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Who Is Marin Cilic Wife?

Published 05/22/2022, 12:32 PM EDT

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In an era so completely dominated by the Big Four- Roger Federer, Rafael Nadal, Novak Djokovic and Andy Murray, not many tennis players have been able to make their marks on ATP circuit. However, the same cannot be said against Marin Cilic, the former World No. 3 from Croatia.

Cilic is one of the few players to have won 20 ATP Tour-level singles titles, including a Grand Slam title. He won the 2014 US Open, defeating Roger Federer in the semifinals and then Kei Nishikori in the finals. Cilic has also played the finals at 2 more grand slam tournaments- at the 2017 Wimbledon Championships and other 2018 Australian Open.

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He has also reached the quarterfinals of all four Grand slams and all the nine ATP Masters 1000 tournaments. Unlike some of the very elite top tennis players, he also has the silver medal at the 2020 Tokyo Olympics in the doubles category where he played with his friend and compatriot Ivan Dodig.

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Marin Cilic’s personal life

Marin Cilic was born in Bosnia and Herzegovina to Bosnian Croat parents. He has three brothers, Vinko and Goran, who are elder to him, and Mile, who is younger than him. Cilic’s father Zdenko Čilić wanted to make sure that his sons get the opportunity to play sports, which is something he did not have in his childhood. Showing exceptional talent from a very young age Cilic, at the age of 15, moved to San Remo, in Italy at the recommendation of Goran Ivanisevic, who will serve as his coach later.

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Who is Marin Cilic married to?

In 2018, he married his long-time girlfriend, and the couple also have 2 children together! “Grateful to share that Baldo’s best friend has arrived. And just like that, we are officially a team of 4. Baby boy is doing great and @kristina_milkovic is an absolute rockstar. We can’t wait to bring this guy home to his brother,” he said as an announcement about the birth of their second son, in 2021.

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Cilic, who comes across has ascribed a lot of his success to his wife. He said that she has been her pillar of support while on tour. Kristina is often seen supporting her husband while he plays, but is herself quite the private person. While her husband does post about their happy family on his social media profiles once in a while, Milkovic is rarely seen in the mainstream media, or posting about themselves.

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It has been reported that Kristina Milkovic was a hostess at the 2008 Davis Cup when the two met for the first time. She was an outstanding student who earned two Master’s degrees from the University of Zagreb in 2014, one in Political Science and the other in Psychology. Following graduation, Milkovic worked at Zagrebacka Banka, Croatia’s largest bank. Not only that, turns out, Cilic’s wife is a polyglot, speaking Croatian, English, Italian, and Spanish fluently! The couple dated for a long time and got engaged in July 2017. Cilic and Milkovic tied the knot a year later, in 2018 at the Nikola Church in Cavtat. Incidentally, fellow Croatian player Ivan Dodig served as Cilic’s best man.

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Cilic is widely regarded as one of the greatest players from Croatia. He and his future coach are the only players from their country to win a singles Grand Slam. At 33 years of age, he is still active on tour and we hope that he continues to have the love and support of his wife!

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Rishma Banerjee is a tennis author at EssentiallySports. Having done her masters in Political Science with International Relations from Jadavpur University, Rishma's outlet from the hustle-bustle of academics has always been sports, especially Tennis. A die-hard fan of Rafael Nadal, she admires his grit, determination and dedication towards always being better. When not writing content for firms dealing with fintech to social media marketing to sports, she finds herself in journals and books dealing with geopolitics and strategic studies or scrolling endlessly through Tumblr!
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