"2013 Claro Open Colombia The 2013 Claro Open Colombia was a professional tennis tournament played on hard courts. It was the first edition of the tournament, which was part of the 2013 ATP World Tour. It took place in Bogotá, Colombia at Centro de Alto Rendimiento, between 15 and 21 July 2013. The Croatian Ivo Karlovic was crowned first winner of the Claro Open Colombia after beating the Colombian Alejandro Falla in the final by 6-3 7-6(4) in a game that lasted one hour and 18 minutes. Karlovic was the surprise package of the 2013 edition, in a tournament that"
"find a replacement for the Flexpoint Instinct he enjoyed, he finally switched to the Head YouTek IG Radical Pro, and proceeded to endorse the new Graphene Radical in 2014. Karlović has previously worn apparel by Diadora, My OCK, Adidas, Nike, Li-Ning, Sergio Tacchini and Mizuno, as well as his own brand 6’10"". ""This table is current through the 2018 US Open."" Karlović's record against players who have been ranked world No. 10 or higher, based on ATP head-to-head records.<br> Statistics correct as of 13 August 2018. Ivo Karlović Ivo Karlović (; born 28 February 1979, Zagreb) is a Croatian professional"
"as an assistant coach of the Croatian Davis Cup team, was a national junior coach with the Croatian Tennis Association for many years. Igor Šarić Igor Šarić (born 4 July 1967) is a former professional tennis player from Croatia. Born in Zagreb, Šarić competed for Yugoslavia at the start of his career and played his first Grand Prix tournament at the Stuttgart Open in 1986. Ranked 800 in the world, he was given a wild-card into the tournament because he played for a local club and caused an upset by beating American Brian Teacher to make the second round. He"
"Ivan Dodig Ivan Dodig (; born 2 January 1985) is a Croatian tennis player. His career-high ATP rankings are world No. 29 in singles and world No. 4 in doubles. Dodig is a Grand Slam champion after winning the 2015 French Open men's doubles title with Marcelo Melo. At the 2010 Australian Open, he qualified for the main draw and beat former world no. 1 Juan Carlos Ferrero in the first round in five sets. However, he bowed out to Stefan Koubek in the second round. Dodig then had a pretty average year, playing many Challenger tournaments throughout the year."
"Karlo Ivancic Karlo Ivancic (born 24 July 1994 in Zagreb, Croatia) is a Croatian footballer who plays for Greece club Panargiakos. Tantalized by the prospect of playing abroad for the first time in his football career, Ivancic accepted an offer from Singaporean team Warriors FC to join their Prime League reserve squad, making his debut in a 2015 Singapore League Cup group stage clash opposing Tampines Rovers and providing an assist in the 1-0 triumph. Settling in fast, the Croatian then started 14 S.League games in a row, substituted off on four occasions. Positioned at a wide forward role during"
"Igor Šarić Igor Šarić (born 4 July 1967) is a former professional tennis player from Croatia. Born in Zagreb, Šarić competed for Yugoslavia at the start of his career and played his first Grand Prix tournament at the Stuttgart Open in 1986. Ranked 800 in the world, he was given a wild-card into the tournament because he played for a local club and caused an upset by beating American Brian Teacher to make the second round. He represented Yugoslavia at the 1987 Summer Universiade in Zagreb and won a silver medal in the men's singles, after losing the gold medal"
"Ancic will be helping to coach Novak Djokovic at Wimbledon 2017. Mario Ančić Mario Ančić (; born 30 March 1984) is a Croatian former professional tennis player who currently works as an investment banker in New York City. He won three singles titles and five doubles titles. His career-high singles ranking came during the 2006 ATP Tour, when he reached world no. 7. Ančić helped Croatia to win the 2005 Davis Cup and at the Athens Olympic Games in 2004, he and Ivan Ljubičić won a bronze medal in doubles for Croatia. As a teenager making his Grand Slam debut"
"his most notable results to date was a victory over Magnus Carlsen in the 2014 Chess Olympiad, where Šarić finished with 7/11. In 2018 he won the European Individual Chess Championship in Batumi with a score of 8.5/11 points and became the second player from Croatia who managed to achieve this title after Zdenko Kožul, who won it in 2006. He graduated in 2013 with a bachelor's degree in Computer Science from the University of Split, and he lives in Omiš, Croatia, with his wife and daughter. Ivan Šarić (chess player) Ivan Šarić (; born 17 August 1990) is a"
"Dodig and Melo won the masters 1000 tournament 2016 Rogers Cup and the pair were runners up the Nottingham Open as top seed. On 16 November 2013 he married Maja Ćubela. On 16 June 2014 his wife gave birth to their son, Petar. ""Current through the 2017 Croatia Open Umag."" Ivan Dodig Ivan Dodig (; born 2 January 1985) is a Croatian tennis player. His career-high ATP rankings are world No. 29 in singles and world No. 4 in doubles. Dodig is a Grand Slam champion after winning the 2015 French Open men's doubles title with Marcelo Melo. At the"
