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Ivan Ljubii is a retired Croatian tennis player. His careerhigh ATP singles ranking was world No. 3.

Ljubii was born in Banja Luka, at the time SR Bosnia and Herzegovina, SFR Yugoslavia to a Bosnian Croat father, Marko, and a Bosniak mother, Hazira. He started playing tennis as a child in 1988, and he soon won his first local awards as a junior. In May 1992, because of the war in Bosnia and Herzegovina, the family left Banja Luka, and Ivan, his mother and his brother moved to Opatija, Croatia, while his father was unable to leave. In November 1992, they were reunited and moved to Rijeka. Soon after, in April 1993, Ljubii went to a tennis club in Moncalieri near Torino, Italy. During the next three years, Ljubii grew into a promising prospect. He decided to play for Croatia and in 1995 won his first junior championship, becoming the Croatian under16 champion. The same year, he won his first ATP points and played for the Croatian team in the Winter Cup . Pairing up with eljko Krajan, he won the Orange Bowl .

Source: Wikipedia


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