Viktor Galović

Viktor Galović
	Galović at the 2018 Wimbledon Championships
Full name	Viktor Galović
Country (sports)	Italy (2008–2014) ; Croatia (2014–present)
Residence	Verona, Italy
Born	19 September 1990 (age 34); Nova Gradiška, SR Croatia, SFR Yugoslavia
Height	1.92 m (6 ft 4 in)
Turned pro	2011
Retired	2021
Plays	Right-handed (two–handed backhand)
Coach	Daniel Panajotti
Prize money	$384,965
Singles
Career record	3–6 (at ATP Tour level, Grand Slam level, and in Davis Cup)
Career titles	0
Highest ranking	No. 173 (14 May 2018)
Grand Slam singles results
Australian Open	Q2 (2018, 2020)
French Open	Q2 (2018)
Wimbledon	Q3 (2019)
US Open	Q2 (2019)
Doubles
Career record	0–0
Career titles	0
Highest ranking	No. 490 (19 March 2018)
	Last updated on: 10 June 2021.

Viktor Galović (Croatian pronunciation: [ʋîktor ɡâːloʋitɕ];^[1]^[2] born 19 September 1990) is a former Croatian tennis player. Galović has a career high ATP singles ranking of 173, achieved on 14 May 2018. Galović had previously represented Italy where he was raised but in 2014 switched back to his home country of Croatia.

Career

Galović made his ATP main draw singles debut at the 2014 Bet-at-home Cup Kitzbühel where he qualified for the main draw, defeating Philipp Davydenko, Lukáš Dlouhý and Antonio Veić en route. In the main draw he lost to Albert Ramos Viñolas in three sets in the first round.

Galović had his grass debut in Stuttgart where he lost in the second round of qualifications to Denis Kudla. But he was lucky and he received an entry as a lucky loser. In the first round of the ATP tournament in Stuttgart he lost to Maximilian Marterer 6:3,4:6,1:6.

Galović retired in July 2021 due to continuous back and hip injuries.^[3]

Davis Cup

Galović had three team nominations for Croatia in the Davis Cup, playing two matches.^[4] His debut was on 17 September 2017 in Bogotá, Colombia in the 2017 Davis Cup World Group play-offs. He defeated Alejandro González in a best of three sets, dead rubber (6–4, 2–6, 6–2).^[5]

His second match was played in Osijek, Croatia in the First Round of 2018 Davis Cup World Group against Canada. He played against Denis Shapovalov on 2 February 2018 and lost 4–6, 4–6, 2–6.^[6]

Galović was on the list of the Croatian players in the quarter-final of 2018 Davis Cup against Kazakhstan but was unused by captain Željko Krajan.^[7]

Statistics

Year	Nom's	Ties	Match	Sets	S %	Games	G %
2017	1	1	1–0	2–1	66.67%	14–12	53.85%
2018	2	1	0–1	0–3	0%	10–18	35.71%
Total	3	2	1–1	2–4	33%	24–30	44%

Source: www.daviscup.com^[4]

Performance timeline

Key
W	F	SF	QF	#R	RR	Q#	DNQ	A	NH

(W) winner; (F) finalist; (SF) semifinalist; (QF) quarterfinalist; (#R) rounds 4, 3, 2, 1; (RR) round-robin stage; (Q#) qualification round; (DNQ) did not qualify; (A) absent; (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.

Singles

Tournament	2017	2018	2019	2020	2021	SR	W–L	Win %
Grand Slam tournaments
Australian Open	A	Q2	Q1	Q2	A	0 / 0	0–0	–
French Open	A	Q2	Q1	A	A	0 / 0	0–0	–
Wimbledon	A	Q2	Q3	NH	A	0 / 0	0–0	–
US Open	Q1	Q1	Q2	A	A	0 / 0	0–0	–
Win–loss	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0 / 0	0–0	–

ATP Challenger and ITF Futures finals

Singles: 11 (4–7)

Legend
ATP Challenger (1–1)
ITF Futures (3–6)

Finals by surface
Hard (1–2)
Clay (2–5)
Grass (0–0)
Carpet (1–0)

Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Tier	Surface	Opponent	Score
Loss	0-1	Mar 2012	Ukraine F3, Cherkassy	Futures	Hard	Oleksandr Nedovyesov	2-6, 3-6
Win	1-1	Jul 2012	Italy F18, Modena	Futures	Clay	Enrico Fioravante	4–6, 6–4, 7–6^(7–4)
Win	2-1	Nov 2012	Greece F5, Heraklion	Futures	Carpet	Robin Kern	2–6, 7–6^(7–4), 7-5
Win	3-1	Apr 2014	Italy F8, Santa Margherita Di Pula	Futures	Clay	Alberto Brizzi	7–6^(7–5), 4–6, 6-3
Loss	3-2	Apr 2015	Italy F6, Santa Margherita Di Pula	Futures	Clay	Viktor Durasovic	3-6, 2-6
Loss	3-3	Jun 2015	Italy F14, Napoli	Futures	Clay	Daniele Giorgini	2-6, 3-6
Loss	3-4	Mar 2017	Italy F3, Basiglio	Futures	Hard	Alessandro Bega	6–3, 3–6, 4–6
Loss	3-5	May 2017	Italy F14, Frascati	Futures	Clay	Gonzalo Escobar	1-6, 2-6
Loss	3-6	Jun 2017	Italy F17, Bergamo	Futures	Clay	Andrea Collarini	2-6, 4-6
Win	4-6	Jul 2017	Recanati, Italy	Challenger	Hard	Mirza Bašić	7–6^(7–3), 6-4
Loss	4-7	Jul 2017	Braunschweig, Germany	Challenger	Clay	Nicola Kuhn	6–2, 5–7, 2–4 ret.

Doubles: 8 (4–4)

Legend
ATP Challenger (0–0)
ITF Futures (4–4)

Finals by surface
Hard (1–0)
Clay (3–3)
Grass (0–0)
Carpet (0–1)

Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Tier	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Win	1-0	Oct 2011	Turkey F29, Antalya	Futures	Hard	Andrei Mlendea	Massimo Capone Alessandro Colella	7–6^(7–1), 6-4
Win	2-0	Apr 2012	Italy F6, Vicenza	Futures	Clay	Federico Torresi	Marco Speronello Andrea Fava	3–6, 6–3, [10–8]
Loss	2-1	May 2012	Italy F7, Sanremo	Futures	Clay	Matteo Donati	Claudio Grassi Andis Juška	5–7, 7–6^(7–2), [12–14]
Loss	2-2	Sep 2013	Italy F27, Santa Margherita Di Pula	Futures	Clay	Matteo Rigamonti	Pietro Rondoni Riccardo Sinicropi	5-7, 5-7
Loss	2-3	Mar 2015	Italy F2, Trento	Futures	Carpet	Sam Barry	Sander Arends Niels Lootsma	6–7^(2–7), 4–6
Loss	2-4	Apr 2015	Italy F6, Santa Margherita Di Pula	Futures	Clay	Antonio Massara	Marco Bartolotti Davide Della Tommasina	4-6, 4-6
Win	3-4	Mar 2017	Italy F5, Santa Margherita Di Pula	Futures	Clay	Andrea Basso	Juan Pablo Paz Dragos Dima	6-4, 6-4
Win	4-4	Apr 2017	Italy F9, Santa Margherita Di Pula	Futures	Clay	Lorenzo Frigerio	Mateusz Kowalczyk Grzegorz Panfil	6–3, 3–6, [10–7]