Uros Vico

Uros Vico
Country (sports) Italy
ResidenceRome, Italy
Born (1981-02-19) 19 February 1981 (age 43)
Split, SR Croatia, SFR Yugoslavia
Height1.87 m (6 ft 2 in)
Turned pro1998
Retired2013
PlaysRight-handed
Prize money$309,892
Singles
Career record2–5
Career titles0
2 Challenger, 5 Futures
Highest rankingNo. 166 (26 July 2004)
Grand Slam singles results
Australian OpenQ2 (2006)
French OpenQ1 (2004, 2005, 2006)
WimbledonQ3 (2005)
US OpenQ3 (2004)
Doubles
Career record10–16
Career titles0
8 Challenger, 7 Futures
Highest rankingNo. 80 (8 August 2005)
Grand Slam doubles results
Australian Open2R (2005)
French Open3R (2006)
Wimbledon1R (2005, 2006)
US Open1R (2006)
Last updated on: 2 Jun 2021.

Uros Vico (Croatian: Uroš Vico, pronounced [ǔroʃ ʋǐːtso]; born 19 February 1981) is a Croatian-born Italian retired tennis player.

Vico had a career high ATP Tour singles ranking of World No.166, achieved on 26 July 2004. He also had a career high ATP Tour doubles ranking of World No. 80, achieved on 8 August 2005.

Vico reached 14 career singles finals with a record of 7 wins and 7 losses, which includes a 2–1 record in ATP Challenger Tour finals. Additionally, he reached 32 career doubles finals with a record of 15 wins and 17 losses, including having an 8–10 record in ATP Challenger Tour finals. In 2004, he would reach his sole final on the ATP Tour, in doubles at the 2004 Open de Moselle on hard courts in Metz, France. Partnered with Ivan Ljubičić they managed to reach the final where they were defeated by French pairing Arnaud Clément and Nicolas Mahut in straight sets 2–6, 6–7(8–10).

Vico retired from professional tennis and became the coach of Italian tennis player Marco Cecchinato who defeated Novak Djokovic at the 2018 French Open Quarterfinals.

ATP Career Finals

Doubles: 1 (1 runner-up)

Legend
Grand Slam tournaments (0–0)
ATP World Tour Finals (0–0)
ATP World Tour Masters 1000 (0–0)
ATP World Tour 500 Series (0–0)
ATP World Tour 250 Series (0–1)
Finals by surface
Hard (0–1)
Clay (0–0)
Grass (0–0)
Titles by setting
Outdoor (0–0)
Indoor (0–1)
Result W–L    Date    Tournament Tier Surface Partner Opponents Score
Loss 0–1 Oct 2004 Metz, France 250 Series Hard Croatia Ivan Ljubičić France Arnaud Clément
France Nicolas Mahut
2–6, 6–7(8–10)

ATP Challenger and ITF Futures finals

Singles: 14 (7–7)

Legend
ATP Challenger (2–1)
ITF Futures (5–6)
Finals by surface
Hard (6–6)
Clay (1–0)
Grass (0–0)
Carpet (0–1)
Result W–L    Date    Tournament Tier Surface Opponent Score
Win 1–0 Jul 1999 Slovenia F2, Portorož Futures Clay Czech Republic Jan Vacek 6–4, 6–2
Loss 1–1 Feb 2003 France F3, Bressuire Futures Hard France Jérôme Haehnel 2–6, 0–6
Loss 1–2 Feb 2003 Croatia F2, Zagreb Futures Hard Croatia Roko Karanušić 6–2, 3–6, 4–6
Win 2–2 Sep 2003 Italy F9, Oristano Futures Hard Czech Republic Pavel Šnobel 6–4, 7–6(9–7)
Win 3–2 Sep 2003 Italy F10, Selargius Futures Hard Italy Daniele Giorgini 6–3, 7–6(7–1)
Loss 3–3 Jan 2004 Qatar F1A, Doha Futures Hard Switzerland Marco Chiudinelli 2–6, 4–6
Win 4–3 Feb 2004 Bahrain F1, Manama Futures Hard United Kingdom Richard Bloomfield 6–3, 6–1
Loss 4–4 Mar 2004 France F4, Lille Futures Hard France Jean-Michel Pequery 4–6, 4–6
Win 5–4 Mar 2004 France F5, Poitiers Futures Hard Canada Frank Dancevic 7–6(8–6), 6–4
Win 6–4 Jul 2004 Recanati, Italy Challenger Hard Italy Andrea Stoppini 6–75–7, 6–4, 6–4
Loss 6–5 Sep 2005 Italy F30, Sassari Futures Hard Italy Stefano Galvani 4–6, 5–7
Loss 6–6 Apr 2006 Cardiff, United Kingdom Challenger Hard Czech Republic Jan Vacek 6–75–7, 6–1, 3–6
Win 7–6 Jul 2006 Tolyatti, Russia Challenger Hard Austria Alexander Peya 3–6, 6–4, 6–1
Loss 7–7 Feb 2008 Austria F3, Salzburg Futures Carpet Germany Peter Gojowczyk 4–6, 4–6

