Nenad Zimonjić

Nenad Zimonjic ( Serbian Cyrillic Ненад Зимоњић; born June 4, 1976 in Belgrade ) is a Serbian tennis player, whose achievements are in the doubles and mixed doubles.

Career

Zimonjic is since 1995 a professional. His highest rankings in the ATP world rankings were place in individual 176 ( 29 March 1999) and # 1 in doubles (17 November 2008).

When ATP tournament in St. Pölten, a preparation tournament for the French Open, the Serb made ​​in May 2004 caused a sensation when he arrived on the qualification into the main draw of the tournament in the first round as the 339th in the world rankings to No. 6 world, the US- American Andre Agassi 6-2, 7:66 defeated. The experts expected in this match firmly with Agassi's 800th single victory. However, Agassi had previously must pause because of an injury break just under two months. Another surprise succeeded the former captain of the Davis Cup team of Serbia and Montenegro in the grass tournament in Halle / Westfalen in June 2005 In the first round, he defeated qualifier as the Holzmindener Nicolas Kiefer in three sets. 6:71, 6:3, 6: 4

But actually Nenad Zimonjic is a double specialist, because he achieved his greatest success in the game for two. A total of 29 tournaments he won, in another 24 tournaments he got to the finals. The first title he won in 1999 in Delray Beach with Max Mirny. In the following years he played with various partners and continuously worked in the double World Ranking forward.

From October 2003 to 2004 Julian Knowle was his constant partner. During the 2005 season, then played Zimonjić on the side of Leander Paes, and by the beginning of 2006 to June 2007 he formed with Fabrice Santoro a team. After it became known that Zimonjić wants to separate from Santoro and team up with Daniel Nestor, there followed the separation. Nenad Zimonjic had his own words waited several years to a world-class doubles player "free" would, while Daniel Nestor were the expected results on the side of Mark Knowles failed. As the Canadians and the Serb had decided their cooperation for the period after the tournament at Wimbledon in 2007, Knowles / Nestor won surprisingly the French Open in Paris. Nevertheless, Daniel Nestor and Nenad Zimonjic made ​​from October 2007 a ​​team.

On the side of Novak Djokovic, he defeated in Belgrade in front of 20,000 spectators in the sold-out arena Beogradska the Australian Paul Hanley combination / Lleyton Hewitt and his team secured so that promotion to the World Group of the Davis Cup. More viewers it has previously given in the Davis Cup in only one final.

2008 was the most successful season of the Serbs. Five tournaments won pairing Nestor / Zimonjic in the year. In addition to two victories in the Masters Series at Hamburg Rothbaum and Toronto, the two native of Belgrade, the first joint success came at a Grand Slam tournament. While Zimonjić in Wimbledon celebrated his first Grand Slam victory in the doubles, Nestor completed with this victory his career Grand Slam. With his long-time partner Mark Knowles Nestor had already won the doubles competition of the French Open, the Australian Open and the U.S. Open. Before the tournament of Wimbledon Nestor and Zimonjic also played at the French Open in Paris the final, defeated in the final of the unseeded combination Pablo Cuevas and Luis Horna surprisingly clear 2:6 and 3:6. At the Masters Cup in Shanghai Nestor / Zimonjic survived the group stage unbeaten and defeated in the final of the Bryan twins with 7:63, 6:2. Since the American brothers had lost in the first round a match, Nestor / Zimonjic overtook the Californians in the final sprint of the season and finished the year as No. 1 in team rankings.

Beginning of 2009 reached Zimonjic with his partner each the final in Doha and Sydney, but they could not decide for the tournaments. At the Australian Open already in the second round was over. The first tournament victory this year was followed in Rotterdam. In April victories followed at the Masters in Monte Carlo, Barcelona, and the Masters in Rome. Even the Masters in Madrid could decide Zimonjic with his partner for themselves. At the French Open he reached the semifinals. At Wimbledon Zimonjić could defend his doubles title.

At the French Open in 2010 could Zimonjić both the men's doubles ( with Nestor ) and win the Mixed ( with Katarina Srebotnik ).

He won the end of 2010 with Nestor the ATP World Tour Finals in London. This was his last tournament with the Canadians. His new doubles partner was from the 2011 season, the Frenchman Michaël Llodra.

Zimonjic was a member of the Serbian team which won the Davis Cup in 2010.

Achievements

Doubles

Win

Finals

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