# Dušan Vemić

Dušan Vemić (Serbian Cyrillic: Душан Вемић; born 17 June 1976) is a Serbian tennis coach and former professional tennis player.

## Professional career

His professional tennis career started in 1995, and his career high was No. 146 in singles (reached on 25 February 2008), and No.31 in doubles (on 12 January 2009). Vemić ranks 19th in Fastest recorded tennis serves (235 km/h / 146 mph) in Tour history.
Vemić began 2007 ranked #406, down 170 spots from the start of 2006. He had success in 2007 playing at all levels of the tennis tour: Futures, Challenger, and ATP events. Two Futures semifinals and a final, qualifying into 3 ATP events, and qualifying into and winning a match in a top-level Challenger moved his ranking back into the top-300 in mid-April. He then reached the semifinal of a top-level Challenger in Bermuda in April and qualified into the main draw of the French Open in May, where he lost in four sets to eventual third-rounder Janko Tipsarević. In August, a semifinal performance in a top-level Challenger in Segovia followed by a finals appearance the next week in a Challenger in Binghamton pushed his ranking back into the top-200 for the first time since he was there for two weeks in 2004, and was his highest ranking since May 1998, when he spent 5 weeks in the top-200.
In 2008, Vemić competed in World Team Tennis with the Kansas City Explorers entry, which narrowly lost the league championship to the New York Buzz.
Highlights of his 2008-year include winning 5 doubles titles on the ATP Challenger Tour: Miami, United States with Ilija Bozoljac (SRB); Sunrise, Florida, USA with Janko Tipsarević (SRB); Cremona, Italy with Eduardo Schwank (ARG); Waco, Texas, USA with Alex Bogomolov Jr. (USA); and Calabasas, California, USA with Ilija Bozoljac (SRB).
Vemić also reached both the semifinals of the French Open and the quarterfinals at the U.S. Open with partner Bruno Soares.
Always versatile in his partner choice, Dusan Vemić has partnered with players such as Jamie Murray, Ivo Karlović, Novak Djokovic, and Mischa Zverev in 2009.
In the 2010 Australian Open, Vemić and Ivo Karlović made the semifinals, losing to Daniel Nestor and Nenad Zimonjić 6–4,6–4

## Coaching career

Following his career on tour, Vemić briefly coached WTA player Andrea Petkovic, helping her and coach Petar Popović to reach an all-time WTA ranking high of #9.
Soon afterward, Vemić joined the world number one tennis team for Novak Djokovic. As part of the Djokovic team, Vemić coached alongside Djokovic's longtime coach Marián Vajda in US Open '11, '12; Australian Open '12, '13; French Open '12, '13; Wimbledon '12, '13. During that time, Djokovic won two grand slam titles at the Australian Open and one grand slam title at the US Open in Flushing Meadows, New York, as well as the 2012 ATP World Tour Finals in London. In 2016, Vemic coached Djokovic at the ATP Miami Open, where he won the Championship against Kei Nishikori 6–3, 6–3, and surpassed Roger Federer in career prize money earnings.
In January 2013, Vemić joined the coaching staff of the Serbian Davis Cup team, seeing it to the Davis Cup finals against Czech Republic. He remains a coach of the Serbian team, helping lead them through the 2016 Davis Cup World Group competition.
In August 2016, Vemić was the official coach for the Serbian men's tennis team, for team Serbia, at the Games of the XXXI Olympiad in Rio de Janeiro. The team consisted of world #1 Novak Djokovic, former #1 ATP doubles player Nenad Zimonjić and ATP top 30 player Viktor Troicki.
From August 2016 to 2017, Vemić was the head coach for the most successful doubles team of all time, Americans Mike and Bob Bryan, also known as the Bryan brothers.
He then worked with Brandon Nakashima from May 2020 to February 2022.

