Grega Žemlja

Grega Žemlja

Country (sports)	Slovenia
Residence	Kranj, Slovenia
Born	(1986-09-29) September 29, 1986 Jesenice, Slovenia
Height	1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)
Plays	Right-handed
Prize money	$349,562
Singles
Career record	21–15
Career titles	0 ATP
Highest ranking	No. 111 (7 June 2010)
Current ranking	No. 130 (1 August 2011)
Grand Slam singles results
Australian Open	1R (2010, 2011)
French Open	2R (2010)
Wimbledon	2R (2011)
US Open	Q1 (2007, 2009, 2010)
Doubles
Career record	9–7
Career titles	0
Highest ranking	No. 412 (6 June 2011)
Last updated on: July 10, 2011.

Grega Žemlja

Medal record
Representing Slovenia
Men's Tennis
Mediterranean Games
	2005 Almería	Doubles

Grega Žemlja (born September 29, 1986, in Jesenice) is a tennis player from Slovenia. Žemlja reached his highest world singles ranking of #111 on June 7, 2010. He lives in Kranj, Slovenia. He also represents his country as a member of the Slovenia Davis Cup team.

Career Performance

2009

He qualified for the 2009 Wimbledon Championships.

2010

He qualified for the 2010 Australian Open.

Zemlja qualified for the 2010 French Open and scored a major upset over the #26 seed Juan Mónaco 7–6(6), 3–6, 7–5, 6–3, in his first ever grand slam victory. He became the first Slovenian male player who won a single match in a Grand Slam Tournament. He is also the only Slovenian male player in history to perform on three different Grand Slam Tournaments on three different surfaces.

2011

He would qualify for the second consecutive year at the 2011 Australian Open.

Davis Cup

Singles performances (17–6)

Edition	Round	Date	Against	Surface	Opponent	Win/Lose	Result
2005 Europe/Africa Zone Group II	1R	4 March 2005	I. Coast	Hard	V. Sanon	Win	6–4, 6–4, 7–5
	QF	15 July 2005	Latvia	Clay	E. Gulbis	Win	5–7, 6–3, 6–1, 6–4
	SF	25 Sep 2005	Portugal	Clay	R. Machado	Lose	3–6, 3–6, 6–2, 4–6
2006 Europe/Africa Zone Group II	1R	7 Apr 2006	Algeria	Clay	S. Saoudi	Win	7–5, 6–2
		9 Apr 2006			L. Ouahab	Lose	3–6, 6–2, 6–4, 3–6, 4–6
	QF	21 Jul 2006	Ireland	Grass	K. Sorensen	Win	6–2, 7–5, 6–1
		23 Jul 2006			C. Niland	Win	6–4, 6–2
2007 Europe/Africa Zone Group II	1R	6 Apr 2007	Estonia	Carpet	Jurgen Zopp	Win	4–6, 6–4, 7–6(3), 6–3
		8 Apr 2007			Mait Kunnap	Win	6–3, 6–2, 3–6, 6–7(2), 6–3
	QF	22 Jul 2007	Marroco	Hard	Y. El Aynaoui	Lose	6–7(2), 2–6, 4–6
2008 Europe/Africa Zone Group II	QF	18 Jul 2008	Tunisia	Clay	Malek Jaziri	Win	3–6, 6–1, 4–6, 6–3, 6–4
2009 Europe/Africa Zone Group II	1R	6 Mar 2009	Egypt	Carpet	Sherif Sabry	Win	7–5, 7–6(6), 6–2
	QF	10 Jul 2009	Lithuania	Clay	R. Berankis	Win	6–1, 6–4, 6–3
		12 Jul 2009			D. Sakinis	Win	6–4, 2–6, 6–1
	SF	18 Sep 2009	Latvia	Carpet	Andis Juska	Win	6–1, 6–1, 6–4
		20 Sep 2009			E. Gulbis	Lose	2–6, 6–3, 3–6, 5–7
2010 Europe/Africa Zone Group II	1R	5 Mar 2010	Norway	Hard	Erling Tveit	Win	6–2, 6–2, 7–6(2)
	QF	9 Jul 2010	Bulgaria	Clay	Todor Enev	Win	6–2, 6–1
	SF	17 Sep 2010	Lithuania	Hard	R. Berankis	Win	7–6(2), 6–4, 6–3
		19 Sep 2010			L. Grigelis	Win	6–3, 7–6(4), 6–3
2011 Europe/Africa Zone Group I	1R	4 Mar 2011	Finland	Clay	J. Nieminen	Lose	6–3, 3–6, 4–6, 3–6
		6 Mar 2011			M. Kontinen	Win	2–6, 6–3, 6–3, 6–3
	2R	8 Jul 2011	Italy	Clay	Fabio Fognini	Lose	6:1, 4:6, 4:6, 4:6
		10 Jul 2011			Simone Bolelli	Lose	5:7, 3:6

Doubles performances (9–7)

