Dušan Vemić

Dušan Vemić
Country (sports) Yugoslavia (1995–2003)
 Serbia and Montenegro (2003–2006)
 Serbia (2006–2011)
ResidenceLos Angeles, United States
Born (1976-06-17) 17 June 1976 (age 48)
Zadar, SR Croatia, SFR Yugoslavia
Height1.90 m (6 ft 3 in)
Turned pro1995
Retired2011
PlaysRight-handed (two-handed backhand)
Prize money$821,902
Singles
Career record14–19 (42.42%)
Career titles0
Highest rankingNo. 146 (25 February 2008)
Grand Slam singles results
Australian OpenQ3 (2000)
French Open1R (2007)
WimbledonQ2 (2000, 2006, 2007)
US OpenQ2 (2007)
Doubles
Career record54–76 (41.54%)
Career titles0
Highest rankingNo. 31 (12 January 2009)
Grand Slam doubles results
Australian OpenSF (2010)
French OpenSF (2008)
Wimbledon3R (2006)
US OpenQF (2008)
Grand Slam mixed doubles results
Australian Open2R (2009)
French Open2R (2009)
Wimbledon3R (2000)
US OpenQF (2008)
Last updated on: 31 January 2022.

Dušan Vemić (Serbian Cyrillic: Душан Вемић; born 17 June 1976) is a Serbian tennis coach[1][2] and former professional tennis player.

Professional career

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His professional tennis career started in 1995, and his career high was No. 146 in singles (reached on 25 February 2008), and No.31 in doubles (on 12 January 2009). Vemić ranks 19th in Fastest recorded tennis serves (235 km/h / 146 mph) in Tour history.

Vemić began 2007 ranked #406, down 170 spots from the start of 2006. He had success in 2007 playing at all levels of the tennis tour: Futures, Challenger, and ATP events. Two Futures semifinals and a final, qualifying into 3 ATP events, and qualifying into and winning a match in a top-level Challenger moved his ranking back into the top-300 in mid-April. He then reached the semifinal of a top-level Challenger in Bermuda in April and qualified into the main draw of the French Open in May, where he lost in four sets to eventual third-rounder Janko Tipsarević. In August, a semifinal performance in a top-level Challenger in Segovia followed by a finals appearance the next week in a Challenger in Binghamton pushed his ranking back into the top-200 for the first time since he was there for two weeks in 2004, and was his highest ranking since May 1998, when he spent 5 weeks in the top-200.

In 2008, Vemić competed in World Team Tennis with the Kansas City Explorers entry, which narrowly lost the league championship to the New York Buzz.

Highlights of his 2008-year include winning 5 doubles titles on the ATP Challenger Tour: Miami, United States with Ilija Bozoljac (SRB); Sunrise, Florida, USA with Janko Tipsarević (SRB); Cremona, Italy with Eduardo Schwank (ARG); Waco, Texas, USA with Alex Bogomolov Jr. (USA); and Calabasas, California, USA with Ilija Bozoljac (SRB).

Vemić also reached both the semifinals of the French Open and the quarterfinals at the U.S. Open with partner Bruno Soares.

Always versatile in his partner choice, Dusan Vemić has partnered with players such as Jamie Murray, Ivo Karlović, Novak Djokovic, and Mischa Zverev in 2009.[3]

In the 2010 Australian Open, Vemić and Ivo Karlović made the semifinals, losing to Daniel Nestor and Nenad Zimonjić 6–4,6–4

Coaching career

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Following his career on tour, Vemić briefly coached WTA player Andrea Petkovic, helping her and coach Petar Popović to reach an all-time WTA ranking high of #9.

