Amer Delić (; born June 30, 1982) is a Bosnian American former professional tennis player. He is a former captain and member of the Bosnia and Herzegovina Davis Cup team.

Delić was born in Tuzla, then in Yugoslavia, now in the northeastern part of Bosnia and Herzegovina. In 1996, his family emigrated to Jacksonville, Florida, where he attended Samuel W. Wolfson High School, a public high school with the largest Bosnian population in Florida.

Representing the United States as a tour player until 2009, he then began representing his country of birth, Bosnia and Herzegovina, and was a member of its Davis Cup team.

Career Delić played High School Tennis at Wolfson High in Jacksonville, Florida. It was here that he won a State Championship.

Delić played collegiate tennis at the University of Illinois. At Illinois he won both the NCAA Division I singles and team championships in 2003.

In Grand Slams, Delić's best singles performance was to reach the third round at the 2009 Australian Open. In doubles Delić reached the third round of the US Open twice: with Jeff Morrison in 2005, having upset the team of Leander Paes and Nenad Zimonjić in the first round, and with Justin Gimelstob in 2007.

In March 2007, Delić reached the fourth round of the Miami Masters, upset World No. 4 Nikolay Davydenko en route in straight sets.

2009 Delić started off the year in Brisbane, where he won three qualifying matches, but was defeated in the first round by Mario Ančić 6–7(2), 7–6(4), 6–7(6). In Sydney he was defeated in the first round by Denis Gremelmayr 4–6, 6–7(4). At the Australian Open, Amer finally started to win. He came through three qualifying matches, but lost in the qualifying stage. When he was awarded into a lucky loser spot after Filippo Volandri banned from a drug substantial use. In the first round of the main draw he defeated Taylor Dent 6–4, 3–6, 4–6, 6–3, 6–4. In the second round he defeated Paul-Henri Mathieu 1–6, 3–6, 6–3, 7–6(3) 9–7. In the third round he was stopped by Novak Djokovic 2–6, 6–4, 3–6, 6–7(4). After the match spectators were caught throwing chairs at each other due to the conflict between Bosnians and Serbs. Due to a knee injury, Delić's last 2009 appearance on the ATP tour was a first round loss against Nicolas Mahut at the Hall of Fame Tennis Championships in July.

2010: Comeback and Davis Cup play for Bosnia and Herzegovina At the US Open, Delić tried a comeback but lost in the first qualification round against Michael Yani. In September, he joined the Bosnia and Herzegovina Davis Cup team for a tie in the Europe/Africa Group II against Portugal. He lost both his singles match against Frederico Gil in five sets and his doubles match on the side of Aldin Šetkić to Gil and Leonardo Tavares in four sets. Overall, after a 2:3 loss, his team stayed in Group II.

2011 In March, Delić participated in the Bosnia and Herzegovina team's Davis Cup tie in the Europe/Africa Zone Group II against Morocco. He won one of his two singles matches and the doubles match (on the side of Ismar Gorčić), thereby securing his team's victory. In the next tie against Estonia played in July, Delić won all his three matches decidedly helping his team to advance to the next stage against Denmark. There, he again won his two singles matches but not the doubles match so the team stayed in Group II. On the ATP Tour, Delić won his first title since 2008 at the BH Telecom Indoors at Sarajevo, a challenger tournament.

2012

In Davis Cup play, Delić again was instrumental in securing his team's win over Turkey in February by winning both his singles matches and the doubles match.

2015

Having been named Bosnia's Davis Cup captain in 2013, Amer made his comeback to professional tennis against Hungary in the 2015 Davis Cup after Bosnia was short a player, ultimately helping Bosnia win a doubles match. In addition to serving as their captain, Delić also served as Bosnia's reserve Davis Cup player in case of emergency.

2020

In October 2020, Delić announced a return to semi-professional tennis, partnering golfer Sergio García in a doubles tournament to be held in Austin, Texas. The pair lost their opening match at the Men's UTR Pro Tennis Open DropShot event.

2022 & 2023 Delic dabbles with pickleball.

