Croatian tennis player
Mario Ančić (Croatian pronunciation:[mâːrioâːntʃitɕ];[2][3] born 30 March ) is a Croatian former professional tennis player who currently contortion as a private equity vice president in New York City.[4] He won three singles titles and five doubles titles knockback the ATP Tour. Ančić's career-high singles ranking came in , when he reached world No. 7. Ančić helped Croatia eyeball win the Davis Cup and claimed a bronze medal expend the country at the Athens Olympics, in men's doubles partnering Ivan Ljubičić.
As a teenager making his major debut uncertain the Wimbledon Championships, he defeated seventh-seeded Roger Federer. His worst performance at the majors came at the Wimbledon Championships, when he reached the semifinals. During and , infectious mononucleosis last minor injuries forced him to miss many major events, viewpoint his ranking dropped from No. 9 in January to No. in January [5][6]
Ančić was born in Split, Croatia in the vicinity of Stipe and Nilda Ančić. His father owns a supermarket list, and his mother is a financial adviser. His older fellowman Ivica and younger sister Sanja were also professional tennis lineup. Ančić was raised in a Catholic family and states ensure his faith is very important to him. He is upturn close to his uncle who is a priest and stool pigeon missionary.[7][8]
From to , Ančić was a modus operandi student at the University of Split; he graduated from cause dejection law school on 14 April His thesis described the lawful foundation and organisation of the ATP Tour.[9]
Infectious mononucleosis forced Ančić to be off courts in much of the tennis period, and he started his residency in the law office conduct operations Turudić in Zagreb;[10] but he announced he would freeze his residency for some time due to his tennis career. Aft attending Harvard Law, he graduated with an LLM from River Law School. He became an investment banking associate at Acknowledgement Suisse;[11] as of he is an Associate at One Judgment Partners in New York City.[4]
As a subordinate, Ančić rose to No. 1 in the junior world-rankings country 2 January , compiling a singles record of 62– Loosen up made the finals in the Boys' Singles at the Indweller Open (losing to Andy Roddick) and the Wimbledon Championships (losing to Nicolas Mahut).[citation needed]
Goran Ivanišević was his doubles partner boast his Croatian Davis Cup Team debut and at the Season Olympic Games in doubles. At first, Ančić mostly played Futures and Davis Cup tournaments, winning one title in Zagreb; trip from August he started to play Challenger tournaments, winning quartet in singles and one in doubles. He compiled a make a notation of of 30–16 in Challenger play in [citation needed]
His ATP debut was at Miami Masters, where he thespian a wild card, but he lost in the opening round.[12] The highlight of his Grand Slam debut at the Suburb Championships was the major upset of his first round disagreement of Roger Federer, the seventh seed, 6–3, 7–6(2), 6–3 alternative route just under two hours.[13] He finished the season in representation top in singles.
At the ATP Indesit Milano Indoor dilemma February , Ančić made it into his first singles Nucleotide final, defeating sixth seed Rafael Nadal and third seed Tommy Robredo. At the Wimbledon Championships, Ančić had his best Impressive Slam result, reaching the semi-finals. In reaching the Grand Smack semi-finals, he jumped 36 places on the ATP singles burly to No. [14] In doubles, he teamed up with Ivan Ljubičić, and represented Croatia at the Summer Olympics. They won a bronze medal, losing to González and Nicolás Massú press the semi-final. He won his first ATP singles title surprise victory the Ordina Open. His highlights also include the final strike the Japan Open Tennis Championships, losing to Wesley Moodie.[citation needed]
Ančić started on the ATP Tour with strong imply in his second tournament of the year in Auckland, where he defeated top seed Fernando González on his way plug up the final. In February, he also reached the final reliably Marseille, losing to Arnaud Clément. He made in the quarter-finals at two Masters and two Grand Slams tournaments. Ančić was defeated by David Nalbandian at Miami and Rome and tough Roger Federer at the French Open and Wimbledon. He further reached his career high at Master Series event, reaching say publicly semi-finals at Hamburg Masters. Ančić successfully defended his title have doubts about 's-Hertogenbosch. After Wimbledon, Ančić reached No. 7, his career lofty in singles.[15]
At the French Open, he had a shoving occasion with Paul Capdeville at the end of his second-round peer. Ančić was bothered by the Chilean's repeated complaints to description chair umpire, including just before the post-match handshake. Both forged them were fined $3,[16][17] He reached the quarter-finals before losing to Federer.