Doubles: 31 (15–16)

Legend
ATP Challenger (8–10)
ITF Futures (7–6)
Finals by surface
Hard (10–7)
Clay (4–8)
Grass (0–0)
Carpet (1–1)
Result W–L    Date    Tournament Tier Surface Partner Opponents Score
Loss 0–1 Jun 1998 Italy F10, Turin Futures Clay Italy Gianluca Gatto Italy Omar Camporese
Portugal João Cunha-Silva
5–7, 5–7
Win 1–1 Jul 1999 Austria F1, Salzburg Futures Clay Croatia Goran Orešić Austria Horst Skoff
Austria Ingo Neumüller
6–4, 6–7, 7–6
Loss 1–2 Sep 2001 Brindisi, Italy Challenger Clay Italy Cristian Brandi Italy Daniele Bracciali
Italy Giorgio Galimberti
2–6, 6–7(5–7), 6–7(3–7)
Loss 1–3 Mar 2002 Barletta, Italy Challenger Clay Italy Renzo Furlan Italy Massimo Bertolini
Italy Cristian Brandi
6–4, 3–6, 6–7(4–7)
Loss 1–4 Apr 2003 Greece F1, Syros Futures Hard Switzerland Marco Chiudinelli Israel Jonathan Erlich
Israel Andy Ram
3–6, 6–3, 3–6
Win 2–4 Jul 2003 Aptos, United States Challenger Hard Czech Republic Jan Hernych United States Matías Boeker
United States Travis Parrott
6–3, 4–6, 6–1
Loss 2–5 Sep 2003 Italy F9, Oristano Futures Hard Italy Alessandro Motti Italy Daniele Giorgini
Italy Stefano Mocci
6–2, 4–6, 6–7(3–7)
Win 3–5 Sep 2003 Italy F10, Selargius Futures Hard Italy Alessandro Motti Uzbekistan Farrukh Dustov
Italy Thomas Holzer
6–2, 6–2
Win 4–5 Feb 2004 Bahrain F1, Manama Futures Hard Switzerland Marco Chiudinelli United Kingdom James Auckland
Australia Rameez Junaid
6–4, 6–1
Win 5–5 Jul 2004 Recanati, Italy Challenger Hard Italy Massimo Dell'Acqua Italy Daniele Giorgini
Italy Federico Torresi
6–1, 6–4
Loss 5–6 Aug 2004 Bronx, United States Challenger Hard Russia Igor Kunitsyn United States Huntley Montgomery
United States Tripp Phillips
6–7(6–8), 7–6(10–8), 2–6
Win 6–6 Sep 2004 Donetsk, Ukraine Challenger Hard Russia Igor Kunitsyn Croatia Lovro Zovko
Switzerland Marco Chiudinelli
3–6, 6–3, 6–4
Win 7–6 Oct 2004 Grenoble, France Challenger Hard Croatia Lovro Zovko Germany Michael Berrer
Romania Răzvan Sabău
6–2, 6–4
Loss 7–7 Apr 2005 Napoli, Italy Challenger Clay Italy Massimo Bertolini Serbia and Montenegro Janko Tipsarević
Czech Republic Jiří Vaněk
6–3, 4–6, 2–6
Win 8–7 Apr 2005 Olbia, Italy Challenger Clay Italy Massimo Bertolini Italy Alessio di Mauro
Italy Tomas Tenconi
6–4, 6–4
Loss 8–8 Apr 2005 Monza, Italy Challenger Clay Italy Massimo Bertolini France Nicolas Devilder
France Olivier Patience
5–7, 4–6
Win 9–8 Jul 2005 Recanati, Italy Challenger Hard Croatia Lovro Zovko Uzbekistan Farrukh Dustov
Russia Evgeny Korolev
7–6(7–2), 4–3 ret.
