Mate Delić (; born 29 April 1993) is a Croatian tennis coach and a former professional player. He primarily played on the ITF Futures Tour and ATP Challenger Tour. Delic has reached a career high singles ranking of world No. 150, achieved on 5 January 2015, as well as a career high doubles ranking of world No. 348, achieved on 18 October 2013. Delic has reached 18 career singles finals, posting a tally of 5 wins and 13 losses, which includes a 0–2 record in ATP Challenger Tour finals. Additionally, he has reached 13 career singles finals with a record of 7 wins and 6 losses all coming on the ITF Futures Tour.
Juniors As a junior, Delic reached a career high combined singles and doubles ranking of world No. 19, which he achieved on 31 December 2011. His best results in the junior grand slams were a semifinal finish at the 2011 French Open in singles where he lost to Dominic Thiem and a semifinal finish at the 2011 Australian Open in doubles, partnering Joris De Loore where they lost to Jiří Veselý and Filip Horansky.
Professional career In July 2011, Delic made his ATP Tour debut when he was granted a wildcard entry into the main draw of the 2011 Croatian Open. He would go on the lose to Italian Gianluca Naso in straight sets 4–6, 2–6. In 2014 he was given a wildcard into the main draw of the 2014 Zagreb Indoors where again he was defeated in the first round, this time by compatriot and fifth seed Marin Čilić 4–6, 4–6. Three months later at the 2014 Düsseldorf Open he qualified for a main draw for the first time in his career, and then went on to defeat Michał Przysiężny in the first round 7–5, 7–5, as well as Dustin Brown in the second round 6–3, 6–0, before eventually falling in the quarterfinals to Philipp Kohlschreiber in three sets 5–7, 6–4, 1–6. His only other win at the ATP Tour level was in a singles tie of Davis Cup play, where he represents his native Croatia.
Coaching career In 2022, he started coaching fellow Croatian Borna Ćorić. In 2024 he was the coach of Dominic Thiem.
ATP Challenger and ITF Futures finals
Singles: 18 (5–13) LegendATP Challenger (0–2)ITF Futures (5–11)Finals by surfaceHard (1–6)Clay (3–7)Grass (0–0)Carpet (1–0)
ResultW–LDateTournamentTierSurfaceOpponentScoreWin1–0Greece F7, HeraklionFuturesCarpet Nikola Ćaćić6–4, 7–6(7–3)Win2–0Turkey F20, AntalyaFuturesHard Hugo Nys3–6, 7–5, 6–4Win3–0Bosnia & Herzegovina F4, KiseljakFuturesClay Damir Džumhur7–5, 6–2Loss3–1Croatia F10, SolinFuturesClay Nikola Mektić6–7(5–7), 6–7(2–7)Loss3–2Israel F3, EilatFuturesHard Amir Weintraub4–6, 2–6Loss3–3Turkey F10, AntalyaFuturesHard Karol Beck6–7(5–7), 6–3, 3–6Loss3–4Vercelli, ItalyChallengerClay Simone Bolelli2–6, 2–6Loss3–5Genoa, ItalyChallengerClay Albert Ramos Viñolas1–6, 5–7Loss3–6Turkey F42, AntalyaFuturesHard Dimitar Kuzmanov6–0, 6–7(8–10), 1–6Win4–6Turkey F45, AntalyaFuturesClay Tomislav Brkić3–6, 6–4, 6–1Loss4–7Turkey F1, AntalyaFuturesHard Michal Konečný4–6, 6–7(6–8)Loss4–8Turkey F2, AntalyaFuturesHard Vadym Ursu0–6, 4–6Loss4–9Turkey F14, AntalyaFuturesClay Marsel İlhan2–6, 5–7Loss4–10Turkey F15, AntalyaFuturesClay Martín Cuevas6–4, 4–6, 1–6Loss4–11Turkey F36, AntalyaFuturesClay Dennis Novak3–6, 4–6Loss4–12Turkey F37, AntalyaFuturesClay Peter Torebko2–6, 2–6Loss4–13Turkey F3, AntalyaFuturesHard Dimitar Kuzmanov3–6, 4–6Win5–13Turkey F17, AntalyaFuturesClay Gijs Brouwer6–0, 6–4
Doubles: 13 (7–6) LegendATP Challenger (0–0)ITF Futures (7–6)Finals by surfaceHard (0–3)Clay (5–3)Grass (0–0)Carpet (2–0)
ResultW–LDateTournamentTierSurfacePartnerOpponentsScoreLoss0–1Croatia F2, ZagrebFuturesHard Kristijan Mesaroš Ante Pavić Mislav Hizak3–6, 7–6(7–3), [4–10]Loss0–2Croatia F1, ZagrebFuturesHard Mirza Bašić Andrei Dăescu Florin Mergea5–7, 1–6Win1–2Croatia F10, SolinFuturesClay Tomislav Draganja Jaroslav Pospíšil Andrej Martin6–3, 4–6, [11–9]Win2–2Greece F6, HeraklionFuturesCarpet Nikola Ćaćić Julien Dubail Yannick Vandenbulcke7–5, 6–2Win3–2Greece F7, HeraklionFuturesCarpet Nikola Ćaćić Julien Dubail Evan Couacoud6–1, 6–2Loss3–3Turkey F7, AntalyaFuturesHard Ilija Vucic Chang Yu Li Zhe5–7, 6–3, [9–11]Win4–3Croatia F6, VrsarFuturesClay Tomislav Brkić Lukas Marsoun Dominik Suc2–6, 7–6(7–3), [10–8]Loss4–4Italy F4, PaduaFuturesClay Joško Topić Matteo Donati Andrey Golubev6–7(6–8), 6–3, [6–10]Win5–4Bosnia & Herzegovina F4, KiseljakFuturesClay Tomislav Draganja Filip Veger Lovro Zovko6–4, 6–3Win6–4Italy F22, EsteFuturesClay Stefano Travaglia Jorge Aguilar Guillermo Hormazábal6–0, 6–1Win7–4Croatia F10, SolinFuturesClay Tomislav Brkić Aleksandre Kondulukov Alexey Kondulukov6–2, 4–6, [10–4]Loss7–5Croatia F11, DubrovnikFuturesClay Tomislav Brkić Dominik Suc Marek Michalička6–7(2–7), 1–6Loss7–6Austria F5, InnsbruckFuturesClay Duje Delic Dusty H. Boyer Lukas Ollert2–6, 3–6
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