Matija Pecotić

Matija Pecotić (born 3 July 1989) is a Croatian tennis player.

Matija Pecotić
Pecotić at the 2017 French Open
Country (sports) Croatia
Born (1989-07-03) 3 July 1989
Belgrade, SFR Yugoslavia
Height1.88 m (6 ft 2 in)
Turned pro2014
PlaysLeft-handed (two-handed backhand)
CoachAlfred Dimech, Lovro Roncevic
Prize money$112,110
Singles
Career record1-0 (at ATP Tour level, Grand Slam level, and in Davis Cup)
Career titles10 ITF
Highest rankingNo. 206 (23 November 2015)
Current rankingNo. 784 (13 February 2023)
Grand Slam singles results
Australian OpenQ1 (2017)
French OpenQ2 (2017)
WimbledonQ1 (2017)
US OpenQ1 (2016)
Doubles
Career record0–0 (at ATP Tour level, Grand Slam level, and in Davis Cup)
Career titles2 ITF
Highest rankingNo. 485 (16 November 2015)
Team competitions
Davis CupF (2021)
Last updated on: 13 February 2023.

Pecotić has a career high ATP singles ranking of 206 achieved on 23 November 2015. He also has a career high ATP doubles ranking of 485 achieved on 16 November 2015.[1]

Professional Career

Pecotic began playing on the pro tour in January 2014.

Pecotić represented Team Croatia and the 2023 United Cup where they beat Argentina (5–0) and France (3–2)

Personal life

Pecotić was born in Belgrade, Serbia and moved to Malta at the age of 3, where he picked up tennis.[2]

During his time off due to injury suffered in 2016, Pecotic applied and was accepted to Harvard Business School, where he attended from 2017–2019.

In 2021, Pecotic began working for a private equity/real estate development firm in West Palm Beach, Florida, but continued to play tournaments that were close by.

College career

He played college tennis at Princeton University, where he became the most winning player in program history. He was also the captain of the tennis team, Princeton’s first All-American Since 1984, and the first-ever and only three-time Ivy League Player of the Year.

Professional career

2014-2016

In January 2014, Pecotic joined the professional tour.[3][4]

In less than 24 months, he climbed to world No. 206 but was sidelined by an injury that kept him out for most of 2016.

2019

Pecotic returned to the ATP Tour in August 2019, and put up a 46–8 W/L Record to return to the top 300, but did not play for most of 2021 due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

2022

In 2022, he only played three events, beating Travaglia 6–0 6–1 in the qualifications of the ATP event in Umag, Croatia as a wildcard.

2023: ATP debut and first ATP win

In 2023, he debuted for the Croatia national team at the 2023 United Cup in Perth, Australia but did not play any singles matches. He played one match in doubles with Petra Marčinko. Team Croatia beat Argentina (5–0) and France (3–2) but lost to Greece.

At 33, ranked No. 784 he qualified for his first main draw at the 2023 Delray Beach Open as an alternate defeating two Americans Stefan Kozlov and Tennys Sandgren.[5][6][7] As a result he moved more than a 100 positions in the rankings. He defeated former top-10 player Jack Sock in the first round, his first ATP win ever. He moved another 100 positions into the top 600.

References
  1. "Matija Pecotic | Overview | ATP Tour | Tennis". ATP Tour.
  2. "Pecotic and PlaySight, a unique partnership blossoms". Tennis.com.
  3. "Matija Pecotic – Men's Tennis". Princeton University Athletics.
  4. Times, Ann LoPrinzi | For The (April 7, 2013). "LoPrinzi: Princeton's Pecotic's journey from Malta to tennis ace". nj.
  5. https://www.tennisworldusa.org/tennis/news/On_the_ATP_results_with/128396/delray-beach-world-no-784-matija-pecotic-earns-first-atp-main-draw-spot-at-33/
  6. https://www.atptour.com/en/news/pecotic-delray-beach-2023-feature
  7. https://www.tennis.com/news/articles/for-matija-pecotic-part-time-player-and-full-time-in-finance-it-s-been-a-long-wa
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