After the list of the 10 best Serbian tennis players of all time in singles competition, we bring you the list of the 10 best Serbian tennis players in doubles competition, where their highest career ranking on the ATP doubles list is taken as the main parameter.
So far, 11 Serbian tennis players have at some point been ranked among the top 100 on the ATP doubles list, but among them is not the best player in the world of all time, Novak Djokovic, whose best ranking was the 114th position, which he reached on November 30, 2009.
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To begin with, we will mention Ilija Bozoljac, who, unlike in singles where his best ranking was the 101st position, managed to break into the top 100 in doubles, as on February 22, 2016, he was ranked 99th, which at the same time places him at 11th position among Serbian doubles tennis players of all time.
10. DUSAN LAJOVIC
In addition to his excellent results in singles, Lajović also managed to reach quite a decent ranking in doubles. His best career ranking was the 82nd place, which he held on September 21, 2020.
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In doubles, Dušan won two ATP titles out of three finals he played. In Umag 🇭🇷, back in 2014, he was defeated in the final partnering with Franko Škugor 🇭🇷, after which he went on to win trophies in his next two finals. The first was in Istanbul 🇹🇷 in 2015 with Radu Albot 🇲🇩, and the second in Chengdu 🇨🇳 in 2019 together with Nikola Ćaćić 🇷🇸.
9. NEBOJSA DJORDJEVIC
One of the mainstays of the Davis Cup team of FR Yugoslavia during the nineties, Nebojša Đorđević did not achieve notable results in singles—his best ranking was 489th—but in doubles, he reached the second round of the Australian Open and Roland Garros, while at Wimbledon and the US Open he played in the first round several times. All in all, 11 appearances in the main draws of Grand Slam tournaments.
He never won an ATP title, although he played in the semifinals in Bucharest in 1998. At the Challenger level, he won six titles — three with Aleksandar Kitinov 🇲🇰, one with Dušan Vemić 🇷🇸, and two with Marcos Ondruska 🇿🇦. All this brought him his best ranking — the 81st position on the ATP doubles list on June 21, 1999.
8. IVAN SABANOV
The brothers Ivan and Matej Sabanov represented Croatia until 2021, but from the beginning of the 2022 season, they started competing under the Serbian flag. Ivan’s best ranking came in that very year, 2022, when he reached 75th place on April 18, 2022.
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At Grand Slam tournaments, he played twice in the first round of the Australian Open and once in the first round of Wimbledon. Together with his brother, he won the title at the Serbia Open 🇷🇸 in 2021 while competing under the Croatian flag 🇭🇷, while in 2022, representing Serbia 🇷🇸, they reached the final of the ATP tournament in Houston 🇺🇸.
7. MATEJ SABANOV
Unlike his twin brother, Matej Sabanov recorded one main draw appearance at Roland Garros, in 2022, partnering with Roman Jebavy 🇨🇿. Therefore, his best ranking is slightly better — the 72nd place, which he held on April 18, 2022.
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6. VIKTOR TROICKI
In singles, Viktor Troicki was on the verge of breaking into the Top 10 but ultimately stopped at 12th position. In doubles, he also had a respectable career and managed to enter the company of the top 50 at one point, reaching the 49th position on the ATP doubles list on October 25, 2010.
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Viktor played the quarterfinals at Roland Garros, reached the third round at Wimbledon, and the second round at both the Australian Open and the US Open. He played four ATP finals in doubles and won two titles. In Thailand 🇹🇭 in 2010, he won the title partnering with Christopher Kas 🇩🇪, and then, in 2017, he claimed another title in Sofia 🇧🇬 together with Nenad Zimonjić 🇷🇸.
5. JANKO TIPSAREVIC
Janko is one of only two Serbian tennis players who managed to be part of the Top 10 in singles. Alongside his exceptional singles career, Tipsarević was also very successful in doubles, achieving his career-best ranking of 46th place on April 25, 2011.
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At the Australian Open, Wimbledon, and the US Open, he reached the third round, while his best Grand Slam result in doubles came at Roland Garros, where he twice reached the quarterfinals. The first time was in 2009, partnering with Viktor Troicki 🇷🇸, and the second time in 2019, with Dušan Lajović 🇷🇸. He also reached the quarterfinals at the 2012 Olympic Games in London 🇬🇧, together with Nenad Zimonjić 🇷🇸, where they were stopped just short of the medal round by Julien Benneteau and Richard Gasquet 🇫🇷.
He played four ATP doubles finals, winning one title — in Chennai 🇮🇳 in 2012, partnering with Leander Paes 🇮🇳.
4. NIKOLA CACIC
Nikola Ćaćić spent years trying to break through in singles but never managed to go beyond the 281st position, which was his best ranking achieved in 2014. Therefore, it was a logical step for him to focus on doubles, where he was always competitive. Ćaćić reached his career-high 35th place on the ATP doubles list on November 8, 2021.