Soon afterward, Vemić joined the world number one tennis team for Novak Djokovic. As part of the Djokovic team, Vemić coached alongside Djokovic's longtime coach Marián Vajda in US Open '11, '12; Australian Open '12, '13; French Open '12, '13; Wimbledon '12, '13. During that time, Djokovic won two grand slam titles at the Australian Open and one grand slam title at the US Open in Flushing Meadows, New York, as well as the 2012 ATP World Tour Finals in London. In 2016, Vemic coached Djokovic at the ATP Miami Open, where he won the Championship against Kei Nishikori 6–3, 6–3, and surpassed Roger Federer in career prize money earnings.

In January 2013, Vemić joined the coaching staff of the Serbian Davis Cup team, seeing it to the Davis Cup finals against Czech Republic. He remains a coach of the Serbian team, helping lead them through the 2016 Davis Cup World Group competition.

In August 2016, Vemić was the official coach for the Serbian men's tennis team, for team Serbia, at the Games of the XXXI Olympiad in Rio de Janeiro. The team consisted of world #1 Novak Djokovic, former #1 ATP doubles player Nenad Zimonjić and ATP top 30 player Viktor Troicki.

From August 2016 to 2017, Vemić was the head coach for the most successful doubles team of all time, Americans Mike and Bob Bryan, also known as the Bryan brothers.

He then worked with Brandon Nakashima from May 2020[4] to February 2022.

ATP career finals

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Doubles: 2 (2 runner-ups)

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Legend
Grand Slam Tournaments (0–0)
ATP World Tour Finals (0–0)
ATP Masters Series (0–0)
ATP Championship Series (0–1)
ATP World Series (0–1)
Finals by surface
Hard (0–1)
Clay (0–1)
Grass (0–0)
Carpet (0–0)
Finals by setting
Outdoors (0–2)
Indoors (0–0)
Result W–L Date Tournament Tier Surface Partner Opponents Score
Loss 0–1 Aug 1999 Kitzbühel, Austria Championship Series Clay Spain Álex Calatrava South Africa Chris Haggard
Sweden Peter Nyborg
3–6, 7–6(7–4), 6–7(4–7)
Loss 0–2 Aug 2008 Los Angeles, United States International Series Hard United States Travis Parrott India Rohan Bopanna
United States Eric Butorac
6–7(5–7), 6–7(5–7)

ATP Challenger and ITF Futures finals

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Singles: 12 (3–9)

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Legend
ATP Challenger (1–5)
ITF Futures (2–4)
Finals by surface
Hard (1–6)
Clay (2–2)
Grass (0–1)
Carpet (0–0)
Result W–L    Date    Tournament Tier Surface Opponent Score
Win 1-0 Sep 1997 Skopje, Macedonia Challenger Clay Austria Clemens Trimmel 6–3, 6–7, 6–3
Loss 1-1 Mar 2003 USA F5, Harlingen Futures Hard United States Huntley Montgomery 4–6, 7–6(7–4), 5–7
Win 2-1 May 2003 USA F12, Tampa Futures Clay Paraguay Francisco Rodríguez 6–1, 6–4
Win 3-1 Oct 2003 USA F28, Lubbock Futures Hard Brazil Bruno Soares 6–7(5–7), 7–6(7–3), 6–3
Loss 3-2 Oct 2003 USA F29, Arlington Futures Hard Argentina Juan Pablo Guzmán 3–6, 5–7
Loss 3-3 Jun 2004 Forest Hills, United States Challenger Grass United States Justin Gimelstob 6–7(7–9), 2–6
Loss 3-4 May 2005 Forest Hills, United States Challenger Clay United States James Blake 3–6, 4–6
Loss 3-5 Jan 2007 USA F2, North Miami Beach Futures Hard Mexico Bruno Echagaray 2–6, 7–6(7–5), 5–7
Loss 3-6 Aug 2007 Binghamton, United States Challenger Hard Sweden Thomas Johansson 4–6, 6–7(7–9)
Loss 3-7 Sep 2007 Lubbock, United States Challenger Hard Australia Robert Smeets 3–6, 6–7(7–9)
Loss 3-8 Jan 2008 USA F1, Wesley Chapel Futures Hard India Somdev Devvarman 6–4, 4–6, 4–6
Loss 3-9 May 2008 Tunis, Tunisia Challenger Clay Brazil Thomaz Bellucci 2–6, 4–6

