- published: 25 Feb 2013
- author: TennUniversity
Janko Tipsarevic is not only one of the best ATP players on tour, but also a very talented coach. Here you can watch how he supports Tennis-University player...
Janko Tipsarević at the 2011 Australian Open
|Born||(1984-06-22) 22 June 1984 (age 28)
|Height||1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)|
|Weight||83 kg (180 lb)|
|Plays||Right-handed (two-handed backhand)|
|Career prize money||$5,246,190|
|Career record||216–175 (55.24%)|
|Highest ranking||No. 8 (2 April 2012)|
|Current ranking||No. 8 (28 May 2012)|
|Grand Slam Singles results|
|Australian Open||3R (2008, 2012)|
|French Open||3R (2007, 2009, 2011, 2012)|
|Wimbledon||4R (2007, 2008)|
|US Open||QF (2011)|
|Tour Finals||RR (2011)|
|Olympic Games||2R (2008)|
|Career record||58–69 (45.67%)|
|Highest ranking||No. 46 (25 April 2011)|
|Current ranking||No. 50 (28 May 2012)|
|Grand Slam Doubles results|
|Australian Open||3R (2011)|
|French Open||QF (2008)|
|US Open||3R (2009)|
|Last updated on: 18:47, 31 May 2012 (UTC).|
Janko Tipsarević (Serbian Cyrillic: Јанко Типсаревић, Serbian pronunciation: [jâːŋkɔ tipsǎːrɛʋit͡ɕ]) (born 22 June 1984) is a Serbian tennis player. His career-high singles ranking is World No. 8, achieved on 2 April 2012. He is the 117th player in history to crack the top 10.
Tipsarević has achieved two victories over a World No. 1 player, having defeated compatriot Novak Djokovic twice. He also has twelwe (12) victories against other players from the top 10, consisting of four wins against Tomáš Berdych, two against Andy Roddick, and one against Fernando González, Mikhail Youzhny, David Ferrer, James Blake, Gaël Monfils, and Andy Murray. He also has wins against former World No. 1 players, Carlos Moyá, Marat Safin, Lleyton Hewitt, and Juan Carlos Ferrero. Arguably his most notable matches to date are his third-round match at the 2008 Australian Open, where he lost to Roger Federer 7–6, 6–7, 7–5, 1–6, 8–10, & reaching the quarter-finals at the 2011 US Open, losing to eventual champion Novak Djokovic in four sets. He has also defeated former top-ten players Andy Roddick and Fernando González at Grand Slam level.
Tipsarević began playing at age six, at age eight, started playing at the New Belgrade Tennis Club with Russian coach Roman Savochkin.
As a Junior, he won the 2001 Australian Open title in boys' singles; reached the quarterfinals at the French Open; and finished No. 2 in the world Junior rankings in 2001. The same year, he made his debut for the Yugoslav Davis Cup team, winning three points against Poland. The following week, he won his first career Futures title in Belgrade. In 2002, he won his second Futures title in Mexico.
After winning his first ATP Challenger Series tournament in Germany, he made his ATP debut in Indianapolis in 2003. After beating fellow Serb Nenad Zimonjić in the first round, he lost in the second round to Yevgeny Kafelnikov in straight sets. He also made his Grand Slam debut in the U.S. Open as a qualifier. He lost to No. 20 seed, Mark Philippoussis in the first round. In 2004, as a qualifier, he made his first appearances at the French Open and Wimbledon, losing in the first round of each. Later that year, he won two Challenger titles in singles and one in doubles.
Tipsarević played in 15 ATP tournaments in 2005 and broke into the top 100 for the first time. He also reached the second rounds of the Australian Open and French Open. He lost to Dominik Hrbatý in the Australian Open, but was able to beat him at Roland Garros. He also reached the third round of Wimbledon, beating Tommy Haas and Yen-Hsun Lu, but then lost to Thomas Johansson. In doubles, he partnered with Jiří Vaněk to win the Napoli Challenger title. He also reached the quarterfinals with fellow Serb Novak Djokovic in the Croatia Open Umag and the Vietnam Open with Marcos Baghdatis.
