Janko Tipsarević

Janko Tipsarević

Janko Tipsarević at the 2011 Australian Open
Country (sports)	Yugoslavia (2001-2003) Serbia and Montenegro (2004-2006) Serbia (2006-present)
Residence	Belgrade, Serbia
Born	(1984-06-22) 22 June 1984 Belgrade, SR Serbia, SFR Yugoslavia
Height	1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
Turned pro	2002
Plays	Right-handed (two-handed backhand)
Prize money	US$ 7,763,857
Singles
Career record	271–229
Career titles	4
Highest ranking	No. 8 (2 April 2012)
Current ranking	No. 226 (12 September 2016)
Grand Slam singles results
Australian Open	4R (2013)
French Open	4R (2012)
Wimbledon	4R (2007, 2008)
US Open	QF (2011, 2012)
Other tournaments
Tour Finals	RR (2011, 2012)
Olympic Games	3R (2012)
Doubles
Career record	75–91
Career titles	1
Highest ranking	No. 46 (25 April 2011)
Current ranking	No. 436 (12 September 2016)
Grand Slam doubles results
Australian Open	3R (2011)
French Open	QF (2008)
Wimbledon	3R (2010)
US Open	3R (2009)
Team competitions
Davis Cup	W (2010)
Last updated on: 13 September 2016.

Janko Tipsarević (Serbian Cyrillic: Јанко Типсаревић, Serbo-Croatian pronunciation: [jâːŋkɔ tipsǎːrɛʋit͡ɕ]; born 22 June 1984) is a Serbian professional tennis player. His career-high singles ranking is world No. 8, achieved on 2 April 2012. In his career, he has won four ATP World Tour titles, one ATP doubles title, two Futures, and nine Challenger titles. Tipsarević also won the 2001 Australian Open Junior title.

Tipsarević has achieved two victories over a World No. 1 player, having defeated compatriot Novak Djokovic twice. He also has thirteen victories against other players in the top 10: four wins against Tomáš Berdych, and one each against Fernando González, Mikhail Youzhny, David Ferrer, James Blake, Gaël Monfils, Andy Murray and Juan Mónaco. He holds victories over former World No. 1 players Carlos Moyá, Marat Safin, Lleyton Hewitt, Juan Carlos Ferrero and Andy Roddick. His best results at a Grand Slam have been reaching the quarterfinals at the US Open in 2011 and 2012.

Tennis career

Tipsarević began playing tennis at age six, and at the age of nine, started playing at the New Belgrade Tennis Club with Russian coach Roman Savochkin.

Juniors

As a Junior, he won the 2001 Australian Open Boys' Singles title, achieving the No. 1 ranking the same year (and No. 4 in doubles).

Junior Grand Slam results:

Australian Open: W (2001)
French Open: QF (2001, 2002)
Wimbledon: 3R (2001)
US Open: –

2001–2004

Tipsarevic at the 2004 US Open

In 2001, as a member of the Yugoslav Davis Cup team he won all three matches against Poland in the Group II quarterfinal, helping the team to a 3:2 win. 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 US Open as a qualifier. He lost to 20th 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.

2005–2006: Breaking top 100

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 he was ranked 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.

2007–2008: Breaking top 50

After he won the 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. He also saved a match point in his third round victory over Australian Open runner-up Fernando González. He was eventually defeated by former French Open champion Juan Carlos Ferrero in straight sets. The win saw him rise to World No. 48, his first time inside the top 50.

Tipsarević pushed Roger Federer to five sets 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 Tipsarević's ranking rise from no. 49 to 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.

2009–2010: Davis Cup title

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 in three sets. 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, Michael Berrer and third seed Gaël Monfils, en route. He lost to Jürgen Melzer in the semifinal in three sets, after being a set up and two points away from victory.

2010 Davis Cup : Tipsarević during his match against the Czech Republic

In 2010, he started off the season well by reaching the semifinals at the 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. 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 in the opening round, and then stunned third seed Andy Murray in three sets, for the best win of his career to that point. He has since 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 seventh seed Mikhail Youzhny in the quarterfinals.

