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Dejan Petrovic (, ''Dejan Petrović''; born 3 April 1978) is an Australian-born Serbian tennis coach and former professional tennis player. He played Davis Cup for Serbia and Montenegro. ==Career== Petrovic made his Grand Slam debut in the 1998 Australian Open, partnering Grant Silcock in the doubles. They were eliminated in the opening round but made it into the second round a year later, at the 1999 Australian Open. In 2002 he reached the second round at the Australian Open and Wimbledon, partnering Todd Perry and then David Škoch.〔(ITF Tennis Profile )〕 As a singles player, Petrovic made two Australian Open appearances and played once at Wimbledon, but didn't win a match in either event. He lost four set matches to Leander Paes and Sargis Sargsian in the Australian Opens and lost in straight sets to Martin Damm at Wimbledon.〔(ATP World Tour Profile )〕 He was a wildcard entrant in the 2000 AAPT Championships, held in his hometown, Adelaide. After defeating Frenchman Stéphane Huet, Petrovic was beaten comfortably by another local, Lleyton Hewitt, who courted controversy when he called the crowd "stupid" for not cheering for him. Petrovic relocated in 2003 to Serbia, where his sister and parents lived.〔''Daily Telegraph'', ("The hunger of Serbia's tennis elite is a lesson for us all " ), Leo Schlink, 15 January 2012.〕 He immediately represented his new country in the Davis Cup, playing doubles with Nenad Zimonjić. The pair would play three matches together in total, winning two of them.〔(Davis Cup Profile )〕 He is now running a tennis academy in the Serbian city of Kragujevac. The most successful player that he has coached is Novak Djokovic, who first starting working with Petrovic at the age of 16. Under the mentoring of Petrovic, Djokovic went from being ranked outside the top 300 to breaking into the top 100 in less than a year.〔''Weekly Times Messenger'', ("Djokovic discoverer is Woodville bound" ), Kym Morgan, 2 November 2011.〕 Petrovic coached Ana Ivanovic until 2015. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Dejan Petrovic」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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