# Jürgen Zopp

Jürgen Zopp (born 29 March 1988) is an Estonian retired tennis player. He is Estonia's all-time highest ranked male tennis player with a career-high singles ranking of World No. 71 in 2012.

## Career

Zopp started playing tennis at the age of 6 and grew up idolizing Pete Sampras, Marat Safin, and Roger Federer. Zopp had a somewhat successful junior career, reaching the second round of the Australian and US Open Boys' tournaments in 2006. In 2008, he would officially turn pro.
Zopp made a breakthrough on the ATP tour in 2012, qualifying for the main draws of the Australian Open, Roland-Garros and Wimbledon boosting his ranking to the point where he didn't have to go through qualifying by the time the US Open came around. and achieving his first main draw ATP tournament win at the 2012 Bucharest Open establishing himself as a top-100 player in the ATP rankings at world No. 71.
2013–2014 would see a huge dip in form and rankings as his ranking plummeted all the way down to the 300s in 2014. Early 2017 would be the lowest of his career as his ranking dropped to 500 on 12 June 2017. Late 2017 would see a steady increase of form and rankings grabbing a handful of challenger and ITF finals. However still struggling to even qualify for an ATP event.
In qualifying for the 2018 French Open he defeated Thanasi Kokkinakis. Although he lost in the final round of qualifying to Denis Kudla it was enough for him to make the main draw as a lucky loser. In the first round he defeated American seed Jack Sock for his sixth tour level win on clay. He then defeated fellow lucky loser Ruben Bemelmans despite losing the first two sets, therefore reaching a career-best third round at Grand Slam events. He was the first Estonian player to reach the third round of a Grand Slam. His run ended in the third round following a defeat to Maximilian Marterer.
At the 2018 Swiss Open Gstaad, he defeated the 1st seed Fabio Fognini and made it all the way to the semifinals before losing to Matteo Berrettini. 2018 is considered by some to be the best year of his career as he returned to the top 100 for the first time since 2012 and started consistently qualifying for ATP events again.
2019 would see a dip in form and rankings again. He failed to make an ATP event or a challenger final the entire year and his ranking dropped back down to the 400s again by the end of the year.
On 18 December 2020, Zopp announced his retirement from professional tennis.
Between 2022 and 2023 Zopp appeared in 3 Davis Cup matches (1 singles and 2 doubles), winning them all.

## Grand Slam performance timeline

Key :
| W | F | SF | QF | #R | RR | Q# | DNQ | A | NH |
| Tournament | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | SR | W–L | Win % |
| Grand Slam tournaments |||||||||||||
| Australian Open | Q1 | 1R | A | A | Q1 | Q2 | A | Q1 | A | 0 / 1 | 0–1 | 0% |
| French Open | Q1 | 1R | 1R | 2R | Q2 | Q1 | A | 3R | Q1 | 0 / 4 | 3–4 | 43% |
| Wimbledon | Q3 | 1R | 1R | 1R | Q2 | Q1 | A | Q2 | Q1 | 0 / 3 | 0–3 | 0% |
| US Open | Q1 | 2R | 1R | A | Q2 | Q1 | A | Q1 | A | 0 / 2 | 1–2 | 33% |
| Win–loss | 0–0 | 1–4 | 0–3 | 1–2 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 0 / 9 | 4–10 | 28.57% |
| ATP World Tour Masters 1000 |||||||||||||
| Indian Wells Masters | A | Q2 | A | A | A | A | A | A | Q1 | 0 / 0 | 0–0 | N/A |
| Miami Masters | A | Q1 | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | 0 / 0 | 0–0 | N/A |
| Monte-Carlo Masters | A | A | A | A | Q1 | A | A | A | A | 0 / 0 | 0–0 | N/A |
| Madrid Masters | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | Q1 | A | 0 / 0 | 0–0 | N/A |
| Canada Masters | A | 1R | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | 0 / 1 | 0–1 | 0% |
| Win–loss | 0–0 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0 / 1 | 0–1 | 0% |

