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Zeljko Krajan

CRO Age 47 178 cm / 5'10" Plays: Right-Handed ATP Tour years active: 1997–2005

Zeljko Krajan represented Croatia on the ATP Tour and reached a career high of No. 88. TennisDB's records show a singles record of 8–26 and no singles titles.

Peak singles rank

88 (Aug 19, 2002)

Elo peak

1540 (15th percentile)

Singles record

8–26 (23.5%)

Singles titles

Prize money

$284,128

Records cover recorded main-draw singles results in TennisDB's ATP event archive, including credited walkovers; qualifying is shown separately below.

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ATP Matches full match log →

Zeljko Krajan's recent, live, and scheduled ATP matches
Opponent	Score	Result	H2H	Match Data	Date	Round	Tournament	Category	Surface
Guillermo Coria #15	7-5 3-6 4-6	L	H2H	Match data	Jul 28, 2005*	R32	Croatia Open Umag	ATP International Series → modern equivalent ATP 250	Clay
Carlos Moya #4	3-3 (ret.)	L	H2H	Match data	Jul 23, 2004*	R16	Croatia Open Umag	International Series → modern equivalent ATP 250	Clay
Jiri Vanek #160	6-0 3-6 6-3	W	H2H	Match data	Jul 22, 2004*	R32	Croatia Open Umag	International Series → modern equivalent ATP 250	Clay
Federico Browne #181	3-6 5-7	L	H2H	Match data	May 20, 2004*	R32	Casablanca	International Series → modern equivalent ATP 250	Clay
Fernando Verdasco #111	2-6 6-3 4-6	L	H2H	Match data	Jan 20, 2004*	Q2 Q	Australian Open	Grand Slam	Hard

Qualifying matches are shown here but excluded from main-draw summaries and leaderboards.

Rivals all rivalries →

Zeljko Krajan's most-played ATP rivals
Opponent	L	M	Last Played	H2H
Federico Browne	2	2	May 20, 2004	H2H
Nicolas Massu	2	2	Jun 25, 2003	H2H
Roger Federer	2	2	May 1, 2003	H2H
Guillermo Coria	1	1	Jul 28, 2005	H2H
Carlos Moya	1	1	Jul 23, 2004	H2H

Career Results

Zeljko Krajan career results by season
Season	Age	Type	W	L	M	Win %	Start Rank	End Rank
1997	18	ATP	0	1	1	0.0%	542	409
2002	23	Qualifying Q	2	3	5	40.0%	—	—
2002	23	ATP	5	8	13	38.5%	170	108
2003	24	ATP	2	14	16	12.5%	106	220
2004	25	Qualifying Q	1	1	2	50.0%	—	—
2004	25	ATP	1	2	3	33.3%	220	424
2005	26	ATP	0	1	1	0.0%	424	448
Career		—	8	26	34	23.5%	—	—

Career Results by Surface

Zeljko Krajan career results by season and surface
Season	Age	Type	Hard				Clay				Grass				Total
Season	Age	Type	W	L	M	Win %	W	L	M	Win %	W	L	M	Win %	W	L	M	Win %
1997	18	ATP	—	—	—	—	0	1	1	0.0%	—	—	—	—	0	1	1	0.0%
2002	23	Qualifying Q	2	2	4	50.0%	0	1	1	0.0%	—	—	—	—	2	3	5	40.0%
2002	23	ATP	0	2	2	0.0%	5	6	11	45.5%	—	—	—	—	5	8	13	38.5%
2003	24	ATP	1	5	6	16.7%	1	8	9	11.1%	0	1	1	0.0%	2	14	16	12.5%
2004	25	Qualifying Q	1	1	2	50.0%	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	1	1	2	50.0%
2004	25	ATP	—	—	—	—	1	2	3	33.3%	—	—	—	—	1	2	3	33.3%
2005	26	ATP	—	—	—	—	0	1	1	0.0%	—	—	—	—	0	1	1	0.0%
Career	—	—	1	7	8	12.5%	7	18	25	28.0%	0	1	1	0.0%	8	26	34	23.5%

Career Results by Opponent Rank

Zeljko Krajan career results by season and opponent rank
Season	Age	1-10				11-30				31-100				100+				Total
Season	Age	W	L	M	Win %	W	L	M	Win %	W	L	M	Win %	W	L	M	Win %	W	L	M	Win %
1997	18	0	0	—	—	0	0	—	—	0	1	1	0.0%	0	0	—	—	0	1	1	0.0%
2002	23	0	0	—	—	0	2	2	0.0%	3	3	6	50.0%	2	3	5	40.0%	5	8	13	38.5%
2003	24	0	4	4	0.0%	0	2	2	0.0%	1	7	8	12.5%	0	1	1	0.0%	1	14	15	6.7%
2004	25	0	1	1	0.0%	0	0	—	—	0	0	—	—	1	1	2	50.0%	1	2	3	33.3%
2005	26	0	0	—	—	0	1	1	0.0%	0	0	—	—	0	0	—	—	0	1	1	0.0%
Career		0	5	5	0.0%	0	5	5	0.0%	4	11	15	26.7%	3	5	8	37.5%	7	26	33	21.2%

Opponent ranking data available for 33/34 (97.1%) of Zeljko Krajan's ATP main draw matches.

