Borna Gojo

Croatian tennis player
Borna Gojo
Country (sports) Croatia
ResidenceSplit, Croatia
Born (1998-02-27) 27 February 1998 (age 26)
Split, Croatia
Height1.96 m (6 ft 5 in)
Turned pro2020
PlaysRight-handed (two-handed backhand)
CollegeWake Forest
Prize money$1,120,870
Singles
Career record19–22 (46.3%) (at ATP Tour level, Grand Slam level, and in Davis Cup)
Career titles0
Highest rankingNo. 72 (20 November 2023)
Current rankingNo. 119 (18 March 2024)
Grand Slam singles results
Australian OpenQ3 (2021)
French Open2R (2022)
Wimbledon1R (2023)
US Open4R (2023)
Doubles
Career record0–0 (at ATP Tour level, Grand Slam level, and in Davis Cup)
Career titles0
Highest rankingNo. 394 (17 January 2022)
Team competitions
Davis CupF (2021)
Last updated on: 20 March 2024.

Borna Gojo (Croatian pronunciation: [bôːrna ɡǒːjo];[1][2] born 27 February 1998) is a Croatian professional tennis player. He has a career high ATP singles ranking of world No. 72, achieved on 20 November 2023, and a doubles ranking of world No. 394 achieved on 17 January 2022. He is currently the No. 2 Croatian player.[3]

College career

Gojo played college tennis at Wake Forest University, where he was part of the team that won the NCAA National Championship in 2018 while being named the tournament's most outstanding player.[4][5]

Professional career

2018: ATP debut

Gojo made his ATP main draw debut at the 2018 Winston-Salem Open after receiving a wildcard for the singles main draw. He faced American Ryan Harrison and lost 2–6, 4–6.

2020: Top 250 debut

He made his top 250 debut at No. 245 on 19 October 2020.

2021: Davis Cup finalist

Borna lost in the finals with team Croatia in the 2021 Davis Cup.

2022: Major debut & first win, Maiden Challenger title & top 150

At the 2022 French Open he qualified for his first Grand Slam in his career.[6] He defeated fellow qualifier and lucky loser Alessandro Giannessi in five sets for his first Grand Slam win.

He moved 34 positions up into the top 150 at No. 148 on 31 October 2022, following his maiden Challenger title in Ortisei.

2023: Masters, Wimbledon, US Open debuts and first Major fourth round, top 75

He made his debut on 9 January 2023 in the top 125 at world No. 124.

He made his Masters 1000 debut in Indian Wells as a qualifier, where he lost in the first round to Richard Gasquet and at the 2023 Mutua Madrid Open also as a qualifier where he lost to Thiago Monteiro. He reached a few spots shy of the top 100 in the rankings on 8 May 2023.

Gojo made his debut at the 2023 Wimbledon Championships as a direct entry into the main draw. He qualified for the next Major at the 2023 US Open[7] and reached the fourth round for the first time at a Major defeating Hugo Dellien, Mackenzie McDonald and Jiří Veselý.[8] He lost to second seed and eventual champion Novak Djokovic.[9] As a result he reached the top 100 at world No. 77 climbing 28 spots on 11 September 2023.[10][11]

He received a wildcard for the 2023 Erste Bank Open in Vienna, Austria where he defeated Aslan Karatsev and sixth seed Tommy Paul to reach the quarterfinals.

Singles performance timeline

Key
W  F  SF QF #R RR Q# DNQ A NH
(W) winner; (F) finalist; (SF) semifinalist; (QF) quarterfinalist; (#R) rounds 4, 3, 2, 1; (RR) round-robin stage; (Q#) qualification round; (DNQ) did not qualify; (A) absent; (NH) not held; (SR) strike rate (events won / competed); (W–L) win–loss record.
To avoid confusion and double counting, these charts are updated at the conclusion of a tournament or when the player's participation has ended.

Current through the 2024 Australian Open – Men's singles

Tournament 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 SR W–L
Grand Slam tournaments
Australian Open A A A Q3 A A A 0 / 0 0–0
French Open A A A Q2 2R Q2 0 / 1 1–1
Wimbledon A A A Q1 Q1 1R 0 / 1 0–1
US Open A A A Q1 Q2 4R 0 / 1 3–1
Win–loss 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 1–1 3–2 0–0 0 / 3 4–3
National representation
Davis Cup A RR QR F SF RR 0 / 4 7–6
ATP Masters 1000
Indian Wells Masters A A NH A A 1R A 0 / 1 0–1
Miami Open A A NH A A Q2 A 0 / 0 0–0
Madrid Open A A NH A A 1R 0 / 1 0–1
Italian Open A A NH A A Q1 0 / 0 0–0
Canadian Open A A NH A A Q1 0 / 0 0–0
Cincinnati Masters A A NH A A A 0 / 0 0–0
Shanghai Masters A A NH A A A 0 / 0 0–0
Win–loss 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–2 0–0 0 / 2 0–2
Career statistics
Tournaments 1 0 0 2 3 9 2 17
Overall win–loss 0–1 0–2 1–0 3–3 3–5 12–9 0–2 19–22
Year-end ranking 335 276 221 284 144 72

