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Milos Raonic
Milos Raonic at the 2011 Australian Open
Country (sports) Canada[1]
ResidenceThornhill, Ontario, Canada
Height1.96 m (6 ft 5 in)
Turned pro2008
PlaysRight-handed (two-handed backhand)
Prize money$316,730
Singles
Career record12–9 (at ATP Tour level, Grand Slam level, and in Davis Cup)
Career titles1
Highest rankingNo. 59 (February 14, 2011)
Current rankingNo. 59 (February 14, 2011)
Grand Slam singles results
Australian Open4R (2011)
US Open1R (2010)
Doubles
Career record2–1 (at ATP Tour level, Grand Slam level, and in Davis Cup)
Career titles0
Highest rankingNo. 284 (November 2, 2009)
Last updated on: January 17, 2011.

Milos Raonic [MEE-lowsh RAO-nitch] (also Miloš Raonić, Cyrillic: Милош Раонић, born December 27, 1990 in Titograd, SFR Yugoslavia) is a Canadian professional tennis player from Thornhill, Ontario, Canada.[1][2] Raonic is currently Canada's highest ATP ranked male singles player, ranked 59th.[3] Turning pro in 2008 at the age of 18, he has recently qualified for a number of ATP World Tour events in singles as well as the U.S. Open and most recently the Australian Open, where he reached the fourth round. He also represents Canada in Davis Cup. Raonic's game is focused around his powerful and accurate serve, which he occasionally turns into serve and volley. He prefers to play on hard courts and is currently coached by former Spanish pro player Galo Blanco.[4]

Born in what was then the SFR Yugoslavia but is now Podgorica, Montenegro, Raonic moved to Canada with his family at the age of 3. The regional spelling of his name, Miloš Raonić, is still used occasionally. Raonic still has family in Montenegro including his brother and sister who moved back to that country and an uncle who was previously in government there.[2]

Junior tennis career

Raonic's first ITF-sanctioned junior tennis event was the qualifying draw for the Canadian ITF Group 4 Championships in October 2003, His next action was a year later at the Canadian ITF Championships 1 event where he lost in the first round of the main draw, 4–6, 4–6 to compatriot Peter Marrack. In doubles at the same event he and partner Sheharyar Wali, also Canadian, reached the second round.

He won his first ITF tournament singles match in October 2005, defeating compatriot Tony Dang in three sets before falling in the round of 16 to American Christopher Racz. In doubles, he and partner Mohammed Niaki reached the semi-finals. Two weeks later, at the Canadian ITF Grade 3 Championships, Raonic reached his first final, where he and partner Sinitsyn lost to Marrack and Peter Polansky. In singles he lost again to Marrack in the first round.

In April 2006, Raonic reached the later rounds in a singles event, defeating Marrack in straight sets in the quarter-finals at the 24th All-Canadian ITF Junior Championships before losing to Julien Gauthier in the semis. After reaching the second round in singles of the Canadian Junior Open (Grade 1) in August, he then won the 2006 U18 ITF World Ranking Event (Grade 4) in early October, defeating Gauthier in the final 6–4, 6–0. He also captured the doubles title partnering compatriot John Taylor.

Raonic reached the third round in singles at a Grade 1 junior event in November–December 2006, the Eddie Herr International Junior Tennis Championships. Two weeks later he lost the singles final of the Grade 4 Prince Cup and won the doubles. In 2007 he lost early in the Grade 2 and Grade 1 junior events he entered. Raonic did however reach the finals of the Grade 3 US Junior International Hard Court Championships in August and won both the Grade 3 2007 U18 ITF World Ranking Event and Grade 4 U18 ITF World Ranking Event 2 in October on home soil. He also won the doubles at these events, partnering compatriot Nathaniel Gery for both. In doubles, he also lost in the final of the Pan American Closed ITF Championships (Group B1) in early October, partnering American Waylon Chin.

In December 2007, Raonic qualified for the prestigious Orange Bowl Tennis Championships, a Grade A event. He went on to reach the third round where he lost to American Chase Buchanan, 4–6 in the third. Raonic began 2008 with a bang in juniors, winning the Grade 1 Nottingham ITF event doubles event, partnering American Bradley Klahn. He and Klahn the following week reached the second round of the Australian Open before winning the Grade 1 USTA International Spring Championships in March–April. At the USTA International Spring, Raonic reached the quarter-finals for the first time in singles at a Grade 1 event, losing to Klahn in straight sets.

