Amer Delić

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Amer Delić
Amer Delic 2010.jpg
Country (sports) United States
(2003–2009)
 Bosnia and Herzegovina
(2009–2012)
ResidenceJacksonville, United States
Born (1982-06-30) June 30, 1982 (age 39)
Tuzla, SR Bosnia and Herzegovina, Yugoslavia
Height1.96 m (6 ft 5 in)
Turned pro2003
Retired2012
PlaysRight-handed (one-handed backhand)
Prize money$935,409
Singles
Career record33-56
Career titles0
Highest rankingNo. 60 (9 July 2007)
Grand Slam Singles results
Australian Open3R (2009)
French Open1R (2007)
Wimbledon2R (2007)
US Open2R (2004)
Doubles
Career record22–34
Career titles0
Highest rankingNo. 74 (10 September 2007)
Grand Slam Doubles results
Australian Open2R (2007)
French Open1R (2007)
Wimbledon2R (2007)
US Open3R (2005, 2007)
Grand Slam Mixed Doubles results
US Open1R (2005, 2006, 2007)
Last updated on: 12 November 2021.

Amer Delić (Bosnian pronunciation: [děliːtɕ]; born June 30, 1982) is a Bosnian American former professional tennis player. He is a former captain and member of the Bosnia and Herzegovina Davis Cup team.[1]

Delić was born in Tuzla, then in Yugoslavia, now in the northeastern part of Bosnia and Herzegovina. In 1996, his family emigrated to Jacksonville, Florida where he attended Samuel W. Wolfson High School, a public high school with the largest Bosnian population in Florida.

Representing the United States as a tour player until 2009, he then began representing his country of birth, Bosnia and Herzegovina, and was a member of its Davis Cup team.

Career[]

Delić played High School Tennis at Wolfson High in Jacksonville, Florida. It was here that he won a State Championship.

Delić played collegiate tennis at the University of Illinois. At Illinois he won both the NCAA Division I singles and team championships in 2003.

In Grand Slams, Delić's best singles performance was to reach the third round at the 2009 Australian Open. In doubles Delić reached the third round of the US Open twice: with Jeff Morrison in 2005, having upset the team of Leander Paes and Nenad Zimonjić in the first round, and with Justin Gimelstob in 2007.

In March 2007, Delić reached the fourth round of the Miami Masters, upset World No. 4 Nikolay Davydenko en route in straight sets.

2009[]

Delić started off the year in Brisbane, where he won three qualifying matches, but was defeated in the first round by Mario Ančić 6–7(2), 7–6(4), 6–7(6). In Sydney he was defeated in the first round by Denis Gremelmayr 4–6, 6–7(4). At the Australian Open, Amer finally started to win. He came through three qualifying matches, but lost in the qualifying stage. When he was awarded into a lucky loser spot after Filippo Volandri banned from a drug substantial use. In the first round of the main draw he defeated Taylor Dent 6–4, 3–6, 4–6, 6–3, 6–4. In the second round he defeated Paul-Henri Mathieu 1–6, 3–6, 6–3, 7–6(3) 9–7. In the third round he was stopped by Novak Djokovic 2–6, 6–4, 3–6, 6–7(4). After the match spectators were caught throwing chairs at each other due to the conflict between Bosnians and Serbs. Due to a knee injury, Delić's last 2009 appearance on the ATP tour was a first round loss against Nicolas Mahut at the Hall of Fame Tennis Championships in July.

2010: Comeback and Davis Cup play for Bosnia and Herzegovina[]

At the US Open, Delić tried a comeback but lost in the first qualification round against Michael Yani. In September, he joined the Bosnia and Herzegovina Davis Cup team for a tie in the Europe/Africa Group II against Portugal. He lost both his singles match against Frederico Gil in five sets and his doubles match on the side of Aldin Šetkić to Gil and Leonardo Tavares in four sets. Overall, after a 2:3 loss, his team stayed in Group II.

