Mirza Bašić

Mirza Bašić (Bosnian pronunciation: [bâʃitɕ]; born 12 July 1991) is a Bosnian professional tennis player.^[1] He has won one ATP singles title and is a member of the Bosnia and Herzegovina Davis Cup team.^[2]

Mirza Bašić

Bašić at the 2022 French Open
Country (sports)	Bosnia and Herzegovina
Residence	Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina
Born	(1991-07-12) 12 July 1991 (age 33) Sarajevo, SR Bosnia and Herzegovina, SFR Yugoslavia
Height	1.88 m (6 ft 2 in)
Turned pro	2012
Plays	Right-handed (two-handed backhand)
Coach	Damir Bašić, Daniel Meyers
Prize money	US$1,252,728
Singles
Career record	33–42
Career titles	1
Highest ranking	No. 74 (19 February 2018)
Current ranking	No. 613 (16 October 2023)
Grand Slam singles results
Australian Open	2R (2016)
French Open	1R (2018)
Wimbledon	1R (2018)
US Open	1R (2018)
Doubles
Career record	18–14
Career titles	0
Highest ranking	No. 203 (28 January 2019)
Current ranking	No. 689 (14 August 2023)
Grand Slam doubles results
Australian Open	1R (2019)
French Open	2R (2018)
Wimbledon	2R (2018)
US Open	1R (2018)
Last updated on: 15 October 2023.

Career

Bašić reached his first Grand Slam tournament after qualifying for the 2016 Australian Open. He became the second male player representing Bosnia and Herzegovina, after compatriot Damir Džumhur, to reach the main draw of a Grand Slam.

In 2018, Bašić won his first ATP World Tour title at the Sofia Open as a qualifier.^[3] He entered the 2022 edition of the same tournament as a lucky loser.

ATP career finals

Singles: 1 (1 title)

Legend Grand Slam tournaments (0–0) ATP Finals (0–0) ATP Masters 1000 (0–0) ATP 500 Series (0–0) ATP 250 Series (1–0)

Finals by surface Hard (1–0) Clay (0–0) Grass (0–0)

Finals by setting Outdoor (0–0) Indoor (1–0)

Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Tier	Surface	Opponent	Score
Win	1–0	Feb 2018	Sofia Open, Bulgaria	250 Series	Hard (i)	Marius Copil	7–6(8–6), 6–7(4–7), 6–4

Challenger and Futures finals

Singles: 20 (10–10)

Legend (singles) ATP Challenger Tour (2–4) ITF Futures/World Tennis Tour (8–6)

Titles by surface Hard (4–7) Clay (5–3) Grass (0–0) Carpet (1–0)

Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Tier	Surface	Opponent	Score
Win	1–0	Jun 2010	Bosnia & Herzegovina F7, Kiseljak	Futures	Clay	Miliaan Niesten	6–3, 6–0
Loss	1–1	Feb 2011	Croatia F1, Zagreb	Futures	Hard (i)	Marcel Zimmermann	3–6, 7–5, 4–6
Loss	1–2	May 2011	Bosnia & Herzegovina F4, Prijedor	Futures	Clay	Tomislav Brkić	4–6, 5–7
Win	2–2	Sep 2011	Serbia F9, Novi Sad	Futures	Clay	Edoardo Eremin	7–6(8–6), 6–3
Loss	2–3	Jan 2012	Great Britain F1, Glasgow	Futures	Hard (i)	Michał Przysiężny	1–6, 6–7(7–9)
Win	3–3	Oct 2012	Turkey F39, Antalya	Futures	Hard	Norbert Gombos	6–4, 6–4
Loss	3–4	Nov 2012	Yokohama, Japan	Challenger	Hard	Matteo Viola	6–7(3–7), 3–6
Win	4–4	Mar 2013	Italy F1, Trento	Futures	Carpet (i)	Matteo Trevisan	7–6(7–4), 1–6, 6–2
Win	5–4	Apr 2013	France F8, Ajaccio	Futures	Clay	Romain Jouan	6–4, 6–4
Win	6–4	Dec 2013	Turkey F48, Antalya	Futures	Hard	Edward Corrie	7–5, 6–4
Loss	6–5	May 2014	Bosnia & Herzegovina F1, Doboj	Futures	Clay	Adrian Partl	4–6, 4–6
Win	7–5	Jun 2014	Bosnia & Herzegovina F4, Kiseljak	Futures	Clay	Tomislav Brkić	7–5, 6–4
Loss	7–6	Feb 2015	Wrocław, Poland	Challenger	Hard (i)	Farrukh Dustov	3–6, 4–6
Win	8–6	Jul 2015	Recanati, Italy	Challenger	Hard	Ričardas Berankis	6–4, 3–6, 7–6(7–4)
Loss	8–7	Nov 2015	Brescia, Italy	Challenger	Hard (i)	Igor Sijsling	4–6, 4–6
Win	9–7	Mar 2017	Guadalajara, Mexico	Challenger	Hard	Denis Shapovalov	6–4, 6–4
Loss	9–8	Jul 2017	Recanati, Italy	Challenger	Hard	Viktor Galović	6–7(3–7), 4–6
Loss	9–9	May 2023	M15, Krško, Slovenia	World Tour	Clay	Lucas Gerch	4–6, 1–6
Win	10–9	Jun 2024	M25 Sarajevo, Bosnia-Herzegovina	World Tour	Clay	Jakub Paul	6–1, 7–5
Loss	10–10	Oct 2024	M15 Kayseri, Turkey	World Tour	Hard	Tom Gentzsch	2–6, 4–6

