Father, Romeo; mother, Drazana; sisters, Karla and Lana Followed in sister's footsteps and started playing tennis at age 5 Left Croatia to train in Bordighera, Italy at age 16 Says that Italians Riccardo Piatti and Andrea Volpini taught him the most about tennis, but countryman Dino Marcan had the biggest impact on his game overall Favourite shot is backhand, surface is clay and tournament is Roland Garros Tennis idol growing up was David Nalbandian Also enjoys boxing and football Favourite movie is Borat and actor is Sacha Baron Cohen (star of Borat) Favourite book is The Da Vinci Code by Dan Brown