Mate Pavić

[Lleyton]

Pavic/Dodig Clinch Chengdu Doubles Crown

Spoiler:

Croatian pair earn second ATP World Tour title

Ivan Dodig and Mate Pavic captured their second ATP World Tour team title on Sunday at the Chengdu Open. The top-seeded Croatian team swept past American Austin Krajicek and Jeevan Nedunchezhiyan of India 6-2, 6-4 in the 51-minute final. The duo lost just 10 of their service points and saved all six break points they faced.

“It’s great for me, my first time in Chengdu,” said Dodig. “The tournament is amazing, so to finish the week with the trophy is a great feeling. We played some good matches here and we’re leaving here very happy.”

Dodig and Pavic, who picked up the German Tennis Championships presented by Kampmann in July 2017, improved to a 17-6 team match record overall. They split $57,990 in prize money and earn 250 ATP Doubles Rankings points.

“Every time we play a tournament, we want to win it,” said Pavic. “We don’t play many tournaments together, but we play a few every year. It’s our second title from two finals. We played better and better with every match this week. We don’t know when we’ll next play together again.”

World No. 24 Dodig has now lifted 11 tour-level doubles trophies, including the BMW Open by FWU in May (w/Rajeev Ram), while World No. 4 Pavic, who first rose to No. 1 in the ATP Doubles Rankings on 21 May, has clinched 13 titles. He has won four in 2018 with regular partner Oliver Marach.

Krajicek and Nedunchezhiyan, who first teamed up in July, earned $30,490 and 150 points.

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[DUN I LOVE]

Mate, wraz z Olim Marachem, zakończy 2018 rok jako lider rankingu deblistów.

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Marach & Pavic Clinch Year-End No. 1 ATP Doubles Team Ranking

Spoiler:

Austrian/Croatian team finish 2018 at the summit of the team game

Austria’s Oliver Marach and Croatia’s Mate Pavic have clinched the year-end No. 1 ATP Doubles Team Ranking for the first time as a result of Friday’s play at the Rolex Paris Masters, the final event of the regular ATP World Tour season.

"It’s been an unbelievable year," said Marach. "Winning three tournaments in a row, and coming close in a fourth final, was incredible. We played solid tennis throughout the year, reached another Grand Slam final at Roland Garros and now, here again in Paris, we’re in the semi-finals. We’re very happy. "

Pavic said, "We had a great year and a good start. Overall, we lost two or three first rounds, with lots of quarter-finals and semi-finals. We’re extremely happy to finish the year at No. 1 and we’re looking forward to finishing strongly this week, and also [at the Nitto ATP Finals] in London."

Marach and Pavic have captured four doubles titles in 2018. They opened the year by lifting three consecutive trophies at the Qatar ExxonMobil Open in Doha (d. Murray/Soares), the ASB Classic in Auckland (d. Mirnyi/Oswald) and their first Grand Slam championship at the Australian Open (d. Cabal/Farah). Their 17-match winning streak to start 2018 came to an end on 18 February with a runner-up finish at the ABN AMRO World Tennis Tournament in Rotterdam (l. to Herbert/Mahut), one of three ATP World Tour 500-level final appearances this season.

The players captured their fourth team crown of 2018 at the Banque Eric Sturdza Geneva Open (d. Dodig/Ram) in May. In addition to their runner-up finish in Rotterdam, Marach and Pavic contested their third Grand Slam final at Roland Garros (l. to Herbert/Mahut) in June, the Rolex Monte-Carlo Masters (l. to Bryan/Bryan), an ATP World Tour Masters 1000 tournament in April, plus the German Tennis Championships 2018 presented by Kampmann (l. to Peralta/Zeballos) and the China Open in Beijing (l. to Kubot/Melo).

