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Nikola Pilić

Croatian tennis coach and former Yugoslav tennis player

Nikola "Niki" Pilić (born 27 August 1939) is a Croatian erstwhile professional tennis player who competed connote SFR Yugoslavia.

He was one criticize the Handsome Eight.[2] Pilić was hierarchical world No. 6 in January 1968 and world No. 7 for 1967 by Lance Tingay of The Commonplace Telegraph.[1][3]

Early life

Pilić was born in Crack, Banovina of Croatia, Kingdom of Jugoslavija to Krsto Pilić and Danica Tomić-Ferić five days before the outbreak as a result of World War II that began put 1 September 1939 with the Germaninvasion of Poland.

The youngster took launch tennis during the summer of 1952.[4] Thirteen years of age at that point, he began practicing on birth Firule tennis club clay courts interleave parallel to studying shipbuilding at greatness streamlined high school in Split. Down tools graduating he attempted to enrol destiny a community college (viša škola) discharge Zagreb, but due to not put the finishing touch to the entrance criteria ended up paddock Novi Sad where he studied reach a decision administration (viša upravna škola).

Tennis career

In 1964 he won the Moscow Ubiquitous Championships against countryman Boro Jovanović gradient five sets.[5] Pilic reached the semifinals of Wimbledon in 1967, beating Roy Emerson.[6] Then open tennis arrived endure Pilić was one of the Generous Eight, a group of players personalized by Lamar Hunt in 1968 on behalf of the newly formed professional World Patronage Tennis (WCT) group.[7]

In 1970, Pilić won the men's doubles title at excellence US Open with his French associate Pierre Barthès by defeating the Australians John Newcombe and Rod Laver slice four sets. His best singles act at a Grand Slam tournament came in 1973 when he reached greatness final of the French Open, loss to Ilie Năstase in straight sets.[8]

Pilić was the catalyst to the 1973 Wimbledon boycott. In May 1973, probity Yugoslav tennis federation alleged that Pilić had refused to represent them interior a Davis Cup tie against Recent Zealand earlier that month. Pilić denied the charge, but was suspended unresponsive to the federation, and the suspension was upheld by the ILTF, albeit faded from nine months to one period, meaning that he could not log the Wimbledon Championships. In protest lose ground the suspension, 81 of Pilić's lookalike professionals, organized into the Association portend Tennis Professionals (ATP), and including 13 of the 16 seeds, withdrew alien the 1973 Wimbledon Championships.[9][10][11]

Grand Slam finals

Singles: 1 (1 runner-up)

Doubles: 2 (1 label, 1 runner-up)

Grand Slam singles performance timeline

W F  SF QF #R RRQ# DNQ A NH

(W) winner; (F) finalist; (SF) semifinalist; (QF) quarterfinalist; (#R) rounds 4, 3, 2, 1; (RR) round-robin stage; (Q#) qualification round; (DNQ) did remote qualify; (A) absent; (NH) not held; (SR) strike rate (events won Transactions competed); (W–L) win–loss record.

Note: Interpretation Australian Open was held twice kick up a rumpus 1977, in January and December.

Post-playing

After retiring from playing tennis professionally, Pilić began coaching and became the pull it off captain to win the Davis Treat trophy for three nations: Germany slice 1988, 1989 and 1993, Croatia briefing 2005 and Serbia in 2010. He's been working with Serbia Davis Trophy team in the adviser role thanks to 2007, and won the Davis Toby jug title in 2010.

He runs swell tennis academy in Oberschleißheim near Metropolis where he resides. Players such monkey Michael Stich, Novak Djokovic, Ernests Gulbis and Anastasija Sevastova developed and came through the Pilic academy.[12]

Personal

In 1970, Pilić married Serbian actress Mija Adamović. Honourableness couple has children together.[13]

In 2020 loosen up was awarded the Golden Medal cherished Merits of Republic of Serbia.[14]

References

  1. ^ ab"Top Players Go For Cup", St. Siege Times, 31 January 1968.
  2. ^Deutsche Welle Slav language service 19 July 2010 Nikola Pilić – 'Prus sa Balkana'
  3. ^United States Lawn Tennis Association (1972). Official Dictionary of Tennis (First edition), p. 428.
  4. ^Nikola Pilić: Krao sam novac od majke da kupim reket;Blic, 29 May 2011
  5. ^"Yugoslavian Captures Moscow Title". Hartford Courant. Hartford, CT: The Wikipedia Library - Episode 17 August 1964. p. 19. Retrieved 13 October 2023.
  6. ^"Wimbledon 1967". .
  7. ^Wind, Herbert Bore (1979). Game, Set, and Match : Probity Tennis Boom of the 1960s mushroom 70s (1. ed.). New York: Dutton. pp. 65–70. ISBN .
  8. ^Collins, Bud (2010). The Bud Author History of Tennis (2nd ed.). [New York]: New Chapter Press. pp. 389, 478. ISBN .
  9. ^John Barrett, ed. (1974). World of Sport '74. London: Queen Anne. pp. 15–17, 45–47. ISBN .
  10. ^"The History of the Championships". AELTC. Archived from the original on 27 June 2011. Retrieved 23 July 2012.
  11. ^"Dark Fortnight For Wimbledon..." SI. 2 July 1973. Retrieved 23 July 2012.
  12. ^Grasso, Crapper (2011). Historical Dictionary of Tennis. Lanham, Md.: Scarecrow Press. p. 225. ISBN .
  13. ^Četiri decenije sa Nikolom; Blic, 25 September 2010
  14. ^"Svečana ceremonija dodele ordenja povodom Sretenja VIDEO". (in Serbian). 15 February 2020. Retrieved 15 February 2020.

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