Person

Marin Čilić

b. 1988

Croatian tennis player (born 1988)

Born
28 Sept 1988 · Medjugorje

Life timeline

Their life from birth to death. On the timeline, world events of the time are shown faintly.

Showing 44 years
  1. 28 Sept 1988BornBorn in Medjugorje
  2. 2008Took part2008 Summer Olympics
  3. 2012Took part2012 Summer Olympics
  4. 2021Took part2020 Summer Olympics

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Meanwhile in the world

Major world events during their lifetime (1988 – today).

  1. 19891989 Tiananmen Square protests and massacre
  2. 1989Fall of the Berlin Wall
  3. 19901990 FIFA World Cup
  4. 1991Dissolution of the Soviet Union
  5. 19941994 FIFA World Cup
  6. 1994 – 1996First Chechen War
  7. 19981998 FIFA World Cup
  8. 2001 – 2021War in Afghanistan
  9. 2003 – 2011Iraq War
  10. 20042004 Indian Ocean earthquake and tsunami
  11. 20062006 FIFA World Cup
  12. 2008Russo-Georgian War
  13. 20102010 Haiti earthquake
  14. 2010 – 2012Arab Spring
  15. 20112011 Norway attacks
  16. 2011Libyan civil war
  17. 2011 – 2024Syrian civil war
  18. 20142014 FIFA World Cup
  19. 2014Russo-Ukrainian war
  20. 2015Paris Agreement
  21. 20182018 FIFA World Cup
  22. 2020COVID-19 pandemic
  23. 2022Russo-Ukrainian war
  24. 2023Gaza war
  25. 20242024 Summer Olympics
  26. 20262026 Iran war

Biography

Marin Čilić (Croatian pronunciation: [mâriːn tʃǐːlitɕ]; born 28 September 1988) is a Croatian professional tennis player. He has been ranked as high as world No. 3 in men's singles by the ATP, achieved in January 2018. Čilić has won 21 ATP Tour-level singles titles, including the 2014 US Open. He was also finalist at the 2017 Wimbledon Championships and the 2018 Australian Open.

Playing for his country, Čilić was pivotal in the Croatian team's victory at the 2018 Davis Cup, and won an Olympic silver medal in men's doubles at the 2020 Tokyo Olympics partnering Ivan Dodig. Alongside Goran Ivanišević and Iva Majoli, he is widely considered to be one of the greatest Croatian tennis players in history.

Čilić has reached the semifinal stage or better at all four Majors, one of only four active players to do so, and the quarterfinal stage or better at all nine Masters tournaments. He is one of only six active players with 20 or more titles.

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