Marin Cilic Bio
- • 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 a Pro-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.
Biographical information from ATP. Information might not be up to date.
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