Aljaž Bedene is a Slovenian tennis

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 player.

He won five Futures and one Challenger singles titles (in Slovakia

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, Austria

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, Croatia

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 and Turkey

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). In doubles he won one Challenger title and two Futures titles. Aljaž plays with right hand and two-handed backhand. He is a member of the Slovenia Davis Cup team

Slovenia Davis Cup team

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. His highest ranking is No. 161 in singles and No. 350 in doubles. His biggest career achievment is second round of 2011 Vienna ATP 250 series.

Singles Finals (10) (6–4)

Legend (Singles)

Challengers (1)

Futures (9)

Outcome	No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Opponent in the final	Score
Runner-up	1.	1.6.2009	Slovenia F2	Clay	Marko Tkalec Marko Tkalec Marko Tkalec is a professional tennis player from Slovenia. He achieved a career-high singles ranking of World No. 243 in 2002...	7–5, 3–6, 4–6
Runner-up	2.	13.7.2009	Austria F5	Clay	Johannes Ager	3–6, 6–7(2)
Winner	3.	10.08.2009	Slovakia F2	Clay	Martin Fafl	6–0, 2–0, ret.
Winner	4.	17.08.2009	Austria F7	Clay	Benoît Paire Benoît Paire Benoît Paire is a French tennis player. He reached a career high-ranking of 94 . He reached the 1st round of a Grand Slam event for the first time at Roland Garros in 2010...	6–4, 6–0
Winner	5.	31.08.2009	Austria F9	Clay	Nicolas Reißig	6–1, 6–2
Winner	6.	12.10.2009	Croatia F9	Clay	Attila Balázs Attila Balázs Attila Balázs is a Hungarian professional tennis player. He's a three time Hungarian National Tennis Champion.-Titles :-Runner-Up :-External links:...	6–2, 7–6(11)
Winner	7.	09.11.2009	Turkey F13	Clay	Aldin Šetkić Aldin Šetkić Aldin Šetkić is a professional Bosnian tennis player.Šetkić reached his highest individual ranking on the ATP Tour on December 13, 2010, when he became World number 309...	6–2, 6–1
Runner-up	8.	3.5.2010	Bosnia F3	Clay	Michal Schmid	7–5, 2–6, 6–7(4)
Winner	9.	28.3.2011	Barletta 2011 Open Barletta Trofeo Dimiccoli & Boraccino The 2011 Open Barletta Trofeo Dimiccoli & Boraccino was a professional tennis tournament played on clay courts. It was the 15th edition of the tournament which was part of the 2011 ATP Challenger Tour...	Clay	Filippo Volandri Filippo Volandri Filippo Volandri is an Italian professional male tennis player. Volandri is a right-handed player who reached a career-high ranking of 25 on July 23, 2007. He turned pro in 1997, and as of January 2006, had earned over $1,300,000 in prize money...	7–5, 6–3
Runner-up	10.	11.10.2011	Croatia F12	Clay	Nick Van Der Meer	6–3, 4–6, 2–6

Doubles Finals (3) (3-0)

Legend (Singles)

Challengers (1)

Futures (2)

Outcome	No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Partner	Opponents in the final	Score
Winner	1.	19.1.2009	Austria F1	Carpet (I)	Andrej Martin	Gerald Melzer   Nicholas Reissig	6–3, 6–2
Winner	2.	17.8.2009	Austria F7	Clay	Andraž Bedene	Pascal Brunner   Michael Linzer	6–4, 6–3
Winner	3.	19.9.2011	Ljubljana Ljubljana Ljubljana is the capital of Slovenia and its largest city. It is the centre of the City Municipality of Ljubljana. It is located in the centre of the country in the Ljubljana Basin, and is a mid-sized city of some 270,000 inhabitants...	Clay	Grega Žemlja Grega Žemlja Grega Žemlja is a tennis player from Slovenia.Žemlja reached his highest world ranking #111 in singles and #252 in doubles. He lives in Kranj, Slovenia...	Roberto Batista-Agut   Ivan Navvaro	6–3, 6–7(10), [12–10]

Singles performances (1–1)

Edition	Round	Date	Against	Surface	Opponent	Win/Lose	Result
2010 Europe/Africa Zone Group II	1R	7 March 2010	Norway Norway Davis Cup team The Norway Davis Cup team represents Norway in Davis Cup tennis competition and are governed by the Norges Tennisforbund.Unlike neighbours Sweden, Norway have never been a tennis powerhouse...	Hard	Stian Boretti	Win	6–3, 6–2
2011 Europe/Africa Zone Group I	2R	10 July 2011	Italy Italy Davis Cup team The Italy Davis Cup team represents Italy in Davis Cup tennis competition and are governed by the Federazione Italiana Tennis.Italy won the Davis Cup in 1976, and finished as runners-up 6 times . They currently compete in the Europe/Africa Zone of Group I...	Clay	Fabio Fognini Fabio Fognini Fabio Fognini is a professional tennis player.He is the current Italian No. 1. He achieved his career high rank of No. 32 in the world on 20 June 2011 as a result of his success at the 2011French Open...	Lose	2–6, 2–2, ret.

Singles performance timeline

Tournament	2008	2009	2010	2011	Career W–L
ATP World Tour 250
Vienna	A	A	A	2R	1–1
Win–Loss	0–0	0–0	0–0	1–1	1–1
Davis Cup
Euro/African Zone II Davis Cup The Davis Cup is the premier international team event in men's tennis. It is run by the International Tennis Federation and is contested between teams of players from competing countries in a knock-out format. The competition began in 1900 as a challenge between Britain and the United States. By...	A	A	1R	2R	1-1
Win–Loss	0–0	0–0	1–0	0–1	1–1
Statistics
Overall Win–Loss	0–0	0–0	1–0	1–2	2–2
Year End Ranking	1659	304	540		N/A

• Statistics correct as of October 27, 2011.

NOTE: His website ATP profile cites incorrect 1–2 Win–Loss career statistics (one win should be added – correct is 2–2). His win against Norway from March 2010 Davis Cup 1st round competition is missing. Also in his ATP profile 2010 playing activity this match is missing.

External links

• Aljaž Bedene at the Association of Tennis Professionals
  Association of Tennis Professionals
  The Association of Tennis Professionals or ATP was formed in 1972 by Donald Dell, Jack Kramer, and Cliff Drysdale to protect the interests of male professional tennis players. Since 1990, the association has organized the worldwide tennis tour for men and linked the title of the tour with the...