Big-serving tennis ace Ivo Karlović has familial connections to Babušnica and was a frequent visitor to the area in his younger years.
The village was larger until the unrest in the area following the dissolution of Yugoslavia forced many relations of big-serving tennis ace Ivo Karlović to flee the area.
This was arguably the strongest year of his career, in which he reached the second rounds of the French Open (l. to Gustavo Kuerten) and Wimbledon (l. to Ivo Karlović), and won the challengers of Heilbronn and Sarajevo.
In his second-ever professional tour match in fact Ančić partnered Ivo Karlović in the 1997 Croatian Indoors Grand Prix event in Zagreb.
He defeated former top 100 player Ivo Heuberger in the first round, before falling in a tight four set match to Croatian Ivo Karlović in the second round.
Ivo Karlović | Ivo Andrić | Ivo Watts-Russell | Ivo Banac | Ivo Puhonny | Ivo Perišin | Ivo Josipović | Ivo Bligh | Ivo Vinco | Ivo Vojnović | Ivo Perović | Ivo of Kermartin | Ivo Niehe | Ivo Linna | Ivo Heuberger | Ivo Babuška | Tommy Ivo | Sandro Ivo Bartoli | Ivo Urbančič | Ivo Stourton | Ivo Siromahov | Ivo Sanader | Ivo Pilar | Ivo Pauwels (author) | Ivo Pauwels | Ivo Opstelten | Ivo Neame | Ivo Malec | Ivo Lapenna | Ivo Kerdić |
Also present were Casablanca, Indianapolis and Bucharest titlist Gilles Simon, Båstad winner Tommy Robredo, Ivo Karlović, Robin Söderling and Paul-Henri Mathieu.
Among other players were Delray Beach and Houston runner-up James Blake, Costa do Sauípe finalist Carlos Moyá, Tommy Robredo, Andy Murray and Ivo Karlović.