Professional tennis career

2007

Raonic was given wild cards into three Tennis Canada and Banque Nationale sponsored ITF Futures events in March, held indoors in the Province of Quebec. In Hull he won his first ever singles match played, over World No. 687 Fabrice Martin , 7–5, 2–6, 6–4. He lost in the next round to World No. 661 Patrick Schmolzer , 3–6, 3–6. The following week he lost in the first round to No. 2 seed John Paul Frattero , 6–7, 3–6. In doubles, at both events, Raonic partnered fellow junior Vasek Pospisil and lost in the first round. Then in Rock Forest he again reached the second round, going out to No. 1 seed, Davis Cup teammate, hometown favourite and future coach Fred Niemeyer. He and Niemeyer played doubles in Sherbrooke too and reached the semi-finals.

Raonic saw his first ATP Challenger Series action in the summer, receiving a further wild card into the main draw of the Granby Challenger. He lost to No. 5 seed Gary Lugassy in the first round handily, 4–6, 0–6. He also played doubles with Lugassy but went out in the first round. Raonic ended the year ranked World No. 1386, in both singles and doubles.

2008

Raonic was again a wild card entrant in singles in the Banque Nationale Futures events in Quebec in March, fairing far better this time. At Canada F1 in Gatineau, he and partner Milan Pokrajac, unseeded, won the doubles title, while in singles he lost to World No. 457 Michael Yani in the quarter-finals in three sets. The following week in Montreal Raonic and Pokrajac finished doubles runners-up and in singles Raonic went out in the second round. Then in Canada F3 in Sherbrooke, Raonic reached his first tour finals in singles, winning four three-set matches to do so. In the final he lost 5–7, 6–7(4) to unseeded Italian Enrico Iannuzzi . In doubles, he and Pokrajac lost in the first round.

In late April, Raonic next competed in an ITF tour event, defeating compatriot Kirill Sinitsyn 6–2, 6–0 to qualify (as the No. 5 seed) for the main draw in singles at U.S.A. F9 in Vero Beach on outdoor clay. In the main draw he lost however in the first round to fellow qualifier American Marcus Fugate, 1–6, 4–6. Raonic was a direct entrant into the main doubles draw, but he and partner Adam El Mihdawy lost in the first round. The following week at U.S.A. F10 in Orange Park, Florida, Raonic lost in the third round of singles qualifying despite being the No. 3 seed. He did not compete in any tour events next until July.

In July, Raonic, as a wild-card entrant, lost in the first round in singles of back-to-back Canadian held Challenger events, Granby and Moncton. In doubles he and partner Vasek Pospisil reached the second round at Granby but lost in the first in Moncton. The following week he received a wild card in qualifying for the 2008 Rogers Cup and lost in the first round to World No. 203 Alexandre Kudryavtsev 3–6, 4–6.

The next tour action Raonic saw was in October in Japan. In Kashiwa at Japan F10 he lost in the first round to fellow unseeded player Hiroki Kondo 4–6, 2–6. In doubles he and partner Tadayuki Longhi reached the second round. The following week at Japan F11 in Tokyo, Raonic upset No. 2 seed Tatsuma Ito in three sets before falling to Thailand Davis Cupper Peerakiat Siriluethaiwattana in the second round. He did not play doubles.

Raonic competed his 2008 tour play as a wild card entrant in the Rimouski Challenger, where he lost in the first round to Jose De Armas after taking the first set. In doubles however, he and partner Vasek Pospisil teamed to capture their first Challenger title. The wild cards defeated the No. 2 seeds in the semis and the No. 3 seeded team of Kristian Pless and Michael Ryderstedt in the final, 5–7, 6–4, 10–6. Raonic finished 2008 World No. 915 in singles and No. 513 in doubles. Following the 2008 season Raonic turned down an offer from the University of Virginia and turned pro signing on with the SFX agency.[5]

2009

Raonic began his year in mid-January attempting to qualify in singles for U.S.A. F1 in Boca Raton, losing in three sets in the qualifying round as the No. 13 seed. He qualified the following week for the main draw at U.S.A. F2 as the No. 12 seed, but lost in the first round ofthe main draw. Qualifying for singles allowed him to enter the doubles draw as a wild card—he and partner Kevin Botti reached the second round.

