Sanja Ančić is a Croatia

Croats

Croats are a South Slavic ethnic group mostly living in Croatia, Bosnia and Herzegovina and nearby countries. There are around 4 million Croats living inside Croatia and up to 4.5 million throughout the rest of the world. Responding to political, social and economic pressure, many Croats have...

n professional tennis

Tennis

Tennis is a sport usually played between two players or between two teams of two players each . Each player uses a racket that is strung to strike a hollow rubber ball covered with felt over a net into the opponent's court. Tennis is an Olympic sport and is played at all levels of society at all...

 player born in Split

Split (city)

Split is a Mediterranean city on the eastern shores of the Adriatic Sea, centered around the ancient Roman Palace of the Emperor Diocletian and its wide port bay. With a population of 178,192 citizens, and a metropolitan area numbering up to 467,899, Split is by far the largest Dalmatian city and...

 to Stipe and Nilda Ančić. Ančić plays right-handed, has a two-handed backhand and is the sister of professional tennis players Ivica

Ivica Ancic

Ivica Ančić is a professional tennis player from Croatia. His younger siblings, Mario and Sanja, are also professional tennis players.-Tennis career:...

 and Mario Ančić

Mario Ancic

Mario Ančić is a retired Croatian professional tennis player. He won three singles titles and five doubles titles. His highest international ranking came during the 2006 ATP Tour, when he reached no. 7 in singles...

.

She has not won any WTA Tour tournaments yet, but managed to win a total of eight ITF

International Tennis Federation

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 tournaments in singles and one in doubles. She played alongside her brother in the 2007 Hopman Cup

2007 Hopman Cup

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. Her highest singles ranking is 159th which she reached on 11 September 2006, while on 18 December 2006 she reached her highest doubles ranking, position 250.

Professional titles (4)

Legend (Singles)	Legend (Doubles)
Tier I (0)	Tier I (0)
Tier II (0)	Tier II (0)
Tier III (0)	Tier III (0)
Tier IV (0)	Tier IV (0)
Grand Slam Title (0)	Grand Slam Title (0)
WTA Tour Championship (0)	WTA Tour Championship (0)
ITF Circuit (8)	ITF Circuit (1)

Singles (8)

