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Ivan Ljubicic

Ivan Ljubičić
Ivan Ljubičić Umag 2008 (5).JPG
Country (sports)  Croatia
Residence Monte Carlo, Monaco
Born (1979-03-19) 19 March 1979 (age 37)
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.svg Bronze Medal (2004)
Team competitions
Davis Cup W (2005)
Coaching career (2013-present)
Olympic medal record
Representing  Croatia
Men's Tennis
Bronze medal – third place 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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