Zoran Petković
Zoran Petković (Serbian Cyrillic: Зоран Петковић) is a Bosnia-born tennis coach and former player who competed for Yugoslavia.[3] He is an ethnic Serb.[4]
| Residence | Darmstadt, Germany | |||||||
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| Born | 1960/1961 (age 59–60)[1] Tuzla,[2] SR Bosnia and Herzegovina, SFR Yugoslavia (now Bosnia and Herzegovina) | |||||||
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| Davis Cup | 1–1 | |||||||
Medal record
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Career
Petković won a doubles bronze medal at the 1979 Mediterranean Games partnering with Zoltan Ilin. In the early 1980s he took part in two Davis Cup ties for Yugoslavia; he lost a dead rubber to former World No. 1 Romania's Ilie Năstase in straight sets in 1980.[5]
Also in the early 1980s, he played college tennis for the South Carolina Gamecocks men's tennis.[6]
Personal life
His older daughter is German tennis player Andrea Petkovic, whom he has coached in the past.[7]
References
- "Der Tennisvater der besonderen Art". tennisnet.com (in German). 31 March 2011.
- "Tennistrainer Zoran Petkovic über den Weg zum Davis Cup". faz.net (in Serbian). 1 October 2019.
- ITF profile
- Walker, William (2010). German and Bosnian Voices in a Time of Crisis: Bosnian Refugees in Germany 1992-2002 (1st ed.). Indianapolis: Dog Ear Publishing. p. 178. ISBN 978-1-608446-605.
- Davis Cup profile
- "Petkovic feels at home in Charleston". postandcourier.com. 3 April 2015.
- "Andrea Petkovic Bio". wtatennis.com.
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