Loss 9–9 Aug 2005 Segovia, Spain Challenger Hard Italy Daniele Bracciali Spain Álex López Morón
Spain Marcel Granollers
4–6, 2–6
Loss 9–10 Sep 2005 Donetsk, Ukraine Challenger Hard Croatia Lovro Zovko Ukraine Orest Tereshchuk
Ukraine Mikhail Filima
2–6, 3–6
Win 10–10 Mar 2006 Wolfsburg, Germany Challenger Carpet Switzerland Jean-Claude Scherrer Germany Frank Moser
Germany Sebastian Rieschick
7–6(7–3), 6–7(5–7), [10–8]
Win 11–10 Jul 2006 Togliatti, Russia Challenger Hard Austria Alexander Peya Kazakhstan Alexey Kedryuk
Ukraine Orest Tereshchuk
6–4, 6–4
Loss 11–11 Jul 2007 Ireland F2, Limerick Futures Carpet Italy Riccardo Ghedin Denmark Rasmus Nørby
Denmark Martin Pedersen
6–7(3–7), 4–6
Loss 11–12 Aug 2007 Saransk, Russia Challenger Clay Kazakhstan Alexey Kedryuk Netherlands Antal van der Duim
Netherlands Boy Westerhof
6–2, 6–7(3–7), [9–11]
Win 12–12 Aug 2008 Lithuania F1, Vilnius Futures Clay Italy Stefano Ianni Sweden Tim Göransson
Denmark Thomas Kromann
6–2, 6–3
Win 13–12 Aug 2008 Lithuania F2, Vilnius Futures Clay Italy Fabio Colangelo Italy Laurent Bondaz
Italy Stefano Ianni
6–2, 6–4
Win 14–12 Sep 2008 Italy F30, Sassari Futures Hard Italy Fabio Colangelo Italy Enrico Iannuzzi
Italy Matteo Volante
7–6(7–1), 6–0
Loss 14–13 Sep 2008 Italy F31, Alghero Futures Hard Italy Pietro Fanucci Spain David Ollivier-Baquero
Spain Carlos Rexach-Itoiz
3–6, 6–4, [5–10]
Win 15–13 Jun 2009 Tunisia F3, Kelibia Futures Hard Italy Matteo Volante Italy Claudio Grassi
Czech Republic Jiří Krkoška
7–6(8–6), 6–3
Loss 15–14 Aug 2009 Tampere, Finland Challenger Clay Italy Simone Vagnozzi Kazakhstan Yuri Schukin
Australia Peter Luczak
1–6, 7–6(8–6), [4–10]
Loss 15–15 Sep 2009 Brașov, Romania Challenger Clay Italy Simone Vagnozzi Spain Pablo Santos González
Spain Pere Riba
3–6, 2–6
Loss 15–16 Oct 2009 Italy F30, Quartu Sant'Elena Futures Hard Italy Stefano Ianni Spain Óscar Burrieza López
Spain Javier Martí
5–7, 4–6

Performance timeline

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

Tournament 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 SR W–L Win %
Grand Slam tournaments
Australian Open A A Q1 Q2 A 0 / 0 0–0  – 
French Open A Q1 Q1 Q1 A 0 / 0 0–0  – 
Wimbledon Q1 Q1 Q3 Q2 Q1 0 / 0 0–0  – 
US Open A Q3 A Q2 A 0 / 0 0–0  – 
Win–loss 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0 / 0 0–0  – 
ATP Tour Masters 1000
Indian Wells Masters A A Q1 A A 0 / 0 0–0 0%
Monte-Carlo Masters A 1R A A A 0 / 1 0–1 0%
Italian Open A Q1 A A A 0 / 0 0–0
Win–loss 0–0 0–1 0–0 0–0 0–0 0 / 1 0–1 0%

See also