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Igor Šarić
Igor Šarić (born 4 July 1967) is a former professional tennis player from Croatia. Biography Born in Zagreb, Šarić competed for Yugoslavia at the start of his career and played his first Grand Prix tennis circuit, Grand Prix tournament at the Stuttgart Open in 1986. Ranked 800 in the world, he was given a wild-card into the tournament because he played for a local club and caused an upset by beating American Brian Teacher to make the second round. He represented Yugoslavia at the 1987 Summer Universiade in Zagreb and won a silver medal in the men's singles, after losing the gold medal match to another Croatian born Yugoslav player Bruno Orešar. In 1993 he featured in the main draw of the Romanian Open, the only other time he played singles in what had by then become the ATP Tour. He was beaten in the first round by Thomas Muster, in a three-set match. More prominent on tour as a doubles player, his ATP Tour appearances include the quarter-finals of the 1996 Croatian Indoors as ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Zagreb
Zagreb ( , , , ) is the capital (political), capital and List of cities and towns in Croatia#List of cities and towns, largest city of Croatia. It is in the Northern Croatia, northwest of the country, along the Sava river, at the southern slopes of the Medvednica mountain. Zagreb stands near the international border between Croatia and Slovenia at an elevation of approximately above mean sea level, above sea level. At the 2021 census, the city had a population of 767,131. The population of the Zagreb urban agglomeration is 1,071,150, approximately a quarter of the total population of Croatia. Zagreb is a city with a rich history dating from Roman Empire, Roman times. The oldest settlement in the vicinity of the city was the Roman Andautonia, in today's Ščitarjevo. The historical record of the name "Zagreb" dates from 1134, in reference to the foundation of the settlement at Kaptol, Zagreb, Kaptol in 1094. Zagreb became a free royal city in 1242. In 1851 Janko Kamauf became Z ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
