Nikola Mektić
Nikola Mektić is a Croatian professional tennis player who specializes in doubles. He reached the semifinals of the Men's Doubles 2017 Wimbledon Championships and the Men's Doubles 2018 French Open. He also won three Masters 1000 ATP tournaments with three different partners - 2018 Mutua Madrid Open, the 2019 BNP Paribas Open in Indian Wells and the 2019 Monte-Carlo Masters. On the 22nd of April 2019 he reached his highest career ranking at No. 5.
Early and personal life
Mektić was born in Zagreb, Croatia in 1988 to Mirko and Višnja. He began playing tennis at age 6 after his brother Luka took up the sport. He supports LeBron James and the Los Angeles Lakers.Career
After toiling on the ATP challenger tour for a better part of a decade and achieving a career high ranking of 213 in singles , in 2016 he decided to focus on doubles. The same year Mektić reached his first ATP men's doubles finals at the Croatia Open in Umag. Since then, he has won seven ATP men's doubles titles, including three Masters 1000 titles at Madrid, Indian Wells and Monte Carlo. In 2018 Mektic and Alexander Peya qualified for the 2018 ATP Finals in London. The same year Mektić reached his first Grand Slam finals at the 2018 US Open, partnering Alicja Rosolska, and won the Davis Cup playing for Croatia.Significant finals
Grand Slam tournament finals
Mixed doubles: 2 (1 title, 1 runner-up)
| Outcome | Year | Championship | Surface | Partner | Opponents | Score |
| Loss | 2018 | US Open | Hard |  Alicja Rosolska |  Bethanie Mattek-Sands Jamie Murray | 6–2, 3–6, |
| Win | 2020 | Australian Open | Hard |  Barbora Krejčíková | Bethanie Mattek-Sands Jamie Murray | 5–7, 6–4, |
Masters 1000 finals
Doubles: 3 (3 titles)
ATP career finals
Doubles: 14 (7 titles, 7 runner-ups)
| Result | W–L | Date | Tournament | Tier | Surface | Partner | Opponents | Score |
| Loss | 0–1 | 2016 Croatia Open Umag – Doubles| | Croatia Open, Croatia | 250 Series | Clay |  Antonio Šančić |  Martin Kližan David Marrero | 4–6, 2–6 |
| Win | 1–1 | 2017 Memphis Open – Doubles| | Memphis Open, United States | 250 Series | Hard | Brian Baker | Ryan Harrison Steve Johnson | 6–3, 6–4 |
| Win | 2–1 | 2017 Gazprom Hungarian Open – Doubles| | Hungarian Open, Hungary | 250 Series | Hard | Brian Baker |  Juan Sebastián Cabal Robert Farah | 7–6, 6–4 |
| Loss | 2–2 | 2017 ATP Shenzhen Open – Doubles| | Shenzhen Open, China | 250 Series | Hard | Nicholas Monroe |  Alexander Peya Rajeev Ram | 3–6, 2–6 |
| Loss | 2–3 | 2018 Diema Xtra Sofia Open – Doubles| | Sofia Open, Bulgaria | 250 Series | Hard | Alexander Peya |  Robin Haase Matwé Middelkoop | 7–5, 4–6, |
| Loss | 2–4 | 2018 Rio Open – Doubles| | Rio Open, Brazil | 500 Series | Clay | Alexander Peya | David Marrero Fernando Verdasco | 7–5, 5–7, |
| Win | 3–4 | 2018 Grand Prix Hassan II – Doubles| | Grand Prix Hassan II, Morocco | 250 Series | Clay | Alexander Peya |  Benoît Paire Édouard Roger-Vasselin | 7–5, 3–6, |
| Loss | 3–5 | 2018 BMW Open – Doubles| | Bavarian Championships, Germany | 250 Series | Clay | Alexander Peya | Ivan Dodig Rajeev Ram | 3–6, 5–7 |
| Win | 4–5 | 2018 Mutua Madrid Open – Men's Doubles| | Madrid Open, Spain | Masters 1000 | Clay | Alexander Peya | Bob Bryan Mike Bryan | 5–3, ret. |
| Win | 5–5 | 2019 Sofia Open – Doubles| | Sofia Open, Bulgaria | 250 Series | Hard | Jürgen Melzer |  Hsieh Cheng-peng Christopher Rungkat | 6–2, 4–6, |
| Win | 6–5 | 2019 BNP Paribas Open – Men's Doubles| | Indian Wells Masters, United States | Masters 1000 | Hard |  Horacio Zeballos | Łukasz Kubot Marcelo Melo | 4–6, 6–4, |
| Win | 7–5 | 2019 Monte-Carlo Masters – Doubles| | Monte-Carlo Masters, Monaco | Masters 1000 | Clay | Franko Škugor | Robin Haase Wesley Koolhof | 6–7, 7–6, |
| Loss | 7–6 | 2019 Rakuten Japan Open Tennis Championships – Doubles| | Japan Open, Japan | 500 Series | Hard | Franko Škugor | Nicolas Mahut Édouard Roger-Vasselin | 6–7, 4–6 |
| Loss | 7–7 | 2020 Open 13 – Doubles| | Open 13, France | 250 Series | Hard | Wesley Koolhof | Nicolas Mahut Vasek Pospisil | 3–6, 4–6 |
ATP Challenger and ITF Future titles
Singles (15)
| Challengers |
| Futures |
| No. | Date | Tournament | Surface | Opponent | Score |
| 1. | 25 May 2008 | Brčko, Bosnia and Herzegovina | Clay |  Dennis Blömke | 6–2, 6–3 |
| 2. | 10 May 2009 | Doboj, Bosnia and Herzegovina | Clay |  Ivan Bjelica | 7–6, 4–6, 6–3 |
| 3. | 31 May 2009 | Brčko, Bosnia and Herzegovina | Clay | Aleksander Slović | 7–6, 7–5 |
| 4. | 23 August 2009 | Vinkovci, Croatia | Clay |  Ismar Gorčić | 7–6, 7–6 |
| 5. | 30 August 2009 | Čakovec, Croatia | Clay |  Attila Balázs | 6–3, 7–5 |
| 6. | 6 September 2009 | Osijek, Croatia | Clay | Aldin Šetkić | 2–6, 6–4, 6–2 |
| 7. | 6 June 2010 | Rogaška Slatina, Slovenia | Clay |  Denys Molchanov | 6–3, 4–2 ret. |
| 8. | 18 July 2010 | Fano, Italy | Clay |  Stefano Ianni | 6–2, 6–0 |
| 9. | 27 February 2011 | Zagreb, Croatia | Clay |  Michael Lammer | 7–6, ret. |
| 10. | 27 May 2012 | Prijedor, Bosnia and Herzegovina | Clay | Marin Bradarić | 5–7, 7–5, 6–0 |
| 11. | 3 June 2012 | Bled, Slovenia | Clay | Marcel Zimmermann | 1–6, 6–2, 6–4 |
| 12. | 29 September 2013 | Sokobanja, Serbia | Clay | Marc Rath | 6–6, 5–2, ret. |
| 13. | 13 October 2013 | Solin, Croatia | Clay | Mate Delić | 7–6, 7–6 |
| 14. | 2 March 2014 | Trento, Italy | Carpet | Roman Jebavý | 6–3, 5–7, 6–1 |
| 15. | 26 October 2014 | Jablonec nad Nisou, Czech Republic | Carpet | Jan Hernych | 6–4, 6–4 |
Doubles (15)
| Challengers |
| Futures |