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Nikola Mektić
Croatian tennis player

Nikola Mektić

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Croatian tennis player
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Gender
Male
Place of birth
Zagreb, Croatia
Age
35 years
Residence
Zagreb, Croatia
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Height:
183 cm
Weight:
80 kg
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Biography

Nikola Mektić (born 24 December 1988) is a Croatian professional tennis player who is a former world No. 1 in doubles.

He is a two-time Grand Slam champion, having won the 2021 Wimbledon Championships in men's doubles partnering compatriot Mate Pavić, and the 2020 Australian Open with Barbora Krejčíková in mixed doubles. Mektić also finished runner-up at the 2020 US Open with Wesley Koolhof in men's doubles, and the 2018 US Open with Alicja Rosolska in mixed doubles.

He became world No. 1 in men's doubles in October 2021, the second Croatian to reach this ranking. Mektić has won 28 doubles titles on the ATP Tour, including six at Masters 1000 level with four different partners. He also won the 2020 ATP Finals with Koolhof. In singles, he reached his highest ranking of world No. 213 in May 2013. Mektić was part of the Croatian team which won the 2018 Davis Cup, and won men's doubles gold at the 2020 Olympic Games alongside Pavić.

Early and personal life

Mektić was born in Zagreb, Yugoslavia (now Croatia) in 1988 to Mirko and Višnja Mektić. He began playing tennis at age 6 after his elder brother Luka took up the sport.

Career

After spending a better part of a decade on the ATP challenger tour and achieving a career high ranking of No. 213 in singles (on May 6, 2013), in 2016 Mektić decided to focus on doubles. The same year he reached his first ATP men's doubles final as a wildcard at the 2016 Croatia Open Umag with his compatriot Antonio Šančić. Since then, he has won 28 ATP men's doubles titles, including one doubles Grand Slam title, six Masters 1000 titles, one mixed doubles Grand Slam and the 2020 ATP Finals.

2018-2019: First Grand Slam final, three Masters titles

In 2018 Mektic and Alexander Peya qualified for the 2018 ATP Finals in London. The same year Mektić reached his first Grand Slam finals (in mixed doubles) at the 2018 US Open, partnering Alicja Rosolska, and won the Davis Cup playing for Croatia. He also won three Masters 1000 with three different partners in Madrid (2018), Indian Wells (2019) and Monte Carlo (2019).

2020: ATP Finals doubles title, Australian Open mixed title, top 10 doubles ranking

2020 was the most successful year for Mektić in his career thus far. He won the 2020 ATP Finals in doubles partnering Wesley Koolhof and the 2020 Australian Open mixed doubles event partnering Barbora Krejčíková. He also reached the doubles final at the 2020 US Open partnering again with Wesley Koolhof. As a result he finished the year at No. 8 in the top 10 rankings in doubles and No. 3 in the doubles race with his partner Wesley Koolhof.

2021: New partnership, seven ATP titles, historic Wimbledon title, first Croatian Olympic tennis champion, World No. 1

Starting 2021, Mektić partnered successfully with his compatriot Mate Pavić. They won four ATP titles including the doubles title at the 2021 Miami Open in the beginning of April and reached the 2021 Australian Open doubles semifinals and 2021 Dubai Tennis Championships final in the first three months of the year. Following these results, Mektić returned to his No. 4 high-career ranking on April 5.

On April 18, Mektić clinched his fifth ATP Masters 1000 in a row and second Masters title of the year at the 2021 Monte-Carlo Masters where the pair defeated, for the second time in the final of a Masters in 2021, the British pair of Neal Skupski and Dan Evans.

Seeded No. 2 the pair also reached the final at the 2021 Mutua Madrid Open Masters where they lost to the No. 3 seeded pair Horacio Zeballos and Marcel Granollers and the final of the Italian Open where they won the title defeating No. 5 seeded pair Rajeev Ram and Joe Salisbury. After the win, Mektić moved to his career-high ranking of World No. 2 on 17 May 2021.

In their first Grand Slam doubles final, top seeds Mektić and Pavić had the biggest victory of their 2021 season as a team defeating Granollers and Zeballos to triumph in doubles at the 2021 Wimbledon Championships. They became the first Croatian players to win the Wimbledon men's doubles title. They are also the first players from their country to win at the All England Club since Goran Ivanisevic's 2001 victory in singles and Ivan Dodig's 2019 mixed doubles win with Latisha Chan.

