Ivo Karlovic

Began playing tennis at age six...Tallest player (6'10'', 2.08m) to rank in Top 100 in history of ATP Rankings (since 1973)...Father, Vlado, works as a meteorologist; mother, Gordana, works in agriculture...Has one older sister, Anna, who used to play when she was younger...Hobbies include playing basketball and going to movies... Member of Croatia Davis Cup team since 2000 when he debuted against Ireland, winning dead rubber... Appeared in starting line-up for first time in 2002 against Argentina in Buenos Aires, losing to Chela in second rubber and to Gaudio in fifth and decisive rubber...Has a 6-7 career record (4-5 in singles) in seven ties since 2000...Wife, Alsi (married Mar. 29, 2005).

2000 -- Reached QF at Prague Challenger...

2001 -- Won one Futures and one Challenger title...

2002 -- Won a Futures title and reached one Challenger final...

2003 -- Averaged an ATP-best 17.6 aces per match...Reached 3rd RD in debuts at Wimbledon (d. defending champ Hewitt for first Slam win) and US Open...Won two Challenger titles...

2004 -- Led ATP circuit in average aces (21.1) and most tie-breaks during year (57) with a 28-29 record...Won one Challenger title... Reached a Grand Slam best 4th RD at Wimbledon (l. to Federer)...At Athens Olympics, reached 3rd RD (l. to Moya)...

2005 -- Part of Davis Cup championship team (d. Slovakia)...Finished No. 4 in aces (730) and led circuit with 18.8 aces per match...Reached first ATP final at Queen's (l. to Roddick)...At Wimbledon, fired an All England Club record 51 aces and ATP co-leader (w/J. Johansson) in his 1st RD five-set loss to Bracciali...Reached his first AMS QF in Madrid (l. to Nalbandian)...

2006 -- Advanced to SF in Las Vegas (l. to Blake) and QF in Zagreb, Barcelona (d. No. 6 Davydenko) and Munich...Member of winning Croatian team at ATP World Team Championship (1-1 in singles, 2-1 in doubles)...Suffered a left knee injury on June 10 in 1st RD qualifying at Queen's and went 1-5 the rest of year...Finished No. 5 in aces (647) and led with 18 aces per match...Won first ATP doubles title in Memphis (w/Haggard)...

2007 -- Won a career-best 43 matches and three ATP titles -- Houston (d. Zabaleta), Nottingham (d. Clement) and Stockholm (d. T. Johansson) -- on as many surfaces while finishing in Top 25 for first time...Joined No. 1 Roger Federer as only players during year to win at least three titles on three different surfaces (clay, grass, hard)...Also runner-up in San Jose (l. to Murray)...Led ATP circuit in aces (1,318), second-most since 1991, and a 20.6 average...Also leader in service games won with a record 94%, break points saved (75%) and first serve points won (84%) and No. 3 in first serve percentage (69%)...Played in most tie-breaks, compiling a 37-30 mark (went 8-3 in matches decided in a third set tie-break)...

Five losses during year came without losing serve....Also advanced to SF in Washington (l. to Roddick) and New Haven (l. to Fish)...Finished with 15-5 mark, reaching QF in Bangkok, SF in Tokyo and Basel while winning title in Stockholm...Went 4-6 vs. Top 10 opponents with three losses to Federer.

2008 -- The No. 2 Croat (behind No. 22 Cilic) finished in Top 25 for second straight season with one ATP title and QF or better in four other tournaments...Rebounded from a 12-14 start through May to finish with a 19-12 record...In February, reached SF in Rotterdam (l. to Llodra) and did not win back-to-back matches again until May with 3rd RD showings at AMS Rome (l. to Federer) and AMS Hamburg (l. to Djokovic)...On grass in June, reached QF at Queen's (l. to Nadal in three TBs) and repeated title in Nottingham (d. Verdasco, saving one M.P.)...

In August, advanced to first AMS SF in Cincinnati (d. No. 1 Federer, l. to Murray) and followed with 3rd RD in New Haven and US Open (l. to Querrey)...In Davis Cup playoff tie, beat Brazil's Alves and Bellucci...In final five weeks, went 3-5 with QF at AMS Madrid (d. Djokovic, l. to Simon)...Played in most tie-breaks (30-31) and had 5-4 record in third set tie-break matches...Went 2-4 vs. Top 10 foes and compiled marks of 19-15 on hard, 7-2 on grass and 5-8 on clay...Led Ricoh ATP MatchFacts with 961 aces and first serve points won (81%)...Earned a career-high $738,601.

2009

The towering Croatian opened the season with a quarter-final effort in Chennai (l. to Devvarman) but did not win back-to-back ATP World Tour main draw matches again until April, when he posted a semi-final showing on clay at the inaugural Serbia Open in Belgrade (l. to Kubot)…Suffered first-round exit to Lleyton Hewitt at Roland Garros, a match in which he held a two-set lead and served an Open Era record 55 aces…

Hit back in grass-court season to reach successive quarter-finals at The Queen’s Club (l. to Roddick) and Wimbledon (l. to Federer)…Prior to his loss to Federer in his first Grand Slam quarter-final, the Croatian had served 208 aces and held 105 consecutive service game since the beginning of the grass-court swing…Defeated No. 9 seed Jo-Wilfried Tsonga and No. 7 Fernando Verdasco en route to Wimbledon quarter-finals…