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Amer Delić (Bosnian pronunciation: [děliːtɕ]; born June 30, 1982) is a Bosnian American former professional tennis player. He is a former captain and member of the Bosnia and Herzegovina Davis Cup team.[1]


Amer Delić
Country (sports) United States
(20032009)
 Bosnia and Herzegovina
(20092012)
ResidenceJacksonville, United States
Born (1982-06-30) June 30, 1982 (age 40)
Tuzla, SR Bosnia and Herzegovina, Yugoslavia
Height1.96 m (6 ft 5 in)
Turned pro2003
Retired2012
PlaysRight-handed (one-handed backhand)
Prize money$935,409
Singles
Career record33-56
Career titles0
Highest rankingNo. 60 (9 July 2007)
Grand Slam singles results
Australian Open3R (2009)
French Open1R (2007)
Wimbledon2R (2007)
US Open2R (2004)
Doubles
Career record22–34
Career titles0
Highest rankingNo. 74 (10 September 2007)
Grand Slam doubles results
Australian Open2R (2007)
French Open1R (2007)
Wimbledon2R (2007)
US Open3R (2005, 2007)
Grand Slam mixed doubles results
US Open1R (2005, 2006, 2007)
Last updated on: 12 November 2021.

Delić was born in Tuzla, then in Yugoslavia, now in the northeastern part of Bosnia and Herzegovina. In 1996, his family emigrated to Jacksonville, Florida where he attended Samuel W. Wolfson High School, a public high school with the largest Bosnian population in Florida.

Representing the United States as a tour player until 2009, he then began representing his country of birth, Bosnia and Herzegovina, and was a member of its Davis Cup team.


Career


Delić played High School Tennis at Wolfson High in Jacksonville, Florida. It was here that he won a State Championship.

Delić played collegiate tennis at the University of Illinois. At Illinois he won both the NCAA Division I singles and team championships in 2003.

In Grand Slams, Delić's best singles performance was to reach the third round at the 2009 Australian Open. In doubles Delić reached the third round of the US Open twice: with Jeff Morrison in 2005, having upset the team of Leander Paes and Nenad Zimonjić in the first round, and with Justin Gimelstob in 2007.

In March 2007, Delić reached the fourth round of the Miami Masters, upset World No. 4 Nikolay Davydenko en route in straight sets.


2009


Delić started off the year in Brisbane, where he won three qualifying matches, but was defeated in the first round by Mario Ančić 6–7(2), 7–6(4), 6–7(6). In Sydney he was defeated in the first round by Denis Gremelmayr 4–6, 6–7(4). At the Australian Open, Amer finally started to win. He came through three qualifying matches, but lost in the qualifying stage. When he was awarded into a lucky loser spot after Filippo Volandri banned from a drug substantial use. In the first round of the main draw he defeated Taylor Dent 6–4, 3–6, 4–6, 6–3, 6–4. In the second round he defeated Paul-Henri Mathieu 1–6, 3–6, 6–3, 7–6(3) 9–7. In the third round he was stopped by Novak Djokovic 2–6, 6–4, 3–6, 6–7(4). After the match spectators were caught throwing chairs at each other due to the conflict between Bosnians and Serbs. Due to a knee injury, Delić's last 2009 appearance on the ATP tour was a first round loss against Nicolas Mahut at the Hall of Fame Tennis Championships in July.


2010: Comeback and Davis Cup play for Bosnia and Herzegovina


At the US Open, Delić tried a comeback but lost in the first qualification round against Michael Yani. In September, he joined the Bosnia and Herzegovina Davis Cup team for a tie in the Europe/Africa Group II against Portugal. He lost both his singles match against Frederico Gil in five sets and his doubles match on the side of Aldin Šetkić to Gil and Leonardo Tavares in four sets. Overall, after a 2:3 loss, his team stayed in Group II.


