Borna Ćorić

Borna Ćorić
Country (sports)	Croatia
Residence	Zagreb, Croatia
Born	14 November 1996 (age 27); Zagreb, Croatia
Height	1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)
Turned pro	2013
Plays	Right-handed (two-handed backhand)
Coach	Željko Krajan (2014–present)
Prize money	$434,737
Singles
Career record	12–15 (ATP Tour, Grand Slam and Davis Cup)
Career titles	0
Highest ranking	No. 55 (6 April 2015)
Current ranking	No. 55 (6 April 2015)
Grand Slam singles results
Australian Open	1R (2015)
Wimbledon	Q1 (2014)
US Open	2R (2014)
Doubles
Career record	0–2
Career titles	0
Highest ranking	No. 560 (13 October 2014)
Current ranking	No. 783 (2 March 2015)
	Last updated on: 2 March 2015.

Borna Ćorić (pronounced: [cho:rich]; born 14 November 1996) is a Croatian professional tennis player.^[1] On 23 March 2015, he reached his best singles ranking of world no. 59, and is now the youngest player on the ATP top 100 ranking list.

Junior career

In 2013, Ćorić reached the semifinals of both the Australian and French Open junior events, before going on to win the boys' singles event at the US Open against Australian Thanasi Kokkinakis in three sets. As a result, Ćorić moved to number 1 in the junior rankings.^[2]^[3] He also began playing on the ITF Futures circuit, winning five singles titles.

Tournament	2012	2013
Junior Grand Slam Tournaments
Australian Open	2R	SF
French Open	1R	SF
Wimbledon	2R	QF
US Open	2R	W

Professional career

2013

Ćorić made his senior debut at the 2013 Davis Cup, after he was selected for Croatia's World Group Play-off tie against Great Britain. He was thrown right in at the deep end with his first ever best-of-5 sets match against world number 3, Andy Murray. Despite showing promise, matching the Scot's level in the first 6 games, and breaking his serve in the third set, he would ultimately go on to lose in straight sets.

2014

In April, Ćorić defeated no. 21 Jerzy Janowicz on the first day of Davis Cup, Croatia versus Poland. In May, he made the semifinals of the China Challenger, further improving his ranking.

In July, in the first round of the clay court event in Umag where he was playing with a wildcard, Ćorić scored another notable win over a top-50 player, beating seventh seed, no. 46 Édouard Roger-Vasselin in straight sets. He beat qualifier Horacio Zeballos in the second round to reach his first ATP quarterfinal. In the quarterfinal, he faced second seed Fabio Fognini and lost in three sets. Ćorić entered the top 200 for the first time on July 28 after his run in Umag, at no. 194.

In August, Ćorić qualified for the main draw of the US Open, his first appearance in the main draw of a Grand Slam. He upset 29th seed Lukáš Rosol in the first round in straight sets, before falling to Víctor Estrella Burgos in the second round.

On 21 September, Ćorić won his first ATP Challenger Tour title in İzmir after a three-set win over no. 94, Malek Jaziri, and he entered the top 150 for the first time at the age of 17 and 10 months, at no. 140.

In October, he was given a wildcard for the Swiss Indoors, where he achieved his first victory over a top-20 player, no. 13 Ernests Gulbis, in straight sets. In the second round he beat no. 66 Andrey Golubev, and then went on to record the biggest victory of his career thus far, defeating world no. 3, Rafael Nadal, in the quarterfinals. His run to the semifinals launched him into the world's top 100 for the first time (at no. 93), becoming the youngest player to do so since Nadal in 2003.^[4] In the semifinal, he lost to no. 28, David Goffin, in three sets.

In November, Ćorić won the ATP Star of Tomorrow, awarded by the ATP Awards, for being the youngest player in the top 100.^[5]

2015

Ćorić began the season in Chennai, defeating Dutchman Robin Haase before losing to eventual champion Stan Wawrinka. At the Australian Open, Ćorić received his first ever direct entry into the main draw of a Grand Slam tournament. He faced 29th seed Jeremy Chardy in the first round; however, he lost in four sets. In February, after losing to Sergiy Stakhovsky and Gilles Simon in the first round in Zagreb and second round in Marseille respectively, Ćorić made his second ATP 500 semifinal of his career in Dubai, defeating world number 3, Andy Murray, in straight sets in the quarterfinals, his second win over a top 5 player; this was despite Ćorić losing in the qualifying tournament, and requiring entrance into the main draw as a Lucky Loser.^[6] In the semifinals, he lost to world number 2, Roger Federer, in straight sets.

ATP Challengers and ITF Futures finals

Singles: 7 (6 Titles)

Legend
ATP Challengers (1–0)
ITF Futures (5–1)

Outcome	No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Opponent	Score
Winner	1.	2013	Great Britain F9, Bournemouth	Clay	Daniel Cox	6–7⁽⁴⁾, 6–4, 6–3
Winner	2.	2013	Turkey F32, İzmir	Hard	Enzo Couacaud	6–7⁽⁰⁾, 7–6⁽¹⁾, 7–5
Winner	3.	2013	Turkey F33, İzmir	Hard	Tucker Vorster	6–4, 6–4
Winner	4.	2013	Nigeria F1, Lagos	Hard	Ante Pavić	6–4, 6–3
Winner	5.	2013	Turkey F51, Istanbul	Hard (I)	Baris Erguden	6–4, 3–6, 6–3
Runner-up	6.	2014	China F4, Chengdu	Hard	Wu Di	4–6, 2–6
Winner	7.	2014	İzmir Challenger, İzmir	Hard	Malek Jaziri	6–1, 6–7^(7–9), 6-4