Borna Gojo (; born 27 February 1998) is a Croatian professional tennis player. He has a career-high ATP singles ranking of world No. 72 achieved on 20 November 2023 and a doubles ranking of world No. 394 achieved on 17 January 2022. He is currently the No. 3 Croatian player.
College career Gojo played college tennis at Wake Forest University, where he was part of the team that won the NCAA National Championship in 2018 while being named the tournament's most outstanding player.
Professional career 2018-2021: ATP & top 250 debuts, Davis Cup finalist Gojo made his ATP main draw debut at the 2018 Winston-Salem Open after receiving a wildcard for the singles main draw. He faced American Ryan Harrison and lost 2–6, 4–6. He made his top 250 debut at No. 245 on 19 October 2020.
Borna lost in the finals with team Croatia in the 2021 Davis Cup.
2022: Major debut & first win, Maiden Challenger title & top 150 At the 2022 French Open he qualified for his first Grand Slam in his career. He defeated fellow qualifier and lucky loser Alessandro Giannessi in five sets for his first Grand Slam win but lost to Serbian Filip Krajinović.
He moved 34 positions up into the top 150 at No. 148 on 31 October 2022, following his maiden title at the 2022 Sparkassen ATP Challenger in Ortisei.
2023: Masters, Wimbledon, US Open debuts and fourth round, top 75 He made his debut on 9 January 2023 in the top 125 at world No. 124.
He made his Masters 1000 debut in Indian Wells as a qualifier, where he lost in the first round to Richard Gasquet and at the 2023 Mutua Madrid Open also as a qualifier where he lost to Thiago Monteiro. He reached a few spots shy of the top 100 in the rankings on 8 May 2023.
Gojo made his debut at the 2023 Wimbledon Championships as a direct entry into the main draw. He qualified for the next Major at the 2023 US Open and reached the fourth round for the first time at a Major defeating Hugo Dellien, Mackenzie McDonald and Jiří Veselý. He lost to second seed and eventual champion Novak Djokovic. As a result, he reached the top 100 at world No. 77 climbing 28 spots on 11 September 2023.
Ranked No. 77, he received a wildcard for the 2023 Erste Bank Open in Vienna, Austria where he defeated Aslan Karatsev and sixth seed Tommy Paul to reach the quarterfinals. He finished the season at a career-high ranking of world No. 72 on 20 November 2023.
2024-2025: Hiatus, back to top 250 Following a seven months hiatus, that started in January 2024 due to back injury, he won his first Challenger in two years at the inaugural edition of the 2024 Sioux Falls Challenger.
In April 2025, he qualified for the newly upgraded ATP 500, the 2025 BMW Open, but lost to eventual finalist Ben Shelton. At the 2025 Mutua Madrid Open he reached his first Masters main draw in two years also as a qualifier. In May, after his first three-round wins at the 2025 Open Aix Provence over Hugo Gaston, Daniel Elahi Galán and qualifier Valentin Vacherot, Gojo reached the semifinals. As a result, he rose 100 positions up to return to the top 255 in the singles rankings on 5 May 2025. In mid-May, Gojo qualified for the main draw of the ATP 500 2025 Hamburg Open defeating Dimitar Kuzmanov, before losing to Jiří Lehečka. As a result, he moved back into the top 250 in the singles rankings on 26 May 2025.
