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    Handsome Eight. Pilić was ranked world No. 6 in January 1968 and world No. 7 for 1967 by Lance Tingay of The Daily Telegraph. Pilić was born in Split...
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    player Nikola Petroff, Bulgarian wrestler Nikola Pilić, Yugoslav Croat professional tennis player Nikola Rosić, Serbian volleyball player Nikola Soldo...
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    Boro Jovanović / Nikola Pilić (1962) Josip Gjergja (1963) Nikola Pilić (1964) Andro Depolo (1965) Cvjetko Bilić (1966) Nikola Pilić (1967) Dragutin Šurbek...
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  • Ilie Năstase defeated Nikola Pilić in the final, 6–3, 6–3, 6–0 to win the men's singles tennis title at the 1973 French Open. It was his second and last...
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  • Jovanović was runner-up in the 1962 Wimbledon doubles tournament with Nikola Pilić, and quarter-finalist in the 1968 Wimbledon doubles tournament. In singles...
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    with Italy in Split on 12 June 2015. The following 4 June, both he and Nikola Kalinić scored hat-tricks in a 10–0 warm-up win against San Marino in Rijeka...
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  • final, which was played on the extended Sunday schedule. In May 1973 Nikola Pilić, Yugoslavia's number one tennis player, was suspended by his national...
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    Juan Gisbert Martin Mulligan 6–4, 4–6, 6–1, 2–6, 6–2 1966 Thomaz Koch Nikola Pilić 6–3, 6–2, 3–6, 7–5 1967 Martin Mulligan Rafael Osuna 5–7, 7–5, 6–4, 6–3...
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    Năstase as their star. During the year, the ILTF banned Nikola Pilić from 1973 Wimbledon, due to Pilic's alleged refusal to play in Yugoslavia's Davis Cup tie...
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    Boro Jovanović / Nikola Pilić (1962) Josip Gjergja (1963) Nikola Pilić (1964) Andro Depolo (1965) Cvjetko Bilić (1966) Nikola Pilić (1967) Dragutin Šurbek...
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    Boro Jovanović / Nikola Pilić (1962) Josip Gjergja (1963) Nikola Pilić (1964) Andro Depolo (1965) Cvjetko Bilić (1966) Nikola Pilić (1967) Dragutin Šurbek...
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    French Open champion Virginia Ruzici, Grand Slam men's singles runner-up Nikola Pilić; doubles champions Fred McNair, Olga Morozova, Larisa Savchenko, Tomáš...
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  • Smith, boycotted Wimbledon in 1973 in protest against the suspension of Nikola Pilić by the Yugoslav Tennis Association, supported by the International Lawn...
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    Boro Jovanović / Nikola Pilić (1962) Josip Gjergja (1963) Nikola Pilić (1964) Andro Depolo (1965) Cvjetko Bilić (1966) Nikola Pilić (1967) Dragutin Šurbek...
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    three-set loss to Alexandra Stevenson. Under the guidance of new coach Nikola Pilić, after over three months away from the tour due to injury, Dokic qualified...
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  • Gorman (final) Cliff Drysdale (semifinals) Tony Roche (second round) Nikola Pilić (quarterfinals) John Alexander (first round) Marty Riessen (quarterfinals)...
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    country. To that end, Genčić contacted Nikola Pilić and in September 1999 the 12-year-old moved to the Pilić tennis academy in Germany, spending four...
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    tournament was largely boycotted by top players that year over the ban of Nikola Pilić by the International Lawn Tennis Federation (ILTF). Kodeš never played...
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  • Alexander / Phil Dent (first round) Bob Hewitt / Frew McMillan (champions) Nikola Pilić / Allan Stone (quarterfinals) Q = Qualifier WC = Wild card LL = Lucky...
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  • in the semifinals to Boro Jovanović and Nikola Pilić. Bob Hewitt and Fred Stolle defeated Jovanović and Pilić in the final, 6–2, 5–7, 6–2, 6–4 to win...
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    Boro Jovanović / Nikola Pilić (1962) Josip Gjergja (1963) Nikola Pilić (1964) Andro Depolo (1965) Cvjetko Bilić (1966) Nikola Pilić (1967) Dragutin Šurbek...
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  • Addison / Colin Dibley (Final) Bob Maud / Andrew Pattison (First round) Nikola Pilić / Allan Stone (Quarterfinals) Bob Lutz / Stan Smith (Semifinals) John...
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  • Mandarino Manuel Santana 1–6, 6–3, 6–2, 6–4. 1963 Patricio Rodríguez Nikola Pilić 1–6, 4–6, 7–5, 9–7, 6–2. 1964 Manuel Santana Bob Hewitt 6–2, 6–3, 11–9...
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    attended the Nikola Pilić tennis academy in Munich and trained there until age 18. One of the players he trained with at the Niki Pilić academy was future...
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  • singles title of the year and the 23rd of his career. Željko Franulović / Nikola Pilić defeated Pat Cramer / Mike Estep 6–3, 1–2, retired "1974 Hampton – Singles...
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  • Pattison in the final, 7–6, 6–3. Roy Emerson / Rod Laver (champions) Nikola Pilić / Allan Stone (semifinals) Brian Gottfried / Dick Stockton (first round)...
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    from the tournament following the suspension by the ITF of Yugoslav Nikola Pilić, only three ATP players (Năstase, Roger Taylor and Ray Keldie) defied...
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  • (second round) Tom Gorman (fourth round) Adriano Panatta (third round) Nikola Pilić (quarterfinalist) Cliff Richey (fourth round) Q = Qualifier WC = Wild...
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  • outdoor clay courts in Båstad, Sweden, between 8 July and 15 July 1973. Nikola Pilić and Stan Smith won the doubles title by defeating Bob Carmichael and...
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    contacted Nikola Pilić and in September 1999 Djokovic moved to the Pilić tennis academy in Oberschleißheim, Germany, spending four years there. Pilić made...
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