Mario AnÄić
Mario Ančić ( born March 30, 1984 in Split ) is a former Croatian tennis player. He lives in Monte Carlo and has two siblings Sanja Ančić and Ivica Ančić, which are also tennis pros.
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Career
Mario Ančić began playing tennis at the age of seven years and in 2001 was pro. For the first time he made a stir in 2002 when he defeated in the first round of Wimbledon Roger Federer, for it was the last defeat on turf to Wimbledon Final 2008.
2003 reached Ančić at the Australian Open surprising the knockout stages. In the same year he had. At the French Open the strongest at this time player of the season, Andre Agassi, on the brink of defeat, but he was defeated despite a 2-0 set lead at the end of almost 5:7 in the fifth set
In 2004 he reached the tournament in Milan for the first time in his career the final of an ATP tournament, where he defeated Antony Dupuis from France with 6:7 in the third set. He also reached the semi-finals this year at Wimbledon by very clearly defeated the British Tim Henman in the quarterfinals. However, in the semi-finals he lost to Andy Roddick in four very tight sets. In addition Ančić won with Ivan Ljubičić in the Olympics bronze in doubles.
2005 Ančić could achieve a first tournament victory when he won the doubles players Michaël Llodra defeated in the grass tournament in the final in Den Bosch. He also reached the final of the 2005 Tournament of Scottsdale and Tokyo, but it lost to his supposedly weaker opponents Wayne Arthurs and Wesley Moodie. In December 2005 Ančić won with Croatia Davis Cup and played an important role, because he controlled from Slovakia in the deciding match Michal Mertiňák.
2006 Ančić reached immediately for a warm-up tournament to the Australian Open in Auckland to a sovereign tournament the final, defeated Jarkko Nieminen there but from Finland. In February, he also reached the final in Marseille, but it lost to Arnaud Clément of France. In May Ančić Croatia won with the unofficial World Champion title at the Arag World Team Cup in Dusseldorf with a final win against Germany. He also reached this year at the French Open and Wimbledon in the quarterfinals each and just missed qualifying for the Masters Cup. At the Australian Open in 2007, he retired after a thrilling and very open out match after five sets ( 3:6, 6:3, 1:6, 7:5 and 4:6 ) against Andy Roddick in the second round of.
The Australian Open 2008 he canceled due to injury. After a long injury break, he returned to the tournament in Marseille back on the tennis court. Right away he reached the final, where he defeated the British Andy Murray. On the way to the final, he defeated Marcos Baghdatis, and also the local hero and Australian Open finalist in 2008, Jo -Wilfried Tsonga. At Wimbledon, he reached the quarterfinals, where he defeated the five-time tournament champion and world number one Roger Federer.
Ančićs highest rankings in the world rankings so far were rank 7 in singles and 47 in doubles.
On 22 February 2011 Ančić declared retirement from tennis due to persistent injury problems and back pain.