Marinko Matosevic is a retired Australian professional tennis player.
29 Facts About Marinko Matosevic
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Marinko Matosevic was last coached by former ATP Professional and doubles specialist Mark Woodforde.
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Marinko Matosevic won five futures titles and four ATP Challenger titles.
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Marinko Matosevic entered the 2010 BNP Paribas Open, in Indian Wells as a qualifier.
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Marinko Matosevic beat Michael Llodra in the first round before losing out to No 9 seed Tsonga.
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Marinko Matosevic won his first challenger tournament at the 2010 Comerica Bank Challenger beating the Donald Young in the final.
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In February, Marinko Matosevic was seeded number 1 for the 2011 Caloundra International, on the ATP Challenger Tour.
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Marinko Matosevic then went to America, where he entered the qualifying draw for the 2011 Delray Beach International Tennis Championship.
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Marinko Matosevic qualified, defeating Raven Klaasen, Bobby Reynolds and Igor Kunitsyn.
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Marinko Matosevic then took the place of number one seed Andy Roddick after he withdrew.
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Marinko Matosevic continued his form when he entered the 2012 Delray Beach International Tennis Championships and qualified for the main draw.
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Marinko Matosevic began 2013 poorly with first round losses at the Brisbane International to Kei Nishikori and the Apia International to Bernard Tomic, both matches losing in straight sets.
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Nonetheless, Marinko Matosevic rebounded, and reached the semi-finals of Memphis by defeating Go Soeda, and upsetting 4th seed Sam Querrey and 7th seed Alexandr Dolgopolov before he retired against Kei Nishikori.
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At the Monte Carlo Masters, Marinko Matosevic earned one of the biggest victories of his career, defeating former top ten player Fernando Verdasco in the first round.
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Marinko Matosevic lost to eight-time champion Rafael Nadal in the next round.
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Marinko Matosevic's season began at the Brisbane International where he defeated Julien Benneteau and Sam Querrey.
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Marinko Matosevic was defeated by Roger Federer in the quarter-finals in straight sets.
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Marinko Matosevic reach the quarterfinals of the 2014 Apia International Sydney defeating Florian Mayer and Andreas Seppi on the route but lost to Sergiy Stakhovsky.
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At the Australian Open, Marinko Matosevic was defeated by Kei Nishikori in five sets.
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Marinko Matosevic won his second grand slam match by defeating the Spaniard Fernando Verdasco in four sets in the first round of Wimbledon.
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At the Australian Open, Marinko Matosevic recorded his first victory at the event after five previous unsuccessful attempts, defeating Alexander Kudryavtsev in five sets in the opening round.
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Marinko Matosevic then faced former Wimbledon champion Andy Murray in the second round but lost in straight sets.
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Marinko Matosevic then played in Memphis but lost in the first round.
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Marinko Matosevic then lost in the second round to Yoshihito Nishioka.
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Marinko Matosevic reached the second round of qualifying for the 2016 Australian Open before heading to North America where he qualified for and reached the quarter-final of Dallas and Puebla challengers.
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Marinko Matosevic lost in the first round of qualifying for the 2017 Australian Open before playing on the Asian challenger circuit between February and May; failing to pass round 1 in any.
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Marinko Matosevic commenced the year qualifying for and reaching the quarter-final of the Playford Challenger.
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Marinko Matosevic lost in the first round of 2018 Australian Open men's singles qualifying.
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Marinko Matosevic has since played at the Burnie International, again being knocked out in the 1st round of qualifying.