Duje Ajduković

Duje Ajduković
Ajduković at the 2022 French Open
Country (sports) Croatia
ResidenceZagreb, Croatia
Born (2001-02-05) 5 February 2001
Split, Croatia
Height1.88 m (6 ft 2 in)
Turned pro2018
PlaysRight-handed (two-handed backhand)[1]
CoachFrane Ninčević
Prize moneyUS $ 603,580
Singles
Career record7–10 (at ATP Tour level, Grand Slam level, and in Davis Cup)
Career titles0
Highest rankingNo. 105 (9 September 2024)
Current rankingNo. 267 (21 July 2025)
Grand Slam singles results
Australian OpenQ2 (2024, 2025)
French OpenQ2 (2022, 2024)
WimbledonQ3 (2022)
US OpenQ2 (2024)
Doubles
Career record1–1 (at ATP Tour level, Grand Slam level, and in Davis Cup)
Career titles0
Highest rankingNo. 491 (8 November 2021)
Last updated on: 25 July 2025.

Duje Ajduković (born 5 February 2001) is a Croatian tennis player. He has a career-high ATP singles ranking of world No. 105, achieved on 9 September 2024 and a doubles ranking of No. 491, achieved on 8 November 2021.[2] He is currently the No. 6 player from Croatia.[3]

Professional career

2021: ATP debut and first win

Ajduković made his ATP main draw debut at the 2021 Croatia Open Umag after receiving a wildcard in singles and in the doubles main draws[4] and recorded his first ATP singles win over qualifier Andrea Collarini.[5][6][7][8]

2023: First Challenger title

In August 2023, Ajdukovic won his first ATP Challenger title in Lüdenscheid, Germany after going through the qualifying, defeating Hugo Dellien in the final in straight sets.

2024: First ATP semifinal, ATP 500 and top 105 debuts

He reached a new career high of No. 115 on 1 April 2024.[2] He qualified for his first ATP 500 tournament at the 2024 Barcelona Open Banc Sabadell. He reached his first semifinal as a qualifier at the 2024 Swedish Open in Bastad, defeating Luca Van Assche, eight seed Pavel Kotov and Thiago Monteiro. He lost to Rafael Nadal in three sets. As a result he reached the top 110 in the rankings on 22 July 2024.[9] Following his second Challenger title in Manacor, after a win over Matteo Gigante in the final, he reached the top 105 in the rankings on 9 September 2024.[10][2]

ATP Challenger Tour finals

Singles: 5 (3 titles, 2 runner-ups)

Legend
ATP Challenger Tour (3–2)
Finals by surface
Hard (2–1)
Clay (1–1)
Result W–L    Date    Tournament Tier Surface Opponent Score
Win 1–0 July 2023 Platzmann-Sauerland Open, Germany Challenger Clay Bolivia Hugo Dellien 7–5, 6–4
Loss 1–1 Sep 2023 Braga Open, Portugal Challenger Clay Spain Oriol Roca Batalla 6–4, 1–6, 1–6
Win 2–1 Nov 2023 Kobe Challenger, Japan Challenger Hard (i) Japan Sho Shimabukuro 6–4, 6–2
Loss 2–2 Jan 2024 Open Quimper Bretagne, France Challenger Hard (i) France Pierre-Hugues Herbert 3–6, 2–6
Win 3–2 Aug 2024 Rafa Nadal Open, Spain Challenger Hard Italy Matteo Gigante 4–6, 6–3, 6–4

ITF Futures/World Tennis Tour finals

Singles: 10 (7 titles, 3 runner-ups)

