Nenad Zimonjić
Ненад Зимоњић

Country	Yugoslavia (1995–2003)  Serbia and Montenegro (2003–2006)  Serbia (2006–present)
Residence	Belgrade, Serbia
Born	(1976-06-04) June 4, 1976 (age 36) Belgrade, SR Serbia, SFR Yugoslavia
Height	1.90 m (6 ft 3 in)
Weight	91 kg (200 lb; 14.3 st)
Turned pro	1995
Plays	Right-handed (one-handed backhand)
Career prize money	$6,123,876
Singles
Career record	7–23 (23.33%)
Career titles	0
Highest ranking	No. 176 (29 March 1999)
Grand Slam Singles results
Australian Open	1R (2001)
Wimbledon	3R (1999)
Doubles
Career record	523–271 (65.87%)
Career titles	44
Highest ranking	No. 1 (17 November 2008)
Current ranking	No. 6 (28 May 2012)
Grand Slam Doubles results
Australian Open	F (2010)
French Open	W (2010)
Wimbledon	W (2008, 2009)
US Open	QF (2006, 2009)
Mixed Doubles
Career titles	4
Grand Slam Mixed Doubles results
Australian Open	W (2004, 2008)
French Open	W (2006, 2010)
Wimbledon	QF (2003, 2006)
US Open	F (2005)
Last updated on: 18:50, 31 May 2012 (UTC).

Nenad Zimonjić (Serbian Cyrillic: Ненад Зимоњић, Serbian pronunciation: [nê̞nad zîmo̞ɲit͡ɕ]; born June 4, 1976 in Belgrade, SR Serbia, SFR Yugoslavia) is a professional Serbian tennis player who is currently ranked World No. 3 in men's doubles.^[1] He is the second tennis doubles player from Serbia to hold the World No.1, after Slobodan Živojinović.

Career[link]

Zimonjić turned pro in 1995 and remained relatively unknown outside his native country until a surprise victory in the Mixed Doubles at the 2004 Australian Open. Paired for the first time with Russian Elena Bovina, he beat defending champions Martina Navratilova and Leander Paes in straight sets in an hour and nine minutes 6–1, 7–6 . Alongside Katarina Srebotnik of Slovenia, he won the 2006 French Open crown with a straight-sets victory over Daniel Nestor and Elena Likhovtseva, 6–3, 6–4. At the 2006 Wimbledon Championships, Zimonjić reached the final of the Men's Doubles (alongside France's Fabrice Santoro) and the quarter-finals of the Mixed Doubles.

In 2007, Zimonjić reached the 2007 French Open mixed doubles final as the defending champions with Katarina Srebotnik and lost to Nathalie Dechy and Andy Ram. He left Fabrice Santoro after Wimbledon and teamed with Mahesh Bhupathi until after the 2007 US Open. After the US Open, Nenad left Bhupathi and partnered with Daniel Nestor^[2] who won the French Open earlier in the year alongside Mark Knowles. The team won the 2007 St. Petersburg Open without losing a set. Nestor and Zimonjić later won 2008 Wimbledon^[3] (Zimonjić's first Grand Slam), 2009 Wimbledon and 2010 French Open.

While Zimonjić is known as a doubles specialist, he has recorded two big wins in his singles career. In 2004 he defeated Andre Agassi 6–2, 7–6 in St Pölten and in 2005 on the grass of Halle he defeated Nicolas Kiefer 6–7, 6–3, 6–4, both of these were first round victories.

In 2009, Zimonjić won the World Team Cup as a part of the Serbian team. With Victor Troicki, he won two decisive games against Italian and Argentinian teams; as a result, Serbia finished first in its group and then proceeded to beat Germany in the final encounter.

In 2010, he won both the doubles with Daniel Nestor and the mixed doubles with Katarina Srebotnik at Roland Garros. Zimonjic ended his partnership with Nestor after winning the ATP World Tour Finals. He is partnering with Michaël Llodra in 2011.

