Duje Ajduković

Duje Ajduković

Ajduković at the 2022 French Open
Country (sports)	Croatia
Residence	Zagreb, Croatia
Born	(2001-02-05) 5 February 2001 (age 23) Split, Croatia
Height	1.88 m (6 ft 2 in)
Turned pro	2018
Plays	Right-handed (two-handed backhand)
Coach	Frane Nincević
Prize money	$473,764
Singles
Career record	5–9 (at ATP Tour level, Grand Slam level, and in Davis Cup)
Career titles	0
Highest ranking	No. 105 (9 September 2024)
Current ranking	No. 105 (9 September 2024)
Grand Slam singles results
Australian Open	Q2 (2024)
French Open	Q2 (2022, 2024)
Wimbledon	Q3 (2022)
US Open	Q2 (2024)
Doubles
Career record	1–1 (at ATP Tour level, Grand Slam level, and in Davis Cup)
Career titles	0
Highest ranking	No. 491 (8 November 2021)
Current ranking	No. 866 (9 September 2024)
Last updated on: 9 September 2024.

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. He also has a career high ATP doubles ranking of No. 491 achieved on 8 November 2021.^[1] He is currently the No. 2 Croatian player.^[2] Ajduković has won two ATP Challenger singles titles and nine ITF titles, seven singles and two doubles.

Ajduković made his ATP main draw debut at the 2021 Croatia Open Umag after receiving a wildcard into the singles and doubles main draws.^[3]

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.

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.^[4]

Following his second Challenger title in Manacor, after a win over Matteo Gigante in the final, he reached the top 105 in the live rankings.

Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Tier	Surface	Opponent	Score
Loss	0–1	Oct 2018	Tunisia F34, Monastir	Futures	Hard	Baptiste Crepatte	7–5, 6–7(3–7), 2–6
Loss	0–2	Sep 2019	M15 Székesfehérvár, Hungary	WTT	Clay	Michael Vrbenský	2–6, 2–6
Win	1-2	Oct 2019	M15 Tabarka, Tunisia	WTT	Clay	Pol Toledo Bagué	6–3, 6–1
Win	2-2	Nov 2019	M15 Antalya, Turkey	WTT	Clay	Álvaro López San Martín	6–2, 6–4
Win	3-2	Mar 2020	M25 Antalya, Turkey	WTT	Clay	Pedro Cachín	3–6, 6–4, 7–6(7–2)
Win	4-2	Sep 2020	M15 Curtea de Argeș, Romania	WTT	Clay	Franco Agamenone	2–6, 6–4, 6–4
Win	5-2	Apr 2023	M25 Dubrovnik, Croatia	WTT	Clay	Luka Mikrut	6–3, 6–2
Win	6-2	Apr 2023	M25 Split, Croatia	WTT	Clay	Eric Vanshelboim	6–3, 6–4
Loss	6-3	Apr 2023	M15 Kuršumlijska Banja, Serbia	WTT	Clay	Maks Kaśnikowski	4–6, 6–7(3–7)
Win	7-3	Jun 2023	M25 Kiseljak, Bosnia and Herzegovina	WTT	Clay	Pedro Boscardin Dias	6–2, 7–5
Win	8–3	July 2023	Lüdenscheid, Germany	Challenger	Clay	Hugo Dellien	7–5, 6–4
Loss	8–4	Sep 2023	Braga, Portugal	Challenger	Clay	Oriol Roca Batalla	6–4, 1–6, 1–6
Win	9–4	Nov 2023	Kobe, Japan	Challenger	Hard	Sho Shimabukuro	6–4, 6–2
Loss	9–5	Jan 2024	Quimper, France	Challenger	Hard (i)	Pierre-Hugues Herbert	3–6, 2–6
Win	10–5	Aug 2024	Manacor, Spain	Challenger	Hard	Matteo Gigante	4–6, 6–3, 6–4

Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Tier	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Loss	0–1	Oct 2018	Tunisia F34, Monastir	Futures	Hard	Petros Tsitsipas	Bernardo A. Pereira e Oliveira Robert Strombachs	4–6, 7–6(8–6), [6–10]
Win	1–1	Nov 2019	M15 Antalya, Turkey	WTT	Clay	Karlo Kranić	Dragos Dima Mircea-Alexandru Jecan	6–3, 3–6, [10–6]
Win	2–1	Dec 2019	M15 Antalya, Turkey	WTT	Clay	Miljan Zekić	Vladimir Korolev Andrey Uvarov	6–3, 6–3

• 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.

Result	No.	Rubber	Match type (partner if any)	Opponent nation	Opponent player(s)	Score
2–1; 17 September 2023; Arena Gripe, Split, Croatia; Davis Cup Final Group D round robin; hard (indoor) surface
Defeat	1	I	Singles	Netherlands	Botic van de Zandschulp	3–6, 6–3, 5–7

• Duje Ajduković at the Association of Tennis Professionals
• Duje Ajduković at the International Tennis Federation

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Association of Tennis Professionals Top Croatian male singles tennis players

As of Sep 15, 2024

• 1. Borna Coric (97 2)
• 2. Duje Ajdukovic (106 1)
• 3. Matej Dodig (291 )
• 4. Mili Poljicak (328 1)
• 5. Dino Prizmic (351 2)

• 6. Luka Mikrut (380 )
• 7. Borna Gojo (440 1)
• 8. Nino Serdarusic (450 1)
• 9. Marin Cilic (777 1)
• 10. Josip Simundza (951 2)

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