Duje Ajduković (born 5 February 2001) is a

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player. He has a career-high ATP singles ranking of world No. 105, achieved on 9 September 2024 and a doubles ranking of No. 491, achieved on 8 November 2021. He is currently the No. 3 player from Croatia.

Professional career

2021: ATP debut and first win

Ajduković made his ATP main draw debut at the 2021 Croatia Open Umag after receiving a wildcard in singles and in the doubles main draws and recorded his first ATP singles win over qualifier Andrea Collarini.

2023: First Challenger title

In August 2023, Ajdukovic won his first ATP Challenger title in

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, Germany after going through the qualifying, defeating Hugo Dellien in the final in straight sets.

2024: First ATP semifinal, ATP 500 and top 105 debuts

He reached a new career high of No. 115 on 1 April 2024. He qualified for his first ATP 500 tournament at the 2024 Barcelona Open Banc Sabadell. He reached his first semifinal as a qualifier at the 2024 Swedish Open in Bastad, defeating Luca Van Assche, eight seed Pavel Kotov and Thiago Monteiro. He lost to

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in three sets. As a result he reached the top 110 in the rankings on 22 July 2024. Following his second Challenger title in

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, after a win over Matteo Gigante in the final, he reached the top 105 in the rankings on 9 September 2024.

ATP Challenger Tour finals

Singles: 5 (3 titles, 2 runner-ups)

ITF Futures/World Tennis Tour finals

Singles: 10 (7 titles, 3 runner-ups)

Doubles: 3 (2 titles, 1 runner-up)

National representation

Davis Cup (0–1)

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, date, place of event, the zonal classification and its phase, and the court surface.

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Ajdukovic, Duje 2001 births Living people Croatian male tennis players Tennis players from Split, Croatia Tennis players from Zagreb 21st-century Croatian sportsmen