The next week at U.S.A. F3 in Plantation, Florida Raonic again lost in singles in the qualifying round, this time as the No. 9 seed. After a week off, qualified for Croatia F1, as the No. 11 seed. He then knocked off World No. 293 and No. 7 seed Jan Mertl, World No. 425 Ivaylo Traykov, and No. 606 Denis Matsukevich before falling to No. 8 seed Louk Sorensen in the semi-finals. In doubles he and compatriot Erik Chvojka, the No. 3 seeds, reached the second round. The following week the Canadian doubles duo reached the finals of Croatia F2; in singles, Roanic again qualified for the main draw and then reached the quarter-finals.

After a couple weeks off, Raonic captured his first tour singles title, Canada F2 in Montreal. Receiving a wild card from Tennis Canada to play in the main draw, Raonic faced no seeded players and two qualifiers—he defeated World No. 594 Gregoire Burquier in the final, 6–3, 6–4. In doubles, he and Vasek Pospisil, the top seeds, reached the second round. The team then did one better the following week at Canada F3 in Sherbrooke, Quebec, reaching the semi-finals, again as the top seeds. In singles, Milos lost to Vasek in the quarter-finals in three close sets.

Two weeks later Raonic again qualified for the main draw at a Futures event, this time as the No. 4 seed at U.S.A. F7, and reached the quarter-finals. He and partner Philip Bester, as the No. 3 seeds, captured the doubles title, defeating the No. 1 seeds in the final, Lester Cook and Treat Conrad Huey. The following week in Little Rock, Arkansas, Milos qualified for the main draw as the No. 2 seed, but lost in the first round. He did not play doubles.

Raonic's next action was in June at Slovenia F2. For the first time he received a spot in the main draw of a singles tournament based solely on this ranking. He lost however in the first round, to No. 1 seed Pavol Cervenak, 4–6, 2–6. In doubles he and partner Aljaz Bedene lost in the second round. The following week at Slovenia F3 Milos again lost in the first round, this time to No. 3 seed Denis Molchanov. He and Mochanov teamed to win the doubles title however, the fourth tour doubles title of Raonic's career. The next week, Raonic reached the quarter-finals of Italy F15, on clay in Padova, while in doubles he and partner Marc Fornell-Mestrs reached the second round. He completed his European swing losing in the first round of Italy F16 in singles while reaching the semis in doubles partnering Stefano Valenti.

After two weeks off, Raonic resumed play at U.S.A. F16 in Pittsburgh, on clay. The No. 7 seed, he was upset in the second round by Rhyne Williams. In doubles he and partner Pospisil, the top seeds, lost in the semi-finals. The following week in Peoria, Illinois the No. 6 seed Raonic reached the quarter-finals where he was upset by the unseeded Pospisil. He and Vasek captured the doubles title however, winning their final three matches handily. After a week off, Raonic once again received a wild card into the main draw of the Granby Challenger. He played World No. 262 to a first set tie break lose before succumbing in the second set 1–6. In doubles, he and Pospisil lost in a second round tie-break to the No. 2 seeds Colin Fleming and Ken Skupski.

The following week the more casual Canadian tennis fan first heard of Milos Raonic, thanks to a amazing, if only brief, run of success on home soil. Given a wild card into singles qualifying for the 2009 Rogers Cup, he first raised eyebrows by beating World No. 77 Teymuraz Gabashvili in three sets, after dropping the first. He followed this up with a solid straight sets win over World No. 113 Michael Llodra in the qualifying round. More impressive still was how well he played against World No. 10 Fernando Gonzalez. Milos took the first set 6–4 and lost the second in a tie-break 6–8. Losing the final set 4–6, he finished the match having served and returned better on first serves than his far more illustrious opponent, and having won more points in the match, 112 to 107.[6] No doubt buoyed by this result, the following week lost to Kittipong Wachiramanowong in three sets in the final of Thailand F1 and, with partner Nikolaus Moser, won the doubles title. Then playing just singles in the next two weeks, he won the title for Thailand F2 and reached the semis of Thailand F3 (l/Jamie Baker).

Raonic spent the autumn of 2009 playing on the American Challenger circuit, but with less success than he had in summer. He lost in three tight sets to compatriot Bester in the opening round of the 2009 USTA Challenger of Oklahoma, and also in doubles partnering Toshihide Matsui. Three weeks later at the next stop, the 2009 Natomas Men's Pro Tennis Tournament, he went out in the first qualifying round to Izak Van der Merwe in straight sets. He and partner Matt Reid qualified for the doubles main draw but lost in the first round. The following two weeks in California, in Tiburon and Calabasas respectively, Milos lost in the second round of singles qualifying. He finished 2009 ranked World No. 373 in singles and No. 425 in doubles.