## ATP career finals
### Doubles: 2 (2 runner-ups)

* Legend
* Grand Slam Tournaments (0–0)
* ATP World Tour Finals (0–0)
* ATP Masters Series (0–0)
* ATP Championship Series (0–1)
* ATP World Series (0–1)
* Finals by surface
* Hard (0–1)
* Clay (0–1)
* Grass (0–0)
* Carpet (0–0)
* Finals by setting
* Outdoors (0–2)
* Indoors (0–0)
| Result | W–L | Date | Tournament | Tier | Surface | Partner | Opponents | Score |
| Loss | 0–1 | Aug 1999 | Kitzbühel, Austria | Championship Series | Clay | Álex Calatrava | Chris Haggard Peter Nyborg | 3–6, 7–6$^{(7–4)}$, 6–7$^{(4–7)}$ |
| Loss | 0–2 | Aug 2008 | Los Angeles, United States | International Series | Hard | Travis Parrott | Rohan Bopanna Eric Butorac | 6–7$^{(5–7)}$, 6–7$^{(5–7)}$ |

## ATP Challenger and ITF Futures finals
### Singles: 12 (3–9)

* Legend
* ATP Challenger (1–5)
* ITF Futures (2–4)
* Finals by surface
* Hard (1–6)
* Clay (2–2)
* Grass (0–1)
* Carpet (0–0)
| Result | W–L | Date | Tournament | Tier | Surface | Opponent | Score |
| Win | 1-0 | Sep 1997 | Skopje, Macedonia | Challenger | Clay | Clemens Trimmel | 6–3, 6–7, 6–3 |
| Loss | 1-1 | Mar 2003 | USA F5, Harlingen | Futures | Hard | Huntley Montgomery | 4–6, 7–6$^{(7–4)}$, 5–7 |
| Win | 2-1 | May 2003 | USA F12, Tampa | Futures | Clay | Francisco Rodríguez | 6–1, 6–4 |
| Win | 3-1 | Oct 2003 | USA F28, Lubbock | Futures | Hard | Bruno Soares | 6–7$^{(5–7)}$, 7–6$^{(7–3)}$, 6–3 |
| Loss | 3-2 | Oct 2003 | USA F29, Arlington | Futures | Hard | Juan Pablo Guzmán | 3–6, 5–7 |
| Loss | 3-3 | Jun 2004 | Forest Hills, United States | Challenger | Grass | Justin Gimelstob | 6–7$^{(7–9)}$, 2–6 |
| Loss | 3-4 | May 2005 | Forest Hills, United States | Challenger | Clay | James Blake | 3–6, 4–6 |
| Loss | 3-5 | Jan 2007 | USA F2, North Miami Beach | Futures | Hard | Bruno Echagaray | 2–6, 7–6$^{(7–5)}$, 5–7 |
| Loss | 3-6 | Aug 2007 | Binghamton, United States | Challenger | Hard | Thomas Johansson | 4–6, 6–7$^{(7–9)}$ |
| Loss | 3-7 | Sep 2007 | Lubbock, United States | Challenger | Hard | Robert Smeets | 3–6, 6–7$^{(7–9)}$ |
| Loss | 3-8 | Jan 2008 | USA F1, Wesley Chapel | Futures | Hard | Somdev Devvarman | 6–4, 4–6, 4–6 |
| Loss | 3-9 | May 2008 | Tunis, Tunisia | Challenger | Clay | Thomaz Bellucci | 2–6, 4–6 |