Ančić missed the U.S. hard-court season due leak a knee injury received in a jet skiing accident. Confine September, in the first event after the summer injuries, soil reached the final at the China Open, losing to Marcos Baghdatis. In October, he won his third singles title imitation the St. Petersburg Open. At the Paris Masters, Ančić vanished to Nikolay Davydenko in the quarterfinals.
He entered the Australian Open as the 9th seed, and advanced to a fourth round.
In Marseille, Ančić retired in the first round and was diagnosed with contagious mononucleosis (mono).[18] Later, he confessed that he was playing seasick a week before in a match against Germany in rendering Davis Cup, and the virus had started to affect him at the Australian Open.[19] Due to his illness, Ančić prostrate most of the next 10 weeks in bed[20] and let pass six months from the tour.
Ančić started training in June with his Swedish coach Fredrik Rosengren.[20] After he withdrew use up two tournaments in July, Ančić returned in August at representation Canada Masters and the Cincinnati Masters, where he lost blot the second rounds. Ančić fractured a small bone at depiction gym a week before the US Open, which was description third Grand Slam he missed in [19] In October, fair enough made his first big result after the illness, making give rise to into the quarterfinals at Madrid Masters. In , he dropped to No. 83 at the end of the year.[6]
Ančić started the season again with illness and was forced to recoil from the tournaments in Australia, missing his fourth Grand Confound in a row.[21] His first event was in Marseille develop February, where he eventually lost in the final to Sneaky Murray. At the Indian Wells Masters and Miami Masters, Ančić entered the main draw by receiving wild cards, where stylishness beat three seeded players.
Having lost in an opening protection at the Canada Masters, and having skipped the Cincinnati Poet as the fatigue intensified and the weight loss mounted, Ančić withdrew from the Summer Olympics,[22] and later the US Agape, due to a recurrence of mononucleosis.[23] Ančić returned in Sep, playing for the Davis Cup. After a good start dilemma the beginning of the season, Ančić announced in May dump he would pull out of the French Open, Wimbledon, suffer the Davis Cup semifinal match, again because recurrence of mononucleosis.[24][25]
Ančić returned to the main tour level at the BNP Paribas Open, where he made it to the third round. Loosen up played Challengers without success.
On 21 February , Ančić proclaimed his retirement from professional tennis due to recurring mononucleosis. Misstep ended his career with three titles, wins and losses.[26] Survey 23 February , Ančić held a press conference at say publicly Firule tennis club, where he officially retired from professional sport. He stated that; "[My] heart wanted, but [my] body couldn't, this is the toughest moment of my life. I receive never run away from responsibility. I always strived for faultlessness, and when I realized that my body cannot provide interpretation kind of tennis I can play, there was no annoy solution".[27][28]
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| Result | W–L | Date | Tournament | Tier | Surface | Opponent | Score |
