Mate Delić

Mate Delić (Croatian pronunciation: [mǎːte děliːtɕ];^[1][2] born 29 April 1993) is a former Croatian tennis player and coach. He primarily played on the ITF Futures Tour and ATP Challenger Tour. Delic has reached a career high singles ranking of world No. 150, achieved on 5 January 2015, as well as a career high doubles ranking of world No. 348, achieved on 18 October 2013. Delic has reached 18 career singles finals, posting a tally of 5 wins and 13 losses, which includes a 0–2 record in ATP Challenger Tour finals. Additionally, he has reached 13 career singles finals with a record of 7 wins and 6 losses all coming on the ITF Futures Tour.

Mate Delić

Country (sports)	Croatia
Residence	Split, Croatia
Born	(1993-04-29) 29 April 1993 (age 31) Split, Croatia
Height	1.96 m (6 ft 5 in)
Turned pro	2010
Retired	2020
Plays	Right-handed, two-handed backhand
Prize money	$193,036
Singles
Career record	3–12
Career titles	0
Highest ranking	No. 150 (5 January 2015)
Grand Slam singles results
Australian Open	Q2 (2015)
French Open	Q1 (2015)
Wimbledon	Q1 (2014)
US Open	Q1 (2014)
Doubles
Career record	0–2
Career titles	0
Highest ranking	No. 348 (28 October 2013)
Last updated on: 21 April 2021.

Juniors

As a junior, Delic reached a career high combined singles and doubles ranking of world No. 19, which he achieved on December 31, 2011. His best results in the junior grand slams were a semifinal finish at the 2011 French Open in singles where he lost to Dominic Thiem and a semifinal finish at the 2011 Australian Open in doubles, partnering Joris De Loore where they lost to Jiří Veselý and Filip Horansky.

Professional career

In July 2011, Delic made his ATP Tour debut when he was granted a wildcard entry into the main draw of the 2011 Croatian Open. He would go on the lose to Italian Gianluca Naso in straight sets 4–6, 2–6. In 2014 he was given a wildcard into the main draw of the 2014 Zagreb Indoors where again he was defeated in the first round, this time by compatriot and fifth seed Marin Čilić 4–6, 4–6. Three months later at the 2014 Düsseldorf Open he qualified for a main draw for the first time in his career, and then went on to defeat Michał Przysiężny in the first round 7–5, 7–5, as well as Dustin Brown in the second round 6–3, 6–0, before eventually falling in the quarterfinals to Philipp Kohlschreiber in three sets 5–7, 6–4, 1–6. His only other win at the ATP Tour level was in a singles tie of Davis Cup play, where he represents his native Croatia.

Coaching

In 2022, he started coaching fellow Croatian Borna Ćorić.^[3] Since 2024, he is the coach of Dominic Thiem.

ATP Challenger and ITF Futures finals

Singles: 18 (5–13)

Legend ATP Challenger (0–2) ITF Futures (5–11)

Finals by surface Hard (1–6) Clay (3–7) Grass (0–0) Carpet (1–0)

Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Tier	Surface	Opponent	Score
Win	1–0	Nov 2012	Greece F7, Heraklion	Futures	Carpet	Nikola Ćaćić	6–4, 7–6(7–3)
Win	2–0	May 2013	Turkey F20, Antalya	Futures	Hard	Hugo Nys	3–6, 7–5, 6–4
Win	3–0	Jun 2013	Bosnia & Herzegovina F4, Kiseljak	Futures	Clay	Damir Džumhur	7–5, 6–2
Loss	3–1	Nov 2013	Croatia F10, Solin	Futures	Clay	Nikola Mektić	6–7(5–7), 6–7(2–7)
Loss	3–2	Jan 2014	Israel F3, Eilat	Futures	Hard	Amir Weintraub	4–6, 2–6
Loss	3–3	Mar 2014	Turkey F10, Antalya	Futures	Hard	Karol Beck	6–7(5–7), 6–3, 3–6
Loss	3–4	Apr 2014	Vercelli, Italy	Challenger	Clay	Simone Bolelli	2–6, 2–6
Loss	3–5	Sep 2014	Genoa, Italy	Challenger	Clay	Albert Ramos Viñolas	1–6, 5–7
Loss	3–6	Oct 2015	Turkey F42, Antalya	Futures	Hard	Dimitar Kuzmanov	6–0, 6–7(8–10), 1–6
Win	4–6	Nov 2015	Turkey F45, Antalya	Futures	Clay	Tomislav Brkić	3–6, 6–4, 6–1
Loss	4–7	Jan 2016	Turkey F1, Antalya	Futures	Hard	Michal Konečný	4–6, 6–7(6–8)
Loss	4–8	Jan 2016	Turkey F2, Antalya	Futures	Hard	Vadym Ursu	0–6, 4–6
Loss	4–9	Apr 2017	Turkey F14, Antalya	Futures	Clay	Marsel İlhan	2–6, 5–7
Loss	4–10	Apr 2017	Turkey F15, Antalya	Futures	Clay	Martín Cuevas	6–4, 4–6, 1–6
Loss	4–11	Oct 2017	Turkey F36, Antalya	Futures	Clay	Dennis Novak	3–6, 4–6
Loss	4–12	Oct 2017	Turkey F37, Antalya	Futures	Clay	Peter Torebko	2–6, 2–6
Loss	4–13	Jan 2018	Turkey F3, Antalya	Futures	Hard	Dimitar Kuzmanov	3–6, 4–6
Win	5–13	May 2018	Turkey F17, Antalya	Futures	Clay	Gijs Brouwer	6–0, 6–4

