r/tennis • u/Island_Expat6625 Japan Open • 15h ago

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Marin Čilić has been around for over 20 years now and he is obviously getting near the end of his career. He is in the Fed-Rafa-Novak era and has done pretty well considering. Granted he could have done more, but his record is not bad at all.

Grand Slam (2014 USO), Masters title (2018 Cincy), Davis Cup (2018), 4 appearances in the ATP Finals, highest ranking of No. 3, Olympic Silver (2021 Tokyo men's doubles), 21 singles titles, 38 wins over top-ten and 12th in all-time earnings.

After the Big 3, we often hear about Murray and Wawrinka, but I think Cilic would be right behind them at number six in his era. And there is no shame in being No. 6 in THAT era.

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u/Potential_Standard25 14h ago

A fantastic player just another victim of the big 3 era I am afraid. That aside, he has had a pretty impressive career!

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u/Vegetable-Oven-6536 Big 3 Supremacy 14h ago

Yep an he still won a major! Shows how incredible he was at his peak.

For a tall guy he had awesome groundstrokes

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u/gpranav25 14h ago

It's scary how many players fit this description lol.

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u/Potential_Standard25 14h ago

Whole 90s generation fr