### Doubles: 37 (16–21)

* Legend
* ATP Challenger (15–20)
* ITF Futures (1–1)
* Finals by surface
* Hard (6–9)
* Clay (8–12)
* Grass (0–0)
* Carpet (2–0)
| Result | W–L | Date | Tournament | Tier | Surface | Partner | Opponents | Score |
| Loss | 0–1 | Sep 1996 | Budva, Yugoslavia | Challenger | Clay | Nenad Zimonjić | Nebojsa Djordjevic Aleksandar Kitinov | 3–6, 2–6 |
| Win | 1–1 | Sep 1997 | Budapest, Hungary | Challenger | Clay | Nebojsa Djordjevic | Kornél Bardóczky Miklós Jancsó | 6–1, 3–6, 6–4 |
| Loss | 1–2 | Sep 1997 | Skopje, Macedonia | Challenger | Clay | Nebojsa Djordjevic | Thomas Buchmayer Thomas Strengberger | 4–6, 6–7 |
| Win | 2–2 | Feb 1998 | Wolfsburg, Germany | Challenger | Carpet | Marat Safin | Jan-Ralph Brandt Thomas Messmer | 6–4, 4–6, 6–2 |
| Loss | 2–3 | Apr 1998 | Barletta, Italy | Challenger | Clay | Thomas Strengberger | Joan Balcells Juan Ignacio Carrasco | 6–7$^{(4–7)}$, 3–6 |
| Loss | 2–4 | Jul 1998 | Oberstaufen, Germany | Challenger | Clay | Omar Camporese | Nuno Marques Rogier Wassen | 6–7, 6–7 |
| Loss | 2–5 | Jul 1998 | Newcastle, United Kingdom | Challenger | Clay | Nebojsa Djordjevic | Jeff Coetzee Edwin Kempes | 6–1, 6–7, 2–6 |
| Win | 3–5 | Jun 1999 | Weiden, Germany | Challenger | Clay | Emilio Benfele Álvarez | Simon Aspelin Johan Landsberg | 6–7, 6–2, 6–4 |
| Loss | 3–6 | Sep 1999 | Sofia, Bulgaria | Challenger | Clay | Nebojsa Djordjevic | Massimo Ardinghi Davide Sanguinetti | 4–6, 2–6 |
| Loss | 3–7 | Nov 1999 | Buenos Aires, Argentina | Challenger | Clay | Paul Rosner | Guillermo Cañas Martín García | 4–6, 4–6 |
| Loss | 3–8 | Jul 2000 | Tampere, Finland | Challenger | Clay | Steven Randjelovic | Ville Liukko Jarkko Nieminen | 0–6, 6–4, 3–6 |
| Win | 4–8 | Aug 2000 | Togliatti, Russia | Challenger | Hard | Lovro Zovko | Ionuț Moldovan Yuri Schukin | 6–4, 6–4 |
| Win | 5–8 | Nov 2000 | Santiago, Chile | Challenger | Clay | Irakli Labadze | Joan Balcells Germán Puentes-Alcaniz | 6–3, 6–4 |
| Loss | 5–9 | Feb 2001 | Dallas, United States | Challenger | Hard | Lovro Zovko | Gavin Sontag Jerry Turek | 6–3, 5–7, 5–7 |
| Win | 6–9 | Sep 2001 | Aschaffenburg, Germany | Challenger | Clay | Aleksandar Kitinov | Karsten Braasch Franz Stauder | 6–7$^{(3–7)}$, 6–4, 7–6$^{(8–6)}$ |
| Loss | 6–10 | Nov 2001 | Santiago, Chile | Challenger | Clay | Daniel Melo | André Sá Alexandre Simoni | 6–3, 3–6, 6–7$^{(3–7)}$ |
| Loss | 6–11 | Dec 2001 | San Jose, Costa Rica | Challenger | Hard | Daniel Melo | Jonathan Erlich Andy Ram | 3–6, 3–6 |
| Win | 7–11 | Feb 2002 | Belgrade, Serbia | Challenger | Carpet | Lovro Zovko | Jaroslav Levinský Tomáš Zíb | walkover |
