Aleksandar Vukic (Montenegrin: Александар Вукић, romanized: Aleksandar Vukić, pronounced [aleksǎːndar ʋǔːkitɕ, alěksaːn-]; born 6 April 1996) is an Australian professional tennis player. He has a career high ATP singles ranking of world No. 48 achieved on 14 August 2023. He also has a career high ATP doubles ranking of world No. 389 achieved on 21 March 2022.
Vukic has won one ITF Futures singles title. Vukic made his main draw ATP singles debut at the 2018 Sydney International and his Grand Slam debut at the 2020 French Open, after qualifying for both.
Vukic was born in Sydney, Australia, and is of Serbian and Montenegrin origin.[1] His parents and older brother left Montenegro during the breakup of Yugoslavia in the early 1990s and settled in Sydney before Vukic was born.[2] Vukic began playing tennis at the age of 6 and later attended the University of Illinois from 2015 to 2018 where he was named three-time All-American in tennis.[3]
Vukic made his ITF Tour debut in Spain in May 2014.
Vukic made his main draw ATP singles debut at the 2018 Sydney International, where he qualified for the main draw by defeating Dušan Lajović and Ričardas Berankis. He came within two points of defeating Feliciano López, ranked No. 36 in the world. He lost the match 6–4, 6–7(5–7), 3–6.
In May 2019, Vukic reached the semifinal of the 2019 Savannah Challenger, his best performance at the ATP Challenger Tour level. Following a quarter-final appearance at 2019 Internazionali di Tennis Città dell'Aquila, Vukic reached a career high singles ranking of No. 258.
In January 2020, Vukic reached the final round of 2020 Australian Open – Men's singles qualifying. In March 2020, Vukic reached his first ATP Challenger Tour final in Monterrey Challenger.[4]
In September, Vukic qualified for the 2020 French Open main draw, where he made his Grand Slam singles debut. He lost in round one to Pedro Martínez.[5]
Vukic ended 2020 with a singles ranking of world no. 196.
Vukic commenced the 2021 season at the 2021 Great Ocean Road Open, where he defeated Yen-Hsun Lu for his first ATP main draw win.[6] Vukic was defeated by Jannik Sinner in the second round.[7]
At the 2021 Australian Open, Vukic entered into the main draw as a wildcard and lost to 19th seed Karen Khachanov in the first round.
Vukic returned the ATP Challenger tour, achieving quarterfinal appearances in April at Split and Split II.
Vukic lost in the third and final round of qualifying for the French Open and in the first round of qualifying for Wimbledon Championships.
In August 2021, Vukic tested positive for COVID-19 and had to skip the US Open.[8]
On 20 September 2021, and following a semifinal result at the Cary Challenger, Vukic improved his ranking back to No. 214.[9] In October at the 2021 BNP Paribas Open he recorded his first main draw win at a Masters 1000 level as a qualifier defeating Pablo Andújar.[10][11] He followed this by a final also in singles at the 2021 Charlottesville Men's Pro Challenger where he lost to Stefan Kozlov.
He reached a career-high singles ranking of No. 156 on 22 November 2021.
At the Adelaide International 2, Vukic achieved his first top 50 win against Alexander Bublik[12] and reached his first ATP quarterfinal, before losing to Thanasi Kokkinakis.[13] As a result, he made his top 150 debut at world no. 144 on 17 January 2022.
Vukic was awarded a second wildcard into the 2022 Australian Open.[14] He defeated 30th seed Lloyd Harris in four sets for his first Grand Slam victory. He lost to fellow qualifier Radu Albot in the second round.
In February, he won his first title at the 2022 Bengaluru Open II. As a result, he reached the top 125 at world no. 118 on 21 February 2022.
At the 2022 Sofia Open he defeated Fabio Fognini and Fernando Verdasco to reach only his second ATP quarterfinal.[15]
He qualified for the 2023 Australian Open where he lost to fellow qualifier Brandon Holt. At the 2023 Delray Beach Open he entered the main draw as lucky loser and won in the first round against qualifier Christopher Eubanks.
He qualified for his second Masters 1000 main draw in Indian Wells for a second time at this tournament. He also qualified for the 2023 Miami Open to make his debut at this Masters. He won his third professional title and the biggest of his career, a second Challenger at the 2023 Busan Open in South Korea, defeating top seed Max Purcell by retirement.[16] At the next Challenger, the 2023 Open de Oeiras II he reached again the final. As a result, he made his top 100 debut at world No. 95 in the rankings on 22 May 2023.[17]
On his debut at the 2023 Wimbledon Championships he defeated Daniel Altmaier.[18]At the 2023 Atlanta Open, he reached his first ATP semifinal, defeating fourth seed Yoshihito Nishioka and fifth seed Christopher Eubanks. He then defeated seventh seed Ugo Humbert to reach his first final at ATP Tour level. He reached the third round of a Masters 1000 for the first time at the Canadian Open as a lucky loser defeating Tomás Martín Etcheverry and Sebastian Korda. As a result, he reached the top 50 in the rankings.
At the beginning of the European clay season at the 2024 Grand Prix Hassan II, he reached the quarterfinals defeating previous year runner-up Alexandre Müller, and then second seed Sebastian Ofner in a match with two tiebreaks lasting close to three hours. He made his debut at the 2024 Monte-Carlo Masters as a lucky loser replacing Jordan Thompson after his late withdrawal. At the beginning of grass court season, he reached the quarterfinals at the 2024 Libéma Open. Next, also as a lucky loser, he entered the main draw of the 2024 Eastbourne International and reached his second ATP semifinal with wins over Fabian Marozsan, third seed Alexander Bublik and Yoshihito Nishioka (who beat him in the qualifications).[19]He won again his first round match at the 2024 Wimbledon Championships over Sebastian Ofner in a five-setter saving a match point.[20]
Current through the 2024 Wimbledon Championship.
Vukic's record against players who have been ranked in the top 10, with those who are active in boldface. Only ATP Tour main draw matches are considered:
Active players are in boldface.
Feliciano López 0–1
Borna Ćorić 1–0
Lorenzo Musetti 0–1