Matej Sabanov

Matej Sabanov
Sabanov at the 2022 French Open
Country (sports) Croatia (2010–2021)
 Serbia (2021–current)
ResidencePalić, Serbia
Born (1992-06-25) 25 June 1992 (age 32)
Subotica, Serbia, FR Yugoslavia
Height1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)
Turned pro2010
PlaysRight-handed (two-handed backhand)
CoachAleksandar Sabanov
Prize moneyUS$ 292,578
Singles
Career record0–0
Career titles0
0 Challenger, 1 Futures
Highest rankingNo. 640 (20 October 2014)
Doubles
Career record22–31
Career titles1
4 Challenger, 26 Futures
Highest rankingNo. 72 (18 April 2022)
Current rankingNo. 185 (28 October 2024)
Grand Slam doubles results
Australian Open1R (2022, 2023)
French Open1R (2022)
Wimbledon1R (2021)
Last updated on: 29 October 2024.

Matej Sabanov (Serbian Cyrillic: Матеј Сабанов; born 25 June 1992) is a Serbian tennis player who specializes in doubles. He has a career high ATP doubles ranking of World No. 72 achieved on 18 April 2022. He also has a career high ATP singles ranking of No. 640 achieved on 20 October 2014.[1]

He has won one ATP doubles title with his twin brother Ivan and 4 ATP Challengers and 26 ITF doubles titles.[2] Sabanov formerly represented Croatia.[3]

Professional career

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Sabanov made his ATP main draw debut at the 2018 Croatia Open Umag in the doubles draw as a wildcard pair partnering his twin brother Ivan.[4]

His best career performance came in 2021 when he won his first ATP doubles title by winning the Serbia Open with his brother Ivan. They defeated Gonzalo Escobar and Ariel Behar in the final.[5][6]

ATP career finals

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

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Legend
Grand Slam tournaments (0–0)
ATP Tour Finals (0–0)
ATP Tour Masters 1000 (0–0)
ATP Tour 500 Series (0–0)
ATP Tour 250 Series (1–1)
Titles by surface
Hard (0–0)
Clay (1–1)
Grass (0–0)
Titles by setting
Outdoor (1–1)
Indoor (0–0)
Result W–L    Date    Tournament Tier Surface Partner Opponents Score
Win 1–0 Apr 2021 Serbia Open, Serbia 250 Series Clay Croatia Ivan Sabanov Uruguay Ariel Behar
Ecuador Gonzalo Escobar
6–3, 7–6(7–5)
Loss 1–1 Apr 2022 U.S. Men's Clay Court Championships, United States 250 Series Clay Serbia Ivan Sabanov Australia Matthew Ebden
Australia Max Purcell
3–6, 3–6

ATP Challenger and ITF Futures finals

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Singles: 2 (1–1)

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Legend
ATP Challenger (0–0)
ITF Futures (1–1)
Finals by surface
Hard (0–0)
Clay (1–1)
Grass (0–0)
Carpet (0–0)
Result W–L    Date    Tournament Tier Surface Opponent Score
Loss 0–1 Dec 2013 Croatia F17, Bol Futures Clay Croatia Toni Androić 1–6, 1–6
Win 1–1 Jul 2014 Serbia F5, Belgrade Futures Clay Chile Juan Carlos Sáez 6–0, 6–2

Doubles: 73 (30–43)

