Viktor Galović (; born 19 September 1990) is a Croatian former tennis player. Galović has a career high ATP singles ranking of 173, achieved on 14 May 2018. Galović had previously represented Italy where he was raised but in 2014 switched back to his home country of Croatia.
Career Galović made his ATP main draw singles debut at the 2014 Bet-at-home Cup Kitzbühel where he qualified for the main draw, defeating Philipp Davydenko, Lukáš Dlouhý and Antonio Veić en route. In the main draw he lost to Albert Ramos Viñolas in three sets in the first round.
Galović had his grass debut in Stuttgart where he lost in the second round of qualifications to Denis Kudla. But he was lucky and he received an entry as a lucky loser. In the first round of the ATP tournament in Stuttgart he lost to Maximilian Marterer 6:3,4:6,1:6.
Galović retired in July 2021 due to continuous back and hip injuries.
Davis Cup
Galović had three team nominations for Croatia in the Davis Cup, playing two matches. His debut was on 17 September 2017 in Bogotá, Colombia in the 2017 Davis Cup World Group play-offs. He defeated Alejandro González in a best of three sets, dead rubber (6–4, 2–6, 6–2).
His second match was played in Osijek, Croatia in the First Round of 2018 Davis Cup World Group against Canada. He played against Denis Shapovalov on 2 February 2018 and lost 4–6, 4–6, 2–6.
Galović was on the list of the Croatian players in the quarter-final of 2018 Davis Cup against Kazakhstan but was unused by captain Željko Krajan.
Statistics Year 2017 1 1 1–0 2–1 14–12 2018 2 1 0–1 0–3 10–18 Total 3 2 1–1 2–4 24–30
Performance timeline
Singles Tournament20172018201920202021SRW–LWin %Grand Slam tournamentsAustralian OpenAQ2Q1Q2A0 / 00–0French OpenAQ2Q1AA0 / 00–0WimbledonAQ2Q3NHA0 / 00–0US OpenQ1Q1Q2AA0 / 00–0Win–loss0–00–00–00–00–00 / 00–0
ATP Challenger and ITF Futures finals
Singles: 11 (4–7) LegendATP Challenger (1–1)ITF Futures (3–6)Finals by surfaceHard (1–2)Clay (2–5)Grass (0–0)Carpet (1–0)
ResultW–LDateTournamentTierSurfaceOpponentScoreLoss0-1Ukraine F3, CherkassyFuturesHard Oleksandr Nedovyesov2-6, 3-6Win1-1Italy F18, ModenaFuturesClay Enrico Fioravante 4–6, 6–4, 7–6(7–4)Win2-1Greece F5, HeraklionFuturesCarpet Robin Kern2–6, 7–6(7–4), 7-5Win3-1Italy F8, Santa Margherita Di PulaFuturesClay Alberto Brizzi7–6(7–5), 4–6, 6-3Loss3-2Italy F6, Santa Margherita Di PulaFuturesClay Viktor Durasovic3-6, 2-6Loss3-3Italy F14, NaplesFuturesClay Daniele Giorgini2-6, 3-6Loss3-4Italy F3, BasiglioFuturesHard Alessandro Bega 6–3, 3–6, 4–6Loss3-5Italy F14, FrascatiFuturesClay Gonzalo Escobar1-6, 2-6Loss3-6Italy F17, BergamoFuturesClay Andrea Collarini2-6, 4-6Win4-6Recanati, ItalyChallengerHard Mirza Bašić7–6(7–3), 6-4Loss4-7Braunschweig, GermanyChallengerClay Nicola Kuhn 6–2, 5–7, 2–4 ret.
Doubles: 8 (4–4) LegendATP Challenger (0–0)ITF Futures (4–4)Finals by surfaceHard (1–0)Clay (3–3)Grass (0–0)Carpet (0–1)
ResultW–LDateTournamentTierSurfacePartnerOpponentsScoreWin1-0Turkey F29, AntalyaFuturesHard Andrei Mlendea Massimo Capone Alessandro Colella7–6(7–1), 6-4Win2-0Italy F6, VicenzaFuturesClay Federico Torresi Marco Speronello Andrea Fava3–6, 6–3, [10–8]Loss2-1Italy F7, SanremoFuturesClay Matteo Donati Claudio Grassi Andis Juška5–7, 7–6(7–2), [12–14]Loss2-2Italy F27, Santa Margherita Di PulaFuturesClay Matteo Rigamonti Pietro Rondoni Riccardo Sinicropi5-7, 5-7Loss2-3Italy F2, TrentoFuturesCarpet Sam Barry Sander Arends Niels Lootsma6–7(2–7), 4–6Loss2-4Italy F6, Santa Margherita Di PulaFuturesClay Antonio Massara Marco Bartolotti Davide Della Tommasina4-6, 4-6Win3-4Italy F5, Santa Margherita Di PulaFuturesClay Andrea Basso Juan Pablo Paz Dragos Dima6-4, 6-4Win4-4Italy F9, Santa Margherita Di PulaFuturesClay Lorenzo Frigerio Mateusz Kowalczyk Grzegorz Panfil6–3, 3–6, [10–7]
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