Duje Ajduković (born 5 February 2001) is a Croatian tennis player. He has a career-high ATP singles ranking of world No. 105, achieved on 9 September 2024 and a doubles ranking of No. 491, achieved on 8 November 2021. He is currently the No. 6 player from Croatia.
Professional career 2021: ATP debut and first win Ajduković made his ATP main draw debut at the 2021 Croatia Open Umag after receiving a wildcard in singles and in the doubles main draws and recorded his first ATP singles win over qualifier Andrea Collarini.
2023: First Challenger title In August 2023, Ajdukovic won his first ATP Challenger title in Lüdenscheid, Germany after going through the qualifying, defeating Hugo Dellien in the final in straight sets.
2024: ATP semifinal, ATP 500 and top 105 debuts He reached a new career high of No. 115 on 1 April 2024. He qualified for his first ATP 500 tournament at the 2024 Barcelona Open Banc Sabadell. He reached his first semifinal as a qualifier at the 2024 Swedish Open in Bastad, defeating Luca Van Assche, eight seed Pavel Kotov and Thiago Monteiro. He lost to Rafael Nadal in three sets. As a result, he reached the top 110 in the rankings on 22 July 2024. Following his second Challenger title in Manacor, after a win over Matteo Gigante in the final, he reached the top 105 in the rankings on 9 September 2024.
ATP Challenger Tour finals
Singles: 6 (3 titles, 3 runner-ups) LegendATP Challenger Tour (3–3)Finals by surfaceHard (2–1)Clay (1–2)
ResultW–LDateTournamentTierSurfaceOpponentScoreWin1–0Platzmann-Sauerland Open, GermanyChallengerClay Hugo Dellien7–5, 6–4Loss1–1Braga Open, PortugalChallengerClay Oriol Roca Batalla6–4, 1–6, 1–6Win2–1Kobe Challenger, JapanChallengerHard (i) Sho Shimabukuro 6–4, 6–2Loss2–2Open Quimper Bretagne, FranceChallengerHard (i) Pierre-Hugues Herbert3–6, 2–6Win3–2Rafa Nadal Open, SpainChallengerHard Matteo Gigante4–6, 6–3, 6–4Loss3–3Como Challenger, ItalyChallengerClay Luka Mikrut3–6, 5–7
ITF Futures/World Tennis Tour finals
Singles: 10 (11 titles, 4 runner-ups) LegendITF Futures/WTT (7–4)Finals by surfaceHard (0–1)Clay (7–3)
ResultW–LDateTournamentTierSurfaceOpponentScoreLoss0–1Tunisia F34, MonastirFuturesHard Baptiste Crepatte7–5, 6–7(3–7), 2–6Loss0–2M15 Székesfehérvár, HungaryWTTClay Michael Vrbenský2–6, 2–6Win1–2M15 Tabarka, TunisiaWTTClay Pol Toledo Bagué6–3, 6–1Win2–2M15 Antalya, TurkeyWTTClay Álvaro López San Martín6–2, 6–4Win3–2M25 Antalya, TurkeyWTTClay Pedro Cachín3–6, 6–4, 7–6(7–2)Win4–2M15 Curtea de Argeș, RomaniaWTTClay Franco Agamenone2–6, 6–4, 6–4Win5–2M25 Dubrovnik, CroatiaWTTClay Luka Mikrut6–3, 6–2Win6–2M25 Split, CroatiaWTTClay Eric Vanshelboim6–3, 6–4Loss6–3M15 Kuršumlijska Banja, SerbiaWTTClay Maks Kaśnikowski4–6, 6–7(3–7)Win7–3M25 Kiseljak, Bosnia and HerzegovinaWTTClay Pedro Boscardin Dias6–2, 7–5Loss7–4M25 Bol, CroatiaWTTClay Noa Vukadin6–2, 5–7, 3–6
Doubles: 3 (2 titles, 1 runner-up) LegendITF Futures/WTT (2–1)
ResultW–LDateTournamentTierSurfacePartnerOpponentsScoreLoss0–1Tunisia F34, MonastirFuturesHard Petros Tsitsipas Bernardo A. Pereira e Oliveira Robert Strombachs4–6, 7–6(8–6), [6–10]Win1–1M15 Antalya, TurkeyWTTClay Karlo Kranić Dragoș Dima Mircea-Alexandru Jecan6–3, 3–6, [10–6]Win2–1M15 Antalya, TurkeyWTTClay Miljan Zekić Vladimir Korolev Andrey Uvarov6–3, 6–3
National representation
Davis Cup (0–1)
Group membershipFinals (0–1)Qualifying Round (0–0)Matches by surfaceHard (0–1)Clay (0–0)Grass (0–0)Matches by typeSingles (0–1)Doubles (0–0)Matches by venueHome (0–1)Away (0–0)Neutral (0–0) 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)Score2–1; 17 September 2023; Arena Gripe, Split, Croatia; Davis Cup Final Group D round robin; hard (indoor) surfaceDefeat1ISingles NetherlandsBotic van de Zandschulp3–6, 6–3, 5–7
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