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Laslo Djere (born 2 June 1995) is a Serbian professional tennis player. On 10 June 2019, Djere reached his career-high singles ranking of world No. 27. On 22 March 2021, he reached his career-high at world No. 346 in the doubles rankings. He is currently the No. 4 Serbian player.
He has won three ATP Tour singles titles, all on clay, one an ATP 500 event in Rio in 2019, after which he made the break-through into top 30, and at the inaugural 2020 Forte Village Sardegna Open and the 2025 Chile Open both ATP 250 events. Djere debuted on the ATP Tour at the 2013 PTT Thailand Open, where he was a wildcard. His first qualification attempt to play in the main draw at any Grand Slam was at the 2015 French Open, but his first successful attempt and main draw debut happened at the 2016 French Open. At 2018 US Open, he recorded his first Grand Slam win, defeating Leonardo Mayer in first round.
Junior Grand Slam results – Singles:
Junior Grand Slam results – Doubles:
In 2014, Djere played only at Futures, as well as two unsuccessful attempt at Challengers. At Prosperita Open in Ostrava, he lost in third round of qualification, losing from Marek Michalička. In May, he won Croatia F8 Futures in Bol, defeating Mike Urbanija in final. Week later, he won another Futures in Bosnia&Herzegovina (F2) in Prijedor. At Vicenza International, he lost in third round of qualification, losing from Zhang Ze. In September, he won Serbia F13 Futures in Niš. His last tournament of 2014 season was in December, at Senegal F2 Futures in Dakar, where he had success, and won title, winning against Aldin Šetkić in final.
Djere started 2015 season successfully, playing in the semifinal of Morocco Tennis Tour – Casablanca, where Javier Martí stopped him to reach his first Challenger final. In late January, he won Egypt F3 Futures in Cairo, defeating Kamil Majchrzak in straight-sets. At Dubai Tennis Championships, he made his first attempt to play at some ATP 500 Series event, but failed in the second round of qualification, losing from Lucas Pouille. At French Open, he played in qualification, trying to reach his first main-draw at any grand-slams, but lost in the first round from Nikoloz Basilashvili. In June 2015, in the final of Czech Open challenger tournament in Prostějov, he lost to No. 2 seed Jiří Veselý (ranked No. 41 at the time), while beating three other top 80 players on his way to the final, No. 1 seed Martin Kližan, No. 6 seed Dušan Lajović, and No. 7 seed João Souza, respectively. After that result, on June 8, he debuted in top 200, reaching place of 182. He also reached the quarterfinal at Aspria Tennis Cup in Milan. At US Open, he failed to reach the main-draw, losing in first round of qualification from Mathias Bourgue. By the end of the year, he played quarterfinal at Morocco Tennis Tour – Casablanca II, and semifinal at Sparkassen ATP Challenger in Ortisei.
In May 2016, he played in a Grand Slam main draw for the first time after getting through the qualifying draw at the French Open. He reached two Challenger finals during the summer of 2016.
In January, Djere finally debuted in main-draw at Australian Open, playing in first round against Ivo Karlović, but didn't make it to the second round. He had his ATP Masters 1000 debut at the 2018 BNP Paribas Open, where he was defeated by Tim Smyczek. He reached two ATP semifinals in 2018, Istanbul Open in May and Swiss Open Gstaad in July, where he defeated Borna Ćorić among others. He recorded his first Grand Slam main draw win by defeating Leonardo Mayer at the US Open, before losing to Richard Gasquet in the second round when he failed to convert all 12 of his break point opportunities. He next played a home tie against India in the Davis Cup World Group play-offs, where he defeated Ramkumar Ramanathan in the opener for his first career win in a Davis Cup match and Serbia eventually won the tie 4–0. On 24 September 2018, after making semifinal at Sibiu Open, Djere reached a then-career high of world No. 83 on 24 September 2018, that in the same time was his highest ranking until 2019.
He next played in Indian Wells, where he was seeded for the first time in his career in an ATP event (despite being a wildcard entrant), receiving a first round bye and then defeating Guido Andreozzi for his first Masters 1000 win, before being defeated by countryman Miomir Kecmanović in the third round, his best career showing at a Masters 1000 level. A semifinal at the Hungarian Open saw him climb to a career high of world No. 29.
