Nino Serdarušić (Croatian pronunciation: [nǐːno serdǎruʃitɕ];[1][2] born 13 December 1996) is a Croatian tennis player. He has a career-high singles ranking of World No. 167 achieved on 27 June 2022.[3]

Nino Serdarušić
Serdarušić at the 2019 French Open
Full nameNino Serdarušić
Country (sports) Croatia
ResidenceZagreb, Croatia
Born (1996-12-13) 13 December 1996 (age 28)
Zagreb, Croatia
Height1.91 m (6 ft 3 in)
Turned pro2014
PlaysRight-handed (two-handed backhand)
CoachFilip Serdarušić
Prize money$519,893
Singles
Career record2–8 (at ATP Tour level, Grand Slam level, and in Davis Cup)
Career titles0
Highest rankingNo. 167 (27 June 2022)
Current rankingNo. 438 (14 October 2024)
Grand Slam singles results
Australian OpenQ1 (2022, 2023)
French OpenQ3 (2022)
WimbledonQ1 (2018, 2022)
US OpenQ1 (2018, 2022)
Doubles
Career record5–6 (at ATP Tour level, Grand Slam level, and in Davis Cup)
Career titles1
Highest rankingNo. 159 (20 November 2023)
Current rankingNo. 706 (14 October 2024)
Team competitions
Davis CupF (2021)
Last updated on: 14 October.

Juniors

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Serdarušić had a career high junior ranking of No. 21, and partnering Petros Chrysochos, made the doubles semifinals of the 2014 Wimbledon Championships boys' doubles.

Professional career

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He made his ATP doubles main draw debut at the 2014 ATP Vegeta Croatia Open Umag, partnering Dino Marcan, losing in the first round to the second seeds Pablo Cuevas and Horacio Zeballos in three sets.

In 2016, he made his first appearance in an ATP singles draw, also in the Croatia Open but lost in straight sets to Teymuraz Gabashvili.

In 2018, he played his first Challenger final in Ostrava, Czechia and he lost against Arthur De Greef in three sets.

In 2021, he reached his second Challenger final in Verona, Italy where he was defeated by Holger Rune.

In 2023 at the 2023 Geneva Open he qualified for the main draw but lost to Christopher O'Connell. In July, Serdarusic won his first title at the ATP 250 2023 Croatia Open Umag with Blaž Rola.

Personal life

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In 2022, after losing in Australian Open qualifying, his brother and coach, Filip Serdarušić, was deported due to being unvaccinated.[4]

ATP career finals

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Doubles: 1 (1 title)

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Legend
Grand Slam tournaments (0–0)
ATP World Tour Finals (0–0)
ATP World Tour Masters 1000 (0–0)
ATP World Tour 500 Series (0-0)
ATP World Tour 250 Series (1–0)
Finals by surface
Hard (0–0)
Clay (1–0)
Grass (0–0)
Finals by setting
Outdoor (1–0)
Indoor (0–0)
Result W–L    Date    Tournament Tier Surface Partner Opponents Score
Win 1–0 Jul 2023 Croatia Open, Umag 250 Series Clay   Blaž Rola   Simone Bolelli
  Andrea Vavassori
4–6, 7–6(7–2), [15–13]

Challengers and Futures/World Tennis Tour finals

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Singles: 24 (8–16)

