Lovro Zovko

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Lovro Zovko
Country (sports) Croatia
ResidenceZagreb, Croatia
Born (1981-03-18) 18 March 1981 (age 43)
Zagreb, SR Croatia, Yugoslavia
Height1.90 m (6 ft 3 in)
Turned pro1999
Retired2015
PlaysRight-handed (two-handed backhand)
Prize money$623,479
Singles
Career record7–13
Career titles0
Highest rankingNo. 151 (27 January 2003)
Grand Slam singles results
Australian OpenQ1 (2002, 2003)
French OpenQ1 (2003)
WimbledonQ1 (2002, 2003)
US OpenQ3 (2002)
Doubles
Career record53-89
Career titles0
Highest rankingNo. 45 (6 October 2008)
Grand Slam doubles results
Australian Open1R (2007, 2008, 2009, 2011)
French Open1R (2002, 2006, 2008, 2009)
Wimbledon2R (2002, 2006)
US Open3R (2008)

Lovro Zovko (born 18 March 1981) is a former professional tennis player from Croatia.[1]

Tennis career

Juniors

As a junior Zovko reached as high as No. 9 in the world rankings in 1998 (and No. 10 in doubles).

Pro tour

Early in 2000 and 2001, Zovko reached the doubles final in Umag with Ivan Ljubičić.

In 2007, Zovko made the doubles finals of the Kremlin Cup (Moscow) event with Tomáš Cibulec before losing to Marat Safin and Dmitry Tursunov in the final, 6–4, 6–2. Zovko reached the 2007 Grand Prix de Tennis de Lyon doubles final with Łukasz Kubot, losing to Sébastien Grosjean and Jo-Wilfried Tsonga in the final, 6–4, 6–3.

ATP career finals

Doubles: 5 (0–5)

Legend (pre/post 2009)
Grand Slam (0–0)
Tennis Masters Cup /
ATP World Tour Finals (0–0)
ATP Masters Series /
ATP World Tour Masters 1000 (0–0)
ATP International Series Gold /
ATP World Tour 500 series (0–0)
ATP International Series /
ATP World Tour 250 series (0–5)
Titles by surface
Hard (0–2)
Clay (0–3)
Grass (0–0)
Carpet (0–0)
Result No. Date Tournament Surface Partner Opponent Score
Loss 1. Jul 2000 Umag, Croatia Clay Croatia Ivan Ljubičić Spain Albert Portas
Spain Álex López Morón
1–6, 6–7(2)
Loss 2. Jul 2001 Umag, Croatia Clay Croatia Ivan Ljubičić Argentina Sergio Roitman
Argentina Andrés Schneiter
2–6, 5–7
Loss 3. Oct 2007 Moscow, Russia Hard Czech Republic Tomáš Cibulec Russia Marat Safin
Russia Dmitry Tursunov
4–6, 2–6
Loss 4. Oct 2007 Lyon, France Hard Poland Łukasz Kubot France Sébastien Grosjean
France Jo-Wilfried Tsonga
4–6, 3–6
Loss 5. Jul 2011 Umag, Croatia Clay Croatia Marin Čilić Italy Simone Bolelli
Italy Fabio Fognini
3–6, 7–5, [7–10]

References

  1. ^ "Lovro Zovko". ESPN.com. Retrieved 13 March 2018.

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