Goran Ivanišević is a Croatian tennis player. Born in the port city of Split on September 13, 1971, Ivanišević is best remembered for having won the men's singles title at Wimbledon in 2001 after already reaching the finals three times (1992, 1994 and 1998). Goran Ivanisevic pic This is a scanned picture, used with permission. ... Tennis balls This article is about the sport, tennis. ... Split (Italian: Spalato) is the largest and most important city in Dalmatia, the administrative center of Croatias Split-Dalmatia county. ... September 13 is the 256th day of the year (257th in leap years). ... 1971 is a common year starting on Friday (click for link to calendar). ... Wimbledon logo Wimbledon is the oldest and most prestigious event in the sport of tennis. ... 2001 is a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar. ... 1992 is a leap year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... 1994 was a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar, and was designated the International year of the Family. ... 1998 is a common year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar, and was designated the International Year of the Ocean. ...

Ivanišević's name is synonymous with his booming serves, which was one of the greatest of all time. He was once ranked no. 2 in the world, behind Pete Sampras. Pete Sampras is considered to have one of the best serves of all time. ... Country: United States Residence: Los Angeles, California, USA Height: 61 (185 cm) Weight: 170 lb (77 kg) Plays: Right Turned pro: 1988 Retired: 2002 Highest singles ranking: 1 (4/12/1993) Singles titles: 64 Career Prize Money: $43,280,489 Grand Slam Record Titles: 14 Australian Open W (1994...

Career

Ivanišević turned professional in 1988, and won his first career doubles title later that year in Frankfurt (with Rudiger Haas). 1988 is a leap year starting on a Friday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Frankfurt am Main [ˈfraŋkfʊrt] is the largest city in the German state of Hesse and the fifth largest city in Germany. ...

Ivanišević made his first significant impact on the tennis world in 1990. In the French Open, he knocked-out Boris Becker in the first round of the men's singles and went on to reach the quarter-finals. He was also runner-up in the French Open men's doubles (with Petr Korda). A few weeks later at Wimbledon, Ivanišević made it all the way to the semi-finals, where he again met Becker and put up an impressive display before going down in four sets. Becker predicted after the match Ivanisevic would be a future Wimbledon champion. Ivanisevic also won his tour first singles title in 1990 at Stuttgart, and helped Yugoslavia win the World Team Cup. 1990 is a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar. ... The French Open, officially the Tournoi de Roland-Garros (English: Roland Garros Tournament), is a tennis event held from the middle of May to the beginning of June in Paris, France, and is the second of the worlds Grand Slam tournaments. ... Boris Franz Becker (b. ... Petr Korda (b. ... Stuttgart is a city located in southern Germany, it is the capital of the state of Baden-Württemberg, and has a population of approximately 600,000 as of June 2004. ... Yugoslavia (Jugoslavija in all south Slavic languages) is a term used for three separate but successive political entities that existed during most of the 20th century on the Balkan Peninsula in Europe. ... The World Team Cup is the international team championship of the Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP). ...

Ivanišević quickly became known on the tour for his strong, attacking style of play and for an extremely powerful serve. For several years, he was the leading scorer of aces on the tour. A brilliant player, who was capabale of beating anyone in the world when he was at his very best, he was also known for occassional on-court temper tantrums and, from time-to-time, for "tanking" in matches (particularly in final sets) and being blown away by opponents who he should have been capabale of beating. Pete Sampras is considered to have one of the best serves of all time. ... An Ace in tennis means a single-stroke point won by the server who produces a service that his opponent cannot reach with his racket and thus fails to return. ...

