Nikola Ćaćić ( sr-Cyrl, Никола Ћаћић, ; born 7 December 1990) is a Serbian former professional

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player. He has a career-high ranking of World No. 35 in doubles achieved on 8 November 2021. He has won three doubles titles in the

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, four doubles titles in the ATP Challenger Tour, and five singles and 32 doubles titles in ITF Futures tournaments.

Tennis career

2010–2014: Top 300 in singles

Ćaćić competed both in singles and doubles events, mainly on

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level. Having played with his compatriots, including Marko Djokovic,

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, he has taken part in three ATP World Tour main doubles tournaments held in Belgrade (in

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(in

), where he lost in the opening rounds. In the summer of 2014, after a series of successful appearances in Challenger tournaments played on a clay surface, Ćaćić moved into the top 300 and achieved his career-high ATP singles ranking of No. 281.

2015

Ćaćić did not participate in any tournament during the 2015 season due to injury, which caused a drop from both world singles and doubles rankings.

2016

He recorded his first win on ATP World Tour level in the first round of Croatia Open, defeating

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in three sets.

2019: First doubles title and top 100 debut, Serbian No. 1 in doubles

In the summer of 2019, he won his first ATP Challenger title at the Shkymkent Challenger with Yang Tsung-hua. Later that year, he won his first ATP tour level doubles title with his compatriot

at the Chengdu Open, defeating

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, 7–6^(11–9), 3–6, 0–3 As a result, he reached the top 100 on 30 September 2019.

2020: Inaugural ATP Cup champion, Second doubles title

In January, he was part of Serbian team that won inaugural 2020 ATP Cup by defeating Spain in the final. In February, he won his second

title in

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, partnering

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2021: Third doubles title, French Open quarterfinal, Three more finals, top 35

He partnered with Tomislav Brkić and won the doubles title at the ATP Buenos Aires, which was only their second tournament as a team. They also reached the finals of Andalucía Open and semifinals at

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. Following these results, he entered the top 50 in doubles at a career-high ATP doubles ranking of No. 48 on 26 April 2021. The pair also reached the quarterfinals of the

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for their best showing in their careers, defeating Marcel Granollers/Horacio Zeballos and Máximo González/Simone Bolelli en route. On 8 November 2021, Cacic reached a career high of World No. 35 in doubles.

2022: Masters 1000 quarterfinal

He reached the quarterfinals at the 2022 Mutua Madrid Open with partner Brkic, losing to eventual champions

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2023: Australian Open third round, Davis Cup quarterfinal

Partnering

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, he reached the third round at the

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. In April, partnering

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, Cacic reached the final of the 2023 Estoril Open, losing to Sander Gillé and Joran Vliegen. In July, partnering Victor Vlad Cornea, Cacic reached the semifinals of the

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. In September, during the Davis Cup Finals in Valencia, Cacic partnered with Miomir Kecmanović, and the Serbian Davis Cup team emerged victorious against South Korean pair Song Min-kyu and Nam Ji-sung. In the tie against

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, paired again with Kecmanović, they won in straight sets against

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, helping Serbia win the tie 3:0 and reach the

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quarterfinals. In October, again partnering Victor Vlad Cornea in

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as a lucky loser pair, they reached the quarterfinals by defeating Swiss duo Mika Brunold and

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in straight sets.

2024: United Cup debut, Win over world No.1, Retirement

Partnering with compatriot

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, he made his debut at the 2024 United Cup as part of team Serbia. At the 2024 Australian Open partnering

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the pair defeated the world No. 1 and No. 2 players, the top seeded pair of

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in the second round to reach the third round for the second time at this Major. On the last day of 2024, through social media, Ćaćić announced his retirement from professional tennis.https://www.danas.rs/sport/srpski-teniser-nikola-cacic-zavrsio-karijeru/

Performance timelines

Doubles

Mixed doubles

ATP career finals

Doubles: 7 (3 titles, 4 runner-ups)

Team competition finals

Challenger and Futures finals

Singles: 10 (5 titles, 5 runner-ups)

Doubles: 59 (37 titles, 22 runner-ups)

Notes

References

External links

* * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Cacic, Nikola 1990 births Living people Serbian male tennis players Sportspeople from Banja Luka Serbs of Bosnia and Herzegovina