Ivan Radović

Ivan Radović (Serbian: Иван Радовић [ˈiʋan ˈrǎːdɔʋitɕ]; Hungarian: Radovics Iván [ˈrɒdovitʃ ˈivaːn]; 22 June 1894, Vršac – 14 August 1973, Belgrade) was a Yugoslav tennis player and painter of Serbian ethnicity.

Ivan Radović graduated from the Teacher's College in Sombor, where he finished as a drawing teacher. He went to Budapest in order to continue his studies at the Hungarian University of Fine Arts. He attended the class of Hungarian painter István Réti. He spent his student years in Hungary between 1917 and 1920. He then spent the 1921 school year visiting Munich, Prague, and Venice, and stayed in Prague and Paris. He moved to Belgrade in 1927. He taught at a school in Stanišić. Afterwards he taught at the young girls' high school in Sombor. In 1929 he organized his breakthrough third exhibition in the Belgrade Pavilion of Arts, "Cvijeta Zuzorić".

In 1929 Radović participated in the National Championships in Zagreb. The same year, he was ranked third behind Franjo Šefer and Krešimir Friedrich. Thus he was invited onto the Kingdom of Yugoslavia Davis Cup team and travelled to Athens with them to face Greece. The Yugoslavian team lost and Radović remained a reserve player. In 1930 the Yugoslavian squad hosted a first-round match against Sweden and celebrated their first and flawless victory in the Cup. Radović also won in the doubles, partnering Šefer. He retired from the team after the next match against Spain, in which he was defeated in the doubles.

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