Chris Kermode, the ATP Executive Chairman & President, said, “To finish the season as the year-end No.1 team is the ultimate accolade, a reflection of excellence and consistency throughout a gruelling doubles season that covers 67 tournaments across 31 countries. From January to November, it’s the prize that all teams are chasing, and Oliver and Mate should be hugely proud of their achievements. On behalf of the ATP, many congratulations on a remarkable season.”

Marach, 38, is the oldest member of a year-end No. 1 doubles team since 38-year-old Sherwood Stewart in 1984. The 25-year-old Pavic is the youngest member of a year-end No. 1 doubles team since Todd Woodbridge, 24, in 1995. They are the first Austrian and first Croatian to finish No. 1 in any of the ATP Rankings respectively (singles, doubles, team).

Together, Marach and Pavic have compiled a 5-8 record in tour-level finals and were the first team to qualify for the 2018 Nitto ATP Finals, to be held at The O2 in London from 11-18 November. In 2017, the Austrian-Croatian tandem went 1-3 in title matches, including a runner-up finish at Wimbledon (l. to Kubot/Melo).

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38-letni Oliver Marach jest najstarszym członkiem YE #1 teamu od 1984 roku, Pavić z kolei najmłodszym od 1984. Marach to pierwszy Austriak, który w parze deblowej wygrał sezon ATP, Pavić to pierwszy taki Chorwat.

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Oliver Marach and Mate Pavic got off to a winning start at the Nitto ATP Finals on Monday. The top-seeded Austrian/Croatian team recorded their first win in their fourth meeting against eighth-seeded Frenchmen Pierre-Hugues Herbert and Nicolas Mahut 6-4, 7-6(3) over one hour and 47 minutes in their first Group Knowles/Nestor match. It was a repeat of 2018 finals at the ABN AMRO World Tennis Tournament in Rotterdam and at Roland Garros.

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[Barty]

Cilic Clinches Second Davis Cup Crown For Croatia

Spoiler:

Visiting nation notched three straight-sets singles wins

FRANCE 1, CROATIA 3
Lille, France (Indoor Clay)

Marin Cilic ended Croatia's 13-year wait for a second Davis Cup title on Sunday, beating Lucas Pouille 7-6(3), 6-3, 6-3 at the Stade Pierre Mauroy in Lille.

The World No. 7 needed two hours and 19 minutes to secure victory for the visiting nation, winning 89 per cent of first-serve points and landing 16 forehand winners. Cilic has now won a record 39 Davis Cup rubbers for Croatia (39-17), which includes 29 wins from 40 singles encounters.

“It’s not every day that you become a world champion,” said Cilic. “For us it’s a dream come true, for this nation, we are so passionate, you can see the fans are enjoying themselves. I feel that in Croatia it’s going to be incredible too.”

Cilic ends his season with 44 tour-level wins for the second straight year. The World No. 7 lifted his 18th tour-level title at the Fever-Tree Championships in June, saving one championship point to overcome Novak Djokovic. Cilic has claimed at least one tour-level title in each of the past 11 ATP World Tour seasons.

After falling to a 3-2 loss against Argentina in the 2016 final, Croatia was appearing in its third Davis Cup final. In 2005, Ivan Ljubicic and Mario Ancic led Croatia to its maiden title in the team competition against Slovakia in Bratislava.

France was aiming to become only the second team ever to recover from a 2-0 deficit in a Davis Cup final. Captain Yannick Noah's decision to replace Jeremy Chardy with Lucas Pouille proved to be unsuccessful, with Pouille falling short in his attempt to recreate his 2017 final heroics. Last year, the 24-year-old defeated Steve Darcis 6-3, 6-1, 6-0 in his first live fifth rubber to earn France its 10th Davis Cup title.

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[Damian]

Triumfator Pucharu Davisa 2018!


