Novak Djokovic, the best tennis player of all time (G.O.A.T.), is coached by Goran Ivanisevic, know his age, height and wife
Ivanisevic is one of tennis’s other great players with 31 career victories. Let us know more about the GOATs coach in the article below.
Who is Goran Ivanisevic coach of Novak Djokovic, bio, age, height, wife, serve speed, net worth in 2023
In the Wimbledon Championships 2023 final, world number one Carlos Alcaraz goes up against world number two Novak Djokovic. If Djokovic wins, he’ll tie Roger Federer’s record of eight Wimbledon victories. Additionally, he will win his 24th major Grand Slam title and become the first player to do so.
Novak Djokovic has earned more than $169 million in prize money, the most ever awarded to a tennis player. He has participated in over 1400 matches and has won more than 80% of them, including matchups against Roger Federer, Rafael Nadal, and many more.
The player requires a fantastic coach and a lot of practice to be the best in their sport.
2001 Wimbledon winner Goran Ivanisevic has been the Serb’s coach for more than four years.
Goran Ivanisevic: Who Is He?
Goran Ivanievi was born on September 13, 1971, and is a coach from Croatia. He was born to Gorana and Sr. Ivanievi. When he was younger, Jelena Geni trained him. He turned professional in 1988, and later that year in Frankfurt, he and Rüdiger Haas won their first doubles championship.
He played professionally from 1988 to 2004. He is the only athlete to have come as a wild card to win the Wimbledon men’s singles title. In 2020, he was admitted to the International Tennis Hall of Fame.
Born: 13 September 1971 (age 51 years), Split, Croatia
Height: 1.93 m
Spouse: Nives Ivanišević (m. 2017), Tatjana Dragović (m. 2009–2013)
Grand slams won (singles): 1
Children: Amber Maria Ivanišević
Parents: Srđan Ivanišević, Gorana Škaričić Ivanišević
Nationality: Croatian
Although the Croatian will be remembered most for his maiden Wimbledon win back in 2001, he reached the semi-final of the US Open in 1996, as well as reaching three Australian and French Open finals. Goran regularly hit around 135mph serves, with his delivery being too hot to handle for most of his opponents.
He has a net worth of $5 million.
Tennis Career Of Goran Ivanisevic
Ivanisevic achieved this in 2001 despite being ranked 125th in the world after placing second at Wimbledon in 1992, 1994, and 1998. Ivanievi’s career-high singles ranking was No. 2 in the world, which he earned in July 1994.
Despite focusing primarily on his career in singles, he also had considerable success in doubles, winning nine titles and getting as high as 20 in the rankings.
He coached Marin Ili from September 2013 to July 2016, assisting him in winning his lone major title at the 2014 US Open. Following the 2016 Wimbledon Championships, the pair broke up.
Starting in August 2016, Ivanisevic joined Tomas Berdych’s entourage. They worked together for a year before deciding to go their separate ways.
Ivanisevic joined Milos Raonic’s team in 2018, and the two collaborated for over a year. The Canadian advanced to the quarterfinals of a few Grand Slam tournaments during this time and finished second at the Stuttgart Open, losing to Roger Federer in the championship match. The alliance was successful right away, and a few weeks later the Serb won Wimbledon.
On June 30, 2019, Djokovic announced that he had added Ivanisevic to his coaching staff in addition to Marian Vajda.
He has been Novak Djokovic’s coach since 2019.
He was ranked 125th in the world when he won Wimbledon, the lowest ranked player in history to claim the Wimbledon title. #GoranIvanisevic pic.twitter.com/FWM5zBX5Of
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