Goran Ivanišević

Goran Ivanišević
Goran Ivanišević at Wimbledon in 2004
Nation:	Croatia
Birthday:	September 13, 1971
Size:	193 cm
Weight:	82 kg
1st professional season:	1988
Resignation:	2004
Playing hand:	Left, two-handed backhand
Trainer:	Mario Tudor
Prize money:	$ 19,878,007
singles
Career record:	599: 333
Career title:	22nd
Highest ranking:	2 (July 4 1994)
Grand Slam record
Double
Career record:	263: 226
Career title:	9
Highest ranking:	20 (January 6 1992)
Grand Slam record
Mixed
Grand Slam record
Olympic games
Sources: official player profiles at the ATP / WTA and ITF (see web links )

Goran Simun Ivanišević [ ˈɡɔran iʋaˈniːʃɛʋitɕ ] (born September 13, 1971 in Split , Yugoslavia ) is a former Yugoslav and Croatian tennis player and tennis coach . His greatest achievement was winning the 2001 Grand Slam tournament at Wimbledon.

Life

Goran is the son of Srđan and Gorana Ivanišević (nee Škaričić). Ivanišević won the double finals of the junior competition at the US Open alongside Diego Nargiso in 1987 and became a professional tennis player the following year. In 1990 he reached the Wimbledon semi-finals at the age of 18 . Two years later he was in the final, where he failed in 5 sets against Andre Agassi . After two further defeats in the final against Pete Sampras (1994 and 1998), he finally achieved his first and only Grand Slam victory in 2001 . Since his ranking position did not allow him to compete in the main field, he received a wildcard from the organizer. In the semi-finals there was a duel against the favored local madator Tim Henman , which he won in five sets after various rain interruptions. In the final, he defeated Australian Patrick Rafter 6: 3, 3: 6, 6: 3, 2: 6, 9: 7. Along with Iva Majoli and Marin Čilić, he is the only Croatian Grand Slam winner in singles. He was also twice in the double final of the French Open ; In 1990 he was defeated at the side of Petr Korda against the Spaniards Sergio Casal and Emilio Sánchez Vicario , in 1999 he was defeated at the side of Jeff Tarango to the Indians Mahesh Bhupathi and Leander Paes .

At the 1992 Olympic Games in Barcelona he won the first medal (bronze) for the independent Croatia . In total, Ivanišević won 22 ATP tournaments on all surfaces and holds the record for beating aces within a calendar year (1477), which earned him the nickname "Lord of Aces". In addition, he held the speed record for serves of 218 km / h for a short time, which exceeded Marc Rosset's long-term record of 215 km / h .

His last appearance at Wimbledon was the defeat in the third round against Lleyton Hewitt in June 2004. After that, he announced his retirement as a professional tennis player and sat only once at the Davis Cup final in 2005 as a substitute on the bench. Between 1988 and 1991 he played for the Yugoslav Davis Cup team, in his 19 games he was 15 times victorious, including ten consecutive wins. From 1993 to 2003 he played for Croatia, in 2002 he was the match winner against Germany with his two individual victories against Nicolas Kiefer and Rainer Schüttler as well as the double victory alongside Ivan Ljubičić . He also won the World Team Cup with Yugoslavia in 1990 and the Hopman Cup with Croatia in 1996.

Due to financial difficulties as a result of bad investments, Ivanišević has been playing tournaments as part of the ATP Champions Tour since 2005 and was able to win some of these tournaments.

As a coach, Ivanišević led his compatriot Marin Čilić to success in the US Open in 2014 . He was his coach from September 2013 to July 2016. He is currently the coach of Novak Đoković .

successes

Legend (number of victories) Grand Slam (1) Grand Slam Cup Tennis Masters Cup (1) ATP Masters Series (3) Championship Series International Series Gold (8) World Series International Series (18)

Title after covering Hard Court (4) Sand (4) Grass (3) Carpet (18)