Legend
ITF Futures/WTT (7–3)
Finals by surface
Hard (0–1)
Clay (7–2)
Result W–L    Date    Tournament Tier Surface Opponent Score
Loss 0–1 Oct 2018 Tunisia F34, Monastir Futures Hard France Baptiste Crepatte 7–5, 6–7(3–7), 2–6
Loss 0–2 Sep 2019 M15 Székesfehérvár, Hungary WTT Clay Czech Republic Michael Vrbenský 2–6, 2–6
Win 1–2 Oct 2019 M15 Tabarka, Tunisia WTT Clay Spain Pol Toledo Bagué 6–3, 6–1
Win 2–2 Nov 2019 M15 Antalya, Turkey WTT Clay Spain Álvaro López San Martín 6–2, 6–4
Win 3–2 Mar 2020 M25 Antalya, Turkey WTT Clay Argentina Pedro Cachín 3–6, 6–4, 7–6(7–2)
Win 4–2 Sep 2020 M15 Curtea de Argeș, Romania WTT Clay Italy Franco Agamenone 2–6, 6–4, 6–4
Win 5–2 Apr 2023 M25 Dubrovnik, Croatia WTT Clay Croatia Luka Mikrut 6–3, 6–2
Win 6–2 Apr 2023 M25 Split, Croatia WTT Clay Ukraine Eric Vanshelboim 6–3, 6–4
Loss 6–3 Apr 2023 M15 Kuršumlijska Banja, Serbia WTT Clay Poland Maks Kaśnikowski 4–6, 6–7(3–7)
Win 7–3 Jun 2023 M25 Kiseljak, Bosnia and Herzegovina WTT Clay Brazil Pedro Boscardin Dias 6–2, 7–5

Doubles: 3 (2 titles, 1 runner-up)

Legend
ITF Futures/WTT (2–1)
Result W–L    Date    Tournament Tier Surface Partner Opponents Score
Loss 0–1 Oct 2018 Tunisia F34, Monastir Futures Hard Greece Petros Tsitsipas Brazil Bernardo A. Pereira e Oliveira
Germany Robert Strombachs 		4–6, 7–6(8–6), [6–10]
Win 1–1 Nov 2019 M15 Antalya, Turkey WTT Clay Croatia Karlo Kranić Romania Dragoș Dima
Romania Mircea-Alexandru Jecan 		6–3, 3–6, [10–6]
Win 2–1 Dec 2019 M15 Antalya, Turkey WTT Clay Serbia Miljan Zekić Russia Vladimir Korolev
Russia Andrey Uvarov 		6–3, 6–3

National representation

Ajduković at the 2024 Davis Cup in Varaždin

Davis Cup (0–1)

Group membership
Finals (0–1)
Qualifying Round (0–0)
Matches by surface
Hard (0–1)
Clay (0–0)
Grass (0–0)
Matches by type
Singles (0–1)
Doubles (0–0)
Matches by venue
Home (0–1)
Away (0–0)
Neutral (0–0)
Result No. Rubber Match type (partner if any) Opponent nation Opponent player(s) Score
Increase2–1; 17 September 2023; Arena Gripe, Split, Croatia; Davis Cup Final Group D round robin; hard (indoor) surface
Defeat 1 I Singles Netherlands Netherlands Botic van de Zandschulp 3–6, 6–3, 5–7

References

  1. ^ "Duje Ajdukovic | Overview". ATP Tour. Archived from the original on 2021-07-21. Retrieved 2021-07-19.
  2. ^ a b c "Ajdukovic Rankings History".
  3. ^ "Croatia | ATP Rankings (Singles) | ATP Tour | Tennis | ATP Tour | Tennis".
  4. ^ "Rafael Matos é favorito nas duplas em Umag. Romboli joga". Lance!. 18 July 2021. Archived from the original on 2021-07-18. Retrieved 2021-07-19.
  5. ^ "Pamtit će ovaj dan: 20-godišnji Duje Ajduković pred Ivaniševićem ušao u drugo kolo Umaga" (in Croatian). 20 July 2021.
  6. ^ "Duje Ajduković reached his first ATP victory at the Plava Laguna Croatia Open, a great victory for young Alcaraz". 20 July 2021.
  7. ^ "ALCARAZ'S TURNAROUND, AJDUKOVIĆ'S DEBUT" (PDF). 21 June 2025.
  8. ^ "Ajduković pobjedom debitirao u Umagu: "Goran me je dodatno motivirao"" (in Croatian). 21 July 2021.
  9. ^ "Nadal shakes off stiff start, rallies past Ajdukovic to Bastad final". 20 July 2024.
  10. ^ "Ajdukovic Crowned Rafa Nadal Open Champion". 2 September 2024.
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