Doubles: 37 (16–21)

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Legend
ATP Challenger (15–20)
ITF Futures (1–1)
Finals by surface
Hard (6–9)
Clay (8–12)
Grass (0–0)
Carpet (2–0)
Result W–L Date Tournament Tier Surface Partner Opponents Score
Loss 0–1 Sep 1996 Budva, Yugoslavia Challenger Clay Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Nenad Zimonjić Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Nebojsa Djordjevic
North Macedonia Aleksandar Kitinov
3–6, 2–6
Win 1–1 Sep 1997 Budapest, Hungary Challenger Clay Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Nebojsa Djordjevic Hungary Kornél Bardóczky
Hungary Miklós Jancsó
6–1, 3–6, 6–4
Loss 1–2 Sep 1997 Skopje, Macedonia Challenger Clay Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Nebojsa Djordjevic Austria Thomas Buchmayer
Austria Thomas Strengberger
4–6, 6–7
Win 2–2 Feb 1998 Wolfsburg, Germany Challenger Carpet Russia Marat Safin Germany Jan-Ralph Brandt
Germany Thomas Messmer
6–4, 4–6, 6–2
Loss 2–3 Apr 1998 Barletta, Italy Challenger Clay Austria Thomas Strengberger Spain Joan Balcells
Spain Juan Ignacio Carrasco
6–7(4–7), 3–6
Loss 2–4 Jul 1998 Oberstaufen, Germany Challenger Clay Italy Omar Camporese Portugal Nuno Marques
Netherlands Rogier Wassen
6–7, 6–7
Loss 2–5 Jul 1998 Newcastle, United Kingdom Challenger Clay Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Nebojsa Djordjevic South Africa Jeff Coetzee
Netherlands Edwin Kempes
6–1, 6–7, 2–6
Win 3–5 Jun 1999 Weiden, Germany Challenger Clay Spain Emilio Benfele Álvarez Sweden Simon Aspelin
Sweden Johan Landsberg
6–7, 6–2, 6–4
Loss 3–6 Sep 1999 Sofia, Bulgaria Challenger Clay Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Nebojsa Djordjevic Italy Massimo Ardinghi
Italy Davide Sanguinetti
4–6, 2–6
Loss 3–7 Nov 1999 Buenos Aires, Argentina Challenger Clay South Africa Paul Rosner Argentina Guillermo Cañas
Argentina Martín García
4–6, 4–6
Loss 3–8 Jul 2000 Tampere, Finland Challenger Clay Australia Steven Randjelovic Finland Ville Liukko
Finland Jarkko Nieminen
0–6, 6–4, 3–6
Win 4–8 Aug 2000 Togliatti, Russia Challenger Hard Croatia Lovro Zovko Romania Ionuț Moldovan
Russia Yuri Schukin
6–4, 6–4
Win 5–8 Nov 2000 Santiago, Chile Challenger Clay Georgia (country) Irakli Labadze Spain Joan Balcells
Spain Germán Puentes-Alcaniz
6–3, 6–4
Loss 5–9 Feb 2001 Dallas, United States Challenger Hard Croatia Lovro Zovko United States Gavin Sontag
Canada Jerry Turek
6–3, 5–7, 5–7
Win 6–9 Sep 2001 Aschaffenburg, Germany Challenger Clay North Macedonia Aleksandar Kitinov Germany Karsten Braasch
Germany Franz Stauder
6–7(3–7), 6–4, 7–6(8–6)
Loss 6–10 Nov 2001 Santiago, Chile Challenger Clay Brazil Daniel Melo Brazil André Sá
Brazil Alexandre Simoni
6–3, 3–6, 6–7(3–7)
Loss 6–11 Dec 2001 San Jose, Costa Rica Challenger Hard Brazil Daniel Melo Israel Jonathan Erlich
Israel Andy Ram
3–6, 3–6
Win 7–11 Feb 2002 Belgrade, Serbia Challenger Carpet Croatia Lovro Zovko Czech Republic Jaroslav Levinský
