Janko Tipsarevic

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Janko Tipsarevic is a professional tennis player from Serbia. He began playing tennis at the age of six and turned professional in 2002. In 2001 he finished the junior season as world number two, capturing the Australian Open boys singles title (d. Wanga) and reaching the quarter final at Roland Garros.  During the year he made his Davis Cup debut for Yugoslavia, winning all three matches he played in against Poland. He also won his first Futures title in Yugoslavia (d. Ramierz Hidsalgo). In 2002, he won two Futures titles and reached two other finals. He made his ATP debut in 2003 at Indianapolis (l. Kafelnikov) and reached the second round. He then went on to make his Grand Slam debut at the US Open, losing in the first round to Australian Mark Philippoussis in straight sets. He also won Challenger titles at Zell (l. Andersen) and Torrance (l. Fleishman). In May 2004, Tipsarevic won the Ostrava Challenger (d. Luczak) and in the next week reached the final at the Kosice Challenger (l. Luczak). He successfully qualified for Roland Garros to make his debut, losing in the first round to world number eleven Nicolas Massu in four sets. In June, the Serbian reached his third Challenger final of the season at Weiden in Germany, losing to Tommy Berdych. He then went on to make his Wimbledon debut, losing to America's Robby Ginepri in the first round. His second Challenger title of the season came at Belo Horizonte in Brazil where he defeated local favourite Ricardo Mello in the final. A week later he lost in the final of the Gramado Challenger against Mello. During the season he went on to play for Serbia and Montenegro for the first time and posted a 4-2 record.

In 2005, Tipsarevic made his Australian Open debut and reached the second round, losing to Slovakian Dominik Hrbaty in four sets. At Roland Garros he reached the same stage (l. Vicente) and at Wimbledon reached a career best third round, defeating Tommy Haas in the first round before falling to Sweden's Thomas Johansson. In 2006, Tipsarevic finished the season as the country's number two player (behind Djokovic) and in the Top 100 for the first time. On the Challenger circuit he compiled a 31-8 record and won four titles. His first title came in February at Belgrade (d. Cakl). He then went on to win back-to-back titles in August at Samarkand (d. Roger-Vasselin) and Bukhara (d. Bopanna). He added a fourt title at the end of the season in Mons (d. Bogdanovic). In ATP play his best results came when he advanced to the quarter finals at Nottingham (l. Soderling) and Moscow (l. Safin). Tipsarevic continued his progress in 2007 when he finished in the Top 75 and reached a career best third round at the Indian Wells Masters Series with wins over Srichaphan and Hewitt. In May, he captured the Zagreb Challenger (d. Silva) and followed it up with a third round at Roland Garros, defeating Marat Safin but losing to Tommy Robredo. On grass he reached the quarter final at 's-Hertogenbosch (l. Ljubicic) and then the fourth round at Wimbledon (l. Ferrero). In the third round at the All England Club, the Serbian pulled off an impressive win over world number six Fernando Gonzalez in five sets. At the US Open he made an early second round exit to world number two Rafa Nadal. At Moscow, Tipsarevic produced his best performance of the season when he reached the semi-finals, losing to world number four Nikolay Davydenko.

Tipsarevic finished in the Top 50 for the first time in 2008 and as the Serbian number two (behind Djokovic). During the season he reached four ATP quarter finals and won a personal-best 26 matches. He opened the season with a third round at the Australian Open, losing to Roger Federer 10-8 in the fifth set, during a match lasting 4 hours and 27 minutes. In February, he advanced to the quarter final at Zagreb (l. Stakhobsky) and following month reached his first Masters Series quarter final at Miami (. Davydenko). At Wimbledon he defeated world number six Andy Roddick en route to the fourth round before falling to Schuettler. He finished the season by reaching the quarter final at Metz (l. Mathieu) and St. Petersburg (l. Murray).