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Croatia · born Međugorje, 1985 · Wimbledon mixed doubles champion 2019 and men's doubles finalist 2013
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2019
Wimbledon mixed doubles champion with Latisha Chan, a month after their Roland Garros title
2013
Wimbledon men's doubles finalist with Marcelo Melo, and a singles fourth-rounder the same year
2023
Queen's Club title with Austin Krajicek, his first on grass and 23rd on tour
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Major titles: three in men's doubles, four in mixed
No. 2
Doubles world ranking, September 2023
Ivan Dodig was born on 2 January 1985 in Međugorje, Bosnia and Herzegovina, the small pilgrimage town that also produced Marin Čilić, nearly four years his junior and a lifelong friend. He broke into the top 100 in singles at almost 24, won his only singles title in Zagreb in 2011, beat Rafael Nadal in Canada the same year and reached a career-high No. 29. At Wimbledon in 2013 he reached the singles fourth round, losing to David Ferrer.
That same fortnight he and the Brazilian Marcelo Melo reached the men's doubles final, losing to Bob and Mike Bryan in four sets. With Melo he won Roland Garros in 2015, and after back trouble he gave up singles in 2017. With Latisha Chan he won the Roland Garros mixed in 2018 and 2019 and then Wimbledon in 2019. He added the 2021 Australian Open with Filip Polášek, Olympic silver in Tokyo with Čilić and the 2022 Australian Open mixed with Kristina Mladenovic.
His best season came at 38 with the American Austin Krajicek: Roland Garros, a first grass title at Queen's, the world No. 2 ranking in September 2023 and the year-end No. 1 team honours. He qualified for the ATP Finals nine times with four partners and retired after the 2025 US Open, aged 40, with 24 tour-level doubles titles. He became Croatia's Davis Cup captain the same September.
| Wimbledon final, 2013 | With Marcelo Melo, seeded 12: lost to Bob and Mike Bryan 3-6, 6-3, 6-3, 6-4 in 163 minutes on Centre Court |
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| Wimbledon mixed final, 2019 | With Latisha Chan, seeded eight: beat Robert Lindstedt and Jelena Ostapenko 6-2, 6-3 in 70 minutes, after leading 5-0 in the first set. They dropped one set on the way to the final |
| Queen's, 2023 | With Austin Krajicek: beat Taylor Fritz and Jiří Lehečka 6-4, 6-7 (5-7), 10-3. The win gave the pair titles on hard courts, clay and grass in the same season |
| Wimbledon singles, 2013 | Reached the fourth round having completed only one match: Philipp Kohlschreiber retired in the first round and Igor Sijsling in the third. He took the first set from David Ferrer before losing in four |
| Other grass | Runner-up at Nottingham in 2016 with Melo as top seeds; semi-finals at Halle and Eastbourne in 2022 with Krajicek |
| Wimbledon | ||
|---|---|---|
| 2019 | Mixed doubles | with Latisha Chan |
| Queen's Club | ||
| 2023 | Men's doubles | with Austin Krajicek |
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
"It's a little bit easier when you play on the best grass in the world."
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Međugorje
In Međugorje, a town known for pilgrimages rather than sport, the only tennis player he and Marin Čilić could watch on television was Goran Ivanišević. "That's how we all [fell] in love with tennis and we started to dream," Dodig said.
Source: ATP TourZagreb, 2011
He won his only singles title at home in Zagreb in February 2011, beating Michael Berrer 6-3, 6-4. The umpire first ruled a key ace a let, and when it was over Dodig threw his racquet into the crowd.
Source: ATP TourWimbledon, 2013
His best Wimbledon in singles came with help: Philipp Kohlschreiber retired in the fifth set of their first-round match and Igor Sijsling retired in the third round. He reached the fourth round, led David Ferrer by a set, and in the same week reached the men's doubles final with Marcelo Melo.
Source: WikipediaWimbledon, 2019
A month after winning the Roland Garros mixed, he and Latisha Chan, seeded eight, went 5-0 up in the Wimbledon final against Robert Lindstedt and Jelena Ostapenko and won 6-2, 6-3 in 70 minutes. It was Chan's first Wimbledon final in any event.
Source: WTAQueen's, 2023
His first grass court trophy came at the 23rd tour-level title of his career. His partner Austin Krajicek, playing Queen's for the first time, said: "It's my first time at Queen's Club and it definitely won't be my last."
Source: ATP Tour2025
He retired at 40, having decided during the year that 2025 would be his last season. "I always gave everything on the tennis court," he said.
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