In June, he reached his second ATP Tour-level final in Rosmalen. He beat Jérémy Chardy, Arnaud Clément, Peter Luczak, and defending champion Benjamin Becker en route, only to lose to in-form Sergiy Stakhovsky in two sets. 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 in four sets. Advancing to the third round of the US Open for the first time, he was defeated by Gaël Monfils in a three-hour four-setter. 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 then-world no. 2. Roger Federer in two sets.

2011: Becoming a top-10 player and first ATP titles

Tipsarević competes in the men's doubles of the 2011 Australian Open

Tipsarević again started the season well in Chennai, reaching the semifinals, but losing to Xavier Malisse in three sets. At the 2011 Australian Open, Tipsarević 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. Tipsarević played in Memphis, where he defeated qualifier Ryan Sweeting in the first round, 6–0, 7–6, but lost to eventual champion Andy Roddick in the quarterfinals.

His next tournament was in Delray Beach, where he defeated Ivo Karlović in the first round and qualifier Blaž Kavčič in the second round to set up a quarterfinal match against in-form Ivan Dodig. Tipsarevic won the match in two sets 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 Martín 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 Čilić, and Philipp Petzschner, before losing to Gilles Simon.

At the Monte-Carlo Masters, Tipsaerević was defeated in the first round by Feliciano López. 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 countryman 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 Blaž Kavčič and Michael Russell, before losing to Andy Murray in two sets. At the Eastbourne International, Tipsarević reached the final. He defeated James Ward, Mikhail Kukushkin, Grigor Dimitrov, and Kei Nishikori, before losing to Andreas Seppi, retiring hurt at 3–5 in the third set. At Wimbledon, still troubled by injury, Tipsarević retired against Ivo Karlović in the first round at 1–3 in the second set

At the German Open Tennis Championships, after receiving a bye in the first round, he was defeated by Juan Mónaco. His form improved at the Legg Mason Tennis Classic, where he reached the quarterfinals, defeating Michael Berrer and Grigor Dimitrov, but lost to eventual finalist Gaël Monfils in straight sets. 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 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 Édouard Roger-Vasselin, 6–0, 3–6, 7–6, before losing to no. 12 and Hamburg champion Gilles Simon.

At the US Open, Tipsarević reached his first Grand Slam quarterfinal, after defeating Augustin Gensse, Philipp Petzschner, Tomáš Berdych, and Juan Carlos Ferrero, but lost to Novak Djokovic in the quarterfinals, 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 in three straight sets by Juan Martín del Potro during the second singles rubber of the tie. The defending champions, Serbia, eventually lost the tie 2–3 against Argentina. At the 2011 Proton Malaysian Open in Kuala Lumpur, he was third seed. He defeated Flavio Cipolla, in the opening round. In the quarterfinals, he played just four games as Nikolay Davydenko retired as Tipsarević led 3–1. In the semifinals, he improved his unbeaten head-to-head record to 5–0 against Kei Nishikori as he dispatched him in straight sets. In the final, he won his first ATP title in five attempts, defeating Cypriot Marcos Baghdatis. Tipsarević suffered first-round exits at the 2011 Rakuten Japan Open Tennis Championships to Dmitry Tursunov, and at the 2011 Shanghai Rolex Masters to Feliciano López.

He rebounded at the 2011 Kremlin Cup in Moscow, winning the title as the top seed. He defeated Igor Kunitsyn, avenged his loss against Dmitry Tursunov, and downed home favourite Nikolay Davydenko, saving three consecutive set points on his serve at *0–40 during *4–5 in the second set, to reach the sixth final of his career. In the first all-Serbian final in tennis history, Tipsarević defeated his good friend, compatriot, and defending champion Viktor Troicki in tow sets, to win his second career title. The following week, he reached the 2011 St. Petersburg Open final, losing to Croatian Marin Čilić in three sets. Thanks to his regularity and despite the loss, he became the first player in the world to reach both Kremlin Cup and St. Petersburg finals consecutively in the same year. At the 2011 Swiss Indoors in Basel, he retired in his opening round match against Florian Mayer while trailing 1–5 due to a hamstring injury. At the 2011 BNP Paribas Masters, he defeated Alex Bogomolov, Jr., losing just a one game, 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 lose against Tomáš Berdych for the first time in five meetings.

