Marin Čilić

Marin Čilić Country     Croatia Residence     Zagreb, Croatia Date of birth     28 September 1988 (1988-09-28) (age 22) Place of birth     Međugorje, Socialist Republic of Bosnia and Herzegovina, SFR Yugoslavia (today Bosnia and Herzegovina) Height     1.98 m (6 ft 6 in) Weight     82 kg (12.9 st; 180 lb) Turned pro     2005 Plays     Right-handed (two-handed backhand) Career prize money     $3,153,674 Singles Career record     138-84 (at ATP Tour-level, Grand Slam-level, and in Davis Cup) Career titles     5 Highest ranking     No. 9 (February 22, 2010) Current ranking     No. 15 (November 1, 2010) Grand Slam results Australian Open     SF (2010) French Open     4R (2009, 2010) Wimbledon     4R (2008) US Open     QF (2009) Doubles Career record     15-19 (at ATP Tour-level, Grand Slam-level, and in Davis Cup) Career titles     0 Highest ranking     No. 233 (March 22, 2009) Official website: marin-cilic.net

Marin Čilić (Marin Cilic) (Croatian pronunciation: [marin tʃilitɕ], born 28 September 1988), is a Croatian professional tennis player. His career high ATP ranking is no. 9, achieved on February 22, 2010, following his best-ever performance at a Grand Slam, reaching the semi-finals in the 2010 Australian Open. Čilić developed his career at a tender age; his potential was realized by local hometown coaches who saw him play and encouraged his move to Zagreb for further training.[1] He was soon befriended by his fellow countryman Goran Ivanišević who introduced him to current coach Bob Brett.[2] He went on to turn professional in 2005.[3]

Contents

• Personal life
• Tennis career
  • Junior circuit (2004-2005)
  • ATP Tour 2004-2007
  • 2008
  • 2009
  • 2010
• Career record against top 10
• References

Blessed IVAN MERZ

Blessed I V A N   M E R Z Banja Luka, Dec. 16, 1896 - Zagreb, May 10, 1928 A “EUROPEAN-SIZED” APOSTLE OF THE YOUTH

Ivan Merz is a young layman from Croatia, who lived in an age full of big political changes that transformed Europe and left a strong mark on his life.

He was born on December 16, 1896 in Banja Luka from a liberal family when Bosnia  ( Bosnia and Herzegovina ) was occupied by Austria-Hungary; he had his secondary education in the multiethnic and multi-religious environment of his native town; he finished his studies at the same time when in Sarajevo the crown prince Francesco Ferdinando was murdered ( June 28, 1914).
According to his parent’s will, and not to his own, he joined the military Academy in Wiener Neustadt but, disgusted by the corruption of this environment, he quit it after three months. In 1915 he started his university studies in Vienna, but in 1916 he was called up by the army to be sent, later on, to the front, where he spent almost all 1917 and 1918. At the end of the First World War he was in Banja Luka , where he experienced the radical political change and the birth of the new Yugoslav State. In 1919 and in 1920 he was back in Vienna, studying at the Faculty of Philosophy. In October 1920 he set off for Paris, where he attended some lessons at the Sorbonne University and in the “Institute catholique”, preparing in the meantime his doctoral dissertation.