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At Grand Slam level, his best result came at Roland Garros in 2021, where he reached the quarterfinals with Tomislav Brkić 🇧🇦. At the Australian Open and Wimbledon, he reached the third round, while the US Open remained the only Grand Slam where he failed to go beyond the second round.
Nikola played in seven ATP doubles finals and won three titles. With Dušan Lajović 🇷🇸, he won Chengdu 🇨🇳 in 2019; the following year, he triumphed in Montpellier 🇫🇷 with Mate Pavić 🇭🇷, and in 2021, he won the Buenos Aires 🇦🇷 title with Brkić 🇧🇦. Unfortunately, after that came a streak of four consecutive defeats in finals.
3. DUSAN VEMIC
Dušan Vemić, much like Nenad Zimonjić, began his professional career during the difficult 1990s, so it is no surprise that he neglected his singles career in favor of success in doubles, where he became one of the best players at Grand Slam level, reaching his career-best ranking of 31st place on January 12, 2009.
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He played in the semifinals at the Australian Open in 2010, partnering with Ivo Karlović 🇭🇷, where his run to the final was stopped by Nenad Zimonjić. He was also a semifinalist at Roland Garros 2008 with Bruno Soares 🇧🇷.
Together with Nenad Zimonjić, he represented FR Yugoslavia at the 2000 Olympic Games in Sydney 🇦🇺, where they were defeated in the first round.
At ATP level, he played in two finals but did not win a title.
2. SLOBODAN ZIVOJINOVIC
For many years, Slobodan “Boba” Živojinović was the best Serbian tennis player both in singles and doubles. In addition to reaching the semifinals at Wimbledon and being ranked as high as 19th in singles, he achieved much greater success in doubles.
In that category, he reached the world No. 1 ranking on September 8, 1986, holding that position for a total of 7 weeks.
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The popular “Boba” won the US Open 1986 doubles title partnering with Andrés Gómez 🇪🇨.
At the other Grand Slam tournaments, his best result came at Wimbledon 1987, where he reached the semifinals with Gómez.
At the Australian Open in 1985, he reached the quarterfinals, while at Roland Garros he never managed to progress beyond the first round.
Together with Goran Ivanišević, he represented Yugoslavia at the 1988 Olympic Games in Seoul 🇰🇷, where they were stopped in the quarterfinals.
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Živojinović also won eight ATP doubles titles out of 14 finals he played.
Slobodan Zivojinovic’s doubles titles:
🇺🇸 Boston 1985 (with Libor Pimek 🇧🇪)
🇧🇪 Brussels 1986 (with Boris Becker 🇩🇪)
🇳🇱 Rotterdam 1986 (with Stefan Edberg 🇸🇪)
🇺🇸 US Open (with Andrés Gómez 🇪🇨)
🇧🇪 Brussels 1987 (with Boris Becker 🇩🇪)
🇮🇹 Milan 1987 (with Boris Becker 🇩🇪)
🇯🇵 Tokyo 1988 (with Andrés Gómez 🇪🇨)
🇧🇪 Brussels 1990 (with Emilio Sánchez 🇪🇸)
1. NENAD ZIMONJIC
And we arrive at the best Serbian doubles player of all time — Nenad Zimonjić.
The popular “Ziki” reached the No. 1 position on the ATP doubles list on November 17, 2008, and held that spot for a total of 50 weeks.
Zimonjić is also the winner of two Wimbledon doubles trophies, in 2008 and 2009, partnering with Belgrade-born Daniel Nestor 🇨🇦.
He also triumphed at Roland Garros 2010, again with Nestor.
At the Australian Open 2010, partnering with Nestor, he was defeated in the final by the famous Bryan brothers 🇺🇸.
At the US Open, he reached the quarterfinals on three occasions.
Nenad Zimonjić is also the winner of five Grand Slam mixed doubles titles.
He won the Australian Open twice — in 2004 with Elena Bovina 🇷🇺 and in 2008 with Sun Tiantian 🇨🇳.
Zimonjic also claimed two Roland Garros titles, both with Katarina Srebotnik 🇸🇮, in 2006 and 2010.
He added one Wimbledon title in 2014, partnering with Samantha Stosur 🇦🇺.
Nenad came close to completing a career Grand Slam, having reached the US Open final in 2005 with Katarina Srebotnik.
Zimonjic represented Serbia at four Olympic tournaments, achieving his best result in London 2012 🇬🇧, where he and Tipsarević were defeated in the quarterfinals.
He won a total of 54 career titles.
We should also highlight his two triumphs at the ATP Finals. He won in 2008 and 2010 with Nestor. He was runner-up in 2005 with Leander Paes 🇮🇳.
With Serbia, he also won the Davis Cup in 2010, together with Djokovic, Tipsarević, and Troicki.
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