Mario Ančić

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Mario Ančić Tennis player
Mario Ančić
Ančić 2008 in Indian Wells
Nickname: Super Mario
Nation: CroatiaCroatia Croatia
Birthday: March 30, 1984
Size: 196 cm
Weight: 82 kg
1st professional season: 2001
Resignation: 2011
Playing hand: Right; two-handed backhand
Trainer: Fredrik Rosengren
Prize money: $ 4,024,686
singles
Career record: 208: 135
Career title: 3
Highest ranking: 7 (July 10, 2006)
Grand Slam record
Double
Career record: 68:42
Career title: 5
Highest ranking: 47 (June 14, 2004)
Grand Slam record
Olympic games
Sources: official player profiles at the ATP / WTA and ITF (see web links )

Mario Ančić (born March 30, 1984 in Split , SFR Yugoslavia ) is a former Croatian tennis player .

Career

Mario Ančić started tennis at the age of seven and turned pro in 2001. He first caused a stir in 2002 when he defeated Roger Federer in the first round of Wimbledon , for whom it was the last defeat on grass until the Wimbledon final in 2008.

In 2003, Ančić surprisingly reached the round of 16 at the Australian Open . In the same year he had the strongest player of the season at the French Open at the time, Andre Agassi , on the verge of defeat, but despite a 2-0 set lead he was defeated just 5: 7 in the fifth set.

In 2004 he reached the final of an ATP tournament for the first time in his career at the tournament in Milan , where he was defeated by Antony Dupuis from France 6-7 in the third set. He also reached the semi-finals of Wimbledon this year by defeating the British Tim Henman very clearly in the quarter-finals. In the semifinals, however, he lost to Andy Roddick in four very close sets. In addition, Ančić won bronze in doubles with Ivan Ljubičić at the Olympic Games .

In 2005 Ančić was able to win a tournament for the first time in Den Bosch when he defeated the doubles specialist Michaël Llodra in the finals of the grass tournament . He also reached the final of the Scottsdale and Tokyo tournaments in 2005 , but lost there to his supposedly weaker opponents Wayne Arthurs and Wesley Moodie . In December 2005 Ančić won the Davis Cup with Croatia and played an important role because he defeated Michal Mertiňák from Slovakia in the decisive match .

In 2006 Ančić immediately reached the final in a preparatory tournament for the Australian Open in Auckland after a sovereign tournament course, but lost to Jarkko Nieminen from Finland . In February he also reached the final in Marseille , but lost to Arnaud Clément from France . In May Ančić won the unofficial world championship title with Croatia in Düsseldorf at the Arag World Team Cup with a final victory against Germany. In addition, he reached the quarter-finals at the French Open and Wimbledon that year and narrowly missed qualifying for the Masters Cup. At the Australian Open 2007 he was eliminated after an exciting and very open match after five sets (3: 6, 6: 3, 1: 6, 7: 5 and 4: 6) against Andy Roddick in the round of 16.

He canceled the Australian Open 2008 due to an injury. After a very long injury break, he returned to the tennis court at the tournament in Marseille . Right away he reached the final, in which he was defeated by the British Andy Murray . On the way to the final, he defeated Marcos Baghdatis and also the local hero and Australian Open finalist 2008, Jo-Wilfried Tsonga . At Wimbledon he reached the quarter-finals, where he was then defeated by the five-time tournament winner and world number one Roger Federer .

Ančić's highest placements in the world rankings were 7th in singles and 47th in doubles.

On February 22, 2011, Ančić announced his retirement from active tennis due to persistent injuries and back pain.

successes

Legend
Grand Slam
Tennis Masters Cup
ATP Masters Series
ATP International Series Gold
ATP International Series (8)
ATP Challenger Tour (6)
Title after covering
Hard Court (3)
Sand (1)
Grass (3)
Carpet (1)

