Ana Ivanović

Ana Ivanović
Nickname(s)	Anči
Country	Serbia
Residence	Basel, Switzerland
Date of birth	November 6, 1987 (age 22)
Place of birth	Belgrade, Serbia, then SFR Yugoslavia
Height	1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)
Weight	69 kg (150 lb)
Turned pro	August 17, 2003
Plays	Right-handed; two-handed backhand
Career prize money	US$7,199,522
Singles
Career record	237–89
Career titles	8 WTA, 5 ITF
Highest ranking	No. 1 (June 9, 2008)
Current ranking	No. 22 (October 26, 2009)
Grand Slam results
Australian Open	F (2008)
French Open	W (2008)
Wimbledon	SF (2007)
US Open	4R (2007)
Major tournaments
WTA Championships	SF (2007)
Doubles
Career record	20–24
Career titles	0
Highest ranking	No. 50 (September 25, 2006)
Grand Slam Doubles results
French Open	1R (2005, 2007)
Wimbledon	3R (2005)
US Open	3R (2006)
	Last updated on: October 26, 2009.

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Ana Ivanović, (Serbian: Ана Ивановић, Serbian pronunciation: [ˈana iˈvaːnɔvitɕ] ( listen); born November 6, 1987, in Belgrade, Serbia, then Yugoslavia) is a former World No.1 Serbian tennis player. As of October 26, 2009, she is ranked World No. 22 by the Women's Tennis Association. She won the 2008 French Open and was the runner-up in singles at the 2007 French Open^[2] and the 2008 Australian Open.^[3]

[edit] Personal life

Ivanović's mother Dragana, who is a lawyer, attends all of her daughter's matches. Her father, Miroslav, a self-employed businessman, attends as many events as he possibly can. Ana has a younger brother, Miloš, with whom she loves to play basketball.^[4] She chooses not to have a permanent coach.^[5] Aside from her tennis career, Ivanović also studies finance at a university in Belgrade and Spanish in her spare time.^[5] Her inspiration to begin playing was Monica Seles.^[6]

On September 8, 2007, Ivanović became a UNICEF National Ambassador for Serbia, alongside Aleksandar Đorđević and Emir Kusturica. She takes a special interest in the fields of education and child protection. Ivanović visited a primary school in Serbia during her inauguration and said: "I'm also looking forward to going into the classroom and meeting many kids."^[7]

Ivanović confirmed in November 2008 that she was romantically involved with Spanish tennis player Fernando Verdasco;^[8] however, it was reported that the relationship ended in January 2009. Ivanovic is currently dating Australian golfer Adam Scott Ana is a big fan of the television shows 24, Lost, and Prison Break.^[9] However, she also admire some male tennis players like Novak Djokovic and mostly Roger Federer.

[edit] Equipment

Ivanović endorsed Nike apparel and shoes at the beginning of her professional career,^[10] but at the beginning of 2006, she switched to rival Adidas.^[11] She started with the Wilson racquets, eventually using the nCode nBlade.^[12] Since the beginning of 2008, Ivanović has been using Yonex racquets, presently equipped with the RQiS 1 Tour XL.^[13]

[edit] Video games

Her first video game appearance is Smash Court Tennis 3, which she is depicted as "Big Server" and released on 2007. Here, she is with top players like Maria Sharapova, Sania Mirza, Nicole Vaidisova and Amelie Mauresmo. In 2009, her second game appearance is Virtua Tennis 2009 which she is now have a "Strong Forehand". In this game, she is with Lindsay Davenport, Anna Chakvetadze and Daniela Hantuchova. Just after Virtua Tennis 2009 has been released, another game titled Grand Slam Tennis for Wii was recently released too. She is with some players that are also new like Serena Williams and retired legends like Chris Evert and Martina Navratilova.