ATP Challenger and ITF Futures finals

Singles: 6 (1–5)

Legend (singles)
ATP Challenger (1–4)
ITF Futures (0–2)
Finals by surface
Hard (1–4)
Clay (0–1)
Grass (0–0)
Carpet (0–0)
Result W–L    Date    Tournament Tier Surface Opponent Score
Loss 0–1 Dec 2016 Turkey F49, Antalya Futures Hard Bulgaria Alexandar Lazov 6–7(6–8), 5–7
Loss 0–2 Nov 2017 Malaysia F3, Kuala Lumpur Futures Hard Netherlands Scott Griekspoor 4–6, 2–6
Loss 0–3 Feb 2022 Bengaluru, India Challenger Hard Chinese Taipei Tseng Chun-hsin 4–6, 5–7
Win 1–3 Oct 2022 Ortisei, Italy Challenger Hard (i) Slovakia Lukáš Klein 7–6(7–4), 6–3
Loss 1–4 Feb 2023 Monterrey, Mexico Challenger Hard Portugal Nuno Borges 4–6, 6–7(6–8)
Loss 1–5 Apr 2023 Murcia, Spain Challenger Clay Italy Matteo Arnaldi 4–6, 6–7(4–7)

Doubles 4 (2–2)

Legend
ATP Challenger (0–0)
ITF Futures (2–2)
Finals by surface
Hard (0–1)
Clay (2–1)
Grass (0–0)
Carpet (0–0)
Result W–L    Date    Tournament Tier Surface Partner Opponents Score
Loss 0–1 Jul 2016 Serbia F2, Sombor Futures Clay Croatia Domagoj Bilješko Montenegro Ljubomir Čelebić
Bosnia and Herzegovina Nerman Fatić
6–1, 3–6, [6–10]
Win 1–1 Sep 2016 Serbia F6, Zlatibor Futures Clay Croatia Domagoj Bilješko Serbia Goran Marković
Croatia Antun Vidak
6–1, 6–7(1–7), [11–9]
Win 2–1 Oct 2016 Croatia F10, Bol Futures Clay Croatia Nino Serdarušić Serbia Ivan Bjelica
Serbia Darko Jandrić
6–3, 6–7(11–13), [10–5]
Loss 2–2 Dec 2016 Turkey F49, Antalya Futures Hard Czech Republic Ondřej Krstev Turkey Tuna Altuna
Russia Alexander Pavlioutchenkov
6–3, 3–6, [12–14]

National representation

Davis Cup (8–6)

