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
My sporting hero was Drazen Petrovic, the NBA basketball player, who was killed in a car accident in 1993. He was a good friend, an unbelievable player, and I dedicated my Wimbledon win to him.
I just try to play tennis and don't find excuses. You know, I just lost because I lost, not because my arm was sore.
It's great, but there is one problem. She doesn't sleep. At night she seems to turn into a vampire. She wakes up every night five or 10 times, asking for things, singing, calling out.
Actually, I tossed it nicely, landed nicely, like airplane. No warning, beautiful. That's the art of throwing racquets.
Its fun to be there with the guys, to practice with them, arrange the balls, do this, do that, but when you play you can get some of this nervousness out of your system.
The best book I read this year was 'The Da Vinci Code.'
My tattoo is a cross, a rose and a shark. A cross is a cross, a rose like love and a shark is a pretty tough animal.
When I started in my career, my sister was very sick so I play for her because we didn't have money.
With me, you never know what is going to happen
Winning Wimbledon was a great feeling and it is still a great feeling. It has given me so much confidence.
Every generation has its own Goran. So I was the Goran of this generation.
If I can't serve on grass, I can maybe help cut the grass, paint the lines and serve some strawberries.
As soon as I step on the court I just try to play tennis and don't find excuses. You know, I just lost because I lost, not because my arm was sore.
It's fun to be there with the guys, to practice with them, arrange the balls, do this, do that, but when you play you can get some of this nervousness out of your system.