Roko Karanušić

Roko Karanusic ( born September 5, 1982 in Zagreb) is a Croatian tennis player.

Career

Karanusic began at the age of six years, with tennis and was trained by the age of 13 by his father Vibor, a tennis instructor. His favorite toppings are the fast indoor surfaces as well as hard courts and grass.

He began his professional career in 2000, where he developed the semi-finals of the Canadian Open and the U.S. Open reached in the juniors. When Future in Italy, he reached the final.

In 2001, he won his first Futures title in the Czech Republic and reached at a tournament in Slovenia in the final. Also in double he could win a title and indeed the tournament in Zagreb.

2003 Karanusic began with two titles in three finals and three semi-finals in the first six tournaments played. In June, he made ​​his debut on the ATP Tour in qualifying for the tournament in Umag, where he lost in the first round against Stanislas Wawrinka. In the same year, he also reached the qualifying field of the U.S. Open, where he lost in the first round against Juan Ignacio Chela. In doubles, he could reach the finals of the Challenger in Helsinki together with Janko Tipsarevic.

In 2004 he achieved the qualification, where he lost in five sets against Wayne Arthurs in the Australian Open. In the French Cherbourg he reached for the first time the finals of a Challenger tournament, where he Julien Jeanpierre was beaten.

In 2005 he made ​​his debut in the Davis Cup for Croatia. When Erstrundenbegegnung against the United States, he lost in a meaningless to the outcome of the meeting on the third day match against Bob Bryan. He arrived in the same year three Challenger finals within four weeks, but was able to win any of the games for themselves. In October, he celebrated his first victory in a match of the ATP tour against Danai Udomchoke.

In 2006, he was standing by the Challenger in Istanbul in the final, where he was Alexander Peya inferior. In doubles, he reached the finals of the Challenger from Chiasso.

In 2007, Karanusic, who was now the number four in Croatia, a further two match wins on the ATP tour and played two Davis Cup matches in the encounter of Croatia against Great Britain in Wimbledon. In Donetsk he could celebrate another victory at a Challenger tournament and reached the tournament in Eckental the final.

2008 succeeded the Croats, the breakthrough when he reached a quarter final of an ATP tournament for the first time and was able to win two more Challenger. On the Challenger Tour he won 28 of 38 games coming in the first time a position among the top 100

2009-2012: His best finish in the ATP world rankings reached Karanusic January 9, 2009 with room 89 During the year, he continually slipped to the end of the year to No. 189 from. In 2010, he could not move any further successes and was led to the end of the year only at position 426. In the aftermath of the former top- 100 players ranked between position 350 and 450

Since its debut in the Croatian Davis Cup team he won three stakes in three of four games in his favor.