At the Olympics he won the gold medal with Pavić in an all-Croatian final defeating Ivan Dodig and Marin Cilic. It was the country's first gold medal in the sport and the third time in the Olympics men's doubles' history that the same country won both gold and silver, and the first one since 1908.

On 18 October 2021, following a quarterfinal showing with Pavic at the 2021 BNP Paribas Open, Mektić became world No. 1 in doubles. He became only the second Croatian tennis player in history to be ranked No.1 in the World in doubles.

2022: Second Italian Masters, 20th title

The Croatian pair won their second Italian Open Masters crown and defended their 2021 title. At the 2022 Geneva Open the pair won their second title for the season.

At the ATP 500 2022 Queen's Club Championships Mektic won his third title for the season with Pavic and twentieth overall in his career. The pair also successfully defended their title at the 2022 Eastbourne International.

At the 2022 Wimbledon Championships the Croatian pair reached the semifinals in straight sets with a win over 11th seeds Kevin Krawietz and Andreas Mies and the final defeating six seeded Columbian pair of Robert Farah (tennis) and Juan-Sebastian Cabal in a five sets with a fifth set super tiebreak over 4 hours match.

The pair won another ATP 500 title at the 2022 Astana Open making it fifth for the season.

2023-2024: 25th career & third straight Eastbourne title, eight Masters 1000

He won his 25th career and third straight title at the 2023 Eastbourne International with partner Pavic.

After reuniting with Wesley Koolhof for the 2024 season, he won his fourth ATP 500 title at the 2024 ABN AMRO Open in Rotterdam, his second at this tournament.

Unseeded, he won the 2024 BNP Paribas Open with Wesley Koolhof defeating Marcel Granollers and Horacio Zeballos in the final.

Performance timeline

Key
W F SFQF#RRRQ#P#DNQAZ#POGSBNMSNTIPNH
(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.

Doubles

Current through the 2024 Monte-Carlo Masters.

Tournament201620172018201920202021202220232024SRW–LWin%
Grand Slam tournaments
Australian OpenA3R2R3R2RSF2R2R3R0 / 814–864%
French OpenA1RSF1RSFA3R1R0 / 610–663%
Wimbledon1RSF3R3RNHWF3R1 / 721–678%
US OpenA1R3R2RF1RQF2R0 / 711–761%
Win–loss0–16–49–45–49–310–211–44–42–11 / 2856–2767%
Year-end championship
ATP FinalsDid not qualifyRRDNQWSFFDNQ1 / 410–663%
ATP Masters 1000
Indian Wells MastersA1R1RWNHQF1R2RW2 / 713–572%
Miami OpenAQFQF2RNHW2R1R2R1 / 712–667%
Monte-Carlo MastersAAAWNHWQF2R2R2 / 510–377%
Madrid OpenAAW2RNHF2R2R1 / 510–571%
Italian OpenA2R1R2R2RWW1R2 / 713–572%
Canadian OpenA1RSF1RNHF2R1R0 / 67–654%
Cincinnati MastersA1RQF1RQF2R2RQF0 / 77–654%
Shanghai MastersA1RQF1RNH1R0 / 41–420%
Paris MastersA1R2R1RQF2RAA0 / 52–529%
Win–loss0–03–714–613–74–322–59-64–86–27 / 4972–4165%
National representation
Davis CupA1RWRRFSF1 / 57–188%
Summer OlympicsANot HeldGNot Held1 / 15–0100%
Career statistics
201620172018201920202021202220232024Career
Tournaments5282828131924299Career total: 184
Titles022319533Career total: 28
Finals1354312943Career total: 44
Overall win–loss4–534–2645–2634–2626–1465–1338-1527–2617–628 / 184303–17064%
Year-end ranking7432131582843$4,555,259

Mixed doubles

Tournament20172018201920202021202220232024SRW–L
Australian OpenAA1RW1RA2RA1 / 46–3
French Open1R2RQFNHAAA0 / 33–3
Wimbledon3R3R3RNHAA2R0 / 45–4
US Open2RF1RNHA1RA0 / 45–4
Win–loss3–36–33–45–00–10–12–20–01 / 1519–14

Significant finals

Grand Slam tournament finals

Doubles: 3 (1 title, 2 runner-ups)