Edition	Round	Date	Partnering	Against	Surface	Opponents	W/L	Result
2005 Europe/Africa Zone Group II	1R	5 Mar 2005	Rok Jarc	Ivory Coast	Hard	Claude N'Goran Valentin Sanon	Win	6–2, 6–2 RET
	SF	24 Sep 2005		Portugal	Clay	Frederico Gil Leonardo Tavares	Lose	4–6, 2–6, 4–6
2006 Europe/Africa Zone Group II	1R	8 Apr 2006	Rok Jarc	Algeria	Clay	Lamine Ouahab Slimane Saoudi	Lose	2–6, 2–6, 4–6
	RPO/QF	22 Jul 2006	Luka Gregorc	Ireland	Grass	James Cluskey Stephen Nugent	Win	6–7(7), 6–3, 3–6, 6–3, 7–5
2007 Europe/Africa Zone Group II	1R	7 Apr 2007	Luka Gregorc	Estonia	Clay	Mait Kunnap Jurgen Zopp	Lose	2–6, 6–3, 6–3, 6–7(5), 4–6
	QF	21 Jul 2007		Morroco	Hard	Reda El Amrani Younes El Aynaoui	Win	6–7(2), 6–4, 6–4, 6–4
2008 Europe/Africa Zone Group II	1R	12 Apr 2008	Marko Tkalec	Cyprus	Hard	Marcos Baghdatis Photos Kallias	Lose	6–7(4), 6–4, 2–6, 6–4, 1–6
	QF	19 Jul 2008	Luka Gregorc	Tunisia	Clay	Haithem Abid Malek Jaziri	Lose	6–3, 5–7, 6–7(5), 5–7
2009 Europe/Africa Zone Group II	1R	7 Mar 2009	Marko Tkalec	Egypt	Carpet	Karim Maamoun Sherif Sabry	Win	6–2, 6–3, 6–3
	QF	19 Jul 2009	Andrej Kračman	Lithuania	Clay	Ricardas Berankis Vadim Pinko	Win	7–6(2), 6–3, 6–3
	SF	19 Sep 2009	Luka Gregorc	Latvia	Carpet	Ernests Gulbis Deniss Pavlovs	Win	6–7(5), 6–4, 6–2, 2–6, 6–4
2010 Europe/Africa Zone Group II	1R	6 Mar 2010	Luka Gregorc	Norway	Hard	Erling Tveit Stian Boretti	Win	7–6(2), 7–6(5), 7–5
	QF	10 Jul 2010		Bulgaria	Clay	Grigor Dimitrov Ivaylo Traykov	Win	6–7(3), 7–6(2), 7–6(12), 6–3
	SF	18 Sep 2010		Lithuania	Hard	Ricardas Berankis Laurynas Grigelis	Lose	7–5, 6–4, 1–6, 3–6, 3–6
2011 Europe/Africa Zone Group I	1R	5 Mar 2011	Luka Gregorc	Finland	Clay	Harri Heliovaara Jarkko Nieminen	Win	6–7(5), 6–4, 6–4, 7–5
	2R	9 Jul 2011	Blaž Kavčič	Italy	Clay	Simone Bolelli Daniele Bracciali	Lose	6–7, 6–7, 2–6

• RPO = Relegation Play–offs
• RET = Retired

Singles performance timeline

Tournament	2005	2006	2007	2008	2009	2010	2011	Career W–L
Grand Slams
Australian Open	A	A	A	A	LQ	1R	1R	0–2
French Open	A	A	A	A	LQ	2R	LQ	1–1
Wimbledon	A	A	A	A	1R	LQ	2R	1–2
US Open	A	A	LQ	A	LQ	LQ		0–0
Win–Loss	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–1	1–2	1–2	2–5
ATP World Tour 500
Washington, D.C.	A	A	A	A	A	2R		1–1
Win–Loss	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	1–1	0–0	1–1
ATP World Tour 250
Umag	A	A	A	A	1R	LQ		0–1
Vienna	A	A	A	A	A	2R		1–1
Win–Loss	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–1	1–1	0–0	1–2
Davis Cup
Euro/African Zone II	3R	PO	2R	PO	3R	W	2R	–
Win–Loss	2–1	3–1	2–1	1–0	4–1	4–0	1–3	17–7
Statistics
Overall Win–Loss	2–1	3–1	2–1	1–0	4–3	7–4	2–5	21–15
Win %	67%	75%	67%	100%	57%	64%	29%	58%
Year End Ranking	335	340	323	267	175	142

* Statistics correct as of July 10, 2011.

NOTE: His website ATP profile cites incorrect 20–13 Win–Loss career statistics (one win should be added – correct is 21–13). His win against Norway from March 2010 Davis Cup 1st round competition is missing. Also in his ATP profile 2010 playing activity this match is missing.

External links

• Grega Žemlja at the Association of Tennis Professionals
• Grega Žemlja at the Davis Cup