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Nenad Zimonjic (; born June 4, 1976 in Belgrade, Serbia, then SFR Yugoslavia) is a professional Serbian tennis player who has been ranked World No. 1 in men's doubles since November 17, 2008. He is the second tennis player from Serbia to hold the highest doubles ranking, after Slobodan Živojinovic.
njic turned pro in 1995 and remained relatively unknown outside his native country until a surprise victory in the Mixed Doubles at the 2004 Australian Open.

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Nenad Zimonjic (; born June 4, 1976 in Belgrade, Serbia, then SFR Yugoslavia) is a professional Serbian tennis player who has been ranked World No. 1 in men's doubles since November 17, 2008. He is the second tennis player from Serbia to hold the highest doubles ranking, after Slobodan Živojinovic.
Career
Zimonjic turned pro in 1995 and remained relatively unknown outside his native country until a surprise victory in the Mixed Doubles at the 2004 Australian Open. Paired for the first time with Russian Elena Bovina, he beat defending champions Martina Navratilova and Leander Paes in straight sets in an hour and nine minutes, 6–1, 7–6 (3). Alongside his current Mixed Doubles partner Katarina Srebotnik of Slovenia, he won the 2006 French Open crown with a straight-sets victory over Daniel Nestor and Elena Likhovtseva, 6–3, 6–4. At the 2006 Wimbledon Championships, Zimonjic reached the final of the Men's Doubles (alongside France's Fabrice Santoro) and the quarter-finals of the Mixed Doubles.
In 2007, Zimonjic reached the 2007 French Open mixed doubles final as the defending champions with Katarina Srebotnik and lost to Nathalie Dechy and Andy Ram. He left Fabrice Santoro after Wimbledon and teamed with Mahesh Bhupathi until after the 2007 U.S. Open. After the U.S. Open, Nenad left Bhupathi and partnered with Daniel Nestor who won the French Open earlier in the year alongside Mark Knowles. The team won the 2007 St. Petersburg Open without losing a set.
While Zimonjic is known as a doubles specialist, he has recorded two big wins in his singles career. In 2004 he defeated Andre Agassi 6–2 7–6 in St Pölten and in 2005 on the grass of Halle he defeated Nicolas Kiefer 6–7(1) 6–3 6–4, both of these were first round victories. At the 2008 Wimbledon tennis tournament, Zimonjic won his first Doubles Grand Slam triumph with Daniel Nestor of Canada.
Personal life
In 2008 he married former model Mina Kneževic. On December 4, 2008, his wife gave birth to twins, Leon and Luna.
Grand Slam finals (10)
Men's doubles (4)
Winner (1)
| Year | Championship | Partner | Opponents in Final | Score in Final | 2008 | Wimbledon | Daniel Nestor | Jonas Björkman Kevin Ullyett | 7–6(12), 6–7(3), 6–3, 6–3 |
Runner-ups (3)
| Year | Championship | Partner | Opponents in Final | Score in Final | 2004 | Wimbledon | Julian Knowle | Jonas Björkman Todd Woodbridge | 6–1, 6–4, 4–6, 6–4 | 2006 | Wimbledon (2) | Fabrice Santoro | Bob Bryan Mike Bryan | 6–3, 4–6, 6–4, 6–2 | 2008 | French Open | Daniel Nestor | Pablo Cuevas Luis Horna | 6–2, 6–3 |
Mixed doubles (6)
Winner (3)
Runner-ups (3)
| Year | Championship | Partner | Opponents in Final | Score in Final | 2005 | US Open | Katarina Srebotnik | Daniela Hantuchová Mahesh Bhupathi | 6–4, 6–2 | 2007 | French Open | | Nathalie Dechy Andy Ram | 7–5, 6–3 | 2008 | French Open (2) | | Victoria Azarenka Bob Bryan | 6–2, 7–6 |
Tennis Masters Cup doubles finals (2)
Winner (1)
| Year | Championship | Partner | Opponents in Final | Score in Final | | 2008 | Shanghai | Daniel Nestor | Bob Bryan Mike Bryan | 7–6(3), 6–2 |
Runner-up (1)
Doubles finals
Winner (24)
| Legend | | Grand Slam (1) | | Tennis Masters Cup (1) | | ATP Masters Series (5) | | ATP Tour (17) |
| | Titles by Surface | | Hard (12) | | Clay (6) | | Grass (3) | | Carpet (3) |
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| No. | Date | Tournament | Surface | Partner | Opponents in Final | Score in Final | |
