Country (sports) |
Yugoslavia (1995–2003) Serbia and Montenegro (2003–2006) Serbia (2006–present) |
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Residence | Belgrade, Serbia |
Born |
Belgrade, SR Serbia, SFR Yugoslavia |
June 4, 1976
Height | 1.90 m (6 ft 3 in) |
Turned pro | 1995 |
Plays | Right-handed (one-handed backhand) |
Prize money | US$ 8,090,916 |
Singles | |
Career record | 7–24 (22.58% in Grand Slam and ATP World Tour main draw matches, and in Davis Cup) |
Career titles | 0 |
Highest ranking | No. 176 (29 March 1999) |
Grand Slam Singles results | |
Australian Open | 1R (2001) |
Wimbledon | 3R (1999) |
Doubles | |
Career record | 681–372 (64.67%) |
Career titles | 53 |
Highest ranking | No. 1 (17 November 2008) |
Current ranking | No. 40 (29 August 2016) |
Grand Slam Doubles results | |
Australian Open | F (2010) |
French Open | W (2010) |
Wimbledon | W (2008, 2009) |
US Open | QF (2006, 2009, 2015) |
Other doubles tournaments | |
Tour Finals | W (2008, 2010) |
Mixed doubles | |
Career titles | 5 |
Grand Slam Mixed Doubles results | |
Australian Open | W (2004, 2008) |
French Open | W (2006, 2010) |
Wimbledon | W (2014) |
US Open | F (2005) |
Team competitions | |
Davis Cup | W (2010) |
Last updated on: 5 September 2016. |
Nenad Zimonjić (Serbian Cyrillic: Ненад Зимоњић, Serbian pronunciation: [nê̞naːd zǐmo̞ɲit͡ɕ]; born June 4, 1976) is a professional Serbian tennis player who was ranked World No. 1 in 2008 in doubles. He is the second tennis doubles player from Serbia to hold the World No. 1, after Slobodan Živojinović. While Zimonjić is known as a doubles specialist (winning 3 Grand Slams in men's doubles and 5 in mixed doubles), he has recorded two big wins in his singles career.
Zimonjić turned pro in 1995 and remained relatively unknown outside his native country until a surprise victory in the mixed doubles at the 2004 Australian Open. Paired for the first time with Russian Elena Bovina, he beat defending champions Martina Navratilova and Leander Paes in straight sets in an hour and nine minutes. Alongside Katarina Srebotnik of Slovenia, he won the 2006 French Open crown with a straight-sets victory over Daniel Nestor and Elena Likhovtseva. At the 2006 Wimbledon Championships, Zimonjić reached the final of the men's doubles alongside France's Fabrice Santoro and the quarterfinals of the mixed doubles.
In 2007, Zimonjić reached the 2007 French Open mixed doubles final as the defending champions with Katarina Srebotnik and lost to Nathalie Dechy and Andy Ram. He left Santoro after Wimbledon and teamed with Mahesh Bhupathi until after the 2007 US Open. After the US Open, Nenad left Bhupathi and partnered with Daniel Nestor, who won the French Open earlier in the year alongside Mark Knowles. The team won the 2007 St. Petersburg Open, without losing a set. Nestor and Zimonjić later won 2008 Wimbledon (Zimonjić's first Grand Slam), 2009 Wimbledon and 2010 French Open.