Duje Ajduković

Duje Ajduković
	Ajduković at the 2022 French Open
Country (sports)	Croatia
Residence	Zagreb, Croatia
Born	5 February 2001 (age 24); Split, Croatia
Height	1.88 m (6 ft 2 in)
Turned pro	2018
Plays	Right-handed (two-handed backhand)
Coach	Frane Ninčević
Prize money	US $ 603,580
Singles
Career record	7–10 (at ATP Tour level, Grand Slam level, and in Davis Cup)
Career titles	0
Highest ranking	No. 105 (9 September 2024)
Current ranking	No. 267 (21 July 2025)
Grand Slam singles results
Australian Open	Q2 (2024, 2025)
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)
	Last updated on: 25 July 2025.

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 and a doubles ranking of No. 491, achieved on 8 November 2021.^[2] He is currently the No. 6 player from Croatia.^[3]

Professional career

2021: ATP debut and first win

Ajduković made his ATP main draw debut at the 2021 Croatia Open Umag after receiving a wildcard in singles and in the doubles main draws^[4] and recorded his first ATP singles win over qualifier Andrea Collarini.^[5]^[6]^[7]^[8]

2023: First Challenger title

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.

2024: First ATP semifinal, ATP 500 and top 105 debuts

He reached a new career high of No. 115 on 1 April 2024.^[2] 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.^[9] Following his second Challenger title in Manacor, after a win over Matteo Gigante in the final, he reached the top 105 in the rankings on 9 September 2024.^[10]^[2]

ATP Challenger Tour finals

Singles: 5 (3 titles, 2 runner-ups)

Legend
ATP Challenger Tour (3–2)

Finals by surface
Hard (2–1)
Clay (1–1)

Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Tier	Surface	Opponent	Score
Win	1–0	July 2023	Platzmann-Sauerland Open, Germany	Challenger	Clay	Hugo Dellien	7–5, 6–4
Loss	1–1	Sep 2023	Braga Open, Portugal	Challenger	Clay	Oriol Roca Batalla	6–4, 1–6, 1–6
Win	2–1	Nov 2023	Kobe Challenger, Japan	Challenger	Hard (i)	Sho Shimabukuro	6–4, 6–2
Loss	2–2	Jan 2024	Open Quimper Bretagne, France	Challenger	Hard (i)	Pierre-Hugues Herbert	3–6, 2–6
Win	3–2	Aug 2024	Rafa Nadal Open, Spain	Challenger	Hard	Matteo Gigante	4–6, 6–3, 6–4

ITF Futures/World Tennis Tour finals

Singles: 10 (7 titles, 3 runner-ups)

Legend
ITF Futures/WTT (7–3)

Finals by surface
Hard (0–1)
Clay (7–2)

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

Doubles: 3 (2 titles, 1 runner-up)

Legend
ITF Futures/WTT (2–1)

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	Dragoș 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

National representation

Davis Cup (0–1)

Group membership
Finals (0–1)
Qualifying Round (0–0)

Matches by surface
Hard (0–1)
Clay (0–0)
Grass (0–0)

Matches by type
Singles (0–1)
Doubles (0–0)

Matches by venue
Home (0–1)
Away (0–0)
Neutral (0–0)

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

References

^ "Duje Ajdukovic | Overview". ATP Tour. Archived from the original on 2021-07-21. Retrieved 2021-07-19.
^ ^a ^b ^c "Ajdukovic Rankings History".
^ "Croatia | ATP Rankings (Singles) | ATP Tour | Tennis | ATP Tour | Tennis".
^ "Rafael Matos é favorito nas duplas em Umag. Romboli joga". Lance!. 18 July 2021. Archived from the original on 2021-07-18. Retrieved 2021-07-19.
^ "Pamtit će ovaj dan: 20-godišnji Duje Ajduković pred Ivaniševićem ušao u drugo kolo Umaga" (in Croatian). 20 July 2021.
^ "Duje Ajduković reached his first ATP victory at the Plava Laguna Croatia Open, a great victory for young Alcaraz". 20 July 2021.
^ "ALCARAZ'S TURNAROUND, AJDUKOVIĆ'S DEBUT" (PDF). 21 June 2025.
^ "Ajduković pobjedom debitirao u Umagu: "Goran me je dodatno motivirao"" (in Croatian). 21 July 2021.
^ "Nadal shakes off stiff start, rallies past Ajdukovic to Bastad final". 20 July 2024.
^ "Ajdukovic Crowned Rafa Nadal Open Champion". 2 September 2024.

External links

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

[1] "Duje Ajdukovic | Overview". ATP Tour. Archived from the original on 2021-07-21. Retrieved 2021-07-19.

[DA_Rankings-2] "Ajdukovic Rankings History".

[3] "Croatia | ATP Rankings (Singles) | ATP Tour | Tennis | ATP Tour | Tennis".

[4] "Rafael Matos é favorito nas duplas em Umag. Romboli joga". Lance!. 18 July 2021. Archived from the original on 2021-07-18. Retrieved 2021-07-19.

[5] "Pamtit će ovaj dan: 20-godišnji Duje Ajduković pred Ivaniševićem ušao u drugo kolo Umaga" (in Croatian). 20 July 2021.

[6] "Duje Ajduković reached his first ATP victory at the Plava Laguna Croatia Open, a great victory for young Alcaraz". 20 July 2021.

[7] "ALCARAZ'S TURNAROUND, AJDUKOVIĆ'S DEBUT" (PDF). 21 June 2025.

[8] "Ajduković pobjedom debitirao u Umagu: "Goran me je dodatno motivirao"" (in Croatian). 21 July 2021.

[9] "Nadal shakes off stiff start, rallies past Ajdukovic to Bastad final". 20 July 2024.

[10] "Ajdukovic Crowned Rafa Nadal Open Champion". 2 September 2024.

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