- Born
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- Boba
- Height6′ 6″ (1.98 m)
- Slobodan "Boba" Zivojinovic is a Serbian former professional tennis player who competed for SFR Yugoslavia. He represented SFR Yugoslavia as the number 15 seed at the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul, where he was defeated in the second round by France's Guy Forget.
The right-hander won two career singles titles (Houston, 1986 and Sydney, 1988), as well as eight doubles titles. He reached his highest singles ATP ranking on October 26, 1987, when he became world No. 19.
Zivojinovic's most notable Grand Slam results were two semifinals. As an unseeded player at the 1985 Australian Open, he memorably beat John McEnroe in a five-set quarterfinal to reach the semifinals (where he lost in straight sets to Mats Wilander). The next year, at the 1986 Wimbledon semifinal, again as an unseeded player, he lost to Ivan Lendl in a five-set match.
Over the course of his career, he amassed an overall singles record of 150 wins and 138 defeats. He was much more successful in doubles competition, winning the US Open in 1986 with Andrés Gómez. The same year, he won three more tournaments. He was ranked as the world No. 1 doubles player on September 8, 1986.
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- SpouseLepa Brena(December 7, 1991 - present) (2 children)
- ChildrenViktor Zivojinovic
- RelativesCeda Zivojinovic(Sibling)Aleksandar Zivojinovic(Grandchild)
- Has three children: son Filip Zivojinovic (b. 1985) with former partner Zorica Nakic (nee Desnica) and sons Stefan Zivojinovic (b. 21 May 1992) and Viktor Zivojinovic (b. 30 March 1998) with wife Lepa Brena.
- On 23 November 2000, his son Stefan was kidnapped by members of the Zemun mafia. After they paid a ransom of 2,500,000 Deutsche Marks in cash, he was released, having been held for five days.
- Father-in-law of Serbian singer Aleksandra Prijović.
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