Czech Republic Tomáš Zíb
walkover
Win 8–11 Jun 2002 Weiden, Germany Challenger Clay Germany Jens Knippschild Argentina Sergio Roitman
Argentina Andrés Schneiter
7–6(7–5), 6–2
Loss 8–12 Aug 2002 Córdoba, Spain Challenger Hard Spain Emilio Benfele Álvarez South Africa Paul Rosner
Czech Republic Ota Fukárek
6–7(7–9), 4–6
Loss 8–13 Aug 2002 Manerbio, Italy Challenger Clay Australia Anthony Ross Poland Mariusz Fyrstenberg
Poland Marcin Matkowski
4–6, 6–7(4–7)
Loss 8–14 Oct 2002 San Antonio, United States Challenger Hard United States Hugo Armando United States Diego Ayala
United States Robert Kendrick
2–6, 4–6
Loss 8-15 Feb 2003 USA F4, Brownsville Futures Hard North Macedonia Lazar Magdinchev United States Tripp Phillips
United States Ryan Sachire
2–6, 1–6
Win 9–15 May 2005 Tunica Resorts, United States Challenger Clay United States Michael Russell Argentina Juan Pablo Brzezicki
Argentina Juan Pablo Guzmán
7–6(7–4), 6–3
Loss 9–16 Feb 2006 Dallas, United States Challenger Hard United States Mirko Pehar United States Rajeev Ram
United States Bobby Reynolds
3–6, 4–6
Win 10–16 Jan 2008 Miami, United States Challenger Clay Serbia Ilija Bozoljac Netherlands Antilles Jean-Julien Rojer
Brazil Márcio Torres
7–5, 6–4
Win 11–16 Mar 2008 Sunrise, United States Challenger Hard Serbia Janko Tipsarević Belgium Kristof Vliegen
Netherlands Peter Wessels
6–2, 7–6(7–5)
Win 12–16 Apr 2008 Cremona, Italy Challenger Hard Argentina Eduardo Schwank Romania Florin Mergea
Romania Horia Tecău
6–3, 6–2
Loss 12–17 May 2008 Dresden, Germany Challenger Clay Serbia Ilija Bozoljac Germany Daniel Brands
South Korea Jun Woong-sun
6–2, 6–7(4–7), [6–10]
Loss 12–18 May 2008 Bordeaux, France Challenger Clay Poland Tomasz Bednarek Argentina Diego Hartfield
Argentina Sergio Roitman
4–6, 4–6
Win 13–18 Sep 2008 Waco, United States Challenger Hard United States Alex Bogomolov Jr. United States Alberto Francis
United States Nicholas Monroe
6–4, 5–7, [10–8]
Loss 13–19 Sep 2008 Lubbock, United States Challenger Hard United States Alex Bogomolov Jr. Romania Roman Borvanov
Russia Artem Sitak
2–6, 3–6
Win 14–19 Oct 2008 Calabasas, United States Challenger Hard Serbia Ilija Bozoljac Australia Nathan Healey
India Somdev Devvarman
1–6, 6–3, [13–11]
Loss 14–20 Nov 2008 Louisville, United States Challenger Hard Canada Frank Dancevic India Prakash Amritraj
United States Jesse Levine
3–6, 6–7(10–12)
Loss 14–21 Oct 2009 Tiburon, United States Challenger Hard Serbia Ilija Bozoljac India Harsh Mankad
Philippines Treat Huey
4–6, 4–6
Win 15–21 Aug 2010 Istanbul, Turkey Challenger Hard Czech Republic Leoš Friedl United States Brian Battistone
Sweden Andreas Siljeström
7–6(8–6), 7–6(7–3)
Win 16–21 Jul 2011 Serbia F3, Belgrade Futures Clay Serbia Boris Conkic Ukraine Vadim Alekseenko
Serbia Petar Djukic
6–4, 4–6, [10–5]

Performance timelines

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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.