Raonic at the 2010 US Open

2010

Raonic started the 2010 season with new coach, former teammate Frédéric Niemeyer.[2] Raonic reached the semi-finals of three of his first five ITF Futures events in doubles, Great Britain F1, F2, partnering with Uladzimir Ignatik, and France F2 playing with Romain Jouan. He also won his doubles Davis Cup tie playing against Colombia with World No. 1 Daniel Nestor.[7] He lost, however, both of his singles rubbers in Bogota.

In March Raonic was upset early, as the No. 2 seed in singles at Canada F2 in Montreal, losing to unheralded Belgian qualifier Arthur De Greef in the first round. In doubles he and partner Vasek Pospisil, the top seeds, lost in the second round. The following week at Canada F3, again as the No. 2 seed, Raonic lost the finals to No. 1 seed Pospisil in three sets. In doubles, he and Pospisil, again the No. 1 seeds, also lost in the final. The week after Raonic competed in singles and doubles, unseeded in both, at the 2010 Challenger Banque Nationale in Rimouski. In singles, as a wildcard entrant, he lost to Australian Marinko Matosevic in the first round, while in doubles he and Pospisil withdrew before their first round match.

In mid-April Raonic captured the Korea F2 singles title as the top seed, defeating No. 3 Hiroki Kondo in the final 6–1, 6–1. He did so without losing a set and by winning his first match without conceding a game, over World No. 668 Min-Hyoek Cho. He did not play doubles. The following week, also just playing singles and as the No. 5 seed, Raonic lost in the quarter-finals, to China No. 2 Ze Zhang.

In May he captured his second title in three weeks, dropping just one set in taking Korea F4. The following week he lost to face No. 8 seed Tatsuma Ito in the first round of the 2010 Busan Open Challenger Tennis tournament. He again did not play doubles. Despite the loss he saw his singles ranking reach a career high for the second time in two weeks, at World No. 303. This ranking leaves him just one spot behind compatriot and former junior doubles partner Vasek Pospisil. Off two weeks later Raonic lost in the first round of the 2010 LA Tennis Open USTA Men's Challenger, playing as an alternate entrant, 6–7 in the third to up-and-coming Australian Nick Lindahl. In doubles he and partner Peter Polansky lost in the first round.

In June Raonic defeated fellow unseeded player Takao Suzuki 6–3, 6–3 in the first round of the 2010 Weil Tennis Academy Challenger but lost to Luka Gregorc in the second, in three sets. He did not play doubles. His ranking reached yet another new career high, World No. 294. After a few weeks off, he qualified for the main draw of the 2010 Nielsen Pro Tennis Championship. In the main draw he beat Tatsuma Ito and compatriot Peter Polansky, the later in three sets, before succumbing to eventual champion and No. 4 seed Brian Dabul, despite taking the first set. In doubles he and partner Sergei Bubka lost in the second round.

In late June Raonic lost in the second round of qualifying for the 2010 Hall of Fame Tennis Championships to Bubka, who went on to qualify. He and Bubka did not compete in doubles here however. The following week Raonic reached a new career high singles ranking, World No. 276, and reached the second round of the 2010 Comerica Bank Challenger where he lost to No. 5 seed Ilija Bozoljac after going up a set. He also reached the second round in doubles, partnering compatriot Peter Polansky. The next week he again achieved a new career high singles ranking, World No. 267. On the court he had defeated fellow Canadian and unseeded player Vasek Pospisil in the first round of the Fifth Third Bank Tennis Championships, 7–6(4), 6–1 and lost to Alex Kuznetsov retired while trailing 3–6, 0–1. Mildly injured, he and Polansky withdrew from their second round match.