2011[]

In March, Delić participated in the Bosnia and Herzegovina team's Davis Cup tie in the Europe/Africa Zone Group II against Morocco. He won one of his two singles matches and the doubles match (on the side of Ismar Gorčić), thereby securing his team's victory. In the next tie against Estonia played in July, Delić won all his three matches decidedly helping his team to advance to the next stage against Denmark. There, he again won his two singles matches but not the doubles match so the team stayed in Group II. On the ATP Tour, Delić won his first title since 2008 at the BH Telecom Indoors at Sarajevo, a challenger tournament.

2012[]

In Davis Cup play, Delić again was instrumental in securing his team's win over Turkey in February by winning both his singles matches and the doubles match.

2015[]

Having been named Bosnia's Davis Cup captain in 2013, Amer made his comeback to professional tennis against Hungary in the 2015 Davis Cup after Bosnia was short a player, ultimately helping Bosnia win a doubles match. In addition to serving as their captain, Delić also served as Bosnia's reserve Davis Cup player in case of emergency.[2]

2020[]

In October 2020, Delić announced a return to semi-professional tennis, partnering golfer Sergio García in a doubles tournament to be held in Austin, Texas.[3] The pair lost their opening match at the Men's UTR Pro Tennis Open DropShot event.[4]

ATP Challenger and ITF Futures finals[]

Singles: 17 (8–9)[]

Legend
ATP Challenger (6–8)
ITF Futures (2–1)
Finals by surface
Hard (7–9)
Clay (1–0)
Grass (0–0)
Carpet (0–0)


Result W–L    Date    Tournament Tier Surface Opponent Score
Loss 0–1 Aug 2002 USA F24, Kenosha Futures Hard Argentina Ignacio Hirigoyen 2–6, 2–6
Win 1–1 Jul 2003 USA F19, Peoria Futures Clay Paraguay Francisco Rodriguez 6–1, 4–6, 6–2
Loss 1–2 Feb 2004 Dallas, United States Challenger Hard France Sebastien de Chaunac 4–6, 6–7(3–7)
Win 2–2 Jun 2004 USA F15, Auburn Futures Hard United States K.J. Hippensteel 7–6(7–3), 6–3
Loss 2–3 Nov 2004 Nashville, United States Challenger Hard United States Justin Gimelstob 6–7(3–7), 6–7(4–7)
Win 3–3 Apr 2005 Mexico City, Mexico Challenger Hard United States Jeff Morrison 6–4, 3–6, 6–3
Loss 3–4 Oct 2005 Carson, United States Challenger Hard United States Justin Gimelstob 6–7(5–7), 2–6
Loss 3–5 Jul 2006 Lexington, United States Challenger Hard South Korea Lee Hyung-taik 7–5, 2–6, 3–6
Loss 3–6 Aug 2006 Vancouver, Canada Challenger Hard South Africa Rik De Voest 6–7(4–7), 2–6
Loss 3–7 Sep 2006 New Orleans, United States Challenger Hard Philippines Cecil Mamiit 3–6, 6–7(1–7)
Loss 3–8 Oct 2006 Calabasas, United States Challenger Hard Australia Mark Philippoussis 7–6(7–4), 6–7(4–7), 3–6
Win 4–8 Nov 2006 Louisville, United States Challenger Hard Switzerland Stéphane Bohli 3–6, 6–2, 6–3
Win 5–8 Nov 2006 Champaign-Urbana, United States Challenger Hard United States Zack Fleishman 6–3, 6–0
Win 6–8 Feb 2008 Dallas, United States Challenger Hard Switzerland Stéphane Bohli 6–4, 7–5
Win 7–8 Jun 2008 Carson, United States Challenger Hard United States Alex Bogomolov Jr. 7–6(7–5), 6–4
Loss 7–9 Nov 2010 Champaign-Urbana, United States Challenger Hard United States Alex Bogomolov Jr. 7–5, 6–7(7–9), 3–6
Win 8–9 Mar 2011 Sarajevo, Bosnia & Herzegovina Challenger Hard Slovakia Karol Beck walkover

Doubles: 6 (3–3)[]

