Amer Delić

Amer Delić (; born June 30, 1982) is a Bosnian American former professional tennis player. He is a former captain and member of the Bosnia and Herzegovina Davis Cup team.

Delić was born in Tuzla, then in Yugoslavia, now in the northeastern part of Bosnia and Herzegovina. In 1996, his family emigrated to Jacksonville, Florida, where he attended Samuel W. Wolfson High School, a public high school with the largest Bosnian population in Florida.

Representing the United States as a tour player until 2009, he then began representing his country of birth, Bosnia and Herzegovina, and was a member of its Davis Cup team.

Career

Delić played High School Tennis at Wolfson High in Jacksonville, Florida. It was here that he won a State Championship.

Delić played collegiate tennis at the University of Illinois. At Illinois he won both the NCAA Division I singles and team championships in 2003.

In Grand Slams, Delić's best singles performance was to reach the third round at the 2009 Australian Open. In doubles Delić reached the third round of the US Open twice: with Jeff Morrison in 2005, having upset the team of Leander Paes and Nenad Zimonjić in the first round, and with Justin Gimelstob in 2007.

In March 2007, Delić reached the fourth round of the Miami Masters, upset World No. 4 Nikolay Davydenko en route in straight sets.

2009

Delić started off the year in Brisbane, where he won three qualifying matches, but was defeated in the first round by Mario Ančić 6–7⁽²⁾, 7–6⁽⁴⁾, 6–7⁽⁶⁾. In Sydney he was defeated in the first round by Denis Gremelmayr 4–6, 6–7⁽⁴⁾. At the Australian Open, Amer finally started to win. He came through three qualifying matches, but lost in the qualifying stage. When he was awarded into a lucky loser spot after Filippo Volandri banned from a drug substantial use. In the first round of the main draw he defeated Taylor Dent 6–4, 3–6, 4–6, 6–3, 6–4. In the second round he defeated Paul-Henri Mathieu 1–6, 3–6, 6–3, 7–6⁽³⁾ 9–7. In the third round he was stopped by Novak Djokovic 2–6, 6–4, 3–6, 6–7⁽⁴⁾. After the match spectators were caught throwing chairs at each other due to the conflict between Bosnians and Serbs. Due to a knee injury, Delić's last 2009 appearance on the ATP tour was a first round loss against Nicolas Mahut at the Hall of Fame Tennis Championships in July.

2010: Comeback and Davis Cup play for Bosnia and Herzegovina

At the US Open, Delić tried a comeback but lost in the first qualification round against Michael Yani. In September, he joined the Bosnia and Herzegovina Davis Cup team for a tie in the Europe/Africa Group II against Portugal. He lost both his singles match against Frederico Gil in five sets and his doubles match on the side of Aldin Šetkić to Gil and Leonardo Tavares in four sets. Overall, after a 2:3 loss, his team stayed in Group II.

2011

In March, Delić participated in the Bosnia and Herzegovina team's Davis Cup tie in the Europe/Africa Zone Group II against Morocco. He won one of his two singles matches and the doubles match (on the side of Ismar Gorčić), thereby securing his team's victory. In the next tie against Estonia played in July, Delić won all his three matches decidedly helping his team to advance to the next stage against Denmark. There, he again won his two singles matches but not the doubles match so the team stayed in Group II. On the ATP Tour, Delić won his first title since 2008 at the BH Telecom Indoors at Sarajevo, a challenger tournament.

2012

In Davis Cup play, Delić again was instrumental in securing his team's win over Turkey in February by winning both his singles matches and the doubles match.

2015

Having been named Bosnia's Davis Cup captain in 2013, Amer made his comeback to professional tennis against Hungary in the 2015 Davis Cup after Bosnia was short a player, ultimately helping Bosnia win a doubles match. In addition to serving as their captain, Delić also served as Bosnia's reserve Davis Cup player in case of emergency.