| Win | 8–11 | Jun 2002 | Weiden, Germany | Challenger | Clay | Jens Knippschild | Sergio Roitman Andrés Schneiter | 7–6$^{(7–5)}$, 6–2 |
| Loss | 8–12 | Aug 2002 | Córdoba, Spain | Challenger | Hard | Emilio Benfele Álvarez | Paul Rosner Ota Fukárek | 6–7$^{(7–9)}$, 4–6 |
| Loss | 8–13 | Aug 2002 | Manerbio, Italy | Challenger | Clay | Anthony Ross | Mariusz Fyrstenberg Marcin Matkowski | 4–6, 6–7$^{(4–7)}$ |
| Loss | 8–14 | Oct 2002 | San Antonio, United States | Challenger | Hard | Hugo Armando | Diego Ayala Robert Kendrick | 2–6, 4–6 |
| Loss | 8-15 | Feb 2003 | USA F4, Brownsville | Futures | Hard | Lazar Magdinchev | Tripp Phillips Ryan Sachire | 2–6, 1–6 |
| Win | 9–15 | May 2005 | Tunica Resorts, United States | Challenger | Clay | Michael Russell | Juan Pablo Brzezicki Juan Pablo Guzmán | 7–6$^{(7–4)}$, 6–3 |
| Loss | 9–16 | Feb 2006 | Dallas, United States | Challenger | Hard | Mirko Pehar | Rajeev Ram Bobby Reynolds | 3–6, 4–6 |
| Win | 10–16 | Jan 2008 | Miami, United States | Challenger | Clay | Ilija Bozoljac | Jean-Julien Rojer Márcio Torres | 7–5, 6–4 |
| Win | 11–16 | Mar 2008 | Sunrise, United States | Challenger | Hard | Janko Tipsarević | Kristof Vliegen Peter Wessels | 6–2, 7–6$^{(7–5)}$ |
| Win | 12–16 | Apr 2008 | Cremona, Italy | Challenger | Hard | Eduardo Schwank | Florin Mergea Horia Tecău | 6–3, 6–2 |
| Loss | 12–17 | May 2008 | Dresden, Germany | Challenger | Clay | Ilija Bozoljac | Daniel Brands Jun Woong-sun | 6–2, 6–7$^{(4–7)}$, [6–10] |
| Loss | 12–18 | May 2008 | Bordeaux, France | Challenger | Clay | Tomasz Bednarek | Diego Hartfield Sergio Roitman | 4–6, 4–6 |
| Win | 13–18 | Sep 2008 | Waco, United States | Challenger | Hard | Alex Bogomolov Jr. | Alberto Francis Nicholas Monroe | 6–4, 5–7, [10–8] |
| Loss | 13–19 | Sep 2008 | Lubbock, United States | Challenger | Hard | Alex Bogomolov Jr. | Roman Borvanov Artem Sitak | 2–6, 3–6 |
| Win | 14–19 | Oct 2008 | Calabasas, United States | Challenger | Hard | Ilija Bozoljac | Nathan Healey Somdev Devvarman | 1–6, 6–3, [13–11] |
| Loss | 14–20 | Nov 2008 | Louisville, United States | Challenger | Hard | Frank Dancevic | Prakash Amritraj Jesse Levine | 3–6, 6–7$^{(10–12)}$ |
| Loss | 14–21 | Oct 2009 | Tiburon, United States | Challenger | Hard | Ilija Bozoljac | Harsh Mankad Treat Huey | 4–6, 4–6 |
| Win | 15–21 | Aug 2010 | Istanbul, Turkey | Challenger | Hard | Leoš Friedl | Brian Battistone Andreas Siljeström | 7–6$^{(8–6)}$, 7–6$^{(7–3)}$ |
| Win | 16–21 | Jul 2011 | Serbia F3, Belgrade | Futures | Clay | Boris Conkic | Vadim Alekseenko Petar Djukic | 6–4, 4–6, [10–5] |