Legend
ATP Challenger (3–2)
ITF Futures (0–1)
Finals by surface
Hard (3–3)
Clay (0–0)
Grass (0–0)
Carpet (0–0)
Result W–L    Date    Tournament Tier Surface Partner Opponents Score
Loss 0–1 Nov 2003 USA F30, Hammond Futures Hard United States Bobby Reynolds Chinese Taipei Lu Yen-Hsun
Brazil Bruno Soares
4–6, 4–6
Win 1–1 Aug 2004 Lexington, United States Challenger Hard United States Matias Boeker United States Jason Marshall
India Harsh Mankad
7–5, 6–4
Win 2–1 Oct 2005 Calabasas, United States Challenger Hard United States Bobby Reynolds Austria Zbynek Mlynarik
United States Glenn Weiner
7–5, 7–6(7–4)
Loss 2–2 Oct 2006 Sacramento, United States Challenger Hard United States Brian Wilson United States Jeff Morrison
United States Paul Goldstein
1–6, 3–6
Loss 2–3 Nov 2006 Louisville, United States Challenger Hard United States Robert Kendrick Netherlands Robin Haase
Netherlands Igor Sijsling
walkover
Win 3–3 Jan 2012 Honolulu, United States Challenger Hard United States Travis Rettenmaier United States Jack Sock
United States Nicholas Monroe
6–4, 7–6(7–3)


Performance timelines[]

Key
W  F  SF QF #R RR Q# DNQ A NH
(W) Won; (F) finalist; (SF) semifinalist; (QF) quarterfinalist; (#R) rounds 4, 3, 2, 1; (RR) round-robin stage; (Q#) qualification round; (DNQ) did not qualify; (A) absent; (NH) not held. SR=strike rate (events won/competed)

Singles[]

Tournament 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 SR W–L Win%
Grand Slam tournaments
Australian Open A A Q2 2R 2R 2R 3R A A Q2 0 / 4 5–4 56%
French Open A A Q1 Q2 1R A Q3 A Q1 Q1 0 / 1 0–1 0%
Wimbledon A A Q3 Q1 2R Q1 Q1 A Q2 A 0 / 1 1–1 50%
US Open 1R 2R Q2 Q3 1R 1R A Q1 Q1 A 0 / 4 1–4 20%
Win–Loss 0–1 1–1 0–0 1–1 2–4 1–2 2–1 0–0 0–0 0–0 0 / 10 7–10 41%
ATP Tour Masters 1000
Indian Wells A A Q2 1R Q1 Q1 A A A 1R 0 / 2 0–2 0%
Miami A Q1 Q1 A 4R Q1 2R A A Q1 0 / 2 4–2 67%
Rome A A A A 1R A A A A A 0 / 1 0–1 0%
Canada A A A A A A A A Q2 A 0 / 0 0–0  – 
Cincinnati A A A A 1R A A A A A 0 / 1 0–1 0%
Win–Loss 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–1 3–3 0–0 1–1 0–0 0–0 0–1 0 / 6 4–6 40%


Doubles[]

Tournament 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 SR W–L Win%
Grand Slam tournaments
Australian Open A A A 2R A 0 / 1 1–1 50%
French Open A A A 1R A 0 / 1 0–1 0%
Wimbledon A A 1R 2R 1R 0 / 3 1–3 25%
US Open 1R 3R 2R 3R 2R 0 / 5 6–5 55%
Win–Loss 0–1 2–1 1–2 4–4 1–2 0 / 10 8–10 44%
ATP Tour Masters 1000
Miami 1R A A A A 0 / 1 0–1 0%
Cincinnati A A A 2R A 0 / 1 1-1 50%
Win–Loss 0–1 0–0 0–0 1–1 0–0 0 / 2 1–2 33%


References[]

  1. ^ "Delic named Bosnia and Herzegovina's Davis Cup captain".
  2. ^ http://www.daviscup.com/en/draws-results/tie/details.aspx?tieId=100022447
  3. ^ "Sergio Garcia's Masters prep to include him making his… pro tennis debut?". October 22, 2020.
  4. ^ "Sergio Garcia hits the tennis court with Amer Delic".

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