The 21st century
Croatia · born Zagreb, 1996 · right-handed · Halle champion 2018
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12
Career-high ATP singles ranking, November 2018
3
ATP singles titles, one of them on grass
20
Federer's grass-court winning streak, ended by Ćorić in the 2018 Halle final
152
His ranking when he won the 2022 Cincinnati Masters
2R
Best Wimbledon result, 2015 and 2024
Borna Ćorić was born in Zagreb in 1996 and turned professional in 2013. He was in the top 150 at 17, and as a teenager beat Rafael Nadal and Andy Murray.
2018 was his best season. He won Halle in June, beating Alexander Zverev in the first round and Roger Federer in the final, reached the final of the Shanghai Masters after beating Federer again in the semi-finals, and rose to a career-high No. 12 in November. That September he won the deciding rubber of Croatia's Davis Cup semi-final against the United States.
Shoulder surgery in 2021 kept him out for about a year. He returned in 2022 and, ranked No. 152, won the Cincinnati Masters, beating Stefanos Tsitsipas 7-6, 6-2 in the final; Tennis.com called him the lowest-ranked champion in Masters 1000 history. He hurt his shoulder again in May 2025 and had a second operation after that season. As of November 2026 the ATP lists him as inactive and unranked.
| Halle 2018 | Beat second seed Alexander Zverev in the first round and nine-time champion Roger Federer 7-6 (8-6), 3-6, 6-2 in the final, saving two set points in the first-set tiebreak. It was his first grass-court final and his second ATP title |
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| Halle 2019 | Defending champion, reached the quarter-finals and retired with a back injury against Pierre-Hugues Herbert |
| 's-Hertogenbosch 2019 | Reached the semi-finals as second seed and lost to the eventual champion, Adrian Mannarino, in a final-set tiebreak |
| Wimbledon | Second round in 2015 and 2024, his best result. Seeded 16th in 2018, he lost in the first round to Daniil Medvedev |
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| 2018 | Men's singles | |
Leading grass titles only: the grass majors, tour-level grass events since 1968 and the leading grass championships before 1968. † single source; ‡ sources disagree. Roll of champions
"He was always a tick better in the end and he took his chances."
The person behind the player.
Zagreb, childhood
His father told his first coach that the boy was left-handed, because he wrote and ate with his left hand. He kicked a ball with his right, so the coach handed him a racquet and asked for a forehand. "I did it with my right, unfortunately," Ćorić said.
Source: Tennis MajorsParis, 2017
During a defeat by Marin Čilić at Bercy in 2017 he asked for an espresso. He later called it "a pretty dumb move from my side, but I was nervous throughout the whole match."
Source: Tennis MajorsDavis Cup, 2018
Before the deciding rubber of the 2018 semi-final against the United States he treated himself to cake after Croatia lost the doubles, then panicked and took pills for stomach pain. With no warm-up, he beat Frances Tiafoe 6-7, 6-1, 6-7, 6-1, 6-3, his most precious memory on court.
Source: Tennis MajorsHalle, June 2018
Ćorić saved two set points in the first-set tiebreak, saved three of the four break points he faced and won on his second match point. Federer had been going for his 99th career title.
Source: Sports IllustratedCincinnati, 2022
A year after shoulder surgery he won the Cincinnati Masters ranked No. 152 and climbed 123 places to No. 29.
Source: Tennis.com2025
After a shoulder injury in May 2025 he had surgery at the end of the season. "The doctor was very pleased with the outcome of the surgery," he said, "so I still have some tennis left."
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