[edit] Playing Style

Ivanovic is an offensive baseliner who is notable for her aggressive play. Ivanović's strength is her powerful forehand which has long been considered to be one of the best forehands in the game. Her backhand, although not as big of a weapon as her forehand, has improved over the years. Ivanović's serve is a powerful weapon, but can sometimes be unreliable due to an occasional wayward ball toss. Ivanović's movement and net play were once considered to be her weaknesses, however both her movement and net play has improved tremendously over the years. Ivanović's best surface are clay courts where her height allows her to strike clean winners off of high bouncing balls, but she is capable of performing well on hard and grass courts as well. Her main weakness is considered to be her lack of confidence.

[edit] Career

Ivanović picked up a racket at the age of five after watching Monica Seles, a fellow Yugoslavian, on television during the 1992 French Open. She started her career after memorizing the number of a local tennis clinic from an advertisement . During her training she encountered the NATO bombings in 1999, forcing her to train in the morning to avoid them. Later, she admitted that she trained in an abandoned swimming pool in the winter, as there were no other facilities. When she was 15, Ivanović spent four hours in the locker room crying after a defeat—the first that her new manager had watched—she thought that Dan Holzmann was going to drop her because she felt that she was not good enough to become a professional tennis player. He has stayed as her manager to this day.

[edit] 2004

Ivanović reached the final of the Junior Wimbledon tournament in 2004, losing to Kateryna Bondarenko. In 2004, she went 26–0 on the ITF circuit, and won all five events that she entered, two of them as a qualifier. Her first professional breakthrough occurred in October 2004 when she took Venus Williams to two tie breaks before losing 7–6(11), 7–6(6) in the second round of the Zürich Open in Zürich, Switzerland, in which she held several set points in both sets. She followed that up with a quarterfinal showing in Luxembourg the next week.

[edit] 2005

Ivanović won her first career singles title, as a qualifier, in Canberra, Australia after defeating Melinda Czink, 7–5, 6–1, in the final. Her ranking continued to rise after wins over Svetlana Kuznetsova, Nadia Petrova, and Vera Zvonareva, all of whom were top 10 players. Ivanović lost to Amélie Mauresmo at the Australian Open, Doha, and Miami Masters. However, Ivanović defeated Mauresmo in the third round of the French Open which was arguably her biggest win at that point in her career.^[14] Ivanović eventually reached the quarterfinals of that tournament, where she lost to Petrova. Later in the year, Ivanović reached the semifinals of the Zurich Open and Generali Ladies Linz, losing in both tournaments to Patty Schnyder.

[edit] 2006

Ivanović started the year at the Hopman Cup in Perth, Australia with fellow Serbian Novak Djoković, where the pair narrowly missed the final. To start off her WTA year she played at the Medibank International in Sydney where she once again defeated Amélie Mauresmo, this time in straight sets, before falling to Svetlana Kuznetsova in the quarterfinals.

Ivanović at the 2006 US Open.

At the Pacific Life Open in Indian Wells, Ivanović defeated Anna Chakvetadze 6–3, 6–3 before falling to Elena Dementieva in three sets. In the clay court season, she defeated Patty Schnyder in straight sets at the J & S Cup in Warsaw before losing to Anna Chakvetadze after a three-set battle. Retiring against Na Li at the Qatar Telecom German Open in Berlin while leading a set, she was unable to reproduce her record from the previous year, falling to Anastasia Myskina in straight sets in the third round of the French Open. She progressed to the fourth round at Wimbledon but lost to eventual champion Mauresmo in straight sets.

Ivanović made her breakthrough in August when she defeated former World No. 1 Martina Hingis in the final of the Rogers Cup in Montreal. This ultimately led to her winning the United States Open Series ahead of Kim Clijsters and Maria Sharapova. At the US Open she lost to Serena Williams. After some early round losses to Olga Poutchkova at the Wismilak International in Bali and Venus Williams at the FORTIS Championships in Luxembourg, Ivanović took a few weeks off to tend to a recurring injury in her right shoulder. She made her return in Linz and made it to the quarterfinals of Generali Ladies, before losing to Maria Sharapova in two sets. Finishing her year at the Gaz de France Stars in Hasselt, Belgium, she lost to Dutch player Michaëlla Krajicek.