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Legend
ATP Challenger (4–14)
ITF Futures (26–29)
Finals by surface
Hard (7–10)
Clay (23–33)
Grass (0–0)
Carpet (0–0)
Result W–L    Date    Tournament Tier Surface Partner Opponents Score
Loss 0–1 Feb 2012 Croatia F2, Zagreb Futures Hard Croatia Ivan Sabanov Romania Andrei Dăescu
Romania Florin Mergea
6–4, 4–6, [4–10]
Win 1–1 Jul 2012 Serbia F3, Belgrade Futures Clay Serbia Ivan Bjelica Austria Maximilian Neuchrist
Austria Nicolas Reissig
6–4, 6–1
Loss 1–2 Jul 2012 Serbia F4, Belgrade Futures Clay Serbia Ivan Bjelica Bosnia and Herzegovina Ismar Gorčić
Bosnia and Herzegovina Aldin Šetkić
6–4, 2–6, [4–10]
Loss 1–3 Aug 2012 Serbia F7, Sombor Futures Clay Serbia Ivan Bjelica Bosnia and Herzegovina Ismar Gorčić
Bosnia and Herzegovina Aldin Šetkić
2–6, 6–7(1–7)
Loss 1–4 Sep 2012 Croatia F9, Osijek Futures Clay Serbia Ivan Bjelica Bosnia and Herzegovina Tomislav Brkić
Bosnia and Herzegovina Aldin Šetkić
4–6, 1–6
Loss 1–5 Oct 2012 Croatia F11, Dubrovnik Futures Clay Serbia Ivan Bjelica Croatia Toni Androić
Croatia Dino Marcan
3–6, 3–6
Loss 1–6 Jul 2013 Serbia F4, Belgrade Futures Clay Serbia Ivan Bjelica Serbia Marko Djokovic
United Kingdom Matthew Short
4–6, 4–6
Loss 1–7 Jul 2013 Serbia F5, Belgrade Futures Clay Croatia Ivan Sabanov Serbia Djordje Djokovic
United Kingdom Matthew Short
5–7, 3–6
Win 2–7 Aug 2013 Serbia F7, Sombor Futures Clay Croatia Ivan Sabanov Bulgaria Dinko Halachev
France Gleb Sakharov
4–6, 7–5, [10–5]
Loss 2–8 Aug 2013 Serbia F9, Novi Sad Futures Clay Croatia Ivan Sabanov Slovakia Patrik Fabian
Italy Matteo Fago
5–7, 3–6
Loss 2–9 Aug 2013 Croatia F8, Vinkovci Futures Clay Croatia Ivan Sabanov Croatia Toni Androić
Croatia Tomislav Draganja
6–1, 6–7(7–9), [8–10]
Loss 2–10 Nov 2013 Croatia F14, Umag Futures Clay Croatia Ivan Sabanov Croatia Antonio Šančić
Croatia Dino Marcan
0–6, 7–5, [2–10]
Win 3–10 Aug 2014 Serbia F7, Sombor Futures Clay Croatia Ivan Sabanov Australia Gavin Van Peperzeel
France Alexis Musialek
7–6(7–5), 6–1
Loss 3–11 Aug 2014 Serbia F9, Novi Sad Futures Clay Croatia Ivan Sabanov Serbia Ilija Vucic
Serbia Danilo Petrovic
4–6, 3–6
Win 4–11 Aug 2014 Serbia F10, Novi Sad Futures Clay Croatia Ivan Sabanov Serbia Ilija Vucic
Serbia Danilo Petrovic
6–3, 3–6, [10–6]
Win 5–11 Sep 2014 Serbia F13, Niš Futures Clay Croatia Ivan Sabanov North Macedonia Dimitar Grabul
North Macedonia Tomislav Jotovski
6–4, 6–2
Win 6–11 Sep 2014 Serbia F14, Sokobanja Futures Clay Croatia Ivan Sabanov Russia Georgyi Malyshev
Austria Marcel Waloch
6–2, 6–2
Loss 6–12 Nov 2014 Norway F1, Oslo Futures Hard Croatia Ivan Sabanov Sweden Patrik Rosenholm
United Kingdom Darren Walsh
4–6, 6–3, [8–10]
