Which tennis player received a higher world singles ranking, Fabio Fognini or Marin Čilić?
Marin Čilić Marin Čilić (; born 28 September 1988) is a Croatian professional tennis player. Over the course of his career, Čilić has won 17 ATP singles titles, including the 2014 US Open. His career-high singles ranking is world No. 5, achieved in September 2017. Čilić first came to international prominence by defeating then-World No. 2 Andy Murray in the fourth round of the 2009 US Open. He followed this by reaching the semifinals of the 2010 Australian Open. Among other achievements, Čilić was runner-up at the 2017 Wimbledon Championships, and was a semifinalist at the 2015 US Open as defending champion. Čilić is currently the youngest active male player to have won a slam. Čilić has reached at least the quarterfinal in all four grand slam tournaments. He has a very powerful serve and very powerful groundstrokes.
Paolo Lorenzi Paolo Lorenzi (] ; born 15 December 1981 in Rome, Italy) is an Italian professional tennis player, and current Italian No. 2. His career-high singles ranking is World No. 33. Lorenzi is coached by Claudio Galoppini. On August 1, 2016 he overtook Fabio Fognini becoming the new Italian #1 in the Association of Tennis Professionals ATP Ranking at the age of 34 years old and 8 months.