Career Highlights

2011

- the No. 2 Serb (behind No. 1 Djokovic) finishes in Top 10 for 1st time in his career making the biggest jump in Top 10 from No. 49
- in October, captures 1st career ATP World Tour title in Kuala Lumpur (d. Baghdatis) in 5th final
- 3 weeks later, wins title in Moscow
- finalist at Delray Beach in February, Eastbourne in June and St. Petersburg in October
- reaches 1st GS QF at US Open (ret. vs Djokovic)
- replaces Murray at Barclays ATP World Tour Finals in London (l. to Berdych, d. No. 1 Djokovic)
- goes 3-9 vs. Top 10 opponents, 42-19 on hard, 6-3 on grass and 6-4 on clay

2010

- reaches SF in Chennai (l. to Cilic) and Los Angeles (l. to Querrey), QF in Dubai (l. to Youzhny) and Washington (l. to Cilic)
- finishes runner-up in ’s-Hertogenbosch (l. to Stakhovsky)
- sustains right ankle injury in Toronto and doesn’t play until US Open where he beats Roddick in 2nd round and loses to Monfils in 3rd round
- represents Serbia and becomes Davis Cup champion (in SFs beats both Berdych and Stepanek)
- on ATP Challenger Tour, reaches Belgrade SFs

2009

- finishes in Top 50 for 2nd straight year
- puts together an 11-4 mark after US Open
- reaches first ATP final in Moscow (l. to Youzhny)
- reaches SF in Vienna and QF in Metz
- wins Mons Challenger (d. Stakhovsky)
- goes undefeated (3-0) at ARAG ATP World Team Championship, Serbia claims title
- best Grand Slam result is 3rd rd at Roland Garros (l. to Murray)
- wins a personal best 30 matches (18-12 on gard, 9-10 on clay and 3-3 on grass)

2008

• finishes 2008 in Top 50 (Serbian No. 2 after Djokovic)
• reaches four ATP quarterfinals: Zagreb (l. to Stakhovsky), Miami, Metz and St. Petersburg
• opens season with 3rd round at Australian Open (l. to Federer 10-8 in fifth set after a 41 hour battle)
• reaches his first AMS quarterfinal in Miami posting wins over Youzhny (ATP #11) and Davydenko
• at Wimbledon beats Andy Roddick (ATP #6) in 2nd round en route to 4th round (l. to Schuettler)
• compiles records of 17-14 on hard courts, 5-2 on grass and 4-5 on clay

2007

• finishes 2007 in Top 75
• reaches 3rd round at AMS Indian Wells defeating en route Srichaphan and Hewitt (ATP #20)
• captures Zagreb Challenger title (d. Silva)
• reaches 3rd round at Roland Garros, 2nd round at Queen’s and quarterfinals at ‘s-Hertogenbosch
• reaches 4th round at Wimbledon winning first three matches in five sets each (and becomes first player to accomplish this since 1974)
• at US Open retires in 2nd round with right rib injury playing against Nadal
• advances to his first ATP semifinal in Moscow

2006

• finishes 2006 as No. 2 in Serbia after Novak Djokovic and for the first time in Top 100
• wins four Challenger titles: Belgrade (d. Cakl), Samarkand (d. Roger-Vasselin), Bukhara (d. Bopanna) and Mons (d. Bogdanovic)
• reaches a Challenger final on clay in Dresden (l. to Greul)
• advances to quarterfinals of two ATP tournaments in Nottingham and Moscow

2005

• makes debut at Australian Open and reaches 2nd round
• reaches 3rd round at Wimbledon after posting wins over Haas and Lu (l. to T. Johansson)
• in doubles wins Napoli Challenger title (w/Vanek)

2004

• makes debut as qualifier at Roland Garros and Wimbledon
• wins Challenger titles in Ostrava (d. Luczak) and Belo Horizonte (d. Mello)
• reaches three Challenger finals
• in doubles wins two Challenger events

2003

• makes ATP debut at Indianapolis and reaches 2nd round
• makes US Open debut as qualifier (l. to Philippoussis)
• wins Challenger titles at Zell and Torrance
• in doubles reaches two Challenger finals

2002

• wins two Futures titles and finishes runner-up in two other tournaments
• in doubles reaches final at Bukhara Challenger