Filip Veger
Full nameFilip Veger
Country (sports) Croatia
ResidenceSlatina, Croatia
Born (1994-12-21) 21 December 1994
Slatina, Croatia
PlaysRight-handed (two handed-backhand)
Prize money$47,011
Singles
Career record0–1 (at ATP Tour level, Grand Slam level, and in Davis Cup)
Career titles0
Highest rankingNo. 478 (16 February 2015)
Doubles
Career titles0
Highest rankingNo. 557 (21 April 2014)
Current rankingNo. 2279 (31 May 2021)
Last updated on: 12 June 2021.

Filip Veger (born 21 December 1994, in Slatina) is a Croatian tennis coach and former professional tennis player.

Career

Veger made his ATP main draw debut at the 2013 PBZ Zagreb Indoors where he came through qualifying defeating Simon Greul, Kamil Čapkovič and Ante Pavić. He lost in the first round to Lukáš Rosol, 6–2, 6–4.

As a singles player, Veger reached a career high of 478 in February 2015.[1] He had some success as a junior, reaching a highest ranking of 52 in singles and was also a finalist in the 2012 Australian Open Boys' Doubles alongside Adam Pavlásek, losing to the British pair of Liam Broady and Joshua Ward-Hibbert.[2][3]

Personal

Veger studied at Durham University from 2017 to 2018, also playing for and coaching the men's tennis team. He was the 2018 BUCS singles champion.[4]

He currently coaches with the Qatar Tennis Federation.[5]

Junior Grand Slam finals

Doubles: 1 (1 runner-up)

Result Year Tournament Surface Partner Opponent Score
Loss 2012 Australian Open Hard Czech Republic Adam Pavlásek United Kingdom Liam Broady
United Kingdom Joshua Ward-Hibbert
3–6, 2–6

ATP Challenger and ITF Futures finals

Singles: 4 (0–4)

Legend
ATP Challenger (0–0)
ITF Futures (0–4)
Finals by surface
Hard (0–1)
Clay (0–1)
Grass (0–0)
Carpet (0–2)
Result W–L    Date    Tournament Tier Surface Opponent Score
Loss 0-1 Feb 2014 Croatia F3, Zagreb Futures Hard United Kingdom Kyle Edmund 2-6, 5-7
Loss 0-2 Nov 2015 Czech Republic F7, Jablonec nad Nisou Futures Carpet Czech Republic Jan Mertl 2-6, 4-6
Loss 0-3 Jan 2016 Czech Republic F7, Jablonec nad Nisou Futures Carpet Germany Mats Moraing 1–6, 6–7(6–8)
Loss 0-4 Sep 2016 Serbia F8, Sokobanja Futures Clay Bulgaria Alexandar Lazarov 7–6(7–2), 6–7(4–7), 0–3 ret.

Doubles: 4 (2–2)

Legend
ATP Challenger (0–0)
ITF Futures (2–2)
Finals by surface
Hard (2–1)
Clay (0–1)
Grass (0–0)
Carpet (0–0)
Result W–L    Date    Tournament Tier Surface Partner Opponents Score
Loss 0-1 Jun 2013 Bosnia & Herzegovina F4, Kiseljak Futures Clay Croatia Lovro Zovko Croatia Tomislav Draganja
Croatia Mate Delić
4–6, 3–6
Win 1-1 Mar 2014 Ukraine F1, Cherkassy Futures Hard Ukraine Vladyslav Manafov Latvia Janis Podzus
Latvia Mārtiņš Podžus
6-2, 7-5
Loss 1-2 Mar 2014 Ukraine F2, Cherkassy Futures Hard Ukraine Vladyslav Manafov Ukraine Volodymyr Uzhylovskyi
Ukraine Artem Smirnov
4-6, 3-6
Win 2-2 Mar 2014 Ukraine F3, Cherkassy Futures Hard Ukraine Vladyslav Manafov Ukraine Marat Deviatiarov
Germany Pirmin Haenle
6-2, 6-3

References

  1. "Filip Veger Rankings History". ATP Tour. Retrieved 17 September 2020.
  2. "Filip Veger Junior Singles Overview". ITF Tennis. Retrieved 17 September 2020.
  3. "Australian Open Junior Championships 2012". ITF Tennis. Retrieved 17 September 2020.
  4. "Team Durham". Twitter. 22 April 2018. Retrieved 17 September 2020. Congratulations to @DULTC player Filip Veger who has been crowned British University Singles Champion today
  5. "Filip Veger – Tennis Coach". Sportspros Connect. Retrieved 17 September 2020.


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