Laslo Djere is a Serbian professional tennis player. He has two ATP Tour singles titles. He reached his career-high singles ranking of No.27 in June 2019. As of the end of February 2022, he is in the Top 50, at the No.49 spot. He has two ATP singles titles. He has also represented Serbia at the Davis Cup, helping them reach the semi-finals in 2017.
Player Profile and Personal Life
Laslo Djere, also spelled Đere was born on June 2, 1995, in Senta, Serbia. He is 188 cm tall and his weight was last listed at 82 kg. He is a right-handed player with a two-handed backhand. Coached by Eduardo Infantino, he has won more than US$3.2 million in prize money.
He started playing tennis at age 5 and he speaks Servian, English, and Russian fluently. He is a member of the Hungarian community in Serbia. Growing up, he was a fan of Andy Roddick, Novak Djokovic, and Lleyton Hewitt.
Career
As a juniors player, he won 5 singles titles. In 2013, he also made it to the quarter-finals of the Wimbledon Championship boy’s singles.
He debuted professionally in 2013 and in September of that year, he appeared in his first ATP tournament, the PTT Thailand Open. A few years later, in 2016, he appeared in his first Grand Slam main draw, at the French Open.
His breakthrough year was 2017. He qualified for the Australian Open but did not get a chance to play. However, he scored a number of important wins over the year and represented Serbia at the Davis Cup. He ended the year in the Top 100 at the No.88 spot.
He made his Grand Slam main draw debut in 2018. He made it to the first round of the Aussie Open and later on, he made it to the second round of the US Open.
In 2019, he won his first ATP Title, the Rio Open. In that year, he broke into the Top 30, landing at the No.29 spot in June. In 2021, he had his best Grand Slam finish to date when he made it to the third round of the French Open. In the same year, he also made it to the second round of Wimbledon and the first round of the Australian Open.
Career Statistics:
Singles
Career Titles: 2Highest Ranking: No. 27 (10 June 2019)Current Ranking: No. 49 (28 February 2022)
Grand Slam Singles Performances
Australian Open - 1R (2018, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022)French Open - 3R (2019, 2021)Wimbledon - 2R (2019, 2021)US Open - 2R (2018)
Doubles
Highest Ranking - No. 346 (22 March 2021)Current Ranking - No. 362 (7 February 2022)
Grand Slam Doubles Performances
Australian Open - 2R (2021)Wimbledon - 1R (2019, 2021)US Open - 1R (2019, 2021)
Team Competitions
Davis Cup- SF (2017)
