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Mario Ancic

CRO Age 42 196 cm / 6'5" Plays: Right-Handed, Two-Handed Backhand ATP Tour years active: 2002–2010

Mario Ancic represented Croatia on the ATP Tour and reached a career high of No. 7. TennisDB's records show a singles record of 193–125 and 3 singles titles.

Peak singles rank

7 (Jul 10, 2006)

Elo peak

2019 (92nd percentile)

Singles record

193–125 (60.7%)

Singles titles

Prize money

$4,024,686

Records cover recorded main-draw singles results in TennisDB's ATP event archive, including credited walkovers; qualifying is shown separately below.

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ATP Matches full match log →

Mario Ancic's recent, live, and scheduled ATP matches
Opponent	Score	Result	H2H	Match Data	Date	Round	Tournament	Category	Surface
Daniel Koellerer #106	6-7(7) 5-7	L	H2H	Match data	May 5, 2010*	R32	Munich Open	ATP 250	Clay
Jeremy Chardy #48	4-6 4-6	L	H2H	Match data	Mar 26, 2010*	R128	Miami Open	Masters 1000	Hard
Rafael Nadal #3	2-6 2-6	L	H2H	Match data	Mar 16, 2010*	R32	Indian Wells Open	Masters 1000	Hard
Julien Benneteau #37	4-6 7-6(5) 6-3	W	H2H	Match data	Mar 14, 2010*	R64	Indian Wells Open	Masters 1000	Hard
Bobby Reynolds #414	4-6 6-3 6-4	W	H2H	Match data	Mar 13, 2010*	R128	Indian Wells Open	Masters 1000	Hard

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Mario Ancic's most-played ATP rivals
Opponent	W	L	M	Last Played	H2H
Roger Federer	1	6	7	Jul 3, 2008	H2H
Ivan Ljubicic	1	5	6	Mar 15, 2009	H2H
Nikolay Davydenko	2	4	6	May 8, 2008	H2H
Dominik Hrbaty	5	1	6	Jan 21, 2007	H2H
Rafael Nadal	1	4	5	Mar 16, 2010	H2H

Singles Titles (3)

Mario Ancic singles titles by season and category
Season	Age	Singles titles	GS	Masters 1000 including documented historical predecessor categories	ATP 500 including documented historical predecessor categories	ATP 250 including documented historical predecessor categories	ATP Finals	Tournaments
2005	21	1	—	—	—	1	—	Libéma Open
2006	22	2	—	—	—	2	—	Libéma Open, St. Petersburg
Total		3	—	—	—	3	—

Asterisked totals include editions mapped from documented historical predecessor categories. Mapping details.

Olympic Singles Results (1)

Mario Ancic Olympic singles results
Edition	Event	Result	W	L	Last Match	H2H	Match Data
2004	Athens Olympics	First Round	0	1	Tommy Haas #46 def. Mario Ancic #27 6-1 7-5	H2H	Match data

Career Results

Mario Ancic career results by season
Season	Age	Type	W	L	M	Win %	Start Rank	End Rank
2002	18	Qualifying Q	5	2	7	71.4%	—	—
2002	18	ATP	3	7	10	30.0%	295	89
2003	19	ATP	14	18	32	43.8%	88	74
2004	20	ATP	26	22	48	54.2%	74	29
2005	21	ATP	42	23	65	64.6%	29	21
2006	22	ATP	52	18	70	74.3%	21	9
2007	23	Qualifying Q	3	0	3	100.0%	—	—
2007	23	ATP	13	10	23	56.5%	9	83
2008	24	ATP	29	17	46	63.0%	85	36
2009	25	Qualifying Q	3	0	3	100.0%	—	—
2009	25	ATP	12	7	19	63.2%	35	95
2010	26	ATP	2	3	5	40.0%	95	478
Career		—	193	125	318	60.7%	—	—

