In the late-night session of the US Open, held at Arthur Ashe Stadium, Marin Cilic played an outstanding match against Carlos Alcaraz. His supporters expected him to win the match, but the outcome didn’t go in his favor in the end.
He is a professional tennis player from Croatia and is 33 years old. His junior career on the International Tennis Federation tour began in the spring of 2004 and he turned professional the following year, 2005. And on January 28, 2018, he received the highest individual rating of his career, No. 3 in the world.
Additionally, to date, he has won 20 singles titles on the ATP Tour, including a major championship at the 2014 US Open. He also represented his nation at the 2020 Olympics, where he placed second in men’s doubles and one Silver medal won. During the competition, Ivan Doding was his partner. During the game.
In addition, he gained experience working with various coaches. From 2004 to date he has worked with a total of six different coaches, most recently Vilim Visak. He has also received an exceptional cash prize totaling $31,031,227.
Marin Cilic, a professional tennis player from Croatia, and his partner have just become parents to a little boy
Marin Cilic announced on his official Instagram account in early September 2021 that his wife had given birth to their second child, who was also male. In the article, he mentioned that his first son’s best pal had only recently joined them, making their group of four a formal squad.
Some of Cilic’s supporters were under the impression that the tennis player’s family was growing rather quickly given the short time between the births of his two children (just over a year). However, it appears that the couple did not want a significant age difference between their children.
The professional athlete from Croatia can regularly be seen sharing photos with his cherished wife and children on his Instagram account. As can be seen from the photos, the infant appears to be in good health. Despite this, he has so far managed to hide the baby’s face.
Kristina Milkaovic: Is Marin Cilic married to her first husband?
Marin is now married to his longtime fiancée Kristina Milkaovic, whom he first met in 2008 while attending a Davis Cup event. At that time she was working in the catering industry. It took the couple a few years to get to know each other well enough to be committed before finally getting engaged in July 2017.
Despite this, the live birds finally made their vows on April 28, 2018 in front of their family and friends at the Church of Sveti Nikola in south-east Dubrovnik. Over 400 people attended the wedding ceremony. Additionally, singers Gibonni and Mate Bulic were both present at the wedding, providing a performance that kept everyone entertained throughout the celebrations.
Also, many people wonder if Kristina is still employed at the same job or not; However, the answer is negative. She works for Zagrebacka Banka, the most successful financial institution in Croatia. It was also well known that she had two master’s degrees, one in political science and one in psychology.
She is fluent in several languages including Croatian, Spanish and Italian among others. It seems that she spends much of her time with her cherished longtime lover, Marin. In addition, her husband has tagged her in a number of pictures, but she has chosen to keep her account private.
What name did Marin Cilic choose for his first son?
After the wedding, the Cilic couple decided to wait a year before starting a family of their own, and January 31, 2020 marked the day they became parents. At the Sisters of Charity Hospital in Zagreb, Kristina gave birth to a healthy baby boy, whom they named Baldo.
Baldo was chosen as the name for baby Cilic. The tennis player shared the information with his followers on Instagram. He shared a picture of the infant holding a mini tennis racket, but the child’s face was obscured in the photo. The image was captioned “Officially a three-person team” by Marin. In addition, he mentioned that both the mother and the child are in good health.
After the birth of their second child, the Cilic family now consists of four members.
After the birth of his second child, Marin Cilic declared that from now on his family would officially consist of four members. He also revealed that his eldest child’s best friend, Baldo, had arrived with a picture of an infant clutching his index finger. This information was provided by best friend.
On the other hand, unlike his first child, he has not revealed the name of his second child. However, Cilic announced to the world through his social media account that he has become a father for the third time, analogous to the first two times. Additionally, he credited his partner as an amazing superstar in the message.
After some time, the great athlete published a picture of himself and his family, but blurred the faces of his two children. It’s possible the couple made the decision to keep their two children safe from the public eye.
A few quick facts:
- Marin Cilic is a tennis player from Croatia who started his professional career in 2005.
- To date he has won 20 singles titles on the ATP Tour and has represented his country in various Olympic competitions.