Ivanišević lost in the second round at Wimbledon in 1991 and courted controversy during the championships by not only expressing his strong Croatian nationalist sentiments during the period of independence from Yugoslavia, but also urging the top women's player Monica Seles (a Serbia-born ethnic Hungarian) to publicly express her stance, which she refused to do. 1991 is a common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Monica Seles (born December 2, 1973) is a former World No. ... Serbia and Montenegro  – Serbia    – Kosovo and Metohia        (UN administration)    – Vojvodina  – Montenegro Official language Serbian1 Capital Belgrade Area  – Total  – % water  88,361 km²  n/a Population  – Total (2002)     (without Kosovo)  – Density  7. ... Árpád Feszty and assistants vast (over 8000 m2) canvas, painted to celebrate the 1000th anniversary of the Magyar conquest of Hungary, now displayed at Ópusztaszer National Memorial Site in Hungary Magyars are an ethnic group primarily associated with Hungary. ...

In 1992 Ivanišević reached the Wimbledon singles final, where he faced Andre Agassi. Both up-and-coming stars were gunning for their first Grand Slam title. In a dramatic five-set encounter, it was Agassi who eventually won 6-7, 6-4, 6-4, 1-6, 6-4. Later that summer, at the Olympic Games in Barcelona, Ivanišević won Bronze Medals in both singles and doubles for the newly-independent nation of Croatia. He also won four singles titles that year. 1992 is a leap year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Country: United States Residence: Las Vegas, Nevada, USA Height: 511 (180 cm) Weight: 177 lbs. ... In tennis, a Grand Slam is winning all four of the following championship titles in the same year: Australian Open French Open Wimbledon U.S. Open These tournaments are therefore also known as the Grand Slam tournaments, and rank as the most important tennis tournaments of the year in the... For months before the Olympic Games, runners relay the Olympic Flame from Olympia to the opening ceremony. ... Barcelona within Barcelonès Population (2003) 1,582,738 Area 1004 Km2 Population density (2001) 15,764/Km2 Barcelona is the capital of Catalonia, an autonomous region in northeastern Spain (41°23′ N 2°11′ E). ...

Goran Ivanišević and Mario Ančić playing doubles during the 2004 Queen's Club Championships.

Ivanišević reached the Wimbledon final for the second time in 1994, where he faced defending-champion Pete Sampras. Ivanišević put up a strong fight in the first two sets, but was then blown away in third as Sampras won 7-6, 7-6, 6-0. Ivanišević reached his career-high singles ranking of World No. 2 in July that year. Download high resolution version (480x640, 127 KB)Goran Ivanisevic and Mario Ancic play doubles on Centre Court during the 2004 Queens Club Championships. ... Download high resolution version (480x640, 127 KB)Goran Ivanisevic and Mario Ancic play doubles on Centre Court during the 2004 Queens Club Championships. ... Goran Ivanisevic and Mario Ancic playing doubles during the 2004 Queens Club Championships. ... Centre Court stands at Queens Club during the 2005 Queens Club Championships The Queens Club Championships (also the Stella Artois Championships) is an ATP International Series grass-court tennis tournament for mens singles and doubles. ... 1994 was a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar, and was designated the International year of the Family. ... Country: United States Residence: Los Angeles, California, USA Height: 61 (185 cm) Weight: 170 lb (77 kg) Plays: Right Turned pro: 1988 Retired: 2002 Highest singles ranking: 1 (4/12/1993) Singles titles: 64 Career Prize Money: $43,280,489 Grand Slam Record Titles: 14 Australian Open W (1994...

In 1995, Ivanišević won the Grand Slam Cup, beating Todd Martin in the final 7-6, 6-3, 6-4. 1995 was a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... The Grand Slam Cup was a tennis tournament. ... The Three Major Professional Tournaments Professional tennis players in the years before the Open era began in 1968 played mostly on tours in head-to-head competition. ...

1996 was a strong year for Ivanišević as he won a career-best five singles titles. He reached the Grand Slam Cup final again, but this time lost to Becker in straight sets. He set a tour record by serving 1,477 aces over the course of the season. Ivanišević also teamed-up with Iva Majoli to win the 1996 Hopman Cup for Croatia. 1996 is a leap year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar, and was designated the International Year for the Eradication of Poverty. ... Iva Majoli (born August 12, 1977) is a professional tennis player from Zagreb, Croatia. ... The Hopman Cup is an annual international team tennis tournament held in Perth, Western Australia in early-January (sometimes commencing in late-December) each year. ...