2011


In March, Delić participated in the Bosnia and Herzegovina team's Davis Cup tie in the Europe/Africa Zone Group II against Morocco. He won one of his two singles matches and the doubles match (on the side of Ismar Gorčić), thereby securing his team's victory. In the next tie against Estonia played in July, Delić won all his three matches decidedly helping his team to advance to the next stage against Denmark. There, he again won his two singles matches but not the doubles match so the team stayed in Group II. On the ATP Tour, Delić won his first title since 2008 at the BH Telecom Indoors at Sarajevo, a challenger tournament.


2012


In Davis Cup play, Delić again was instrumental in securing his team's win over Turkey in February by winning both his singles matches and the doubles match.


2015


Having been named Bosnia's Davis Cup captain in 2013, Amer made his comeback to professional tennis against Hungary in the 2015 Davis Cup after Bosnia was short a player, ultimately helping Bosnia win a doubles match. In addition to serving as their captain, Delić also served as Bosnia's reserve Davis Cup player in case of emergency.[2]


2020


In October 2020, Delić announced a return to semi-professional tennis, partnering golfer Sergio García in a doubles tournament to be held in Austin, Texas.[3] The pair lost their opening match at the Men's UTR Pro Tennis Open DropShot event.[4]


ATP Challenger and ITF Futures finals



Singles: 17 (8–9)


Legend
ATP Challenger (6–8)
ITF Futures (2–1)
Finals by surface
Hard (7–9)
Clay (1–0)
Grass (0–0)
Carpet (0–0)
Result W–L    Date    Tournament Tier Surface Opponent Score
Loss 0–1 Aug 2002 USA F24, Kenosha Futures Hard Ignacio Hirigoyen 2–6, 2–6
Win 1–1 Jul 2003 USA F19, Peoria Futures Clay Francisco Rodriguez 6–1, 4–6, 6–2
Loss 1–2 Feb 2004 Dallas, United States Challenger Hard Sebastien de Chaunac 4–6, 6–7(3–7)
Win 2–2 Jun 2004 USA F15, Auburn Futures Hard K.J. Hippensteel 7–6(7–3), 6–3
Loss 2–3 Nov 2004 Nashville, United States Challenger Hard Justin Gimelstob 6–7(3–7), 6–7(4–7)
Win 3–3 Apr 2005 Mexico City, Mexico Challenger Hard Jeff Morrison 6–4, 3–6, 6–3
Loss 3–4 Oct 2005 Carson, United States Challenger Hard Justin Gimelstob 6–7(5–7), 2–6
Loss 3–5 Jul 2006 Lexington, United States Challenger Hard Lee Hyung-taik 7–5, 2–6, 3–6
Loss 3–6 Aug 2006 Vancouver, Canada Challenger Hard Rik De Voest 6–7(4–7), 2–6
Loss 3–7 Sep 2006 New Orleans, United States Challenger Hard Cecil Mamiit 3–6, 6–7(1–7)
Loss 3–8 Oct 2006 Calabasas, United States Challenger Hard Mark Philippoussis 7–6(7–4), 6–7(4–7), 3–6
Win 4–8 Nov 2006 Louisville, United States Challenger Hard Stéphane Bohli 3–6, 6–2, 6–3
Win 5–8 Nov 2006 Champaign-Urbana, United States Challenger Hard Zack Fleishman 6–3, 6–0
Win 6–8 Feb 2008 Dallas, United States Challenger Hard Stéphane Bohli 6–4, 7–5
Win 7–8 Jun 2008 Carson, United States Challenger Hard Alex Bogomolov Jr. 7–6(7–5), 6–4
Loss 7–9 Nov 2010 Champaign-Urbana, United States Challenger Hard Alex Bogomolov Jr. 7–5, 6–7(7–9), 3–6
Win 8–9 Mar 2011 Sarajevo, Bosnia & Herzegovina Challenger Hard Karol Beck walkover

Doubles: 6 (3–3)


