Goran Orešić (born 28 April 1975) is a former professional
tennis
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player from Croatia.
Biography
Orešić played in two
Davis Cup
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ties for the Croatian team, both in 1996. He debuted in the reverse singles of a tie against Ukraine, with his win over
Sergei Yaroshenko securing a 5–0 scoreline. His other appearance came in the World Group qualifier against Australia in Split, where he was beaten by
Mark Philippoussis
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.
On the ATP Tour he twice featured in the singles main draw of the
Croatia Open Umag, as a qualifier in 1995 and 1996. As a doubles player he made the quarter-finals of the
Zagreb Indoors in 1996 and 1997.
He is a former coach of Croatian player
Ivo Karlović
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, who was his childhood friend and former doubles partner. His time as coach included Karlović's win over top seed
Lleyton Hewitt
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at the 2003 Wimbledon Championships.
See also
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List of Croatia Davis Cup team representatives
References
External links
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1975 births
Living people
Croatian male tennis players
Croatian tennis coaches