In July Raonic reached the singles finals of the 2010 Challenger Banque Nationale de Granby. He beat compatriot Philip Bester, 6–4, 7–5 in the first round, No.3 seed Carlos Salamanca in the second, 7–6(7), 6–1, No. 7 seed Paul Capdeville in the quarters, and No. 2 seed Go Soeda in the semi-finals, 6–2, 2–6, 7–6(5) before falling to No. 1 seed Tobias Kamke in the final 3–6, 6–7. This result saw Raonic's ranking go to yet another new career best World No. 209. The following week Raonic received a special exemption to appear in the main draw of the 2010 Odlum Brown Vancouver Open where he has lost to No. 7 seed Robert Kendrick in the first round, 6–7(3), 4–6. He only played singles again. Granted a wild card into the singles main draw of the 2010 Rogers Cup, Raonic lost in the first round to Victor Hănescu, 4–6, 4–6. In doubles he and partner Vasek Pospisil had the privilege of playing against Rafael Nadal and Novak Djokovic, and winning, 10–8 in the tie-break. It was first time that the World Nos. 1 and 2 had played together in a tour doubles match since Jimmy Connors and Arthur Ashe did so in 1976. Raonic and Pospisil lost in the second round, however.

After a week off, Raonic beat No. 31 seed Mischa Zverev, 6–4, 6–3, Alex Bogomolov, Jr., 6–2, 7–6, and No. 8 seed David Guez, 7–5, 6–4 in singles qualifying for the U.S. Open. He lost however his main draw first round match to Australia No. 3 and wild card entrant Carsten Ball, 7–6(4), 3–6, 3–6, 2–6. Two weekends later Raonic, versus the Dominican Republic, won his singles match, 9–7 in the fifth over Victor Estrella, as Canada won the tie 5–0 to stay in the Americas Zone Group 1 for 2011. After a week off, Raonic beat Tatsuma Ito, 7–6(4), 6–2, in the qualifying round of the 2010 Proton Malaysian Open. In the first round of main draw, Raonic upset Igor Kunitsyn 7–6(6), 6–3, and rallied to upset No. 7 seed Sergiy Stakhovsky 6–7(8), 7–6(9), 6–3 in the second round, before losing to Igor Andreev, 1–6, 6–3, 3–6, in the quarterfinals.

One week later, Raonic has defeated No. 6 seed Thiago Alves and No. 2 Marsel Ilhan, both times in straight sets, to qualify for the 2010 Rakuten Japan Open Tennis Championship. This was his third ATP World Tour event he qualified for ever and in a row as well. After a first round win over Florent Serra, 6–4, 3–6, 6–4, he lost to World No. 1 Rafael Nadal in the second round.[8] Raonic competed well against Nadal, returning better on first serve in fact (winning 20% of points to Nadal's 14) while serving well on first serve (getting 67% of his first serves in play, winning 86% of those points). He had more chances to break point but experience and poise won out for the veteran as Nadal converted both of his only two break points and Raonic, none of his five.

The following week, the second week of October, Raonic was right back in action. Unseeded, he reached the quarter-finals of the 2010 Tashkent Challenger. After defeating No. 2 seed and Indian No. 1 Somdev Devvarman in the second round in straight sets, he was forced to retire with a sore shoulder trailing No. 5 seed Karol Beck 3–6, 0–1. After a couple of weeks off, Raonic lost in the first round of qualifying for the 500 Series 2010 Valencia Open 500, to No. 2 seed Pablo Cuevas 6–1, 4–6, 5–7. He has been off from tour play since.

Raonic serving at the 2011 Australian Open

2011

For the 2011 season Raonic again switched coaches, this time coming under the guidance of Spaniard Galo Blanco in the autumn of 2010.[9] Raonic started 2011 playing qualifying matches for the Aircel Chennai Open where he lost in the qualifying round against Édouard Roger-Vasselin. Next, he successfully qualified for the 2011 Australian Open. He won his first round match against German Björn Phau in three sets, his first victory in a main draw Grand Slam match.[10] In the second round he defeated No. 22 seed Michaël Llodra of France, again in three sets, becoming the first Canadian man in 10 years to reach the third round of a singles Grand Slam.[11] He then knocked out the Russian World No. 10 Mikhail Youzhny in four sets to reach the fourth round, the first qualifier to make the 4th round of a Grand Slam since 1999.[4] Playing his next match at the Hisense Arena, he fell to World No. 7 David Ferrer after he lost the last three sets, despite winning the first.[12]

Despite the loss Raonic received rave reviews for his performance at the Australian Open, such as when John McEnroe referred to Raonic as "the real deal" on Twitter,[13] or the BBC's reference to Raonic as part of "a new generation",[14] Martina Navratilova who referred to Raonic as "a new star" saying that "the sky is the limit" for the young tennis player,[15] and the Sydney Morning Herald who referred to Raonic as a "future superstar".[16]

Raonic still had to play qualification matches and beat Tomasz Bednarek, and Harel Levy, to enter the main draw of his next tournament, SA Tennis Open. He upset 2nd seeded World No. 37 Yen-Hsun Lu in the first round in two sets,[17] but then fell to Simon Greul in the second round.

