Filip Veger
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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. 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.
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.
He currently coaches with the Qatar Tennis Federation.
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 | |
|---|---|
| Legend ATP Challenger (0–0) ITF Futures (0–4) | Finals by surface Hard (0–1) Clay (0–1) Grass (0–0) Carpet (0–2) |
| 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 | |
|---|---|
| Legend ATP Challenger (0–0) ITF Futures (2–2) | Finals by surface Hard (2–1) Clay (0–1) Grass (0–0) Carpet (0–0) |
| 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 |