"Irena Pavlovic Irena Pavlovic (, ; born 28 September 1988) is a French female tennis player of Serbian descent. Born in Serbian capital Belgrade, she moved to Paris when she was three. Pavlovic won three singles and 13 doubles events organized by the International Tennis Federation, and is currently ranked World No. 152. She was awarded with wild cards for two WTA in 2009, Internationaux de Strasbourg and French Open, which was her first grand slam appearance. Pavlovic lost in the first round both times to, respectively, Kristina Barrois and Akgul Amanmuradova. In her career, she defeated players such as"
"an injury he suffered during practice with the national team, just one week before the tournament. He also missed the 2014 World Cup finals in Brazil due to injury. Ivo Iličević Ivo Iličević (born 14 November 1986) is a Croatian footballer who plays for FC Kairat in the Kazakhstan Premier League. Iličević was born in Aschaffenburg, West Germany to Bosnian Croat parents. His father emigrated to West Germany from a small village near Odžak, Bosnia and Herzegovina, then part of the SFR Yugoslavia). He began his career in the youth ranks of Viktoria Aschaffenburg, before joining Regionalliga Süd side Darmstadt"
"the 2015 BNP Paribas Open , the 2015 Shanghai Masters and the 2016 Western & Southern Open. In January 2018, Tomic was revealed as a celebrity contestant on the fourth season of the Australian version of ""I'm a Celebrity...Get Me Out of Here!"". On 30 January 2018, Tomic withdrew from the competition after three days, due to feeling uncomfortable and depressed. Tomic was born in Stuttgart, Germany, on 21 October 1992. Tomic's parents, Croatian father, John (Ivica) and Bosnian mother, Ady (Adisa) Tomić (later Tomic), left Socialist Yugoslavia several years before his birth. In an interview, Tomic stated that his"
"emphasis on specialty gifts from Italy and Austria. He retired in 1975 and his wife died in December 1984. Pavelić himself died in Greenwich in February 2011, at the age of 103. Ivo Pavelić Ivan A. ""Ivo"" Pavelić (February 10, 1908 – February 22, 2011) was a Croatian swimmer, football player and skier. As a swimmer he competed for Yugoslavia at the 1924 Summer Olympics. Pavelić was born in Zagreb and experienced his only international swimming tournament at the 1924 Games in Paris, where he failed to advance beyond the first round of the men's 200 metre breaststroke event. He"
"Ivan Ljubičić Ivan Ljubičić (; born 19 March 1979) is a retired Croatian professional tennis player. He reached a career-high Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP) world No. 3 singles ranking on 1 May 2006. His career highlights include reaching a Grand Slam semifinal at the 2006 French Open, and a ATP World Tour Masters 1000 title at the Indian Wells Masters in 2010 as well as 3 other finals, 2 of them coming in 2005 at Madrid and Paris, and the other at the Miami Masters in 2006. Since retiring, Ljubičić has coached ATP top 3 players Milos Raonic and"
"Krešimir Friedrich Krešimir Friedrich (; July 30, 1898, Koprivnica – March 3, 1985, Zagreb) was a Croatian tennis player, footballer and lawyer from Koprivnica, and a national tennis champion of the Kingdom of Yugoslavia. Krešimir Friedrich was born in Koprivnica into a family of 11 children, all brothers. He and his brother Ferdo began visiting the local tennis courts in Koprivnica in their youth, frequenting the same club where contemporary painter and eventual fifth-ranked national player and subsequent Davis Cup captain Fedor Malančec trained at the time. They were occasionally hired as ball boys, and thus had a chance to"
"Masters."" Milos Raonic Milos Raonic (; born December 27, 1990) is a Canadian professional tennis player. He reached a career-high Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP) world No. 3 singles ranking on November 21, 2016. His career highlights include a Grand Slam final at the 2016 Wimbledon Championships; two Grand Slam semifinals at the 2014 Wimbledon Championships and 2016 Australian Open; and three ATP World Tour Masters 1000 finals at the 2013 Canadian Open, 2014 Paris Masters, and 2016 Indian Wells Masters. Raonic first gained international acclaim by reaching the fourth round of the 2011 Australian Open as a qualifier, being"
"to his wife Iva, and has two daughters, Anja and Gaiu. Igor Hinić Igor Hinić (born 4 December 1975 in Rijeka) is a water polo player from Croatia, who was a member of the national team that won the silver medal at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, Georgia and a member of the Croatian team that won gold in the water polo at the 2012 Summer Olympics. He was also voted the Croatian national team's most valuable player. He currently plays for ENKA Istanbul (TUR), and is right handed. He is 6'8"" tall and weighs 243 lbs. He enjoys"
