Milos Raonic

Plays with two-handed backhand…Speaks Serbian and English...Moved from Podgorica, Montenegro to Canada aged three…Parents are Dusan and Vesna (both engineers); sister, Jelena and brother, Momir…Started playing tennis aged eight…His dad "used a ball machine at 6:30 a.m. or 9:00 p.m. because court fees were a lot cheaper at this time"…Was among the first group of players to join Tennis Canada's National Training Centre in Montreal when it was opened in 2007...Favourite surface is hard courts...Favourite shots are serve and overhead...Hobbies include watching movies and talking to family on Skype...Supports FC Barcelona (soccer) and Toronto Raptors (basketball)...Idol growing up was Pete Sampras, "I video-taped all his televised matches"…Career goal is to be a "consistent Top 50 player with Top 10 aspirations"...Made Davis Cup debut for Canada versus Colombia in March 2010…Named as Newcomer of the Year in the 2011 ATP World Tour Awards presented by Moët & Chandon after jumping from No. 156 in the South African Airways ATP Rankings at the start of the season to No. 31 on 14 November 2011...Coached by former ATP pro Galo Blanco (since October 2010)…

Raonic DEUCE Feature (March 2011)

2011 -- The top Canadian earned ATP Newcomer of Year honours for breakout season with 1st ATP World Tour title and 31 match wins…Reached a career-high No. 25 on May 2 (highest-ranked Canadian ever)...Became 1st player to win an ATP World Tour singles title born in 1990s as he captured title in San Jose in February, defeating No. 9 Verdasco in 2 TB…Broken once during week and led tournament with 58 aces…Became 1st Canadian to win an ATP title since Rusedski in Seoul in April 1995...Following week in Memphis, reached final, winning 4 straight 3-set matches, including back-to-back 3rd set TB wins over No. 9 Verdasco and Stepanek…Hit career-high and tournament record 38 aces vs. Stepanek…Lost to No. 8 Roddick 7-5 in 3rd set in final…In 2 weeks, jumped from No. 84 to 55 to 37 on Feb. 21...In 1st month of season, ranked No. 152, qualified at Australian Open and posted wins over Phau, No. 24 Llodra and No. 10 Youzhny before losing to No. 7 Ferrer in 4 sets…Afterwards, broke into Top 100 at No. 94...Played well on clay in April with 3R in Monte-Carlo, Barcelona and 1st SF in Estoril (l. to Verdasco)…Then lost next 3 1R matches before turning things around with QF on grass in Halle (l. to Petzschner)...Made Wimbledon debut and retired in 2R vs. Muller on June 22 due to a right hip injury…Underwent surgery on July 5 in Vail, Colorado, and came back 2 months later to play Davis Cup World Group playoff tie in Israel, losing to Weintraub in 4-set 2nd rubber on Sept. 16…Canada won tie 3-2...In Tokyo in October, lost to No. 2 Nadal in 2R…Reached SF in Stockholm (l. to eventual champ Monfils)...Went 3-6 vs. Top 10 opponents and compiled marks of 19-11 on hard, 9-6 on clay and 3-2 on grass…Had 22-12 mark in TB…Ranked No. 2 in 1st serve pts. won (79%), No. 4 in service games won (88%) and No. 5 in aces (637)…Earned a career-high $674,966.

2010 – Made Davis Cup debut versus Colombia in Bogota…Lost both singles rubbers, won doubles rubber (w/Nestor)… Wild card into ATP World Tour Masters 1000 Toronto (l. to Hanescu in 1st RD)…As doubles wild card, partnering Pospisil, the do beat Djokovic-Nadal 57 63 10-8 in 1st RD…Qualified for US Open, losing to Ball in 1st RD…Qualified for Kuala Lumpur, became the third different Canadian to reach the quarter-finals or better in an ATP World Tour tournament since 2000…Defeat Kunitsyn 76(6) 64, No. 7 seed Stakhovsky 67(8) 76(9) 62…Qualified for Tokyo, losing to Nadal 64 64 in 2nd RD...Nadal commented, "He can become a very good player. I don't know when, but he will be very close to the top positions"...In ATP Challenger play, finished runner-up at Granby (l. to Kamke)…Won one ITF singles title...

2009 – Qualified for ATP World Tour Masters 1000 Montreal, falling to No. 10 Gonzalez 46 76(6) 64 in 1st RD…Became first Canadian to qualify for the main draw since 1986...Won two ITF singles titles at Canada F2 Futures and Thailand F2 Futures …Captured four Futures doubles crowns with four different partners...

2008 – Doubles runner-up at Rimouski Challenger (w/Pospisil)…Won ITF singles title…Was crowned national indoor Under-18 champion and reached the junior Roland Garros doubles semi-final (w/Pospisil)…