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Ivan Ljubičić
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Key facts
- Country sports
- Croatia
- Residence
- Monte Carlo , Monaco
- Born
- ( 1979-03-19 ) 19 March 1979 (age 47) , Banja Luka , SR Bosnia and Herzegovina , SFR Yugoslavia
- Height
- 1.93 m (6 ft 4 in)
- Retired
- 15 April 2012
- Plays
- Right-handed (one-handed backhand)
- Prize money
- US$ 10,181,121
- Career record
- 429–296 (59.2% in ATP Tour and Grand Slam main draw matches, and in Davis Cup )
- Highest ranking
- No. 3 (1 May 2006)
- Australian open
- QF ( 2006 )
- French open
- SF ( 2006 )
- Wimbledon
- 3R ( 2006 , 2007 , 2011 )
- Us open
- 3R ( 2005 , 2007 )
- Tour finals
- RR ( 2005 , 2006 )
- Olympic games
- 3R ( 2000 , 2004 )
- Davis cup
- W ( 2005 )
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Ivan
- Family name
- Ljubičić
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- Croatia
- Place of birth
- Banja Luka
- Languages spoken
- Croatian
- Participant in
- tennis at the 2004 Summer Olympics – men's doubles
- Sport
- tennis
- Member of team
- Croatia Davis Cup team
- Country for sport
- Croatia
- Mass
- 92
- Image
- Ivan Ljubičić Umag 2008 (2).JPG
- Height
- 193
- Residence
- Monte Carlo
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- Commons category
- Ivan Ljubičić
- date of birth
- 1979-03-19
- singles record
- 429–296
- doubles record
- 111–128
- playing hand
- right-handedness
- social media followers
- 48104
- prize money
- 10181121
- head coach
- Riccardo Piatti
- end of work period
- 2012-04-15
- start of work period
- 1998-00-00
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Encyclopedic overview
Ivan Ljubičić ( Croatian pronunciation: [ǐʋan ʎûbitʃitɕ]; born 19 March 1979) is a Croatian former professional tennis player, coach and Tennis TV commentator. 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 major semifinal at the 2006 French Open, and a Masters title at the Indian Wells Masters in 2010. He also contested three other Masters finals, two in 2005 at Madrid and Paris, and the other at the 2006 Miami Open.
Since retiring, Ljubičić has coached ATP top-3-ranked players Milos Raonic and Roger Federer. He was credited with Federer's improved backhand later in his career, especially evident on high shots, as well as introducing tactical changes of taking shots much earlier: taking more time, pace, and rhythm off opponents and simultaneously making Federer's game more offensive.
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