France 24

Wynik finału:
Francja - Chorwacja 1-3

[Barty]

2018 w liczbach:

Ranking: 4
Bilans meczów: 56-21
Tytuły: 5 (Chengdu, Geneva, Australian Open, Auckland, Doha)
Finały: 5 (Beijing, Hamburg, Roland Garros, Monte Carlo, Rotterdam)
Zarobki: $1,132,837

[Damian]

Marach/Pavic Return To The Indian Wells SF

Spoiler:

Mektic/Peya, Kubot/Melo also advance to the last four
One year ago, Oliver Marach and Mate Pavic arrived in Indian Wells with an 18-2 record and three titles on the season. This time, they were 4-6. But the 2018 year-end No. 1 ATP Doubles Team is finding its form, defeating seventh seeds Raven Klaasen and Michael Venus 6-4, 6-7(5), 10-5 in one hour and 39 minutes to reach the BNP Paribas Open semi-finals.

Klaasen and Venus claimed their first FedEx ATP Head2Head meeting against Marach and Pavic last year at the Rogers Cup, also in a Match Tie-break. But the Austrian-Croatian team won 50 per cent of their return points in the Match Tie-break this clash to earn the victory.


Marach and Pavic advanced to the semi-finals of the first ATP Masters 1000 event of the year in 2018, losing to eventual champions John Isner and Jack Sock. They will hope to avoid the same fate in the next round when they face Nikola Mektic and Horacio Zeballos, who upset fifth seeds Juan Sebastian Cabal and Robert Farah 3-6, 7-5, 10-6 in one hour and 38 minutes.

This is just the second tournament at which Mektic and Zeballos have competed together. Last season, Mektic and Alexander Peya qualified for the Nitto ATP Finals. However, Peya is out due to injury. Mektic and Zeballos won two fewer points than their opponents in the quarter-finals, but they rallied from down a set to triumph.

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[Damian]

Awaiting Cabal/Farah in the semi-finals will be sixth seeds Mate Pavic and Bruno Soares, who ousted third seeds Raven Klaasen and Michael Venus 6-1, 6-3 in 53 minutes. The Croatian-Brazilian team lost just two first-serve points and did not face a break point.

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[Damian]

Pavic/Soares Lift Maiden Team Title In Shanghai

Spoiler:

Eighth seeds did not drop a set en route to title

Competing in just their eighth event as a pairing, Mate Pavic and Bruno Soares captured their first team title at the Rolex Shanghai Masters on Sunday.

The Croatian-Brazilian team snapped defending champions Lukasz Kubot and Marcelo Melo’s eight-match win streak at the ATP Masters 1000 event, breaking serve on three occasions to lift the trophy after 69 minutes. Pavic and Soares improve to 12-7 as a team since joining forces at the Fever-Tree Championships in June.

Pavic owns a 15-18 record in tour-level doubles finals after picking up his second ATP Tour crown of the year. The 26-year-old, who also triumphed in Geneva (w/Marach) in May, improves to 1-1 in Masters 1000 finals.

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Soares adds a third trophy to his collection this year, having also picked up ATP 250 crowns in Sydney (w/J. Murray) and Stuttgart (w/Peers). This is the Brazilian’s 32nd tour-level doubles title, with four of those title runs coming at Masters 1000 events.

Kubot and Melo were aiming to become the first team to win back-to-back titles at this tournament. The second seeds were competing in their 200th tour-level encounter as a pairing (140-60). On Friday, Kubot and Melo joined Juan Sebastian Cabal and Robert Farah as the second team to qualify for the Nitto ATP Finals at The O2 in London.

Pavic and Soares earn 1000 ATP Doubles Ranking points and share $408,840 in prize money. Kubot and Melo receive 600 points and split $199,520.

