The 21st century
Croatia · born Medjugorje, 1988 · right-handed · Wimbledon finalist in 2017 and twice Queen's champion
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Tour titles on grass: Queen's 2012 and 2018, Stuttgart 2021
6
Grass finals at tour level, including Queen's in 2013 and 2017 and Wimbledon 2017
17-15
Fifth set against Sam Querrey at Wimbledon in 2012, a match of five hours and 31 minutes
No. 3
Career-high ranking, 29 January 2018
21
ATP singles titles, as of November 2026
Marin Čilić was born in Medjugorje, then in Yugoslavia, in 1988 and turned professional in 2005. He won the US Open in 2014, beating Roger Federer in the semi-finals and Kei Nishikori in the final, Croatia's first men's major title since Goran Ivanišević at Wimbledon in 2001. He reached the Wimbledon final in 2017 and the Australian Open final in 2018, rose to No. 3 in January 2018, and that December won the decisive rubber against Lucas Pouille as Croatia won the Davis Cup in Lille.
In 2013 he tested positive for nikethamide, which he said came from glucose tablets bought at a pharmacy; the Court of Arbitration for Sport reduced an initial nine-month suspension to four months, ending in October 2013.
Ranked 777th, he won the Hangzhou title in 2024 as a wildcard, the lowest-ranked champion since ATP rankings began. In 2025 he won the Nottingham Challenger on grass and reached the fourth round of Wimbledon. As of November 2026 he is still playing, with 21 ATP singles titles and a ranking of 79.
| Queen's 2012 | Won the title when David Nalbandian, leading 7-6 (3), 3-4, kicked a hoarding after losing his serve and injured a line judge's shin; Nalbandian was defaulted under ATP rules |
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| Queen's 2018 | As top seed, beat Novak Djokovic 5-7, 7-6 (4), 6-3, saving a championship point at 4-5 in the second set and winning six points in a row from 4-1 down in the tie-break |
| Stuttgart 2021 | Beat the top seed Denis Shapovalov in the quarter-finals and Félix Auger-Aliassime 7-6 (2), 6-3 in the final, his first title for three years |
| Lost grass finals | Queen's 2013 to Andy Murray in three sets; Queen's 2017 to Feliciano López in a final-set tie-break after holding a championship point; Wimbledon 2017 to Roger Federer 6-3, 6-1, 6-4 |
| Wimbledon | Quarter-finals in 2014, 2015 and 2016, the last lost to Federer in five sets after holding match points; final in 2017. In 2025, back after a four-year absence, beat the No. 4 seed Jack Draper and reached the fourth round, lost to Flavio Cobolli |
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Leading grass titles only: the grass majors, tour-level grass events since 1968 and the leading grass championships before 1968. † single source; ‡ sources disagree. Roll of champions
"It was tough emotionally because I know how much went into the preparation in the past few months."
The person behind the player.
Queen's 2012
Čilić won his first Queen's title without finishing the final: David Nalbandian kicked a hoarding into a line judge's leg and was defaulted. "It's definitely not the way I wanted to win it," Čilić said, and apologised to the spectators.
Source: Al Jazeera, 17 June 2012Wimbledon 2017 · Final
Čilić broke down in tears at 3-0 down in the second set and took a medical time-out for a blister on his left foot. "My mind was all the time blocked with the pain," he said, though he put the tears down more to not being able to play his best.
Source: Sky Sports, July 2017Wimbledon 2014
Čilić's third-round win over Tomáš Berdych in 2014 finished at 9.39pm on No. 3 Court, one of the latest finishes the Compendium records away from Centre Court.
Source: Wimbledon Compendium 2025Queen's 2018
Against Djokovic in the 2018 Queen's final Čilić saved a championship point and trailed 4-1 in the second-set tie-break before winning six points in a row and the title.
Source: NBC Sports, 24 June 2018Hangzhou 2024
Ranked 777th, Čilić took a wildcard into Hangzhou in 2024 and won it, the lowest-ranked titlist since the ATP rankings began in 1973.
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