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Legend (singles)
ATP Challenger Tour (0–5)
ITF Futures Tour/World Tennis Tour (8–12)
Titles by surface
Hard (0–0)
Clay (8–17)
Grass (0–0)
Result W–L    Date    Tournament Tier Surface Opponent Score
Loss 0–1 Mar 2016 Croatia F4, Opatija Futures Clay   Dragoș Dima 1–6, 1–6
Loss 0–2 May 2016 Bosnia & Herzegovina F1, Doboj Futures Clay   Kristijan Mesaroš 1–6, 1–6
Loss 0–3 Oct 2016 Croatia F8, Solin Futures Clay   Corentin Moutet 2–6, 6–7(1–7)
Loss 0–4 May 2017 Bosnia & Herzegovina F1, Doboj Futures Clay   Fabrizio Ornago 1–3 ret.
Loss 0–5 Jul 2017 Macedonia F1, Skopje Futures Clay   Maximilian Neuchrist 3–6, 5–7
Loss 0–6 Aug 2017 Macedonia F2, Skopje Futures Clay   Yang Tsung-hua 6–7(2–7), 6–4, 3–6
Win 1–6 Aug 2017 Serbia F1, Novi Sad Futures Clay   Antonio Massara 6–1, 6–4
Loss 1–7 Aug 2017 Serbia F2, Novi Sad Futures Clay   Tomislav Brkić 2–6, 7–6(7–5), 3–6
Win 2–7 Sep 2017 Serbia F4, Zlatibor Futures Clay   Manuel Peña López 6–3, 6–2
Win 3–7 Sep 2017 Serbia F5, Novi Sad Futures Clay   Domagoj Bilješko 6–2, 6–2
Win 4–7 Oct 2017 Tunisia F31, Hammamet Futures Clay   Steven Diez 6–3, 3–6, 6–4
Win 5–7 Nov 2017 Tunisia F34, Hammamet Futures Clay   Eduard Esteve Lobato 6–4, 5–7, 6–2
Loss 5–8 Nov 2017 Tunisia F36, Hammamet Futures Clay   Oriol Roca Batalla 4–6, 1–6
Loss 5–9 Feb 2018 Turkey F5, Antalya Futures Clay   Enrique López Pérez 3–6, 3–6
Win 6–9 Mar 2018 Croatia F1, Rovinj Futures Clay   Javier Barranco Cosano 6–7(4–7), 6–2, 6–4
Loss 6–10 Mar 2018 Croatia F3, Opatija Futures Clay   Geoffrey Blancaneaux 2–6, 6–3, 2–6
Win 7–10 Apr 2018 Turkey F14, Antalya Futures Clay   Jaroslav Pospíšil 6–2, 2–6, 6–3
Win 8–10 Apr 2018 Turkey F15, Antalya Futures Clay   Rudolf Molleker 7–5, 6–2
Loss 8–11 May 2018 Ostrava, Czech Republic Challenger Clay   Arthur De Greef 6–4, 4–6, 2–6
Loss 8–12 Oct 2019 M25 Santa Margherita di Pula, Italy World Tennis Tour Clay   Nerman Fatić 2–6, 1–6
Loss 8–13 Aug 2021 Verona, Italy Challenger Clay   Holger Rune 4–6, 2–6
Loss 8–14 Aug 2021 Warsaw, Poland Challenger Clay   Camilo Ugo Carabelli 4–6, 2–6
Loss 8–15 Mar 2022 Oeiras, Portugal Challenger Clay   Gastão Elias 3–6, 4–6
Loss 8–16 Mar 2023 Székesfehérvár, Hungary Challenger Clay (i)   Hamad Medjedovic 4–6, 3–6
Loss 8–17 Mar 2024 M25 Santa Margherita di Pula, Italy World Tennis Tour Clay   Valentin Royer 3–6, 3–6

Doubles: 33 (24–9)