ResultYearTournamentSurfacePartnerOpponentsScore
Loss2020US OpenHard Wesley Koolhof Mate Pavić
Bruno Soares
5–7, 3–6
Win2021WimbledonGrass Mate Pavić Marcel Granollers
Horacio Zeballos
6–4, 7–6, 2–6, 7–5
Loss2022WimbledonGrass Mate Pavić Matthew Ebden
Max Purcell
6–7, 7–6, 6–4, 4–6, 6–7

Mixed doubles: 2 (1 title, 1 runner-up)

ResultYearTournamentSurfacePartnerOpponentsScore
Loss2018US OpenHard Alicja Rosolska Bethanie Mattek-Sands
Jamie Murray
6–2, 3–6, [9–11]
Win2020Australian OpenHard Barbora Krejčíková Bethanie Mattek-Sands
Jamie Murray
5–7, 6–4, [10–1]

Olympic finals

Doubles: 1 (1 Gold medal)

ResultYearTournamentSurfacePartnerOpponentsScore
Gold2021Summer OlympicsHard Mate Pavić Marin Čilić
Ivan Dodig
6–4, 3–6, [10–6]

Year-end championships

Doubles: 2 (1 title, 1 runner-up)

ResultYearTournamentSurfacePartnerOpponentsScore
Win2020ATP Finals, LondonHard (i) Wesley Koolhof Jürgen Melzer
Édouard Roger-Vasselin
6–2, 3–6, [10–5]
Loss2022ATP Finals, TurinHard (i) Mate Pavić Rajeev Ram
Joe Salisbury
6–7, 4–6

Masters 1000 finals

Doubles: 10 (8 titles, 2 runner-ups)

ResultYearTournamentSurfacePartnerOpponentsScore
Win2018Madrid OpenClay Alexander Peya Bob Bryan
Mike Bryan
5–3 ret.
Win2019Indian Wells MastersHard Horacio Zeballos Łukasz Kubot
Marcelo Melo
4–6, 6–4, [10–3]
Win2019Monte-Carlo MastersClay Franko Škugor Robin Haase
Wesley Koolhof
6–7, 7–6, [11–9]
Win2021Miami OpenHard Mate Pavić Dan Evans
Neal Skupski
6–4, 6–4
Win2021Monte-Carlo MastersClay Mate Pavić Dan Evans
Neal Skupski
6–3, 4–6, [10–7]
Loss2021Madrid OpenClay Mate Pavić Marcel Granollers
Horacio Zeballos
6–1, 3–6, [8–10]
Win2021Italian OpenClay Mate Pavić Rajeev Ram
Joe Salisbury
6–4, 7–6
Loss2021Canadian OpenHard Mate Pavić Rajeev Ram
Joe Salisbury
3–6, 6–4, [3–10]
Win2022Italian OpenClay Mate Pavić John Isner
Diego Schwartzman
6–2, 6–7, [12–10]
Win2024Indian Wells MastersHard Wesley Koolhof Marcel Granollers
Horacio Zeballos
7–6, 7–6

ATP career finals

Doubles: 44 (28 titles, 16 runner-ups)