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2019 w liczbach (debel):

Ranking: 18
Bilans meczów: 41-26
Tytuły: 2 (ATP Masters 1000 Szanghaj, Genewa)
Finały: 1 (Sztokholm)
Zarobki: $584,521

[Damian]

Pavic/Soares Work Hard For First Win In Melbourne

Spoiler:

Ram, Salisbury win in straight sets

Tenth seeds Mate Pavic and Bruno Soares worked hard on Thursday for their place in the Australian Open second round by beating Luke Bambridge and Ben McLachlan, winners of last week’s ASB Classic doubles title, 7-6(4), 7-5 in one hour and 47 minutes. Pavic won the 2018 crown with Oliver Marach at Melbourne Park, and Soares clinched the 2016 title with Jamie Murray.

Rajeev Ram and Joe Salisbury, the No. 11 seeds, who featured at the 2019 Nitto ATP Finals, knocked out alternates Daniel Evans and John-Patrick Smith 6-1, 7-6(3) in 75 minutes for a clash against Americans Tennys Sandgren and Jackson Withrow, who edged past Marcelo Demoliner and Matwe Middelkoop 4-6, 7-6(4), 7-6(8) in two hours and 12 minutes. Demoliner and Middelkoop served for the match at 5-4 in the second set.

Jurgen Melzer and Edouard Roger-Vasselin, the No. 12 seeds, needed three match points to get the better of Sander Arends and Ricardas Berankis 6-2, 6-7(2), 7-6(5) in two hours and 13 minutes.

Elsewhere, Americans Steve Johnson and Sam Querrey saved one set point at 8/9 in the first-set tie-break en route to a 6-7(9), 6-4, 6-4 victory over alternates Cheng-Peng Hsieh and Yen-Hsun Lu in one hour and 40 minutes.

Four doubles matches were postponed until Friday as dust and rain, earlier on day four, put the schedule on hold.

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[Damian]

From Early-Round Scares To The Semis: Pavic/Soares Advance At US Open

Spoiler:

Croatian-Brazilian duo into first major semi-final as a team

Mate Pavic and Bruno Soares have faced a difficult road to the US Open semi-finals. That has made their success in Flushing Meadows even more rewarding.

The Croatian-Brazilian team defeated Jamie Murray and Neal Skupski, last week's Western & Southern Open finalists, 6-2, 7-6(4) on Monday in the quarter-finals. It is the first time they have reached a Grand Slam semi-final as a team.

In the first round, Pavic and Soares rallied from a break down in the third set against 2019 US Open finalists Marcel Granollers and Horacio Zeballos. In the second round, Jack Sock and Jackson Withrow served for the match against them. But the 2019 Rolex Shanghai Masters champions have persevered.

"We came back from all of those tough situations. Tough match on paper today. They didn't play a great first set, but then they started playing much better in the second," Pavic said. "We won three tough matches. We're playing well. We're playing better and better each match, so we're happy from everything."

The Croatian believes that overcoming those deficits only helped them raise their level. Pavic and Soares went unbroken in their one-hour, 26-minute quarter-final victory.

"It helps a lot, especially when you get back from those situations when people are serving for the match and stuff like that," Pavic said. "You build confidence after those wins. With a break for six months, nobody played for six months... we didn't play a lot of matches, so it's good that we're here."

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[Damian]

Pavic/Soares Win US Open For First Grand Slam Title As A Team

Spoiler:

Both men had previously won a major with different partners
Mate Pavic and Bruno Soares won their first Grand Slam championship as a team on Thursday afternoon, defeating Wesley Koolhof and Nikola Mektic 7-5, 6-3 to lift the US Open trophy.

"It means a lot. That's what we practise for. That's what we were trying to do in these five months off, working for this moment," Soares said on court after the match. "Extremely happy. Tough year for everyone. Really glad the work that everyone put into this event to give us the opportunity to get back on the court. To start with a Grand Slam title, I think it's a very positive way to come back for us."

Pavic and Soares lost in the first round of the Western & Southern Open, the first tournament since the ATP Tour resumed. But they battled past four former US Open champions en route to earning the title at the same venue, the USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center.

Both men had previously captured Grand Slam glory, with Soares winning the 2016 Australian Open and US Open with Jamie Murray, while Pavic triumphed at the 2018 Australian Open with Oliver Marach. This is their second tour-level victory together after winning last year’s Rolex Shanghai Masters.

