup, the second victory for Serbia after 2009. With a win over Philipp Kohlschreiber he secured his country before the final doubles title. At the French Open, and in London Queens was in the second round each end. For Wimbledon, it was necessary to surpass its last year's first-round From: To clear victories over David Nalbandian and Ryan Sweeting lost his third round match against Mikhail Youzhny in four sets. At the clay court tournament in Stuttgart, where he also initially had as topgesetzter player a bye, he stood after beating Steve Darcis, Bjorn Phau and Thomaz Bellucci for the second time this year in an ATP final. There he defeated the set at number two Argentine Juan Mónaco with 6:4, 5:7 and 6:3. For Tipsarevic it was the first final appearance in a clay court tournament. However, a week later he was already back in a final on clay, in Gstaad, he was defeated Thomaz Bellucci Brazilian in three sets.
2013
The first tournament of the year he was like last year in Chennai in the finals and defeated the Spaniard Roberto Bautista Agut in three sets. At the Australian Open he reached the second round, where he gave up in the second set against Nicolas Almagro at the score of 2:6 and 1:5 the game. As a result, Tipsarevic never came in his next four tournaments beyond the first round and lost all of his opening games against worse binned player. Only at the Miami Masters in March he was back to victory and failed only in the second round at the French Gilles Simon in three sets. In the remaining 17 tournaments he played this year, he was able to celebrate just yet 10 victories and was injured at the last tournament in Valencia, in October 2013, at the knee. This year he finished finally at the 53rd place in the world tennis rankings.
Personal
His father Pavle is a professor, his mother Vesna housewife. He also has a younger brother named Veljko. Janko Tipsarevic is the international press also known for his love of classical literature. He has let the quote " Beauty will save the world " from The Idiot by Dostoyevsky tattooed in Japanese characters on his left forearm. However, in March 2009, he announced that he would no longer want to read as much as it affects him in his concentration. In 2006, he successfully completed a sports management degree at the University of Belgrade.
Janko Tipsarevic is married with Biljana Šešević since July 4, 2010. The couple has a daughter.
Achievements
Singles
Tournament Win
Finals
Doubles
Tournament Win
Finals
Statistics ( Single)
Legend: S = tournament victory; F, HF, VF, AF = finals / semifinals / quarterfinals / knockout stages; 1R, 2R, 3R = departure in the 1/2/3. Main Round; RR = Round Robin ( Group Stage ); K1, K2, K3, K4 = Continental Group 1, 2, 3, 4
1 tournament result in brackets means that the player has not finished the tournament; it displays its current tournament status. After the player has finished the tournament, the clamp is removed. 2 prior to 2009 Tennis Masters Cup. 3 The Masters tournament in Madrid was held before 2002 in Stuttgart, Essen and Stockholm. In 2009 took place a pad change from hard court to sand. 4 The tournament of Hamburg is no longer part of the Masters Series since 2009. 5 PO = Playoff ( promotion and relegation round of the Davis Cup World Group ). 6 In contrast to the ATP rankings are here (as well as runners-up and won titles in the number ) counted only tournaments on the ATP World Tour and the four Grand Slam tournaments and the ATP World Tour Finals, ie no Challenger or Futures tournaments or team events ( Davis Cup and World Team Cup). However, the latter count in the win / loss statistics. 7 Since the 2009 season, no ATP tournaments are more played on carpet. 8 Stand: January 27, 2014