The following week, Raonic began play at the SAP Open tournament. After upsetting No. 4 seed Xavier Malisse in the first round in two sets, he then beat James Blake, again in two sets.[18] After beating Richard Berankis in the quarterfinal match, 6–4, 7–6(2), he reached ATP tournament semifinals for the first time in his career. Raonic advanced to his first final of an ATP tournament when the No. 2 seed Gael Monfils defaulted in the semifinals citing a wrist injury.[19] In the final, Milos beat 1st seeded Fernando Verdasco 7–6(6), 7–6(5), winning his first ATP title, and became the first Canadian player to win an ATP singles tournament since Greg Rusedski in 1995 (before Rusedski started representing Great Britain).[20]

Milos received a wild card into the main singles draw of the 2011 Regions Morgan Keegan Championships, where, in a strange occurrence, Raonic had to play against 2nd seed Fernando Verdasco again in the first round. Raonic won again, 6–4, 3–6, 7–6(5). He reached the second quarterfinals in a row by winning over Radek Stepanek, 6–4, 6–7(10), 7–6(1). In defeating Stepanek, Raonic served a career-high 38 aces in the match.[21] Milos disposed of Robert Kendrick, 6–4, 3–6, 6–3[22], to advance to the semifinals, where he took over 4th seeded Mardy Fish, 6–4, 4–6, 6–3. He will face No.1 seed Andy Roddick in the finals. If Raonic wins he will rise to World No. 29 and if he loses he will rise to World No. 37.

Raonic was granted special exemption to participate in Abierto Mexicano Telcel tournament [23].

Playing Style

Raonic's game is based on his powerful and accurate serve.[24] Raonic says that his favourite shots are the serve and overhead smash and he states that his favourite surfaces to play on are hard courts.[1] He is extremely proficient in all four main types of serves used, the flat, slice, topspin and kick serves. However his best serve is his slice serve which has been compared by the Toronto Star to Roy Halladay's cutter in baseball.[25]

Personal

Raonic moved together with his family to Canada at the age of 3 from Titograd, Yugoslavia or what is now Podgorica, Montenegro.[2] Raonic started playing tennis at the age of 8 at the Blackmore Tennis club in Richmond Hill, Ontario.[25] Growing up in the suburbs of Toronto, Ontario, Raonic stated how Canada is mostly a hockey country. He says he chose tennis because of its "individuality and [because he] felt [he] could train more alone and on a ball machine with [his] dad".[26] His brother Momir, and sister Jelena, have moved back to Montenegro and Raonic says he visits his family there often.[2] Raonic's uncle Branimir Gvozdenović used to be the Minister of Urbanism and Environmental Protection in the Government of Montenegro where he also performed the vice-prime minister duties.[4][27] His parents both live in Canada and are both engineers, his father Dusan holds a PhD in engineering and his mother Vesna has a masters degree in the same field, while his sister also has a masters degree.[2] Raonic is fluent in two languages, speaking both Serbian and English.[1] His two favourite sports teams are Real Madrid C.F. and the Toronto Raptors.[1]

In an interview after his third round win at the 2011 Australian Open it was questioned if he would follow in the footsteps of Greg Rusedski the last great Canadian tennis player who ended up playing for his second nationality in Great Britain. When asked if he would continue to play for Canada he replied "Yes".[2] Raonic has shown a passion for Canada and the game of tennis in the country. This was displayed in an October, 2010 interview where he said of the matter that "I want to make a singles career, I enjoy it more and I want to make a difference in Canada with it. I feel if I were to achieve my goals it could make a great difference to the growth of tennis in Canada and help to produce more top players in the future."[24]

Tour singles finals

Grand slam and ATP World Tour: 2 (1–0)

Legend
Grand Slam tournaments (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 (1–0)
Titles by Surface
Hard (1–0)
Clay (0–0)
Grass (0–0)
Carpet (0–0)
Outcome No. Date Tournament Surface Opponent in the final Score in the final
Winner 1. 13 February 2011 United States San Jose, United States Hard (i) Spain Fernando Verdasco 7–6(6), 7–6(5)
Pending 2./1. 20 February 2011 United States Memphis, United States Hard (i) United States Andy Roddick

