he would pull out of the French Open, Wimbledon, and the Davis Cup semifinal match, again because recurrence of mononucleosis. Ančić returned to the main tour level at the 2010 BNP Paribas Open, where he made it to the third round. He played Challengers without success. Retirement On 21 February 2011, Ančić announced his retirement from professional tennis due to recurring mononucleosis. He ended his career with three titles, 208 wins and 135 losses. On 23 February 2011, Ančić held a press conference at the Firule tennis club, where he officially retired from professional tennis. He stated that; "[My] heart wanted, but [my] body couldn't, this is the toughest moment of my life. I have never run away from responsibility. I always strived for perfection, and when I realized that my body cannot provide the kind of tennis I can play, there was no other solution". Significant finals Olympics medal matches Doubles: 1 (1 bronze medal) ATP career finals Singles: 11 (3 titles, 8 runner-ups) Doubles: 5 (5 titles) ATP Challenger and ITF Futures finals Singles: 10 (5–5) Doubles: 7 (3–4) Junior Grand Slam finals Singles: 2 (2 runner-ups) Performance timelines Singles NMS – from 2009, Hamburg Masters is not Masters Series event Davis Cup and World Team Cup matches are included in the statistics. 1 – before 2002, he had 4–1 (Carpet: 3–1, Grass: 1–0) score in Davis Cup matches. Doubles ATP Tour career earnings Top 10 wins See also Croatia Davis Cup Team Goran Ivanišević References External links 1984 births Living people Columbia Law School alumni Croatian male tennis players Hopman Cup competitors National Basketball Association executives Olympic bronze medalists for Croatia Olympic tennis players of Croatia Tennis players from Split, Croatia Tennis players at the 2000 Summer Olympics Tennis players at the 2004 Summer Olympics University of Split alumni Olympic medalists in tennis Croatian expatriates in Monaco Croatian expatriates in the United States Medalists at the 2004 Summer Olympics Novak Djokovic coaches