Marin Čilić

Marin Čilić
Čilić 2016 at the US Open
Nickname:	Mrnja
Nation:	Croatia
Birthday:	September 28, 1988
Size:	198 cm
Weight:	89 kg
1st professional season:	2005
Playing hand:	Right, two-handed backhand
Trainer:	Ivan Cinkus, Wayne Ferreira
Prize money:	$ 27,022,364
singles
Career record:	495: 265
Career title:	18th
Highest ranking:	3 (January 29, 2018)
Current placement:	23
Grand Slam record
Double
Career record:	78:85
Highest ranking:	49 (April 15, 2013)
Last update of the infobox: August 26, 2019
Sources: official player profiles at the ATP / WTA and ITF (see web links )

Marin Čilić (born September 28, 1988 in Međugorje , SR Bosnia and Herzegovina , SFR Yugoslavia ) is a Croatian tennis player .

Career

2004-2007

In 2005 Čilić won the French Open in junior competition and led the junior world rankings. In the same year he turned professional. 2006 Čilić made his debut in the Davis Cup .

In 2007 the Croat was in the main draw of a Grand Slam tournament for the first time at the Australian Open . In the first round he was defeated by the Serb Ilija Bozoljac with 2: 6, 4: 6 and 1: 6. In February he defeated Benjamin Becker in the Davis Cup match against Germany , but could no longer prevent Croatia from being eliminated.

In the first round of the French Open, Čilić was defeated by Thierry Ascione from France 2: 6, 2: 6 and 1: 6. At the lawn tournament at Queen's Club in London , Čilić surprisingly beat Tim Henman 7: 6, ⁵ , 2: 6 and 6: 4 in the first round . With further victories over Alejandro Falla and Jo-Wilfried Tsonga , the Croat reached the quarter-finals. There he was defeated by the eventual tournament winner Andy Roddick 4: 6 and 6: 7 ⁵ . At Wimbledon, Čilić lost to Gilles Simon 6: 3, 5: 7, 4: 6, 6: 4 and 3: 6 in the first round .

2008: First victory in an ATP tournament

Čilić reached the round of 16 at the Australian Open , in which he was defeated by James Blake . At the French Open he was eliminated in the second round, but reached the round of 16 at Wimbledon , where he lost to Arnaud Clément . Čilić represented Croatia at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing , where he was eliminated in the second round against Fernando González . In August 2008 he won his first ATP tournament at the Pilot Pen Tennis in New Haven with a success 6: 4, 4: 6, 6: 2 over Mardy Fish . On his debut at the US Open Čilić reached the third round, where he lost to Novak Đoković in four sets.

2009–2012

The Croatian won his second ATP Tour title with a 6: 4, 7: 6 ³ win over Indian Somdev Devvarman in Chennai, India at the beginning of the year . At Wimbledon he made it into the third round, where he was defeated by Tommy Haas in five sets. At the US Open in September, he played his most successful Grand Slam tournament to date. He defeated Andy Murray , who was seeded at two, 7: 5, 6: 2, 6: 2 in the round of 16 , but lost in the quarter-finals in four sets against the eventual winner Juan Martín del Potro .

Right at the beginning of the 2010 season he won the tournament in Chennai and thus defended his title. In the final he defeated the Swiss Stanislas Wawrinka 7: 6 and 7: 6. At the Australian Open Čilić reached the semi-finals, in which he was defeated by Andy Murray in four sets. At the next tournament in Zagreb , where he stood as defending champion, he won the title for the second time against the unset German Michael Berrer in three sets with 6: 4, 6: 7 ⁵ and 6: 3. That was his second title in two months after winning in Chennai in January.

At the Wimbledon Championships 2012 , the Čilić won the fourth longest match in the history of the tournament against the American Sam Querrey after five and a half hours with 7: 6 ⁶ , 6: 4, 6: 7 ² , 6: 7 ³ and 17:15. He finally failed in the second round to Andy Murray.

Since 2013: doping ban and first Grand Slam title

As part of the 2013 BMW Open Marin Cilic was at a doping test positive for nikethamide tested. Čilić stated that he unknowingly ingested the drug via a tablet obtained from a pharmacy. As this was not intended to increase performance, he received a reduced suspension of nine months, which was retroactive from May 1, 2013 to January 31, 2014. The International Court of Sports then reduced the suspension to only four months, as it did not consider Čilić's guilt as serious as the ITF arbitration tribunal . With that, Čilić was again eligible to play from the Masters tournament in Paris . In September 2013, he also signed a new coach, Goran Ivanišević .