Singles performance timeline

Key
W  F  SF QF #R RR Q# P# DNQ A Z# PO G S B NMS NTI P NH
(W) winner; (F) finalist; (SF) semifinalist; (QF) quarterfinalist; (#R) rounds 4, 3, 2, 1; (RR) round-robin stage; (Q#) qualification round; (P#) preliminary round; (DNQ) did not qualify; (A) absent; (Z#) Davis/Fed Cup Zonal Group (with number indication) or (PO) play-off; (G) gold, (S) silver or (B) bronze Olympic/Paralympic medal; (NMS) not a Masters tournament; (NTI) not a Tier I tournament; (P) postponed; (NH) not held; (SR) strike rate (events won / competed); (W–L) win–loss record.
To avoid confusion and double counting, these charts are updated at the conclusion of a tournament or when the player's participation has ended.

To prevent confusion and double counting, information in this table is updated only once a tournament or the player's participation in the tournament has concluded. This table is current through to the 2011 SAP Open.

Tournament 2008 2009 2010 2011 Career SR Career W–L Win %
Grand Slams
Australian Open A A A 4R 0 / 1 3–1 75.00%
French Open A A A 0 / 0 – –.–
Wimbledon A A A 0 / 0 – –.–
US Open A A 1R 0 / 1 0–1 0.00%
SR 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 1 0 / 1 0 / 2 N/A 0.00%
Win–Loss 0–0 0–0 0–1 3–1 N/A 3–2 60.00%
Davis Cup Singles
Davis Cup A A P 0 / 1 1 / 2 0.00% / 33.33%
ATP World Tour Masters 1000
Indian Wells Masters A A A 0 / 0 0–0
Miami Masters A A A 0 / 0 0–0
Monte Carlo Masters A A A 0 / 0 0–0
Rome Masters A A A 0 / 0 0–0
Madrid Masters A A A 0 / 0 0–0
Canada Masters Q1 1R 1R 0 / 3 0–2 0.00%
Cincinnati Masters A A A 0 / 0 0–0
Shanghai Masters A A A 0 / 0 0–0
Paris Masters A A A 0 / 0 0–0
SR 0 / 1 0 / 1 0 / 1 0 / 0 0 / 3 N/A 0.00%
Win–Loss 0–0 0–1 0–1 0–0 N/A 0–2 0.00%
ATP World Tour 500
Memphis A A A
Acapulco A A A
Tokyo A A 2R 0 / 1 1–1 50%
Valencia A A Q1 0 / 1 0–0 0%
SR 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 2 0 / 0 0 / 2 N/A 0.00%
Win–Loss 0–0 0–0 1–1 0–0 N/A 1–1 50.00%
ATP World Tour 250
Chennai A A A Q3 0 / 1 0–0 0%
Johannesburg A A A 2R 0 / 1 1–1 50%
San Jose A A A W 1 / 1 4–0 100%
Newport A A Q2 0 / 1 0–0 0%
Kuala Lumpur A A QF 0 / 1 2–1 66.66%
SR 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 2 1 / 3 1 / 5 N/A 20.00%
Win–Loss 0–0 0–0 2–1 1–1 N/A 7–2 77.77%
Career Statistics
Tournaments played 1 1 6 4 N/A Career total: 12
Finals Reached 0 0 0 1 N/A Career total: 1
Titles 0 0 0 1 N/A Career total: 1
Overall Win–Loss 0–0 0–1 4–6 8–2 N/A 12–9 57.14%
Year End Ranking 915 373 156 N/A N/A N/A

Match wins and losses here are just those from main draw play. Walkovers are neither official match wins nor losses.

Head-to-head statistics

Head-to-head vs. top 10 ranked players

Player Record W% Hardcourt Clay Grass Carpet
Spain Rafael Nadal 0–1 0% 0–1 0–0 0–0 0–0
Spain David Ferrer 0–1 0% 0–1 0–0 0–0 0–0
Spain Fernando Verdasco 2–0 100% 2–0 0–0 0–0 0–0
Chile Fernando Gonzalez 0–1 0% 0–1 0–0 0–0 0–0
Russia Mikhail Youzhny 1–0 100% 1–0 0–0 0–0 0–0
Overall 3–3 50% 3–3 0–0 0–0 0–0

*Including challengers[28]

Head-to-head record against Top 50 players

Raonic's win-loss record against players who have been ranked World No. 50 or higher is as follows (including Challengers[28]):

Singles

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