Win 7–12 Nov 2014 Norway F2, Oslo Futures Hard Croatia Ivan Sabanov Netherlands Sander Arends
United Kingdom Darren Walsh
4–6, 6–3, [10–4]
Win 8–12 Mar 2015 Croatia F5, Pula Futures Clay Croatia Ivan Sabanov Czech Republic Zdeněk Kolář
Czech Republic Dominik Suc
4–6, 6–0, [10–7]
Win 9–12 Apr 2015 Croatia F7, Vrsar Futures Clay Croatia Ivan Sabanov Romania A-D Carpen
Croatia Tomislav Draganja
6–7(3–7), 6–4, [10–8]
Loss 9–13 May 2015 Croatia F8, Bol Futures Clay Croatia Ivan Sabanov France Grégoire Barrère
France Jérôme Inzerillo
6–4, 5–7, [6–10]
Win 10–13 May 2015 Bosnia & Herzegovina F2, Prijedor Futures Clay Croatia Ivan Sabanov Ukraine Danylo Kalenichenko
Slovakia Juraj Masar
walkover
Loss 10–14 May 2015 Bosnia & Herzegovina F3, Brčko Futures Clay Croatia Ivan Sabanov Romania Victor Vlad Cornea
Romania Tudor Cristian Sulea
2–6, 4–6
Loss 10–15 Jul 2015 Serbia F4, Belgrade Futures Clay Croatia Ivan Sabanov Croatia Tomislav Draganja
Serbia Ivan Bjelica
5–7, 6–7(3–7)
Win 11–15 Aug 2015 Serbia F7, Sombor Futures Clay Croatia Ivan Sabanov Serbia Miki Janković
Bosnia and Herzegovina Nerman Fatić
6–4, 6–0
Win 12–15 Aug 2015 Serbia F9, Novi Sad Futures Clay Croatia Ivan Sabanov Italy Fabio Mercuri
Italy Luca Pancaldi
6–3, 6–0
Loss 12–16 Aug 2015 Serbia F10, Subotica Futures Clay Croatia Ivan Sabanov Italy Marco Bortolotti
Italy Pietro Rondoni
6–1, 2–6, [8–10]
Win 13–16 Oct 2015 Norway F1, Oslo Futures Hard Croatia Ivan Sabanov Netherlands Scott Griekspoor
Netherlands Tallon Griekspoor
6–3, 6–4
Loss 13–17 Nov 2015 Norway F2, Oslo Futures Hard Croatia Ivan Sabanov Belgium Joran Vliegen
Belgium Sander Gillé
7–6(7–4), 6–7(5–7), [8–10]
Loss 13–18 Nov 2015 Norway F3, Oslo Futures Hard Croatia Ivan Sabanov Belgium Joran Vliegen
Belgium Sander Gillé
6–7(3–7), 1–6
Loss 13–19 Mar 2016 Croatia F4, Opatija Futures Clay Croatia Ivan Sabanov Croatia Tomislav Draganja
Croatia Nino Serdarušić
4–6, 6–7(10–12)
Loss 13–20 Jun 2016 Bosnia & Herzegovina F4, Sarajevo Futures Clay Croatia Ivan Sabanov Croatia Tomislav Draganja
Croatia Nino Serdarušić
5–7, 3–6
Win 14–20 Feb 2017 Turkey F6, Antalya Futures Hard Croatia Ivan Sabanov Ukraine Vadym Ursu
Ukraine Volodymyr Uzhylovskyi
4–6, 6–0, [12–10]
Win 15–20 Feb 2017 Turkey F7, Antalya Futures Hard Croatia Ivan Sabanov Ukraine Vadym Ursu
Ukraine Volodymyr Uzhylovskyi
7–6(7–4), 6–2
Loss 15–21 Mar 2017 Croatia F2, Poreč Futures Clay Croatia Ivan Sabanov Czech Republic Zdeněk Kolář
Croatia Nino Serdarušić
3–6, 3–6
Win 16–21 Jun 2017 Hungary F5, Budapest Futures Clay Croatia Ivan Sabanov Austria Maximilian Neuchrist
Austria David Pichler
6–4, 7–6(7–2)
Loss 16–22 Jul 2017 Czech Republic F5, Pardubice Futures Clay Croatia Ivan Sabanov Czech Republic Vit Kopriva
Czech Republic Jaroslav Pospíšil
6–4, 1–6, [2–10]