Career Results by Surface

Mario Ancic career results by season and surface
Season	Age	Type	Hard				Clay				Grass				Carpet				Total
Season	Age	Type	W	L	M	Win %	W	L	M	Win %	W	L	M	Win %	W	L	M	Win %	W	L	M	Win %
2002	18	Qualifying Q	2	1	3	66.7%	0	1	1	0.0%	3	0	3	100.0%	—	—	—	—	5	2	7	71.4%
2002	18	ATP	2	5	7	28.6%	—	—	—	—	1	2	3	33.3%	—	—	—	—	3	7	10	30.0%
2003	19	ATP	9	13	22	40.9%	3	2	5	60.0%	2	3	5	40.0%	—	—	—	—	14	18	32	43.8%
2004	20	ATP	6	10	16	37.5%	6	5	11	54.5%	10	3	13	76.9%	4	4	8	50.0%	26	22	48	54.2%
2005	21	ATP	24	13	37	64.9%	6	5	11	54.5%	9	2	11	81.8%	3	3	6	50.0%	42	23	65	64.6%
2006	22	ATP	24	11	35	68.6%	11	4	15	73.3%	9	1	10	90.0%	8	2	10	80.0%	52	18	70	74.3%
2007	23	Qualifying Q	3	0	3	100.0%	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	3	0	3	100.0%
2007	23	ATP	12	9	21	57.1%	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	1	1	2	50.0%	13	10	23	56.5%
2008	24	ATP	15	9	24	62.5%	6	5	11	54.5%	8	3	11	72.7%	—	—	—	—	29	17	46	63.0%
2009	25	Qualifying Q	—	—	—	—	3	0	3	100.0%	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	3	0	3	100.0%
2009	25	ATP	12	6	18	66.7%	0	1	1	0.0%	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	12	7	19	63.2%
2010	26	ATP	2	2	4	50.0%	0	1	1	0.0%	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	2	3	5	40.0%
Career	—	—	106	78	184	57.6%	32	23	55	58.2%	39	14	53	73.6%	16	10	26	61.5%	193	125	318	60.7%

Career Results by Opponent Rank

Mario Ancic career results by season and opponent rank
Season	Age	1-10				11-30				31-100				100+				Total
Season	Age	W	L	M	Win %	W	L	M	Win %	W	L	M	Win %	W	L	M	Win %	W	L	M	Win %
2002	18	2	0	2	100.0%	0	0	—	—	0	6	6	0.0%	1	1	2	50.0%	3	7	10	30.0%
2003	19	0	3	3	0.0%	2	4	6	33.3%	5	9	14	35.7%	7	2	9	77.8%	14	18	32	43.8%
2004	20	1	7	8	12.5%	4	1	5	80.0%	15	13	28	53.6%	6	1	7	85.7%	26	22	48	54.2%
2005	21	1	6	7	14.3%	6	6	12	50.0%	22	9	31	71.0%	13	2	15	86.7%	42	23	65	64.6%
2006	22	5	7	12	41.7%	6	4	10	60.0%	27	6	33	81.8%	14	1	15	93.3%	52	18	70	74.3%
2007	23	2	2	4	50.0%	3	3	6	50.0%	3	4	7	42.9%	5	1	6	83.3%	13	10	23	56.5%
2008	24	1	8	9	11.1%	9	4	13	69.2%	14	5	19	73.7%	5	0	5	100.0%	29	17	46	63.0%
2009	25	1	3	4	25.0%	2	2	4	50.0%	4	1	5	80.0%	5	1	6	83.3%	12	7	19	63.2%
2010	26	0	1	1	0.0%	0	0	—	—	1	1	2	50.0%	1	1	2	50.0%	2	3	5	40.0%
Career		13	37	50	26.0%	32	24	56	57.1%	91	54	145	62.8%	57	10	67	85.1%	193	125	318	60.7%

Performance Stats

Mario Ancic performance statistics by season
Season	Age	Sample	Aces/M	DFs/M	1st Sv%	1st Sv Pts%	2nd Sv Pts%	BP Saved%	BP Conv%	Svc Pts%	Ret Pts%
2002	18	8/10	7.0	6.0	49.1%	75.0%	44.7%	54.2%	29.0%	59.8%	38.4%
2003	19	32/32	8.4	4.3	57.9%	72.2%	51.0%	55.3%	38.5%	63.0%	37.1%
2004	20	47/48	9.5	3.2	62.3%	75.9%	55.0%	45.1%	40.3%	67.8%	37.9%
2005	21	65/65	11.3	2.8	61.8%	79.5%	52.0%	62.9%	46.7%	68.9%	37.4%
2006	22	70/70	9.1	2.0	62.7%	75.5%	53.5%	64.7%	44.0%	67.2%	37.3%
2007	23	23/23	8.3	1.7	63.5%	76.8%	53.0%	56.1%	42.7%	68.0%	35.4%
2008	24	45/46	9.2	2.3	62.9%	76.3%	53.6%	64.5%	39.8%	67.7%	37.1%
2009	25	19/19	7.6	1.3	60.0%	73.0%	57.8%	59.9%	30.8%	66.6%	37.2%
2010	26	5/5	8.0	2.6	59.8%	69.0%	42.0%	50.6%	42.4%	58.0%	31.3%
Career		314/318	9.3	2.7	61.5%	76.0%	53.0%	59.0%	41.5%	67.0%	37.2%

Detailed serve and return statistics available for 314/318 (98.7%) of Mario Ancic's ATP main draw matches.