He next reached the third round of Madrid Masters, where he defeated Juan Martín del Potro for his second top 10 win, before losing to Marin Čilić. Winning only one match at the Rome Masters (lost in round two to Basilashvili), coupled with a few withdrawals proved to be enough for Djere to be seeded at a Grand Slam for the first time in his career.
At the French Open, he was seeded 31st, and had his best Grand Slam result so far. He reached the third round, winning against Albert Ramos Viñolas and Alexei Popyrin, in first two-round, before he lost from Kei Nishikori in third round.
Djere reached the third round of a Grand Slam for a second time at the 2021 French Open where he was defeated by sixth seed Alexander Zverev.
Seeded eighth at the Argentina Open, Djere lost in the first round to compatriot, Miomir Kecmanović, in three sets. At the Rio Open, he was defeated in the first round by sixth seed and world No. 21, Lorenzo Sonego. In Acapulco, he was ousted from the tournament in the first round by third seed, world No. 4, and last year finalist, Stefanos Tsitsipas, despite having three set points in the first set. In March, he competed at the BNP Paribas Open. Here, he lost in the second round to 10th seed Jannik Sinner.
At the 2022 Monte-Carlo Masters he reached the third round for the first time at this Masters and only the third time in his career at this level. He defeated Maxime Cressy, 16th seed Lorenzo Sonego in straight sets before losing to third seed and eventual champion Stefanos Tsitsipas.
At the 2022 Winston-Salem Open he reached his fourth ATP tour final defeating David Goffin, 16th seed João Sousa, qualifier Jason Kubler, Richard Gasquet and qualifier Marc-Andrea Huesler after needing 9 match points to win.
After the Australian Open, Djere represented Serbia in the Davis Cup tie against Norway. He played one match and won over Viktor Durasovic. In the end, Serbia won the tie over Norway 4–0 to advance to the Davis Cup Finals. At the Argentina Open, he lost in the second round to top seed, world No. 2, and eventual champion, Carlos Alcaraz, in three sets. In Rio, he was defeated in the second round by compatriot Dušan Lajović. Seeded sixth at the Chile Open, he reached the quarterfinals where he lost to third seed and previous year finalist, Sebastián Báez. In March, he competed at the BNP Paribas Open. He was beaten in the first round by Oscar Otte. In Miami, he lost in the second round to 10th seed, world No. 11, 2021 finalist, and eventual finalist, Jannik Sinner.
Djere started his clay court season at the Monte-Carlo Masters. He lost in the first round to 10th seed and world No. 13, Hubert Hurkacz, in a three-set thriller, despite having match point in the third set. At the first edition of the Srpska Open, he beat third seed and world No. 21, Borna Ćorić, in the second round. He fell in his quarterfinal match to Alex Molčan. In Madrid, he lost in the first round to qualifier and eventual semifinalist, Aslan Karatsev. Seeded fourth at the Sardegna Open, he made it to his 12th ATP Challenger tour final and first since July 2018 defeating Ben Shelton but lost to sixth seed Ugo Humbert.
At the Italian Open, he defeated 23rd seed and world No. 30, Botic van de Zandschulp, in the second round. He reached the fourth round for the first in his career at a Masters 1000 level, benefitting from two retirements in the first and third rounds from Constant Lestienne and Cristian Garín respectively, but lost to world No. 4 Casper Ruud.
At the 2023 Wimbledon Championships he reached the third round for the first time at this Major, defeating two Americans Maxime Cressy in four sets with four tiebreaks and 32nd seed Ben Shelton also in four sets.
In July, Djere reached the final of Hamburg Open, where he was defeated by Alexander Zverev.
In August, Djere reached the semifinals in Kitzbühel, where he was defeated in three sets after exactly three and a half hours of play by Dominic Thiem, despite having 5 match points.
During the US Open hardcourt swing, he reached quarterfinals of Winston-Salem Open by defeating Facundo Díaz Acosta in the second and Alex Michelsen in the third round, both in straight sets, before losing in the quarterfinals to the sixth seed and eventual champion Sebastián Báez.
At the US Open, as No. 32 seed Djere reached the third round. In the first round he defeated Brandon Nakashima, while in the second, he defeated Frenchman Hugo Gaston, both times in straight sets. In the round of 32, he lost to Novak Djokovic in five sets, after being two sets to love up.
