Sanja Ančić

Sanja Ančić
Full name Sanja Ančić
Country  Croatia
Born 18 July 1988
Split, SR Croatia, SFR Yugoslavia
Height 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)
Retired 2007
Plays Right-handed (two-handed backhand)
Prize money $64,537
Singles
Career record 90–40
Career titles 8 ITF
Highest ranking 159 (11 September 2006)
Doubles
Career record 19–19
Career titles 1 ITF
Highest ranking 240 (5 March 2007)

Sanja Ančić (born 18 July 1988) is a Croatian tennis player. She has won a total of eight ITF tournaments in singles and one in doubles. Her highest singles ranking is world no. 159 which she reached on 11 September 2006, while on 5 March 2007 she reached her highest doubles ranking, world no. 240. Retired from 2007.

Biography

Ančić was born in Split to Stipe and Nilda Ančić. She plays right-handed, has a two-handed backhand and is the sister of professional tennis players Ivica and Mario Ančić. She played alongside her brother in the 2007 Hopman Cup.

ITF finals

Singles: 9 (8–1)

Finals by category
$100,000 tournaments
$75,000 tournaments
$50,000 tournaments
$25,000 tournaments
$15,000 tournaments
$10,000 tournaments

Finals by surface
Hard (0/0)
Clay (8/1)
Grass (0/0)
Carpet (0/0)

Outcome No. Date Tournament Surface Opponent Score
Winner 1. 25 July 2004 Italy Ancona, Italy Clay Russia Ekaterina Lopes 6–2 6–1
Winner 2. 10 October 2004 Croatia Dubrovnik, Croatia Clay Slovakia Lenka Dlhopolcová 6–4 6–2
Runner-up 3. 17 October 2004 Croatia Dubrovnik, Croatia Clay Hungary Barbara Pocza 4-6, 0-6
Winner 4. 10 April 2005 Croatia Makarska, Croatia Clay France Emilie Bacquet 6–4 6–3
Winner 5. 17 April 2005 Croatia Hvar, Croatia Clay Slovenia Maša Zec Peškirič 6–3 6–1
Winner 6. 24 April 2005 Croatia Bol, Croatia Clay Croatia Ivana Lisjak 6–3 6–1
Winner 7. 11 June 2006 Italy Grado, Italy Clay Croatia Ana Vrljić 6–4 3–6 6–4
Winner 8. 20 August 2006 Italy Rimini, Italy Clay Slovakia Dominika Cibulková 7–6 3–6 6–3
Winner 9. 10 September 2006 ItalyMestre, Italy Clay Germany Sandra Klosel 6–1 6–2

Doubles: 2 (1-1)

Outcome No. Date Tournament Surface Partner Opponents Score
Runner-up 1. 24 April 2005 Croatia Bol, Croatia Clay Croatia Ivana Lisjak Sweden Mari Andersson
Sweden Kristina Andlovic
3-6, 2-6
Winner 2. 18 September 2005 Bulgaria Sofia, Bulgaria Clay Austria Tamira Paszek Brazil Joana Cortez
Poland Karolina Kosińska
6–7 6–2 6–4

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