Davis Cup[link]

Zimonjić (in the front) with Novak Djokovic during the Davis cup match against Czech Republic

Zimonjić has been a member of Serbia Davis Cup team (previously Yugoslavia Davis Cup team and Serbia and Montenegro Davis Cup team, respectively) since 1995, playing both singles and doubles, and in 2003–2004 he was the playing captain of the national team. In recent years, with the emergence of highly ranked Serbian singles players, Novak Djokovic, Janko Tipsarević and Viktor Troicki, Zimonjić became a doubles specialist in the team, partnering all of them, as well as Dušan Vemić and Ilija Bozoljac.

In 2010, Serbia won its first ever Davis Cup title, following the victories over United States (3–2), Croatia (4–1), Czech Republic (3–2), and France in the final match (3–2). Zimonjić played in all four double matches over the course of the competition, winning once (against Croatia, partnering Tipsarević) and losing the other three times (partnering Tipsarević, Đoković and Troicki, respectively). To celebrate the winning of the trophy, all of the players shaved their heads, the central celebration was held in Belgrade in front of several thousands of fans, and the Serbian national postal service issued a stamp picturing the players.^[4]

Personal life[link]

In 2008 he married former model Mina Knežević (Мина Кнежевић). On December 4, 2008, his wife gave birth to twins, Leon (Леон) and Luna (Луна).^[5] His sister, Daniyela Rakic is married to Chico Slimani famed for being an UK X Factor contestant in 2005 and releasing the No 1 song 'It's Chico Time' in early 2006. He has since made a career from appearing in a range of reality and entertainment shows on UK TV.

Major finals[link]

Grand Slam finals[link]

Men's doubles: 7 finals (3 titles, 4 runner-ups)[link]

Outcome	Year	Championship	Surface	Partner	Opponent in the final	Score in the final
Runner-up	2004	Wimbledon	Grass	Julian Knowle	Jonas Björkman Todd Woodbridge	1–6, 4–6, 6–4, 4–6
Runner-up	2006	Wimbledon (2)	Grass	Fabrice Santoro	Bob Bryan Mike Bryan	3–6, 6–4, 4–6, 2–6
Runner-up	2008	French Open	Clay	Daniel Nestor	Pablo Cuevas Luis Horna	2–6, 3–6
Winner	2008	Wimbledon	Grass	Daniel Nestor	Jonas Björkman Kevin Ullyett	7–6(14–12), 6–7(6–8), 6–3, 6–3
Winner	2009	Wimbledon (2)	Grass	Daniel Nestor	Bob Bryan Mike Bryan	7–6(9–7), 6–7(3–7), 7–6(7–3), 6–3
Runner-up	2010	Australian Open	Hard	Daniel Nestor	Bob Bryan Mike Bryan	3–6, 7–6(7–5), 3–6
Winner	2010	French Open	Clay	Daniel Nestor	Lukáš Dlouhý Leander Paes	7–5, 6–2

Mixed doubles: 8 finals (4 titles, 4 runner-ups)[link]

Outcome	Year	Championship	Surface	Partner	Opponent in the final	Score in the final
Winner	2004	Australian Open	Hard	Elena Bovina	Martina Navratilova Leander Paes	6–1, 7–6(7–3)
Runner-up	2005	US Open	Hard	Katarina Srebotnik	Daniela Hantuchová Mahesh Bhupathi	4–6, 2–6
Winner	2006	French Open	Clay	Katarina Srebotnik	Elena Likhovtseva Daniel Nestor	6–3, 6–4
Runner-up	2007	French Open	Clay	Katarina Srebotnik	Nathalie Dechy Andy Ram	5–7, 3–6
Winner	2008	Australian Open (2)	Hard	Sun Tiantian	Sania Mirza Mahesh Bhupathi	7–6(7–4), 6–4
Runner-up	2008	French Open	Clay	Katarina Srebotnik	Victoria Azarenka Bob Bryan	2–6, 6–7
Winner	2010	French Open (2)	Clay	Katarina Srebotnik	Yaroslava Shvedova Julian Knowle	4–6, 7–6(7–5), [11–9]
Runner-up	2011	French Open	Clay	Katarina Srebotnik	Casey Dellacqua Scott Lipsky	6–7(6–8), 6–4, [7–10]

