Ivan Ljubičić
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| Country (sports) |
 Croatia
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| Residence | Monte Carlo, Monaco |
| Born |
19 March 1979 Banja Luka, SR Bosnia and Herzegovina, SFR Yugoslavia |
| Height | 1.93 m (6 ft 4 in) |
| Turned pro | 1998 |
| Retired | 15 April 2012 |
| Plays | Right-handed (one-handed backhand) |
| Prize money | US$ 10,181,121 |
| Singles | |
| Career record | 429–296 (ATP Tour and Grand Slam-level, and in Davis Cup) |
| Career titles | 10 |
| Highest ranking | No. 3 (1 May 2006) |
| Grand Slam Singles results | |
| Australian Open | QF (2006) |
| French Open | SF (2006) |
| Wimbledon | 3R (2006, 2007, 2011) |
| US Open | 3R (2005, 2007) |
| Other tournaments | |
| Tour Finals | RR (2005, 2006) |
| Olympic Games | 3R (2000, 2004) |
| Doubles | |
| Career record | 111–128 (ATP Tour and Grand Slam-level, and in Davis Cup) |
| Career titles | 0 |
| Highest ranking | No. 70 (May 16, 2005) |
| Grand Slam Doubles results | |
| Australian Open | QF (2010) |
| French Open | 3R (2004, 2006) |
| Wimbledon | 1R (2005, 2006, 2007) |
| US Open | QF (2003, 2009) |
| Other doubles tournaments | |
| Olympic Games |
 Bronze Medal (2004) |
| Team competitions | |
| Davis Cup | W (2005) |
| Coaching career (2013-present) | |
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| Olympic medal record | ||
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| Representing Croatia
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| Men's Tennis | ||
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2004 Athens | Doubles |
Ivan Ljubičić (Croatian pronunciation: [ǐv̞an ʎûbitʃitɕ]; 19 March 1979) is a retired Croatian tennis player. His career-high ATP singles ranking was world No. 3.
He achieved his best results in indoor tournaments played on carpet or hardcourt. Mostly a baseliner, he approached the net selectively (Ljubičić was a good volleyer and plays doubles occasionally). On his backhand, he used a slice or a drop-shot to great effect to draw a player or put him out of position. Ljubičić used the Head Youtek Extreme Pro Racquet, after using the Babolat Pure Drive for most of his professional career.
Ljubičić served as the ATP Players' Council president and in 2008 became one of the few active players to serve on the ATP Board of Directors.
Ljubičić and Mario Ančić are only the third doubles team ever to defeat Bob and Mike Bryan in Davis Cup history, the other teams being France's Arnaud Clément and Michaël Llodra, Brazil's Marcelo Melo and Bruno Soares and Serbia's Nenad Zimonjić and Ilija Bozoljac. Ljubičić helped Croatia win the 2005 Davis Cup, where they triumphed over the Slovakian Davis Cup team in the final.
In December 2015, Ljubičić was hired as the coach of Roger Federer.
Ljubičić was born in Banja Luka, at the time SR Bosnia and Herzegovina, SFR Yugoslavia to a Bosnian Croat father, Marko, and a Bosniak mother, Hazira. He started playing tennis as a child in 1988, and he soon won his first local awards as a junior. In May 1992, because of the war in Bosnia and Herzegovina, the family left Banja Luka, and Ivan, his mother and his brother moved to Opatija, Croatia, while his father was unable to leave. In November 1992, they were reunited and moved to Rijeka. Soon after, in April 1993, Ljubičić went to a tennis club in Moncalieri near Torino, Italy. During the next three years, Ljubičić grew into a promising prospect. He decided to play for Croatia and in 1995 won his first junior championship, becoming the Croatian under-16 champion. The same year, he won his first ATP points and played for the Croatian team in the Winter Cup (European under-16 indoors championship). Pairing up with Željko Krajan, he won the Orange Bowl (the unofficial world under-16 championship).
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