Radmilo Armenulić
Radmilo Armenulić | |
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Радмило Арменулић | |
| Born | 1940 (age 84–85) |
| Occupations | Tennis player and coach |
Radmilo Armenulić (Serbian Cyrillic: Радмило Арменулић; born 1940), is a Serbian former tennis player and tennis coach.[1]
Career
Radmilo was born in Belgrade in 1940, and began his career in Partizan Tennis Club. He was a state champion in the junior categories and played in the Galea Cup (under 21 years). After a conflict with the team selector, Radmilo went to Germany, where he had a career as a tennis player and a tennis coach. He spent 12 years in Offenbach. Armenulić was the longest serving federal captain in the history of Yugoslavian and Serbian tennis, serving 17 years and three months.[1]
Armenulić trained a generation of very talented players, including Bruno Orešar, Goran Prpić, Slobodan Živojinović and Goran Ivanišević. They were the champions of the Balkans three times; were ranked third in the world for under-21 players in the Galea Cup three times; were three-time semifinalists in the World Group Davis Cup (1988, 1989, 1991), and for six years they were among the top eight in the world.[2]
Personal life
His first wife was the singer Silvana Armenulić, with whom he has a daughter Gordana.[1]
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