In September, during the Davis Cup Finals in Valencia, Djere, playing singles as his country's No. 1 for the first time, won against Kwon Soon-woo from South Korea and gave the all important second point to his Serbian Davis Cup team. In the tie against Spain, Djere won in straight sets against Albert Ramos Viñolas, helping Serbia win the tie 3:0.
In October 2023, Djere reached the semifinals of Stockholm Open, by defeating Leo Borg in the first, J. J. Wolf in the second round and outlasting Tomáš Macháč in the quarterfinals. In the semifinals, he lost to an eventual champion, Gael Monfils.
In February 2025, Djere reached back-to back-semifinals during the Golden Swing at the 2025 Argentina Open and at the 2025 Chile Open defeating en route, fourth seed Alejandro Tabilo, Thiago Seyboth Wild as a qualifier, and fourth seed Pedro Martínez, Jaime Faria, respectively. He went one step further reaching his sixth tour-level final in Santiago with a win over top seed Francisco Cerúndolo and subsequently won the title defeating another Argentinian, the defending champion Sebastián Báez, his 150th career win. As a result he returned to the top 75 in the ATP singles rankings on 3 March 2025.
2019: First ATP title, top 30 debut
In February, Djere won his first ATP title at the Rio Open, defeating Dominic Thiem in the process for the first top 10 win of his career and reached a then-career high ranking of No. 37. During the trophy presentation in Rio, Djere dedicated the title to his late parents in an emotional speech. This title, helped him enter the top 50 for the first time, climbing to World No. 37. After that he made the semifinal at 2019 Brasil Open in São Paulo, losing from Guido Pella.
2020: Second ATP tour title
In October, Djere won the inaugural Forte Village Sardegna Open by beating home favorite Marco Cecchinato in straight sets in the finals.
2021: Sardegna Open final
In April, he reached the final of Sardegna Open where he lost in three tight sets against home favorite Lorenzo Sonego.
2022: Winston-Salem final
Djere started his 2022 season at the Adelaide International 1. Seeded seventh, he reached the quarterfinals where he lost to third seed Marin Čilić. At the Australian Open, he was defeated in the first round by world No. 14 and eventual quarterfinalist, Denis Shapovalov.
2023: Maiden Top-5 win, Hamburg final
Djere started his season at the Maharashtra Open. He defeated fifth seed, Alex Molčan, in the first round. He lost in the second round to qualifier Maximilian Marterer. At the ASB Classic, he stunned top seed and world No. 3, Casper Ruud, in the second round for his third Top-10 win of his career, and his first Top-5 victory. He was defeated in the quarterfinals by Constant Lestienne, despite having a match point in the second set. At the Australian Open, he got his first win at this Major event by beating qualifier Zizou Bergs in the first round. He lost in the second round to 27th seed and world No. 28 Grigor Dimitrov.
2024–2025: Santiago title, 150th win
In November 2024, Djere reached the semifinals at his home tournament, the 2024 Belgrade Open in Serbia, but lost to compatriot Hamad Medjedovic.
Coaches
Djere's history of coaches include: Petar Čonkić in 2018, Boris Čonkić from 2018 to 2020, Eduardo Infantino from 2020 to 2022, Jaroslav Levinský from 2023 to 2024, and Mario Tudor since 2025.
Performance timelines
Singles
Current through the 2025 Țiriac Open.