He finished 2006 as the No. 2 Serbian tennis player after Novak Djokovic, and in the top 100 for the first time at No. 65. He won four Challenger titles, compiling a 31–8 record at that level. On the ATP Tour, he reached the quarterfinals of the Nottingham Open, losing to Robin Söderling from Sweden.
After he won Zagreb Challenger title in May 2007, Tipsarević played full-time on the ATP Tour. He reached the third round of the French Open and the quarterfinals of the Ordina Open. He has also achieved his best Grand Slam performance so far by reaching the fourth round at Wimbledon. He won all of his first three matches in five sets, and this marked the first time since 1974 that someone had won three straight five-set matches at Wimbledon. The win saw him rise to World No. 48, his first time inside the top 50.
Tipsarević pushed Roger Federer in the third round of the 2008 Australian Open, losing 7–6, 6–7, 7–5, 1–6, 8–10. At that time, Federer had never played a fifth set with 18 games. The match took four and a half hours to complete. His effort in making the third round of the 2008 Australian Open made Tipsarevic's ranking rise from No. 49 to a career-high of No. 42.
At the 2008 Wimbledon Championships, Tipsarević pulled off a second-round upset of sixth-seeded American Andy Roddick in four sets 6–7, 7–5, 6–4, 7–6. It was his fourth top-10 win. He followed that up with a 7–6, 7–6, 6–3 win over 25th seed Dmitry Tursunov to make his second straight round of 16 appearance at Wimbledon. He then lost his fourth round match to Rainer Schüttler because of a leg injury.
In October 2009, at the Kremlin Cup tournament in Moscow, he advanced to his first-ever ATP final, beating Daniel Köllerer, Christophe Rochus, Robby Ginepri (beating him for the first time in three meetings), and qualifier Illya Marchenko en route. He lost to Mikhail Youzhny in the final 7–6, 0–6, 4–6.
Despite his disappointing loss in his first final, he came out firing in the very next week, as he reached his second consecutive semifinal (for the first time) at the 2009 Bank Austria-TennisTrophy, beating eighth seed John Isner 7–6, 6–4, Michael Berrer 7–6, 6–1 and third seed Gaël Monfils 6–4, 6–7, 6–3, en route. He lost to Jürgen Melzer in the semifinal, after being a set up and two points away from victory 6–4, 6–7, 4–6.
In 2010, he started off the season well by reaching the semifinals at the 2010 Chennai Open, but lost to eventual champion Marin Čilić). He reached the second round of the 2010 Australian Open, losing to Tommy Haas in five sets 6–4, 4–6, 3–6, 6–1, 3–6. He lost in the opening rounds at the 2010 PBZ Zagreb Indoors and the 2010 ABN AMRO World Tennis Tournament in Rotterdam. At the 2010 Dubai Tennis Championships, he beat Andreas Seppi 7–6, 7–5, in the opening round, and then stunned No. 3 seed Andy Murray 7–6, 4–6, 6–4, for the best win of his career so far. He has now beaten Murray three times (now tied 3–3 in head-to-head meetings). Having little time to rest following the big win, he lost to No. 7 seed Mikhail Youzhny 3–6, 4–6, in the quarterfinals.
In June, he reached his second ATP Tour-level final at the 2010 UNICEF Open. He beat Jérémy Chardy, Arnaud Clément, Peter Luczak, and defending champion Benjamin Becker en route, only to lose to in-form Sergiy Stakhovsky 3–6, 0–6.
At the US Open, Tipsarević defeated Olivier Rochus in the first round, and then scored a big upset by beating former champion and ninth seed Andy Roddick in the second round 3–6, 7–5, 6–3, 7–6. Advancing to the third round of the US Open for the first time, he played Gaël Monfils in a three-hour four-setter. He lost the match 6–7, 7–6, 2–6, 4–6.
After the US Open, Tipsarević scored key wins over Tomáš Berdych and Radek Štěpánek in the Davis Cup for Serbia, filling in for an ill Novak Djokovic. In Basel, Tipsarević lost to World No. 2. Roger Federer 3–6, 4–6.
Tipsarević again started the season well in Chennai, reaching the semifinals, but losing to Xavier Malisse in three sets. At the 2011 Australian Open, Tipsarevic reached the second round and lost in five sets to Fernando Verdasco, despite twice serving for the match and holding match points in the fourth set 6–2, 6–4, 4–6, 6–7, 0–6.