singles

Victories

ATP World Tour
No. date competition Topping Final opponent Bottom line
1. June 13, 2005 NetherlandsNetherlands 's-Hertogenbosch (1) race FranceFrance Michaël Llodra 7: 5, 6: 4
2. June 19, 2006 NetherlandsNetherlands's-Hertogenbosch (2) race Czech RepublicCzech Republic Jan Hernych 6: 0, 5: 7, 7: 5
3. October 23, 2006 RussiaRussia St. Petersburg Carpet (i) SwedenSweden Thomas Johansson 7: 5, 7: 6 2
ATP Challenger Tour
No. date competition Topping Final opponent Result
1. February 10, 2002 Yugoslavia Federal Republic 1992Yugoslavia Belgrade Carpet (i) Yugoslavia Federal Republic 1992Yugoslavia Nenad Zimonjić 6: 2, 6: 3
2. November 24, 2002 Czech RepublicCzech Republic Prague Hard court (i) FranceFrance Jérôme Golmard 6: 1, 6: 1
3. December 1, 2002 ItalyItaly Milan Carpet (i) FranceFrance Grégory Carraz 4: 6, 6: 3, 7: 6 8
4th February 2, 2003 GermanyGermany Hamburg Carpet (i) SpainSpain Rafael Nadal 6: 2, 6: 3

Final participation

No. date competition Topping Final opponent Bottom line
1. June 13, 2004 ItalyItaly Milan Carpet (i) FranceFrance Antony Dupuis 4: 6, 7: 6 12 , 6: 7 5
2. February 27, 2005 United StatesUnited States Scottsdale Hard court AustraliaAustralia Wayne Arthurs 5: 7, 3: 6
3. October 9, 2005 JapanJapan Tokyo Hard court South AfricaSouth Africa Wesley Moodie 6: 1, 6: 7 7 , 4: 6
4th January 15, 2006 New ZealandNew Zealand Auckland Hard court FinlandFinland Jarkko Nieminen 2: 6, 2: 6
5. February 19, 2006 FranceFrance Marseille (1) Carpet (i) FranceFrance Arnaud Clément 4: 6, 2: 6
6th 17th September 2006 China People's RepublicPeople's Republic of China Beijing Hard court Cyprus RepublicRepublic of Cyprus Marcos Baghdatis 4: 6, 0: 6
7th February 17, 2008 FranceFranceMarseille (2) Hard court (i) United KingdomUnited Kingdom Andy Murray 3: 6, 4: 6
8th. February 8, 2009 CroatiaCroatia Zagreb Carpet (i) CroatiaCroatia Marin Čilić 3: 6, 4: 6

Double

Victories

ATP World Tour
No. date competition Topping partner Final opponent Bottom line
1. July 23, 2003 United StatesUnited States Indianapolis Hard court IsraelIsrael Andy Ram United StatesUnited States Diego Ayala Robby Ginepri
United StatesUnited States
2: 6, 7: 6 3 , 7: 5
2. April 25, 2005 GermanyGermany Munich sand AustriaAustria Julian Knowle GermanyGermany Florian Mayer Alexander Waske
GermanyGermany
6: 3, 1: 6, 6: 3
3. September 11, 2006 China People's RepublicPeople's Republic of China Beijing Hard court IndiaIndia Mahesh Bhupathi GermanyGermany Michael Berrer Kenneth Carlsen
DenmarkDenmark
6: 4, 6: 3
4th September 26, 2006 IndiaIndia Mumbai Hard court IndiaIndia Mahesh Bhupathi IndiaIndia Rohan Bopanna Mustafa Ghouse
IndiaIndia
6: 4, 6: 7 6 , 10: 8
5. June 15, 2008 NetherlandsNetherlands 's-Hertogenbosch race AustriaAustria Jürgen Melzer IndiaIndiaMahesh Bhupathi Leander Paes
IndiaIndia
7: 6 5 , 6: 3
ATP Challenger Tour
No. date competition Topping partner Final opponent Result
1. November 16, 2002 FinlandFinland Helsinki Hard court (i) CroatiaCroatia Lovro Zovko North MacedoniaNorth Macedonia Aleksandar Kitinov Jim Thomas
United StatesUnited States 
7: 6 6 , 4: 6, 6: 3
2. April 3, 2010 ItalyItaly Rome Hard court CroatiaCroatia Ivan Dodig ArgentinaArgentina Juan-Pablo Brzezicki Rubén Ramírez Hidalgo
SpainSpain 
4: 6, 7: 6 8 , [10: 4]

Private

He has two siblings, Sanja Ančić and Ivica Ančić , who are also tennis professionals.

Web links

Commons : Mario Ančić  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. Ancic Debio retirarse del tenis. In: espn.com. February 21, 2011, accessed March 27, 2019 (Spanish).