Amer Delić

Amer Delić

Country	United States (2003-2009) Bosnia and Herzegovina (2010-present)
Residence	Jacksonville, United States
Born	June 30, 1982 (1982-06-30) Tuzla
Height	1.95 m (6 ft 5 in)
Weight	93 kg (210 lb)
Turned pro	2003
Plays	Right-handed (one-handed backhand)
Career prize money	$907,300
Singles
Career record	30-54
Career titles	0
Highest ranking	60 (July 9, 2007)
Current ranking	178 (February 27, 2012)
Grand Slam results
Australian Open	3R (2009)
French Open	1R (2007)
Wimbledon	2R (2007)
US Open	2R (2004)
Doubles
Career record	20–33
Career titles	0
Highest ranking	74 (September 10, 2007)
Grand Slam Doubles results
Australian Open	2R (2007)
French Open	1R (2007)
Wimbledon	2R (2007)
US Open	3R (2005, 2007)
Last updated on: January 24, 2012.

Amer Delić (born June 30, 1982) is a Bosnian tennis player. Representing the United States as a tour player until 2009, he now represents the country of his birth, Bosnia and Herzegovina, and is a member of its Davis Cup team.

Delić was born in Tuzla, then in Yugoslavia, now in the northeastern part of Bosnia and Herzegovina. In 1996, his family emigrated to Jacksonville, Florida where he attended Samuel W. Wolfson High School.

Tennis career

Delić played collegiate tennis at the University of Illinois. At Illinois he won both the NCAA Division I singles championship and the team championship in 2003.

In Grand Slams, Delić's best performance has been reaching the third round at the 2009 Australian Open. At the 2005 U.S. Open Delić and Jeff Morrison reached the third round in doubles, upsetting the team of Leander Paes and Nenad Zimonjić in the first round.

On March 26, 2007, Delić upset World Number 4 (and 4th seed) Nikolay Davydenko in the third round at the Miami Masters, winning 7–6(5), 6–3.

Delić trains at the Saddlebrook Resort in Wesley Chapel, Florida, where he resides when not on tour. He is known to be a good friend and practice partner of American no. 2 John Isner.

2009

Delić started off the year in Brisbane, where he won three qualifying matches, but was defeated in the first round by Mario Ančić 6-7(2) 7-6(4) 6-7(6). In Sydney he was defeated in the first round by Denis Gremelmayr 4-6 6-7(4). At the Australian Open, Amer finally started to win. He came through three qualifying matches. In the first round of the main draw he defeated Taylor Dent 6-4 3-6 4-6 6-3 6-4. In the second round he defeated Paul-Henri Mathieu 1-6 3-6 6-3 7-6(3) 9-7. In the third round he was stopped by Novak Djokovic 2-6 6-4 3-6 6-7(4). After the match spectators were caught throwing chairs at each other due to the conflict between Bosnians and Serbs. Due to a knee injury, Delić's last 2009 appearance on the ATP tour was a first round loss against Nicolas Mahut at the Hall of Fame Tennis Championships in July.

2010: Comeback and Davis Cup play for Bosnia and Herzegovina

Delić in August 2010

At the US Open, Delić tried a comeback but lost in the first qualification round against Michael Yani. In September, he joined the Bosnia and Herzegovina Davis Cup team for a tie in the Europe/Africa Group II against Portugal. He lost both his singles match against Frederico Gil in five sets and his doubles match on the side of Aldin Šetkić to Gil and Leonardo Tavares in four sets. Overall, after a 2:3 loss, his team stayed in Group II.

2011

In March, Delić participated in the Bosnia and Herzegovina team's Davis Cup tie in the Europe/Africa Zone Group II against Morocco. He won one of his two singles matches and the doubles match (on the side of Ismar Gorčić), thereby securing his team's victory. In the next tie against Estonia played in July, Delić won all his three matches decidedly helping his team to advance to the next stage against Denmark. There, he again won his two singles matches but not the doubles match so the team stayed in Group II. On the ATP Tour, Delić won his first title since 2008 at the BH Telecom Indoors at Sarajevo, a challenger tournament.

2012

In Davis Cup play, Delić again was instrumental in securing his team's win over Turkey in February by winning both his singles matches and the doubles match.

Tour finals

Singles titles (8)

Legend (Singles)

Grand Slam (0)

Tennis Masters Cup (0)

ATP Masters Series (0)

ATP Tour (0)

Challengers (6)

Futures (2)

No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Opponent in the final	Score
1.	July 7, 2003	Peoria	Clay	Francisco Rodriguez	6–1 4–6 6–2
2.	June 21, 2004	Auburn	Hard	K. J. Hippensteel	7–6 6–3
3.	April 11, 2005	Mexico City	Clay	Jeff Morrison	6–4 3–6 6–3
4.	October 30, 2006	Louisville	Hard (i)	Stéphane Bohli	3–6 6–2 6–3
5.	November 13, 2006	Champaign	Hard (i)	Zack Fleishman	6–3 6–0
6.	January 28, 2008	Dallas	Hard (i)	Stéphane Bohli	6–4 7–5
7.	May 24, 2008	Carson	Hard	Alex Bogomolov, Jr.	7–6 6–4
8.	March 13, 2011	Sarajevo	Hard	Karol Beck	Walkover

Singles runners-up (8)

• 2004: Dallas/ lost to Sébastien de Chaunac (4–6 6–7)
• 2004: Nashville/ lost to Justin Gimelstob (6–7 6–7)
• 2005: Carson/ lost to Justin Gimelstob (6–7 2–6)
• 2006: Lexington/ lost to Hyung-Taik Lee (7–5 2–6 3–6)
• 2006: Vancouver/ lost to Rik de Voest (6–7 2–6)
• 2006: New Orleans/ lost to Cecil Mamiit (3–6 6–7)
• 2006: Calabasas/ lost to Mark Philippoussis (7–6 6–7 3–6)

External links

• Official website
• Amer Delić at the Association of Tennis Professionals
• Illinois profile