Željko Krajan

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Playing career

Krajan, a native of Varaždin, began playing tennis at age six.[2] His greatest success as a junior player was winning the Orange Bowl doubles tournament with Ivan Ljubičić in 1995.[3]

Krajan started his pro career at the ATP Tour in 1997.[2] His highest ATP ranking was No. 88 in August 2002.[2] In 2003 Krajan was sidelined following a shoulder surgery.[4] In 2004 he suffered a serious quadriceps tear, which ultimately caused his retirement from professional tennis in 2005.[4]

Coaching career

From 2005 on, Krajan turned to coaching, at first working with Saša Tuksar, a young Croatian tennis player, and then with German junior players as Heinz Günthardt's assistant coach.[4][5] In 2006 and 2007 he played in the German Regionalliga Süd-Ost for TC Ismaning.Script error: No such module "Unsubst". In October 2007, upon recommendation by Ivan Ljubičić, he became the coach of Dinara Safina,[4][6] who was at the time at a psychological low point of her career, ranked No. 17 in the world, and close to retiring from tennis.[5][7] Under Krajan's lead, Safina scored good results in the early 2008 season and placed runner-up in the 2008 French Open. After the 2008 French Open, Krajan was joined by Dejan Vojnović, retired Croatian Olympic sprinter, who became Safina's fitness coach.[8] Her continued string of good results earned her the 2008 WTA Most Improved Player award, and the World No. 1 spot in April 2009.[9] Safina described Krajan as "totally different from any other tennis coach" due to his patience and positive approach, as opposed to being preoccupied with correcting flaws in one's game.[7][10]

Safina and Krajan parted ways in May 2010.[11] In June of the same year Krajan started coaching Dominika Cibulková.[12] Krajan ceased working with Cibulkova in April 2012.[13] In January 2012 Krajan took over coaching of the Croatian Davis Cup team.[14] From April to June 2012 Krajan worked with Jelena Janković on trial basis.[15] In August 2012 Krajan began coaching Laura Robson, until they parted ways in May 2013, before the Mutua Madrid Open.[16]

Since May 2013, he returned to work in the ATP, coaching Former World No. 8 and Australian Open finalist Marcos Baghdatis.[17]

In November 2014, Borna Ćorić decided to take Krajan as his new coach.[18]

In April 2015, he left Ćorić and has quit being his coach to spend more time with his family.

On 25 November 2018, he won the Davis Cup with the national team.

On 9 November 2019, just nine days before the Davis Cup, he parted ways with the national team.[19]

In February 2024, Krajan started coaching former world number 1, Karolína Plíšková. [20]

ATP Challenger and ITF Futures finals

Singles: 9 (6–3)

Legend
ATP Challenger (1–2)
ITF Futures (5–1)
Finals by surface
Hard (1–0)
Clay (5–3)
Grass (0–0)
Carpet (0–0)
Result W–L Template:NsDateTemplate:Ns Tournament Tier Surface Opponent Score
Loss 0–1 Template:Dts Geneva Open Challenger, Switzerland Challenger Clay Template:Flagicon Dennis Van Scheppingen 3–6, 2–6
Win 1–1 Template:Dts Kamnik] Challenger, Slovenia Challenger Clay Template:Flagicon Vasilis Mazarakis 6–2, 3–6, 7–6(9–7)
Loss 1–2 Template:Dts Weiden in der Oberpfalz, Germany Challenger Clay Template:Flagicon Luis Horna 0–6, 4–6
Result W–L Template:NsDateTemplate:Ns Tournament Tier Surface Opponent Score
Win 1–0 Template:Dts F4 Ljubljana, Slovenia Futures Clay Template:Flagicon Jan Vacek 6–3, 6–3
Win 2–0 Template:Dts F6 Umag, Croatia Futures Clay Template:Flagicon Ivo Karlović 6–3, 3–6, 6–3
Win 3–0 Template:Dts F4 Villingen, Germany Futures Clay Template:Flagicon Johan Settergren 6–4, 6–1
Win 4–0 Template:Dts F4B Riemerling, Germany Futures Clay Template:Flagicon James Sekulov 6–4, 4–6, 6–0
Win 5–0 Template:Dts F2 Stuttgart, Germany Futures Hard Template:Flagicon Benjamin Ebrahimzadeh 6–3, 6–4
Loss 5–1 Template:Dts F14 Kempten, Germany Futures Clay Template:Flagicon Louk Sorensen 6–4, 3–6, 5–7

Doubles: 4 (2–2)

Legend
ATP Challenger (0–0)
ITF Futures (2–2)
Finals by surface
Hard (1–1)
Clay (1–1)
Grass (0–0)
Carpet (0–0)
Result W–L Date Tournament Tier Surface Partner Opponents Score
Win 1–0 Template:Dts F1 Veli Lošinj, Croatia Futures Clay Template:Flagicon Saša Hiršzon Template:Flagicon Ivo Karlović
Template:Flagicon Igor Saric 		7–6, 6–3
Loss 1–1 Template:Dts F1 Zagreb, Croatia Futures Hard Template:Flagicon Roko Karanušić Template:Flagicon Ivica Ančić
Template:Flagicon Mario Ančić 		4–6, 7–5, 5–7
Loss 1–2 Template:Dts F3 Teurershof, Germany Futures Clay Template:Flagicon Lovro Zovko Template:Flagicon Bobbie Altelaar
Template:Flagicon Jan Weinzierl 		4–6, 5–7
Win 2–2 Template:Dts F5 Bressuire, France Futures Hard Template:Flagicon Ivan Cinkus Template:Flagicon Alessandro Motti
Template:Flagicon Andrea Stoppini 		6–4, 6–1

References

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