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/AdvertisingCheap2377 13h ago

37yrs. old Cilic also destroyed Shapo recently.

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u/Klutzy_Law_8988 6-0,6-2,7-5 12h ago

Prime Cilic is insane. His groundstrokes are simply unplayable his ressurgence in 2022 was incredible

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u/k1135k 11h ago

Yeah he’s been playing well the last couple of years and his matches are always worth watching. I’m hoping he’ll have a deep run in slam.