Marin Cilic
Marin Cilic
Marin Cilic
Marin Cilic
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  • Career
    • Nickname is Chila.
    • Began playing at age 7 with his cousin, Tanja.
    • Wife, Kristina; sons, Baldo and Vito; father, Zdenko; mother, Koviljka; brothers, Vinko, Goran and Mile.
    • Parents built him and his brothers a tennis court in their backyard.
    • Considers hard and grass as his best surfaces.
    • Idols growing up were countrymen Goran Ivanisevic and Ivan Ljubicic.
    • Recipient of 2016 Arthur Ashe Humanitarian Award for his work on Marin Cilic Foundation, which provides children with improved access to education.
    • Started aPro-Am charity event for his foundation in 2019 called “Game Set Croatia,” which raises money to build multi-purpose sport courts in crucial regions of his home country.
    • Received ATP ACES for Charity grants in 2015 and 2020 for his philanthropic work.
    • Fan of AC Milan and Croatian national team. Admires football players Kaka and Robinho.
    • Struggled with knee injury in 2016 and adductor injury in 2017.

    (UPDATED 15 MAY 2023)

    • Former World No. 1 junior broke into Top 10 after reaching 2010 Australian Open SF and achieved career-high No. 3 following run to 2018 Australian Open final.
    • Defeated Federer en route to 2014 US Open title, but lost to him in 2017 Wimbledon and 2018 Australian Open finals.
    • Upset No. 2 Medvedev en route to 2022 Roland Garros SF, becoming 4th active player to advance to SFs of all 4 Grand Slam events (also Djokovic, Murray, Nadal).
    • Owns 20 titles and 582 victories, highlighted by biggest wins of career over No. 1 Djokovic at 2016 Paris and No. 1 Nadal at 2018 Australian Open.
    • Won 2016 ATP Masters 1000 Cincinnati title, clinched 2018 Davis Cup for Croatia, and earned silver medal in All-Croatian men’s doubles final at 2020 Tokyo Olympics w/Dodig (held in 2021).

    • Underwent knee surgery in January 2023 after playing in opening week of the season in Pune.

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