"Ivo Werner Ivo Werner (born 19 August 1960) is a former professional tennis player originally from Czechoslovakia who competed for both his native country as well as West Germany. Werner, who is now a tennis coach, immigrated to West Germany in 1982 and got citizenship two years later. Werner made his first Grand Prix quarter-final in 1986, at Metz. He was a quarter-finalist again the following year, at the Guarujá Open. Also in 1987, he reached the doubles semi-finals of the Heineken Open, with David Lewis as his partner. At the 1988 Australian Open, Werner made it through qualifying and"
"No. 5, signifying her return to the world's elite. In 2015, Ivanovic made it to the semifinals of a major for the first time in seven years at the French Open. In late December 2016, a few days out from the beginning of the 2017 tour, she announced her retirement, citing being no longer able to perform to a high standard as a major factor. Ivanovic was born in Belgrade, SFR Yugoslavia. Ivanovic's mother Dragana, a lawyer, has been court-side during most of her matches. Her father Miroslav, a self-employed businessman, attended as many events as he possibly could. Ivanovic"
"head coach since July 2018. Tomić won the 2018 Adriatic Supercup. Some of the most notable home-grown players are Zoran Slavnić, a member of the 50 greatest players in the history of FIBA international basketball, as selected in 1991, then Igor Rakočević – the three-time EuroLeague Top Scorer, Peja Stojaković – the NBA All-Star player and FIBA EuroBasket MVP, as well as Vladimir Cvetković and Dragan Kapičić. Further notable home-grown players include Goran Rakočević, Žarko Koprivica, Slobodan Nikolić, Predrag Bogosavljev, Boban Janković, Mirko Milićević, Branislav Prelević, Aleksandar Trifunović, Nebojša Ilić, Saša Obradović, Rastko Cvetković, Nikola Jestratijević, Miloš Vujanić, Vladimir Radmanović,"
"his time there, Ivancic expressed desire to be put in a central midfielder role to link the defense and attack. Karlo Ivancic Karlo Ivancic (born 24 July 1994 in Zagreb, Croatia) is a Croatian footballer who plays for Greece club Panargiakos. Tantalized by the prospect of playing abroad for the first time in his football career, Ivancic accepted an offer from Singaporean team Warriors FC to join their Prime League reserve squad, making his debut in a 2015 Singapore League Cup group stage clash opposing Tampines Rovers and providing an assist in the 1-0 triumph. Settling in fast, the Croatian"
"Ivo Minář Ivo Minář (born 21 May 1984) is a former professional male tennis player from the Czech Republic. On July 20, 2009, Minář reached his career-high singles ranking of World No. 62. His brother Jan is also a professional player, who has been ranked in the top 200 in the world. Minář was a member of the winning Czech Republic team in the 2012 Davis Cup. Minář also worked as coach of Czech tennis player Kristýna Plíšková. Minář won the European junior championships in Klosters when he was 16, defeating fellow Czech Tomáš Berdych. In his career, he has"
"higher-ranked players. First, the Slovenian defeated fellow qualifier Ramón Delgado of Paraguay, before beating fourteenth seed José Acasuso 6–4, 6–4 to advance to the third round. Then, he beat Ivo Karlović, the tournament's second seed, in the third round, 7–6(4), 4–6, 6–2, before continuing his unexpected run by beating highly seeded Andreas Seppi, 4–6, 6–4, 7-5. His amazing feat was ended by Marin Čilić in the semi-finals. After qualifying for the 2009 Wimbledon Championships, he became the first male Slovenian player in history to participate in a Grand Slam tournament. Gregorc will be playing for the Philadelphia Freedoms of World"
"Ion Țiriac Ion Țiriac (; born 9 May 1939), also known as the 'Brașov Bulldozer' is a Romanian businessman and former professional tennis and ice hockey player. A former top 10 player, he is the winner of one grand slam title, the 1970 French Open in men's doubles. Țiriac was the first man to play against a woman in a sanctioned tennis tournament (against Abigail Maynard, in 1975). The highlight of his ice hockey career was participating as defenseman in the Romanian national team at the 1964 Winter Olympics. He gained notoriety in his (mostly) post-playing years as an advisor-coach-manager"
"professionally playing on the ITF tour. He played tennis since he was 7. He is married to a Belgrade born tennis player whom he met while competing in different tournaments in Serbia. Adnan Ahmedic Adnan Ahmedic (born 15 July 1975) is a classical guitarist born in Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina. Ahmedic gave recitals throughout Europe and US, and also appeared as soloist with several chamber and symphonic orchestras. At an early age he was a pupil of classical guitarist Ivan Kalcina who inspired him to pursue guitar as his life calling. During the Bosnian War he moved first to Frankfurt,"