Doubles: 13 (7–6)

Legend ATP Challenger (0–0) ITF Futures (7–6)

Finals by surface Hard (0–3) Clay (5–3) Grass (0–0) Carpet (2–0)

Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Tier	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Loss	0–1	Feb 2011	Croatia F2, Zagreb	Futures	Hard	Kristijan Mesaroš	Ante Pavić Mislav Hizak	3–6, 7–6(7–3), [4–10]
Loss	0–2	Feb 2012	Croatia F1, Zagreb	Futures	Hard	Mirza Bašić	Andrei Dăescu Florin Mergea	5–7, 1–6
Win	1–2	Oct 2012	Croatia F10, Solin	Futures	Clay	Tomislav Draganja	Jaroslav Pospíšil Andrej Martin	6–3, 4–6, [11–9]
Win	2–2	Nov 2012	Greece F6, Heraklion	Futures	Carpet	Nikola Ćaćić	Julien Dubail Yannick Vandenbulcke	7–5, 6–2
Win	3–2	Nov 2012	Greece F7, Heraklion	Futures	Carpet	Nikola Ćaćić	Julien Dubail Evan Couacoud	6–1, 6–2
Loss	3–3	Feb 2013	Turkey F7, Antalya	Futures	Hard	Ilija Vucic	Chang Yu Li Zhe	5–7, 6–3, [9–11]
Win	4–3	Mar 2013	Croatia F6, Vrsar	Futures	Clay	Tomislav Brkić	Lukas Marsoun Dominik Suc	2–6, 7–6(7–3), [10–8]
Loss	4–4	Apr 2013	Italy F4, Padova	Futures	Clay	Joško Topić	Matteo Donati Andrey Golubev	6–7(6–8), 6–3, [6–10]
Win	5–4	Jun 2013	Bosnia & Herzegovina F4, Kiseljak	Futures	Clay	Tomislav Draganja	Filip Veger Lovro Zovko	6–4, 6–3
Win	6–4	Aug 2013	Italy F22, Este	Futures	Clay	Stefano Travaglia	Jorge Aguilar Guillermo Hormazábal	6–0, 6–1
Win	7–4	Oct 2013	Croatia F10, Solin	Futures	Clay	Tomislav Brkić	Aleksandre Kondulukov Alexey Kondulukov	6–2, 4–6, [10–4]
Loss	7–5	Oct 2013	Croatia F11, Dubrovnik	Futures	Clay	Tomislav Brkić	Dominik Suc Marek Michalička	6–7(2–7), 1–6
Loss	7–6	Aug 2016	Austria F5, Innsbruck	Futures	Clay	Duje Delic	Dusty H. Boyer Lukas Ollert	2–6, 3–6

References

1. "Máte". Hrvatski jezični portal (in Serbo-Croatian). Retrieved 17 March 2018. Máte
2. "dèlija". Hrvatski jezični portal (in Serbo-Croatian). Retrieved 17 March 2018. Dèlīć
3. "Coric "didn't touch a racquet for seven months" : His injury, his doubts, his comeback in his own words". 8 March 2022.

External links

• Mate Delić at the Association of Tennis Professionals
• Mate Delić at the International Tennis Federation