Sport & Resort
Stella Maris & the Croatia Open
Umag · Istria
QUICK INFORMATION
- CATEGORY
- Sport & Resort
- COUNTRY
- Croatia
- REGION
- Umag · Istria
- DURATION
- 1 day
ABOUT THIS ATTRACTION
Stella Maris is Umag’s resort coast — bays, beaches and hotel compounds three kilometres north of the old town — and its centre of gravity is a tennis stadium named for Goran Ivanišević. Every late July the Croatia Open, Croatia’s ATP clay-court tournament since 1990, fills the stadium and the town: qualifying rounds through the week, night sessions, and a festival ground that turns Umag into the loudest small town on the Adriatic.
HISTORY & BACKGROUND
The story behind it
The Croatia Open began in 1990, in the first year of independent Croatia, and grew into one of the ATP Tour’s most loved small tournaments — a launching pad for future champions (Alcaraz won here in 2021) with a party reputation that outgrew its size. The main stadium was renamed for Goran Ivanišević, whose 2001 Wimbledon win remains Croatian sport’s loudest memory; the tournament’s night sessions under the pines have become an institution.
WHAT TO SEE
What to see here
WHY IT MATTERS
Why it matters
Umag owns a piece of world tennis: a real ATP title on a resort coast of ten thousand people, in a stadium named for Croatia’s greatest player.
PRACTICAL INFORMATION
Before you go
THROUGH THE LENS
From the road
MAP & LOCATION
Stella Maris & the Croatia Open
Stella Maris & the Croatia Open, Umag, Istria, Croatia
45.4462, 13.5242
MORE ATTRACTIONS
More to see in Umag
FOOD & DRINK
Where to eat nearby
Umag’s harbour-side restaurants
Resort restaurants along Stella Maris
The konoba at the Savudrija lighthouse — fish at sunset
Konobas in the olive-grove villages on the coast road
HOTELS & STAYS
Where to stay nearby
Hotel Sol Stella Maris — resort base
Old-town apartments near the harbour
Agriturismo stays in the olive groves toward Savudrija
Beach hotels and family resorts along the Katoro peninsula
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