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Croatian tennis player
Mili Poljičak (born 13 July 2004) is a Croatian professional tennis player.
He has a career high ATP singles ranking of world No. 292 achieved on 4 November 2024. He also has a career high ATP doubles ranking of 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 second seeds 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.[ 3] [ 4]
At the 2022 Zagreb Open he reached his maiden Challenger final as a wildcard where he lost to Filip Misolic .[ 5] 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[ 6] and the top 375 in doubles (up 88 positions) on 16 May 2022. [ 1]
At 18 years of age, having won the boys' singles the previous year, [ 7] he received a wildcard for the qualifying draw of the 2023 Wimbledon Championships to make his Grand Slam qualifying debut.[ 8]
He reached a new career high ranking of No. 409 on 26 August 2024, following back-to-back ITF titles in Maribor on clay.[ 9] [ 1]
ATP Challenger Tour finals [ edit ]
Singles: 1 (1 runner-up)[ edit ]
Legend
ATP Challenger Tour (0–1)
Doubles: 1 (1 title)[ edit ]
Legend
ATP Challenger Tour (1–0)
ITF World Tennis Tour finals [ edit ]
Singles: 9 (5 titles, 4 runner-ups)[ edit ]
Finals by surface
Hard (2–1)
Clay (3–3)
Grass (0–0)
Carpet (0–0)
Result
W–L
Date
Tournament
Tier
Surface
Opponent
Score
Win
1–0
Nov 2022
M15 Monastir, Tunisia
WTT
Hard
Robin Bertrand
6–1, 2–6, 6–4
Loss
1–1
Apr 2024
M15 Osijek, Croatia
WTT
Clay
Viacheslav Bielinskyi
2–6, 0–6
Loss
1–2
May 2024
M15 Doboj, Bosnia and Herzegovina
WTT
Clay
Lilian Marmousez
6–7(2–7) , 4–6
Win
2–2
Jun 2024
M15 Monastir, Tunisia
WTT
Hard
Patrick Schön
7–5, 6–1
Loss
2–3
Jul 2024
M15 Monastir, Tunisia
WTT
Hard
Ilia Simakin
7–6(7–4) , 1–6, 3–6
Win
3–3
Jul 2024
M15 Umag, Croatia
WTT
Clay
Nikola Bašić
7–5, 7–6(7–3)
Win
4–3
Aug 2024
M25 Maribor, Slovenia
WTT
Clay
Filip Jeff Planinšek
6–4, 6–2
Win
5–3
Aug 2024
M25 Maribor, Slovenia
WTT
Clay
Oleksandr Ovcharenko
7–5, 7–6(8–6)
Loss
5–4
Sep 2024
M25 Zlatibor, Serbia
WTT
Clay
Mathys Erhard
6–7(4–7) , 1–6
Doubles: 14 (10 titles, 4 runner-ups)[ edit ]
Finals by surface
Hard (3–0)
Clay (7–4)
Grass (0–0)
Carpet (0–0)
Result
W–L
Date
Tournament
Tier
Surface
Partner
Opponents
Score
Win
0–1
Apr 2021
M15 Šibenik, Croatia
WTT
Clay
Borna Devald
Zvonimir Babić David Pichler
3–6, 4–6
Win
1–1
Apr 2022
M25 Split, Croatia
WTT
Clay
Luka Mikrut
Théo Arribagé Luca Sanchez
2–6, 6–4, [10–8]
Loss
1–1
May 2022
M25 Ulcinj, Montenegro
WTT
Clay
Stefan Popović
Cezar Crețu Daniel Cukierman
4–6, 1–6
Loss
1–2
May 2022
M25 Osijek, Croatia
WTT
Clay
Luka Mikrut
Dev Javia Lukáš Pokorný
6–7(3–7) , 6–3, [8–10]
Loss
1–3
Aug 2022
M25 Maribor, Slovenia
WTT
Clay
Antonio Šančić
Domagoj Bilješko Kirill Kivattsev
3–6, 7–6(7–0) , [9–11]
Win
2–3
Oct 2022
M25 Sunderland, United Kingdom
WTT
Hard
Arthur Fery
Filip Bergevi Petros Tsitsipas
6–1, 6–2
Win
3–3
Jul 2023
M25 Klosters, Switzerland
WTT
Clay
Damien Wenger
Patrick Zahraj Leopold Zima
6–2, 6–4
Win
4–3
Sep 2023
M25 Maribor, Slovenia
WTT
Clay
Luka Mikrut
Nikola Bašić Jan Kupčič
6–7(5–7) , 6–1, [10–6]
Win
5–3
Jan 2024
M15 Monastir, Tunisia
WTT
Hard
Constantin Bittoun Kouzmine
Nicola Kuhn David Pérez Sanz
6–1, 0–6, [10–8]
Win
6–3
Feb 2024
M15 Oberhaching, Germany
WTT
Hard (i)
Daniel Masur
Giovanni Oradini Matěj Vocel
5–7, 6–3, [10–8]
Loss
6–4
Mar 2024
M15 Poreč, Croatia
WTT
Clay
Nikola Bašić
Alen Bill Luka Mikrut
1–6, 5–7
Win
7–4
Mar 2024
M15 Rovinj, Croatia
WTT
Clay
Luka Mikrut
Leonardo Rossi Luigi Sorrentino
6–7(5–7) , 7–5, [10–7]
Win
8–4
Mar 2024
M15 Opatija, Croatia
WTT
Clay
Luka Mikrut
Tommaso Compagnucci Luigi Sorrentino
6–4, 6–2
Win
9–4
May 2024
M15 Doboj, Bosnia and Herzegovina
WTT
Clay
Marino Jakić
Koki Matsuda Yamato Sueoka
6–3, 6–4
Win
10–4
May 2024
M15 Bol, Croatia
WTT
Clay
Josip Šimundža
Nikos Lehmann Nicolas Parizzia
6–1, 6–2
Junior Grand Slam finals [ edit ]
Singles: 1 (1 title)[ edit ]
Result
Year
Tournament
Surface
Opponent
Score
Win
2022
Wimbledon
Grass
Michael Zheng
7–6(7–2) , 7–6(7–3)
Doubles: 1 (1 title)[ edit ]