Branko Đurić (tennis)

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Branko Djurić
Full nameBranko Đurić
Native name
Брако Ђурић
Country (sports)Flag of Serbia.svg  Serbia
Born (2005-02-10) 10 February 2005 (age 20)
Podgorica, Serbia and Montenegro
Height188 cm (6 ft 2 in)
Turned pro2019
PlaysRight-handed (two-handed backhand)
Coach Günter Bresnik
Prize moneyUS $26,027
Singles
Career record0–1
Career titles0
Highest rankingNo. 448 (20 October 2025)
Current rankingNo. 448 (20 October 2025)
Grand Slam singles results
Australian Open  Junior1R (2023)
Wimbledon  Junior1R (2023)
US Open  Junior1R (2022, 2023)
Doubles
Career record0–1
Career titles0
Highest rankingNo. 1578 (19 May 2025)
Current rankingNo. 1755 (30 June 2025)
Grand Slam doubles results
Australian Open  Junior1R (2023)
Wimbledon  JuniorF (2023)
US Open  Junior2R (2023)
Last updated on: 30 June 2025.

Branko Djuric (born 10 February 2005) is a Serbian tennis player. He has a career-high ATP singles ranking of World No. 448 achieved on 20 October 2025. [1]

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Early life

From Budva, Montenegro, at the age of 11 years-old he moved to further his career in Belgrade. A member of the Gunter Bresnik academy, he is coached by his father Nenad Đurić. [2] [3]

Career

Junior career

He became only the second tennis player born in Montenegro to play in a junior Grand Slam. [4] Djuric moved into the top 10 of the junior rankings in March 2023. This came after a run of three consecutive J300 competition finals, including victories in Cairo and Casablanca. [5]

He reached the final in the boys' doubles at the 2023 Wimbledon Championships alongside his partner, the Frenchman Arthur Géa. They got there with a quarterfinal win over Aleksandar Meler Kletzler and Rodrigo Pacheco Méndez. [6] In the semifinals they defeated American pair Darwin Blanch and Roy Horovitz. In the final they were defeated by Jakub Filip and Gabriele Vulpitta. [7]

He qualified for the 2023 ITF World Tennis Tour Junior Finals. [8]

Senior career

In November 2024, he was awarded a wildcard into the singles qualifying of the 2024 Belgrade Open, [9] where he qualified for his main draw ATP debut with wins over French Luka Pavlovic and Argentine Thiago Agustín Tirante. [10] He was also given a wildcard into the main draw of the doubles event alongside compatriot Marko Maksimović. [11]

References

  1. ↑ "Branko Djuric". ATP Tour. Retrieved 15 July 2023.
  2. ↑ Radovic, Aleksandar (8 May 2021). "We want to create tennis players who will be educated and respected". Vijesti.me. Retrieved 15 December 2023.[ dead link ]
  3. ↑ Radovic, Aleksandar (8 January 2017). "Branko Đurić, the little tennis champion from Budva, the great hope of Serbia". Vijesti.me. Retrieved 7 September 2023.
  4. ↑ "Đurić from Budva at the junior Roland Garros". vijesti.me. 29 April 2022. Retrieved 2 November 2024.
  5. ↑ Janičić, Svetozar (18 March 2023). "Branko Đurić niže uspehe, slavio u Maroku" [Branko Đurić lower successes, celebrated in Morocco]. Sportklub.n1info.rs (in Serbian). Retrieved 15 July 2023.
  6. ↑ "SJAJNE VESTI IZ LONDONA! Nije samo Novak! Srbija ima DVA PREDSTAVNIKA u polufinalima Vimbldona!". Republika.rs (in Serbian). Retrieved 15 July 2023.
  7. ↑ "Exceptional success for Czech tennis at this year's Wimbledon Championships". mzv.gov.cz. 17 July 2023. Retrieved 2 November 2024.
  8. ↑ "Line-up revealed for the 2023 ITF World Tennis Tour Junior Finals". politicamentecorretto.com. 4 October 2023. Retrieved 2 November 2024.
  9. ↑ "Special invitations awarded for the Belgrade Open – an opportunity for young talents!". Serbiaopen.org. 1 November 2024. Retrieved 2 November 2024.
  10. ↑ "Bravo, Branko! Đurić na korak od glavnog žreba Belgrade Opena, izbacio srpskog Francuza u tri seta". Telegraf.rs (in Serbian). 2 November 2024. Retrieved 2 November 2024.
  11. ↑ "Đere i Međedović dobili specijalne pozivnice za "Belgrade Open"" [Đere and Međedović received special invitations to the "Belgrade Open"]. indeksonline.rs (in Serbian). 1 November 2024. Retrieved 2 November 2024.
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