On 22 November, Andy Murray announced his withdrawal from the ATP World Tour Finals. Because Tipsarević was first alternate, made his debut at the year-end championships. Placed in Group A in the round-robin stage, Tipsarević was drawn against Tomáš Berdych and had a chance to avenge his recent loss in Paris against him. Janko almost defeated him by reaching 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. Tipsarević ended the season at a career-high ranking of no. 9, just behind Mardy Fish.

2012: Maintaining in the top 10

Janko Tipsarević at 2012 US Open

Janko Tipsarević began 2012 at the ATP Aircel Chennai Open, making the final but losing to Milos Raonic in three tiebreak sets. At the 2012 Australian Open, Tipsarević was seeded ninth. He defeated Dmitry Tursunov in the first round, continuing in the same fashion against James Duckworth in the second round. He eventually lost to 17th seed Richard Gasquet in the third round in straight sets. Tipsarević reached the quarterfinals of the Miami Masters, losing to runner-up Andy Murray and moved up to world no. 8, surpassing Mardy Fish.

Tipsarević represented Serbia in the Davis Cup quarterfinal clash with the Czech Republic, which was played on clay in Prague. Tipsarević beat Radek Štěpánek in his opening singles rubber in five sets, saving three match points, but fell in the fourth rubber to Tomáš Berdych, after squandering set points in all three sets, to lose the overall tie 1–3. At the first ATP Master Series 1000 clay event of 2012 in Monte Carlo, he defeated Albert Montañés, before losing to Gilles Simon in three sets in the third round. At the Madrid Open, he defeated Federico Delbonis in the first round, before avenging his loss to Gilles Simon by beating him for the first time in five meetings. In the quarterfinals, he upset world no. 1 Novak Djokovic in straight sets to reach his second semifinal in a masters event, and his first on clay. In the semifinals, however, he lost to then-world no. 3 Roger Federer in two sets. At Rome, he lost in the opening round to Stanislas Wawrinka in straight sets. Tipsarević reached the fourth round of the French Open, where he lost to Nicolás Almagro.

At Wimbledon, Janko reached the third round, where he lost to Mikhail Youzhny in four sets. Tipsarević made it to the quarterfinals of the Mercedes Cup by defeating Steve Darcis of Belgium. In the quarterfinals, he saved four match points in the second set to beat Björn Phau. In the semifinals, he defeated Thomaz Bellucci in another hard-fought three-set victory, to reach his first clay-court final. In the final, he defeated Juan Mónaco in three sets for his first title of 2012 (third in his career).

Tipsarević continued his run of play in Gstaad. In the first round, he survived against Martin Fischer after losing the first sets. He continued his successful run in the tournament and reached the final. However, he lost the final to Thomaz Bellucci in three sets. At the Rogers Cup, he got past Mikhail Youzhny, Marin Čilić, and Marcel Granollers to reach his third masters semifinal, but fell to Djokovic in two sets.

At the US Open Tipsarević successfully defended his points from the year before, reaching the quarterfinals of a Grand Slam for the second time in his career where he lost to David Ferrer in five sets after being up 4–1 and 0–30 on Ferrer's serve in the final set. At the BNP Paribas Masters he defeated Juan Mónaco in the third round to book the final spot for the 2012 ATP World Tour Finals. He won 2012 Clash of Continents Exhibition as representative of Europe. For the whole 2012 season he stayed in the top 10.

