COACHES

Petar Djukic

Director of the Academy

Started playing tennis at the age of five with the highest ATP rank of 1331 in singles and 1115 in doubles. Roger Federer is the player who inspired Peter’s passion and love for tennis. The coaches Nikola Pilić and Bogdan Obradović had a great influence on his coaching career.

Coaching experience – Highest Rank

Nikola Cacic (SRB) – ATP 281, Doubles 35
Marko Topo (SRB) – ATP 437
Miomir Kecmanovic (SRB) – ATP 27
Filip Krajinovic (SRB) – ATP 26
Dusan Lajovic (SRB) – ATP 23
Damir Dzumhur (BiH) – ATP 23
Pedja Krstin (SRB) – ATP 159

Bojana Vacić
Head coach of the tennis school
Bojana Vacic, born in Krusevac in 1986. She started her coaching career in Germany in 2006. Head coach and coordinator of TK Đukić tennis school for juniors since 2017. Thanks to Bojana, the tennis school today has over 100 members, of which over 20 are competitors. Some of them are today the most successful competitors in their competitions in Serbia: Dimitrije Gligorov, Jovan Panić and Vuk Dvokić.
Bojana applies the 10s program (stay & play) according to the ITF (International Tennis Federation) system
Coaching Licenses:
• – PTR (international license)
• – D and C (federal license)

Milos Pavlovic

Academy coach

He has been playing tennis since he was 7 years old. Most of all, he likes to work with children who compete in categories up to 14 years old and younger. He sees the work on technique as well as the tactics of building points as his greatest qualities. In the last 4 years, he worked with children who are currently the most successful competitors in their competitions in Serbia:

Dimitrije Gligorov (Winner of the National Championship of Serbia under 12 years old)
Jovan Panic (Top 10 to 12 years old)
Maksim Davidovic (Top 10 in Serbia under 12)
Vuk Dvokic (Top 5 in Serbia under 10)

Ana Stojačić

Senior Coach

Born 01.01.1995. in Belgrade. Among the top 10 in Serbia. I played futures tournaments and a league in Germany from 2016-2018. Success at the Futures Mozzart tournament in Belgrade, entering the main draw. Work with recreationists, beginners and competitors.

David Obradović

Academy coach,

He started training tennis at the Đukic Academy at the age of 7. Started his career with Petar Đukić and together with him achieved 12th place in Serbia and 2nd in Belgrade, as well as 1st place at the under-16 national championship in doubles. After several years of work at the Đukić tennis school, he became a coach at the Academy.

Miloš Obrenović

Coach,

Aleksandar Škundrić

Coach

He started playing tennis at the age of seven, in his tennis career he reached the semi-finals of several federal tournaments. At the age of 20, he started coaching, and today he is the coach of the Đukić school.

Dejan Ðokić

Coach

During 2004, he was coached by Jimmy Connors for 10 months. In 2008 and 2013, he was the sparring partner of Andy Roddick and Maria Sharapova while they were coached by Jimmy Connors. From 2002 to 2008, he worked as a private tennis coach for the Maloof family, former owners of the Sacramento Kings and the Palms Hotel in Las Vegas, current owners of the Las Vegas Knights hockey team. He played tennis professionally from 1999 to 2008, and was a ranked ATP Tour player (1220). As a junior, from 1996 to 1998, he was number 1 in Serbia for the 16 and 18 age categories and represented Serbia at the European Championships in Klosters, Switzerland in 1998.