Boro Jovanović

Boro Jovanović
Country (sports) Yugoslavia
Born(1939-10-21)21 October 1939
Zagreb, Banovina of Croatia, Yugoslavia
Died19 December 2023(2023-12-19) (aged 84)
Height1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)
Turned pro1972 (amateur from 1959)
Retired1974
PlaysRight-handed
Singles
Highest rankingNo. 8 (1963, Lance Tingay)[1]
Grand Slam singles results
Australian Open2R (1962)
French OpenQF (1968)
Wimbledon2R (1959, 1960, 1963)
US Open1R (1962, 1965)
Doubles
Grand Slam doubles results
Australian Open2R (1962)
WimbledonF (1962)
Grand Slam mixed doubles results
WimbledonQF (1963)
Team competitions
Davis CupFAm (1962)
Medal record
Tennis
Representing  Yugoslavia
Mediterranean Games
Gold medal – first place 1963 Naples Doubles
Bronze medal – third place 1963 Naples Singles
Summer Universiade
Gold medal – first place 1961 Sofia Singles
Gold medal – first place 1961 Sofia Doubles

Boro Jovanović (21 October 1939 – 19 December 2023) was a Yugoslav tennis player. Jovanović was runner-up in the 1962 Wimbledon doubles tournament with Nikola Pilić, and quarter-finalist in the 1968 Wimbledon doubles tournament. In singles, Jovanović reached the final of the 1963 Italian Open and the quarterfinals of the 1968 French Open. In 1972, Boro Jovanović joined the World Championship Tennis Tour.[2] He was ranked World No. 8 for 1963 by Lance Tingay of The Daily Telegraph.[1] Jovanović died on 19 December 2023, at the age of 84.[3]

Grand Slam finals

Doubles: ( 1 runner-up)

Result Year Championship Surface Partner Opponents Score
Loss 1962 Wimbledon Grass Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Niki Pilić Australia Bob Hewitt
Australia Fred Stolle		 2–6, 7–5, 2–6, 4–6

References

  1. ^ a b United States Lawn Tennis Association (1972). Official Encyclopedia of Tennis (First Edition), p. 427.
  2. ^ Boro Jovanović ATP World Tour Tennis Profile Retrieved 26 August 2009
  3. ^ "Preminuo je Boro Jovanović, jedan od najboljih hrvatskih tenisača svih vremena". Gol.hr (in Croatian). 22 December 2023. Retrieved 22 December 2023.


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