2013–2014: Fourth ATP title & string of injuries

Tipsarević began his season by going one step better than the previous year to lift the 2013 Aircel Chennai Open title, defeating surprise finalist Roberto Bautista-Agut in the final.

At the 2013 Australian Open he defeated Lleyton Hewitt, Lukáš Lacko and Julien Benneteau to reach a career-high fourth round of that tournament. He lost to Nicolás Almagro after retiring due to a foot injury late in the second set. In the French Open, he lost in the third round to Mikhail Youzhny in a match that was marred by an altercation with a fan. At the 2013 Wimbledon Championships, he lost to countryman Viktor Troicki in the first round. He made the fourth round of the US Open.

In 2014, Tipsarevic underwent foot surgery in Frankfurt for the injury suffered in Valencia. The operation was successful, and he hoped to resume his career soon.

2015-16: Return from injury

Following 17 months of inactivity, Tipsarević made a return to the ATP World Tour, stating: "My goal and dream would be to come back to the Top 10, and I don’t have many weeks to waste." He began his season in March, partnering compatriot Novak Djokovic in doubles at the Miami Masters, for which Tipsarević had received a wildcard. The pair lost a close first-round match to Robert Lindstedt and Jurgen Melzer. In April, Tipsarević received a wildcard for the 2015 U.S. Men's Clay Court Championships in Houston, where he saved two match points to defeat qualifier Guilherme Clezar in the opening round. He followed this up with a competitive loss to fifth seed Santiago Giraldo. In doubles, Tipsarević and Philipp Petzschner lost to top seeds The Bryan brothers. Later in the month, Tipsarević participated in the Romanian Open, defeating qualifier Thomas Fabbiano. In the second round, he was defeated by top seed Gilles Simon. At the BMW Open he defeated 27th seed Bernard Tomic, before behing halted by Victor Estrella Burgos Next, in May, he was given a wildcard for the Masters Madrid event qualifying draw. In the first qualifying round, Tipsarević beat third seed and no. 61 Vasek Pospisil in straight sets, but lost the next qualifying round 2:1 sets to youngster no. 103 Thanasi Kokkinakis. Next, he took part in the clay court Geneva Open event, where he was again given a wildcard into the main draw. However, he lost in straight sets to no. 66 Denis Istomin in the first round. In June, Tipsarević played at Wimbledon. He lost in straight sets to Marcel Granollers in the first round. He had better luck at the US Open, taking Guillermo Garcia-Lopez to five sets in defeat. He and Radu Albot lost in three sets to Aliaksandr Bury and Denis Istomin in the first round of doubles. He did not play on Tour for the rest of the year.

In 2016, after two first round exits at Rolland Garros & Wimbledon, his luck changed at the US Open with a four set victory over 29th seed Sam Querrey. Shortly before this tournament he won the China International Challenger. As a result he moved up 160 spots in the world rankings.

Davis Cup

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 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. Once again, in 2013 he was the hero. His victory over Vasek Pospisil of Canada in the last tie completed the 1-2 come-from-behind victory against Canada to reach the second final for Serbia. Before the match against Canada, Tipsarevic together with Novak Djokovic, Nenad Zimonjic, and Slobodan Zivojinovic received their Davis Cup Commitment Award, which is awarded to players who have shown long-standing dedication to representing their country in this prestigious competition.

Personal life

Tipsarević was born in Belgrade, Serbia (then SFR Yugoslavia). His father, Pavle, is a professor, and his mother, Vesna, is a housewife. 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 4 July 2010. Their first child (a girl) was born in January 2014.

In his free time, he plays music as a DJ. He is also a fan of the football club FC Barcelona.

His dog Dino has 30,000 followers on Twitter.

Endorsements

Janko is sponsored by Tecnifibre, Fila, Oakley, Tennis Flex, Trion:Z/Colantotte and Instaforex.

