Antonio Veic Professional Croatian tennis player Date of Birth: 18.02.1988 Country: Croatia

Biography of Antonio Veic

Antonio Veic is a professional Croatian tennis player. He was born on February 18, 1988, in the small Croatian city of Mali Lošinj, which was part of Yugoslavia until 1990 and is now part of Croatia. Veic started playing tennis at the age of seven and has been involved in the sport ever since.

Veic's best achievement was reaching the 119th position in the singles world rankings on May 14, 2012. Currently, he holds the 130th position in the rankings. He has a height of 180 cm, weighs 74 kg, and has a right-handed playing style with a two-handed backhand.

Veic turned professional in 2006 and has earned a total prize money of $373,249 to date. His favorite surface is clay. Over the years, Veic has participated in three out of the four Grand Slam tournaments. In 2010, he reached the second round of the Australian Open, in 2011 he reached the third round of the French Open, and in the current season, he attempted to qualify for Wimbledon.

Veic received a wild card entry for the PBZ Zagreb Indoors 2009 tournament, which caused a stir when he defeated former world number 8 Guillermo Cañas with a score of 4-6, 6-4, 6-2. The largest betting exchange in the world, 'Betfair,' immediately launched a private investigation after the match, as Veic was considered a definite underdog before the match, and the amount of bets placed on him exceeded two million dollars. Veic dismissed all accusations of unfair play as "ridiculous and baseless" in a brief statement. Despite the controversy, Veic continued to have success in his next match. He defeated Russian tennis player Evgeny Korolev with a score of 3-6, 7-6, 6-4 in the second round. However, he lost to his compatriot Marin Čilić in the quarterfinals with a score of 6-2, 7-6. Čilić went on to win the tournament.

Antonio Veic is fluent in Croatian and English. His idol growing up was Croatian tennis player Goran Ivanišević, one of the greatest tennis players in the world.