Mili Poljičak Explained

Mili Poljičak (born 13 July 2004) is a Croatian professional tennis player.He has a career high ATP singles ranking of world No. 292 achieved on 4 November 2024. He also has a career high ATP doubles ranking of No. 269 achieved on 24 October 2022.^[1]

Career

Poljičak made his ATP main draw debut at the 2021 Croatia Open Umag after receiving a wildcard into the doubles main draw.^[2] Partnering with Admir Kalender, the pair defeated second seeds Pablo Cuevas and Fabrice Martin in the first round in straight sets but lost in the next round to eventual champions Fernando Romboli and David Vega Hernández in three sets.

At the 2022 Zagreb Open he reached his maiden Challenger final as a wildcard where he lost to Filip Misolic.^[3] At the same tournament also as a wildcard he reached the semifinals in doubles partnering Antonio Šančić. As a result he reached the top 550 at World No. 549 (up 923 positions) in the singles rankings^[4] and the top 375 in doubles (up 88 positions) on 16 May 2022.

At 18 years of age, having won the boys' singles the previous year, ^[5] he received a wildcard for the qualifying draw of the 2023 Wimbledon Championships to make his Grand Slam qualifying debut.^[6]

He reached a new career high ranking of No. 409 on 26 August 2024, following back-to-back ITF titles in Maribor on clay.^[7]

ATP Challenger Tour finals

Singles: 1 (1 runner-up)

ITF World Tennis Tour finals

Singles: 9 (5 titles, 4 runner-ups)

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

Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Tier	Surface	Opponent	Score
Win	1–0		M15 Monastir, Tunisia	WTT	Hard	Robin Bertrand	6–1, 2–6, 6–4
Loss	1–1		M15 Osijek, Croatia	WTT	Clay	Viacheslav Bielinskyi	2–6, 0–6
Loss	1–2		M15 Doboj, Bosnia and Herzegovina	WTT	Clay	Lilian Marmousez	6–7(2–7), 4–6
Win	2–2		M15 Monastir, Tunisia	WTT	Hard	Patrick Schön	7–5, 6–1
Loss	2–3		M15 Monastir, Tunisia	WTT	Hard	Ilia Simakin	7–6(7–4), 1–6, 3–6
Win	3–3		M15 Umag, Croatia	WTT	Clay	Nikola Bašić	7–5, 7–6(7–3)
Win	4–3		M25 Maribor, Slovenia	WTT	Clay	Filip Jeff Planinšek	6–4, 6–2
Win	5–3		M25 Maribor, Slovenia	WTT	Clay	Oleksandr Ovcharenko	7–5, 7–6(8–6)
Loss	5–4		M25 Zlatibor, Serbia	WTT	Clay	Mathys Erhard	6–7(4–7), 1–6

Doubles: 14 (10 titles, 4 runner-ups)

Finals by surface Hard (3–0) Clay (7–4) Grass (0–0) Carpet (0–0)

Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Tier	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Win	0–1		M15 Šibenik, Croatia	WTT	Clay	Borna Devald	Zvonimir Babić David Pichler	3–6, 4–6
Win	1–1		M25 Split, Croatia	WTT	Clay	Luka Mikrut	Théo Arribagé Luca Sanchez	2–6, 6–4, [10–8]
Loss	1–1		M25 Ulcinj, Montenegro	WTT	Clay	Stefan Popović	Cezar Crețu Daniel Cukierman	4–6, 1–6
Loss	1–2		M25 Osijek, Croatia	WTT	Clay	Luka Mikrut	Dev Javia Lukáš Pokorný	6–7(3–7), 6–3, [8–10]
Loss	1–3		M25 Maribor, Slovenia	WTT	Clay	Antonio Šančić	Domagoj Bilješko Kirill Kivattsev	3–6, 7–6(7–0), [9–11]
Win	2–3		M25 Sunderland, United Kingdom	WTT	Hard	Arthur Fery	Filip Bergevi Petros Tsitsipas	6–1, 6–2
Win	3–3		M25 Klosters, Switzerland	WTT	Clay	Damien Wenger	Patrick Zahraj Leopold Zima	6–2, 6–4
Win	4–3		M25 Maribor, Slovenia	WTT	Clay	Luka Mikrut	Nikola Bašić Jan Kupčič	6–7(5–7), 6–1, [10–6]
Win	5–3		M15 Monastir, Tunisia	WTT	Hard	Constantin Bittoun Kouzmine	Nicola Kuhn David Pérez Sanz	6–1, 0–6, [10–8]
Win	6–3		M15 Oberhaching, Germany	WTT	Hard (i)	Daniel Masur	Giovanni Oradini Matej Vocel	5–7, 6–3, [10–8]
Loss	6–4		M15 Poreč, Croatia	WTT	Clay	Nikola Bašić	Alen Bill Luka Mikrut	1–6, 5–7
Win	7–4		M15 Rovinj, Croatia	WTT	Clay	Luka Mikrut	Leonardo Rossi Luigi Sorrentino	6–7(5–7), 7–5, [10–7]
Win	8–4		M15 Opatija, Croatia	WTT	Clay	Luka Mikrut	Tommaso Compagnucci Luigi Sorrentino	6–4, 6–2
Win	9–4		M15 Doboj, Bosnia and Herzegovina	WTT	Clay	Marino Jakić	Koki Matsuda Yamato Sueoka	6–3, 6–4
Win	10–4		M15 Bol, Croatia	WTT	Clay	Josip Šimundža	Nikos Lehmann Nicolas Parizzia	6–1, 6–2

Junior Grand Slam finals

Singles: 1 (1 title)

Result	Year	width=150	Tournament	Surface	width=150	Opponent	width=150	Score
Win	2022	Wimbledon	Grass	Michael Zheng	7–6(7–2), 7–6(7–3)

Doubles: 1 (1 title)

Result	Year	width=150	Tournament	Surface	Partner	width=150	Opponents	width=150	Score
Win	2022	French Open	Clay	Edas Butvilas	Gonzalo Bueno Ignacio Buse	6–4, 6–0

Notes and References

1. Web site: Mili Poljicak | Overview | ATP Tour | Tennis. ATP Tour.
2. Web site: Rafael Matos é favorito nas duplas em Umag. Romboli joga. Lance!.
3. Web site: Misolic Caps Dream Week At Zagreb Open. Tennis Tour Talk. 26 November 2024.
4. Web site: Rising Croatian teenage tennis star Mili Poljičak to jump 900 places up ATP rankings after reaching Zagreb Open Final. Croatia Week. 26 November 2024.
5. Web site: Wimbledon - Poljicak spoils the American party. Tennis Threads. 26 November 2024.
6. Web site: David Goffin, Liam Broady Headline Wimbledon Wild Cards ATP Tour Tennis . 2024-05-15 . ATP Tour . en.
7. Web site: Mili Poljičak pobjednik ITF World Tennis Toura u Mariboru, osvojio peti profesinalni naslov u singlu!. HTS. HR.