singles

Victories

No.	date	competition	Topping	Final opponent	Bottom line
1.	July 16, 1990	Stuttgart	sand	Guillermo Pérez Roldán	6: 7 2 , 6: 1, 6: 4, 7: 6 5
2.	June 17, 1991	Manchester	race	Pete Sampras	6: 4, 6: 4
3.	December 30, 1991	Adelaide	Hard court	Christian Bergström	1: 6, 7: 6 5 , 6: 4
4th	17th February 1992	Stuttgart	Carpet (i)	Stefan Edberg	6: 7 5 , 6: 3, 6: 4, 6: 4
5.	5th October 1992	Sydney	Hard court (i)	Stefan Edberg	6: 4, 6: 2, 6: 4
6th	October 26, 1992	Stockholm	Carpet (i)	Guy Forget	7: 6 2 , 4: 6, 7: 6 5 , 6: 2
7th	September 13, 1993	Bucharest	sand	Andrei Cherkassov	6: 2, 7: 6 5
8th.	October 18, 1993	Vienna (1)	Carpet (i)	Thomas Muster	4: 6, 6: 4, 6: 4, 7: 6 3
9.	November 7, 1993	Paris	Carpet (i)	Andrij Medvedev	6: 4, 6: 2, 7: 6 2
10.	October 10, 1994	Kitzbühel	sand	Fabrice Santoro	6: 2, 4: 6, 4: 6, 6: 3, 6: 2
11.	August 1, 1994	Tokyo	Carpet (i)	Michael Chang	6: 4, 6: 4
12.	5th December 1995	Munich	Carpet (i)	Todd Martin	7: 6 4 , 6: 3, 6: 4
13.	January 29, 1996	Zagreb (1)	Carpet (i)	Cédric Pioline	3: 6, 6: 3, 6: 2
14th	February 12, 1996	Dubai	Hard court	Albert Costa	6: 4, 6: 3
15th	February 26, 1996	Milan (1)	Carpet (i)	Marc Rosset	6: 3, 7: 6 3
16.	March 4, 1996	Rotterdam	Carpet (i)	Yevgeny Kafelnikov	6: 4, 3: 6, 6: 3
17th	November 4, 1996	Moscow	Carpet (i)	Yevgeny Kafelnikov	3: 6, 6: 1, 6: 3
18th	January 27, 1997	Zagreb (2)	Carpet (i)	Greg Rusedski	7: 6 4 , 4: 6, 7: 6 6
19th	February 24, 1997	Milan (2)	Carpet (i)	Sergi Bruguera	6: 2, 6: 2
20th	October 6, 1997	Vienna (2)	Carpet (i)	Greg Rusedski	3: 6, 6: 7 4 , 7: 6 4 , 6: 2, 6: 3
21st	February 2, 1998	Split	Carpet (i)	Greg Rusedski	7: 6 3 , 7: 6 5
22nd	June 25, 2001	Wimbledon	race	Patrick Rafter	6: 3, 3: 6, 6: 3, 2: 6, 9: 7

Final participation

No.	date	competition	Topping	Final opponent	Bottom line
1.	May 29, 1989	Florence	sand	Horacio de la Peña	4: 6, 3: 6
2.	May 21, 1990	Umag	sand	Goran Prpić	3: 6, 6: 4, 4: 6
3.	August 27, 1990	long Island	Hard court	Stefan Edberg	6: 7 3 , 3: 6
4th	17th September 1990	Bordeaux	sand	Guy Forget	4: 6, 3: 6
5.	October 1, 1990	Basel	Carpet (i)	John McEnroe	7: 6 3 , 6: 4, 6: 7 4 , 3: 6, 4: 6
6th	August 19, 1991	New Haven	Hard court	Petr Korda	4: 6, 2: 6
7th	February 10, 1992	Milan	Carpet (i)	Omar Camporese	6: 3, 3: 6, 4: 6
8th.	July 6, 1992	Wimbledon	race	Andre Agassi	7: 6 8 , 4: 6, 4: 6, 6: 1, 4: 6
9.	January 11, 1993	Doha	Hard court	Boris Becker	6: 7 4 , 6: 4, 5: 7
10.	May 17, 1993	Rome	sand	Jim Courier	1: 6, 2: 6, 2: 6
11.	October 31, 1993	Stockholm	Carpet (i)	Michael Stich	6: 4, 6: 7 6 , 6: 7 3 , 2: 6
12.	February 21, 1994	Stuttgart	Carpet (i)	Stefan Edberg	6: 4, 4: 6, 2: 6, 2: 6
13.	4th July 1994	Wimbledon	race	Pete Sampras	6: 7 2 , 6: 7 5 , 0: 6
14th	September 19, 1994	Bucharest	sand	Franco Davín	2: 6, 4: 6
15th	October 31, 1994	Stockholm	Carpet (i)	Boris Becker	6: 4, 4: 6, 3: 6, 6: 7 4
16.	May 15, 1995	Hamburg	sand	Andrij Medvedev	3: 6, 2: 6, 1: 6
17th	January 15, 1996	Sydney	Hard court	Todd Martin	7: 5, 3: 6, 4: 6
18th	February 26, 1996	Antwerp	Carpet (i)	Michael Stich	3: 6, 2: 6, 6: 7 5
19th	April 1, 1996	Miami	Hard court	Andre Agassi	0-3, surrender
20th	August 19, 1996	Indianapolis	Hard court	Pete Sampras	6: 7 3 , 5: 7
21st	December 9, 1996	Munich	Carpet (i)	Boris Becker	3: 6, 4: 6, 4: 6
22nd	February 17, 1997	Dubai	Hard court	Thomas Muster	5: 7, 6: 7 3
23.	June 16, 1997	Queen's Club	race	Mark Philippoussis	5: 7, 3: 6
24.	July 6, 1998	Wimbledon	race	Pete Sampras	7: 6 2 , 6: 7 9 , 4: 6, 6: 3, 2: 6
25th	August 24, 1998	New Haven	Hard court	Karol Kučera	4: 6, 7: 5, 2: 6
26th	October 12, 1998	Shanghai	Carpet (i)	Michael Chang	6: 4, 1: 6, 2: 6
27.	November 16, 1998	Moscow	Carpet (i)	Yevgeny Kafelnikov	6: 7 2 , 6: 7 5

