Croatian tennis player
Borna Gojo (Croatian pronunciation: [bôːrna ɡǒːjo] ;[ 1] [ 2] born 27 February 1998) is a Croatian professional tennis player. He has a career high ATP singles ranking of world No. 72, achieved on 20 November 2023, and a doubles ranking of world No. 394 achieved on 17 January 2022. He is currently the No. 8 Croatian player.[ 3]
Gojo played college tennis at Wake Forest University , where he was part of the team that won the NCAA National Championship in 2018 while being named the tournament's most outstanding player.[ 4] [ 5]
Professional career [ edit ] Gojo made his ATP main draw debut at the 2018 Winston-Salem Open after receiving a wildcard for the singles main draw. He faced American Ryan Harrison and lost 2–6, 4–6.
2020: Top 250 debut [ edit ] He made his top 250 debut at No. 245 on 19 October 2020.
2021: Davis Cup finalist [ edit ] Borna lost in the finals with team Croatia in the 2021 Davis Cup.
2022: Major debut & first win, Maiden Challenger title & top 150[ edit ] At the 2022 French Open he qualified for his first Grand Slam in his career.[ 6] He defeated fellow qualifier and lucky loser Alessandro Giannessi in five sets for his first Grand Slam win.
He moved 34 positions up into the top 150 at No. 148 on 31 October 2022, following his maiden Challenger title in Ortisei.
2023: Masters, Wimbledon, US Open debuts and first fourth round, top 75[ edit ] He made his debut on 9 January 2023 in the top 125 at world No. 124.
He made his Masters 1000 debut in Indian Wells as a qualifier, where he lost in the first round to Richard Gasquet and at the 2023 Mutua Madrid Open also as a qualifier where he lost to Thiago Monteiro . He reached a few spots shy of the top 100 in the rankings on 8 May 2023.
Gojo made his debut at the 2023 Wimbledon Championships as a direct entry into the main draw. He qualified for the next Major at the 2023 US Open [ 7] and reached the fourth round for the first time at a Major defeating Hugo Dellien , Mackenzie McDonald and Jiří Veselý .[ 8] [ 9] He lost to second seed and eventual champion Novak Djokovic .[ 10] As a result he reached the top 100 at world No. 77 climbing 28 spots on 11 September 2023.[ 11] [ 12]
He received a wildcard for the 2023 Erste Bank Open in Vienna, Austria where he defeated Aslan Karatsev and sixth seed Tommy Paul to reach the quarterfinals.
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.
Current through the 2024 Australian Open – Men's singles
ATP Challenger and ITF Futures finals [ edit ] Legend (singles) ATP Challenger (1–4) ITF Futures (0–2)
Finals by surface Hard (1–4) Clay (0–1) Grass (0–0) Carpet (0–0)
Result W–L Date Tournament Tier Surface Opponent Score Loss 0–1 Dec 2016 Turkey F49, Antalya Futures Hard Alexandar Lazov 6–7(6–8) , 5–7 Loss 0–2 Nov 2017 Malaysia F3, Kuala Lumpur Futures Hard Scott Griekspoor 4–6, 2–6 Loss 0–3 Feb 2022 Bengaluru , India Challenger Hard Tseng Chun-hsin 4–6, 5–7 Win 1–3 Oct 2022 Ortisei , Italy Challenger Hard (i) Lukáš Klein 7–6(7–4) , 6–3 Loss 1–4 Feb 2023 Monterrey , Mexico Challenger Hard Nuno Borges 4–6, 6–7(6–8) Loss 1–5 Apr 2023 Murcia , Spain Challenger Clay Matteo Arnaldi 4–6, 6–7(4–7)
Legend ATP Challenger (0–0) ITF Futures (2–2)
Finals by surface Hard (0–1) Clay (2–1) Grass (0–0) Carpet (0–0)
Result W–L Date Tournament Tier Surface Partner Opponents Score Loss 0–1 Jul 2016 Serbia F2, Sombor Futures Clay Domagoj Bilješko Ljubomir Čelebić Nerman Fatić 6–1, 3–6, [6–10] Win 1–1 Sep 2016 Serbia F6, Zlatibor Futures Clay Domagoj Bilješko Goran Marković Antun Vidak 6–1, 6–7(1–7) , [11–9] Win 2–1 Oct 2016 Croatia F10, Bol Futures Clay Nino Serdarušić Ivan Bjelica Darko Jandrić 6–3, 6–7(11–13) , [10–5] Loss 2–2 Dec 2016 Turkey F49, Antalya Futures Hard Ondřej Krstev Tuna Altuna Alexander Pavlioutchenkov 6–3, 3–6, [12–14]
