Goran Ivanisevic
Goran Ivanisevic
Goran Ivaniševićis a retired Croatian professional tennis player and current tennis coach. He is the only person to win the men's singles title at Wimbledon as a wildcard. He achieved this in 2001, having previously been runner-up at the championships in 1992, 1994 and 1998. Before the 2001 tournament, he was ranked 125th and after his victory he was 16th. His career-high singles ranking was World No. 2in 1994. He was coaching Marin Čilić from September 2013 to July 2016,...
NationalityCroatian
ProfessionTennis Player
Date of Birth13 September 1971
CitySplit, Croatia
CountryCroatia
The trouble with me is that every match I play against five opponents: umpire, crowd, ball boys, court, and myself.
I don't care now if I ever win a match in my life again. Whatever I do in my life, wherever I go, I'm going to be always Wimbledon champion.
Ivan Lendl's never going to be a great player on grass. The only time he comes to the net is to shake your hand.
Since retiring I have spent a lot of time with my family, on my boat, and playing football.
At her birthday, my seven-year-old daughter will say that she wants these big cakes and certain expensive toys as presents, and I can't say no to her. It would just break my heart. But when I was little, for birthdays we just played outside and we were happy if we got any cake.
Although we didn't have much when I was growing up in Split, Croatia, my parents always tried to ensure that my sister and I had the things we needed, and it was enough for us.
While I didn't have everything that I wanted, I was still a happy kid.
When you are winning too much, sometimes you think you should never lose again. I am learning to lose.
If you are given a lot of money without having to work for it, you won't appreciate it as much as if you made it yourself.
I still break racquets, but now I do it in a positive way.
My fines? I pay more fines than some guys' career prize money on the tour.
After I won a match at a tournament I tried to repeat everything I did the day I won. Before my next match, I ate the same food, I went to the same restaurant etc. Sometimes it got very boring.
When I won Wimbledon, I said to God: just let me win this one tournament and I won't play another match. Maybe God's telling me to go home, but I don't want to go home. We are negotiating at the moment.
Lately, my mind is like an orchestra. If you don't have the conductor, you don't know what to do. One guy is playing jazz, one guy is playing rock and roll, another classical. It's a big mess.