Double

Victories

No.	date	competition	Topping	partner	Final opponent	Bottom line
1.	17th October 1988	Frankfurt	Carpet (i)	Rudiger Haas	Jeremy Bates Tom Nijssen	1: 6, 7: 5, 6: 3
2.	4th February 1991	Milan (1)	Carpet (i)	Omar Camporese	Cyril Suk Tom Nijssen	6: 4, 7: 6
3.	May 13, 1991	Rome	sand	Omar Camporese	Laurie Warder Luke Jensen	6: 2, 6: 3
4th	June 17, 1991	Manchester	race	Omar Camporese	Andrew Castle Nick Brown	6: 4, 6: 3
5.	December 30, 1991	Adelaide	Hard court	Marc Rosset	Mark Kratzmann Jason Stoltenberg	7: 6, 7: 6
6th	September 11, 1995	Bordeaux	Hard court	Saša Hiršzon	Henrik Holm Danny Sapsford	6: 3, 6: 4
7th	February 26, 1996	Milan (2)	Carpet (i)	Andrea Gaudenzi	Jakob Hlasek Guy Forget	6: 4, 7: 5
8th.	January 27, 1997	Zagreb	Carpet (i)	Saša Hiršzon	Brent Haygarth Mark Wedge	6: 4, 6: 3
9.	February 10, 1997	Dubai	Hard court	Sander Groen	Sandon Stolle Cyril Suk	7: 6, 6: 3

Final participation

No.	date	competition	Topping	partner	Final opponent	Bottom line
1.	October 2, 1989	Palermo	sand	Diego Nargiso	Peter Ballauff Rüdiger Haas	2: 6, 7: 6, 4: 6
2.	19th February 1990	Brussels	Carpet (i)	Balázs Taróczy	Emilio Sánchez Slobodan Živojinović	5: 7, 3: 6
3.	June 11, 1990	French Open	sand	Petr Korda	Sergio Casal Emilio Sánchez	5: 7, 3: 6
4th	20th August 1990	New Haven	Hard court	Petr Korda	Jeff Brown Scott Melville	5: 7, 6: 7
5.	July 22, 1991	Stuttgart	sand	Omar Camporese	Wally Masur Emilio Sánchez	6: 2, 3: 6, 4: 6
6th	June 15, 1992	Queen's Club	race	Diego Nargiso	John Fitzgerald Anders Järryd	4: 6, 6: 7
7th	April 17, 1995	Barcelona	sand	Andrea Gaudenzi	Trevor Kronemann David Macpherson	2: 6, 4: 6
8th.	August 7, 1995	los Angeles	Hard court	Saša Hiršzon	Brent Haygarth Kent Kinnear	4: 6, 5: 7
9.	June 7, 1999	French Open	sand	Jeff Tarango	Mahesh Bhupathi Leander Paes	2: 6, 5: 7
10.	August 2, 1999	los Angeles	Hard court	Brian MacPhie	Byron Black Wayne Black	2: 6, 6: 7 4

Grand Slam record

competition	1988	1989	1990	1991	1992	1993	1994	1995	1996	1997	1998	1999	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004	Victories
Australian Open	-	VF	1R	3R	2R	-	VF	1R	3R	VF	1R	-	2R	-	2R	-	-	0
French Open	-	4R	VF	2R	VF	3R	VF	1R	4R	1R	1R	1R	1R	-	-	-	-	0
Wimbledon	1R	2R	HF	2R	F.	3R	F.	HF	VF	2R	F.	4R	1R	S.	-	-	3R	1
US Open	-	2R	3R	4R	3R	2R	1R	1R	HF	1R	4R	3R	1R	3R	-	-	-	0

Team title

• 1990: World Team Cup with Yugoslavia
• 1996: Hopman Cup with Croatia
• 2005: Davis Cup with Croatia

Awards

Ivanišević was inducted into the International Tennis Hall of Fame as the 256th player in 2020 .

Web links

Commons : Goran Ivanišević  - collection of pictures, videos and audio files

• ATP profile of Goran Ivanisevic (English)
• ITF profile Goran Ivanisevic (English)
• Davis Cup stats by Goran Ivanisevic (English)
• www.goranonline.com - official website of Goran Ivanišević in English
• Profile Ivanišević on the ATP Champions Tour homepage

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Svoje vino predstavio i Srđan Ivanišević , Slobodna Dalmacija 24 November 2009
2. ^ "Goran Ivanisevic broke" , FAZ, June 8, 2005
3. ↑ ATP tour: Ex-US Open winners Marin Čilić and Goran Ivanisevic go their separate ways. (No longer available online.) Archived from the original on July 24, 2016 ; accessed on July 24, 2016 . Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.  
4. ↑ Conchita Martinez elected to International Tennis Hall of Fame (wtatennis.com April 16, 2020, accessed April 20, 2020, English)