Filip Veger

Filip Veger (born 21 December 1994, in Slatina) is a Croatian tennis coach and former professional tennis player.

Filip Veger

Full name	Filip Veger
Country (sports)	Croatia
Residence	Slatina, Croatia
Born	(1994-12-21) 21 December 1994 (age 30) Slatina, Croatia
Plays	Right-handed (two handed-backhand)
Prize money	$47,011
Singles
Career record	0–1 (at ATP Tour level, Grand Slam level, and in Davis Cup)
Career titles	0
Highest ranking	No. 478 (16 February 2015)
Doubles
Career titles	0
Highest ranking	No. 557 (21 April 2014)
Current ranking	No. 2279 (31 May 2021)
Last updated on: 12 June 2021.

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.^[1] 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.^[2][3]

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.^[4]

He currently coaches with the Qatar Tennis Federation.^[5]

Junior Grand Slam finals

Doubles: 1 (1 runner-up)

Result	Year	Tournament	Surface	Partner	Opponent	Score
Loss	2012	Australian Open	Hard	Adam Pavlásek	Liam Broady Joshua Ward-Hibbert	3–6, 2–6

ATP Challenger and ITF Futures finals

Singles: 4 (0–4)

Legend 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	Kyle Edmund	2-6, 5–7
Loss	0-2	Nov 2015	Czech Republic F7, Jablonec nad Nisou	Futures	Carpet	Jan Mertl	2-6, 4–6
Loss	0-3	Jan 2016	Czech Republic F7, Jablonec nad Nisou	Futures	Carpet	Mats Moraing	1–6, 6–7(6–8)
Loss	0-4	Sep 2016	Serbia F8, Sokobanja	Futures	Clay	Alexandar Lazarov	7–6(7–2), 6–7(4–7), 0–3 ret.

Doubles: 4 (2–2)

Legend 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	Lovro Zovko	Tomislav Draganja Mate Delić	4–6, 3–6
Win	1-1	Mar 2014	Ukraine F1, Cherkassy	Futures	Hard	Vladyslav Manafov	Janis Podzus Mārtiņš Podžus	6-2, 7–5
Loss	1-2	Mar 2014	Ukraine F2, Cherkassy	Futures	Hard	Vladyslav Manafov	Volodymyr Uzhylovskyi Artem Smirnov	4-6, 3–6
Win	2-2	Mar 2014	Ukraine F3, Cherkassy	Futures	Hard	Vladyslav Manafov	Marat Deviatiarov Pirmin Haenle	6-2, 6–3

External links

• Filip Veger at the Association of Tennis Professionals
• Filip Veger at the International Tennis Federation