In February 2014 Marin Čilić played three finals on the World Tour in a row. On February 9, he won the final in Zagreb against Tommy Haas in two sets before he was also defeated by Tomáš Berdych in the Rotterdam final in two sets the following week . On February 23, he defeated Kevin Anderson in three sets at Delray Beach .

In September 2014 Marin Čilić reached the US Open , seeded number 14, for the first time the final of a Grand Slam tournament. In the semifinals he defeated Roger Federer 6: 3, 6: 4 and 6: 4. He won the final against the tenth seeded Kei Nishikori , who had previously beaten world number one Novak Đoković, 6: 3, 6: 3 and 6: 3, making him the first to qualify for the ATP World Tour Finals . There he was eliminated early with three defeats in the preliminary round. He was u. a. for his Grand Slam success - the second of a Croat after that of his coach Ivanišević - voted Croatia's Sportsman of the Year 2014 at the US Open.

The year 2015 was not as successful as the previous one. At the US Open , he reached the semi-finals as defending champion. At least he was able to successfully defend his title at the Moscow ATP tournament at the end of the year . It was his only tournament victory in 2015.

In July 2016, Čilić announced that he had ended his collaboration with Goran Ivanišević. The Swede Jonas Björkman became his new coach. Shortly afterwards, he immediately won his first tournament victory in the ATP World Tour Masters 1000 category , when he defeated Andy Murray in the Cincinnati final. With his victory at the ATP tournament in Basel , he also achieved his first tournament victory on the ATP World Tour 500 level . This made him one of the top ten in the world rankings.

In July 2017, Čilić, seeded in seventh place, reached his second Grand Slam final in individual at Wimbledon . In the final, he clearly had to admit defeat to Roger Federer in three sets 3: 6, 1: 6, 4: 6, who was able to triumph at the grass tournament for the eighth time.

At the beginning of the 2018 season he made it to the final of the Australian Open for the first time , but lost this match against defending champion Roger Federer in five sets with 2: 6, 7: 6, 3: 6, 6: 3, 1: 6. During the lawn season he won his 18th title when he beat Novak Đoković in three sets in the final at the Queen's Club . At the end of the season he won the Davis Cup with Croatia .

Current account

Final participation

singles

Number of tournament victories and finals in different tournaments and court coverings
	Tournament victories			Lost finals
	Tournament categories *	Course coverings		Tournament categories *	Course coverings
	Grand Slam (1)	Hard Court (14)		Grand Slam (2)	Hard Court (7)
	ATP Finals (0)	Grass (2)		ATP Finals (0)	Grass (3)
	ATP World Tour Masters 1000 (1)	Sand (2)		ATP World Tour Masters 1000 (0)	Sand (4)
	ATP World Tour 500 (2)	Carpet (0)		ATP World Tour 500 (4)	Carpet (0)
	ATP World Tour 250 (14)			ATP World Tour 250 (8)
Detailed presentation of the tournament victories
No.	date	competition	Topping	Final opponent	Result
01.	August 23, 2008	New Haven	Hard court	Mardy Fish	6: 4, 4: 6, 6: 2
02.	0January 5, 2009	Chennai	Hard court	Somdev Devvarman	6: 4, 7: 6 3
03.	0February 2, 2009	Zagreb	Hard court (i)	Mario Ančić	6: 3, 6: 4
04th	0January 5, 2010	Chennai	Hard court	Stanislas Wawrinka	7: 6 2 , 7: 6 3
05.	0February 2, 2010	Zagreb	Hard court (i)	Michael Berrer	6: 4, 6: 7 5 , 6: 3
06th	October 30, 2011	St. Petersburg	Hard court (i)	Janko Tipsarevic	6: 3, 3: 6, 6: 2
07th	17th June 2012	Queen's Club	race	David Nalbandian	6: 7 3 , 4: 3, disq.
08th.	July 15, 2012	Umag	sand	Marcel Granollers	6: 4, 6: 2
09.	February 10, 2013	Zagreb	Hard court (i)	Jürgen Melzer	6: 3, 6: 1
10.	0February 9, 2014	Zagreb	Hard court (i)	Tommy Haas	6: 3, 6: 4
11.	February 23, 2014	Delray Beach	Hard court	Kevin Anderson	7: 6 6 , 6: 7 7 , 6: 4
12.	0September 8, 2014	US Open	Hard court	Kei Nishikori	6: 3, 6: 3, 6: 3
13.	19th October 2014	Moscow	Hard court (i)	Roberto Bautista Agut	6: 4, 6: 4
14th	October 25, 2015	Moscow	Hard court (i)	Roberto Bautista Agut	6: 4, 6: 4
15th	August 21, 2016	Cincinnati	Hard court	Andy Murray	6: 4, 7: 5
16.	October 30, 2016	Basel	Hard court (i)	Kei Nishikori	6: 1, 7: 6 5
17th	0May 7, 2017	Istanbul	sand	Milos Raonic	7: 6 3 , 6: 3
18th	June 24, 2018	Queen's Club	race	Novak Đoković	5: 7, 7: 6 4 , 6: 3
Detailed representation of the lost finals
No.	date	competition	Topping	Final opponent	Result
01.	October 11, 2009	Beijing	Hard court	Novak Đoković	2: 6, 6: 7 4
02.	0November 1, 2009	Vienna	Hard court	Jürgen Melzer	4: 6, 3: 6
03.	0May 9, 2010	Munich	sand	Mikhail Juschny	3: 6, 6: 4, 4: 6
04th	February 20, 2011	Marseille	Hard court (i)	Robin Soderling	7: 6 8 , 3: 6, 3: 6
05.	July 31, 2011	Umag	sand	Oleksandr Dolhopolov	4: 6, 6: 3, 3: 6
06th	0October 9, 2011	Beijing	Hard court	Tomáš Berdych	6: 3, 4: 6, 1: 6
07th	0May 6, 2012	Munich	sand	Philipp Kohlschreiber	6: 7 8 , 3: 6
08th.	June 16, 2013	Queen's Club	race	Andy Murray	7: 5, 5: 7, 3: 6
09.	February 16, 2014	Rotterdam	Hard court (i)	Tomáš Berdych	4: 6, 2: 6
10.	February 21, 2016	Marseille	Hard court (i)	Nick Kyrgios	2: 6, 6: 7 3
11.	May 21, 2016	Geneva	sand	Stan Wawrinka	4: 6, 6: 7 11
12.	June 25, 2017	Queen's Club	race	Feliciano López	6: 4, 6: 7 2 , 6: 7 8
13.	July 16, 2017	Wimbledon	race	Roger Federer	3: 6, 1: 6, 4: 6
14th	January 28, 2018	Australian Open	Hard court	Roger Federer	2: 6, 7: 6 5 , 3: 6, 6: 3, 1: 6