Year-End Championships finals[link]

Doubles: 3 finals (2 titles, 1 runner-up)[link]

Outcome	Year	Championship	Surface	Partner	Opponent in the final	Score in the final
Runner-up	2005	Shanghai	Hard (i)	Leander Paes	Michaël Llodra Fabrice Santoro	7–6(8–6), 3–6, 6–7(4–7)
Winner	2008	Shanghai	Hard (i)	Daniel Nestor	Bob Bryan Mike Bryan	7–6(7–3), 6–2
Winner	2010	London	Hard (i)	Daniel Nestor	Mahesh Bhupathi Max Mirnyi	7–6(8–6), 6–4

Career men's doubles finals: 72 finals (44 titles, 28 runner-ups)[link]

Winner (44)[link]

No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Partner	Opponents in Final	Score in Final
1.	May 9, 1999	Delray Beach, U.S. (1)	Clay	Max Mirnyi	Doug Flach Brian MacPhie	7–6(7–3), 3–6, 6–3
2.	March 5, 2000	Delray Beach, U.S. (2)	Hard	Brian MacPhie	Joshua Eagle Andrew Florent	7–5, 6–4
3.	October 15, 2000	Vienna, Austria(1)	Hard (I)	Yevgeny Kafelnikov	Jiří Novák David Rikl	6–4, 6–4
4.	October 14, 2001	Lyon, France	Carpet (I)	Daniel Nestor	Arnaud Clément Sébastien Grosjean	6–1, 6–2
5.	February 24, 2002	Memphis, U.S.	Hard (I)	Brian MacPhie	Bob Bryan Mike Bryan	6–3, 3–6, 6–4
6.	March 9, 2003	Delray Beach, U.S. (3)	Hard	Leander Paes	Raemon Sluiter Martin Verkerk	7–5, 3–6, 7–5
7.	October 26, 2003	St. Petersburg, Russia (1)	Hard (I)	Julian Knowle	Michael Kohlmann Rainer Schüttler	7–6(7–1), 6–3
8.	April 25, 2004	Monte Carlo, Monaco (1)>	Clay	Tim Henman	Gastón Etlis Martín Rodríguez	7–5, 6–2
9.	April 17, 2005	Monte Carlo, Monaco (2)	Clay	Leander Paes	Bob Bryan Mike Bryan	W/O
10.	April 24, 2005	Barcelona, Spain (1)	Clay	Leander Paes	Feliciano López Rafael Nadal	6–3, 6–3
11.	January 15, 2006	Sydney, Australia (1)	Hard	Fabrice Santoro	František Čermák Leoš Friedl	6–1, 6–4
12.	June 18, 2006	Halle, Germany	Grass	Fabrice Santoro	Michael Kohlmann Rainer Schüttler	6–0, 6–4
13.	October 15, 2006	Moscow, Russia	Carpet (I)	Fabrice Santoro	František Čermák Jaroslav Levinský	6–1, 7–5
14.	January 5, 2007	Doha, Qatar	Hard	Mikhail Youzhny	Martin Damm Leander Paes	6–1, 7–6(7–3)
15.	February 26, 2007	Dubai, United Arab Emirates	Hard	Fabrice Santoro	Mahesh Bhupathi Radek Štěpánek	7–5, 6–7(3–7), [10–7]
16.	May 7, 2007	Rome, Italy (1)	Clay	Fabrice Santoro	Bob Bryan Mike Bryan	6–4, 6–7, [10–7]
17.	August 25, 2007	New Haven, United States	Hard	Mahesh Bhupathi	Mariusz Fyrstenberg Marcin Matkowski	6–3, 6–3
18.	October 28, 2007	St. Petersburg, Russia (2)	Carpet	Daniel Nestor	Jürgen Melzer Todd Perry	6–1, 7–6(7–3)
19.	May 18, 2008	Hamburg, Germany	Clay	Daniel Nestor	Bob Bryan Mike Bryan	6–4, 5–7, [10–8]
