Dejan Petrović (; born 3 April 1978) is an Australian-born Serbian tennis coach and former professional tennis player. He played Davis Cup for Serbia and Montenegro.
Career Petrović made his Grand Slam debut in the 1998 Australian Open, partnering Grant Silcock in the doubles. They were eliminated in the opening round but made it into the second round a year later, at the 1999 Australian Open. In 2002 he reached the second round at the Australian Open and Wimbledon, partnering Todd Perry and then David Škoch.ITF Tennis profile
As a singles player, Petrović made two Australian Open appearances and played once at Wimbledon, but didn't win a match in either event. He lost four set matches to Leander Paes and Sargis Sargsian in the Australian Opens and lost in straight sets to Martin Damm at Wimbledon.ATP World Tour profile
He was a wildcard entrant in the 2000 AAPT Championships, held in his hometown, Adelaide. After defeating Frenchman Stéphane Huet, Petrović was beaten comfortably by another local, Lleyton Hewitt, who courted controversy when he called the crowd "stupid" for not cheering for him.
Petrović relocated in 2003 to Serbia, where his sister and parents lived.Daily Telegraph, "The hunger of Serbia's tennis elite is a lesson for us all ", Leo Schlink, 15 January 2012. He immediately represented his new country in the Davis Cup, playing doubles with Nenad Zimonjić. The pair would play three matches together in total, winning two of them.Davis Cup profile
He is now running a tennis academy in the Serbian city of Kragujevac. The most successful player that he has coached is Novak Djokovic, who first starting working with Petrović at the age of 16. Under the mentoring of Petrović, Djokovic went from being ranked outside the top 300 to breaking into the top 100 in less than a year.Weekly Times Messenger, "Djokovic discoverer is Woodville bound" , Kym Morgan, 2 November 2011.
Petrović coached Ana Ivanovic until 2015.
Challenger titles
Doubles: (8) No.YearTournamentSurfacePartnerOpponentsScore1.2000 Manchester Challenger,Manchester, Great BritainGrass Andy Ram Yves Allegro Ivo Heuberger6–2, 7–6(7–1)2.2000 Córdoba Challenger,Córdoba, SpainHard Andy Ram Óscar Burrieza Daniel Melo6–1, 6–43.2000 Sofia Challenger,Sofia, BulgariaClay Orlin Stanoytchev Radoslav Lukaev Luben Pampoulov6–2, 6–7(5–7), 7–6(7–5)4.2001 MasterCard Tennis Cup,Campos do Jordão, BrazilHard Andy Ram Adriano Ferreira Daniel Melo6–3, 6–45.2001 Belo Horizonte Challenger,Belo Horizonte, BrazilHard Andy Ram Barry Cowan Eric Taino6–3, 6–46.2001 Gramado Challenger,Gramado, BrazilHard Andy Ram Adriano Ferreira Daniel Melo6–4, 6–47.2002 Bristol Challenger,Bristol, Great BritainGrass Aisam-ul-Haq Qureshi Daniele Bracciali Gianluca Pozzi6–3, 6–28.2002 Gramado Challenger,Gramado, BrazilHard Alessandro Guevara Denis Golovanov Michael Joyce3–6, 7–5, 6–2
References
External links
Dejan Petrović at the Association of Tennis Professionals Coach Profile
Davis Cup profile Coachlife profile