?ivojinovi? 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 26 October 1987, when he became world No. 19. ?ivojinovi? was known for his size that made him the original big-boom server before Goran Ivanisevic.[5] He built his game on his big serve, enhanced greatly by his height and his muscular thighs. He was an exciting player to watch and a very troubling one to play against. His ace total in a match often became difficult to overcome and players did not look forward to competing against him.[4]
?ivojinovi?'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, ?ivojinovi? amassed an overall singles record of 152 wins and 139 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 8 September 1986.
In the early-to-mid 1980s, active professional tennis player ?ivojinovi? became engaged to Zorica Desnica.[6] The couple had a son, Filip, in 1985.[6] They split up during the late 1980s.[citation needed]
In October 1989, ?ivojinovi? began dating the Yugoslav singer Lepa Brena, having reportedly met her at the premiere of her star vehicle film Hajde da se volimo 2 [sr].[7] Their 7 December 1991 wedding—a civic ceremony at Belgrade's InterContinental Hotel with tennis player Ion ?iriac as the groom's best man—was a media event throughout Yugoslavia.[8][9] The level of attention it generated in the country was such that Brena's managerRaka ?oki? [sr] subsequently released a VHS tape of the wedding for commercial exploitation.[10] The couple had a child, son Stefan Emerald ?ivojinovi? born in New York City, in May 1992.[11] Their second son, Viktor Ernest ?ivojinovi?, was born in March 1998 in Miami.[11]
On 23 November 2000, ?ivojinovi?'s eight-year-old son with Lepa Brena, Stefan ?ivojinovi?, was kidnapped by the Zemun Clan in front of the family's home in Belgrade. He was released five days later and left on the side of a highway after his family paid a ransom reported to be more than DM 2 million.[12]
Yugoslavia
Tim Wilkison
Libor Pimek
Peter McNamara 
Boris Becker
Guy Forget
Anders J?rryd
Tomá? ?míd
Wojciech Fibak 
Hans Gildemeister
Andrés Gómez
Ricardo Acioly 
Sergio Casal 
Balázs Taróczy
