Dušan Lajović (Душан Лајовић; born 30 June 1990) is a Serbian professional tennis player.
Lajović has won two singles and two doubles titles on the ATP Tour.
2010
Lajović regularly represents Serbia in team competitions, after playing in the now defunct World Team Cup in 2010 and 2011, he is a member of the Serbian Davis Cup team since 2012 and he contributed greatly to Serbia winning the inaugural ATP Cup in 2020, as he won four of six matches.
2011
In 2011 he qualified for the Kremlin Cup, and lost in the first round of the main draw.
In the 2011 St. Petersburg Open, he reached the quarterfinals for the first time in his career.
2012
In 2012, he began working with a new coach, Boris Bošnjaković, played in the Davis Cup for the first time, reached the finals of 2012 Orbetello Challenger and won the 2012 Samarkand Challenger.
2013
Replacing an injured Janko Tipsarević, he played two live rubbers in the 2013 Davis Cup final, including the deciding rubber against Radek Štěpánek of the Czech Republic.
He was defeated comfortably in both but was praised by team-mate Novak Djokovic for how he coped with the big occasion.
His first appearance in the main draw of a grand slam was at Australian Open and he reached second round where he lost to Kei Nishikori.
He bettered this at the French Open by reaching the fourth round where he was beaten in straight sets by then-world number one and eventual champion Rafael Nadal.
Partnered with Radu Albot, they won the Istanbul doubles title, marking the first ATP doubles title for the Serb.
At the French Open he lost to eventual champion Stan Wawrinka in the second round in four sets.
At the Argentina Open, Lajović reached quarterfinals defeating world No. 12 John Isner en route.
He reached the semifinals of the Brasil Open after beating top seed and world No. 20 Benoît Paire in the second round, that was his first tour-level semifinal appearance after losing all eight prior quarterfinals matches before in his career.
2016
This was followed by semifinal appearances at the 2016 Generali Open in Kitzbühel and the 2016 Los Cabos Open.
In Indian wells, the Serbian defeated five opponents to reach the fourth round eventually losing to Pablo Carreño Busta.
His contributions in successful Davis Cup ties against Russia & Spain, resulted in Serbia making the semifinal where he defeated Lucas Pouille but lost to Jo-Wilfried Tsonga.
At the Australian Open Lajović lost in five sets to US Open quarterfinalist Diego Schwartzman in his opening match.
His next match was a five set loss to Miami Masters champion John Isner in a Davis Cup tie.
A temporary return to the Challenger Tour resulted in winning the Open Region Guadeloupe.
After qualifying for the Monte-Carlo Masters, he faced 12 time Grand Slam champion Novak Djokovic, losing in straight sets.
At the Madrid Masters, he defeated former top ten player Richard Gasquet in the second round, followed by a victory over world No. 6 Juan Martín del Potro, before falling to world No. 8 Kevin Anderson in the quarterfinals.
This clay-court season was topped off with a semifinal appearance at the Lyon Open and a five-set loss at the French Open to world No. 3 Alexander Zverev.
Lajović's first-round match at Wimbledon was against defending champion & world No. 2 Roger Federer, he would lose in three quick sets.
At the China Open he was able to secure his second victory over a top 10 player, defeating world No. 7 Grigor Dimitrov.
On 15 October, Lajović reached the top 50 ranking for the first time in his career.
2018
At the Australian Open he defeated 2018 semifinalist Kyle Edmund in straight sets before losing to world no. 14 Diego Schwartzman in the third round.
2019
On 29 April 2019, Lajović reached his career-high singles ranking of world No. 23.
He won his first singles tournament at the 2019 Croatia Open and reached his first Masters 1000 final at the 2019 Monte-Carlo Masters.
For a long time, Lajović primarily played on the Futures circuit and the Challenger circuit.
In January 2019, Lajović scored his 100th career victory and reached a new career-high ranking of world No. 45.
Lajović secured his third top-ten victory in Miami defeating world No. 6 Kei Nishikori.
At the Monte-Carlo Masters, he reached his maiden ATP Tour final without dropping a set.
En route to the final, Lajović defeated former top 10 player David Goffin, reigning French Open finalist, world No. 5 Dominic Thiem, and world No. 14 Daniil Medvedev.
His run ended in the final against Fabio Fognini in straight sets.
Lajović climbed to a new career-high ranking of No. 24 at the conclusion of the tournament.
Lajović won his first ATP Tour singles title at the Croatian Open in Umag, defeating Hungarian Attila Balázs in straight sets in the final.
At the inaugural ATP Cup, Lajović assisted Serbia in making history as the first nation to win Davis, World Team and ATP Cups, winning four of six matches.
2020
On 21 September 2020, he peaked at No. 82 in the doubles rankings.
He is best known for his clay-court game, kick serve and strong flowing groundstrokes, especially his one-handed backhand.