"and teacher, transferring his rich experience to younger generations. He was later appointed the official selector and captain and trainer of the Davis Cup team of his country. Under his leadership, the team achieved significant success in 1963 by winning the King's Cup. Josip Palada Josip Palada (, ; 5 February 1912 – 4 May 1994) was a Yugoslav tennis player of Croatian ethnicity. Palada was born in Zagreb and started to play tennis at the age of fifteen on the courts of the Neurological Clinic of the Faculty of Medicine in Zagreb. He was hired as a ball boy"
"Milos Raonic Milos Raonic (; born December 27, 1990) is a Canadian professional tennis player. He reached a career-high Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP) world No. 3 singles ranking on November 21, 2016. His career highlights include a Grand Slam final at the 2016 Wimbledon Championships; two Grand Slam semifinals at the 2014 Wimbledon Championships and 2016 Australian Open; and three ATP World Tour Masters 1000 finals at the 2013 Canadian Open, 2014 Paris Masters, and 2016 Indian Wells Masters. Raonic first gained international acclaim by reaching the fourth round of the 2011 Australian Open as a qualifier, being referred"
"2014–15 season, he moved to Real Madrid, where he has won the Champions League on three occasions. A full Croatian international since 2013, Kovačić represented the nation at the 2014 FIFA World Cup and UEFA Euro 2016. He is nicknamed ""Il Professore (The Professor)."" Born in Linz, Austria, to Bosnian Croat parents who had moved there from Kotor Varoš in Bosnia and Herzegovina, Kovačić began playing at an early age at the local LASK Linz's academy. In 2007, when Kovačić was 13, he was spotted by scouts from several prominent European clubs, including Ajax, Inter Milan, Juventus and Bayern Munich,"
"Viktor Troicki Viktor Troicki (, ; born 10 February 1986) is a Serbian professional tennis player. He won his first ATP singles title at the 2010 Kremlin Cup, and his second and third ATP singles titles at the 2015 and 2016 Apia International Sydney. His biggest achievement was career-high singles ranking of world No. 12 in June 2011, along with winning the deciding rubber in Serbia's Davis Cup final against France in 2010. Since then, every Davis Cup he's attended, he has contributed to Serbia resulting in a quarterfinal or better. He is known for his strong serve, which he"
"91% of service games to rank third all-time. Aided by his serve, he plays an all-court style with an emphasis on short points. Every one of his singles titles has been won on hard courts. His overall winning percentage of 68.5% is one of the highest amongst currently active players. Raonic was born on December 27, 1990, in Titograd, SFR Yugoslavia (now Podgorica, Montenegro), and is of Serb heritage. Prompted by the political unrest in the Balkans, and seeking more professional opportunities, his family moved to Canada in 1994 when he was three, settling in Brampton, Ontario. His parents are"
"Open by Yevgeny Kafelnikov, who as a result qualified for his ever Grand Slam main draw. He is now the tournament director for the Prosperita Open, a Challenger event held in Ostrava. Václav Roubíček Václav Roubíček (born 13 December 1967) is a former professional tennis player from the Czech Republic. Roubíček, who comes from Ostrava, started playing tennis at the age of 10 and turned professional in 1987. He won a Challenger tournament in Jakarta in 1991, a year in which he reached his career best ranking of 135 in the world. On the Grand Prix circuit, later ATP Tour,"
"rubbers for his country, winning nine of them. In 1993 he helped Hungary qualify for the World Group with wins over Alberto Mancini and Javier Frana from Argentina. Another of his best wins came in 1995, when he defeated Mark Philippoussis in the fifth and deciding rubber of their tie, to ensure that Australia was relegated for the first time in Davis Cup history. József Krocskó József Krocskó (; born 20 April 1968) is a former professional tennis player from Hungary. Krocskó, who was born in the Ukrainian SSR, won the Hungarian Tennis Championships in 1992 and 1993. He qualified"
"to the quarter-finals. Ivan Cerović Ivan Cerović (born 1 March 1982) is a former professional tennis player from Croatia. Born in Slovenia, Cerovic is from the Croatian city of Rijeka. As a junior, he made it to number 31 in the world and reached the quarter-finals of the boys' singles at the 2000 US Open. He competed in his first ATP Tour tournament in Umag, the 2001 Croatia Open, appearing in the doubles with Marko Tkalec, for an opening round exit. Mostly he played on the Challenger circuit and won a title in 2005, the doubles at the Samarkand Challenger."