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Croatian tennis player
Mili Poljičak (born 13 July 2004) is a Croatian professional tennis player.
Poljičak has a career high ATP singles ranking of World No. 462 achieved on 3 April 2023. He also has a career high ATP doubles ranking of World No. 269 achieved on 24 October 2022.[1]
Poljičak made his ATP main draw debut at the 2021 Croatia Open Umag after receiving a wildcard into the doubles main draw.[2] Partnering with Admir Kalender , the pair defeated 2nd seed Pablo Cuevas and Fabrice Martin in the first round in straight sets but lost in the next round to eventual champions Fernando Romboli and David Vega Hernández in three sets.
At the 2022 Zagreb Open he reached his maiden Challenger final as a wildcard where he lost to Filip Misolic . At the same tournament also as a wildcard he reached the semifinals in doubles partnering Antonio Šančić . As a result he reached the top 550 at World No. 549 (up 923 positions) in the singles rankings and the top 375 in doubles (up 88 positions) on 16 May 2022.
At 18 years of age, he received a wildcard for the qualifying draw of the 2023 Wimbledon Championships to make his Grand Slam qualifying debut.[3]
Challenger and World Tennis Tour Finals [ edit ]
Singles: 2 (1–1) [ edit ]
Legend (singles)
ATP Challenger Tour (0–1)
ITF World Tennis Tour (1–0)
Titles by surface
Hard (1–0)
Clay (0–1)
Grass (0–0)
Carpet (0–0)
Doubles: 12 (8–4) [ edit ]
Legend
ATP Challenger Tour (0–0)
ITF World Tennis Tour (7–4)
Finals by surface
Hard (3–0)
Clay (5–4)
Grass (0–0)
Carpet (0–0)
Result
W–L
Date
Tournament
Tier
Surface
Partner
Opponents
Score
Win
0–1
Apr 2021
M15 Šibenik , Croatia
World Tennis Tour
Clay
Borna Devald
Zvonimir Babić David Pichler
3–6, 4–6
Win
1–1
Apr 2022
M25 Split , Croatia
World Tennis Tour
Clay
Luka Mikrut
Théo Arribagé Luca Sanchez
2–6, 6–4, [10–8]
Loss
1–1
May 2022
M25 Ulcinj , Montenegro
World Tennis Tour
Clay
Stefan Popović
Cezar Cretu Daniel Cukierman
4–6, 1–6
Loss
1–2
May 2022
M25 Osijek , Croatia
World Tennis Tour
Clay
Luka Mikrut
Dev Javia Lukáš Pokorný
6–7(3–7) , 6–3, [8–10]
Loss
1–3
Aug 2022
M25 Maribor , Slovenia
World Tennis Tour
Clay
Antonio Šančić
Domagoj Bilješko Kirill Kivattsev
3-6, 7–6(7–0) , [9–11]
Win
2-3
Oct 2022
M25 Sunderland , Great Britain
World Tennis Tour
Hard
Arthur Fery
Filip Bergevi Petros Tsitsipas
6–1, 6–2
Win
3-3
Jul 2023
M25 Klosters , Switzerland
World Tennis Tour
Clay
Damien Wenger
Patrick Zahraj Leopold Zima
6–2, 6–4
Win
4-3
Sep 2023
M25 Maribor, Slovenia
World Tennis Tour
Clay
Luka Mikrut
Nikola Bašić Jan Kupčič
6–7(5–7) , 6–1, [10–6]
Win
5-3
Jan 2024
M15 Monastir , Tunisia
World Tennis Tour
Hard
Constantin Bittoun Kouzmine
Nicola Kuhn David Pérez Sanz
6–1, 0–6, [10–8]
Win
6-3
Feb 2024
M15 Oberhaching , Germany
World Tennis Tour
Hard (i)
Daniel Masur
Giovanni Oradini Matej Vocel
5–7, 6–3, [10–8]
Loss
6-4
Mar 2024
M15 Poreč , Croatia
World Tennis Tour
Clay
Nikola Bašić
Alen Bill Luka Mikrut
1–6, 5–7
Win
7-4
Mar 2024
M15 Rovinj , Croatia
World Tennis Tour
Clay
Luka Mikrut
Leonardo Rossi Luigi Sorrentino
6–7(5–7) , 7–5, [10–7]
Win
8-4
Mar 2024
M15 Opatija , Croatia
World Tennis Tour
Clay
Luka Mikrut
Tommaso Compagnucci Luigi Sorrentino
6–4, 6–2
Junior Grand Slam finals [ edit ]
Singles: 1 (1 title) [ edit ]
Result
Year
Championship
Surface
Opponent
Score
Winner
2022
Wimbledon
Grass
Michael Zheng
7–6(7–2) , 7–6(7–3)
Doubles: 1 (1 title) [ edit ]
References [ edit ]
External links [ edit ]