Miomir Kecmanović


Miomir Kecmanović is a Serbian tennis player. On 9 September 2019, Kecmanović reached his best singles ranking of world No. 47, while on 16 September 2019 he peaked at world number 161 in the doubles rankings. He has won two Challenger titles in his career.

Career

Juniors: Orange Bowl champion & junior No. 1

In December 2015, Kecmanović won the Orange Bowl in a 3-set match against Stefanos Tsitsipas from Greece, 6–3, 2–6, 7–6. He reached the final in singles at 2016 Junior US Open where he was defeated by Canadian Félix Auger-Aliassime. He finished the year 2016 as ITF Juniors number 1 ranked tennis player.

2016: Davis Cup alternate player

Kecmanović was a fifth player on a Serbian Davis Cup team in their quarterfinal tie against Great Britain in the 2016 Davis Cup – a standard practice of Tennis Federation of Serbia for each tie to invite a different talented young player to practice with regular players and gain necessary experience. Kecmanović credited this experience for finishing the year as junior world No. 1 and said that he is looking forward to one day make the team and play for Serbia.

2017: Turning pro & first Challenger title

In January 2017, Kecmanović won his first singles ITF pro circuit title in Sunrise, Florida, US. In March, he received a wild card entry for the qualifying draw at Miami Masters and defeated 22nd seed and world No. 117 Henri Laaksonen in straight sets in the first round, before losing the deciding qualifying match to 11th seed and world No. 114 Lukáš Lacko. Serbian Davis Cup captain, Nenad Zimonjić, planned to include Kecmanović as a fifth player for Serbia's 7–9 April Davis Cup quarterfinal tie versus Spain, but as Kecmanović received a wild card for Panamá Cup Challenger, he instead chose to play in his first career challenger and lost in the first round to top seed and world No. 86 Horacio Zeballos in 3 sets, 6–2, 4–6, 2–6. He next played in San Luis Potosí Challenger in Mexico and had his first wins on the Challenger level after defeating 3rd seed and world No. 135 Stefan Kozlov in straight sets, Emilio Gómez in three sets and 7th seed Marcelo Arévalo in straight sets, before losing in the semifinals to 8th seed Adrián Menéndez-Maceiras. At Sarasota Kecmanović played in his third successive challenger, losing in the second round to 7th seed and world No. 114 Laaksonen. Kecmanović received wild card for the qualifying draw of another ATP tournament, Istanbul Open, where he defeated 2nd seed Mirza Bašić in the opening round, but lost to 8th seed Daniel Brands in the deciding qualifier.
Between May and July, Kecmanović played in four futures tournaments in Turkey and Belgium, respectively, winning two and reaching another final and one semifinal. He then resumed playing in challengers, playing three in Asia, with the best result coming in August in Chengdu, where he was stopped in the quarterfinals. In September, Kecmanović was again in the plans to be a fifth player in 15–17 September Davis Cup semifinal against France, but as he received a wildcard for Banja Luka Challenger, he chose to play it in order to improve his ATP ranking, and again lost in the first round. He next played three futures in Italy, getting to one semifinal and two quarterfinals. He finished the season playing in three challengers in China and had his biggest achievement to date in October in Suzhou, when he won the first challenger title of his career by beating 3rd seed and world No. 113 Radu Albot, 6–4, 6–4, in the final.

2018: Top 150, WTT champion & Finals MVP

After reaching two quarterfinals in three challengers to start the season, Kecmanović broke into the top 200 for the first time in his career on February 5, when he was ranked 194th on the ATP list. In March, he made his ATP main draw debut when he was granted wild card for Miami Masters, losing to Denis Istomin in the first round. In April, he defeated 4th seed Michael Mmoh and 6th seed Dennis Novikov in the qualifying rounds to reach the main draw of U.S. Men's Clay Court Championships ATP 250 event in Houston, where he lost to 7th seed Ryan Harrison in the first round.
In July and August, Kecmanović played World TeamTennis league and helped Springfield Lasers win its first ever championship after losing five times in the finals between 1999 and 2014. They defeated Philadelphia Freedoms, 19–18 in the final, after Kecmanović rallied from a 1–3 deficit in the final set to defeat Kevin King, 5–3, and earn Finals MVP honors.
On the strength of three semifinal and one quarterfinal appearance in challenger events in September and October, Kecmanović reached the top 150 for the first time on October 22, being ranked world No. 149. He closed out the season on a high note, reaching the final of the Liuzhou challenger and winning the Shenzhen challenger, to finish the season with a then career-high ranking of world No. 132.