Advanced Stats

Mario Ancic advanced statistics by season
Season	Age	Elo	P+	Serve+	Return+	PD	TPW%	Hard Elo	Clay Elo	Grass Elo	Set Win %	Set Margin	Dec. Set	Tiebreak	Pressure+	Schedule
2002	18	1531	113.2	-1.58	+0.50	0.955	48.9%	-13	—	+101	37.5%	-0.50	2–2 (50%)	2–2 (50%)	102.2	+0.28
2003	19	1622	126.7	+0.21	+0.64	1.003	50.1%	-36	-40	-47	46.1%	-0.20	6–9 (40%)	8–12 (40%)	98.1	-0.08
2004	20	1725	141.5	+4.07	+1.16	1.178	52.4%	-136	-28	+99	54.0%	+0.48	6–9 (40%)	7–17 (29%)	93.6	-1.51
2005	21	1799	152.9	+5.24	+0.79	1.202	53.0%	-15	-42	+132	64.8%	+1.01	5–11 (31%)	18–11 (62%)	98.9	+2.76
2006	22	1954	149.4	+4.79	+0.38	1.138	52.3%	-48	-50	+88	64.1%	+0.94	21–2 (91%)	19–14 (58%)	115.9	+1.74
2007	23	1882	144.6	+3.39	-0.07	1.107	51.5%	-14	—	—	60.0%	+0.82	2–3 (40%)	2–4 (33%)	98.7	+0.28
2008	24	1925	152.1	+4.71	+1.41	1.150	52.1%	-36	-23	+173	58.0%	+0.59	9–4 (69%)	11–11 (50%)	102.1	-4.16
2009	25	1918	145.3	+2.66	+1.24	1.114	51.2%	+12	—	—	55.3%	+0.45	6–0 (100%)	4–4 (50%)	104.4	-0.19
2010	26	1877	117.6	-1.67	-1.63	0.746	45.6%	+37	—	—	33.3%	-0.83	2–0	1–1	—	-0.31
Career		2019	150.9	+3.80	+0.75	1.125	51.9%	-37	-37	+105	57.8%	+0.60	59–40 (60%)	72–76 (49%)	106.1	-0.38

Tournament Results by Category

Grand Slams

Mario Ancic Grand Slams results by season
Season	Age	AO	RG	W	USO	W-L Win %
2002	18	—	Q1	R64	R128	6–4 (60%)
2003	19	R16	R64	R128	R128	4–4 (50%)
2004	20	R32	R32	SF	R128	9–4 (69%)
2005	21	R32	R32	R16	R64	8–4 (67%)
2006	22	R32	QF	QF	—	10–3 (77%)
2007	23	R16	—	—	—	3–1 (75%)
2008	24	—	R32	QF	—	6–2 (75%)
2009	25	R32	—	—	—	2–1 (67%)
W-L		14–6 (70%)	11–6 (65%)	20–6 (77%)	3–5 (38%)	48–23 (68%)

Masters 1000

Mario Ancic Masters 1000 results by season
Season	Age	CAN	CIN	HAM	IW	MAD	MC	MIA	PAR	ITA	W-L Win %
2002	18	—	—	—	—	—	—	R128	—	—	0–1 (0%)
2003	19	R64	—	—	R64	—	—	R128	—	—	0–3 (0%)
2004	20	—	—	—	R128	R64	—	—	R64	R64	0–4 (0%)
2005	21	R16	R16	R16	R64	R32	R32	R16	R32	R64	9–9 (50%)
2006	22	—	—	SF	R16	R32	—	QF	QF	QF	14–6 (70%)
2007	23	R32	R32	—	—	QF	—	—	R32	—	6–4 (60%)
2008	24	R64	—	—	R32	—	R32	R16	R32	R32	8–6 (57%)
2009	25	—	—	—	R64	—	—	—	—	—	0–1 (0%)
2010	26	—	—	—	R32	—	—	R128	—	—	2–2 (50%)
W-L		3–4 (43%)	3–2 (60%)	6–2 (75%)	6–7 (46%)	3–4 (43%)	2–2 (50%)	8–6 (57%)	4–5 (44%)	4–4 (50%)	39–36 (52%)

