Viktor Durasovic (Serbian: Viktor Đurasović; born 19 March 1997) is a Norwegian professional tennis player.

Viktor Durasovic
Full nameViktor Durasovic
Country (sports) Norway
ResidenceOslo, Norway
Born (1997-03-19) 19 March 1997 (age 27)
Orkdal, Norway
Height1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)
Turned pro2016
PlaysRight-handed (two handed-backhand)
CoachBruno Alcalá
Prize money$234,326
Singles
Career record9–23 (at ATP Tour level, Grand Slam level, and in Davis Cup)
Career titles0
Highest rankingNo. 298 (14 October 2019)
Current rankingNo. 340 (26 June 2023)[1]
Doubles
Career record6–12 (at ATP Tour level, Grand Slam level, and in Davis Cup)
Career titles0
Highest rankingNo. 157 (20 February 2023)
Current rankingNo. 189 (26 June 2023)
Team competitions
Davis Cup16–19
Last updated on: 26 June 2023.

Durasovic has a career-high Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP) singles ranking of world No. 298, which he achieved in October 2019.[2][3] He also attained his career-high ATP doubles ranking of world No. 173 in October 2022.

Background edit

Durasovic is of Bosnian Serbian origin.[4]

Career edit

Durasovic made the semifinals of the 2014 US Open boys' doubles competition where he partnered Nicolae Frunză.

Playing for Norway in Davis Cup, Durasovic has a W/L record of 11–10 in singles and 5–8 in doubles.

In August 2019, Durasovic reached his first ATP Challenger final at the 2019 Tilia Slovenia Open, where he lost 5–7, 3–6 to Slovenian Aljaž Bedene.

Durasovic qualified for his first ATP Tour tournament at the 2021 Stockholm Open where he lost in the first round to wildcard and former world No. 1 Andy Murray in straight sets. He qualified for his second tournament at the 2022 Sydney International where he again met and lost to Andy Murray in the first round.

He represented Norway at the 2020 ATP Cup, the 2022 ATP Cup and the 2023 United Cup.

ATP Challenger and ITF Futures finals edit

Singles: 15 (7–8) edit

Legend
ATP Challenger (0–1)
ITF Futures (7–7)
Finals by surface
Hard (5–7)
Clay (2–1)
Grass (0–0)
Carpet (0–0)
Result W–L    Date    Tournament Tier Surface Opponent Score
Loss 0–1 Oct 2014 Portugal F8, Oliveira de Azeméis Futures Hard   Jaime Pulgar-Garcia 2–6, 3–6
Win 1–1 Mar 2015 Tunisia F7, El Kantaoui Futures Hard   Yannick Jankovits 2–6, 6–4, 6–0
Win 2–1 Apr 2015 Italy F6, Santa Margherita di Pula Futures Clay   Viktor Galović 6–3, 6–2
Loss 2–2 May 2015 Bosnia & Herzegovina F1, Doboj Futures Clay   Pascal Meis 4–6, 6–3, 3–6
Loss 2–3 Nov 2015 Norway F2, Oslo Futures Hard   Scott Griekspoor 2–6, 7–6(7–4), 5–7
Loss 2–4 Aug 2016 Spain F25, Ourense Futures Hard   Andrés Artuñedo 3–6, 2–6
Loss 2–5 Apr 2017 Bahrain F2, Manama Futures Hard   Mick Lescure 5–7, 6–7(4–7)
Win 3–5 Oct 2017 Egypt F28, Sharm El Sheikh Futures Hard   Tomas Papik 2–6, 6–3, 7–5
Win 4–5 Nov 2017 Egypt F33, Sharm El Sheikh Futures Hard   Pablo Vivero Gonzalez 6–7(4–7), 6–4, 6–4
Loss 4–6 Jul 2018 Spain F16, Palma del Río Futures Hard   Lucas Miedler 2–6, 6–7(6–8)
Win 5–6 Mar 2019 M15 Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt ITF World Tour Hard   Daniel Altmaier 6–7(5–7), 6–4, 6–4
Loss 5–7 Aug 2019 Portorož, Slovenia Challenger Hard   Aljaž Bedene 5–7, 3–6
Win 6–7 Jul 2021 M25 Bourg-en-Bresse, France ITF World Tour Clay   Franco Agamenone 6–1, 6–1
Loss 6–8 Sep 2021 M25 Jönköping, Sweden ITF World Tour Hard (i)   Otto Virtanen 4–6, 0–6
Win 7–8 Oct 2021 M25 Nevers, France ITF World Tour Hard (i)   Arthur Reymond 6–2, 6–4

