Slobodan Živojinović
Country (sports) | Yugoslavia |
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Residence | Belgrade, Serbia |
Born | Belgrade, SR Serbia, SFR Yugoslavia | 23 July 1963
Height | 1.98 m (6 ft 6 in) |
Turned pro | 1981 |
Retired | 1992 |
Plays | Right-handed (one-handed backhand) |
Prize money | $1,450,654 |
Singles | |
Career record | 151–139 |
Career titles | 2 |
Highest ranking | No. 19 (26 October 1987) |
Grand Slam singles results | |
Australian Open | SF (1985) |
French Open | 3R (1988) |
Wimbledon | SF (1986) |
US Open | 3R (1987) |
Doubles | |
Career record | 151–102 |
Career titles | 8 |
Highest ranking | No. 1 (8 September 1986) |
Grand Slam doubles results | |
Australian Open | QF (1985) |
French Open | 1R (1985, 1989, 1991) |
Wimbledon | SF (1987) |
US Open | W (1986) |
Slobodan "Bobo"
Together with
Tennis career
Živojinović represented SFR Yugoslavia as the number 15 seed at the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul, where he was defeated in the second round by France's Guy Forget.
The right-hander won two career singles titles (
Živojinović's most notable Grand Slam results were two semifinals. As an unseeded player at the 1985 Australian Open, he memorably beat John McEnroe in a five-set quarterfinal to reach the semifinals (where he lost in straight sets to Mats Wilander). The next year, at the 1986 Wimbledon semifinal, again as an unseeded player, he lost to Ivan Lendl in a five-set match.
Over the course of his career, Živojinović amassed an overall singles record of 150 wins and 138 defeats. He was much more successful in
Career finals
Singles (2–2)
Legend |
Grand Slam (0) |
Tennis Masters Cup (0) |
ATP Tour (2–2) |
Result | W/L | Date | Tournament | Surface | Opponent | Score |
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Loss | 0–1 | Mar 1985 | Nancy, France | Carpet (i) | Tim Wilkison | 6–4, 6–7(5–7), 7–9 |
Win | 1–1 | Nov 1986 | Houston, United States | Carpet (i) | Scott Davis | 6–1, 4–6, 6–3 |
Loss | 1–2 | May 1988 | Forest Hills, United States | Clay | Andre Agassi | 5–7, 6–7(2–7), 5–7 |
Win | 2–2 | Oct 1988 | Sydney , Australia
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Hard (i) | Richard Matuszewski | 7–6(10–8), 6–3, 6–4 |
Doubles (8–6)
Legend |
Grand Slam (1) |
Tennis Masters Cup (0) |
ATP Tour (7) |
Result | W/L | Date | Tournament | Surface | Partner | Opponents | Score |
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Win | 1–0 | Jul 1985 | Boston, United States | Hard | Libor Pimek | Peter McNamara Paul McNamee |
2–6, 6–4, 7–6 |
Loss | 1–1 | Nov 1985 | Wembley , UK
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Carpet (i) | Boris Becker | Guy Forget Anders Järryd |
5–7, 6–4, 5–7 |
Win | 2–1 | Mar 1986 | Brussels, Belgium | Carpet (i) | Boris Becker | John Fitzgerald Tomáš Šmíd |
7–6, 7–5 |
Win | 3–1 | Mar 1986 | Rotterdam , Netherlands
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Carpet (i) | Stefan Edberg | Matt Mitchell
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2–6, 6–3, 6–2 |
Loss | 2–3 | May 1986 | Forest Hills , US
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Clay | Boris Becker | Hans Gildemeister Andrés Gómez |
6–7, 6–7 |
Loss | 3–3 | Aug 1986 | Toronto, Canada | Hard | Boris Becker | Chip Hooper Mike Leach |
7–6, 3–6, 3–6 |
Win | 4–3 | Aug 1986 | US Open, New York | Hard | Andrés Gómez | Joakim Nyström Mats Wilander |
4–6, 6–3, 6–3, 4–6, 6–3 |
Loss | 4–4 | Oct 1986 | Vienna, Austria | Carpet (i) | Brad Gilbert | Ricardo Acioly Wojciech Fibak |
walkover |
Loss | 4–5 | Nov 1986 | Stockholm, Sweden | Hard | Pat Cash | Sherwood Stewart Kim Warwick |
4–6, 4–6 |
Win | 5–5 | Mar 1987 | Brussels, Belgium | Carpet (i) | Boris Becker | Chip Hooper Michael Leach |
7–6, 7–6 |
Win | 6–5 | Mar 1987 | Milan, Italy | Carpet (i) | Boris Becker | Sergio Casal Emilio Sánchez |
3–6, 6–3, 6–4 |
Win | 7–5 | Oct 1988 | Tokyo, Japan | Carpet (i) | Andrés Gómez | Boris Becker Eric Jelen |
7–5, 5–7, 6–3 |
Loss | 7–6 | Oct 1989 | Tokyo, Japan | Carpet (i) | Andrés Gómez | Kevin Curren David Pate |
6–4, 3–6, 6–7 |
Win | 8–6 | Feb 1990 | Brussels, Belgium | Carpet (i) | Emilio Sánchez | Goran Ivanišević Balázs Taróczy |
7–5, 6–3 |
Team competitions (1)
No. | Date | Team competition | Surface | Partner/Team | Opponents | Score |
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1. | May 1990 | World Team Cup, Düsseldorf, Germany | Clay | Goran Ivanišević Goran Prpić |
Jim Courier Brad Gilbert Ken Flach Robert Seguso |
2–1 |
Grand Slam singles performance timeline
W | F | SF | QF | #R | RR | Q# | DNQ | A | NH |
Tournament | 1982 | 1983 | 1984 | 1985 | 1986 | 1987 | 1988 | 1989 | 1990 | 1991 | Career SR |
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Australian Open | A | A | A | SF | NH | 3R | 3R | 2R | 1R | Q2 | 0 / 6 |
French Open | 1R | A | 2R | 2R | 1R | 1R | 3R | 1R | 1R | A | 0 / 8 |
Wimbledon
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A | A | A | 2R | SF | QF | 4R | 4R | 1R | 1R | 0 / 7 |
US Open | A | A | A | 1R | 1R | 3R | 1R | 1R | A | A | 0 / 5 |
Grand Slam SR | 0 / 1 | 0 / 0 | 0 / 1 | 0 / 4 | 0 / 3 | 0 / 4 | 0 / 4 | 0 / 4 | 0 / 3 | 0 / 2 | 0 / 26 |
Personal life
Živojinović was engaged to Zorica Desnica whom he has a son Filip with. The couple broke up before getting married.
In 1991, Živojinović married
The couple have two sons — Stefan (born in New York City in May 1992) and Viktor. On Thursday, 23 November 2000, 8-year-old Stefan was kidnapped by members of
References
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- ^ Naik, Shivani (2014-09-11). "Davis Cup: Wider and wiser, 'Bobo' returns to India after 26 years". The Indian Express. Archived from the original on 2022-07-30.
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