Singles performance timeline
Current through the 2025 Mutua Madrid Open – Men's singles Tournament20182019202020212022202320242025SRW–LGrand Slam tournamentsAustralian OpenAAAQ3AAAQ30 / 00–0French OpenAAAQ22RQ2AA0 / 11–1WimbledonAAAQ1Q11RAQ10 / 10–1US OpenAAAQ1Q24RQ2Q10 / 13–1Win–loss0–00–00–00–01–13–20–00–00 / 34–3National representationDavis CupARRQRFSFRR0 / 47–6ATP Masters 1000Indian Wells MastersAANHAA1RA0 / 10–1Miami OpenAANHAAQ2A 0 / 0 0–0Monte-CarloAANHAAAQ10 / 00–0Madrid OpenAANHAA1R1R 0 / 2 0–2Italian OpenAANHAAQ10 / 00–0Canadian OpenAANHAAQ10 / 00–0Cincinnati MastersAANHAAA0 / 00–0Shanghai MastersAANHAAA0 / 00–0Win–loss0–00–00–00–00–00–20–0 0–10 / 30–3Career statisticsTournaments1002392320Overall win–loss0–10–21–03–33–512–91–2 0–320–25Year-end ranking33527622128414472443 $1,288,463
ATP Challenger Tour finals
Singles: 8 (4 titles, 4 runner-ups) LegendATP Challenger Tour (4–4)Finals by surfaceHard (4–3)Clay (0–1)Grass (0–0)Carpet (0–0)
ResultW–LDateTournamentTierSurfaceOpponentScoreLoss0–1Bengaluru, IndiaChallengerHard Tseng Chun-hsin4–6, 5–7Win1–1Ortisei, ItalyChallengerHard (i) Lukáš Klein7–6(7–4), 6–3Loss1–2Monterrey, MexicoChallengerHard Nuno Borges4–6, 6–7(6–8)Loss1–3Murcia, SpainChallengerClay Matteo Arnaldi4–6, 6–7(4–7)Win2–3Sioux Falls, USAChallengerHard (i) Colton Smith6–1, 7–5Loss2–4Cleveland, USAChallengerHard (i) Colton Smith4–6, 5–7Win3–4Metepec, MexicoChallengerHard Alexis Galarneau6–1, 6–4Win4–4Morelia, MexicoChallengerHard Juan Pablo Ficovich7–6(7–5), 6–2.
ITF Futures finals
Singles: 2 (2 runner-ups) LegendITF Futures (0–2)
ResultW–LDateTournamentTierSurfaceOpponentScoreLoss0–1Turkey F49, AntalyaFuturesHard Alexandar Lazov6–7(6–8), 5–7Loss0–2Malaysia F3, Kuala LumpurFuturesHard Scott Griekspoor4–6, 2–6
Doubles 4 (2 titles, 2 runner-ups) LegendITF Futures (2–2)Finals by surfaceHard (0–1)Clay (2–1)Grass (0–0)Carpet (0–0)
ResultW–LDateTournamentTierSurfacePartnerOpponentsScoreLoss0–1Serbia F2, SomborFuturesClay Domagoj Bilješko Ljubomir Čelebić Nerman Fatić6–1, 3–6, [6–10]Win1–1Serbia F6, ZlatiborFuturesClay Domagoj Bilješko Goran Marković Antun Vidak6–1, 6–7(1–7), [11–9]Win2–1Croatia F10, BolFuturesClay Nino Serdarušić Ivan Bjelica Darko Jandrić6–3, 6–7(11–13), [10–5]Loss2–2Turkey F49, AntalyaFuturesHard Ondřej Krstev Tuna Altuna Alexander Pavlioutchenkov6–3, 3–6, [12–14]
National representation Davis Cup (9–6)
Group membershipFinals (6–6)Qualifying Round (2–0)World Group I (1–0)Matches by surfaceHard (9–6)Clay (0–0)Grass (0–0)Matches by typeSingles (9–6)Doubles (0–0)Matches by venueHome (5–1)Away (1–2)Neutral (3–3) indicates the outcome of the Davis Cup match followed by the score, date, place of event, the zonal classification and its phase, and the court surface.