His next tournament was in Delray Beach, where he defeated Ivo Karlovic in the first round and qualifier Blaz Kavcic in the second round to set up a quarterfinal match against in-form Ivan Dodig. Tipsarevic won the match 7–6, 6–1, and continued his winning form by defeating Japanese No. 1 Kei Nishikori 6–4, 6–4 (a scoreline replicating their previous encounter in Chennai), to ensure his place in the final. This was his third ATP final appearance overall, but he lost to Juan Martin del Potro in straight sets, despite holding a 4–1 lead in the first set. He then reached the second round of the Indian Wells Masters, defeating Tobias Kamke in straight sets, but losing to Sam Querrey in the second round. Tipsarević then played the Miami Masters, reaching the fourth round on a run where he defeated Robin Haase, Marin Cilic, and Philipp Petzschner, before losing to Gilles Simon 6–4, 6–7, 2–6.
At the Monte-Carlo Masters, Tipsaerević was defeated in the first round by Feliciano Lopez 6–4, 3–6, 6–7. He bounced back at his home event, the Serbia Open, reaching the semifinals. He defeated Kei Nishikori, Mischa Zverev, and Somdev Devvarman, before he withdrew in his match with compatriot Novak Djokovic. At Roland Garros, he reached the third round, defeating Brian Dabul and Pere Riba in straight sets, before losing to Roger Federer 1–6, 4–6, 3–6. His next event was the Queen's Club Championships, where he reached the round of 16, defeating Blaz Kavcic and Michael Russell, before losing to Andy Murray 4–6, 6–7.
At the Eastbourne International, Tipsarević reached the final. He defeated James Ward, Mikhail Kukushkin, Grigor Dimitrov, and Kei Nishikori, before losing to Andreas Seppi 6–7, 6–3, 3–5, retiring hurt. At Wimbledon, still troubled by injury, Tipsarević made a hasty exit to Ivo Karlovic in the first round 5–7, 1–3, retiring hurt.
At the Rogers Cup, Tipsarević had an impressive run, defeating Alejandro Falla, Fernando Verdasco, Ivan Dodig, and Tomáš Berdych to reach his first Masters series semifinal, where he lost 3–6, 4–6 to Mardy Fish. Subsequently, Tipsarević entered the top 20 for the first time. At the 2011 Western & Southern Open, Tipsarević narrowly defeated World No. 113 Edouard Roger-Vasselin 6–0, 3–6, 7–6 before losing to 12th-ranked and Hamburg champion Gilles Simon 7–6, 2–6, 3–6.
At the US Open, Tipsarević reached his first Grand Slam quarter-final, after defeating Augustin Gensse, Philipp Petzschner, Tomáš Berdych and Juan-Carlos Ferrero, but lost to Novak Djokovic in the last eight, retiring in the fourth set due to a thigh injury. His ranking subsequently rose to No. 13.
In the Davis Cup semifinal showdown between Serbia and Argentina, Tipsarević was defeated 5–7, 3–6, 4–6 by an impressive Juan Martin del Potro during the second singles rubber of the tie. Defending champions Serbia, eventually lost the tie 2–3 against Argentina.
At the 2011 Proton Malaysian Open in Kuala Lumpur, he was named the 3rd seed. He defeated Flavio Cipolla 6–2, 6–4 in the opening round. In the quarterfinals, he played just four games as Nikolay Davydenko retired as Tipsarević lead 3–1. In the semifinals, he improved his unbeaten head-to-head record to 5–0 against Kei Nishikori as he dispatched him 6–4, 6–3. In the final, he managed to win his first ATP title in five attempts, defeating Cypriot Marcos Baghdatis 6–4, 7–5.
He rebounded at the 2011 Kremlin Cup in Moscow, winning the title as the top seed of the tournament. He defeated Igor Kunitsyn 6–7, 6–1, 6–0, avenged his loss against Dmitry Tursunov 6–4, 6–2 and downed home-favourite Nikolay Davydenko 6–2, 7–5 while saving 3 consecutive set points on his serve at *0–40 during *4–5 in the 2nd set, to reach his 6th final of his career. In the first all-Serbian final in tennis history, Tipsarević defeated his good friend, compatriot and defending champion Viktor Troicki 6–4, 6–2 to win his 2nd career title.