Finals by setting
Legend
Grand Slam (1–2)
ATP Finals (1–1)
ATP Masters 1000 (8–2)
Summer Olympics (1–0)
ATP 500 Series (4–4)
ATP 250 Series (13–7)
Finals by surface
Hard (14–10)
Clay (8–5)
Grass (6–1)
Finals by setting
Outdoor (22–12)
Indoor (5–4)
Grand Slam (1–2)
ATP Finals (1–1)
ATP Masters 1000 (8–2)
Summer Olympics (1–0)
ATP 500 Series (4–4)
ATP 250 Series (13–7)
Hard (14–10)
Clay (8–5)
Grass (6–1)
Outdoor (22–12)
Indoor (5–4)
ResultW–L   Date   TournamentTierSurfacePartnerOpponentsScore
LossJul 2016Croatia Open,
Croatia
250 SeriesClay Antonio Šančić Martin Kližan
David Marrero
4–6, 2–6
WinFeb 2017Memphis Open,
United States
250 SeriesHard (i) Brian Baker Ryan Harrison
Steve Johnson
6–3, 6–4
WinApr 2017Hungarian Open,
Hungary
250 SeriesClay Brian Baker Juan Sebastián Cabal
Robert Farah
7–6, 6–4
LossOct 2017Shenzhen Open,
China
250 SeriesHard Nicholas Monroe Alexander Peya
Rajeev Ram
3–6, 2–6
LossFeb 2018Sofia Open,
Bulgaria
250 SeriesHard (i) Alexander Peya Robin Haase
Matwé Middelkoop
7–5, 4–6, [4–10]
LossFeb 2018Rio Open,
Brazil
500 SeriesClay Alexander Peya David Marrero
Fernando Verdasco
7–5, 5–7, [8–10]
WinApr 2018Grand Prix Hassan II,
Morocco
250 SeriesClay Alexander Peya Benoît Paire
Édouard Roger-Vasselin
7–5, 3–6, [10–7]
LossMay 2018Bavarian Championships,
Germany
250 SeriesClay Alexander Peya Ivan Dodig
Rajeev Ram
3–6, 5–7
WinMay 2018Madrid Open,
Spain
Masters 1000Clay Alexander Peya Bob Bryan
Mike Bryan
5–3, ret.
WinFeb 2019Sofia Open,
Bulgaria
250 SeriesHard (i) Jürgen Melzer Hsieh Cheng-peng
Christopher Rungkat
6–2, 4–6, [10–2]
WinMar 2019Indian Wells Masters,
United States
Masters 1000Hard Horacio Zeballos Łukasz Kubot
Marcelo Melo
4–6, 6–4, [10–3]
WinApr 2019Monte-Carlo Masters,
Monaco
Masters 1000Clay Franko Škugor Robin Haase
Wesley Koolhof
6–7, 7–6, [11–9]
LossOct 2019Japan Open,
Japan
500 SeriesHard Franko Škugor Nicolas Mahut
Édouard Roger-Vasselin
6–7, 4–6
LossFeb 2020Open 13,
France
250 SeriesHard (i) Wesley Koolhof Nicolas Mahut
Vasek Pospisil
3–6, 4–6
LossSep 2020US Open,
United States
Grand SlamHard Wesley Koolhof Mate Pavić
Bruno Soares
5–7, 3–6
WinNov 2020ATP Finals,
United Kingdom
Tour FinalsHard (i) Wesley Koolhof Jürgen Melzer
Édouard Roger-Vasselin
6–2, 3–6, [10–5]
WinJan 2021Antalya Open,
Turkey
250 SeriesHard Mate Pavić Ivan Dodig
Filip Polášek
6–2, 6–4
WinFeb 2021Murray River Open,
Australia
250 SeriesHard Mate Pavić Jérémy Chardy
Fabrice Martin
7–6, 6–3
WinMar 2021Rotterdam Open,
Netherlands
500 SeriesHard (i) Mate Pavić Kevin Krawietz
Horia Tecău
7–6, 6–2
LossMar 2021Dubai Tennis Championships,
United Arab Emirates
500 SeriesHard Mate Pavić Juan Sebastián Cabal
Robert Farah
6–7, 6–7
WinApr 2021Miami Open,
United States
Masters 1000Hard Mate Pavić Dan Evans
Neal Skupski
6–4, 6–4
WinApr 2021Monte-Carlo Masters,
Monaco
Masters 1000Clay Mate Pavić Dan Evans
Neal Skupski
6–3, 4–6, [10–7]
LossMay 2021Madrid Open,
Spain
Masters 1000Clay Mate Pavić Marcel Granollers
Horacio Zeballos
6–1, 3–6, [8–10]
WinMay 2021Italian Open,
Italy
Masters 1000Clay Mate Pavić Rajeev Ram
Joe Salisbury
6–4, 7–6
WinJun 2021Eastbourne International,
United Kingdom
250 SeriesGrass Mate Pavić Rajeev Ram
Joe Salisbury
6–4, 6–3
WinJul 2021Wimbledon Championships,
United Kingdom
Grand SlamGrass Mate Pavić Marcel Granollers
Horacio Zeballos
6–4, 7–6, 2–6, 7–5
WinJul 2021Olympic Games,
Japan
OlympicsHard Mate Pavić Ivan Dodig
Marin Čilić
6–4, 3–6, [10–6]
LossAug 2021Canadian Open,
Canada
Masters 1000Hard Mate Pavić Rajeev Ram
Joe Salisbury
3–6, 6–4, [3–10]
LossFeb 2022Dubai Tennis Championships,
United Arab Emirates
500 SeriesHard Mate Pavić Tim Pütz
Michael Venus
3–6, 7–6, [14–16]
LossApr 2022Serbia Open,
Serbia
250 SeriesClay Mate Pavić Ariel Behar
Gonzalo Escobar
2–6, 6–3, [7–10]
WinMay 2022Italian Open,
Italy
Masters 1000Clay Mate Pavić John Isner
Diego Schwartzman
6–2, 6–7, [12–10]
WinMay 2022Geneva Open,
Switzerland
250 SeriesClay Mate Pavić Matwé Middelkoop
Pablo Andújar
2–6, 6–2, [10–3]
WinJun 2022Queen's Club Championships,
United Kingdom
500 SeriesGrass Mate Pavić Lloyd Glasspool
Harri Heliövaara
3–6, 7–6, [10–6]
WinJun 2022Eastbourne International,
United Kingdom
250 SeriesGrass Mate Pavić Matwé Middelkoop
Luke Saville
6–4, 6–2
LossJul 2022Wimbledon Championships,
United Kingdom
Grand SlamGrass Mate Pavić Matthew Ebden
Max Purcell
6–7, 7–6, 6–4, 4–6, 6–7
WinOct 2022Astana Open,
Kazakhstan
500 SeriesHard (i) Mate Pavić Adrian Mannarino
Fabrice Martin
6–4, 6–2
LossNov 2022ATP Finals,
Italy
Tour FinalsHard (i) Mate Pavić Rajeev Ram
Joe Salisbury
6–7, 4–6
WinJan 2023Auckland Open,
New Zealand
250 SeriesHard Mate Pavić Nathaniel Lammons
Jackson Withrow
6–4, 6–7, [10–6]
WinJun 2023Stuttgart Open,
Germany
250 SeriesGrass Mate Pavić Kevin Krawietz
Tim Pütz
7–6, 6–3
WinJun 2023Eastbourne International,
United Kingdom
250 SeriesGrass Mate Pavić Ivan Dodig
Austin Krajicek
6–4, 6–2
LossNov 2023Sofia Open,
Bulgaria
250 SeriesHard (i) Julian Cash Gonzalo Escobar
Aleksandr Nedovyesov
3–6, 6–3, [11–13]
WinJan 2024Auckland Open,
New Zealand
250 SeriesHard Wesley Koolhof Marcel Granollers
Horacio Zeballos
6–3, 6–7, [10–7]
WinFeb 2024Rotterdam Open,
Netherlands
500 SeriesHard (i) Wesley Koolhof Robin Haase
Botic van de Zandschulp
6–3, 7–5
WinMar 2024Indian Wells Masters,
United States
Masters 1000Hard Wesley Koolhof Marcel Granollers
Horacio Zeballos
7–6, 7–6