2020

In October 2020, Delić announced a return to semi-professional tennis, partnering golfer Sergio García in a doubles tournament to be held in Austin, Texas. The pair lost their opening match at the Men's UTR Pro Tennis Open DropShot event.

2022 & 2023

Delic dabbles with pickleball.

ATP Challenger and ITF Futures finals

Singles: 17 (8–9)

Legend ATP Challenger (6–8) ITF Futures (2–1)

Finals by surface Hard (7–9) Clay (1–0) Grass (0–0) Carpet (0–0)

Result	W–L	Template:NsDateTemplate:Ns	Tournament	Tier	Surface	Opponent	Score
Loss	0–1	Template:Dts	USA F24, Kenosha	Futures	Hard	Template:Flagicon Ignacio Hirigoyen	2–6, 2–6
Win	1–1	Template:Dts	USA F19, Peoria	Futures	Clay	Template:Flagicon Francisco Rodriguez	6–1, 4–6, 6–2
Loss	1–2	Template:Dts	Dallas, United States	Challenger	Hard	Template:Flagicon Sebastien de Chaunac	4–6, 6–7(3–7)
Win	2–2	Template:Dts	USA F15, Auburn	Futures	Hard	Template:Flagicon K.J. Hippensteel	7–6(7–3), 6–3
Loss	2–3	Template:Dts	Nashville, United States	Challenger	Hard	Template:Flagicon Justin Gimelstob	6–7(3–7), 6–7(4–7)
Win	3–3	Template:Dts	Mexico City, Mexico	Challenger	Hard	Template:Flagicon Jeff Morrison	6–4, 3–6, 6–3
Loss	3–4	Template:Dts	Carson, United States	Challenger	Hard	Template:Flagicon Justin Gimelstob	6–7(5–7), 2–6
Loss	3–5	Template:Dts	Lexington, United States	Challenger	Hard	Template:Flagicon Lee Hyung-taik	7–5, 2–6, 3–6
Loss	3–6	Template:Dts	Vancouver, Canada	Challenger	Hard	Template:Flagicon Rik De Voest	6–7(4–7), 2–6
Loss	3–7	Template:Dts	New Orleans, United States	Challenger	Hard	Template:Flagicon Cecil Mamiit	3–6, 6–7(1–7)
Loss	3–8	Template:Dts	Calabasas, United States	Challenger	Hard	Template:Flagicon Mark Philippoussis	7–6(7–4), 6–7(4–7), 3–6
Win	4–8	Template:Dts	Louisville, United States	Challenger	Hard	Template:Flagicon Stéphane Bohli	3–6, 6–2, 6–3
Win	5–8	Template:Dts	Champaign-Urbana, United States	Challenger	Hard	Template:Flagicon Zack Fleishman	6–3, 6–0
Win	6–8	Template:Dts	Dallas, United States	Challenger	Hard	Template:Flagicon Stéphane Bohli	6–4, 7–5
Win	7–8	Template:Dts	Carson, United States	Challenger	Hard	Template:Flagicon Alex Bogomolov Jr.	7–6(7–5), 6–4
Loss	7–9	Template:Dts	Champaign-Urbana, United States	Challenger	Hard	Template:Flagicon Alex Bogomolov Jr.	7–5, 6–7(7–9), 3–6
Win	8–9	Template:Dts	Sarajevo, Bosnia & Herzegovina	Challenger	Hard	Template:Flagicon Karol Beck	walkover

Doubles: 6 (3–3)

Legend ATP Challenger (3–2) ITF Futures (0–1)

Finals by surface Hard (3–3) Clay (0–0) Grass (0–0) Carpet (0–0)