In the following week, he reached the 2011 St. Petersburg Open final, losing to Croatian Marin Čilić in three sets 6–3, 3–6, 6–2. Thanks to his regularity and despite the loss, he became the 1st player in the world, to reach both Kremlin Cup and St. Petersburg finals consecutively in the same year.
At the 2011 BNP Paribas Masters, he defeated Alex Bogomolov, Jr. 6–1, 6–0 in his opening second round match. In the third round, he wasted a 5–1 lead in the first set and a 4–2 lead in the second set to disappointingly lose against Tomas Berdych for the first time in five meetings 5–7, 4–6. Despite this, Tipsarević finished his career-best season with a career-high ranking of No. 9.
On 22 November, Andy Murray announced his retirement from the ATP World Tour Finals. Because Tipsarević was first in line for the replacement regime at the year-end championships, as a result of being ranked No. 9, Murray's retirement allowed the way for Tipsarević to step in and make his debut at the year-end championships. Placed in Group A and at the round-robin stage, Tipsarević was drawn against Tomas Berdych and had a chance to avenge his recent loss in Paris against him. Janko almost defeated him by reaching match point. But on his serve at *6–5 in the 3rd set tiebreak, he missed a backhand volley by the smallest of margins and ended up losing to Berdych in a heartbreaker 6–2, 3–6, 6–7(6) after a string of bad luck which included double-faulting for the first time at *6–6 in the tiebreak, as well as tripping over after his backhand return at 6–7* on Berdych's serve on his match point. Undeterred by the painful loss, he capped off his career-best season in style as he notched arguably the best win of his career in his next match by defeating his good friend and compatriot Novak Djokovic 3–6, 6–3, 6–3 for his first win over a World No.1 player, as well as his first win in the Year-end Championships. Despite the victory, Janko will still finish his strong year on his career-high ranking of No. 9, just behind World No. 8 Mardy Fish.
Janko Tipsarevic began 2012 at the ATP Aircel Chennai Open losing in the final against Milos Raonic 7–6, 6–7, 6–7. At the 2012 Australian open Janko Tipsarevic was seeded 9th. He defeated Dmitry Tursunov in the first round, continuing in the same fashion against James Duckworth in the second round. Though eventually losing to 17th seed Richard Gasquet in the third round 3–6, 3–6, 1–6. He reached the quarterfinals of the Miami Masters losing to runner-up Andy Murray, he was then moved up to World No. 8 surpassing Mardy Fish.
He then represented Serbia in the Davis Cup quarterfinal clash with the Czech Republic, which was played on clay in the Czech's hometown. Tipsarevic managed to beat Stepanek in his opening singles rubber 5–7, 6–4, 6–4, 4–6, 9–7 while saving 3 match points, but fell in the fourth rubber to Berdych 6–7, 6–7, 6–7 after squandering set points in all three sets, to lose the overall tie 1-3.
At the Madrid Open, he defeated Federico Delbonis 7–6, 6–7, 6–3 in the first round before avenging his loss to Gilles Simon by beating him 7–6, 5–7, 6–1 for the first time in five meetings. In the quarterfinals, he upset World No. 1 Novak Djokovic 7–6, 6–3 to reach his second semifinal in a masters event, and his first on clay. In the semifinals however, he lost to World No.3 Roger Federer 2–6, 3–6.
Tipsarević has played Davis Cup every year since 2000. For FR Yugoslavia in 2001 and 2002, Serbia and Montenegro between 2003 and 2006 and currently represents Serbia in Serbia Davis Cup team (2007). In 2010, he was the hero in steering the Serbian team into their first historic Davis Cup final after prevailing over Radek Štěpánek 6–0, 7–6, 6–4 to complete the 1–2 come from behind victory to help clinch the tie 3–2 over the Czech Republic. His record is 20–7 in singles and 5–1 in doubles.