Doubles: 8 (3–5)

Legend (doubles) ATP Challenger Tour (1–3) ITF Futures Tour (2–2)

Titles by surface Hard (1–3) Clay (2–2) Grass (0–0) Carpet (0–0)

Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Tier	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Loss	0–1	May 2010	Bosnia & Herzegovina F4, Sarajevo	Futures	Clay	Zlatan Kadrić	Dušan Lajović Miljan Zekić	3–6, 4–6
Loss	0–2	Feb 2012	Croatia F1, Zagreb	Futures	Hard (i)	Mate Delić	Andrei Dăescu Florin Mergea	5–7, 1–6
Win	1–2	Aug 2012	Italy F22, Appiano	Futures	Clay	Nikola Ćirić	Andrea Arnaboldi Alessandro Motti	6–3, 6–7(5–7), [10–6]
Win	2–2	Mar 2013	Sarajevo, Bosnia/Herzegovina	Challenger	Hard (i)	Tomislav Brkić	Karol Beck Igor Zelenay	6–3, 7–5
Win	3–2	Aug 2014	Italy F27, Appiano	Futures	Clay	Tomislav Brkić	Yannik Reuter Maxime Teixeira	6–3, 6–4
Loss	3–3	Nov 2015	Brescia, Italy	Challenger	Hard (i)	Nikola Mektić	Ilija Bozoljac Igor Zelenay	0–6, 3–6
Loss	3–4	Jan 2019	Burnie, Australia	Challenger	Hard	Tomislav Brkić	Lloyd Harris Dudi Sela	3–6, 7–6(7–3), [8–10]
Loss	3–5	Oct 2021	Naples, Italy	Challenger	Clay	Nino Serdarušić	Dustin Brown Andrea Vavassori	5–7, 6–7(5–7)

Performance timeline

Key

W

F

SF

QF

#R

RR

Q#

P#

DNQ

A

Z#

PO

G

S

B

NMS

NTI

P

NH

(W) winner; (F) finalist; (SF) semifinalist; (QF) quarterfinalist; (#R) rounds 4, 3, 2, 1; (RR) round-robin stage; (Q#) qualification round; (P#) preliminary round; (DNQ) did not qualify; (A) absent; (Z#) Davis/Fed Cup Zonal Group (with number indication) or (PO) play-off; (G) gold, (S) silver or (B) bronze Olympic/Paralympic medal; (NMS) not a Masters tournament; (NTI) not a Tier I tournament; (P) postponed; (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 as far as the 2022 Wimbledon Championships.

Tournament	2011	2012	2013	2014	2015	2016	2017	2018	2019	2020	2021	2022	W–L
Grand Slam tournaments
Australian Open	A	A	Q1	Q1	A	2R	Q2	Q1	1R	A	A	Q1	1–1
French Open	A	A	Q1	A	Q1	Q2	Q2	1R	Q2	A	A	Q1	0–1
Wimbledon	A	A	Q2	A	Q1	Q1	Q1	1R	Q1	NH	A	Q1	0–1
US Open	A	A	Q2	A	Q2	Q1	Q2	1R	Q3	A	A	A	0–1
Win–loss	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	1–1	0–0	0–3	0–1	0–0	0–0	0–0	1–5

Davis Cup

Group membership World Group (0–0) Group I (4–3) Group II (14–5) Group III (9–6) Group IV (0–0)

Matches by surface Hard (8–5) Clay (14–9) Grass (0–0) Carpet (5–0)

Matches by Location Outdoor (16–8) Indoor (11–6)

Matches by Type Singles (12–8) Doubles (15–6)

• indicates the outcome of the Davis Cup match followed by the score, date, place of event, the zonal classification and its phase, and the court surface.