Significant finals

Masters 1000 finals

Doubles: 1 (0–1)

Outcome	Year	Championship	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Runner-up	2012	Rome	Clay	Łukasz Kubot	Marcel Granollers Marc López	3–6, 2–6

ATP career finals

Singles: 11 (4–7)

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 (4–7)

Titles by surface Hard (3–4) Clay (1–1) Grass (0–2) Carpet (0–0)

Outcome	No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Opponent	Score
Runner-up	1.	25 October 2009	Kremlin Cup, Russia	Hard (i)	Mikhail Youzhny	7–6(7–5), 0–6, 4–6
Runner-up	2.	19 June 2010	UNICEF Open, Netherlands	Grass	Sergiy Stakhovsky	3–6, 0–6
Runner-up	3.	27 February 2011	International Tennis Championships, United States	Hard	Juan Martín del Potro	4–6, 4–6
Runner-up	4.	18 June 2011	Aegon International, United Kingdom	Grass	Andreas Seppi	6–7(5–7), 6–3, 3–5 ret.
Winner	1.	2 October 2011	Malaysian Open, Malaysia	Hard (i)	Marcos Baghdatis	6–4, 7–5
Winner	2.	23 October 2011	Kremlin Cup, Russia	Hard (i)	Viktor Troicki	6–4, 6–2
Runner-up	5.	30 October 2011	St. Petersburg Open, Russia	Hard (i)	Marin Čilić	3–6, 6–3, 2–6
Runner-up	6.	8 January 2012	Chennai Open, India	Hard	Milos Raonic	7–6(7–4), 6–7(4–7), 6–7(4–7)
Winner	3.	15 July 2012	Stuttgart Open, Germany	Clay	Juan Mónaco	6–4, 5–7, 6–3
Runner-up	7.	22 July 2012	Swiss Open, Switzerland	Clay	Thomaz Bellucci	7–6(8–6), 4–6, 2–6
Winner	4.	6 January 2013	Chennai Open, India	Hard	Roberto Bautista-Agut	3–6, 6–1, 6–3

Doubles: 4 (1–3)

Legend Grand Slam Tournaments (0–0) ATP World Tour Finals (0–0) ATP World Tour Masters 1000 (0–1) ATP World Tour 500 Series (0–0) ATP World Tour 250 Series (1–2)

Titles by surface Hard (1–2) Clay (0–1) Grass (0–0) Carpet (0–0)

Outcome	No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Runner-up	1.	10 January 2010	Aircel Chennai Open, Chennai, India	Hard	Lu Yen-Hsun	Marcel Granollers Santiago Ventura	5–7, 2–6
Runner-up	2.	24 October 2010	Kremlin Cup, Moscow, Russia	Hard	Viktor Troicki	Igor Kunitsyn Dmitry Tursunov	6–7(6–8), 3–6
Winner	1.	8 January 2012	Aircel Chennai Open, Chennai, India	Hard	Leander Paes	Jonathan Erlich Andy Ram	6–4, 6–4
Runner-up	3.	20 May 2012	Internazionali BNL d'Italia, Rome, Italy	Clay	Łukasz Kubot	Marcel Granollers Marc López	3–6, 2–6

Team competition finals: 3 (3–0)

Outcome	No.	Date	Team competition	Surface	Partner/Team	Opponents	Score
Winner	1.	23 May 2009	World Team Cup, Düsseldorf, Germany	Clay	Viktor Troicki Nenad Zimonjić	Rainer Schüttler Philipp Kohlschreiber Nicolas Kiefer Mischa Zverev	2–1
Winner	2.	3–5 December 2010	Davis Cup, Belgrade, Serbia	Hard (i)	Novak Djokovic Viktor Troicki Nenad Zimonjić	Gaël Monfils Michaël Llodra Arnaud Clément Gilles Simon	3–2
Winner	3.	21 May 2012	World Team Cup, Düsseldorf, Germany	Clay	Viktor Troicki Nenad Zimonjić Miki Janković	Tomáš Berdych Radek Štěpánek František Čermák	3–0

