Nikola Špear

Nikola Špear

Country (sports)	Yugoslavia
Born	(1944-02-22)22 February 1944 Subotica, Kingdom of Hungary
Died	2 December 2017(2017-12-02) (aged 73) Subotica, Serbia
Plays	Right-handed
Singles
Career record	295–312
Career titles	8
Highest ranking	No. 78 (2 July 1977)
Grand Slam singles results
Australian Open	1R (1975)
French Open	4R (1966, 1967)
Wimbledon	2R (1970)
US Open	2R (1975)
Doubles
Career record	50–95
Career titles	0
Highest ranking	No. 672 (2 January 1984)
Grand Slam doubles results
Australian Open	1R (1975)
French Open	3R (1970, 1971)
Wimbledon	3R (1968)
US Open	1R (1969, 1971, 1976)
Mixed doubles
Grand Slam mixed doubles results
French Open	2R (1968)
Wimbledon	3R (1970)
Team competitions
Davis Cup	FEu (1970)

Nikola "Nikki" Špear (Serbian Cyrillic: Никола Шпеар; 22 February 1944 – 2 December 2017) was a Yugoslavian international tennis player. Špear won the senior championship of Yugoslavia 1968, 1972, 1973 and 1975. He also organised tennis events in his hometown of Subotica.

He competed in the Davis Cup a number of times, from 1969 to 1975.

He was the coach of Denmark Davis Cup team, the German Fed Cup team and the Davis Cup team of FR Yugoslavia.

Grand Prix/WCT career finals

Doubles: 2 (0–2)

Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Loss	0–1	1975	Barcelona, Spain	Clay	Paul Kronk	Juan Gisbert Manuel Orantes	7–6, 2–6, 4–6
Loss	0–2	1977	Munich, West Germany	Clay	John Whitlinger	František Pála Balázs Taróczy	3–6, 4–6

Singles performance timeline

Key

W

F

SF

QF

#R

RR

Q#

P#

DNQ

A

Z#

PO

G

S

B

NMS

NTI

P

NH

(W) winner; (F) finalist; (SF) semifinalist; (QF) quarterfinalist; (#R) rounds 4, 3, 2, 1; (RR) round-robin stage; (Q#) qualification round; (P#) preliminary round; (DNQ) did not qualify; (A) absent; (Z#) Davis/Fed Cup Zonal Group (with number indication) or (PO) play-off; (G) gold, (S) silver or (B) bronze Olympic/Paralympic medal; (NMS) not a Masters tournament; (NTI) not a Tier I tournament; (P) postponed; (NH) not held; (SR) strike rate (events won / competed); (W–L) win–loss record.

Tournament	1965	1966	1967	1968	1969	1970	1971	1972	1973	1974	1975	1976	1977	1978	1979	1980	1981	SR	W–L	Win %
Grand Slam tournaments
Australian Open	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	1R	A	A	A	A	A	A	0 / 1	0–1	0%
French Open	1R	4R	4R	2R	1R	3R	2R	P2	1R	Q1	2R	1R	1R	1R	1R	A	A	0 / 13	10–11	48%
Wimbledon	A	A	1R	1R	1R	2R	1R	1R	A	A	1R	1R	A	A	A	A	A	0 / 8	1–8	11%
US Open	A	A	A	A	A	A	1R	A	A	1R	2R	1R	1R	A	A	A	A	0 / 5	1–5	17%
Win–loss	0–0	3–1	2–2	1–2	0–1	3–2	1–3	0–1	0–1	0–1	2–4	0–3	0–2	0–1	0–1	0–0	0–0	0 / 28	12–25	32%
National representation
Davis Cup	A	A	A	A	QFEu	FEu	A	1REu	A	A	QFEu	A	A	A	A	A	A	0 / 4	5–9	36%
Win–loss	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–2	4–4	0–0	0–2	0–0	0–0	1–1	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0 / 4	5–9	36%
Career statistics
	1965	1966	1967	1968	1969	1970	1971	1972	1973	1974	1975	1976	1977	1978	1979	1980	1981	Career
Tournaments	1	1	2	3	5	13	15	11	13	13	25	16	19	4	3	2	0	146
Titles / Finals	0 / 0	0 / 0	0 / 0	0 / 0	0 / 0	0 / 0	0 / 0	0 / 0	0 / 0	0 / 0	0 / 0	0 / 0	0 / 0	0 / 0	0 / 0	0 / 0	0 / 0	0 / 0
Overall win–loss	0–0	3–1	2–2	1–3	2–3	14–13	4–15	3–10	5–12	2–12	16–25	5–16	15–19	1–4	1–3	0–2	0–0	70–144
Win %	–	75%	50%	25%	40%	52%	21%	23%	29%	14%	39%	24%	44%	20%	25%	0%	–	35%
Year-end ranking	N/A								124	153	92	151	122	357	312	383	N/A	No. 78

Records

Time span	Other selected records	Players matched
1968	Triple bagel win (6–0, 6–0, 6–0)	Karel Nováček Stefan Edberg Ivan Lendl Sergi Bruguera

External links

• Nikola Špear at the Association of Tennis Professionals
• Nikola Špear at the International Tennis Federation
• Nikola Špear at the Davis Cup
• Nikola Špear at eurosport.com