- In 2008 Cilic met his future wife Kristina at a tournament. They didn’t get engaged until mid-2017. They waited until the first quarter of 2018 to finally tie the knot.
- When Marini met the woman who would become his wife for the first time, she was working as a hostess; Despite this, she is now employed at Zagrebacka Banka, the largest bank in Croatia.
- Both Marini and Kristina have been blessed with children, the first coming in 2020 and the second in 2021.
- Representing Cilic, Croatia took home a prize pool worth $30,753,277 and achieved the highest possible rank of No.1. 3.
Career
2020–2021: Twenty ATP titles, an Olympic silver medalist in doubles and a comeback into the top 30
Ili started the year at the 2020 Australian Open, where he defeated Roberto Bautista Agut, Corentin Moutet and Benoît Paire before losing in straight sets to Milos Raonic. Ili was defeated by Denis Shapovalov in the round of 16 of the Open 13 tournament. Benoît Paire and Denis Shapovalov defeated him in the opening rounds of the Cincinnati Masters and Dubai Tennis Championships, respectively. He defeated Denis Kudla and Norbert Gombos at the 2020 US Open before losing to Dominic Thiem in four sets. In the first round of the 2020 French Open, Thiem again defeated him in straight sets. In the second round of the 2021 tournament, Roger Federer triumphed over him in four sets.
He won the 2021 Stuttgart Open, his 19th singles championship and first in three years after beating third-seeded Félix Auger-Aliassime in straight sets in the final.
He reached the third round of Wimbledon 2021 where Daniil Medvedev eliminated him after winning the first two sets.
He fell to Pablo Carreo Busta in the second round of the individual competition at the Tokyo 2020 Olympics. He and Ivan Dodig competed in doubles and reached the final where they lost to compatriots Mate Pavi and Nikola Mekti. It was the first time since 1908 that the same nation had won both gold and silver in men’s doubles at the Olympics.
In the opening round of the US Open 2021 against Philipp Kohlschreiber, he was eliminated. It was his first failure in more than 800 games on the tour, and in 13 tries at Flushing Meadows it was the first time he failed to make the first round.
Ili took part in the Kremlin Cup 2021 and entered the final in sixth place. Before defeating Tommy Paul in just two sets, he defeated Damir Dzumhur in three sets. He defeated Pedro Martnez in the quarterfinals and Ricardis Berankis in the semifinals, each in straight sets. In the final, he was defeated in straight sets by Aslan Karatsev.
For his 20th singles championship, he won the St. Petersburg Open by defeating fifth seed Taylor Fritz in a three-set final. He also defeated Botic van de Zandschulp, Karen Khachanov, Roberto Bautista Agut and Albert Ramos Violas en route to the title. This win makes him the sixth active player in 2021 with 20 titles, after Federer, Nadal, Djokovic, Murray and del Potro. On November 1, 2021, he re-entered the top 30 for the first time in two years, rising to world No. 28.
2022: Historic French Open semi-final, 550th win and return to top 20
He scored his 550th win at the Adelaide International 1 competition, taking him 40th overall in the Open Era and making him one of only seven active players with 550+ wins.
Ili was seeded 27th at the 2022 Australian Open. He won in straight sets against Norbert Gombos in the first round, Emilio Gómez in the second round and 5th seed Andrey Rublev in the third round. In the fourth round, he suffered a four-set loss to ninth-seeded Félix Auger-Aliassime.
Ili won matches against Attila Balazs, Marton Fucsovics and Gilles Simon at the 2022 French Open before beating second-seeded Daniil Medvedev in straight sets in the round of 16. That result guaranteed his return to the top 20. He defeated Andrey Rublev in the quarterfinals in a drawn-out five-set encounter that included the first-ever super tiebreak on Court Philippe Chatrier, which he won by taking the last nine straight points scored to reach his first Major semifinal. He became the first Croatian player to compete at this level in all four Grand Slams, as well as the fifth active player overall after the Big Three and Andy Murray. In the semifinals he lost to Casper Ruud.
Ili defeated Dan Evans in the third round of the 2022 US Open. He was defeated by Carlos Alcaraz in the fourth round after a fight that lasted nearly four hours and five sets.