(*) Names of the tournament categories up to 2008:
ATP World Tour Finals = Tennis Masters Cup,
ATP World Tour Masters 1000 = ATP Masters Series (2004–2008), Tennis Masters Series (2000–2003),
ATP World Tour 500 = International Series Gold
ATP World Tour 250 = International Series

Double

Number of tournament victories and finals in different tournaments and court coverings
	Tournament victories			Lost finals
	Tournament categories *	Course coverings		Tournament categories *	Course coverings
	ATP World Tour Masters 1000 (0)	Hard Court (0)		ATP World Tour Masters 1000 (0)	Hard Court (0)
	Olympic Games (0)	Lawn (0)		Olympic Games (0)	Lawn (0)
	ATP World Tour 500 (0)	Sand (0)		ATP World Tour 500 (0)	Sand (1)
	ATP World Tour 250 (0)	Carpet (0)		ATP World Tour 250 (1)	Carpet (0)
Detailed representation of the lost finals
No.	date	competition	Topping	partner	Final opponent	Result
01.	July 30, 2011	Umag	sand	Lovro Zovko	Simone Bolelli Fabio Fognini	3: 6, 7: 5, [7:10]

(*) Designation of the tournament categories up to 2008:
ATP World Tour Masters 1000 = ATP Masters Series (2004–2008), Tennis Masters Series (2000–2003)
ATP World Tour 500 = International Series Gold
ATP World Tour 250 = International Series

