Marin Cilic | Bio | ATP Tour

Nickname is Chila.
Began playing at age 7 with his cousin, Tanja.
Wife, Kristina; sons, Baldo and Vito; father, Zdenko; mother, Koviljka; brothers, Vinko, Goran and Mile.
Parents built him and his brothers a tennis court in their backyard.
Considers hard and grass as his best surfaces.
Idols growing up were countrymen Goran Ivanisevic and Ivan Ljubicic.
Recipient of 2016 Arthur Ashe Humanitarian Award for his work on Marin Cilic Foundation, which provides children with improved access to education.
Started aPro-Am charity event for his foundation in 2019 called “Game Set Croatia,” which raises money to build multi-purpose sport courts in crucial regions of his home country.
Received ATP ACES for Charity grants in 2015 and 2020 for his philanthropic work.
Fan of AC Milan and Croatian national team. Admires football players Kaka and Robinho.
Struggled with knee injury in 2016 and adductor injury in 2017.

(UPDATED 24 MAY 2025)

Former World No. 1 junior broke into Top 10 after reaching 2010 Australian Open SF and achieved career-high No. 3 following run to 2018 Australian Open final.
Defeated Federer en route to 2014 US Open title, but lost to him in 2017 Wimbledon and 2018 Australian Open finals.
Upset No. 2 Medvedev en route to 2022 Roland Garros SF and is one of 3 active players to advance to SFs of all 4 Grand Slam events (also Djokovic, Sinner).
Owns 21 titles and 590 victories, highlighted by biggest wins of career over No. 1 Djokovic at 2016 Paris and No. 1 Nadal at 2018 Australian Open.
Became lowest-ranked champion in ATP Tour history (since 1990) by winning 2024 Hangzhou as World No. 777.
Won 2016 ATP Masters 1000 Cincinnati title, clinched 2018 Davis Cup for Croatia, and earned silver medal in All-Croatian men’s doubles final at 2020 Tokyo Olympics w/Dodig (held in 2021).