National representation [ edit ] Group membership Finals (6–6) Qualifying Round (2–0) World Group I (1–0)
Matches by surface Hard (9–6) Clay (0–0) Grass (0–0)
Matches by type Singles (9–6) Doubles (0–0)
Matches by venue Home (5–1) Away (1–2) Neutral (3–3)
Result No. Rubber Match type (partner if any) Opponent nation Opponent player(s) Score 0–3; 18 November 2019 ; Caja Mágica , Madrid , Spain; Davis Cup Finals Group B round robin; hard (indoor) surface Defeat 1 I Singles Russia Andrey Rublev 3–6, 3–6 0–3; 20 November 2019 ; Caja Mágica , Madrid , Spain; Davis Cup Finals Group B round robin; hard (indoor) surface Defeat 2 II Singles Spain Rafael Nadal 4–6, 3–6 3–1; 6-7 March 2020 ; Dom Sportova , Zagreb , Croatia; Davis Cup qualifying round; hard (indoor) surface Victory 3 I Singles India Prajnesh Gunneswaran 3–6, 6–4, 6–2 3–0; 25 November 2021 ; Pala Alpitour , Turin , Italy; Davis Cup Final Group D round robin; hard (indoor) surface Victory 4 I Singles Australia Alexei Popyrin 7–6(7–5) , 7–5 2–1; 29 November 2021 ; Pala Alpitour , Turin , Italy; Davis Cup Finals Quarterfinal; hard (indoor) surface Victory 5 I Singles Italy Lorenzo Sonego 7–6(7–2) , 2–6, 6–2 2–1; 3 December 2021 ; Madrid Arena , Madrid , Spain; Davis Cup Finals Semifinal; hard (indoor) surface Victory 6 I Singles Serbia Dušan Lajović 4–6, 6–3, 6–2 0–2; 5 December 2021 ; Madrid Arena , Madrid , Spain; Davis Cup Finals Final; hard (indoor) surface Defeat 7 I Singles Russia Andrey Rublev 4–6, 6–7(5–7) 0–3; 14 September 2022 ; Unipol Arena , Bologna , Italy; Davis Cup Final Group A round robin; hard (indoor) surface Defeat 8 I Singles Italy Lorenzo Musetti 4–6, 2–6 2–1; 15 September 2022 ; Unipol Arena , Bologna , Italy; Davis Cup Final Group A round robin; hard (indoor) surface Defeat 9 I Singles Sweden Elias Ymer 2–6, 6–7(2–7) 3–0; 17 September 2022 ; Unipol Arena , Bologna , Italy; Davis Cup Final Group A round robin; hard (indoor) surface Victory 10 I Singles Argentina Sebastián Báez 6–1, 3–6, 6–3 3–1; 4–5 February 2023 ; Centar Zamet , Rijeka , Croatia; Davis Cup qualifying round; hard (indoor) surface Victory 11 II Singles Austria Dominic Thiem 6–3, 7–6(7–2) , 1–2; 13 September 2023 ; Arena Gripe , Split , Croatia; Davis Cup Final Group D round robin; hard (indoor) surface Victory 12 II Singles United States Frances Tiafoe 6–4, 7–6(8–6) 1–2; 15 September 2023 ; Arena Gripe , Split , Croatia; Davis Cup Final Group D round robin; hard (indoor) surface Defeat 13 II Singles Finland Emil Ruusuvuori 6–7(3–7) , 4–6 2–1; 17 September 2023 ; Arena Gripe , Split , Croatia; Davis Cup Final Group D round robin; hard (indoor) surface Victory 14 II Singles Netherlands Tallon Griekspoor 4–6, 7–6(7–2) , 6–4 4–0; 13–14 September 2024 ; Varaždin Arena , Varaždin , Croatia; Davis Cup World Group I; hard (indoor) surface Victory 15 I Singles Lithuania Vilius Gaubas 6–4, 6–2
Matches by surface Hard (4–1) Clay (0–0) Grass (0–0)
Matches by type Singles (3–0) Mixed Doubles (1–1)
Rubber outcome No. Rubber Match type (partner if any) Opponent nation Opponent player(s) Score 8–2; 29 December 2022–3 January 2023 ; RAC Arena , Perth , Australia; Round robin, Group F; hard surface Victory 1 IV Singles Argentina Federico Coria 7–6(7–5) , 6–4 Victory 2 V Mixed Doubles (with Tara Würth ) Nadia Podoroska / Tomás Martín Etcheverry 1–6, 6–4, [10–4] Victory 3 IV Singles France Adrian Mannarino 7–6(7–5) , 3–6, 7–6(7–5) 2–3; 4 January 2023 ; RAC Arena , Perth , Australia; Host city final; hard surface Victory 4 IV Singles Greece Stefanos Sakellaridis 6–4, 6–2 Defeat 5 V Mixed Doubles (with Petra Martić ) Maria Sakkari / Stefanos Tsitsipas 6–7(6–8) , 4–6