Filip Veger

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Filip Veger
Full nameFilip Veger
Country (sports)Flag of Croatia.svg  Croatia
Residence Slatina, Croatia
Born (1994-12-21) 21 December 1994 (age 29)
Slatina, Croatia
PlaysRight-handed (two handed-backhand)
Prize money$47,011
Singles
Career record0–1 (at ATP Tour level, Grand Slam level, and in Davis Cup)
Career titles0
Highest rankingNo. 478 (16 February 2015)
Doubles
Career titles0
Highest rankingNo. 557 (21 April 2014)
Current rankingNo. 2279 (31 May 2021)
Last updated on: 12 June 2021.

Filip Veger (born 21 December 1994, in Slatina) is a Croatian tennis coach and former professional tennis player.

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Career

Veger made his ATP main draw debut at the 2013 PBZ Zagreb Indoors where he came through qualifying defeating Simon Greul, Kamil Čapkovič and Ante Pavić. He lost in the first round to Lukáš Rosol, 6–2, 6–4.

As a singles player, Veger reached a career high of 478 in February 2015. [1] He had some success as a junior, reaching a highest ranking of 52 in singles and was also a finalist in the 2012 Australian Open Boys' Doubles alongside Adam Pavlásek, losing to the British pair of Liam Broady and Joshua Ward-Hibbert. [2] [3]

Personal

Veger studied at Durham University from 2017 to 2018, also playing for and coaching the men's tennis team. He was the 2018 BUCS singles champion. [4]

He currently coaches with the Qatar Tennis Federation. [5]

Junior Grand Slam finals

Doubles: 1 (1 runner-up)

ResultYearTournamentSurfacePartnerOpponentScore
Loss 2012 Australian Open Hard Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Adam Pavlásek Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Liam Broady
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Joshua Ward-Hibbert
3–6, 2–6

ATP Challenger and ITF Futures finals

Singles: 4 (0–4)

Legend
ATP Challenger (0–0)
ITF Futures (0–4)
Finals by surface
Hard (0–1)
Clay (0–1)
Grass (0–0)
Carpet (0–2)
ResultW–L   Date   TournamentTierSurfaceOpponentScore
Loss0-1Feb 2014Croatia F3, Zagreb FuturesHard Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Kyle Edmund 2-6, 5–7
Loss0-2Nov 2015Czech Republic F7, Jablonec nad Nisou FuturesCarpet Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Jan Mertl 2-6, 4–6
Loss0-3Jan 2016Czech Republic F7, Jablonec nad Nisou FuturesCarpet Flag of Germany.svg Mats Moraing 1–6, 6–7(6–8)
Loss0-4Sep 2016Serbia F8, Sokobanja FuturesClay Flag of Bulgaria.svg Alexandar Lazarov 7–6(7–2), 6–7(4–7), 0–3 ret.

Doubles: 4 (2–2)

Legend
ATP Challenger (0–0)
ITF Futures (2–2)
Finals by surface
Hard (2–1)
Clay (0–1)
Grass (0–0)
Carpet (0–0)
ResultW–L   Date   TournamentTierSurfacePartnerOpponentsScore
Loss0-1Jun 2013Bosnia & Herzegovina F4, Kiseljak FuturesClay Flag of Croatia.svg Lovro Zovko Flag of Croatia.svg Tomislav Draganja
Flag of Croatia.svg Mate Delić
4–6, 3–6
Win1-1Mar 2014Ukraine F1, Cherkassy FuturesHard Flag of Ukraine.svg Vladyslav Manafov Flag of Latvia.svg Janis Podzus
Flag of Latvia.svg Mārtiņš Podžus
6-2, 7–5
Loss1-2Mar 2014Ukraine F2, Cherkassy FuturesHard Flag of Ukraine.svg Vladyslav Manafov Flag of Ukraine.svg Volodymyr Uzhylovskyi
Flag of Ukraine.svg Artem Smirnov
4-6, 3–6
Win2-2Mar 2014Ukraine F3, Cherkassy FuturesHard Flag of Ukraine.svg Vladyslav Manafov Flag of Ukraine.svg Marat Deviatiarov
Flag of Germany.svg Pirmin Haenle
6-2, 6–3

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References

  1. "Filip Veger Rankings History". ATP Tour. Retrieved 17 September 2020.
  2. "Filip Veger Junior Singles Overview". ITF Tennis. Retrieved 17 September 2020.
  3. "Australian Open Junior Championships 2012". ITF Tennis. Retrieved 17 September 2020.
  4. "Team Durham". Twitter . 22 April 2018. Retrieved 17 September 2020. Congratulations to @DULTC player Filip Veger who has been crowned British University Singles Champion today
  5. "Filip Veger – Tennis Coach". Sportspros Connect. Retrieved 17 September 2020.