No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Opponent in the final	Score
1.	July 25, 2004	Ancona Ancona Ancona is a city and a seaport in the Marche region, in central Italy, with a population of 101,909 . Ancona is the capital of the province of Ancona and of the region.... , Italy	Clay	Ekaterina Ivanova Ekaterina Ivanova (tennis) Ekaterina Ivanova is a professional Russian tennis player.Ivanova's highest WTA singles ranking is No. 142, which she reached on June 8, 2009. Her career high in doubles was at No. 145 set at May 21, 2007...	6–2 6–1
2.	October 10, 2004	Dubrovnik Dubrovnik Dubrovnik is a Croatian city on the Adriatic Sea coast, positioned at the terminal end of the Isthmus of Dubrovnik. It is one of the most prominent tourist destinations on the Adriatic, a seaport and the centre of Dubrovnik-Neretva county. Its total population is 42,641... , Croatia Croatia Croatia , officially the Republic of Croatia , is a unitary democratic parliamentary republic in Europe at the crossroads of the Mitteleuropa, the Balkans, and the Mediterranean. Its capital and largest city is Zagreb. The country is divided into 20 counties and the city of Zagreb. Croatia covers ...	Clay	Lenka Dlhopolcova	6–4 6–2
3.	April 10, 2005	Makarska Makarska Makarska is a small town on the Adriatic coastline of Croatia, about southeast of Split and northwest of Dubrovnik. It has a population of 13,716 residents. Administratively Makarska has the status of a town and it is part of the Split-Dalmatia County.... , Croatia Croatia Croatia , officially the Republic of Croatia , is a unitary democratic parliamentary republic in Europe at the crossroads of the Mitteleuropa, the Balkans, and the Mediterranean. Its capital and largest city is Zagreb. The country is divided into 20 counties and the city of Zagreb. Croatia covers ...	Clay	Emilie Bacquet Emilie Bacquet Emilie Bacquet , is a French professional tennis player. Her highest WTA singles ranking is 413, which she reached on July 10, 2006...	6–4 6–3
4.	April 17, 2005	Hvar Hvar - Climate :The climate of Hvar is characterized by mild winters and warm summers. The yearly average air temperature is , 686 mm of precipitation fall on the town of Hvar on average every year and the town has a total of 2800 sunshine hours per year. For comparison Hvar has an average of 7.7... , Croatia Croatia Croatia , officially the Republic of Croatia , is a unitary democratic parliamentary republic in Europe at the crossroads of the Mitteleuropa, the Balkans, and the Mediterranean. Its capital and largest city is Zagreb. The country is divided into 20 counties and the city of Zagreb. Croatia covers ...	Clay	Maša Zec Peškirič Masa Zec Peskiric Maša Zec Peškirič is a professional Slovenian tennis player. Her highest WTA singles ranking is No. 93, which she reached on June 15, 2009. Her career high in doubles is No...	6–3 6–1
5.	April 24, 2005	Bol, Croatia Bol, Croatia Bol is a town on the south of the island of Brač in theSplit-Dalmatia County of Croatia, population 1,661 .Bol is renowned for its most popular beach, the Zlatni rat . It is a promontory composed mostly of pebble rock that visibly shifts with the tidal movement, a unique sight...	Clay	Ivana Lisjak Ivana Lisjak Ivana Lisjak is a female tennis player from Croatia. Her current WTA ranking is No. 266 . She began playing tennis at the age of three when her sister introduced her to the sport at their tennis club....	6–3 6–1
6.	June 11, 2006	Grado, Italy Grado, Italy Grado is a town and comune in the north-eastern Italian region of Friuli-Venezia Giulia, located on a peninsula of the Adriatic Sea between Venice and Trieste....	Clay	Ana Vrljić Ana Vrljić Ana Vrljić is a professional Croatian tennis player playing in the ITF Women's Circuit. On July 21, 2008, she reached her highest WTA singles ranking of 191. She started playing tennis at the age of 4. She made it to the Quarterfinals of the 2010 Swedish Open defeating Angelique Kerber and Arantxa...	6–4 3–6 6–4
7.	August 20, 2006	Rimini Rimini Rimini is a medium-sized city of 142,579 inhabitants in the Emilia-Romagna region of Italy, and capital city of the Province of Rimini. It is located on the Adriatic Sea, on the coast between the rivers Marecchia and Ausa... , Italy	Clay	Dominika Cibulková Dominika Cibulková Dominika Cibulková is a Slovak professional tennis player. She is also a former World Junior No. 3, achieving that ranking in May 2005. Her career-high ranking of World No. 12 was achieved on 6 July 2009...	7–6 3–6 6–3
8.	10 September 2006	Mestre Mestre Mestre is a city part of the comune of Venice, in Veneto, northern Italy.The city is connected to Venice by a large rail and road bridge, called Ponte della Libertà .... , Italy	Clay	Sandra Klosel Sandra Klösel Sandra Klösel is a professional female tennis player from Germany. She turned pro in July 1995.On 19 March 2007, Klösel reached her career-high singles ranking: World No. 87.-Singles :...	6–1 6–2

Doubles (1)

No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Partner	Opponent in the final	Score
1.	September 18, 2005	Sofia Sofia Sofia is the capital and largest city of Bulgaria and the 12th largest city in the European Union with a population of 1.27 million people. It is located in western Bulgaria, at the foot of Mount Vitosha and approximately at the centre of the Balkan Peninsula.Prehistoric settlements were excavated... , Bulgaria	Clay	Tamira Paszek Tamira Paszek Tamira Shelah Paszek is a professional tennis player from Austria. As of July 4, 2011, she is the no.1 ranked tennis player from Austria in the WTA ranking, at No. 41....	Joana Cortez    Karolina Kosińska Karolina Kosińska Karolina Kosińska is a Polish professional tennis player who is, as of 1 March 2010, ranked No. 271. As a professional, her highest career singles ranking is World No. 253, achieved on 4 July 2005, in doubles 144.-Personal life:...	6–7 6–2 6–4

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