## Performance timelines

Key :
| W | F | SF | QF | #R | RR | Q# | DNQ | A | NH |

### Singles

| Tournament | 1998 | 1999 | 2000 | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | SR | W–L | Win% |
| Grand Slam tournaments ||||||||||||||||||
| Australian Open | Q1 | A | Q3 | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | Q1 | A | A | 0 / 0 | 0–0 | – |
| French Open | Q1 | A | A | A | A | A | Q1 | Q1 | Q1 | 1R | Q2 | A | A | A | 0 / 1 | 0–1 | 0% |
| Wimbledon | Q1 | A | Q2 | A | A | A | Q1 | Q1 | Q2 | Q2 | Q1 | A | A | A | 0 / 0 | 0–0 | – |
| US Open | A | A | Q1 | A | A | Q1 | Q1 | Q1 | A | Q2 | Q1 | A | A | A | 0 / 0 | 0–0 | – |
| Win–loss | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0 / 1 | 0–1 | 0% |
| ATP World Tour Masters 1000 |||||||||||||||
| Indian Wells | A | A | A | A | A | A | Q1 | A | A | Q2 | 1R | Q1 | A | Q1 | 0 / 1 | 0–1 | 0% |
| Miami | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | Q2 | A | A | A | 0 / 0 | 0–0 | – |
| Monte Carlo | Q2 | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | 0 / 0 | 0–0 | – |
| Rome | 1R | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | 0 / 1 | 0–1 | 0% |
| Madrid | Not Held | Not Held | Not Held | Not Held | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | Q2 | A | A | 0 / 0 | 0–0 | – |
| Win–loss | 0–1 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0 / 2 | 0–2 | 0% |

### Doubles

| Tournament | 1998 | 1999 | 2000 | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | SR | W–L | Win% |
| Grand Slam tournaments ||||||||||||||||||
| Australian Open | A | A | 2R | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | 1R | SF | 1R | 0 / 4 | 5–4 | 56% |
| French Open | A | A | 1R | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | SF | 2R | 2R | A | 0 / 4 | 6–4 | 60% |
| Wimbledon | Q1 | A | 1R | A | A | A | A | A | 3R | A | 1R | 1R | 1R | A | 0 / 5 | 2–5 | 29% |
| US Open | A | Q1 | Q1 | A | 1R | A | A | A | A | A | QF | 2R | 1R | A | 0 / 4 | 4–4 | 50% |
| Win–loss | 0–0 | 0–0 | 1–3 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 7–3 | 2–4 | 5–4 | 0–1 | 0 / 17 | 17–17 | 50% |
| Olympic Games ||||||||||||||||||
| Summer Olympics | NH | NH | 1R | Not Held | Not Held | Not Held | A | NH | NH | NH | A | NH | NH | NH | 0 / 1 | 0–1 | 0% |
| ATP World Tour Masters 1000 ||||||||||||||||||
| Indian Wells | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | 1R | QF | A | 0 / 2 | 2–2 | 50% |
| Miami | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | 2R | 1R | A | 0 / 2 | 1–2 | 33% |
| Monte Carlo | 1R | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | 0 / 1 | 0–1 | 0% |
| Rome | 1R | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | 2R | A | A | 0 / 2 | 1–2 | 33% |
| Madrid | Not Held | Not Held | Not Held | Not Held | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | QF | 1R | A | 0 / 2 | 2–2 | 50% |
| Canada | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | 1R | A | A | 0 / 1 | 0–1 | 0% |
| Win–loss | 0–2 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 4–5 | 2–3 | 0–0 | 0 / 10 | 6–10 | 38% |

### Mixed doubles

| Tournament | 2000 | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | SR | W–L | Win% |
| Grand Slam tournaments |||||||||||||||
| Australian Open | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | 2R | A | 0 / 1 | 1–1 | 50% |
| French Open | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | 2R | A | 0 / 1 | 1–1 | 50% |
| Wimbledon | 3R | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | 2R | 1R | 1R | 0 / 4 | 3–4 | 43% |
| US Open | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | QF | 2R | A | 0 / 2 | 3–2 | 60% |
| Win–loss | 2–1 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 3–2 | 3–4 | 0–1 | 0 / 8 | 8–8 | 50% |

## Awards
### 1995

* Best Male Tennis Player in FR Yugoslavia

### 1997

* Best Male Tennis Player in FR Yugoslavia