Ivan Dodig - participant in the final men's tennis tournament in pairs

Currently, Ivan Dodig is one of the most experienced players participating in the world tour. This tennis player represents the Croatian national team. During his long career, which began more than ten years ago, Ivan played many matches in both doubles and singles. This is a fairly experienced player. This year he is already thirty-one. Nevertheless, he continues his performances and is not yet going to cover the racket.

Tennis career of Ivan Dodig

Ivan Dodig's tennis career is quite interesting and full of various events. His first steps in the big sport as a professional player Ivan Dodig began quite late. The starting match the man spent at nineteen years. Most young men begin their careers much earlier. But even in this case, his first match in the ATP tournament had to wait even longer - a long four years. Waiting, Ivan gets on the future first racket of the world - Novak Djokovic. He loses this match. Of course, in the tennis career in the future there were quite a lot of victories, even over such a famous sportsman as Rafael Nadal. However, greater success Ivan Dodig, tennis player, reached in doubles.

In singles, he also took part. But then the athlete did not show a good result. But, being in perfect shape, he entered the TOP-30 rating of the ATP. But it was only once. He did not manage to stay at this level. Currently, the tennis player is at the beginning of the second hundredth rating of the ATP, which does not allow him to participate in the main competition grid without qualifying games or count on an invitation from the organizers of the tournament in the form of a white card participant.

The success of the doubles player

Sometimes it happens that the tennis player does not show himself in the singles, but he is quite a successful athlete in the doubles. This happened with Ivan Dodig. His main successes in his career just fall on the doubles competitions of tennis players. It was in these tournaments that Ivan Dodig achieved his best result, winning in 2015 the first Grand Slam tournament in his life. It was an open championship of France, the so-called "Roland Garros".

Two years before this event Ivan Dodig tried to win the same trophy in London, reaching the final of the Wimbledon tournament in a pair. But at that moment luck smiled rivals. And on the grass court, Ivan did not achieve the desired result. But on his favorite hard he reached the maximum to the semifinals. So it was in Australia. The same result was observed in the USA.

Marcelo Melo is a regular partner of Ivan Dodig

The main success of his doubles tennis player reached together with the Brazilian athlete Marcelo Melo. In the final ATP tournament in doubles they became finalists. It was a real success for Ivan. Blowing continues and now to speak, supporting close cooperation. Thanks to good results, this year Dodig Ivan is invited to the final doubles tournament in London. Melo Marcelo, of course, will participate with him in these competitions as a partner.