Doubles: 16 (10–6) edit

Legend
ATP Challenger (2–0)
ITF Futures (8–6)
Finals by surface
Hard (9–3)
Clay (1–3)
Grass (0–0)
Carpet (0–0)
Result W–L    Date    Tournament Tier Surface Partner Opponents Score
Win 1–0 Oct 2015 Spain F31, Sabadell Futures Clay   Bernabé Zapata Miralles   J-S Arauzo-Martinez
  Jean-Marc Werner
6–4, 6–1
Loss 1–1 May 2016 Italy F8, Santa Margherita di Pula Futures Clay   Samuel Bensoussan   Francisco Bahamonde
  Andrea Pellegrino
4–6, 4–6
Win 2–1 Jul 2016 Spain F19, Bakio Futures Hard   Jaume Munar   Juan Lizariturry
  Jaume Pla Malfeito
6–3, 6–4
Win 3–1 Oct 2016 Norway F1, Oslo Futures Hard   Lucas Miedler   David Norfeldt
  Robin Thour
6–1, 6–1
Win 4–1 Jan 2017 Turkey F1, Antalya Futures Hard   Nino Serdarušić   Liam Broady
  Luke Johnson
6–3, 6–3
Loss 4–2 Mar 2017 Portugal F1, Vale do Lobo Futures Hard   Lucas Miedler   Erik Crepaldi
  Gonçalo Oliveira
6–1, 2–6, [5–10]
Loss 4–3 May 2017 Nigeria F1, Abuja Futures Hard   Alessandro Bega   Fabiano de Paula
  Fernando Romboli
4–6, 7–6(7–5), [7–10]
Win 5–3 May 2017 Nigeria F2, Abuja Futures Hard   Alessandro Bega   Sylvester Emmanuel
  Calvin Hemery
6–4, 6–0
Loss 5–4 Sep 2017 Spain F28, Oviedo Futures Clay   Miguel Semmler   Franco Agamenone
  João Menezes
5–7, 3–6
Win 6–4 Dec 2017 Dominican Republic F1, Santo Domingo Futures Hard   Adrian Andrzejczuk   Alejandro Gómez
  John Lamble
3–6, 6–3, [10–4]
Win 7–4 Mar 2018 France F5, Poitiers Futures Hard   Emil Ruusuvuori   Christian Hirschmueller
  David Novotny
6–4, 7–6(7–1)
Win 8–4 Oct 2020 M25 Hamburg, Germany World Tennis Tour Hard   Markus Eriksson   Raúl Brancaccio
  Mark Vervoort
6–3, 5–7, [11–9]
Loss 8–5 Apr 2021 M25 Meerbusch, Germany World Tennis Tour Clay   Markus Eriksson   Jiří Lehečka
  Michael Vrbenský
3–6, 3–6
Loss 8–6 Oct 2021 M25 Hamburg, Germany World Tennis Tour Hard   Vladyslav Orlov   Leandro Riedi
  Yannik Steinegger
3–6, 2–6
Win 9–6 Mar 2022 Lille, France Challenger Hard   Patrik Niklas-Salminen   Jonathan Eysseric
  Quentin Halys
7–5, 7–6(7–1)
Win 10–6 Oct 2022 Brest, France Challenger Hard (i)   Otto Virtanen   Filip Bergevi
  Petros Tsitsipas
6–4, 6–4

United Cup (0–4) edit

Group membership
United Cup (0–4)
Matches by Surface
Hard (0–4)
Matches by Type
Singles (0–2)
Doubles (0–2)
Matches by setting
Outdoors (0–4)
Indoors (0–0)
Outcome No. Surface Match type (partner) Opponent nation Opponent player(s) Score
2023
29 December–8 January; Pat Rafter Arena, Brisbane, Australia; Group stage; Hard surface
Loss 1. Hard Singles   Brazil   Felipe Meligeni Alves 3–6, 3–6
Loss 2. Mixed doubles (with Ulrikke Eikeri)   Rafael Matos /   Luisa Stefani 4–6, 5–7
Loss 3. Singles   Italy   Lorenzo Musetti 6–7(7–9), 3–6
Loss 4. Mixed doubles (with Ulrikke Eikeri)   Lorenzo Musetti /   Camilla Rosatello 6–7(6–8), 2–6

References edit

  1. ^ ATP Profile
  2. ^ s.r.o., LiveSport. "Viktor Durasovic – Tennis Explorer". www.tennisexplorer.com. Retrieved 2018-01-31.
  3. ^ "Viktor DURASOVIC". www.itftennis.com. Retrieved 2018-01-31.
  4. ^ 1 February 2016. A Serbian among Norway's tennis hopes. Royal Norwegian Embassy in Belgrade. (Archive)

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