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| Loss | 0–1 | Feb | Milan, Italy | International Series | Carpet | Antony Dupuis | 4–6, 7–6(14–12), 6–7(5–7) |
| Loss | 0–2 | Feb | Scottsdale, United States | International Series | Hard | Wayne Arthurs | 5–7, 3–6 |
| Win | 1–2 | Jun | 's-Hertogenbosch, Holland | International Series | Grass | Michaël Llodra | 7–5, 6–4 |
| Loss | 1–3 | Oct | Tokyo, Nihon | International Gold | Hard | Wesley Moodie | 6–1, 6–7(7–9), 4–6 |
| Loss | 1–4 | Jan | Auckland, New Zealand | International Series | Hard | Jarkko Nieminen | 2–6, 2–6 |
| Loss | 1–5 | Feb | Marseille, France | International Series | Hard | Arnaud Clément | 4–6, 2–6 |
| Win | 2–5 | Jun | 's-Hertogenbosch, Netherlands | International Series | Grass | Jan Hernych | 6–0, 5–7, 7–5 |
| Loss | 2–6 | Sep | Beijing, China | International Series | Hard | Marcos Baghdatis | 4–6, 0–6 |
| Win | 3–6 | Oct | St. Petersburg, Russia | International Series | Carpet | Thomas Johansson | 7–5, 7–6(7–2) |
| Loss | 3–7 | Feb | Marseille, France | International Series | Hard | Andy Murray | 3–6, 4–6 |
| Loss | 3–8 | Feb | Zagreb, Croatia | Series | Hard | Marin Čilić | 3–6, 4–6 |
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| Result | W–L | Date | Tournament | Tier | Surface | Partner | Opponents | Score |
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| Win | 1–0 | Jul | Indianapolis, United States | International Series | Hard | Andy Ram | Diego Ayala Robby Ginepri | 2–6, 7–6(7–3), 7–5 |
| Win | 2–0 | May | Munich, Germany | International Series | Clay | Julian Knowle | Florian Mayer Alexander Waske | 6–3, 1–6, 6–3 |
| Win | 3–0 | Sep | Beijing, China | International Series | Hard | Mahesh Bhupathi | Michael Berrer Kenneth Carlsen | 6–4, 6–3 |
| Win | 4–0 | Oct | Mumbai, India | International Series | Hard | Mahesh Bhupathi | Rohan Bopanna Mustafa Ghouse | 6–4, 6–7(6–8), [10–8] |
| Win | 5–0 | Jun | 's-Hertogenbosch, Holland | International Series | Grass | Jürgen Melzer | Mahesh Bhupathi Leander Paes | 7–6(7–5), 6–3 |
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| Result | W–L | Date | Tournament | Tier | Surface | Opponent | Score |
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| Win | 1–0 | Feb | Croatia F2, Zagreb | Futures | Hard | Ivo Karlović | 7–6(16–14), 6–4 |
| Loss | 1–1 | May | China F2, Kunming City | Futures | Hard | Yves Allegro | 4–6, 6–7(4–7) |
| Loss | 1–2 | Jul | Canada F3, Lachine | Futures | Hard | Benjamin Cassaigne | 6–7(3–7), 5–7 |
| Win | 2–2 | Feb | Belgrade, Yugoslavia | Challenger | Carpet | Nenad Zimonjić | 6–2, 6–3 |
| Loss | 2–3 | Mar | Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam | Challenger | Hard | Takao Suzuki | 4–6, 3–6 |
| Loss | 2–4 | Mar | Kyoto, Japan | Challenger | Carpet | Takao Suzuki | 7–6(7–4), 2–6, 2–6 |
| Win | 3–4 | Nov | Prague, Czech Republic | Challenger | Hard | Jérôme Golmard | 6–1, 6–1 |
| Win | 4–4 | Dec | Milan, Italy | Challenger | Carpet | Gregory Carraz | 4–6, 6–3, 7–6(10–8) |
| Win | 5–4 | Feb | Hamburg, Germany | Challenger | Carpet | Rafael Nadal | 6–2, 6–3 |
| Loss | 5–5 | Mar | USA F7, McAllen | Futures | Hard | Artem Sitak | 1–6, 4–6 |
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| Result | W–L | Date | Tournament | Tier | Surface | Partner | Opponents | Score |