Singles performance timeline

Key

W

F

SF

QF

#R

RR

Q#

P#

DNQ

A

Z#

PO

G

S

B

NMS

NTI

P

NH

(W) winner; (F) finalist; (SF) semifinalist; (QF) quarterfinalist; (#R) rounds 4, 3, 2, 1; (RR) round-robin stage; (Q#) qualification round; (P#) preliminary round; (DNQ) did not qualify; (A) absent; (Z#) Davis/Fed Cup Zonal Group (with number indication) or (PO) play-off; (G) gold, (S) silver or (B) bronze Olympic/Paralympic medal; (NMS) not a Masters tournament; (NTI) not a Tier I tournament; (P) postponed; (NH) not held; (SR) strike rate (events won / competed); (W–L) win–loss record.

To avoid confusion and double counting, these charts are updated at the conclusion of a tournament or when the player's participation has ended.

Current through the 2016 US Open.

Tournament	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008	2009	2010	2011	2012	2013	2014	2015	2016	W–L
Grand Slam tournaments
Australian Open	A	A	A	A	Q1	2R	2R	1R	3R	2R	2R	2R	3R	4R	A	A	A	12–9
French Open	A	A	A	Q3	1R	2R	1R	3R	1R	3R	1R	3R	4R	3R	A	A	1R	12–11
Wimbledon	A	A	A	Q2	1R	3R	1R	4R	4R	2R	1R	1R	3R	1R	A	1R	1R	11–12
US Open	A	A	A	1R	1R	1R	A	2R	1R	1R	3R	QF	QF	4R	A	1R	2R	15–12
Win–Loss	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–1	0–3	4–4	1–3	6–4	5–4	4–4	3–4	7–4	11–4	8–4	0–0	0–2	1–3	50–44
Year-End Championship
World Tour Finals	Did Not Qualify											RR	RR	DNQ				1–4
National representation
Summer Olympics	A	Not Held			A	Not Held			2R	Not Held			3R	Not Held			A	3–2
Davis Cup	Z3	Z2	Z2	Z2	Z2	Z1	PO	PO	1R	1R	W	SF	QF	F	A	A	QF	34–15
Win–Loss	1–0	2–1	1–1	4–2	4–0	4–0	2–3	2–1	2–1	1–1	3–1	4–2	5–2	1–1	0–0	0–0	1–1	37–17
ATP Masters Series 1000
Indian Wells	A	A	A	A	A	A	2R	3R	1R	1R	2R	2R	3R	2R	A	A	A	5–8
Miami	A	A	A	A	A	A	Q1	2R	QF	3R	2R	4R	QF	4R	A	A	A	15–7
Monte-Carlo	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	3R	2R	A	1R	3R	2R	A	A	A	4–5
Madrid	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	Q1	1R	A	A	SF	1R	A	Q2	A	3–3
Rome	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	Q1	1R	2R	1R	A	2R	A	A	A	A	1–4
Canada	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	1R	A	1R	SF	SF	1R	A	1R	A	7–6
Cincinnati	A	A	A	A	A	Q1	A	A	1R	A	A	2R	2R	2R	A	A	A	2–4
Shanghai	NMS									A	2R	1R	3R	1R	A	A		2–4
Paris	A	A	A	A	A	A	1R	2R	1R	A	A	3R	QF	A	A	A		4–5
Hamburg Masters	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	3R	NMS								2–1
Win–Loss	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	1–2	4–3	8–8	4–5	1–5	10–7	14–9	3–7	0–0	0–1	0–0	45–47
Career statistics
	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008	2009	2010	2011	2012	2013	2014	2015	2016	Career
Tournaments played	0	0	0	2	5	14	17	22	24	24	22	27	26	19	0	7	5	214
Titles / Finals	0 / 0	0 / 0	0 / 0	0 / 0	0 / 0	0 / 0	0 / 0	0 / 0	0 / 0	0 / 1	0 / 1	2 / 5	1 / 3	1 / 1	0 / 0	0 / 0	0 / 0	4 / 11
Overall Win–Loss	0–0	2–0	1–1	5–4	5–7	11–15	10–20	19–22	26–21	30–25	25–23	54–26	57–28	20–24	0–0	3–7	3–6	271–229
Win %	–	100%	50%	56%	42%	42%	33%	46%	55%	55%	52%	68%	67%	45%	–	30%	33%	54%
Year-end Ranking	1078	636	203	141	116	138	64	52	49	38	49	9	9	36	NA	410