20.	June 15, 2008	London, United Kingdom	Grass	Daniel Nestor	Marcelo Melo André Sá	6–4, 7–6(7–3)
21.	July 5, 2008	Wimbledon, United Kingdom (1)	Grass	Daniel Nestor	Jonas Björkman Kevin Ullyett	7–6(14–12), 6–7(3–7), 6–3, 6–3
22.	July 27, 2008	Toronto, Canada	Hard	Daniel Nestor	Bob Bryan Mike Bryan	6–2, 4–6, [10–6]
23.	November 16, 2008	Tennis Masters Cup, Shanghai	Hard	Daniel Nestor	Bob Bryan Mike Bryan	7–6(7–3), 6–2
24.	February 15, 2009	Rotterdam, Netherlands (1)	Hard (i)	Daniel Nestor	Lukáš Dlouhý Leander Paes	6–2, 7–5
25.	April 19, 2009	Monte Carlo, Monaco (3)	Clay	Daniel Nestor	Bob Bryan Mike Bryan	6–4, 6–1
26.	April 26, 2009	Barcelona, Spain (2)	Clay	Daniel Nestor	Mahesh Bhupathi Mark Knowles	6–3, 7–6(11–9)
27.	May 3, 2009	Rome, Italy (2)	Clay	Daniel Nestor	Bob Bryan Mike Bryan	7–6, 6–3
28.	May 17, 2009	Madrid, Spain	Clay	Daniel Nestor	Simon Aspelin Wesley Moodie	6–4, 6–4
29.	July 4, 2009	Wimbledon, United Kingdom (2)	Grass	Daniel Nestor	Bob Bryan Mike Bryan	7–6(9–7), 6–7(3–7), 7–6(7–3), 6–3
30.	August 23, 2009	Cincinnati, United States	Hard	Daniel Nestor	Bob Bryan Mike Bryan	3–6, 7–6(7–2), [15–13]
31.	November 2, 2009	Basel, Switzerland	Hard (i)	Daniel Nestor	Bob Bryan Mike Bryan	6–2, 6–3
32.	November 8, 2009	Paris, France	Hard (I)	Daniel Nestor	Marcel Granollers Tommy Robredo	6–3, 6–4
33.	January 16, 2010	Sydney, Australia (2)	Hard	Daniel Nestor	Ross Hutchins Jordan Kerr	6–3, 7–6(7–5)
34.	February 14, 2010	Rotterdam, Netherlands (2)	Hard (i)	Daniel Nestor	Simon Aspelin Paul Hanley	6–4, 4–6, [10–7]
35.	April 18, 2010	Monte Carlo, Monaco (4)	Clay	Daniel Nestor	Mahesh Bhupathi Max Mirnyi	6–3, 2–0, RET.
36.	April 25, 2010	Barcelona, Spain (3)	Clay	Daniel Nestor	Lleyton Hewitt Mark Knowles	4–6, 6–3, [10–6]
37.	June 5, 2010	French Open, France	Clay	Daniel Nestor	Lukáš Dlouhý Leander Paes	7–5, 6–2
38.	October 31, 2010	Vienna, Austria (2)	Hard (i)	Daniel Nestor	Mariusz Fyrstenberg Marcin Matkowski	7–5, 3–6, [10–5]
39.	November 28, 2010	ATP World Tour Finals, London (2)	Hard (i)	Daniel Nestor	Mahesh Bhupathi Max Mirnyi	7–6(8–6), 6–4
40.	August 7, 2011	Washington, U.S. (1)	Hard	Michaël Llodra	Robert Lindstedt Horia Tecau	6–7(3–7), 7–6(8–6), [10–7]
41.	August 14, 2011	Montreal, Canada	Hard	Michaël Llodra	Bob Bryan Mike Bryan	6–4, 6–7(5–7), [10–5]
42.	October 9, 2011	Beijing, China	Hard	Michaël Llodra	Robert Lindstedt Horia Tecau	7–6(7–2), 7–6(7–4)
43.	November 6, 2011	Basel, Switzerland (2)	Hard (i)	Michaël Llodra	Max Mirnyi Daniel Nestor	6–4, 7–5
44.	February 19, 2012	Rotterdam, The Netherlands (3)	Hard (i)	Michaël Llodra	Robert Lindstedt Horia Tecau	4-6, 7-5, [16-14]