ATP 500

Mario Ancic ATP 500 results by season
Season	Age	BAR	NAP	ROT	TKY	W-L Win %
2002	18	—	R16	—	R64	2–2 (50%)
2003	19	—	—	R32	R16	1–2 (33%)
2004	20	R32	—	—	—	1–1 (50%)
2005	21	—	—	SF	F	7–2 (78%)
2006	22	—	—	R32	QF	2–2 (50%)
2008	24	R16	—	—	—	2–1 (67%)
2009	25	—	—	SF	—	3–1 (75%)
W-L		3–2 (60%)	2–1 (67%)	6–4 (60%)	7–4 (64%)	18–11 (62%)

ATP 250

Mario Ancic ATP 250 results by season
Season	Age	ADE	ASB	BAS	BEI	BRI	DLB	MUN	LIB	KIT	MTP	MET	MRS	MUN	NAP	NWP	QUE	SPB	STO	WAS	ASB	BAN	COP	COS	QUE	LON	LOS	MIL	MUM	NEW	POE	SCO	ST.	SYD	VAL	ZAG	W-L Win %
2002	18	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R32	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R32	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0–2 (0%)
2003	19	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R32	—	—	—	R16	—	R32	—	R16	—	QF	R16	—	R16	R32	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	QF	—	—	—	9–9 (50%)
2004	20	R32	R16	R32	—	—	SF	—	SF	—	R32	—	—	—	—	—	R16	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R32	—	F	—	—	—	R32	R16	—	QF	—	16–12 (57%)
2005	21	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	W	—	QF	—	SF	R16	—	—	R16	—	R16	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R32	R16	—	—	—	F	—	—	—	—	18–8 (69%)
2006	22	R16	F	—	F	—	—	—	W	—	—	—	F	R32	—	—	—	W	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	QF	—	—	—	—	—	—	R16	26–7 (79%)
2007	23	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R32	—	—	—	—	R16	QF	—	R16	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R64	—	—	—	—	—	—	7–5 (58%)
2008	24	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	QF	—	—	R32	F	—	—	—	—	R32	QF	—	—	—	—	—	R16	—	—	—	—	—	R32	—	—	—	—	SF	13–8 (62%)
2009	25	—	—	—	—	R16	—	—	—	R32	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	QF	—	F	10–4 (71%)
2010	26	—	—	—	—	—	—	R32	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0–1 (0%)
W-L		1–2 (33%)	5–2 (71%)	0–1 (0%)	4–1 (80%)	1–1 (50%)	3–1 (75%)	0–1 (0%)	15–3 (83%)	3–1 (75%)	2–2 (50%)	0–1 (0%)	12–5 (71%)	1–2 (33%)	0–1 (0%)	0–1 (0%)	5–3 (62%)	6–2 (75%)	7–4 (64%)	1–1 (50%)	1–1 (50%)	1–1 (50%)	0–1 (0%)	0–1 (0%)	2–1 (67%)	0–1 (0%)	0–1 (0%)	5–2 (71%)	2–1 (67%)	3–1 (75%)	0–1 (0%)	4–2 (67%)	3–2 (60%)	2–1 (67%)	2–1 (67%)	8–3 (73%)	99–56 (64%)

Results show the best round reached per tournament and season.

ATP Ranking History full ranking history →

Career high

Career-high date

Jul 10, 2006

First Top 100

Dec 2, 2002

First Top 50

Jul 5, 2004

First Top 20

Mar 7, 2005

First Top 10

Jun 12, 2006

Ranking History Matrix

Mario Ancic ranking history by month and season
Season	Age	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
2001	17	538	539	625	631	574	545	493	387	391	331	300	294
2002	18	291	218	157	159	159	154	131	116	109	116	102	89
2003	19	69	65	75	77	74	68	74	74	72	63	67	74
2004	20	73	79	77	74	73	63	28	29	25	28	29	29
2005	21	29	23	20	19	18	17	30	24	24	22	22	21
2006	22	22	23	23	19	12	10	8	12	11	11	9	9
2007	23	10	11	13	14	17	26	39	37	46	67	83	83
2008	24	136	92	63	51	46	43	26	28	30	37	36	36
2009	25	36	30	30	36	38	40	89	82	74	76	92	95
2010	26	115	474	441	422	465	466	463	470	476	480	481	478
2011	27	478	475	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—

Similar Players

Other ATP players with comparable peak level, era, career record, and career scale.