Performance Stats

Zeljko Krajan performance statistics by season
Season	Age	Sample	Aces/M	DFs/M	1st Sv%	1st Sv Pts%	2nd Sv Pts%	BP Saved%	BP Conv%	Svc Pts%	Ret Pts%
1997	18	1/1	2.0	3.0	47.5%	62.1%	34.4%	37.5%	50.0%	47.5%	33.9%
2002	23	12/13	3.3	2.8	61.0%	62.2%	44.2%	48.0%	41.0%	54.9%	38.4%
2003	24	16/16	3.2	3.7	60.1%	62.8%	43.1%	36.7%	36.5%	55.0%	35.7%
2004	25	2/3	0.5	1.5	63.2%	63.7%	49.0%	67.9%	79.2%	56.5%	48.6%
2005	26	1/1	1.0	2.0	56.4%	61.3%	41.7%	61.1%	66.7%	52.7%	46.7%
Career		32/34	2.9	3.2	60.1%	62.6%	43.6%	43.7%	42.2%	54.8%	37.8%

Detailed serve and return statistics available for 32/34 (94.1%) of Zeljko Krajan's ATP main draw matches.

Advanced Stats

Zeljko Krajan advanced statistics by season
Season	Age	Elo	P+	Serve+	Return+	PD	TPW%	Hard Elo	Clay Elo	Grass Elo	Set Win %	Set Margin	Dec. Set	Tiebreak	Pressure+	Schedule
1997	18	1488	98.8	-3.35	-2.15	0.646	40.8%	—	—	—	0.0%	-3.50	—	—	—	+0.04
2002	23	1484	101.7	-3.37	+1.11	0.853	46.6%	—	+23	—	40.6%	-0.97	3–3 (50%)	2–0	—	+0.83
2003	24	1430	116.0	-3.74	-0.43	0.793	45.2%	+54	+23	—	27.0%	-1.89	0–5 (0%)	5–2 (71%)	98.2	-0.77
2004	25	1444	103.1	-1.51	+1.94	1.117	52.9%	—	+31	—	40.0%	+0.20	1–0	—	—	+0.02
2005	26	1443	111.6	+5.30	+0.56	0.989	50.0%	—	—	—	33.3%	-1.00	0–1	—	—	-0.21
Career		1540	110.2	-3.17	+0.27	0.836	46.2%	+54	+24	—	32.9%	-1.39	4–9 (31%)	7–2 (78%)	102.0	-0.26

Tournament Results by Category

Grand Slams

Zeljko Krajan Grand Slams results by season
Season	Age	AO	RG	W	USO	W-L Win %
2002	23	Q2	Q1	—	Q2	2–3 (40%)
2003	24	R128	R128	R128	—	0–3 (0%)
2004	25	Q2	—	—	—	1–1 (50%)
W-L		2–3 (40%)	0–2 (0%)	0–1 (0%)	1–1 (50%)	3–7 (30%)

Masters 1000

Zeljko Krajan Masters 1000 results by season
Season	Age	ITA	W-L Win %
2003	24	R64	0–1 (0%)
W-L		0–1 (0%)	0–1 (0%)

ATP 500

Zeljko Krajan ATP 500 results by season
Season	Age	BAR	DUB	VIE	WAS	MEM	W-L Win %
2002	23	R32	—	R32	R64	—	1–3 (25%)
2003	24	—	R32	—	—	R32	0–2 (0%)
W-L		1–1 (50%)	0–1 (0%)	0–1 (0%)	0–1 (0%)	0–1 (0%)	1–5 (17%)

ATP 250

Zeljko Krajan ATP 250 results by season
Season	Age	BUC	CHN	GST	MUN	UMA	CAS	DUT	PAL	SAN	SOP	U.S	W-L Win %
1997	18	—	—	—	—	R32	—	—	—	—	—	—	0–1 (0%)
2002	23	R32	—	—	R32	SF	—	—	R32	—	R16	—	4–5 (44%)
2003	24	—	R16	R32	R32	R32	R16	R32	—	R32	—	R32	2–8 (20%)
2004	25	—	—	—	—	R16	R32	—	—	—	—	—	1–2 (33%)
2005	26	—	—	—	—	R32	—	—	—	—	—	—	0–1 (0%)
W-L		0–1 (0%)	1–1 (50%)	0–1 (0%)	0–2 (0%)	4–5 (44%)	1–2 (33%)	0–1 (0%)	0–1 (0%)	0–1 (0%)	1–1 (50%)	0–1 (0%)	7–17 (29%)

Results show the best round reached per tournament and season.