In 1998, Ivanišević reached his third Wimbledon final. He faced Sampras again and pushed him to five sets before losing a closely-fought contest 6-7, 7-6, 6-4, 3-6, 6-2. After three final defeats, many people wondered if the man often touted as a future Wimbledon winner would ever fulfill his promise. 1998 is a common year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar, and was designated the International Year of the Ocean. ...

Ivanišević finished runner-up in the French Open men's doubles in 1999 (with Jeff Tarango). However for much of 1999, 2000 and 2001, he struggled with a shoulder injury and his performance and world ranking beganto steadily slide. 1999 is a common year starting on Friday of the Common Era, and was designated the International Year of Older Persons by the United Nations. ... Jeffrey Gail Jeff Tarango (b. ... 2000 is a leap year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ... 2001 is a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

In the summer of 2001, Ivanišević was ranked the World No. 125. This was not good enough to earn him an automatic place in the main draw at Wimbledon but, given his past record as a three-time finalist, the organizers decided to give him a wildcard entry. Against all expectations, he powered his way through the draw to reach the final, setting-up a showdown the previous year's runner-up and former US Open champion Patrick Rafter. (It was the first singles final which Ivanišević had qualified for since 1998.) In an epic struggle lasting three hours and one minute, Ivanišević out-lasted Rafter to win in five sets 6-3, 3-6, 6-3, 2-6, 9-7. Just two months shy of his 30th birthday, Ivanisevic became the lowest-ranked player and the first wildcard entry to win Wimbledon [1] (http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/tennis/wimbledon_history/3742065.stm). The U.S. Open is the fourth and final event of the Grand Slam in tennis. ... Patrick Michael Rafter (born December 28, 1972) is a former World No. ...

Ivanišević received the BBC Sports Personality of the Year Overseas Personality Award in 2001. The BBC Sports Personality of the Year Overseas Personality is given on an annual basis to the non-British sportsperson considered to have made the most substantative contribution to sport in that year. ...

The 2001 Wimbledon win proved to be the last of Ivanišević's career. He temporarily retired later in 2001 due to shoulder surgery, but remained listed at the bottom of the ATP's rankings. He returned to tennis in 2004, but retired permanently after a third-round loss to Lleyton Hewitt at Wimbledon. After the match, he again prominently displayed his Croatian heritage, this time by putting on a Croatia national football team jersey. The Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP) was formed in 1972 to protect the interests of male professional Tennis players. ... 2004 is a leap year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Country: Australia Residence: Adelaide, AUS Height: 511 (180 cm) Weight: 170 lbs. ... First International Croatia 4 - 0 U.S.A. (Zagreb, Croatia; 17 October 1990) Largest win Croatia 7 - 0 Australia (Zagreb, Croatia; 6 June 1998) Worst defeat Slovakia 4 - 1 Croatia (Bratislava, Slovakia; 20 April 1994) Portugal 3 - 0 Croatia (Nottingham, England; 19 June 1996) France 3 - 0 Croatia (Saint-Denis...

Over the course of his career, Ivanišević won 22 top-level singles titles and 9 doubles titles.

Quotes

• "The trouble with me is that every match I play against five opponents: umpire, crowd, ball boys, court, and myself."
• "I wouldn't want to go to a sports psychiatrist, because when you're finished, you come out more crazy than you go in."
• "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."
• "I think it's interesting, you have three movies in one match: horror, comedy, drama. It's fun. I enjoy it. I am like that. I don't like to change. And if I could choose, I would be the same again. Just me, and I like who I am."

External Links

• The official Goran Ivanišević website (http://www.goranivanisevic.com/)
• Official ATP profile (http://www.atptennis.com/en/players/playerprofiles/default2.asp?playernumber=I034)