Matija Pecotić (born 3 July 1989) is a Croatian tennis player.
Pecotić has a career high ATP singles ranking of 206 achieved on 23 November 2015. He also has a career high ATP doubles ranking of 485 achieved on 16 November 2015. Pecotić has won 12 ITF titles, 10 singles and 2 doubles.
Personal life Pecotić was born in Belgrade, Yugoslavia and moved to Malta at the age of 3, where he picked up tennis.
During his time off due to an injury suffered in 2016, Pecotić applied and was accepted to Harvard Business School, which he attended from 2017 to 2019, earning an MBA at the completion of his studies.
In 2021, Pecotić began working for a private equity/real estate development firm in West Palm Beach, Florida, USA, but continued to play tournaments that were close by.
College career
He played college tennis at Princeton University, where he became the most winning player in program history. He was also the captain of the tennis team, Princeton's first All-American since 1984, and the first-ever and only three-time Ivy League Player of the Year. Pecotic played as the No. 1 player for Princeton, and became the first player from Princeton since 1984 to reach the semifinals of the All-American tournament.
Professional career 2014–16 In January 2014, Pecotic joined the professional tour.
In less than 24 months, he climbed to world No. 206 but was sidelined by an injury that kept him out for most of 2016.
2019 Pecotić returned to the ATP Tour in August 2019, and put up a 46–8 W/L Record to return to the top 300, but did not play for most of 2021 due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
2022 In 2022, he only played three events, beating Stefano Travaglia 6–0 6–1 in the qualifications of the ATP event in Umag, Croatia as a wildcard.
2023: ATP debut and first ATP win In 2023, he debuted for the Croatia national team at the 2023 United Cup in Perth, Australia but did not play any singles matches. He played one match in doubles with Petra Marčinko. Team Croatia beat Argentina (5–0) and France (3–2) but lost to Greece.
At 33, ranked No. 784 he qualified for his first main draw at the 2023 Delray Beach Open as an alternate defeating two Americans Stefan Kozlov and Tennys Sandgren. As a result, he moved more than a 100 positions in the rankings. He defeated a third American, former top-10 player Jack Sock in the first round, his first ATP win ever. In the round of 16 he lost to American Marcos Giron. He moved another 100 positions into the top 600.
He accepted a wildcard for the qualifications at the 2023 U.S. Men's Clay Court Championships in Houston.
Singles performance timeline Current through the 2023 ATP Tour.
Tournament2014201520162017201820192020202120222023W–LGrand Slam tournamentsAustralian OpenAAAQ1AAAAAA0–0French OpenAAAQ2AAAAAA0–0WimbledonAAAQ1AANHAAA0–0US OpenAAQ1AAAAAAA0–0Career statisticsTournaments00000000011Overall win–loss0–00–00–00–00–00–00–00–00–01–11–1Year-end ranking5902075231056–396337481831402
Challenger and Futures/World Tennis Finals
Singles: 16 (10–6) Legend (singles)ATP Challenger Tour (0–2)ITF Futures Tour/World Tennis Tour (10–4)Titles by surfaceHard (9–5)Clay (1–1)Grass (0–0)Carpet (0–0)
ResultW–LDateTournamentTierSurfaceOpponentScoreLoss0–1Turkey F24, IstanbulFuturesHard Hugo Nys6–7(5–7), 6–3, 6–7(4–7)Loss0–2Great Britain F4, WirralFuturesHard (i) Yannick Mertens2–6, 4–6Win1–2Nigeria F1, AbujaFuturesHard Deiton Baughman6–3, 6–4Win2–2Nigeria F2, AbujaFuturesHard Eric Quigley7–5, 6–3Win3–2USA F16, Winston-SalemFuturesHard Tennys Sandgren6–2, 6–3Win4–2Turkey F36, AntalyaFuturesHard Matteo Berrettini6–7(6–8), 7–6(7–4), 6–2Loss4–3Suzhou, ChinaChallengerHard Dudi Sela1–6, 0–1, ret.Win5–3M15, Cancún, MexicoWorld Tennis TourHard Camilo Ugo Carabelli6–2, 6–1Win6–3M15, Cancún, MexicoWorld Tennis TourHard Christian Langmo6–3, 6–3Win7–3M25, Jounieh, LebanonWorld Tennis TourClay Maxime Chazal6–1, 4–6, 6–2Win8–3M15, Monastir, TunisiaWorld Tennis TourHard Altuğ Çelikbilek6–1, 6–1Win9–3M15, Heraklion, GreeceWorld Tennis TourHard Artem Smirnov6–3, 7–5Win10–3M25, Nonthaburi, ThailandWorld Tennis TourHard Khumoyun Sultanov6–1, 3–6, 6–2Loss10–4M15, Heraklion, GreeceWorld Tennis TourHard Evan Furness3–6, 6–1, 3–6Loss10–5M15, Orange Park, USAWorld Tennis TourClay Roberto Cid Subervi6–0, 3–6, 2–6Loss10–6Salinas, EcuadorChallengerHard Illya Marchenko4–6, 4–6
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