Davis Cup results
Rubber outcome	No.	Rubber	Match type (partner if any)	Opponent nation	Opponent player(s)	Score
1–2; 9–11 May 2007; Smash Tennis Academy, Cairo, Egypt; Europe/Africa Group A round robin; Clay
Victory	1.	III (dead rubber)	Doubles (with Zlatan Kadrić)	Moldova	Radu Albot / Evghenii Plugariov	6–3, 3–6, 6–3
1–2; 9–11 May 2007; Smash Tennis Academy, Cairo, Egypt; Europe/Africa Group A round robin; Clay
Defeat	2.	I	Singles	Lithuania	Daniel Lencina-Ribes	7–6(7–5), 6–1
Victory	3.	III (dead rubber)	Doubles (with Uglješa Ostojić)	Ričardas Berankis / Gvidas Sabeckis	6–3, 6–3
1–2; 9–11 May 2007; Smash Tennis Academy, Cairo, Egypt; Europe/Africa Group A round robin; Clay
Defeat	4.	III (dead rubber)	Doubles (with Uglješa Ostojić)	Ireland	John McGahon / Kevin Sorensen	3–6, 4–6
3–0; 12–13 May 2007; Smash Tennis Academy, Cairo, Egypt; Europe/Africa 5th to 8th play-off; Clay
Victory	5.	I	Singles	Iceland	Jon-Axel Jonsson	6–1, 6–1
3–0; 7–9 May 2008; Masterclass Tennis & Fitness Club, Yerevan, Armenia; Europe/Africa Group B round robin; Clay
Victory	6.	III (dead rubber)	Doubles (with Tomislav Brkić)	Ghana	Emmanuel Mensah / Mohammed Salifu	6–4, 7–6(8–6)
3–0; 7–9 May 2008; Masterclass Tennis & Fitness Club, Yerevan, Armenia; Europe/Africa Group B round robin; Clay
Victory	7.	III (dead rubber)	Doubles (with Tomislav Brkić)	Estonia	Mait Künnap / Jürgen Zopp	7–5, 7–6(7–2)
1–2; 7–9 May 2008; Masterclass Tennis & Fitness Club, Yerevan, Armenia; Europe/Africa Group B round robin; Clay
Victory	8.	III (dead rubber)	Doubles (with Tomislav Brkić)	Lithuania	Daniel Lencina-Ribes / Gvidas Sabeckis	6–3, 6–7(5–7), 6–3
0–3; 10–11 May 2008; Masterclass Tennis & Fitness Club, Yerevan, Armenia; Europe/Africa 1st to 4th play-off; Clay
Defeat	9.	I	Singles	Moldova	Andrei Gorban	1–6, 0–6
Defeat	10.	III (dead rubber)	Doubles (with Tomislav Brkić)	Roman Borvanov / Andrei Ciumac	6–7(5–7), 6–2, 3–6
1–2; 10–11 May 2008; Masterclass Tennis & Fitness Club, Yerevan, Armenia; Europe/Africa 1st to 4th Play-Off; Clay
Defeat	11.	II	Singles	Norway	Stian Boretti	5–7, 2–6
Victory	12.	III (dead rubber)	Doubles (with Tomislav Brkić)	Fredrik Ask / Frederik Sletting-Johnsen	7–6(7–3), 6–4
3–0; 1–3 April 2009; Avenir Sportif de la Marsa, La Marsa, Tunisia; Europe/Africa Group B round robin; Clay
Victory	13.	III (dead rubber)	Doubles (with Tomislav Brkić)	Namibia	Jean Erasmus / Jurgens Strydom	6–2, 6–3
3–0; 1–3 April 2009; Avenir Sportif de la Marsa, La Marsa, Tunisia; Europe/Africa Group B round robin; Clay
Victory	14.	III (dead rubber)	Doubles (with Tomislav Brkić)	Andorra	Hector Hormigo-Herrera / Jordi Vila-Vila	6–3, 6–3
2–1; 1–3 April 2009; Avenir Sportif de la Marsa, La Marsa, Tunisia; Europe/Africa Group B round robin; Clay
Defeat	15.	III (dead rubber)	Doubles (with Tomislav Brkić)	Norway	Stian Boretti / Erling Tveit	4–6, 3–6
3–1; 31 January – 2 February 2014; Mojmilo Sports Hall, Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina; Europe/Africa first round; Carpet (indoor)
Victory	16.	I	Singles	Greece	Alexandros Jakupovic	6–3, 6–2, 6–2
Victory	17.	III	Doubles (with Tomislav Brkić)	Alexandros Jakupovic / Markos Kalovelonis	5–7, 6–0, 6–4, 7–5
3–2; 4–6 April 2014; Tali Tennis Center, Helsinki, Finland; Europe/Africa second round; Hard (indoor)