Ivanović also played nine tournaments in doubles in 2006, teaming with Maria Kirilenko and Sania Mirza. Ivanović and Kirilenko made two semifinals and a final; they ended the year at number 17 in the annual Race to the Championships. Ivanović herself finished the year ranked World No. 14 and in the doubles, she finished at World No. 51.

[edit] 2007

Ivanović's first three tournaments of the year were in Australia. Starting with the Mondial Hardcourts in Gold Coast, she fell to Shahar Pe'er in the quarterfinals. At the Medibank International in Sydney, she again lost in the quarterfinals, this time to Nicole Vaidišová. Seeded 13th at the Australian Open in Melbourne, Ivanović defeated Polish player Agnieszka Radwańska in the second round but lost in the third round to Vera Zvonareva, 6–1, 6–2. Immediately after this tournament, she announced via her official website that she had terminated the services of her coach, David Taylor.

In Tokyo for the Tier I Toray Pan Pacific Open, Ivanović defeated Jelena Janković and Maria Sharapova who retired from the match due to injury to reach her third career final, but then lost to Martina Hingis.

Ivanović lost to Kim Clijsters in the quarterfinals of the Proximus Diamond Games in Antwerp. She then played one Tier II and three Tier I events in the United States. At the Tier I Pacific Life Open in Indian Wells, California, she was defeated in the fourth round by Sybille Bammer. Yaroslava Shvedova then defeated Ivanović in the second round of the Tier I Sony Ericsson Open in Miami Masters. Beginning her clay court season, Ivanović played the Tier II Bausch & Lomb Championships in Amelia Island, Florida, where she defeated Janković in the quarterfinals before falling to Tatiana Golovin in the semifinals. The following week, she made her first appearance at the Tier I Family Circle Cup in Charleston, South Carolina, losing to Zvonareva in the third round.

Ivanović then returned to Europe to play two clay court tournaments in preparation for the French Open. In Berlin at the Qatar Telecom German Open, she won her first Tier I clay court title, defeating World No. 4 Svetlana Kuznetsova in the final. However, Ivanović injured her ankle during the final, which forced her to withdraw from the Tier I Internazionali BNL d'Italia in Rome. The win in Berlin propelled her into the top ten of the WTA Rankings for the first time, at World No. 8.

Ivanović had a six-match winning streak heading into the French Open and increased this streak to twelve by reaching the final. She won her first three matches with the loss of only nine games. In her second career quarterfinal at Roland Garros, Ivanović defeated World No. 3 Kuznetsova 6–0, 3–6, 6–1. She then beat World No. 2 Sharapova in the semifinals 6–2, 6–1. In the final, Ivanović attempted to win her first Grand Slam singles title and complete a sweep of the top three players in the world. Three-time winner Justine Henin, however, won the match in straight sets. Later on, Ivanović admitted that the idea of being in the final of a Grand Slam tournament overwhelmed her.^{[citation needed]}

With her clay court season over, Ivanović played the Ordina Open on grass in 's-Hertogenbosch, Netherlands, losing in the quarterfinals to Daniela Hantuchová. At Wimbledon, Ivanović defeated World No. 9 Nadia Petrova in the fourth round and saved three match points to defeat Vaidišová in the quarterfinals 4–6, 6–2, 7–5. In the semifinals, three-time former Wimbledon champion Venus Williams defeated Ivanović in straight sets.

Warming up at the 2007 US Open

A persistent knee injury sustained at Wimbledon caused Ivanović to withdraw from Serbian Fed Cup competition with Slovakia and two lead up events to the US Open.^[15] She returned to the tour at the East West Bank Classic in Carson, California, saving two match points in the semifinals before defeating Janković 4–6, 6–3, 7–5. In the final, Ivanović defeated Petrova to win the fourth singles title of her career, which increased her ranking to a career high of World No. 4.

Ivanović next attempted to defend her title at the Tier I Rogers Cup in Toronto, Canada. However, her title defence lasted only 65 minutes as she lost to Chinese qualifier Yan Zi 6–3, 6–1.