Result	W–L	Template:NsDateTemplate:Ns	Tournament	Tier	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Loss	0–1	Template:Dts	USA F30, Hammond	Futures	Hard	Template:Flagicon Bobby Reynolds	Template:Flagicon Lu Yen-Hsun Template:Flagicon Bruno Soares	4–6, 4–6
Win	1–1	Template:Dts	Lexington, United States	Challenger	Hard	Template:Flagicon Matias Boeker	Template:Flagicon Jason Marshall Template:Flagicon Harsh Mankad	7–5, 6–4
Win	2–1	Template:Dts	Calabasas, United States	Challenger	Hard	Template:Flagicon Bobby Reynolds	Template:Flagicon Zbynek Mlynarik Template:Flagicon Glenn Weiner	7–5, 7–6(7–4)
Loss	2–2	Template:Dts	Sacramento, United States	Challenger	Hard	Template:Flagicon Brian Wilson	Template:Flagicon Jeff Morrison Template:Flagicon Paul Goldstein	1–6, 3–6
Loss	2–3	Template:Dts	Louisville, United States	Challenger	Hard	Template:Flagicon Robert Kendrick	Template:Flagicon Robin Haase Template:Flagicon Igor Sijsling	walkover
Win	3–3	Template:Dts	Honolulu, United States	Challenger	Hard	Template:Flagicon Travis Rettenmaier	Template:Flagicon Jack Sock Template:Flagicon Nicholas Monroe	6–4, 7–6(7–3)

Performance timelines

Singles

Tournament	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008	2009	2010	2011	2012	SR	W–L	Win%
Grand Slam tournaments
Australian Open	A	A	Q2	2R	2R	2R	3R	A	A	Q2	0 / 4	5–4	Template:Tennis win percentage
French Open	A	A	Q1	Q2	1R	A	Q3	A	Q1	Q1	0 / 1	0–1	Template:Tennis win percentage
Wimbledon	A	A	Q3	Q1	2R	Q1	Q1	A	Q2	A	0 / 1	1–1	Template:Tennis win percentage
US Open	1R	2R	Q2	Q3	1R	1R	A	Q1	Q1	A	0 / 4	1–4	Template:Tennis win percentage
Win–loss	0–1	1–1	0–0	1–1	2–4	1–2	2–1	0–0	0–0	0–0	0 / 10	7–10	Template:Tennis win percentage
ATP Tour Masters 1000
Indian Wells	A	A	Q2	1R	Q1	Q1	A	A	A	1R	0 / 2	0–2	Template:Tennis win percentage
Miami	A	Q1	Q1	A	4R	Q1	2R	A	A	Q1	0 / 2	4–2	Template:Tennis win percentage
Rome	A	A	A	A	1R	A	A	A	A	A	0 / 1	0–1	Template:Tennis win percentage
Canada	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	Q2	A	0 / 0	0–0	Template:Tennis win percentage
Cincinnati	A	A	A	A	1R	A	A	A	A	A	0 / 1	0–1	Template:Tennis win percentage
Win–loss	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–1	3–3	0–0	1–1	0–0	0–0	0–1	0 / 6	4–6	Template:Tennis win percentage

Doubles

Tournament	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008	SR	W–L	Win%
Grand Slam tournaments
Australian Open	A	A	A	2R	A	0 / 1	1–1	Template:Tennis win percentage
French Open	A	A	A	1R	A	0 / 1	0–1	Template:Tennis win percentage
Wimbledon	A	A	1R	2R	1R	0 / 3	1–3	Template:Tennis win percentage
US Open	1R	3R	2R	3R	2R	0 / 5	6–5	Template:Tennis win percentage
Win–loss	0–1	2–1	1–2	4–4	1–2	0 / 10	8–10	Template:Tennis win percentage
ATP Tour Masters 1000
Miami	1R	A	A	A	A	0 / 1	0–1	Template:Tennis win percentage
Cincinnati	A	A	A	2R	A	0 / 1	1-1	Template:Tennis win percentage
Win–loss	0–1	0–0	0–0	1–1	0–0	0 / 2	1–2	Template:Tennis win percentage

External links

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