Igor Perak

Motto:
"Set a goal and never quit."
"My classroom is a court. It is a place where I grow and develop players, and the source of my success, my professional happiness."

Date of Birth: January 7th, 1987
Place of Birth: Karlovac, Croatia
Languages: English, German, Croatian
Best National Ranking: 2 (U16, January 2003, after Marin Čilić)

Player Highlights:

- Top 10 in Croatia U12, U14, U16 and U18
- Best U14 Tennis Europe Ranking: 67 B
- National champion in doubles (with Tomislav Poljak, Zagreb, June 2014)
- Currently playing for Croatian First League for Tennis Club Karlovac and German, Austrian and Swiss leagues as well
- Since 2014: in the Verbandsliga league in Germany for TC Bernhausen near Stuttgart

Coaching Highlights:

- 2008 - 2011: Worked as a Tennis Coach with a tennis player Indire Akiki, best WTA ranking 396
- 2011 - 2014: Worked in a tennis club called iTeam, the best tennis club in Croatia, working with children and tennis players as well as recreation players of all age
- Worked as a sparring partner and coach with a WTA player Adrijana Lekaj, best WTA ranking 367
- Worked in Salzburg with three Russian boys from (2015-2016)
- Playing league in Germany for TC Bernhausen, near Stuttgart since 2014.
- 2016: a sparing partner of Borna Ćorić and Borna Devald
- 2016 - 2018: Tripoli (Lebanon) as a head coach in an academy
- 2018 - 2020: Worked in TC Bregenz - Austria

Mentor:

- Dejan Gacic, National Coach of Croatia