Performance record in the most important tournaments

Tournament 1	2018	2017	2016	2015	2014	2013	2012	2011	2010	2009	2008	2007	2006	2005	total
Australian Open	F.	2R	3R	-	2R	3R	-	AF	HF	AF	AF	1R	-	-	0
French Open	VF	VF	1R	AF	3R	3R	3R	1R	AF	AF	2R	1R	-	-	0
Wimbledon	2R	F.	VF	VF	VF	2R	AF	1R	1R	3R	AF	1R	-	-	0
US Open	VF	3R	3R	HF	S.	-	VF	3R	2R	VF	3R	-	-	-	1
ATP Finals 2		RR	RR	-	RR	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0
Indian Wells Masters	3R	2R	VF	2R	AF	3R	2R	3R	2R	3R	2R	-	-	-	0
Miami Masters	AF	2R	3R	-	2R	VF	3R	2R	AF	3R	2R	-	-	-	0
Monte Carlo Masters	VF	VF	-	VF	2R	AF	2R	AF	AF	2R	1R	-	-	-	0
Madrid Masters 3	-	2R	-	2R	AF	1R	AF	2R	AF	2R	AF	-	-	-	0
Rome Masters	HF	VF	-	1R	2R	2R	1R	VF	2R	AF	1R	-	-	-	0
Hamburg Masters 4	not carried out										1R	-	-	-	0
Canada Masters	VF	-	2R	2R	AF	-	AF	AF	1R	1R	VF	-	-	-	0
Cincinnati Masters	HF	-	S.	AF	AF	-	VF	1R	1R	2R	1R	-	-	-	1
Shanghai Masters		HF	2R	AF	1R	-	VF	1R	1R	1R	not carried out				0
Paris Masters		VF	HF	2R	-	2R	2R	1R	AF	VF	AF	-	-	-	0
Olympic games	n / A		AF	not carried out			2R	not carried out			2R	not carried out			0
Davis Cup 5		Flat share	F.	-	K1	PO	VF	PO	VF	HF	K1	PO	VF	-	0
Tournament participation 6	14th	21st	22nd	20th	22nd	14th	20th	24	23	22nd	25th	12	9	1	250
Finals reached	2	3	4th	1	5	2	3	4th	3	4th	1	0	0	0	32
Individual titles won	1	1	2	1	4th	1	2	1	2	2	1	0	0	0	18th
Hard court wins / defeats	20: 7	0-0	38:18	21:10	39:13	14: 6	14:10	29:14	30:15	35:13	25:16	5: 4	0: 3	0-0	288: 144
Sand victories / defeats	11: 5	0-0	4: 3	7: 6	11: 6	7: 5	16: 7	13: 7	9: 5	11: 6	5: 6	2: 4	4: 4	0: 1	114: 69
Turf wins / defeats	6: 1	0-0	7: 3	7: 3	4: 2	5: 1	9: 2	2: 1	1: 2	2: 2	7: 3	4: 3	0: 1	0-0	66:27
Carpet wins / defeats 7	0-0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0-0	3: 2	1: 3	0-0	4: 5
Overall wins / defeats 8	37:13	44:22	49:24	35:19	54:21	26:12	39:19	44:22	40:22	48:21	37:25	14:13	5:11	0: 1	472: 245
World ranking points	3815	3805	3650	2405	4195	1130	2210	1665	2300	2430	1175	533	240	35	N / A
Year-end position	(6)	6th	6th	13	9	37	15th	21st	14th	14th	22nd	71	173	600	N / A

Explanation of symbols: S = tournament victory; F, HF, VF, AF = entry into the final / semi-finals / quarter-finals / round of 16; 1R, 2R, 3R = elimination in the 1st / 2nd / 3rd main round; RR = Round Robin (group stage)

¹ tournament result in brackets means that the player has not yet finished the tournament; it shows its current tournament status. After the player finishes the tournament, the bracket is removed.
² before 2009 Tennis Masters Cup .
³ Before 2002 the Masters tournament in Madrid was held in Stuttgart, Essen and Stockholm. In 2009 there was a change of surface from hard court to sand.
⁴ The Hamburg tournament has not been part of the Masters series since 2009.
⁵ PO = playoff (promotion and relegation round in the Davis Cup world group); K1, K2, K3, K4 = participation in continental groups I, II, III, IV in the Davis Cup.
⁶ In contrast to the ATP ranking , only tournaments of the ATP World Tour as well as the four Grand Slam tournaments and the ATP World Tour Finals are counted here (as well as for the number of finals and titles won) . H. no Challenger or Future tournaments or team competitions ( Davis Cup or World Team Cup ). However, the latter count in the win / lose statistics.
⁷ No more ATP tournaments have been held on carpet since the 2009 season.
⁸ As of September 10, 2018

Web links

Commons : Marin Čilić  - collection of images, videos and audio files

• ATP profile of Marin Cilic (English)
• ITF profile Marin Cilic (English)
• Davis Cup Statistics for Marin Cilic (English)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Did Cilic test positive? In: spox.com. July 27, 2013, accessed January 4, 2017 . 
2. ^ Decision In The Case Of Marin Cilic. In: atpworldtour.com. September 16, 2013, archived from the original on September 27, 2013 ; accessed on January 4, 2017 (English). 
3. ↑ CAS reduces doping ban for Cilic to four months. In: spox.com. October 25, 2013, accessed January 4, 2017 . 
4. ↑ Cilic Qualifies For Barclays ATP World Tour Finals. In: atpworldtour.com. October 18, 2014, archived from the original on October 21, 2014 ; accessed on January 4, 2017 (English). 
5. ↑ ATP tour: Ex-US Open winners Marin Cilic and Goran Ivanisevic go their separate ways. In: spox.com. July 22, 2016, archived from the original on July 24, 2016 ; accessed on July 24, 2016 .