Nikola Pilić

Nikola Pilić
Pilić at the 1975 Dutch Open
Country (sports) Yugoslavia
Born(1939-08-27)27 August 1939
Split, Banovina of Croatia, Kingdom of Yugoslavia
Died23 September 2025(2025-09-23) (aged 86)
Rijeka, Croatia
Height1.91 m (6 ft 3 in)
Turned pro1968 (amateur tour from 1960)
Retired1978
PlaysLeft-handed (one-handed backhand)
Singles
Career record270–201
Career titles9
Highest rankingNo. 6 (1968, Lance Tingay)
Grand Slam singles results
Australian Open3R (1970)
French OpenF (1973)
WimbledonSF (1967)
US OpenQF (1973)
Professional majors
US ProQF (1968)
Wembley ProQF (1968)
French ProQF (1968)
Doubles
Career record143–134 (Open era)
Career titles6
Grand Slam doubles results
Australian OpenQF (1970)
French Open4R (1969, 1976–77)
WimbledonF (1962)
US OpenW (1970)
Medal record
Representing  Yugoslavia
Tennis
Mediterranean Games
1963 Naples Doubles
1963 Naples Singles
Universiade
1961 Sofia Doubles
1961 Sofia Singles

Nikola Pilić (27 August 1939 – 23 September 2025) was a Croatian professional tennis player who competed for SFR Yugoslavia. He was the coach of the Croatian, West German and Serbian national tennis teams, with whom he won several Davis Cup titles. He participated in the founding of the Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP) and the professionalization of tennis.

Pilić was one of the Handsome Eight. Pilić was ranked world No. 6 in January 1968 and world No. 7 for 1967 by Lance Tingay of The Daily Telegraph.