Ivo Karlović
Ivo Karlović [ ǐ ː v̞ɔ kâ ː rlɔv̞itɕ ] (born 28 February 1979 in Zagreb) is a Croatian tennis player.
- 2.2.1 Siege
- 2.2.2 finals
Career
His greatest successes in individual four tournament victories on the ATP Tour. This he succeeded in 2007 in Houston on sand, 2007 and 2008 in Nottingham on grass and in 2007 in Stockholm on hard court. He also reached the quarterfinals of Wimbledon in 2009. In doubles, he managed so far with partner Chris Haggard a tournament victory in Memphis in 2006. A further moderate success he achieved in 2008 in the second round of the Masters Tournament of Cincinnati, as he gave the former world number one Roger Federer in a three- set match ( 7:65, 4:6, 7:66 ) could conquer; this is the first and only win in eleven encounters with the Swiss.
In February 2010 he reached the final in Delray Beach. But he lost against Ernests Gulbis in straight sets 2:6 and 3:6. At the BNP Paribas Open 2011 Karlović reached the quarterfinals, where he lost to Rafael Nadal in three sets.
Ivo Karlović is 2.08 m, the greatest tennis player in addition to the same great John Isner who ever stood among the top 100 in the world rankings. His strongest weapon is the charge: In 603 games on the ATP Tour 7622 aces were counted, and 5513 Service -Games he won 91 percent. This advantage also led to two records in 2009: Against Lleyton Hewitt in the first round of the French Open in 2009 he hit 55 aces, but lost the match. And in the semi-finals of the Davis Cup against Radek Stepanek in 2009 he served 78 aces ( 7:65, 6:75, 6:76, 7:62, 14:16 ); The match lasted nearly six hours. On 24 June 2010, this record was set by John Isner: The longest tennis match against Nicolas Mahut of history Isner hit 112 aces, Mahut 103 Since March 5, 2011 Karlović held the record for the fastest charge: In the Davis Cup double game against Germany (on the side of Ivan Dodig ) he hit a service winner with 251.4 km / h, sparking Andy Roddick ( 249.4 km / h ) as the record holder from. In May 2012, Karlović gave the world record for the fastest serve at Samuel Groth, exceeding 263 km / h surcharge Karlovićs to 11.6 km / h.
In the spring of 2013 a viral meningitis was at Karlović found showed strong symptoms and prevent him from several weeks to play in tournaments or even just to train. After this illness out Karlović celebrated a successful comeback on the tour: the tournament in Bogotá, he could win a title on the ATP level after more than five years; in the final he beat Alejandro Falla. Karlović had throughout the tournament leave no record and lost none of his service games.
Since 2000 Ivo Karlović plays for the Croatian Davis Cup team. With this he won the 2005 Davis Cup, but was merely the semi-final against Russia used.
Achievements
Singles
Win
Finals
Doubles
Win
Finals
Grand Slam Record
AF = VF = second round quarter-finals semi-finals HF = F = S = final victory digit = first round