## ATP Challenger and ITF Futures finals
### Singles: 24 (18–6)

* Legend
* ATP Challenger (3–3)
* ITF Futures (15–3)
* Finals by surface
* Hard (5–5)
* Clay (12–1)
* Grass (0–0)
* Carpet (1–0)
| Result | W–L | Date | Tournament | Tier | Surface | Opponent | Score |
| Win | 1–0 | Aug 2008 | Finland F1, Vierumäki | Futures | Clay | Timo Nieminen | 6–4, 6–2 |
| Win | 2–0 | Mar 2009 | Switzerland F2, Greifensee | Futures | Carpet | Philipp Oswald | 6–3, 6–7$^{(5–7)}$, 6–3 |
| Win | 3–0 | Jul 2009 | Estonia F1, Tallinn | Futures | Clay | Jaak Poldma | 3–6, 6–3, 6–4 |
| Win | 4–0 | Apr 2010 | Turkey F7, Adana | Futures | Clay | Augustin Gensse | 6–2, 4–6, 6–4 |
| Win | 5–0 | Apr 2010 | Turkey F8, Tarsus | Futures | Clay | Alexandre Folie | 6–3, 6–1 |
| Win | 6–0 | May 2010 | Czech Republic F1, Teplice | Futures | Clay | Alexander Flock | 4–6, 6–2, 7–5 |
| Win | 7–0 | Jul 2010 | Estonia F2, Tallinn | Futures | Clay | Timo Nieminen | 6–3, 3–6, 6–3 |
| Win | 8–0 | Oct 2010 | Great Britain F17, Cardiff | Futures | Hard | Dan Evans | 6–4, 7–5 |
| Win | 9–0 | Jul 2011 | Estonia F1, Tallinn | Futures | Clay | Hans Podlipnik Castillo | 6–3, 6–3 |
| Loss | 9–1 | Sep 2011 | Ningbo, China | Challenger | Hard | Yen-Hsun Lu | 2–6, 6–3, 1–6 |
| Loss | 9–2 | Sep 2011 | Tashkent, Uzbekistan | Challenger | Hard | Denis Istomin | 4–6, 3–6 |
| Win | 10–2 | Feb 2012 | Kazan, Russia | Challenger | Hard | Marius Copil | 7–6$^{(7–4)}$, 7–6$^{(7–4)}$ |
| Win | 11–2 | Sep 2014 | Sweden F4, Danderyd | Futures | Hard | Peter Kobelt | 7–6$^{(8–6)}$, 6–4 |
| Loss | 11–3 | Oct 2014 | Sweden F6, Jönköping | Futures | Hard | Edward Corrie | 6–3, 3–6, 3–6 |
| Win | 12–3 | Nov 2014 | Estonia F4, Tallinn | Futures | Hard | Evgeny Elistratov | 6–1, 6–4 |
| Win | 13–3 | Nov 2014 | Helsinki, Finland | Challenger | Hard | Dudi Sela | 6–4, 5–7, 7–6$^{(8–6)}$ |
| Loss | 13–4 | Oct 2015 | Ningbo, China | Challenger | Hard | Yen-Hsun Lu | 6–7$^{(3–7)}$, 1–6 |
| Win | 14–4 | Jul 2017 | Germany F8, Kassel | Futures | Clay | Jan Choinski | 6–3, 6–2 |
| Win | 15–4 | Jul 2017 | Estonia F1, Pärnu | Futures | Clay | George Von Massow | 6–1, 6–3 |
| Loss | 15–5 | Aug 2017 | Finland F2, Hyvinkaa | Futures | Clay | Julien Cagnina | 6–0, 5–7, 0–6 |
| Win | 16–5 | Aug 2017 | Finland F3, Helsinki | Futures | Clay | Filippo Baldi | 6–4, 6–0 |
| Win | 17–5 | Sep 2017 | Alphen aan den Rijn, Netherlands | Challenger | Clay | Tommy Robredo | 6–3, 6–2 |
| Loss | 17–6 | Oct 2017 | Sweden F4, Falun | Futures | Hard | Tallon Griekspoor | 4–6, 1–6 |
| Win | 18–6 | Jul 2019 | M15 Pärnu, Estonia | World Tennis Tour | Clay | Bogdan Bobrov | 6–4, 6–3 |

### Doubles: 13 (4–9)

* Legend
* ATP Challenger (2–2)
* ITF Futures (2–7)
* Finals by surface
* Hard (1–4)
* Clay (3–4)
* Grass (0–0)
* Carpet (0–1)
| Result | W–L | Date | Tournament | Tier | Surface | Partner | Opponents | Score |
| Loss | 0–1 | Aug 2007 | Latvia F1, Jūrmala | Futures | Clay | Mait Künnap | Dušan Karol Mikhail Vasiliev | 3–6, 6–7$^{(3–7)}$ |
| Loss | 0–2 | Mar 2008 | Italy F6, Monterotondo | Futures | Clay | Mikhail Vasiliev | L Magdinchev P Rusevski | 6–3, 4–6, [5–10] |
| Win | 1–2 | Jun 2008 | Poland F4, Koszalin | Futures | Clay | Artur Romanowski | Marek Mrozek Mateusz Szmigiel | 7–5, 6–3 |
| Loss | 1–3 | Feb 2009 | Israel F2, Eilat | Futures | Hard | Tim Van Terheijden | Harel Levy Noam Okun | 3–6, 0–6 |
| Loss | 1–4 | Apr 2009 | Turkey F6, Antalya | Futures | Hard | Mait Künnap | Martin Emmrich Juho Paukku | 3–6, 4–6 |
| Win | 2–4 | Jul 2009 | Estonia F1, Tallinn | Futures | Clay | Mait Künnap | Mikk Irdoja Jaak Poldma | 6–4, 6–4 |
| Loss | 2–5 | Mar 2010 | Switzerland F2, Wetzikon | Futures | Carpet | Walter Trusendi | Kevin Krawietz Marcel Zimmermann | 2–6, 6–3, [5–10] |
| Loss | 2–6 | May 2010 | Czech Republic F1, Teplice | Futures | Clay | Ricardo Urzua-Rivera | Jan Mertl Grzegorz Panfil | 3–6, 4–6 |
| Loss | 2–7 | Sep 2011 | Ningbo, China | Challenger | Hard | Jan Hernych | Karan Rastogi Divij Sharan | 6–3, 6–7$^{(3–7)}$, [11–13] |
| Win | 3–7 | May 2012 | Tunis, Tunisia | Challenger | Clay | Jerzy Janowicz | Nicholas Monroe Simon Stadler | 7–6$^{(7–1)}$, 6–3 |
| Loss | 3–8 | Aug 2013 | Kazan, Russia | Challenger | Hard | Ivo Klec | Victor Baluda K Kravchuk | 3–6, 4–6 |
| Win | 4–8 | Sep 2015 | Nanchang, China | Challenger | Hard | Jonathan Eysseric | Lee Hsin-han Amir Weintraub | 6–4, 6–2 |
| Loss | 4–9 | Jul 2019 | M15 Pärnu, Estonia | World Tennis Tour | Clay | Kenneth Raisma | Vladimir Ivanov Maxim Ratniuk | 6–3, 4–6, [5–10] |