Miomir Kecmanović

Miomir Kecmanović (Serbian Cyrillic: Миомир Кецмановић, pronounced [mǐomir ketsmǎːnoʋitɕ]; born 31 August 1999)[3] is a Serbian tennis player. On 14 September 2020, Kecmanović reached his best singles ranking of world No. 39, and on 16 September 2019 he peaked at world No. 161 in the doubles rankings. He has one ATP title and two Challenger titles in his career.

Miomir Kecmanović
Kecmanović at the 2019 French Open
Country (sports) Serbia
ResidenceBradenton, Florida, U.S.
Born (1999-08-31) 31 August 1999[1]
Belgrade, Serbia, FR Yugoslavia
Height1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)
Turned pro2017
PlaysRight-handed
(two-handed backhand)
CoachMiro Hrvatin
Prize moneyUS$1,841,313
Singles
Career record44–38 (53.7% in ATP Tour and Grand Slam main draw matches, and in Davis Cup)
Career titles1
Highest rankingNo. 39 (14 September 2020)
Current rankingNo. 41 (8 February 2021)[2]
Grand Slam Singles results
Australian Open2R (2021)
French Open2R (2019)
Wimbledon2R (2019)
US Open2R (2019, 2020)
Doubles
Career record4–11 (26.7% in ATP Tour and Grand Slam main draw matches, and in Davis Cup)
Career titles0
1 Futures
Highest rankingNo. 161 (16 September 2019)
Current rankingNo. 254 (1 February 2021)
Grand Slam Doubles results
Australian Open1R (2020)
French Open2R (2019)
US Open3R (2019)
Last updated on: 8 February 2021.

Career

Juniors: Orange Bowl champion & junior No. 1

In December 2015, Kecmanović won the Orange Bowl in a 3-set match against Stefanos Tsitsipas from Greece, 6–3, 2–6, 7–6(5).[4] He reached the final in singles at 2016 Junior US Open where he was defeated by Canadian Félix Auger-Aliassime.[5] He finished the year 2016 as ITF Juniors number 1 ranked tennis player.[6]

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 2016 Davis Cup[7][8] – a standard practice of Tennis Federation of Serbia 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.[9]

2017: Turning pro & first Challenger title

In January 2017, Kecmanović won his first singles ITF pro circuit title in Sunrise, Florida, US.[10] In March, he received a wild card entry for the qualifying draw at Miami Masters and defeated 22nd seed and world No. 117 Henri Laaksonen in straight sets in the first round, before losing the deciding qualifying match to 11th seed and world No. 114 Lukáš Lacko. Serbian Davis Cup captain, Nenad Zimonjić, planned to include Kecmanović as a fifth player for Serbia's 7–9 April Davis Cup quarterfinal tie versus Spain,[11] 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 Horacio Zeballos 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 Stefan Kozlov in straight sets, Emilio Gómez in three sets and 7th seed Marcelo Arévalo in straight sets, before losing in the semifinals to 8th seed Adrián Menéndez-Maceiras. At Sarasota Kecmanović played in his third successive challenger, losing in the second round to 7th seed and world No. 114 Laaksonen. Kecmanović received wild card for the qualifying draw of another ATP tournament, Istanbul Open, where he defeated 2nd seed Mirza Bašić in the opening round, but lost to 8th seed Daniel Brands 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 Chengdu, 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 Banja Luka Challenger,[12] he chose to play it in order to improve his ATP ranking,[13] 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 Suzhou, when he won the first challenger title of his career by beating 3rd seed and world No. 113 Radu Albot, 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 February 5, 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 Miami Masters, losing to Denis Istomin in the first round. In April, he defeated 4th seed Michael Mmoh and 6th seed Dennis Novikov 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 Ryan Harrison in the first round.

In July and August, Kecmanović played World TeamTennis league and helped Springfield Lasers win its first ever championship after losing five times in the finals between 1999 and 2014. They defeated Philadelphia Freedoms, 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.[14]

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 October 22, 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: Top 50, 2nd WTT championship, first ATP final

He earned his first ATP victory by defeating world No. 56 Leonardo Mayer at the Brisbane International. He played in BNP Paribas Open as a lucky loser. He defeated 30th seed Laslo Đere on his way to the quarterfinals, before losing to in straight sets to Milos Raonic. This result meant that Kecmanović was ranked in the top 100 for the first time.[15] In Miami, he beat former top-10 player Ernests Gulbis in the first round before losing to Frances Tiafoe in two tiebreak sets.