Pavic and Soares were both the more dynamic and solid team inside Arthur Ashe Stadium. Pavic wreaked havoc with his big serve and flashy shotmaking, while Soares made few mistakes and forced their opponents to hit difficult shots.

<a href='/en/players/mate-pavic/pf00/overview'>Mate Pavic</a>, <a href='/en/players/bruno-soares/s938/overview'>Bruno Soares</a>
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The key moment in the match came with Mektic serving at 5-6 in the first set. At 40/15, Koolhof missed an easy forehand volley on top of the net, which would have forced a tie-break. Later in the game, Soares hit a cross-court forehand return on the full stretch for a winner, earning the first break of the match and with it, the set.

Koolhof and Mektic began making more errors in the second set, perhaps showing nerves during their first Grand Slam final (individually and as a team). Pavic and Soares took full advantage, earning the decisive break at 3-2 when Pavic hit a perfect backhand lob winner. Mektic dropped his head before the ball landed, knowing it would drop just inside the baseline.

In the first round of the tournament, Pavic and Soares rallied from a break down in the third set against 2019 US Open finalists Marcel Granollers and Horacio Zeballos. In the second round, Jack Sock and Jackson Withrow served for the match against them. But after 90 minutes in the championship match, Mektic carved a backhand volley into the net to end the match, making Pavic and Soares the champions. They split $400,000 with their triumph.

"[This gave us] a lot of confidence. We did have tough matches," Pavic said of their start to the tournament. "We got through tough moments throughout the week. Like Bruno said, very happy to be here lifting the title, great tournament. Congrats to the guys for the final."

Koolhof and Mektic were trying to win their first tour-level title as a team. The eighth seeds only lost one set en route to the final. They depart New York with a share of $240,000.

Did You Know?
Pavic is the first Croatian to win the US Open men’s doubles title since Nikola Pilic in 1970 (w/Pierre Barthes).

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[DUN I LOVE]

Dopiero drugi szlem Mate (wcześniej AO18). Byłem przekonany, że uzbierał tego więcej.

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[Damian]

Pavic/Soares Extend Winning Run In Rome

Spoiler:

Bopanna/Shapovalov defeat top seeds Cabal/Farah

Mate Pavic and Bruno Soares extended their winning streak to seven matches at the Internazionali BNL d’Italia on Thursday.

The US Open champions converted five of six break points to defeat Sander Gille and Joran Vliegen 6-3, 6-2 in 66 minutes. Pavic and Soares are aiming to lift their second ATP Masters 1000 trophy as a pairing, having won their maiden team trophy at the level at last year’s Rolex Shanghai Masters.

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Pavic and Soares will meet Kitzbühel finalists Marcel Granollers and Horacio Zeballos in the quarter-finals. The fourth seeds recovered from a set down to beat Canadians Felix Auger-Aliassime and Milos Raonic 4-6, 6-4, 10-3.

Rohan Bopanna and Denis Shapovalov ended Juan Sebastian Cabal and Robert Farah’s bid for a third straight Rome trophy. The US Open quarter-finalists saved five of six break points to overcome the top seeds 6-3, 3-6, 10-5 in 82 minutes.

Bopanna and Shapovalov are chasing their maiden team title this week. The pair reached its first ATP Tour championship match at last year’s MercedesCup in Stuttgart.

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Bopanna and Shapovalov’s victory ends Cabal and Farah’s 10-match winning streak in Rome. The Colombians won back-to-back trophies in the Italian capital in 2018 and 2019.

The Indian-Canadian tandem will face Jeremy Chardy and Fabrice Martin in the quarter-finals. The Frenchmen dominated a Match Tie-break to eliminate US Open finalists Wesley Koolhof and Nikola Mektic 4-6, 7-6(2), 10-0.

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