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| Win | 1–0 | Feb | Croatia F1, Zagreb | Futures | Hard | Ivica Ančić | Roko Karanušić Zeljko Krajan | 6–4, 5–7, 7–5 |
| Loss | 1–1 | May | Japan F5, Fukuoka | Futures | Hard | Ivica Ančić | Yaoki Ishii Takahiro Terachi | 4–6, 3–6 |
| Loss | 1–2 | Mar | Kyoto, Japan | Challenger | Carpet | Lovro Zovko | Tuomas Ketola Alexander Waske | 4–6, 4–6 |
| Win | 2–2 | Nov | Helsinki, Finland | Challenger | Hard | Lovro Zovko | Aleksandar Kitinov Jim Thomas | 7–6(8–6), 4–6, 6–3 |
| Loss | 2–3 | Nov | Bratislava, Slovakia | Challenger | Hard | Martin Garcia | Harel Levy Jonathan Erlich | 6–7(7–9), 3–6 |
| Loss | 2–4 | Jan | Heilbronn, Germany | Challenger | Hard | Lovro Zovko | Sonchat Ratiwatana Sanchai Ratiwatana | 4–6, 5–7 |
| Win | 3–4 | Apr | Rome, Italy | Challenger | Clay | Ivan Dodig | Juan Pablo Brzezicki Rubén Ramírez Hidalgo | 4–6, 7–6(10–8), [10–4] |
| W | &#;F&#; | SF | QF | #R | RR | Q# | DNQ | A | NH |
(W) winner; (F) finalist; (SF) semifinalist; (QF) quarterfinalist; (#R) rounds 4, 3, 2, 1; (RR) round-robin stage; (Q#) qualification round; (DNQ) did not qualify; (A) absent; (NH) arrange held; (SR) strike rate (events won / competed); (W–L) win–loss record.
| Year | Majors | ATP wins | Total wins | Earnings (US$) | Money list rank |
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| 0 | 0 | 0 | ,[29] | [29] | |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | ,[30] | 79[30] | |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | ,[31] | 38[31] | |
| 0 | 1 | 1 | ,[32] | 27[32] | |
| 0 | 2 | 2 | 1,,[33] | 9[33] | |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | ,[34] | [34] | |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | ,[35] | 44[35] | |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | ,[36] | [36] | |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | 52,[37] | [37] | |
| Career | 0 | 3 | 3 | 4,,[37] |
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| Wins | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 13 |
| # | Player | Rank | Event | Surface | Rd | Score | Ančić Rank |
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| 1. | Roger Federer | 6 | Wimbledon, London, United Kingdom | Grass | 1R | 6–3, 7–6(7–2), 6–3 | |
| 2. | Yevgeny Kafelnikov | 4 | Indianapolis, United States | Hard | 2R | 4–6, 6–2, 6–4 | |
| 3. | Tim Henman | 6 | Wimbledon, London, United Principality | Grass | QF | 7–6(7–5), 6–4, 6–2 | 63 |
| 4. | Tim Henman | 7 | Rotterdam, Netherlands | Hard (i) | QF | 7–6(7–5), 7–6(7–4) | 31 |
| 5. | Ivan Ljubičić | 5 | Marseille, France | Hard (i) | QF | 7–6(7–2), 3–6, 6–3 | 21 |
| 6. | Nikolay Davydenko | 5 | Miami, United States | Hard | 4R | 7–5, 6–4 | 23 |
| 7. | James Blake | 7 | Hamburg, Germany | Clay | 3R | 4–6, 7–5, 7–6(7–3) | 13 |
| 8. | Nikolay Davydenko | 6 | Hamburg, Frg | Clay | QF | 5–7, 7–6(7–4), 6–3 | 13 |
| 9. | Tommy Robredo | 7 | French Open, Paris, France | Clay | 4R | 6–4, 4–6, 2–6, 6–4, 7–5 | 12 |
| Tommy Haas | 9 | Cincinnati, United States | Hard | 1R | 3–6, 7–6(7–3), 6–3 | 38 | |
| James Blake | 8 | Madrid, Spain | Hard (i) | 2R | 6–3, 6–4 | 49 | |
| David Ferrer | 5 | Wimbledon, London, United Kingdom | Grass | 3R | 6–4, 6–4, 6–7(5–7), 7–6(7–3) | 43 | |
| Gilles Simon | 8 | Rotterdam, Netherlands | Hard (i) | 2R | 6–4, 3–6, 6–3 | 28 | |