At the French Open, Kecmanović played in the main draw, beating Denis Kudla in five sets before losing to David Goffin. This was his first grand slam win.[16] At the Antalya Open, he reached his first ATP final, losing to Lorenzo Sonego in the final. His semi final against 3rd seed Jordan Thompson was notable for featuring no breaks of serve, with Kecmanović saving all three break points on his serve.[17]

Kecmanović won his first Wimbledon match at The Championships 2019, beating Roberto Carballés Baena in four sets, before retiring against Benoît Paire two sets to love down. In Atlanta, he beat Jack Sock and 8th seed Ugo Humbert both in straight sets, before losing in the quarter finals to eventual finalist and 2nd seed Taylor Fritz.[18] In the Citi Open, he beat Alexei Popyrin and Pierre-Hugues Herbert before losing to Norbert Gombos. Having missed the Roger's Cup Masters Tournament, Kecmanović's breakthrough came at the Western and Southern Open. In qualifying he beat Antoine Hoang and Feliciano López in straight sets. In the first round, he beat fellow 19 year old Félix Auger-Aliassime in straight sets. He then gained his first win over a top ten player by beating 7th seed Alexander Zverev in three sets. This victory ensured that Kecmanović would break into the top 50 for the first time.[19] He then lost in straight sets to Roberto Bautista Agut.

2020: First ATP title

Kecmanović started off the new decade by participating in the ATP 250 Qatar Open. He defeated Australian Jordan Thompson before defeating third seed Jo Wilfrid Tsonga in the round of sixteen.[20] He won his first ATP title at the Austrian Open Kitzbühel in September.

Personal

His aunt, Tanja Pavlov, acts as his manager.[21]


Singles performance timeline
Key
W  F  SF QF #R RR Q# A NH
(W) Won; (F) finalist; (SF) semifinalist; (QF) quarterfinalist; (#R) rounds 4, 3, 2, 1; (RR) round-robin stage; (Q#) qualification round; (A) absent; (NH) not held. SR=strike rate (events won/competed)
To avoid confusion and double counting, these charts are updated at the conclusion of a tournament or when the player's participation has ended.

Current through the 2021 Great Ocean Road Open.

Tournament201620172018201920202021SR W–L Win%
Grand Slam Tournaments
Australian Open A A Q1 1R 1R 0 / 2 0–2 0%
French Open A A Q2 2R 1R 0 / 2 1–2 33%
Wimbledon A A Q1 2R NH 0 / 1 1–1 50%
US Open A A Q2 2R 2R 0 / 2 2–2 50%
Win–Loss 0–0 0–0 0–0 3–4 1–3 0–0 0 / 7 4–7 36%
National Representation
Davis Cup Alt A A A NH 0 / 0 0–0  – 
Win–Loss 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0 / 0 0–0  – 
ATP Tour Masters 1000
Indian Wells Masters A A A QF NH 0 / 1 3–1 75%
Miami Open A Q2 1R 2R NH 0 / 2 1–2 33%
Monte-Carlo Masters A A A Q1 NH 0 / 0 0–0  – 
Madrid Open A A A A NH 0 / 0 0–0  – 
Italian Open A A A Q2 1R 0 / 1 0–1 0%
Canadian Open A A A A NH 0 / 0 0–0  – 
Cincinnati Masters A A A 3R A 0 / 1 2–1 67%
Shanghai Masters A A A 1R NH 0 / 1 0–1 0%
Paris Masters A A A Q1 2R 0 / 1 1–1 50%
Win–Loss 0–0 0–0 0–1 6–4 1–2 0–0 0 / 7 7–7 50%
Career statistics
201620172018201920202021 SR W–L Win%
Tournaments 0 0 2 20 13 2 Career total: 36
Titles 0 0 0 0 1 0 Career total: 1
Finals 0 0 0 1 1 0 Career total: 2
Overall Win–Loss 0–0 0–0 0–2 24–22 17–12 2–2 1 / 37 43–38 53%
Win %  –   –  0% 52% 59% 50% 53.09%
Year-end Ranking1 806 207 132 59 44 $1,841,313

1 2015: ATP Ranking–1340, Tournaments–0, Win–Loss 0–0.

