Antonio Veić is a professional Croatian 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. His highest singles ranking is 183, which was reached on February 1, 2010.

2009

Veić received a wild card

Wild card (sports)

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 for Zagreb Indoors

2009 PBZ Zagreb Indoors

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 and caused an upset as he beat ex-Top 10 player Guillermo Cañas

Guillermo Cañas

Guillermo Ignacio Cañas , often referred to as Willy Cañas, is a retired Argentine professional tennis player. He was born in Argentina's capital, Buenos Aires, and named after Argentine tennis star Guillermo Vilas. His highest singles ranking was 8th . After retirement Cañas took on coaching, he...

 4-6, 6-4, 6-2. Betfair

Betfair

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 started a private investigation immediately after the match following bets in total amount of $2M being placed on the Croat despite him being considered a huge underdog before the match. He issued a brief statement calling the allegations 'ridiculous and unfounded'. Veić continued his successful run following a 3-6, 7-6(5), 6-4 victory over Evgeny Korolev

Evgeny Korolev

Evgeny Korolev is a Kazakhstani tennis player and the cousin of former Russian player Anna Kournikova. He began playing tennis at age four with his father, and picked up his first ATP points at age 15 in three German challenger events...

. It came to an end after he lost to fellow Croat Marin Čilić

Marin Cilic

Marin Čilić , is a Croatian professional tennis player. His career high ATP ranking is no. 9, achieved on 22 February 2010, following his best-ever performance at a Grand Slam, reaching the semi-finals in the 2010 Australian Open...

 6-2, 7-6(6).

2010

Veic qualified for the 2010 Australian Open

2010 Australian Open

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 Men's Singles draw, where he beat Daniel Köllerer

Daniel Köllerer

Daniel Köllerer is a former professional tennis player from Austria who turned professional in 2002. Nicknamed "Crazy Dani" for his controversial behaviour while on court, he achieved his career-high ranking of #55 on October 19, 2009. He is serving a lifetime ban from the sport for match-fixing...

 of Austria

Austria

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 6-4, 3-6, 6-7(3), 6-1, 6-4. He fell to Gaël Monfils

Gaël Monfils

Gaël Sébastien Monfils is a French professional tennis player. he was the highest-ranked French tennis player, ranked no. 7 in the world ATP rankings. He was the runner-up at the Paris Masters in 2009 and 2010 and a semifinalist at the 2008 French Open.-2002:In 2002, Monfils finished 24th at the...

 6-4, 6-4, 6-4.

Singles: 1 (0-1)

Legend

ATP Challenger Tour (0-1)

Outcome	No.	Date (Final)	Tournament	Surface	Opponent in the final	Score
Runner-ups	1.	12 April 2009 2009 Mitsubishi Electric Europe Cup The 2009 Mitsubishi Electric Europe Cup was a professional tennis tournament played on outdoor red clay courts. It was part of the 2009 ATP Challenger Tour...	Monza Mitsubishi Electric Europe Cup The Internazionali di Monza E Brianza is a professional tennis tournament played on outdoor red clay courts. It is currently part of the Association of Tennis Professionals Challenger Tour. It is held annually at the Circolo Tennis Monza in Monza, Italy, since 2005.-Singles:-Doubles:-External... , Italy	Clay	David Marrero David Marrero David Marrero Santana is a professional tennis player from Spain.He is the older brother of retired WTA player Marta Marrero.- 2000 to 2007 :...	7–5, 4–6, 4–6

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