Janko Tipsarevic

Janko Tipsarevic is a former Serbian professional tennis player, who has competed professionally since 2002.

Janko Tipsarevic is a former professional tennis player who was born on June 22, 1984, in Belgrade, Serbia. After growing up in a family that actively encouraged involvement in sports, Tipsarevic first picked up a tennis racquet at the age of six.

He started taking the sport seriously at the age of nine when he joined the local club in Belgrade. Life on the junior tour brought success for the Serb, with him winning the Australian Open Boys' title in 2001, achieving the number one spot in the world the same year.

It did not take long after that for him to turn professional, with the Serbian itching to prove himself amongst the world’s best. After a few years of playing ATP Challenger tournaments to try and gradually work up his ranking, the Serb found some real results a few years after bursting onto the scene.

He finally broke into the top 100 in 2005. Tipsarevic was arguably a player who took time to really reach his prime, warming up to the demands of the pro circuit. This progress did not go unnoticed, with him being called up to represent his country at the Davis Cup in 2010. Serbia went on to win that edition, with Tipsarevic playing a key role.

2011 was when all the hard work started to pay off for him in his singles career, with him winning his first two ATP titles in the same season – first in Moscow, then in Kuala Lumpur. This same season brought success for him at the Grand Slams, too, with the man from Belgrade reaching the quarterfinal at the US Open in New York for the first time.

The next two years saw him get another two ATP titles under his belt, reach the fourth round in Australia and Paris, and make another quarterfinal appearance at the US Open. In 2012, he also reached his career-high ranking of eight in the world.

The Serbian finally decided to retire from the sport in 2019. During his retirement, he expressed his interest in politics, becoming a member of a political party in his home country.