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My Take
Delić's story stops me cold in the best way. Born in Tuzla as Yugoslavia fractured, he emigrated to Jacksonville at fourteen, sharpened his game through college tennis at Illinois, and rose all the way to the professional tour on the strength of a towering serve from that 196 cm frame. Then he turned around and captained Bosnia and Herzegovina's Davis Cup team, honouring the roots he was once forced to flee. An immigrant kid who climbs to the top while carrying two countries on his shoulders is exactly the kind of athlete I want to root for, and I do, wholeheartedly.
Overview
Amer Delić (Bosnian pronunciation: [děliːtɕ]; born June 30, 1982) is a Bosnian American former professional tennis player. He is a former captain and member of the Bosnia and Herzegovina Davis Cup team. Delić was born in Tuzla, then in Yugoslavia, now in the northeastern part of Bosnia and Herzegovina. In 1996, his family emigrated to Jacksonville, Florida, where he attended Samuel W.
Summary adapted from Wikipedia, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0.
1. Profile
- Name (English)
- Amer Delić
- Name (Japanese)
- アメア・ディリック
- Reading
- あめあ・でぃりっく
- Born
- June 30, 1982 (age 43)
- Zodiac / Chinese zodiac
- Cancer / Dog
- Origin
- Tuzla, Tuzla Canton, Austria–Hungary
- Blood type
- Private
- Height
- 196 cm
- Agency
- Private
- Occupation
- tennis player
2. Background
- Elementary school
- Private
- Junior high
- Private
- High school
- Samuel W. Wolfson High School
- University
- University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
3. Relationships
- Spouse
- Private
- Children
- Private
- Parents
- Private
- Siblings
- Private
4. Personality
Motto
Private
6. Links
Tennis player — see all → · More people from Austria–Hungary →
7. About this entry
Tags
- Last updated
- 2026-06-02
Facts are limited to publicly available information up to 2024; non-public items are marked "Private / Unknown". English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.