Doubles performance timeline

Tournament	2006	2007	2008	2009	2010	2011	2012	2013	2014	2015	2016	W–L
Grand Slam tournaments
Australian Open	A	1R	1R	1R	1R	3R	A	A	A	A	A	2–5
French Open	3R	A	QF	A	A	2R	A	A	A	A	1R	6–4
Wimbledon	1R	1R	2R	A	3R	A	A	A	A	1R	1R	3–6
US Open	A	1R	A	3R	1R	A	A	A	A	1R	2R	3–5
Win–Loss	2–2	0–3	4–3	2–2	2–3	3–2	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–2	1–3	14–20

Awards

2002

• Best Male Tennis Player in FR Yugoslavia

2003

• Best Male Tennis Player in FR Yugoslavia

2004

• Best Male Tennis Player in Serbia and Montenegro

2012

• Davis Cup Commitment Award

Wins over top 10 players

Season	2006	2007	2008	2009	2010	2011	2012	2013	2014	2015	2016	Total
Wins	0	1	4	1	3	3	3	0	0	0	0	15

#	Player	Rank	Event	Surface	Rd	Score
2007
1.	Fernando González	6	Wimbledon, London, UK	Grass	3R	6–3, 3–6, 6–3, 4–6, 8–6
2008
2.	Mikhail Youzhny	8	Rotterdam, Netherlands	Hard (i)	1R	7–6(7–3), 6–2
3.	James Blake	8	Hamburg, Germany	Clay	2R	4–6, 6–3, 6–3
4.	Andy Roddick	6	Wimbledon, London, UK	Grass	2R	6–7(5–7), 7–5, 6–4, 7–6(7–4)
5.	David Ferrer	4	Olympics, Beijing, China	Hard	1R	7–6(10–8), 6–2
2009
6.	Gaël Monfils	10	Monte Carlo, Monaco	Clay	1R	6–3, 6–1
2010
7.	Andy Murray	4	Dubai, United Arab Emirates	Hard	1R	7–6(7–3), 4–6, 6–4
8.	Andy Roddick	9	US Open, New York, US	Hard	2R	3–6, 7–5, 6–3, 7–6(7–4)
9.	Tomáš Berdych	7	Davis Cup, Belgrade, Serbia	Hard (i)	RR	7–5, 6–2, 2–6, 7–6(7–5)
2011
10.	Tomáš Berdych	9	Montreal, Canada	Hard	QF	6–3, 6–1
11.	Tomáš Berdych	9	US Open, New York, US	Hard	3R	6–4, 5–0, Ret.
12.	Novak Djokovic	1	ATP World Tour Finals, London, UK	Hard (i)	RR	3-6, 6–3, 6–3
2012
13.	Novak Djokovic	1	Madrid, Spain	Clay	QF	7–6(7–2), 6–3
14.	Tomáš Berdych	7	World Team Cup, Düsseldorf, Germany	Clay	F	7–5, 7–6(10–8)
15.	Juan Mónaco	10	Paris, France	Hard (i)	3R	6–3, 3–6, 6–3

See also

• Serbia Davis Cup team
• List of Grand Slam boys' singles champions
• ATP World Tour Finals appearances
• List of male tennis players

External links

• Janko Tipsarević at the Association of Tennis Professionals
• Janko Tipsarević at the Davis Cup
• bio * file interview with Janko Tipsarević
• "The Mind-Body Problem: A conversation with Janko Tipsarević", Ideas Roadshow, 2013