Lovro Zovko

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Lovro Zovko
Lovro Zovko 2008 US Open.jpg
Country (sports)Flag of Croatia.svg  Croatia
Residence Zagreb, Croatia
Born (1981-03-18) 18 March 1981 (age 43)
Zagreb, SR Croatia, Yugoslavia
Height1.90 m (6 ft 3 in)
Turned pro1999
Retired2015
PlaysRight-handed (two-handed backhand)
Prize money $623,479
Singles
Career record7–13
Career titles0
Highest rankingNo. 151 (27 January 2003)
Grand Slam singles results
Australian Open Q1 (2002, 2003)
French Open Q1 (2003)
Wimbledon Q1 (2002, 2003)
US Open Q3 (2002)
Doubles
Career record53-89
Career titles0
Highest rankingNo. 45 (6 October 2008)
Grand Slam doubles results
Australian Open 1R (2007, 2008, 2009, 2011)
French Open 1R (2002, 2006, 2008, 2009)
Wimbledon 2R (2002, 2006)
US Open 3R (2008)

Lovro Zovko (born 18 March 1981) is a former professional tennis player from Croatia. [1]

Contents

Tennis career

Juniors

As a junior Zovko reached as high as No. 9 in the world rankings in 1998 (and No. 10 in doubles).

Pro tour

Early in 2000 and 2001, Zovko reached the doubles final in Umag with Ivan Ljubičić.

In 2007, Zovko made the doubles finals of the Kremlin Cup (Moscow) event with Tomáš Cibulec before losing to Marat Safin and Dmitry Tursunov in the final, 6–4, 6–2. Zovko reached the 2007 Grand Prix de Tennis de Lyon doubles final with Łukasz Kubot, losing to Sébastien Grosjean and Jo-Wilfried Tsonga in the final, 6–4, 6–3.

ATP career finals

Doubles: 5 (0–5)

Legend (pre/post 2009)
Grand Slam (0–0)
Tennis Masters Cup /
ATP World Tour Finals (0–0)
ATP Masters Series /
ATP World Tour Masters 1000 (0–0)
ATP International Series Gold /
ATP World Tour 500 series (0–0)
ATP International Series /
ATP World Tour 250 series (0–5)
Titles by surface
Hard (0–2)
Clay (0–3)
Grass (0–0)
Carpet (0–0)
ResultNo.DateTournamentSurfacePartnerOpponentScore
Loss1.Jul 2000 Umag, CroatiaClay Flag of Croatia.svg Ivan Ljubičić Flag of Spain.svg Albert Portas
Flag of Spain.svg Álex López Morón
1–6, 6–7(2)
Loss2.Jul 2001 Umag, CroatiaClay Flag of Croatia.svg Ivan Ljubičić Flag of Argentina.svg Sergio Roitman
Flag of Argentina.svg Andrés Schneiter
2–6, 5–7
Loss3.Oct 2007 Moscow, RussiaHard Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Tomáš Cibulec Flag of Russia.svg Marat Safin
Flag of Russia.svg Dmitry Tursunov
4–6, 2–6
Loss4.Oct 2007 Lyon, FranceHard Flag of Poland.svg Łukasz Kubot Flag of France.svg Sébastien Grosjean
Flag of France.svg Jo-Wilfried Tsonga
4–6, 3–6
Loss5.Jul 2011 Umag, CroatiaClay Flag of Croatia.svg Marin Čilić Flag of Italy.svg Simone Bolelli
Flag of Italy.svg Fabio Fognini
3–6, 7–5, [7–10]

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References

  1. "Lovro Zovko". ESPN.com. Retrieved 13 March 2018.