Ilija Bozoljac

Ilija Bozoljac
Илија Бозољац

Country (sports)	Yugoslavia Serbia and Montenegro Serbia
Residence	Belgrade, Serbia
Born	(1985-08-02) August 2, 1985 Aleksandrovac, SR Serbia, SFR Yugoslavia
Height	1.87 m (6 ft 2 in)
Turned pro	2002
Plays	Right-handed (two-handed both sides)
Prize money	$601,404
Singles
Career record	11–17 (39,29%)
Career titles	0
Highest ranking	No. 101 (29 January 2007)
Current ranking	No. 338 (18 March 2013)
Grand Slam singles results
Australian Open	2R (2007)
French Open	2R (2006)
Wimbledon	2R (2008, 2010)
US Open	Q3 (2010, 2011)
Doubles
Career record	6–10 (37.5%)
Career titles	0
Highest ranking	No. 122 (5 July 2010)
Current ranking	No. 1147 (18 March 2013)
Grand Slam doubles results
Wimbledon	1R (2007, 2010)
Last updated on: 21:28, 18 March 2013 (UTC).

Ilija Bozoljac (Serbian Cyrillic: Илија Бозољац; Serbo-Croatian pronunciation: [ˈilija bɔˈzɔːʎats]) (born August 2, 1985 in Aleksandrovac, SR Serbia, SFR Yugoslavia) is a professional male tennis player from Serbia.

On January 29, 2007, Bozoljac achieved his career-high singles ranking of world no. 101.

Professional career

2006

2006 was arguably Bozoljac's best year. In January, he had his best result at the ATP level in Zagreb, beating no. 170 Dudi Sela to qualify, and then beating no. 77 Daniele Bracciali and no. 34 Feliciano López, before losing to no. 81 Novak Djokovic in the quarterfinals.

2008

In May, Bozoljac narrowly missed qualifying into the 2008 French Open, losing to no. 75 Eduardo Schwank in the qualifying round.

In June, Bozoljac entered the main draw of 2008 Wimbledon as a lucky loser, after beating Nick Monroe and Robert Smeets, but losing to Stefano Galvani in the qualifying round in five sets.

2010

Bozoljac qualified for Wimbledon and progressed to the second round, where he was defeated in four tight sets by defending champion Roger Federer.

He was a reserve player on the Serbia Davis Cup team when they won the Davis Cup title.

2013

Bozoljac began 2013 by returning to the ITF Men's circuit, taking three singles titles in the opening three months.

In April, Ilija and his doubles partner Nenad Zimonjić beat Bob and Mike Bryan in the Davis Cup World Group quarterfinals against the United States.

Style of play

Bozoljac is known for his unique style of play. He often changes the way he performs forehands and backhands, hitting double-handed forehands and single-handed backhands. He also has a strong serve, but he has to limit the strength of his serve due to a back injury. Nevertheless, he still serves well over 200 km/h.

Career titles

Singles titles (3–8)

Legend
Grand Slam (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 (0–0)
ATP Challenger Tour (3–7)

Outcome	No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Opponent	Score
Runner-up	1.	22 August 2005	Bukhara, Uzbekistan	Hard	Denis Istomin	4–6, 7–6(7–2), 5–6 ret.
Runner-up	2.	10 July 2006	Poznań, Poland	Clay	Jan Hájek	4–6, 3–6
Winner	1.	4 September 2006	Donetsk, Ukraine	Clay	Tomáš Cakl	6–4, 3–6, 7–5
Runner-up	3.	22 October 2007	Rimouski, Canada	Carpet (i)	Brendan Evans	7–6(7–3), 4–6, 4–6
Winner	2.	8 September 2008	Ljubljana, Slovenia	Clay	Giancarlo Petrazzuolo	6–4, 6–3
Winner	3.	15 September 2008	Banja Luka, Bosnia & Herzegovina	Clay	Daniel Gimeno-Traver	6–4, 6–4
Runner-up	4.	1 June 2009	Nottingham, Great Britain	Grass	Brendan Evans	7–6(7–4), 4–6, 6–7(4–7)
Runner-up	5.	12 October 2009	Tiburon, California, United States	Hard	Go Soeda	6–3, 3–6, 2–6
Runner-up	6.	9 November 2009	Knoxville, Tennessee, United States	Hard (i)	Taylor Dent	3–6, 6–7(6–8)
Runner-up	7.	15 February 2010	Belgrade, Serbia	Carpet (i)	Karol Beck	5–7, 6–7(4–7)
Runner-up	8.	July 11, 2011	Aptos, U.S.	Hard	Laurynas Grigelis	2–6, 6–7(4–7)

External links

• Official Website of Ilija Bozoljac
• Ilija Bozoljac at the Association of Tennis Professionals
• Bozoljac Recent Match Results
• Bozoljac World Ranking History