Grand Slam tournaments Australian Open A A A Q1 Q2 1R 1R 1R 1R 1R 2R 1R Q2 0 / 7 1–7 French Open A A Q1 1R Q2 1R 3R 1R 3R 2R 1R 1R 1R 0 / 9 5–9 Wimbledon A A A A Q1 1R 2R NH 2R 1R 3R 1R 1R 0 / 7 4–7 US Open A A Q1 Q2 A 2R 1R 1R 1R 1R 3R 2R A 0 / 7 4–7 Win–loss 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–1 0–0 1–4 3–4 0–3 3–4 1–4 5–4 1–4 0–2 0 / 30 14–30 National representation Davis Cup A A A A SF 1R A A GS SF G1 0 / 5 5–5 Summer Olympics NH A NH A NH A NH 0 / 0 0–0 ATP 1000 Indian Wells Open A A A A A 1R 3R NH 1R 2R 1R A A 0 / 5 2–5 Miami Open A A A A A A A NH 2R 1R 2R 2R A 0 / 4 3–4 Monte-Carlo Masters A A A A A A 1R NH 1R 3R 1R 1R Q2 0 / 5 2–5 Madrid Open A A A A A A 3R NH Q1 A 1R A 2R 0 / 2 2–2 Italian Open A A A A A A 2R A 1R 2R 4R A 3R 0 / 4 5–4 Canadian Open A A A A A A 1R NH A A A A A 0 / 1 0–1 Cincinnati Open A A A A A A 1R Q1 1R A Q1 A A 0 / 2 0–2 Shanghai Masters A A A A A A A NH 1R A 1R 0 / 2 0–2 Paris Masters A A A A Q2 A 1R 1R 1R Q2 2R A 0 / 4 1–4 Win–loss 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–1 4–4 0–1 1–6 4–4 5–7 1–2 4–4 0 / 28 15–28 Career statistics 2019 2024 Career Tournaments 1 0 1 1 4 16 23 10 26 24 24 16 3 Career total: 149 Titles 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 Career total: 3 Finals 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 1 1 0 1 Career total: 6 Hard Win–loss 0–1 0–0 0–0 0–0 1–1 2–9 2–10 2–5 5–13 10–12 16–12 6–7 0–0 0 / 67 44–70 Clay Win–loss 0–0 0–0 0–1 0–1 6–4 10–7 17–9 11–4 17–11 10–10 16–11 4–8 8–2 2 / 68 99–68 Grass Win–loss 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–1 1–3 0–0 1–2 1–3 4–3 0–2 0–0 0 / 14 7–14 Overall win–loss 0–1 0–0 0–1 0–1 7–5 12–17 20–22 13–9 23–26 21–25 36–26 10–17 8–2 2 / 149 150–152 Win (%) Career total: Year-end ranking 495 341 186 185 88 93 38 57 52 70 33 115
ATP career finals
Singles: 6 (3 titles, 3 runner-ups)
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Grand Slam (0–0) ATP Finals (0–0) ATP 1000 (0–0) ATP 500 (1–1) ATP 250 (2–2)
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Outdoor (3–3) Indoor (0–0) Win 1–0 Rio Open, Brazil ATP 500 Clay Félix Auger-Aliassime 6–3, 7–5 Win 2–0 Sardegna Open, Italy ATP 250 Clay Marco Cecchinato 7–6(7–3), 7–5 Loss 2–1 Sardegna Open, Italy ATP 250 Clay Lorenzo Sonego 6–2, 6–7(5–7), 4–6 Loss 2–2 Winston-Salem Open, United States ATP 250 Hard Adrian Mannarino 6–7(1–7), 4–6 Loss 2–3 Hamburg European Open, Germany ATP 500 Clay Alexander Zverev 5–7, 3–6 Win 3–3 Chile Open, Chile ATP 250 Clay Sebastián Báez 6–4, 3–6, 7–5
ATP Challenger Tour and ITF Futures finals
Singles: 25 (11 titles, 14 runner-ups)
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ATP Challenger Tour (2–10) ITF Futures (9–4)