ResultNo.RubberMatch type (partner if any)Opponent nationOpponent player(s)Score0–3; 18 November 2019; Caja Mágica, Madrid, Spain; Davis Cup Finals Group B round robin; hard (indoor) surfaceDefeat1ISingles RussiaAndrey Rublev3–6, 3–60–3; 20 November 2019; Caja Mágica, Madrid, Spain; Davis Cup Finals Group B round robin; hard (indoor) surfaceDefeat2IISingles SpainRafael Nadal4–6, 3–63–1; 6-7 March 2020; Dom Sportova, Zagreb, Croatia; Davis Cup qualifying round; hard (indoor) surfaceVictory3ISingles IndiaPrajnesh Gunneswaran3–6, 6–4, 6–23–0; 25 November 2021; Pala Alpitour, Turin, Italy; Davis Cup Final Group D round robin; hard (indoor) surfaceVictory4ISingles AustraliaAlexei Popyrin7–6(7–5), 7–52–1; 29 November 2021; Pala Alpitour, Turin, Italy; Davis Cup Finals Quarterfinal; hard (indoor) surfaceVictory5ISingles ItalyLorenzo Sonego7–6(7–2), 2–6, 6–22–1; 3 December 2021; Madrid Arena, Madrid, Spain; Davis Cup Finals Semifinal; hard (indoor) surfaceVictory6ISingles SerbiaDušan Lajović4–6, 6–3, 6–20–2; 5 December 2021; Madrid Arena, Madrid, Spain; Davis Cup Finals Final; hard (indoor) surfaceDefeat7ISingles RussiaAndrey Rublev4–6, 6–7(5–7)0–3; 14 September 2022; Unipol Arena, Bologna, Italy; Davis Cup Final Group A round robin; hard (indoor) surfaceDefeat8ISingles ItalyLorenzo Musetti4–6, 2–62–1; 15 September 2022; Unipol Arena, Bologna, Italy; Davis Cup Final Group A round robin; hard (indoor) surfaceDefeat9ISingles SwedenElias Ymer2–6, 6–7(2–7)3–0; 17 September 2022; Unipol Arena, Bologna, Italy; Davis Cup Final Group A round robin; hard (indoor) surfaceVictory10ISingles ArgentinaSebastián Báez6–1, 3–6, 6–33–1; 4–5 February 2023; Centar Zamet, Rijeka, Croatia; Davis Cup qualifying round; hard (indoor) surfaceVictory11IISingles AustriaDominic Thiem6–3, 7–6(7–2),1–2; 13 September 2023; Arena Gripe, Split, Croatia; Davis Cup Final Group D round robin; hard (indoor) surfaceVictory12IISingles United StatesFrances Tiafoe6–4, 7–6(8–6)1–2; 15 September 2023; Arena Gripe, Split, Croatia; Davis Cup Final Group D round robin; hard (indoor) surfaceDefeat13IISingles FinlandEmil Ruusuvuori6–7(3–7), 4–6 2–1; 17 September 2023; Arena Gripe, Split, Croatia; Davis Cup Final Group D round robin; hard (indoor) surfaceVictory14IISingles NetherlandsTallon Griekspoor4–6, 7–6(7–2), 6–4 4–0; 13–14 September 2024; Varaždin Arena, Varaždin, Croatia; Davis Cup World Group I; hard (indoor) surfaceVictory15ISingles LithuaniaVilius Gaubas6–4, 6–2
ATP Cup (4–1) Matches by surfaceHard (4–1)Clay (0–0)Grass (0–0)Matches by typeSingles (3–0)Mixed Doubles (1–1)
Rubber outcomeNo.RubberMatch type (partner if any)Opponent nationOpponent player(s)Score8–2; 29 December 2022–3 January 2023; RAC Arena, Perth, Australia; Round robin, Group F; hard surfaceVictory 1IVSingles ArgentinaFederico Coria7–6(7–5), 6–4Victory 2VMixed Doubles (with Tara Würth)Nadia Podoroska / Tomás Martín Etcheverry1–6, 6–4, [10–4]Victory 3IVSingles FranceAdrian Mannarino7–6(7–5), 3–6, 7–6(7–5)2–3; 4 January 2023; RAC Arena, Perth, Australia; Host city final; hard surfaceVictory4IVSingles GreeceStefanos Sakellaridis6–4, 6–2Defeat 5VMixed Doubles (with Petra Martić)Maria Sakkari / Stefanos Tsitsipas 6–7(6–8), 4–6
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