2019: Top 50, 2nd WTT championship, first ATP final

He earned his first ATP victory by defeating world No. 56 Leonardo Mayer at the Brisbane International. He played in BNP Paribas Open as a lucky loser. He defeated 30th seed Laslo Đere on his way to the quarterfinals, before losing to in straight sets to Milos Raonic. This result meant that Kecmanović was ranked in the top 100 for the first time. In Miami, he beat former top-10 player Ernests Gulbis in the first round before losing to Frances Tiafoe in two tiebreak sets.
At the French Open, Kecmanović played in the main draw, beating Denis Kudla in five sets before losing to David Goffin. This was his first grand slam win. At the Antalya Open, he reached his first ATP final, losing to Lorenzo Sonego in the final. His semi final against 3rd seed Jordan Thompson was notable for featuring no breaks of serve, with Kecmanović saving all three break points on his serve.
Kecmanović won his first Wimbledon match at The Championships 2019, beating Roberto Carballés Baena in four sets, before retiring against Benoît Paire two sets to love down. In Atlanta, he beat Jack Sock and 8th seed Ugo Humbert both in straight sets, before losing in the quarter finals to eventual finalist and 2nd seed Taylor Fritz. In the Citi Open, he beat Alexei Popyrin and Pierre-Hugues Herbert before losing to Norbert Gombos. Having missed the Roger's Cup Masters Tournament, Kecmanović's breakthrough came at the Western and Southern Open. In qualifying he beat Antoine Hoang and Feliciano López in straight sets. In the first round, he beat fellow 19 year old Félix Auger-Aliassime in straight sets. He then gained his first win over a top ten player by beating 7th seed Alexander Zverev in three sets. This victory ensured that Kecmanović would break into the top 50 for the first time. He then lost in straight sets to Roberto Bautista Agut.

2020

Kecmanović started off the new decade by participating in the ATP 250 Qatar Open. He defeated Australian Jordan Thompson before defeating third seed Jo Wilfrid Tsonga in the round of sixteen.

Personal

His aunt, Tanja Pavlov, acts as his manager.

Performance timeline

Singles

Current through the 2020 Abierto Mexicano Telcel.
1 2015: ATP Ranking–1340, Tournaments–0, Win–Loss 0–0.

ATP career finals

Singles: 1 (1 runner-up)

ResultW–LDateTournamentTierSurfaceOpponentScore
Loss0–12019 Antalya Open – Singles|Antalya Open, Turkey250 SeriesGrass Lorenzo Sonego7–6, 6–7, 1–6

Team Tennis Leagues

League finals: 2 (2 championships)

PlaceDateLeagueLocationSurfaceTeamTeammatesOpponent teams
Champions
Jul-Aug 2018World TeamTennis Unites StatesHard,
Hard 		Springfield Lasers John-Laffnie de Jager
Jack Sock
Vania King
Daniel Nestor
Abigail Spears
Philadelphia Freedoms: Runners-up
Washington Kastles: 3rd
San Diego Aviators: 4th
Orange County Breakers: 5th
New York Empire: 6th
Champions
Jul-Aug 2019World TeamTennis United StatesHard,
Hard 		Springfield Lasers John-Laffnie de Jager
Enrique López Pérez
Anna Blinkova
Jean-Julien Rojer
Abigail Spears
Olga Govortsova
Robert Lindstedt
Evan Song
New York Empire: Runners-up
Philadelphia Freedoms: Semifinals
San Diego Aviators: Semifinals
Vegas Rollers: 5th
Orange County Breakers: 6th
Orlando Storm: 7th
Washington Kastles: 8th

ATP Challenger Tour and ITF Futures finals

Singles: 8 (5 titles, 3 runners-up)

ResultW–LDateTournamentTierSurfaceOpponentScore
Loss0–1Apr 2016ITF Orange Park, United States F14FuturesClay Denis Shapovalov5–7, 6–2, 6–7
Win1–1Jan 2017ITF Sunrise, United States F4FuturesClay Christian Lindell6–2, 6–2
Win2–1May 2017ITF Antalya, Turkey F20FuturesClay Alessandro Petrone6–0, 6–4
Loss2–2Jun 2017ITF Antalya, Turkey F21FuturesClay Julien Cagnina3–6, 4–6
Win3–2Jun 2017ITF Havré, Belgium F1FuturesClay Christopher Heyman6–4, 3–6, 6–2
Win4–2Oct 2017Suzhou International, ChinaChallengerHard Radu Albot6–4, 6–4
Loss4–3Oct 2018Liuzhou International, ChinaChallengerHard Radu Albot2–6, 6–4, 3–6
Win5–3Nov 2018Shenzhen Open, ChinaChallengerHard Blaž Kavčič6–2, 2–6, 6–3

Doubles: 2 (1 titles, 1 runners-up)

ResultW–LDateTournamentTierSurfacePartnerOpponentsScore
Win1–0May 2016ITF Vero Beach, United States F15FuturesClay Jonas Luetjen Deiton Baughman
Reed Anderson		6–1, 5–7,
Loss1–1May 2016ITF Tampa, United States F16FuturesClay Jonas Luetjen Gonzalo Escobar
Roberto Quiroz		4–6, 6–7

Junior Grand Slam finals

Singles: 1 (1 runner-up)

Record against other players

Record against top 10 players

Kecmanović's match record against those who have been ranked in the top 10, with those who have been No. 1 in boldface