33 Facts About Ivo Karlovic

1. Ivo Karlovic had his debut for Croatia in a Davis Cup meeting against Ireland in 2000.

2. Ivo Karlovic has not acted in any of the feature movies yet.

3. Ivo Karlovic has signed endorsement deals with Head Graphene Radical Pro and Mizuno clothing line.

4. Ivo Karlovic married the Jamaican Alsi on March 29, 2005.

5. Ivo Karlovic is the tallest player ever on the ATP Tour at 211 cm.

6. Ivo Karlovic continued to use the Instinct until 2012, except for a brief switch to the Babolat AeroPro Drive Cortex in 2009.

7. Early on in his career, Ivo Karlovic used Head Prestige racquets, until switching to the Head Flexpoint Instinct in 2005.

8. Ivo Karlovic currently endorses the Head Graphene Radical Pro, and wears Mizuno clothing.

9. Ivo Karlovic holds the record for the most aces in tennis history after surpassing Goran Ivanisevic in October, 2015.

10. On 19 June 2015 Ivo Karlovic broke the record for most aces in a three-set ATP Tour match during the quarterfinal of 2015 Gerry Weber Open.

11. Ivo Karlovic hit a 144 miles per hour second serve against Paul Capdeville in the quarterfinals of the 2007 Legg Mason Tennis Classic on 3 August, which is the fastest second serve on record.

12. Ivo Karlovic finished the year with 1,318 aces, second all-time behind Goran Ivanisevic, who hit 1,477 in 1996.

13. In 2007 Ivo Karlovic became the fourth player to serve 1,000 aces in a season.

14. Ivo Karlovic played the second match, losing against Juan Martin del Potro, and had to play the last deciding match, again losing against Federico Delbonis.

15. Ivo Karlovic set an Australian Open record, hitting 75 aces.

16. Ivo Karlovic reached a ATP World Tour 500 series tournament at the Washington Open, which he lost to Gael Monfils.

17. Ivo Karlovic reached the final of the Hall of Fame Tennis Championships for the third time against Gilles Muller, which he won in three tiebreaks.

18. Ivo Karlovic reached his second Hall of Fame Tennis Championships final, which he lost to Rajeev Ram in three sets.

19. Ivo Karlovic won the 2015 Topshelf Open in doubles with Łukasz Kubot.

20. Ivo Karlovic won his sixth title, defeating Donald Young at the Delray Beach Open.

21. Ivo Karlovic was forced to withdraw from Wimbledon due to a foot injury.

22. Ivo Karlovic went on to reach a career-best fourth round there, after beating Stepanek, Julien Benneteau, and Ivan Ljubicic ( in four sets).

23. Ivo Karlovic met Stepanek again at the 2010 Australian Open, in another five-set marathon.

24. Ivo Karlovic won his first five-set match in the Davis Cup quarterfinals against the United States, where he came from behind to beat James Blake from two sets down.

25. Ivo Karlovic defeated world No 1 Roger Federer in the third round of the Cincinnati Masters on 31 July 2008.

26. Ivo Karlovic edged past his rival after saving match point in the final-set tiebreak, and then went on to defeat German No 1 Tommy Haas in the semifinals.

27. At the 2005 US Open, Ivo Karlovic lost to eventual runner-up Andre Agassi in three tiebreakers.

28. Ivo Karlovic continued his success during the 2004 season, winning at Calabasas, California.

29. Ivo Karlovic averaged an ATP-best of 17.6 aces per match.

30. Ivo Karlovic caused a stunning upset at Wimbledon when he beat defending champion Lleyton Hewitt in his first match in a Grand Slam tournament.

31. Ivo Karlovic debuted for the Croatian Davis Cup team in 2000 against Ireland, where he won the dead rubber.

32. Ivo Karlovic has won eight ATP singles titles between 2007 and 2016.

33. Ivo Karlovic is a Croatian professional tennis player.