Victory	18.	II	Singles	Finland	Jarkko Nieminen	3–6, 7–6(7–3), 3–6, 6–3, 8–6
Defeat	19.	III	Doubles (with Tomislav Brkić)		Henri Kontinen / Jarkko Nieminen	3–6, 6–7(4–7), 2–6
Victory	20.	IV	Singles	Juho Paukku	3–6, 4–6, 6–3, 7–5, 6–4
2–3; 12–14 September 2014; Mojmilo Sports Hall, Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina; Europe/Africa third round; Hard (indoor)
Defeat	21.	I	Singles	Lithuania	Ričardas Berankis	7–5, 6–3, 4–6, 4–6, 4–6
Defeat	22.	III	Doubles (with Tomislav Brkić)	Ričardas Berankis / Laurynas Grigelis	3–6, 2–6, 6–7(4–7)
4–1; 6–8 March 2015; Harare Sports Club, Harare, Zimbabwe; Europe/Africa first round; Hard
Victory	23.	I	Singles	Zimbabwe	Takanyi Garanganga	6–3, 6–3, 7–6(8–6)
Victory	24.	III	Doubles (with Tomislav Brkić)	Wayne Black / Mark Fynn	6–3, 3–6, 6–3, 6–4
2–3; 17–19 July 2015; Siófok KC, Siófok, Hungary; Europe/Africa second round; Clay
Victory	25.	II	Singles	Hungary	Péter Nagy	4–6, 6–4, 6–3, 6–3
Victory	26.	III	Doubles (with Amer Delić)		Márton Fucsovics / Levente Gödry	3–6, 7–6(10–8), 6–4, 6–0
Defeat	27.	IV	Singles	Márton Fucsovics	7–6(7–3), 1–6, 3–6, 2–6
3–1; 4–6 March 2016; Arena Zenica, Zenica, Bosnia and Herzegovina; Europe/Africa first round; Carpet (Indoor)
Victory	28.	I	Singles	Tunisia	Anis Ghorbel	6–2, 6–4, 6–2
Victory	29.	III	Doubles (with Tomislav Brkić)		Malek Jaziri / Skander Mansouri	6–7(2–7), 4–6, 6–3, 7–5, 6–4
Victory	30.	IV	Singles	Malek Jaziri	5–7, 4–6, 7–6(8–6), 7–6(18–16), 6–3
3–1; 15–17 July 2016; Javna ustanova za sport, odmor i rekreaciju, Bihać, Bosnia and Herzegovina; Europe/Africa second round; Clay
Defeat	31.	II	Singles	Turkey	Marsel İlhan	6–7(9–11), 7–5, 6–2, 3–6, 5–7
Victory	32.	III	Doubles (with Tomislav Brkić)	Tuna Altuna / Cem İlkel	6–2, 6–4, 6–1
5–0; 16–18 September 2016; Siemens Arena, Vilnius, Lithuania; Europe/Africa third round; Hard (indoor)
Victory	33.	II	Singles	Lithuania	Laurynas Grigelis	7–6(7–5), 7–6(7–0), 3–6, 6–3
Victory	34.	III	Doubles (with Tomislav Brkić)	Laurynas Grigelis / Lukas Mugevičius	6–4, 6–4, 6–2
5–0; 3–5 February 2017; Arena Zenica, Zenica, Bosnia and Herzegovina; Europe/Africa first round; Hard (indoor)
Victory	35.	I	Singles	Poland	Kamil Majchrzak	6–4, 6–3, ret.
Victory	36.	III	Doubles (with Tomislav Brkić)	Łukasz Kubot / Marcin Matkowski	7–6(7–5), 7–6(7–5), 3–6, 4–6, 6–3
1–3; 7–9 April 2017; Arena Zenica, Zenica, Bosnia and Herzegovina; Europe/Africa Second round; Hard (indoor)
Defeat	37.	I	Singles	Netherlands	Robin Haase	4–6, 2–6, 7–5, 3–6
Defeat	38.	III	Doubles (with Tomislav Brkić)	Robin Haase / Jean-Julien Rojer	3–6, 6–3, 3–6, 2–6
3–2; 6–7 April 2018; Aegon Arena, Bratislava, Slovakia; Europe/Africa second round; Clay (indoor)
Defeat	39.	II	Singles	Slovakia	Martin Kližan	6–7(5–7), 1–6
Victory	40.	III	Doubles (with Tomislav Brkić)		Andrej Martin / Igor Zelenay	6–2, 6–4
Victory	41.	V	Singles	Jozef Kovalík	7–6(7–0), 2–6, 6–3

References

1. "Mirza Basic | Overview". ATP World Tour. Retrieved 11 February 2018.
2. "Mirza Basic". Davis Cup. Retrieved 11 February 2018.
3. "Basic Bests Copil For First Title". 11 February 2018. Retrieved 14 February 2018.

External links

• Mirza Basic at the Association of Tennis Professionals
• Mirza Basic at the International Tennis Federation
• Mirza Basic at the Davis Cup