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Hard (1–1) Clay (10–13) Grass (0–0) Loss 0–1 Jun 2015 Czech Open, Czech Republic Challenger Clay Jiří Veselý 4–6, 2–6 Loss 0–2 Jun 2016 Aspria Tennis Cup, Italy Challenger Clay Marco Cecchinato 2–6, 2–6 Loss 0–3 Aug 2016 Cortina International, Italy Challenger Clay João Souza 4–6, 6–7(4–7) Loss 0–4 Jun 2017 Vicenza International, Italy Challenger Clay Márton Fucsovics 6–4, 6–7(7), 2–6 Loss 0–5 Jun 2017 Poprad Challenger, Slovakia Challenger Clay Cedrik-Marcel Stebe 0–6, 3–6 Win 1–5 Jul 2017 Perugia International, Italy Challenger Clay Daniel Muñoz de la Nava 7–6(4), 6–4 Loss 1–6 Jul 2017 San Benedetto Tennis Cup, Italy Challenger Clay Matteo Berrettini 3–6, 4–6 Loss 1–7 Oct 2017 Almaty Challenger, Kazakhstan Challenger Clay Filip Krajinović 0–6, 3–6 Loss 1–8 May 2018 Garden Open, Italy Challenger Clay Adam Pavlásek 6–7(1), 7–6(9), 4–6 Loss 1–9 Jun 2018 Moneta Czech Open, Czech Republic Challenger Clay Jaume Munar 1–6, 3–6 Win 2–9 Jul 2018 Aspria Tennis Cup, Italy Challenger Clay Gianluca Mager 6–2, 6–1 Loss 2–10 May 2023 Sardegna Open, Italy Challenger Clay Ugo Humbert 6–4, 5–7, 4–6 Loss 0–1 Sep 2012 F12 Subotica, Serbia Futures Clay Jozef Kovalík 6–3, 0–6, 3–6 Win 1–1 Jul 2013 F6 Kikinda, Serbia Futures Clay Teodor-Dacian Crăciun 6–2, 6–1 Win 2–1 Sep 2013 F11 Zlatibor, Serbia Futures Clay Peđa Krstin 7–6(0), 6–3 Loss 2–2 Nov 2013 F1 Nicosia, Cyprus Futures Clay Bastian Trinker 2–6, 3–6 Loss 2–3 Nov 2013 F2 Nicosia, Cyprus Futures Hard Michal Schmid 4–6, 2–6 Win 3–3 May 2014 F8 Bol, Croatia Futures Clay Mike Urbanija 6–1, 6–2 Win 4–3 May 2014 F2 Prijedor, Bosnia Herzegovina Futures Clay Tomislav Brkić 6–3, 6–2 Loss 4–4 Jun 2014 F1 Budapest, Hungary Futures Clay Patrik Rosenholm 3–6, 7–5, 4–6 Win 5–4 Sep 2014 F13 Niš, Serbia Futures Clay Ivan Bjelica 7–6(6), 6–4 Win 6–4 Dec 2014 F2 Dakar, Senegal Futures Hard Aldin Šetkić 7–5, 2–6, 6–4 Win 7–4 Feb 2015 F3 Cairo, Egypt Futures Clay Kamil Majchrzak 6–3, 7–5 Win 8–4 Feb 2016 F6 Hammamet, Tunisia Futures Clay Pascal Brunner 1–6, 6–1, 7–6(5) Win 9–4 Apr 2017 F4 Opatija, Croatia Futures Clay Zdeněk Kolář 7–5, 6–4
Doubles: 1 (1 runner–up)
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ATP Challenger Tour (0–1) ITF Futures (0–0)
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Hard (0–0) Clay (0–1) Grass (0–0) Loss 0–1 May 2015 Samarkand Challenger, Uzbekistan Challenger Clay Peđa Krstin Sergey Betov
Mikhail Elgin4–6, 3–6
ITF Junior Tour
ITF Junior Circuit Category GA finals
Singles: 2 (1 titles, 1 runner-up)
Win 1–0 Dec 2012 Orange Bowl, United States Clay Elias Ymer 6–4, 6–4 Loss 1–1 May 2013 Trofeo Bonfiglio, Italy Clay Alexander Zverev 6–7(5–7), 7–5, 5–7
Wins against top 10 players
3 2019 1. Dominic Thiem 8 Rio Open, Brazil Clay 1R 6–3, 6–3 90 2. Juan Martín del Potro 8 Madrid Open, Spain Clay 2R 6–3, 2–6, 7–5 32 2023 3. Casper Ruud 3 Auckland Open, New Zealand|bgcolor=CCCCFFHard
2R 3–6, 6–3, 7–6(7–5) 70
National and international representation
Davis Cup: 3 (1–2)
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World Group (0–2) WG play-off (1–0) Group I (0–0) Group II (0–0)
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Hard (0–0) Clay (1–2) Grass (0–0) Carpet (0–0)
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Singles (1–2) Doubles (0–0)
Defeat 1. II Singles France Jo-Wilfried Tsonga 6–7(4–7), 3–6, 3–6 Defeat 2. I Singles USA Sam Querrey 7–6(7–4), 2–6, 5–7, 4–6 Victory 3. I Singles India Ramkumar Ramanathan 3–6, 6–4, 7–6(7–2), 6–2
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