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)

ResultYearTournamentSurfacePartnerOpponentScore
Loss2012Australian OpenHardCzech Republic Adam PavlásekUnited Kingdom Liam Broady United Kingdom Joshua Ward-Hibbert3–6, 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)
ResultW–LDateTournamentTierSurfaceOpponentScore
Loss0-1Feb 2014Croatia F3, ZagrebFuturesHardUnited Kingdom Kyle Edmund2-6, 5–7
Loss0-2Nov 2015Czech Republic F7, Jablonec nad NisouFuturesCarpetCzech Republic Jan Mertl2-6, 4–6
Loss0-3Jan 2016Czech Republic F7, Jablonec nad NisouFuturesCarpetGermany Mats Moraing1–6, 6–7(6–8)
Loss0-4Sep 2016Serbia F8, SokobanjaFuturesClayBulgaria Alexandar Lazarov7–6(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)
ResultW–LDateTournamentTierSurfacePartnerOpponentsScore
Loss0-1Jun 2013Bosnia & Herzegovina F4, KiseljakFuturesClayCroatia Lovro ZovkoCroatia Tomislav Draganja Croatia Mate Delić4–6, 3–6
Win1-1Mar 2014Ukraine F1, CherkassyFuturesHardUkraine Vladyslav ManafovLatvia Janis Podzus Latvia Mārtiņš Podžus6-2, 7–5
Loss1-2Mar 2014Ukraine F2, CherkassyFuturesHardUkraine Vladyslav ManafovUkraine Volodymyr Uzhylovskyi Ukraine Artem Smirnov4-6, 3–6
Win2-2Mar 2014Ukraine F3, CherkassyFuturesHardUkraine Vladyslav ManafovUkraine Marat Deviatiarov Germany Pirmin Haenle6-2, 6–3

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