Loss 16–23 Aug 2017 Serbia F2, Novi Sad Futures Clay Croatia Ivan Sabanov Australia Dane Propoggia
Australia Scott Puodziunas
6–7(8–10), 7–5, [9–11]
Win 17–23 Sep 2017 Hungary F7, Kecskemét Futures Clay Spain Enrique López Pérez Sweden Filip Bergevi
Sweden Markus Eriksson
7–5, 6–3
Win 18–23 Oct 2017 Nigeria F4, Lagos Futures Hard Croatia Ivan Sabanov France Tom Jomby
France Johan Sebastien Tatlot
4–6, 7–5, [10–5]
Win 19–23 Oct 2017 Nigeria F5, Lagos Futures Hard Croatia Ivan Sabanov India Chandril Sood
India Lakshit Sood
6–3, 6–4
Loss 19–24 Nov 2017 Bangalore, India Challenger Hard Croatia Ivan Sabanov Russia Mikhail Elgin
India Divij Sharan
3–6, 0–6
Win 20–24 Mar 2018 Croatia F1, Rovinj Futures Clay Croatia Ivan Sabanov Spain Javier Barranco Cosano
Italy Marco Bortolotti
6–4, 6–3
Loss 20–25 Mar 2018 Croatia F2, Poreč Futures Clay Croatia Ivan Sabanov Ecuador Gonzalo Escobar
Brazil Bruno Sant'Anna
4–6, 7–5, [9–11]
Win 21–25 Sep 2018 Serbia F4, Subotica Futures Clay Croatia Ivan Sabanov Czech Republic Vit Kopriva
Czech Republic Jaroslav Pospíšil
6–2, 6–1
Win 22–25 Jan 2019 M15 Antalya, Turkey World Tennis Tour Clay Croatia Ivan Sabanov Turkey Sarp Ağabigün
Romania Nicolae Frunză
6–1, 7–5
Win 23–25 Feb 2019 M15 Antalya, Turkey World Tennis Tour Clay Croatia Ivan Sabanov Switzerland Louroi Martinez
Switzerland Damien Wenger
6–1, 6–1
Loss 23–26 Feb 2019 M15 Aktobe, Kazakhstan World Tennis Tour Hard Croatia Ivan Sabanov Netherlands Niels Lootsma
Russia Aleksandr Vasilenko
2–6, 6–7(5–7)
Loss 23–27 Mar 2019 M15 Rovinj, Croatia World Tennis Tour Clay Croatia Ivan Sabanov Belgium Jeroen Vanneste
Sweden Markus Eriksson
5–7, 2–6
Win 24–27 Mar 2019 M15 Opatija, Croatia World Tennis Tour Clay Croatia Ivan Sabanov Czech Republic Ondrej Krstev
Czech Republic Robin Stanek
6–1, 6–4
Loss 24–28 Apr 2019 M25 Santa Margherita, Italy World Tennis Tour Clay Croatia Ivan Sabanov Italy Marco Bortolotti
Australia Scott Puodziunas
2–6, 4–6
Loss 24–29 May 2019 M25+H Jablonec, Czech Republic World Tennis Tour Clay Croatia Ivan Sabanov Czech Republic Václav Šafránek
Czech Republic Jan Šátral
6–7(4–7), 6–0, [8–10]
Win 25–29 Jul 2019 M25 Casinalbo, Italy World Tennis Tour Clay Croatia Ivan Sabanov France Sadio Doumbia
Russia Kirill Kivattsev
6–7(6–8), 6–3, [10–7]
Win 26–29 Jul 2019 San Benedetto, Italy Challenger Clay Croatia Ivan Sabanov Peru Sergio Galdós
Peru Juan Pablo Varillas
6–4, 4–6, [10–5]
Win 27–29 Jul 2019 M25+H Pontedera, Italy World Tennis Tour Clay Croatia Ivan Sabanov Australia Adam Taylor
Australia Jason Taylor
7–6(7–5), 6–2
Loss 27–30 Aug 2019 Augsburg, Germany Challenger Clay Croatia Ivan Sabanov Belarus Andrei Vasilevski
Slovakia Igor Zelenay
6–4, 4–6, [3–10]
