Wikipedia - Dino Prižmić
Dino Prižmić (born 5 August 2005) is a Croatian professional tennis player. Prižmić has a career-high ATP singles ranking of No. 155 achieved on 23 October 2023. He also has a career-high ATP doubles ranking of No. 1444 achieved on 16 January 2023. He is currently the No. 4 Croatian player.
History
Juniors
Prižmić reached two finals in the European Junior Championships, the first in 2019 in the under 14s and then in 2022 in the under 18s, but lost both of them. During his career on the ITF Junior Circuit, Prižmić achieved a career-high ranking of No. 8 on 2 January 2023. His best junior result was winning the boys' singles title at the 2023 French Open, where he defeated Juan Carlos Prado Ángelo in the final.
2022: ATP debut
In April 2022, Prižmić reached his first ITF final at a clay-court tournament in Dubrovnik, Croatia, where he lost to Gergely Madarász in straight sets.
Prižmić made his ATP debut in the singles draw of the 2022 Croatia Open Umag as a wildcard where he lost to Bernabé Zapata Miralles in the first round by retirement.
2023: First ATP win, maiden challenger title, Davis Cup and top 155 debuts
With his fifth ITF title in Poreč, Croatia, Prižmić became the best under-18 player in the world at No. 381 on 20 March 2023.
In April, Prižmić then qualified for the Banja Luka Open in Bosnia and Herzegovina, but fell to Richard Gasquet in the first round. A few months later, he received a wildcard into the Croatia Open and defeated Duje Ajdukovic in the first round to record his first ATP victory. He then defeated Zsombor Piros to reach his maiden ATP quarterfinal, losing to eventual champion Alexei Popyrin.
In August, Prižmić competed at the Banja Luka Challenger and won his maiden Challenger title. Shortly after he was appointed by coach Vedran Martić to the Croatia Davis Cup team, alongside Borna Ćorić, Borna Gojo, Ivan Dodig and Mate Pavić.
In October, Prižmić qualified for the main draw of the Stockholm Open where he defeated sixth seed and world No. 30 Jiri Lehecka in the first round, his first-ever win over a Top 50 player. He reached a career-high singles ranking of No. 155 on 23 October 2023.
2024: Grand Slam debut
At the Australian Open, Prižmić defeated Mariano Navone, Duje Ajduković and Aziz Dougaz to qualify for his first Grand Slam. In his Major main-draw debut, Prižmić faced defending champion and world No. 1 Novak Djokovic, winning 16 games and saving 6 match points before losing in four sets in a four-hour match; it was the longest first-round match in Djokovic's Grand Slam career.
He received a special entry at the 2024 BMW Open in Munich under the NextGen programme for players under 20 ranked in the top 250.