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Career high

Career-high date

Aug 19, 2002

First Top 100

Jul 22, 2002

First Top 50

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First Top 20

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First Top 10

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Ranking History Matrix

Zeljko Krajan ranking history by month and season
Season	Age	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
1994	15	—	—	—	—	—	—	1070	1093	1108	1107	1081	1091
1995	16	1086	1089	1093	1094	1090	1098	1106	1182	1198	1191	1221	1211
1996	17	1210	1201	1201	1193	1021	1012	1026	709	643	588	581	546
1997	18	544	546	531	527	561	382	362	394	402	399	373	409
1998	19	409	375	371	377	377	487	473	410	372	379	404	398
1999	20	399	434	430	407	411	311	281	303	303	279	288	280
2000	21	273	276	280	267	262	339	419	445	495	542	553	599
2001	22	597	595	615	712	795	627	472	289	263	190	174	170
2002	23	163	162	162	149	138	118	90	98	111	110	111	108
2003	24	107	104	103	103	103	120	164	176	182	199	211	220
2004	25	241	281	255	316	393	432	417	417	408	401	419	424
2005	26	385	376	436	434	493	500	681	571	461	462	456	448
2006	27	524	585	590	588	594	607	695	748	1171	—	—	—

Similar Players

Other ATP players with comparable peak level, era, career record, and career scale.

Zeljko Krajan's most statistically similar ATP players
Player	Country	Peak ranking	Peak Elo	M	W	L	Win %	Prize money	Years	Rivalries	Match log
Daniel Elsner	GER	#92	1,563	35	8	27	22.9%	$369,334	1997–2005	Rivalries	Match log
Julian Knowle	AUT	#86	1,552	42	9	33	21.4%	$3,067,776	1992–2012	Rivalries	Match log
Marcello Craca	GER	#90	1,569	34	11	23	32.4%	$273,659	1997–2002	Rivalries	Match log
Dick Norman	BEL	#85	1,629	93	27	66	29.0%	$2,019,581	1992–2009	Rivalries	Match log
Orlin Stanoytchev	BUL	#96	1,540	62	15	47	24.2%	$484,515	1996–2001	Rivalries	Match log
Martin Lee	GBR	#94	1,594	61	19	42	31.1%	$561,085	1996–2006	Rivalries	Match log
Axel Pretzsch	GER	#99	1,577	36	11	25	30.6%	$336,815	1998–2002	Rivalries	Match log
Alexandre Simoni	BRA	#96	1,530	30	10	20	33.3%	$394,788	2000–2002	Rivalries	Match log
Thiago Alves	BRA	#88	1,632	30	7	23	23.3%	$739,459	2001–2012	Rivalries	Match log
Jeff Salzenstein	USA	#100	1,572	57	16	41	28.1%	$616,017	1995–2006	Rivalries	Match log
Nicolas Coutelot	FRA	#87	1,629	32	13	19	40.6%	$390,290	2000–2003	Rivalries	Match log
Roko Karanusic	CRO	#88	1,658	50	12	38	24.0%	$789,254	2003–2009	Rivalries	Match log

Frequently Asked Questions

How old is Zeljko Krajan?: Zeljko Krajan is 47 years old, born on February 3, 1979.
Which country does Zeljko Krajan represent?: Zeljko Krajan represents Croatia in TennisDB's ATP records.
How tall is Zeljko Krajan?: Zeljko Krajan is 178 cm / 5'10".
Is Zeljko Krajan left-handed or right-handed?: Zeljko Krajan plays right-handed.
How many Grand Slam singles titles has Zeljko Krajan won?: Zeljko Krajan has not won a Grand Slam singles title.
How many Masters 1000 titles has Zeljko Krajan won?: TennisDB does not group any of Zeljko Krajan's titles under the modern Masters 1000 category.
What is Zeljko Krajan's highest ATP ranking?: Zeljko Krajan's career-high ATP singles ranking is world No. 88, first achieved on August 19, 2002.
What is Zeljko Krajan's career win-loss record?: Zeljko Krajan has a career ATP singles record of 8 wins and 26 losses (23.5%).
How much career prize money has Zeljko Krajan earned?: Zeljko Krajan has earned at least $284,128 in career prize money from professional tennis.
Which seasons of Zeljko Krajan's career appear in TennisDB?: Zeljko Krajan appears in TennisDB's ATP main-tour match records from 1997 through 2005.
On which surface does Zeljko Krajan have the highest recorded win rate?: Among surfaces with at least 20 recorded matches, Zeljko Krajan's highest ATP main-draw win rate is on clay: 28.0% (7–18).
Who has Zeljko Krajan faced most often?: Zeljko Krajan's most frequent opponent is Federico Browne, with a head-to-head record of 0–2 across 2 meetings.