Milos Raonic (born December 27, 1990 in Titograd, SR Montenegro, SFR Yugoslavia) is a Canadian professional tennis player. He reached a career-high ATP singles ranking of No. 3 on November 21, 2016 and a career-high ATP doubles ranking of No. 103 on June 10, 2013.
His career highlights include a Grand Slam final at the 2016 Wimbledon Championships; two Grand Slam semifinals at the 2014 Wimbledon Championships and 2016 Australian Open; and four ATP World Tour Masters 1000 finals at the 2013 Canadian Open, 2014 Paris Masters, 2016 Indian Wells Masters and 2020 Cincinnati Masters. Raonic first gained international acclaim by reaching the fourth round of the 2011 Australian Open as a qualifier, being referred to as "the real deal", "a new star", part of "a new generation", and "a future superstar". Coupled with his first ATP World Tour title three weeks later, his world ranking rose from No. 152 to No. 37 in one month. He was awarded the 2011 ATP Newcomer of the Year. Raonic is the first player born in the 1990s to win an ATP World Tour title, to be ranked in the top 10, and to qualify for the ATP World Tour Finals. He has eight ATP World Tour titles. Raonic is the most successful Canadian singles player in history. He became the highest-ranked Canadian male ever on February 21, 2011, when he reached No. 37. His career-high No. 3 ranking is the highest by a Canadian man or woman. He is the first Canadian male in the Open Era to reach the Australian Open semifinals, the French Open quarterfinals, and the Wimbledon final. He has more ATP World Tour titles and finals appearances in the Open Era than all other Canadian men combined. Raonic was named Male Player of the Year by Tennis Canada eight times (2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2018, 2020) and received the Lionel Conacher Award as the Canadian male athlete of the year in 2013 and 2014.
Raonic is of Serb heritage. Prompted by the political unrest in the Balkans, and seeking more professional opportunities, his family moved to Canada in 1994 when he was three, settling in Brampton, Ontario. His parents are both engineers; his father, Dušan, holds a Ph.D. in electrical engineering, while his mother, Vesna, has degrees in mechanical and computer engineering, including a master's. He has two siblings, both significantly older: his sister, Jelena, has a master's degree in international trade and finance and is eleven years older, while his brother, Momir, has a degree in information technology and business and is nine years older. Raonic's uncle, Branimir Gvozdenović, is a politician in the Government of Montenegro, where he has served as Deputy Prime Minister. His first, brief introduction to tennis came at age six or seven with a week-long tennis camp at the Bramalea Tennis Club in Brampton, followed by weekly hour-long group sessions led by tennis coach Steve Gibson, who recognized his potential. He moved to nearby Thornhill, Ontario soon after, and one or two years passed before he asked his parents if he could play again. His father sought out coach Casey Curtis at the Blackmore Tennis Club in Richmond Hill, Ontario. Raonic and Curtis worked together "twice a day, almost every day, for the next nine years." Late in 2007, at the age of 16, Raonic moved to Montréal as one of the first group of players at Tennis Canada's new National Tennis Centre, thus marking the end of his formal relationship with Curtis, and was a member until 2010.
Former ATP Masters Series / ATP Masters 1000 tournaments
Hamburg
A
Not Masters 1000
0 / 0
0–0
–
Win–Loss
0–0
0–0
0–0
0–0
0–0
0–0
0–0
0–0
0–0
0–0
0–0
0–0
0–0
0–0
0–0
0–0
0–0
0 / 0
0–0
–
National representation
Olympic Games
A
Not Held
2R
Not Held
A
Not Held
A
Not Held
1R
0 / 2
1–2
33%
Davis Cup
A
A
AZ1
PO
1R
SF
PO
1R
A
A
PO
A
NH
A
A
QF
0 / 4
17–5
77%
ATP Cup
Not Held
A
RR
A
Not Held
0 / 1
1–1
50%
United Cup
Not Held
A
A
0 / 0
0–0
–
Career statistics
2008
2009
2010
2011
2012
2013
2014
2015
2016
2017
2018
2019
2020
2021
2022
2023
2024
SR
W–L
Win %
Tournaments
0
1
4
19
23
23
20
16
19
14
18
13
10
5
0
4
6
195
Titles
0
0
0
1
2
2
1
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
8
Finals
0
0
0
2
4
4
3
2
4
2
1
0
1
0
0
0
0
23
Hardcourt Win–Loss
0–0
0–1
4–4
19–11
33–11
36–12
33–13
25–12
32–11
14–5
19–12
14–12
22–8
7–5
0–0
3–2
3–2
8 / 132
264–121
69%
Clay Win–Loss
0–0
0–0
0–2
9–6
7–5
8–6
11–5
4–2
10–4
11–5
4–1
0–0
1–1
0–0
0–0
0–0
0–1
0 / 36
65–38
63%
Grass Win–Loss
0–0
0–0
0–0
3–2
5–4
1–3
5–2
4–2
10–2
4–2
9–2
8–2
0–0
0–0
0–0
2–2
3–2
0 / 27
54–25
68%
Overall Win–Loss
0–0
0–1
4–6
31–19
45–20
45–21
49–20
33–16
52–17
29–12
32–15
22–14
23–9
7–5
0–0
5–4
6–5
8 / 195
383–184
68%
Win %
–
0%
40%
62%
69%
68%
71%
67%
75%
71%
68%
61%
72%
58%
–
56%
55%
67.55%
Year-end ranking
923
380
156
31
13
11
8
14
3
24
18
31
14
70
–
318
–
Notes
NB The ATP Masters 1000 tournament in Cincinnati was played in New York City, the French Open was played in September and after the US Open, and the Italian Open was also played in September and after the ATP Masters 1000 in New York City/Cincinnati, and the 2020 Olympic Games were postponed to 2021 due to the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020.
NB The ATP Masters 1000 tournament in Indian Wells was played in October and after the tournament in Cincinnati due to the COVID-19 pandemic in 2021.
Wins over top-10 opponents
Raonic has a 31–71 (30%) record against players who were, at the time the match was played, ranked in the top 10.