Marko Tepavac

Head Coach

Marko Tepavac – Stats

  • Best ATP singles ranking 174
  • Best ATP doubles ranking 584
  • ATP universety 2016

Former coach of

  • Hamad Medjedović (9 ITF/670 ATP)
  • Jovana Jakšić (WTA 102)

Marko Tepavac – Biography

  • Date of birth: 05. April 1994.
  • Place of birth: Belgrade, Serbia
  • Height: 196 CM

About Marko Tepavac

  • Started tennis at age of five
  • One of the best players in the national generation in Serbia. Played for junior nationalteam.
  • Later reached ITF junior ranking 138 in under a year
  • Became a professional at age seventeen
  • Won many futures tournaments and passed through that level very easy
  • Reached ATP world ranking 174, winning a challenger and making many other good results on the tour by beating many top players
  • Played all level tournaments including Gram Slams and main draw ATP tour events
  • For the past 4 years working as a coach and accompanying players to tournaments. Also, when the opportunity arises, plays some tournaments himself
  • Current ranking 481

Career Highlights

  • Won 17 ( single), 4 ( double) ITF Futures Tournaments
  • Won ATP Challenger 50 k + h
  • Played doubles finals 100k
  • Won against many top players including: Dudi Sela, Karen Kachanov, Filip Krajinović, Ruben Bemelmans, Nikolas Kicker, Peter Goyovczyk ( US Open ), Borna Ćorić, Gimeno Traver, Laslo Djere, Felix Auger, Maximilian Marterer, Ilya Ivashka, Loyd Harris, Ivo Minar.

Experience

  • Played every tournament level (G.S. ATP, CHALLENGER, FUTURES)
  • Work with several world-class coaches including:
    • Bob Brett (Spent 3 years at the Bob Brett Tennis Academy in San Remo, Italy), Dusan Vemic, Adrian Garcija, Ilija Bozoljac
  • Received recommendations from the following tennis experts:
    • Younes El Aynaoui, best ranked 14 on the ATP list
    • Martin Spottl, coach of the Austrian national team
    • Sead Krdzalic, conditioning coach in NBA, and tennis player Milos Raonic (participant of several Olympic games as a javelin thrower)
    • Schaller Gilbert, ranked 17th on ATP, coach working with German and Austrian players
  • Finished ATP university 2016 (London)
  • Worked with professional players from Serbia, England, Romania, working in full engagement or as an advisor
  • Coached Hamad Medjedovic (9 ITF)
    • From June 2019 to January 2021, coached best Serbian junior Hamad Medjedovic
    • From 90th place brought him to the top 10 juniors in the world
    • Led Hamad to junior Roland Garros, where he played the quarterfinals and won against the no. 1 junior in the world
  • Traveling coach of Jovana Jaksic (WTA 102)

Skills & Completencies

  • Languages: Serbian (native language), English (native like fluency) and French (fluent)
  • Personal characteristic: trustworthy, hard worker, loyal person
  • Physical shape: In top physical condition and excellent tennis shape
  • Highly educated in fitness
Marko Tepavac