Damir Keretić (born 26 March 1960) is a ex-professional
tennis player
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who represented
West Germany
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in Davis Cup in the 1980s.
Biography
The only title he won during his career was the
Challenger tournament in
Naples
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, Italy in 1981. By getting to the round of 16 at the Australian Open in December 1982 the right-hander reached a high singles
ATP-ranking on 7 February 1983, when he became number 58 in the world. In 1986 he also reached the round of 16 at the French Open.
He made his
Davis Cup
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debut for
West Germany
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in 1983 during the
Europe Zone quarterfinals against
Belgium
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. All his Davis Cup matches were during 1983 and he won 4 of the 6 singles matches that he played.
In 2020 Keretić, as part of the consortium DAFC Fussball GMBH began proceedings to buy a controlling stake in the Scottish football club
Dunfermline Athletic
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.
Challenger titles
Singles: (1)
References
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1960 births
Living people
German people of Croatian descent
Tennis players from Zagreb
West German male tennis players
German male tennis players
20th-century German sportsmen
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