ATP Challenger and ITF Future titles

Singles (15)

Legend
Challengers (0)
Futures (15)
No.DateTournamentSurfaceOpponentScore
1.25 May 2008Brčko, Bosnia and HerzegovinaClay Dennis Blömke6–2, 6–3
2.10 May 2009Doboj, Bosnia and HerzegovinaClay Ivan Bjelica7–6, 4–6, 6–3
3.31 May 2009Brčko, Bosnia and HerzegovinaClay Aleksander Slović7–6, 7–5
4.23 August 2009Vinkovci, CroatiaClay Ismar Gorčić7–6, 7–6
5.30 August 2009Čakovec, CroatiaClay Attila Balázs6–3, 7–5
6.6 September 2009Osijek, CroatiaClay Aldin Šetkić2–6, 6–4, 6–2
7.6 June 2010Rogaška Slatina, SloveniaClay Denys Molchanov6–3, 4–2 ret.
8.18 July 2010Fano, ItalyClay Stefano Ianni6–2, 6–0
9.27 February 2011Zagreb, CroatiaClay Michael Lammer7–6, ret.
10.27 May 2012Prijedor, Bosnia and HerzegovinaClay Marin Bradarić5–7, 7–5, 6–0
11.3 June 2012Bled, SloveniaClay Marcel Zimmermann1–6, 6–2, 6–4
12.29 September 2013Sokobanja, SerbiaClay Marc Rath6–6, 5–2, ret.
13.13 October 2013Solin, CroatiaClay Mate Delić7–6, 7–6
14.2 March 2014Trento, ItalyCarpet Roman Jebavý6–3, 5–7, 6–1
15.26 October 2014Jablonec nad Nisou, Czech RepublicCarpet Jan Hernych6–4, 6–4

Doubles (15)

Challengers (9)
Futures (6)
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