Goran Šimun Ivanišević nejvýznamnější chorvatský tenista,
vitez Wimbledonu 2001
jeho jmeno byva ve sportovnim svete (takze i v nasich zpravach) dost slyset
He is best remembered for being the only person to win the men's singles title at Wimbledon as a wildcard.
Ivanišević is famous for his strong serve, which is one of the greatest to date. His career-high singles ranking was World No. 2 (behind Pete Sampras) in 1994.
- narozen ve Splitu 1971
1991 In the French Open, he knocked-out
Boris Becker in the first round of the men's singles and went on to reach the quarterfinals. Becker reportedly remarked about Ivanišević that
"even God could not have played any better."
Ivanišević also won his tour first singles title in 1990 at Stuttgart and helped Yugoslavia win the World Team Cup.
Ivanišević quickly became known on the tour for his strong, attacking style of play and for an extremely powerful serve. For several years, he had more aces than anyone else on the tour. He was capable of beating anyone in the world when he was at his very best, but he was also known for occasional on-court temper tantrums, for occasionally "tanking" in matches (particularly in final sets), and for being defeated by opponents he was capable of beating.
Na olympijskych hrach v Barcelone ziskal bronz.
3krat se dostal do finale Wimbledonu a nevyhral...v roce 1998 mel zraneni ramene a slo to s nim z kopce. Kdyz doslo na Wimbledon 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.
a on to vyhral:)
Just two months shy of his 30th birthday, Ivanišević became the lowest-ranked player and the first wildcard entry to win Wimbledon.
His Wimbledon success was rated sixteenth at the list of 100 Greatest Sporting Moments.
Amongst other serving records, Ivanišević holds the record for most aces served in a year with 1477 in 1996.