Legend
ATP Challenger (3–2)
ITF Futures (0–1)
Finals by surface
Hard (3–3)
Clay (0–0)
Grass (0–0)
Carpet (0–0)
Result W–L    Date    Tournament Tier Surface Partner Opponents Score
Loss 0–1 Nov 2003 USA F30, Hammond Futures Hard Bobby Reynolds Lu Yen-Hsun
Bruno Soares
4–6, 4–6
Win 1–1 Aug 2004 Lexington, United States Challenger Hard Matias Boeker Jason Marshall
Harsh Mankad
7–5, 6–4
Win 2–1 Oct 2005 Calabasas, United States Challenger Hard Bobby Reynolds Zbynek Mlynarik
Glenn Weiner
7–5, 7–6(7–4)
Loss 2–2 Oct 2006 Sacramento, United States Challenger Hard Brian Wilson Jeff Morrison
Paul Goldstein
1–6, 3–6
Loss 2–3 Nov 2006 Louisville, United States Challenger Hard Robert Kendrick Robin Haase
Igor Sijsling
walkover
Win 3–3 Jan 2012 Honolulu, United States Challenger Hard Travis Rettenmaier Jack Sock
Nicholas Monroe
6–4, 7–6(7–3)

Performance timelines


Key
W  F  SF QF #R RR Q# DNQ A NH
(W) winner; (F) finalist; (SF) semifinalist; (QF) quarterfinalist; (#R) rounds 4, 3, 2, 1; (RR) round-robin stage; (Q#) qualification round; (DNQ) did not qualify; (A) absent; (NH) not held; (SR) strike rate (events won / competed); (W–L) win–loss record.

Singles


Tournament2003200420052006200720082009201020112012SRW–LWin%
Grand Slam tournaments
Australian Open A A Q2 2R 2R 2R 3R A A Q2 0 / 4 5–4 56%
French Open A A Q1 Q2 1R A Q3 A Q1 Q1 0 / 1 0–1 0%
Wimbledon A A Q3 Q1 2R Q1 Q1 A Q2 A 0 / 1 1–1 50%
US Open 1R 2R Q2 Q3 1R 1R A Q1 Q1 A 0 / 4 1–4 20%
Win–loss 0–1 1–1 0–0 1–1 2–4 1–2 2–1 0–0 0–0 0–0 0 / 10 7–10 41%
ATP Tour Masters 1000
Indian Wells A A Q2 1R Q1 Q1 A A A 1R 0 / 2 0–2 0%
Miami A Q1 Q1 A 4R Q1 2R A A Q1 0 / 2 4–2 67%
Rome A A A A 1R A A A A A 0 / 1 0–1 0%
Canada A A A A A A A A Q2 A 0 / 0 0–0   
Cincinnati A A A A 1R A A A A A 0 / 1 0–1 0%
Win–loss 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–1 3–3 0–0 1–1 0–0 0–0 0–1 0 / 6 4–6 40%

Doubles


Tournament20042005200620072008SRW–LWin%
Grand Slam tournaments
Australian Open A A A 2R A 0 / 1 1–1 50%
French Open A A A 1R A 0 / 1 0–1 0%
Wimbledon A A 1R 2R 1R 0 / 3 1–3 25%
US Open 1R 3R 2R 3R 2R 0 / 5 6–5 55%
Win–loss 0–1 2–1 1–2 4–4 1–2 0 / 10 8–10 44%
ATP Tour Masters 1000
Miami 1R A A A A 0 / 1 0–1 0%
Cincinnati A A A 2R A 0 / 1 1-1 50%
Win–loss 0–1 0–0 0–0 1–1 0–0 0 / 2 1–2 33%

References





На других языках


[de] Amer Delić

Amer Delić (* 30. Juni 1982 in Tuzla) ist ein ehemaliger bosnischer Tennisspieler, der lange Zeit für die Vereinigten Staaten angetreten ist. Er war bekannt für seinen starken Aufschlag.
- [en] Amer Delić

[es] Amer Delic

Amer Delic (n. 30 de junio de 1982 en Tuzla, bosnia-Herzegovina) es un jugador de tenis bosnio-estadounidense. Nació en Bosnia-Herzegovina pero se mudó a los Estados Unidos en 1996, y jugó bajo la bandera de ese país hasta 2010 cuando decidió representar a su país de nacimiento para disputar Copa Davis. En 2007 llegó a ocupar la posición Nº60 del ranking mundial.[1]



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