Tipsarević was born in Belgrade, Serbia (then SFR Yugoslavia). His father, Pavle (Павле), is a professor, and his mother, Vesna (Весна), is a homemaker. He also has a younger brother, Veljko (Вељко). He finished high school and in 2006 completed his degree in Sports Management at the University of Belgrade. Commentators and the press often mention his love of classic literature as something unusual for a high-level athlete. He has a quotation, tattooed in Japanese, from Dostoyevsky ("Beauty will save the world", from The Idiot) on his left arm. He also has a Japanese tattoo on his right arm, which represents the first two letters of the names of his father, his mother, his brother, and himself in katakana. According to US Open announcers Ted Robinson and John McEnroe, he also has a tattoo of a quote from Arthur Schopenhauer on his back. He has been in a relationship with Biljana Šešević (Биљана Шешевић) since 2007, and they married on July 4, 2010. In his free time he plays music as a DJ.
|Runner-up||1.||25 October 2009||Moscow, Russia||Hard (i)||Mikhail Youzhny||7–6(7–5), 0–6, 4–6|
|Runner-up||2.||19 June 2010||'s-Hertogenbosch, Netherlands||Grass||Sergiy Stakhovsky||3–6, 0–6|
|Runner-up||3.||27 February 2011||Delray Beach, United States||Hard||Juan Martín del Potro||4–6, 4–6|
|Runner-up||4.||18 June 2011||Eastbourne, United Kingdom||Grass||Andreas Seppi||6–7(5–7), 6–3, 3–5 ret.|
|Winner||1.||2 October 2011||Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia||Hard (i)||Marcos Baghdatis||6–4, 7–5|
|Winner||2.||23 October 2011||Moscow, Russia||Hard (i)||Viktor Troicki||6–4, 6–2|
|Runner-up||5.||30 October 2011||Saint Petersburg, Russia||Hard (i)||Marin Čilić||3–6, 6–3, 2–6|
|Runner-up||6.||8 January 2012||Chennai, India||Hard||Milos Raonic||7–6(7–4), 6–7(4–7), 6–7(4–7)|
|Runner-up||1.||January 10, 2010||Chennai, India||Hard||Lu Yen-Hsun|| Marcel Granollers
|Runner-up||2.||October 24, 2010||Moscow, Russia||Hard||Viktor Troicki|| Igor Kunitsyn
|Winner||1.||January 8, 2012||Chennai, India||Hard||Leander Paes|| Jonathan Erlich
|Runner-up||3.||May 20, 2012||Rome, Italy||Clay||Łukasz Kubot|| Marcel Granollers
|Winner||1.||May 23, 2009||World Team Cup, Düsseldorf, Germany||Clay|| Viktor Troicki
| Rainer Schüttler
|Winner||2.||December 3–5, 2010||Davis Cup, Belgrade, Serbia||Hard (i)|| Novak Djokovic
| Gaël Monfils
|Winner||3.||May 21, 2012||World Team Cup, Düsseldorf, Germany||Clay|| Viktor Troicki
| Tomáš Berdych
Won tournament, or reached Final, Semifinal, Quarterfinal, Round 4, 3, 2, 1, played in Round Robin or lost in Qualification Round 3, Round 2, Round 1, Absent from a tournament or Participated in a team event, played in a Davis Cup Zonal Group (with its number indication) or Play-off, won a bronze or silver match at the Olympics. The last is for a Masters Series/1000 tournament that was relegated (Not a Masters Series).
To prevent confusion and double counting, information in this table is updated only once a tournament or the player's participation in the tournament has concluded. Qualifying matches and Walkovers are neither official match wins nor losses. This table is current through the 2012 Power Horse World Team Cup.
|Grand Slam tournaments|
|ATP World Tour Finals||A||A||A||A||A||A||A||A||A||A||A||RR||1–1|
|Summer Olympics||A||Not Held||A||Not Held||R2||Not Held||1–1|
|Davis Cup Singles|
|ATP Masters Series 1000|
|Year End Ranking||1078||636||183||161||117||139||64||52||49||38||49||9|
Notice:bold is No.1 ranking players
|Wikimedia Commons has media related to: Janko Tipsarević|
|Short description||Serbian tennis player|
|Date of birth||22 June 1984|
|Place of birth||Belgrade, Serbia|
|Date of death|
|Place of death|
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