ATP Challenger and ITF Futures finals

Singles: 17 (8–9) LegendATP Challenger (6–8)ITF Futures (2–1)Finals by surfaceHard (7–9)Clay (1–0)Grass (0–0)Carpet (0–0)

ResultW–LDateTournamentTierSurfaceOpponentScoreLoss0–1USA F24, KenoshaFuturesHard Ignacio Hirigoyen2–6, 2–6Win1–1USA F19, PeoriaFuturesClay Francisco Rodriguez6–1, 4–6, 6–2Loss1–2Dallas, United StatesChallengerHard Sebastien de Chaunac4–6, 6–7(3–7)Win2–2USA F15, AuburnFuturesHard K.J. Hippensteel7–6(7–3), 6–3Loss2–3Nashville, United StatesChallengerHard Justin Gimelstob6–7(3–7), 6–7(4–7)Win3–3Mexico City, MexicoChallengerHard Jeff Morrison6–4, 3–6, 6–3Loss3–4Carson, United StatesChallengerHard Justin Gimelstob6–7(5–7), 2–6Loss3–5Lexington, United StatesChallengerHard Lee Hyung-taik7–5, 2–6, 3–6Loss3–6Vancouver, CanadaChallengerHard Rik De Voest6–7(4–7), 2–6Loss3–7New Orleans, United StatesChallengerHard Cecil Mamiit3–6, 6–7(1–7)Loss3–8Calabasas, United StatesChallengerHard Mark Philippoussis7–6(7–4), 6–7(4–7), 3–6Win4–8Louisville, United StatesChallengerHard Stéphane Bohli3–6, 6–2, 6–3 Win5–8Champaign-Urbana, United StatesChallengerHard Zack Fleishman6–3, 6–0Win6–8Dallas, United StatesChallengerHard Stéphane Bohli6–4, 7–5Win7–8Carson, United StatesChallengerHard Alex Bogomolov Jr.7–6(7–5), 6–4Loss7–9Champaign-Urbana, United StatesChallengerHard Alex Bogomolov Jr.7–5, 6–7(7–9), 3–6Win8–9Sarajevo, Bosnia & HerzegovinaChallengerHard Karol Beckwalkover

Doubles: 6 (3–3) LegendATP Challenger (3–2)ITF Futures (0–1)Finals by surfaceHard (3–3)Clay (0–0)Grass (0–0)Carpet (0–0)

ResultW–LDateTournamentTierSurfacePartnerOpponentsScoreLoss0–1USA F30, HammondFuturesHard Bobby Reynolds Lu Yen-Hsun Bruno Soares4–6, 4–6Win1–1Lexington, United StatesChallengerHard Matias Boeker Jason Marshall Harsh Mankad7–5, 6–4Win2–1Calabasas, United StatesChallengerHard Bobby Reynolds Zbynek Mlynarik Glenn Weiner7–5, 7–6(7–4)Loss2–2Sacramento, United StatesChallengerHard Brian Wilson Jeff Morrison Paul Goldstein1–6, 3–6Loss2–3Louisville, United StatesChallengerHard Robert Kendrick Robin Haase Igor SijslingwalkoverWin3–3Honolulu, United StatesChallengerHard Travis Rettenmaier Jack Sock Nicholas Monroe6–4, 7–6(7–3)

Performance timelines

Singles Tournament2003200420052006200720082009201020112012SRW–LWin%Grand Slam tournamentsAustralian OpenAAQ22R2R2R3RAAQ20 / 45–4French OpenAAQ1Q21RAQ3AQ1Q10 / 10–1WimbledonAAQ3Q12RQ1Q1AQ2A0 / 11–1US Open1R2RQ2Q31R1RAQ1Q1A0 / 41–4Win–loss0–11–10–01–12–41–22–10–00–00–00 / 107–10ATP Tour Masters 1000Indian WellsAAQ21RQ1Q1AAA1R0 / 20–2MiamiAQ1Q1A4RQ12RAAQ10 / 24–2RomeAAAA1RAAAAA0 / 10–1CanadaAAAAAAAAQ2A0 / 00–0CincinnatiAAAA1RAAAAA0 / 10–1Win–loss0–00–00–00–13–30–01–10–00–00–10 / 64–6

Doubles Tournament20042005200620072008SRW–LWin%Grand Slam tournamentsAustralian OpenAAA2RA0 / 11–1French OpenAAA1RA0 / 10–1WimbledonAA1R2R1R0 / 31–3US Open1R3R2R3R2R0 / 56–5Win–loss0–12–11–24–41–20 / 108–10ATP Tour Masters 1000Miami1RAAAA0 / 10–1CincinnatiAAA2RA0 / 11-1Win–loss0–10–00–01–10–00 / 21–2

References

External links

Illinois profile