Group membership
Finals (6–6)
Qualifying Round (2–0)
Matches by surface
Hard (8–6)
Clay (0–0)
Grass (0–0)
Matches by type
Singles (8–6)
Doubles (0–0)
Matches by venue
Home (4–1)
Away (1–2)
Neutral (3–3)
Result No. Rubber Match type (partner if any) Opponent nation Opponent player(s) Score
Decrease0–3; 18 November 2019; Caja Mágica, Madrid, Spain; Davis Cup Finals Group B round robin; hard (indoor) surface
Defeat 1 I Singles Russia Russia Andrey Rublev 3–6, 3–6
Decrease0–3; 20 November 2019; Caja Mágica, Madrid, Spain; Davis Cup Finals Group B round robin; hard (indoor) surface
Defeat 2 II Singles Spain Spain Rafael Nadal 4–6, 3–6
Increase3–1; 6-7 March 2020; Dom Sportova, Zagreb, Croatia; Davis Cup qualifying round; hard (indoor) surface
Victory 3 I Singles India India Prajnesh Gunneswaran 3–6, 6–4, 6–2
Increase3–0; 25 November 2021; Pala Alpitour, Turin, Italy; Davis Cup Final Group D round robin; hard (indoor) surface
Victory 4 I Singles Australia Australia Alexei Popyrin 7–6(7–5), 7–5
Increase2–1; 29 November 2021; Pala Alpitour, Turin, Italy; Davis Cup Finals Quarterfinal; hard (indoor) surface
Victory 5 I Singles Italy Italy Lorenzo Sonego 7–6(7–2), 2–6, 6–2
Increase2–1; 3 December 2021; Madrid Arena, Madrid, Spain; Davis Cup Finals Semifinal; hard (indoor) surface
Victory 6 I Singles Serbia Serbia Dušan Lajović 4–6, 6–3, 6–2
Decrease0–2; 5 December 2021; Madrid Arena, Madrid, Spain; Davis Cup Finals Final; hard (indoor) surface
Defeat 7 I Singles Russia Russia Andrey Rublev 4–6, 6–7(5–7)
Decrease0–3; 14 September 2022; Unipol Arena, Bologna, Italy; Davis Cup Final Group A round robin; hard (indoor) surface
Defeat 8 I Singles Italy Italy Lorenzo Musetti 4–6, 2–6
Increase2–1; 15 September 2022; Unipol Arena, Bologna, Italy; Davis Cup Final Group A round robin; hard (indoor) surface
Defeat 9 I Singles Sweden Sweden Elias Ymer 2–6, 6–7(2–7)
Increase3–0; 17 September 2022; Unipol Arena, Bologna, Italy; Davis Cup Final Group A round robin; hard (indoor) surface
Victory 10 I Singles Argentina Argentina Sebastián Báez 6–1, 3–6, 6–3
Increase3–1; 4–5 February 2023; Centar Zamet, Rijeka, Croatia; Davis Cup qualifying round; hard (indoor) surface
Victory 11 II Singles Austria Austria Dominic Thiem 6–3, 7–6(7–2),
Decrease1–2; 13 September 2023; Arena Gripe, Split, Croatia; Davis Cup Final Group D round robin; hard (indoor) surface
Victory 12 II Singles United States United States Frances Tiafoe 6–4, 7–6(8–6)
Decrease1–2; 15 September 2023; Arena Gripe, Split, Croatia; Davis Cup Final Group D round robin; hard (indoor) surface
Defeat 13 II Singles Finland Finland Emil Ruusuvuori 6–7(3–7), 4–6
Increase2–1; 17 September 2023; Arena Gripe, Split, Croatia; Davis Cup Final Group D round robin; hard (indoor) surface
Victory 14 II Singles Netherlands Netherlands Tallon Griekspoor 4–6, 7–6(7–2), 6–4

ATP Cup (4–1)

Matches by surface
Hard (4–1)
Clay (0–0)
Grass (0–0)
Matches by type
Singles (3–0)
Mixed Doubles (1–1)
Rubber outcome No. Rubber Match type (partner if any) Opponent nation Opponent player(s) Score
Increase8–2; 29 December 2022–3 January 2023; RAC Arena, Perth, Australia; Round robin, Group F; hard surface
Victory 1 IV Singles Argentina Argentina Federico Coria 7–6(7–5), 6–4
Victory 2 V Mixed Doubles (with Tara Würth) Nadia Podoroska / Tomás Martín Etcheverry 1–6, 6–4, [10–4]
Victory 3 IV Singles France France Adrian Mannarino 7–6(7–5), 3–6, 7–6(7–5)
Decrease2–3; 4 January 2023; RAC Arena, Perth, Australia; Host city final; hard surface
Victory 4 IV Singles Greece Greece Stefanos Sakellaridis 6–4, 6–2
Defeat 5 V Mixed Doubles (with Petra Martić) Maria Sakkari / Stefanos Tsitsipas 6–7(6–8), 4–6

References

  1. ^ "bòriti se". Hrvatski jezični portal (in Croatian). Retrieved 2018-10-16. Bȏrna
  2. ^ "gòjiti". Hrvatski jezični portal (in Croatian). Retrieved 2018-10-16. Gójo
  3. ^ "ATP Rankings | Pepperstone ATP Rankings (Singles) | ATP Tour | Tennis | ATP Tour | Tennis".
  4. ^ "Borna Gojo Bio - Wake Forest Men's Tennis - Godeacs.com".
  5. ^ "National Champions!". Wake Forest University Athletics. Retrieved 2023-08-30.
  6. ^ "#NextGenATP Italian Giulio Zeppieri Seals Roland Garros Qualification | ATP Tour | Tennis".
  7. ^ https://www.usopen.org/en_US/news/articles/2023-08-26/meet_the_2023_us_open_mens_qualifiers.html
  8. ^ "Borna Gojo: The Croatian US Open sensation". Croatia Week. 2023-09-02. Retrieved 2024-01-26.
  9. ^ https://www.eurosport.com/tennis/us-open/2023/novak-djokovic-cruises-past-borna-gojo-to-set-up-taylor-fritz-showdown-in-us-open-quarter-finals-in-_sto9780301/story.shtml
  10. ^ "Ben Shelton Set For Top 20 Breakthrough Behind US Open Run | ATP Tour | Tennis". ATP Tour. Retrieved 2024-01-26.
  11. ^ "Dominic Stricker Headlines Four Top 100 Breakthroughs | ATP Tour | Tennis". ATP Tour. Retrieved 2024-01-26.

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As of Mar 17, 2024