Mario Ancic's most statistically similar ATP players
Player	Country	Peak ranking	Peak Elo	M	W	L	Win %	Prize money	Titles	GS	M1000	Years	Rivalries	Match log
Mardy Fish	USA	#7	2,116	507	295	212	58.2%	$7,460,641	6	0	0	2000–2015	Rivalries	Match log
Richard Gasquet (active player)	FRA	#7	2,167	1,004	597	407	59.5%	$21,504,662	16	0	0	2002–2025	Rivalries	Match log
Radek Stepanek	CZE	#8	2,037	651	366	285	56.2%	$11,343,464	5	0	0	1998–2017	Rivalries	Match log
Fernando Verdasco	ESP	#7	2,127	991	549	442	55.4%	$18,368,908	7	0	0	2002–2023	Rivalries	Match log
Joachim Johansson	SWE	#9	1,944	124	70	54	56.5%	$1,549,039	3	0	0	2000–2013	Rivalries	Match log
Guillermo Canas	ARG	#8	1,991	434	245	189	56.5%	$5,285,575	7	0	1	1996–2009	Rivalries	Match log
Thomas Johansson	SWE	#7	1,969	616	337	279	54.7%	$7,168,029	9	1	1	1993–2008	Rivalries	Match log
Jurgen Melzer	AUT	#8	2,017	638	331	307	51.9%	$10,739,212	5	0	0	1999–2018	Rivalries	Match log
Mikhail Youzhny	RUS	#8	2,069	890	482	408	54.2%	$14,264,450	10	0	0	1999–2018	Rivalries	Match log
Nicolas Lapentti	ECU	#6	1,933	565	282	283	49.9%	$6,315,143	5	0	0	1995–2010	Rivalries	Match log
Janko Tipsarevic	SRB	#8	2,069	491	248	243	50.5%	$8,616,024	4	0	0	2003–2019	Rivalries	Match log
Marcos Baghdatis	CYP	#8	1,952	601	327	274	54.4%	$8,918,917	4	0	0	2004–2019	Rivalries	Match log

Frequently Asked Questions

How old is Mario Ancic?: Mario Ancic is 42 years old, born on March 30, 1984.
Which country does Mario Ancic represent?: Mario Ancic represents Croatia in TennisDB's ATP records.
How tall is Mario Ancic?: Mario Ancic is 196 cm / 6'5".
Does Mario Ancic use a one-handed or two-handed backhand?: Mario Ancic uses a two-handed backhand.
Is Mario Ancic left-handed or right-handed?: Mario Ancic plays right-handed.
How many Grand Slam singles titles has Mario Ancic won?: Mario Ancic has not won a Grand Slam singles title.
How many Masters 1000 titles has Mario Ancic won?: TennisDB does not group any of Mario Ancic's titles under the modern Masters 1000 category.
How many ATP titles has Mario Ancic won?: Mario Ancic has won 3 ATP singles titles across all categories. The most recent was St. Petersburg in 2006.
What is Mario Ancic's highest ATP ranking?: Mario Ancic's career-high ATP singles ranking is world No. 7, first achieved on July 10, 2006.
What is Mario Ancic's career win-loss record?: Mario Ancic has a career ATP singles record of 193 wins and 125 losses (60.7%).
How much career prize money has Mario Ancic earned?: Mario Ancic has earned at least $4,024,686 in career prize money from professional tennis.
What turned-professional year does TennisDB record for Mario Ancic?: TennisDB records 2001 as Mario Ancic's turned-professional year.
Which seasons of Mario Ancic's career appear in TennisDB?: Mario Ancic appears in TennisDB's ATP main-tour match records from 2002 through 2010.
On which surface does Mario Ancic have the highest recorded win rate?: Among surfaces with at least 20 recorded matches, Mario Ancic's highest ATP main-draw win rate is on grass: 73.6% (39–14).
Who has Mario Ancic faced most often?: Mario Ancic's most frequent opponent is Roger Federer, with a head-to-head record of 1–6 across 7 meetings.