Boro Jovanović
Yugoslav tennis player (1939–2023)
Country (sports) | Yugoslavia | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Born | (1939-10-21)21 October 1939 Zagreb, Banovina of Croatia, Yugoslavia | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Died | 19 December 2023(2023-12-19) (aged 84) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Height | 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Turned pro | 1972 (amateur from 1959) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Retired | 1974 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Plays | Right-handed | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Singles | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Highest ranking | No. 8 (1963, Lance Tingay)[1] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Grand Slam singles results | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Australian Open | 2R (1962) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
French Open | QF (1968) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Wimbledon | 2R (1959, 1960, 1963) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
US Open | 1R (1962, 1965) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Doubles | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Grand Slam doubles results | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Australian Open | 2R (1962) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Wimbledon | F (1962) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Grand Slam mixed doubles results | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Wimbledon | QF (1963) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Team competitions | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Davis Cup | FAm (1962) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Boro Jovanović (21 October 1939 – 19 December 2023) was a Yugoslav tennis player. Jovanović was runner-up in the 1962 Wimbledon doubles tournament with Nikola Pilić, and quarter-finalist in the 1968 Wimbledon doubles tournament. In singles, Jovanović reached the final of the 1963 Italian Open and the quarterfinals of the 1968 French Open. In 1972, Boro Jovanović joined the World Championship Tennis Tour.[2] He was ranked World No. 8 for 1963 by Lance Tingay of The Daily Telegraph.[1] Jovanović died on 19 December 2023, at the age of 84.[3]
Grand Slam finals
Doubles: ( 1 runner-up)
Result | Year | Championship | Surface | Partner | Opponents | Score |
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Loss | 1962 | Wimbledon | Grass | Niki Pilić | Bob Hewitt Fred Stolle | 2–6, 7–5, 2–6, 4–6 |
References
- ^ a b United States Lawn Tennis Association (1972). Official Encyclopedia of Tennis (First Edition), p. 427.
- ^ Boro Jovanović ATP World Tour Tennis Profile Retrieved 26 August 2009
- ^ "Preminuo je Boro Jovanović, jedan od najboljih hrvatskih tenisača svih vremena". Gol.hr (in Croatian). 22 December 2023. Retrieved 22 December 2023.
External links
- Boro Jovanović at the Association of Tennis Professionals
- Boro Jovanović at the International Tennis Federation
- Boro Jovanović at the Davis Cup
- Boro Jovanović at Wimbledon
- Zagrebački gospodin (in Croatian)
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(1952–90)
- Duje Bonačić / Petar Šegvić / Mate Trojanović / Velimir Valenta (1952)
- Perica Vlašić (1953)
- Žarko Dolinar (1954)
- Bernard Vukas (1955)
- Krešo Račić (1956)
- Hrvoje Kačić (1957)
- Joško Murat (1958)
- Duje Smoljanović (1959)
- Željko Perušić (1960)
- Boro Jovanović (1961)
- Boro Jovanović / Nikola Pilić (1962)
- Josip Gjergja (1963)
- Nikola Pilić (1964)
- Andro Depolo (1965)
- Cvjetko Bilić (1966)
- Nikola Pilić (1967)
- Dragutin Šurbek (1968–69)
- Petar Skansi (1970)
- Mate Parlov (1971–73)
- Luciano Sušanj (1974)
- Antun Stipančić (1975)
- Matija Ljubek (1976)
- Joško Alebić (1977)
- Milan Janić (1978)
- Dragutin Šurbek (1979)
- Krešimir Ćosić (1980)
- Dragutin Šurbek (1981)
- Matija Ljubek (1982)
- Dragutin Šurbek (1983)
- Vlado Lisjak (1984)
- Dražen Petrović (1985–86)
- Ivan Šabjan (1987)
- Zoran Primorac (1988)
- Toni Kukoč (1989–90)
(1991–present)
- Toni Kukoč (1991)
- Goran Ivanišević (1992–94)
- Željko Mavrović (1995)
- Goran Ivanišević (1996)
- Željko Mavrović (1997)
- Davor Šuker (1998)
- Gordan Kožulj (1999)
- Nikolaj Pešalov (2000)
- Goran Ivanišević (2001)
- Ivica Kostelić (2002–03)
- Duje Draganja (2004)
- Ivan Ljubičić (2005–06)
- Ivano Balić (2007)
- Filip Ude (2008)
- Ivica Kostelić (2009–11)
- Giovanni Cernogoraz (2012)
- Mario Mandžukić (2013)
- Marin Čilić (2014)
- Ivan Rakitić (2015)
- Damir Martin (2016)
- Tin Srbić (2017)
- Luka Modrić (2018)
- Tin Srbić (2019)
- Domagoj Duvnjak (2020)
- Tin Srbić (2021)
- Luka Modrić (2022)
- Tin Srbić (2023)
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