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Legend (doubles)
ATP Challenger Tour (2–4)
ITF Futures Tour (22–5)
Titles by surface
Hard (4–2)
Clay (20–7)
Grass (0–0)
Result W–L    Date    Tournament Tier Surface Partner Opponents Score
Win 1–0 May 2015 Bosnia & Herzegovina F1, Doboj Futures Clay   Joško Topić   Danylo Kalenichenko
  Juraj Masar
2–6, 6–4, [12–10]
Win 2–0 Aug 2015 Serbia F8, Novi Sad Futures Clay   Martin Blasko   Filip Dolezel
  Dominik Kellovsky
6–4, 6–4
Win 3–0 Sep 2015 Serbia F11, Zlatibor Futures Clay   Danilo Petrović   Luka Ilić
  Darko Jandrić
6–3, 6–7(3–7), [12–10]
Win 4–0 Sep 2015 Serbia F12, Niš Futures Clay   Danilo Petrović   Florent Diep
  Pirmin Hänle
6–1, 6–2
Loss 4–1 Oct 2015 Croatia F18, Solin Futures Clay   Stefan Kozlov   Zdeněk Kolář
  Tomas Toman
4–6, 6–2, [6–10]
Win 5–1 Nov 2015 Cyprus F1, Nicosia Futures Hard   Petros Chrysochos   Alexandre Folie
  Adrian Sikora
6–3, 3–6, [11–9]
Win 6–1 Nov 2015 Cyprus F2, Limassol Futures Hard   Petros Chrysochos   Andrés Artuñedo
  Steven Diez
1–6, 6–4, [10–3]
Win 7–1 Mar 2016 Croatia F1, Rovinj Futures Clay   Danilo Petrović   Omar Giacalone
  Pietro Rondoni
6–1, 7–5
Win 8–1 Mar 2016 Croatia F4, Opatija Futures Clay   Tomislav Draganja   Ivan Sabanov
  Matej Sabanov
6–4, 7–6(12–10)
Win 9–1 May 2016 Bosnia & Herzegovina F1, Doboj Futures Clay   Victor Vlad Cornea   Danylo Kalenichenko
  David Pichler
6–0, 2–6, [10–8]
Win 10–1 Jun 2016 Bosnia & Herzegovina F4, Sarajevo Futures Clay   Tomislav Draganja   Ivan Sabanov
  Matej Sabanov
7–5, 6–3
Loss 10–2 Jul 2016 Macedonia F2, Skopje Futures Clay   Libor Salaba   Tomislav Jotovski
  Alexandar Lazov
2–6, 6–3, [6–10]
Loss 10–3 Aug 2016 Portorož, Slovenia Challenger Hard (i)   Tomislav Draganja   Sergey Betov
  Ilya Ivashka
6–1, 3–6, [4–10]
Win 11–3 Sep 2016 Serbia F8, Sokobanja Futures Clay   Matias Zukas   Nils Brinkmann
  Dejan Katić
6–2, 6–4
Loss 11–4 Oct 2016 Croatia F9, Bol Futures Clay   Nik Razboršek   Pascal Brunner
  Lucas Miedler
2–6, 2–6
Win 12–4 Oct 2016 Croatia F9, Bol Futures Clay   Borna Gojo   Ivan Bjelica
  Darko Jandrić
6–3, 6–7(11–13), [10–5]
Win 13–4 Jan 2017 Turkey F1, Antalya Futures Hard   Viktor Durasovic   Liam Broady
  Luke Johnson
6–3, 6–3
Win 14–4 Jan 2017 Turkey F3, Antalya Futures Hard   Victor Vlad Cornea   Vadim Alekseenko
  Felipe Mantilla
6–3, 6–1
Win 15–4 Feb 2017 China F1, Anning Futures Clay   Marco Bortolotti   Thomas Fancutt
  Brandon Walkin
6–7(6–8), 6–3, [10–8]
Win 16–4 Mar 2017 Croatia F2, Poreč Futures Clay   Zdeněk Kolář   Ivan Sabanov
  Matej Sabanov
6–3, 6–3
Win 17–4 Mar 2017 Croatia F3, Umag Futures Clay   Zdeněk Kolář   Hernán Casanova
  Juan Pablo Ficovich
7–5, 6–0
Win 18–4 Apr 2017 Kazakhstan F4, Shymkent Futures Clay   Zdeněk Kolář   Mario Vilella Martínez
  Alexander Zhurbin
6–2, 6–2
Loss 18–5 May 2017 Hungary F2, Zamárdi Futures Clay   Domagoj Bilješko   Pascal Brunner
  David Pichler
5–7, 4–6
Loss 18–6 Aug 2017 Serbia F1, Novi Sad Futures Clay   Gábor Borsos   Dane Propoggia
  Scott Puodziunas
3–6, 5–7
Loss 18–7 Oct 2017 Almaty, Kazakhstan Challenger Clay   Ivan Gakhov   Timur Khabibulin
  Aleksandr Nedovyesov
6–1, 3–6, [3–10]
Win 19–7 Oct 2017 Tunisia F30, Hammamet Futures Clay   Cristian Carli   Rafael Matos
  Marcelo Zormann
6–7(6–8), 6–4, [10–7]
Win 20–7 Nov 2017 Tunisia F34, Hammamet Futures Clay   Nikola Ćaćić   Marc Giner
  Jaume Pla Malfeito
6–2, 6–1
Win 21–7 Nov 2017 Tunisia F35, Hammamet Futures Clay   Nikola Ćaćić   Moez Echargui
  Anis Ghorbel
7–5, 6–3
Win 22–7 Feb 2018 Turkey F4, Antalya Futures Clay   Pascal Brunner   Flavio Cipolla
  Enrique López Pérez
6–3, 6–2
Win 23–8 Sep 2021 Banja Luka, Bosnia and Herzegovina Challenger Clay   Antonio Šančić   Ivan Sabanov
  Matej Sabanov
6–3, 6–3
Loss 23–9 Oct 2021 Naples, Italy Challenger Clay   Mirza Bašić   Dustin Brown
  Andrea Vavassori
5–7, 6–7(5–7)
Loss 23–10 Feb 2023 Chennai, India Challenger Hard   Sebastian Ofner   Jay Clarke
  Arjun Kadhe
0–6, 4–6
Win 24–10 Mar 2023 Zadar, Croatia Challenger Clay   Manuel Guinard   Ivan Sabanov
  Matej Sabanov
6–4, 6–0

References

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  1. ^ "Nìkola". Hrvatski jezični portal (in Serbo-Croatian). Retrieved 2018-03-17. Níno
  2. ^ "sèrdār". Hrvatski jezični portal (in Serbo-Croatian). Retrieved 2018-03-17. Serdàrušić
  3. ^ "Nino Serdarušić nastavlja s lošom formom, još uvijek bez pobjede u 2023". Sportnet.
  4. ^ ""If it weren't for Novak Djokovic, this wouldn't have happened to us" Unvaccinated coach Filip Serdarusic reveals how Djokovic's case got him deported out of Australia". 15 January 2022.
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