Runner-ups (28)[link]

No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Partner	Opponents in Final	Score in Final
1.	February 14, 1999	San Jose, U.S.	Hard (I)	Aleksandar Kitinov	Todd Woodbridge Mark Woodforde	5–7, 7–6(7–3), 4–6
2.	May 7, 2000	Munich, Germany	Clay	Max Mirnyi	David Adams John-Laffnie de Jager	4–6, 4–6
3.	March 4, 2001	Dubai, United Arab Emirates	Hard	Daniel Nestor	Joshua Eagle Sandon Stolle	4–6, 4–6
4.	April 15, 2001	Estoril, Portugal	Clay	Donald Johnson	Radek Štěpánek Michal Tabara	4–6, 1–6
5.	May 4, 2003	Valencia, Spain	Clay	Brian MacPhie	Lucas Arnold Ker Mariano Hood	1–6, 7–6(9–7), 4–6
6.	May 25, 2003	St. Pölten, Austria	Clay	Sargis Sargsian	Simon Aspelin Massimo Bertolini	4–6, 7–6(12–10), 3–6
7.	May 2, 2004	Munich, Germany	Clay	Julian Knowle	James Blake Mark Merklein	2–6, 4–6
8.	July 4, 2004	Wimbledon, London	Grass	Julian Knowle	Jonas Björkman Todd Woodbridge	1–6, 4–6, 6–4, 4–6
9.	October 16, 2005	Stockholm, Sweden	Hard (I)	Leander Paes	Wayne Arthurs Paul Hanley	3–5, 3–5
10.	October 23, 2005	Madrid, Spain	Hard (I)	Leander Paes	Mark Knowles Daniel Nestor	6–3, 3–6, 2–6
11.	November 13, 2005	Tennis Masters Cup, Shanghai	Carpet (I)	Leander Paes	Michaël Llodra Fabrice Santoro	7–6(8–6), 3–6, 6–7(4–7)
12.	April 23, 2006	Monte Carlo, Monaco	Clay	Fabrice Santoro	Jonas Björkman Max Mirnyi	2–6, 6–7(2–7)
13.	July 9, 2006	Wimbledon, London	Grass	Fabrice Santoro	Bob Bryan Mike Bryan	3–6, 6–4, 4–6, 2–6
14.	November 5, 2006	Paris, France	Carpet (I)	Fabrice Santoro	Arnaud Clément Michaël Llodra	6–7(4–7), 2–6
15.	June 17, 2007	Halle, Germany	Grass	Fabrice Santoro	Simon Aspelin Julian Knowle	4–6, 6–7(5–7)
16.	November 4, 2007	Paris, France	Hard	Daniel Nestor	Bob Bryan Mike Bryan	3–6, 6–7(4–7)
17.	March 21, 2008	Indian Wells, U.S.	Hard	Daniel Nestor	Jonathan Erlich Andy Ram	4–6, 4–6
18.	May 11, 2008	Rome, Italy	Clay	Daniel Nestor	Bob Bryan Mike Bryan	6–3, 4–6, [8–10]
19.	June 7, 2008	French Open, France	Clay	Daniel Nestor	Pablo Cuevas Luis Horna	2–6, 3–6
20.	January 9, 2009	Doha, Qatar	Hard	Daniel Nestor	Marc López Rafael Nadal	6–4, 4–6, [8–10]
21.	January 17, 2009	Sydney, Australia	Hard	Daniel Nestor	Bob Bryan Mike Bryan	1–6, 6–7(3–7)
22.	January 30, 2010	Australian Open, Australia	Hard	Daniel Nestor	Bob Bryan Mike Bryan	3–6, 7–6(7–5), 3–6
23.	March 20, 2010	Indian Wells, U.S.	Hard	Daniel Nestor	Marc López Rafael Nadal	6–7(8–10), 3–6
24.	May 16, 2010	Madrid, Spain	Clay	Daniel Nestor	Bob Bryan Mike Bryan	3–6, 4–6
25.	November 7, 2010	Basel, Switzerland	Hard (i)	Daniel Nestor	Bob Bryan Mike Bryan	3–6, 6–3, [3–10]
26.	February 13, 2011	Rotterdam, Netherlands	Hard (i)	Michaël Llodra	Jürgen Melzer Philipp Petzschner	4–6, 6–3, [5–10]
27.	May 8, 2011	Madrid, Spain	Clay	Michaël Llodra	Bob Bryan Mike Bryan	3–6, 3–6
28.	October 16, 2011	Shanghai, China	Hard	Michaël Llodra	Max Mirnyi Daniel Nestor	6–3, 1–6, [10–12]