Singles

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Tournament 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 SR W–L Win%
Grand Slam tournaments
Australian Open Q1 A Q3 A A A A A A A A Q1 A A 0 / 0 0–0  – 
French Open Q1 A A A A A Q1 Q1 Q1 1R Q2 A A A 0 / 1 0–1 0%
Wimbledon Q1 A Q2 A A A Q1 Q1 Q2 Q2 Q1 A A A 0 / 0 0–0  – 
US Open A A Q1 A A Q1 Q1 Q1 A Q2 Q1 A A A 0 / 0 0–0  – 
Win–loss 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–1 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0 / 1 0–1 0%
ATP World Tour Masters 1000
Indian Wells A A A A A A Q1 A A Q2 1R Q1 A Q1 0 / 1 0–1 0%
Miami A A A A A A A A A A Q2 A A A 0 / 0 0–0  – 
Monte Carlo Q2 A A A A A A A A A A A A A 0 / 0 0–0  – 
Rome 1R A A A A A A A A A A A A A 0 / 1 0–1 0%
Madrid Not Held A A A A A A A Q2 A A 0 / 0 0–0  – 
Win–loss 0–1 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–1 0–0 0–0 0–0 0 / 2 0–2 0%

Doubles

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Tournament 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 SR W–L Win%
Grand Slam tournaments
Australian Open A A 2R A A A A A A A A 1R SF 1R 0 / 4 5–4 56%
French Open A A 1R A A A A A A A SF 2R 2R A 0 / 4 6–4 60%
Wimbledon Q1 A 1R A A A A A 3R A 1R 1R 1R A 0 / 5 2–5 29%
US Open A Q1 Q1 A 1R A A A A A QF 2R 1R A 0 / 4 4–4 50%
Win–loss 0–0 0–0 1–3 0–0 0–1 0–0 0–0 0–0 2–1 0–0 7–3 2–4 5–4 0–1 0 / 17 17–17 50%
Olympic Games
Summer Olympics NH 1R Not Held A NH A NH 0 / 1 0–1 0%
ATP World Tour Masters 1000
Indian Wells A A A A A A A A A A A 1R QF A 0 / 2 2–2 50%
Miami A A A A A A A A A A A 2R 1R A 0 / 2 1–2 33%
Monte Carlo 1R A A A A A A A A A A A A A 0 / 1 0–1 0%
Rome 1R A A A A A A A A A A 2R A A 0 / 2 1–2 33%
Madrid Not Held A A A A A A A QF 1R A 0 / 2 2–2 50%
Canada A A A A A A A A A A A 1R A A 0 / 1 0–1 0%
Win–loss 0–2 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 4–5 2–3 0–0 0 / 10 6–10 38%

Mixed doubles

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Tournament 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 SR W–L Win%
Grand Slam tournaments
Australian Open A A A A A A A A A 2R A 0 / 1 1–1 50%
French Open A A A A A A A A A 2R A 0 / 1 1–1 50%
Wimbledon 3R A A A A A A A 2R 1R 1R 0 / 4 3–4 43%
US Open A A A A A A A A QF 2R A 0 / 2 3–2 60%
Win–loss 2–1 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 3–2 3–4 0–1 0 / 8 8–8 50%

Awards

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1995
1997
  • Best Male Tennis Player in FR Yugoslavia

References

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  1. ^ "Dusan Vemic". ATP Tour.
  2. ^ "The Global Professional Tennis Coach Association (GPTCA)".
  3. ^ "News".
  4. ^ ""Not a fluke": Brandon Nakashima craving for bigger breakthrough".
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