ATP career finals

Singles: 2 (1 title, 1 runner-up)
Legend
Grand Slam Tournaments (0–0)
ATP World Tour Finals (0–0)
ATP World Tour Masters 1000 (0–0)
ATP World Tour 500 Series (0–0)
ATP World Tour 250 Series (1–1)
Finals by Surface
Hard (0–0)
Clay (1–0)
Grass (0–1)
Finals by setting
Outdoor (1–1)
Indoor (0–0)
Result W–L    Date    Tournament Tier Surface Opponent Score
Loss 0–1 Jun 2019 Antalya Open, Turkey 250 Series Grass Lorenzo Sonego 7–6(7–5), 6–7(5–7), 1–6
Win 1–1 Sep 2020 Kitzbühel Open, Austria 250 Series Clay Yannick Hanfmann 6–4, 6–4

Team Tennis Leagues

League finals: 2 (2 championships)
Finals by leagues
World TeamTennis (WTT) (2–0)
Finals by club teams
Springfield Lasers (2–0)
League table results
1st place (0)
2nd place (2)
Awards
Finals MVP: 1 (2018 WTT)
Place    Date    League Location(s) Surface(s) Team Teammates Opponent teams
Champions
(2nd)		 Jul-Aug 2018 World TeamTennis (WTT) United States Hard,
Hard (i)		 Springfield Lasers John-Laffnie de Jager (HC)
Jack Sock (F)
Vania King (R)
Daniel Nestor (R)
Abigail Spears (R)
Philadelphia Freedoms: Runners-up (1st)
Washington Kastles: 3rd
San Diego Aviators: 4th
Orange County Breakers: 5th
New York Empire: 6th
Champions
(2nd)		 Jul-Aug 2019 World TeamTennis (WTT) United States Hard,
Hard (i)		 Springfield Lasers John-Laffnie de Jager (HC)
Enrique López Pérez (R)
Anna Blinkova (R)
Jean-Julien Rojer (R)
Abigail Spears (R)
Olga Govortsova (S)
Robert Lindstedt (S)
Evan Song (S)
New York Empire: Runners-up (4th)
Philadelphia Freedoms: Semifinals (1st)
San Diego Aviators: Semifinals (3rd)
Vegas Rollers: 5th
Orange County Breakers: 6th
Orlando Storm: 7th
Washington Kastles: 8th
*(HC): Head Coach, (F): Franchise Player, (W): Wildcard Player, (R): Roster Player, (S): Substitute Player

ATP Challenger Tour and ITF Futures finals

Singles: 8 (5 titles, 3 runners-up)
Legend
ATP Challenger Tour (2–1)
ITF Futures (3–2)
Result W–L Date Tournament Tier Surface Opponent Score
Loss 0–1 Apr 2016 ITF Orange Park, United States F14 Futures Clay Denis Shapovalov 5–7, 6–2, 6–7(6–8)
Win 1–1 Jan 2017 ITF Sunrise, United States F4 Futures Clay Christian Lindell 6–2, 6–2
Win 2–1 May 2017 ITF Antalya, Turkey F20 Futures Clay Alessandro Petrone 6–0, 6–4
Loss 2–2 Jun 2017 ITF Antalya, Turkey F21 Futures Clay Julien Cagnina 3–6, 4–6
Win 3–2 Jun 2017 ITF Havré, Belgium F1 Futures Clay Christopher Heyman 6–4, 3–6, 6–2
Win 4–2 Oct 2017 Suzhou International, China Challenger Hard Radu Albot 6–4, 6–4
Loss 4–3 Oct 2018 Liuzhou International, China Challenger Hard Radu Albot 2–6, 6–4, 3–6
Win 5–3 Nov 2018 Shenzhen Open, China Challenger Hard Blaž Kavčič 6–2, 2–6, 6–3

Doubles: 2 (1 titles, 1 runners-up)
Legend
ATP Challenger Tour (0–0)
ITF Futures (1–1)
Result W–L Date Tournament Tier Surface Partner Opponents Score
Win 1–0 May 2016 ITF Vero Beach, United States F15 Futures Clay Jonas Luetjen Deiton Baughman
Reed Anderson		 6–1, 5–7, [10–8]
Loss 1–1 May 2016 ITF Tampa, United States F16 Futures Clay Jonas Luetjen Gonzalo Escobar
Roberto Quiroz		 4–6, 6–7(4–6)

Junior Grand Slam finals

Singles: 1 (1 runner-up)
Result Year Tournament Surface Opponent Score
Loss2016US OpenHard Félix Auger-Aliassime3–6, 0–6

Record against other players

Record against top 10 players

Kecmanović's match record against those who have been ranked in the top 10, with those who have been No. 1 in boldface

* Statistics correct as of 4 November 2020.

Top 10 Wins
  • He has a 1–3 (.250) record against players who were, at the time the match was played, ranked in the top 10.
Season2017201820192020Total
Wins00101
# Player Rank Event Surface Rd Score MKR
2019
1. Alexander Zverev No. 6 Cincinnati Open, United States Hard 2R 6–7(4–7), 6–2, 6–4 58

See also

References
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  2. ATP Rankings
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  21. A Rising Serbian Tennis Star Gets His Footing in Florida
Awards and achievements
Preceded by
Taylor Fritz		 ITF Junior World Champion
2016		 Succeeded by
Axel Geller
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