Overview
- Croatian Radiotelevision (HRT) reported that Pilic died in Rijeka at age 86 on Tuesday.
- He is the only captain to guide three nations to Davis Cup titles: Germany (1988, 1989, 1993), Croatia (2005) and Serbia (2010).
- As a player, he reached the 1973 French Open final and won nine singles titles, plus six doubles crowns including the 1970 US Open.
- Pilic mentored a young Novak Djokovic at his Munich academy, and Djokovic has called him his 'tennis father.'
- His 1973 suspension over a Davis Cup dispute prompted 81 players to withdraw from Wimbledon in protest.