Loss 27–31 Sep 2019 M25 Győr, Hungary World Tennis Tour Clay Croatia Ivan Sabanov Ecuador Diego Hidalgo
Brazil Pedro Sakamoto
4–6, 1–6
Loss 27–32 Sep 2019 Sibiu, Romania Challenger Clay Croatia Ivan Sabanov France Sadio Doumbia
France Fabien Reboul
4–6, 6–3, [7–10]
Loss 27–33 Feb 2020 Quimper, France Challenger Hard Croatia Ivan Sabanov Kazakhstan Andrey Golubev
Kazakhstan Aleksandr Nedovyesov
4–6, 2–6
Loss 27–34 Nov 2020 Ortisei, Italy Challenger Hard Croatia Ivan Sabanov Germany Andre Begemann
France Albano Olivetti
3–6, 2–6
Loss 27–35 May 2021 Prague, Czech Republic Challenger Clay Croatia Ivan Sabanov Australia Marc Polmans
Ukraine Sergiy Stakhovsky
3–6, 4–6
Loss 27–36 Jul 2021 Braunschweig, Germany Challenger Clay Croatia Ivan Sabanov Poland Szymon Walków
Poland Jan Zieliński
4–6, 6–4, [4–10]
Win 28–36 Aug 2021 Lüdenscheid, Germany Challenger Clay Croatia Ivan Sabanov Ukraine Denys Molchanov
Kazakhstan Aleksandr Nedovyesov
6–4, 2–6, [12–10]
Loss 28–37 Sep 2021 Banja Luka, Bosnia and Hervegovina Challenger Clay Croatia Ivan Sabanov Croatia Antonio Šančić
Croatia Nino Serdarušić
3–6, 3–6
Loss 28–38 Mar 2022 Roseto degli Abruzzi, Italy Challenger Clay Serbia Ivan Sabanov Italy Franco Agamenone
France Manuel Guinard
6–7(2–7), 6–7(3–7)
Loss 28–39 Aug 2022 Cordenons, Italy Challenger Clay Serbia Ivan Sabanov Jamaica Dustin Brown
Italy Andrea Vavassori
4–6, 5–7
Loss 28–40 Aug 2022 San Marino, San Marino Challenger Clay Serbia Ivan Sabanov Italy Marco Bortolotti
Spain Sergio Martos Gornés
4–6, 4–6
Win 29–40 Sep 2022 Sibiu, Romania Challenger Clay Serbia Ivan Sabanov Austria Alexander Erler
Austria Lucas Miedler
3–6, 7–5, [10–4]
Loss 29–41 Nov 2022 Valencia, Spain Challenger Hard Serbia Ivan Sabanov Ukraine Oleksii Krutykh
Spain Oriol Roca Batalla
3–6, 6–7(3–7)
Win 30–41 Mar 2023 Waco, US Challenger Hard Serbia Ivan Sabanov United States Evan King
United States Mitchell Krueger
6–1, 3–6, [10–4]
Loss 30–42 Mar 2023 Zadar, Croatia Challenger Clay Serbia Ivan Sabanov France Manuel Guinard
Croatia Nino Serdarušić
4–6, 0–6
Loss 30–43 Oct 2023 Olbia, Italy Challenger Hard Serbia Ivan Sabanov India Rithvik Choudary Bollipalli
India Arjun Kadhe
1–6, 3–6

References

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  1. ^ Doubles ranking Serbia
  2. ^ "Meet the Sabanov Brothers".
  3. ^ Ko su braća Sabanov, zbog Novaka umesto Hrvatske izabrali Srbiju
  4. ^ "Croatia Open: Tournament history - 2018 Draw".
  5. ^ @SerbiaOpen2022 (24 April 2021). "Ivan and Matej Sabanov are this year's winners in the doubles Serbia Open 2021!#SerbiaOpen #SerbiaOpen2021" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
  6. ^ "ATP Doubles: Ivan Sabanov, Matej Sabanov win inaugural Serbia Open". 25 April 2024.
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