Milos Raonic was born on 27 December 1990 in Titograd, Yugoslavia (now Podgorica in Montenegro). A Canadian tennis player of Montenegrin origin, he turned professional in 2008. He has won eight singles tournaments on the ATP Tour and his best Grand Slam result was a final at Wimbledon, lost to Andy Murray in 2016.
In 2012, he became the sixth player in history to surpass a thousand aces in one season, after Pete Sampras, Ivo Karlović, John Isner, Andy Roddick and Goran Ivanišević. Reaching world No. 3 in 2016, he was the highest ranked Canadian in singles since the computer rankings in 1973.
There’s nothing I want more than to win Wimbledon.
The Canadian tennis player has also settled in Monaco, becoming a resident of the Principality in recent years like many of his opponents.
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Born in Yugoslavia in what is now Montenegro, his parents of Montenegrin origin moved to Canada before he was 4 years old. His brother and sister and the rest of his family live in Montenegro where he goes once a year. He was in a relationship with Canadian model Danielle Knudson from 2015 to 2018.
