A former professional coach who also played collegiately at Ole Miss, Filip Kraljevic joined the Vanderbilt men’s tennis coaching staff in November 2024.

Kraljevic has spent the past five years coaching at the prestigious IMG Tennis Academy in Bradenton, Florida while also coaching and traveling with multiple top-200 pros in the ATP and WTA, including: Martin Damm (ATP No. 175), Adrian Andreev (ATP No. 183), Kei Nishikori and Peyton Stearns (WTA No. 43). On the junior side, he mentored and developed multiple junior players into the top 10 of the ITF junior rankings and has coached at all four junior Grand Slams and the ITF Junior Finals. Kraljevic coached sophomore Danil Panarin to a Junior Orange Bowl U18 title in 2023 ahead of his SEC Freshman of the Year season for the Dores last spring.

While competing for Ole Miss, Kraljevic was an impact player, ranking as high as No. 52 in singles and No. 6 in doubles in the ITA rankings. The Rebels consistently ranked inside the top 25 during all four of his years there. He was also an accomplished player on the ITF junior circuit, with wins over multiple future top professional players: Casper Ruud (ATP high No. 2), Matteo Berrettini (ATP high No. 6), Hubert Hurkacz (ATP high No. 6), and Alexander Bublik (ATP high No. 17). Kraljevic also played for the Croatian junior national team and achieved a high ATP singles ranking of No. 1206 in the world.