| 1. | May 9, 1999 | Delray Beach, U.S. | Clay | Max Mirnyi | Doug Flach Brian MacPhie | 7–6(3), 3–6, 6–3 | | 2. | March 5, 2000 | Delray Beach, U.S. | Hard | | Joshua Eagle Andrew Florent | 7–5, 6–4 | | 3. | October 15, 2000 | Vienna, Austria | Hard (I) | Yevgeny Kafelnikov | Jirí Novák David Rikl | 6–4, 6–4 | | 4. | October 14, 2001 | Lyon, France | Carpet (I) | Daniel Nestor | Arnaud Clément Sébastien Grosjean | 6–1, 6–2 | | 5. | February 24, 2002 | Memphis, U.S. | Hard (I) | | Bob Bryan Mike Bryan | 6–3, 3–6, 6–4 | | 6. | March 9, 2003 | Delray Beach, U.S. | Hard | Leander Paes | Raemon Sluiter Martin Verkerk | 7–5, 3–6, 7–5 | | 7. | October 26, 2003 | St. Petersburg, Russia | Hard (I) | Julian Knowle | Michael Kohlmann Rainer Schüttler | 7–6(1), 6–3 | 8. | April 25, 2004 | Monte Carlo, Monaco | Clay | Tim Henman | Gastón Etlis Martín Rodríguez | 7–5, 6–2 | 9. | April 17, 2005 | Monte Carlo, Monaco | Clay | | Mike Bryan | walkover | | 10. | April 24, 2005 | Barcelona, Spain | Clay | | Feliciano López Rafael Nadal | 6–3, 6–3 | | 11. | January 15, 2006 | Sydney, Australia | Hard | Fabrice Santoro | František Cermák Leoš Friedl | 6–1, 6–4 | | 12. | June 18, 2006 | Halle, Germany | Grass | | Michael Kohlmann Rainer Schüttler | 6–0, 6–4 | | 13. | October 15, 2006 | Moscow, Russia | Carpet (I) | | Jaroslav Levinský | 6–1, 7–5 | | 14. | January 5, 2007 | Doha, Qatar | Hard | Mikhail Youzhny | Martin Damm Leander Paes | 6–1, 7–6(3) | | 15. | February 26, 2007 | Dubai, United Arab Emirates | Hard | | Mahesh Bhupathi Radek Štepánek | 7–5, 6–7(3), [10–7] | 16. | May 7, 2007 | Rome, Italy | Clay | | Mike Bryan | 6–4, 6–7, [10–7] | | 17. | August 25, 2007 | New Haven, United States | Hard | | Mariusz Fyrstenberg Marcin Matkowski | 6–3, 6–3 | | 18. | October 28, 2007 | St. Petersburg, Russia | Carpet | | Jürgen Melzer Todd Perry | 6–1, 7–6(3) | | 19. | May 18, 2008 | Hamburg, Germany | Clay | | Mike Bryan | 6–4, 5–7, [10–8] | | 20. | June 15, 2008 | London, United Kingdom | Grass | | Marcelo Melo André Sá | 6–4, 7–6(3) | 21. | July 5, 2008 | Wimbledon, United Kingdom | Grass | | Jonas Björkman Kevin Ullyett | 7–6(12), 6–7(3), 6–3, 6–3 | | 22. | July 27, 2008 | Toronto, Canada | Hard | | Mike Bryan | 6–2, 4–6, [10–6] | | 23. | November 16, 2008 | Tennis Masters Cup, Shanghai | Hard | | Mike Bryan | 7–6(3), 6–2 | | 24. | February 15, 2009 | Rotterdam, Netherlands | Hard (i) | | Leander Paes | 6–2, 7–5 |
Runner-ups (20)
| No. | Date | Tournament | Surface | Partner | Opponents in Final | Score in Final | | 1. | February 14, 1999 | San Jose, U.S. | Hard (I) | Aleksandar Kitinov | Todd Woodbridge Mark Woodforde | 7–5, 6–7(3), 6–4 | | 2. | May 7, 2000 | Munich, Germany | Clay | Max Mirnyi | David Adams John-Laffnie de Jager | 6–4, 6–4 | | 3. | March 4, 2001 | Dubai, United Arab Emirates | Hard | Daniel Nestor | Joshua Eagle Sandon Stolle | 6–4, 6–4 | | 4. | April 15, 2001 | Estoril, Portugal | Clay | Donald Johnson | Radek Štepánek Michal Tabara | 6–4, 6–1 | | 5. | May 4, 2003 | Valencia, Spain | Clay | | Lucas Arnold Ker Mariano Hood | 6–1, 6–7(7), 6–4 | | 6. | May 25, 2003 | St. Pölten, Austria | Clay | Sargis Sargsian | Simon Aspelin Massimo Bertolini | 6–4, 6–7(10), 6–3 | | 7. | May 2, 2004 | Munich, Germany | Clay | Julian Knowle | James Blake Mark Merklein | 6–2, 6–4 | | 8. | July 4, 2004 | Wimbledon, London | Grass | | Jonas Björkman Todd Woodbridge | 6–1, 6–4, 4–6, 6–4 | | 9. | October 16, 2005 | Stockholm, Sweden | Hard (I) | Leander Paes | Paul Hanley | 5–3, 5–3 | 10. | October 23, 2005 | Madrid, Spain | Hard (I) | | Mark Knowles Daniel Nestor | 3–6, 6–3, 6–2 | | 11. | November 13, 2005 | Tennis Masters Cup, Shanghai | Carpet (I) | | Michaël Llodra Fabrice Santoro | 6–7(6), 6–3, 7–6(4) | 12. | April 23, 2006 | Monte Carlo, Monaco | Clay | | Max Mirnyi | 6–2, 7–6(2) | | 13. | July 9, 2006 | Wimbledon, London | Grass | | Bob Bryan Mike Bryan | 6–3, 4–6, 6–4, 6–2 | 14. | November 5, 2006 | Paris, France | Carpet (I) | | Arnaud Clément Michaël Llodra | 7–6(4), 6–2 | | 15. | June 17, 2007 | Halle, Germany | Grass | | Julian Knowle | 6–4, 7–6(5) | 16. | November 4, 2007 | Paris, France | Hard | | Mike Bryan | 6–3, 7–6(4) | 17. | March 21, 2008 | Indian Wells, U.S. | Hard | | Jonathan Erlich Andy Ram | 6–4, 6–4 | 18. | May 11, 2008 | Rome, Italy | Clay | | Mike Bryan | 3–6, 6–4, [10–8] | 19. | June 7, 2008 | French Open, France | Clay | | Pablo Cuevas Luis Horna | 6–2, 6–3 | | 20. | January 9, 2009 | Doha, Qatar | Hard | | Marc Lopez Rafael Nadal | 4–6, 6–4, [10–8] |
Doubles performance timeline
- A = did not participate in the tournament
- LQ = lost in qualifying draw
- SR = the ratio of the number of singles tournaments won to the number of those tournaments played
- NME = Not Master Series Event
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