Team competition finals: 3 (3–0)[link]

Outcome	No.	Date	Team competition	Surface	Partner/Team	Opponents	Score
Winner	1.	May 23, 2009	World Team Cup, Düsseldorf, Germany	Clay	Janko Tipsarević Viktor Troicki	Rainer Schüttler Philipp Kohlschreiber Nicolas Kiefer Mischa Zverev	2–1
Winner	2.	December 3–5, 2010	Davis Cup, Belgrade, Serbia	Hard (i)	Novak Djokovic Janko Tipsarević Viktor Troicki	Gaël Monfils Michaël Llodra Arnaud Clément Gilles Simon	3–2
Winner	3.	May 21, 2012	World Team Cup, Düsseldorf, Germany	Clay	Janko Tipsarević Viktor Troicki Miki Janković	Tomáš Berdych Radek Štěpánek František Čermák	3–0

Performance timeline[link]

Doubles[link]

Singles[link]

Awards[link]

1994

• Best Male Tennis Player in Yugoslavia

1996

• Best Male Tennis Player in Yugoslavia

1998

• Best Male Tennis Player in Yugoslavia

2001

• Best Male Tennis Player in Yugoslavia

2008

• Year-end No. 1 (with Daniel Nestor)
• ATP Doubles Team of the Year (with Daniel Nestor)
• ITF Men's doubles World Champion (with Daniel Nestor)

2010

• Recognition for 50 matches played for Serbia Davis Cup team

See also[link]

• Serbia Davis Cup team
• List of ATP number 1 ranked doubles players
• List of Grand Slam men's doubles champions
• List of Grand Slam mixed doubles champions

References[link]

External links[link]

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Nenad Zimonjić (Achievement predecessor & successor) Sporting positions Preceded by Bob and Mike Bryan Bob and Mike Bryan Daniel Nestor Bob and Mike Bryan Bob and Mike Bryan World No. 1 (doubles) November 17, 2008 - February 1, 2009 May 18, 2009 - May 24, 2009 November 2, 2009 - November 29, 2009 February 1, 2010 - May 16, 2010 June 7, 2010 - August 15, 2010 Succeeded by Bob and Mike Bryan Daniel Nestor Bob and Mike Bryan Bob and Mike Bryan Bob and Mike Bryan Awards Preceded by Bob and Mike Bryan ITF World Champion (doubles) (with Daniel Nestor) 2008 Succeeded by Bob and Mike Bryan Preceded by Bob and Mike Bryan ATP Doubles Team of the Year (with Daniel Nestor) 2008 Succeeded by Bob and Mike Bryan