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Ivo Karlovic has officially announced his retirement from tennis, more than two years after playing his last tournament match. The 2.11-meter (6 foot, 11 inch) Croatian known for his booming serve said in a post on X that "I've had a very gratifying, unorthodox and long career coming from extremely humble beginnings, especially for a tennis player." The 44-year-old Karlovic played his last ATP match in a second-round qualifying loss at Indian Wells, California in October 2021. His last Grand Slam tournament match was a first-round singles loss at the U.S. Open about six weeks earlier. He finished his 25-year career with eight singles titles and a record of 371 wins and 346 losses and $10.1 million in prize money.