In Ivanović's first three matches at the US Open, she lost only 10 games. Venus Williams then eliminated her for the second consecutive time at a Grand Slam tournament, 6–4, 6–2.

Ivanović then returned to Europe for three tournaments. At the Tier II Luxembourg Championships, Ivanović qualified for the Sony Ericsson Championships as she reached the semifinals. In the final, Ivanović rallied from 6–3, 3–0 down to defeat Hantuchová in two hours and 25 minutes. This was her fifth career title. At the Porsche Tennis Grand Prix in Stuttgart, Ivanović lost to Ukrainian qualifier Kateryna Bondarenko in the second round 6–2, 1–6, 6–3. Playing at what Ivanović considers her home event,^{[citation needed]} the Tier I Zurich Open, she lost to Golovin in the second round 6–3, 6–1.

To end the year, Ivanović played the Sony Ericsson Championships in Madrid, Spain. Seeded fourth and assigned to the Red Group during the round robin phase, she defeated World No. 2 Kuznetsova in a three-set match and Hantuchová in straight sets. Sharapova then defeated Ivanović in the final match of the round robin 6–1, 6–2. Because she finished second in her group, Ivanović played World No. 1 Henin in the semifinals, which the Belgian won 6–4, 6–4.

Ivanović finished the year with a career-high ranking of World No. 4, 14 points behind Janković.

[edit] 2008

Ivanović began the year at the Medibank International in Sydney, losing to Justine Henin in the semifinals in three sets. As the fourth seed at the Australian Open, Ivanović defeated Venus Williams in the quarterfinals, 7–6(3), 6–4 for the first time in her career before losing to Maria Sharapova in straight sets in the final. Her ranking rose to World No. 2 as a result of her performance at the tournament, the highest of her career at the time.

Ivanović at the 2008 Australian Open

In Serbia's Fed Cup Europe/Africa Zone Group I D round robin tie against Poland in Budapest, Ivanović defeated Urszula Radwańska in straight sets. In Serbia's second round robin tie against Romania, Ivanović defeated Monica Niculescu and then teamed with Jelena Janković to win the deciding doubles rubber against the Romanian team 2–6, 7–6(3), 7–6(2). In the promotion playoff, Ivanović beat Renee Reinhard of the Netherlands, as Serbia advanced to the World Group II playoffs in April.

Ivanović was the top-seeded player at the Qatar Total Open in Doha but withdrew from the tournament after her second round match because of an ankle injury. The following week at the Barclays Dubai Tennis Championships, Ivanović lost in the quarterfinals to Elena Dementieva. In March, Ivanović defeated Svetlana Kuznetsova in the final of the Tier I Pacific Life Open in Indian Wells, California but lost to Lindsay Davenport in the third round of the Tier I Sony Ericsson Open iin Miami Masters the following week.

Ivanović started her clay court season as defending champion at the Qatar Telecom German Open in Berlin. She lost to Dementieva for the fourth time in four career matches in the semifinals. At the Internazionali BNL d'Italia in Rome, top seeded Ivanović lost in the second round to a qualifier. Ivanović was the second-seeded player at the French Open.She won her first five matches in straight sets, including a double bagel win over Petra Cetkovska in the fourth round. She defeated World No. 3 Janković in the semifinals in three sets, guaranteeing that Ivanović would become the World No. 1, regardless of whether she won the final. Ivanović still went on to defeat Dinara Safina,6–4,6–3 in the final, winning her first Grand Slam singles title.

Venus Williams serving to Ivanović in their semifinal match at the Zurich Open

At Wimbledon, Ivanović was the top-seeded player and defeated French veteran player Nathalie Dechy in the second round 6–7(2), 7–6(3), 10–8. The match took 3 hours, 24 minutes to play, with Ivanović saving two match points while trailing 5–4 in the second set and Dechy saving three match points in the third set before succumbing. Ivanović then lost in the third round to unseeded wildcard Zheng Jie of China, who was ranked World No. 133, 6–1, 6–4.

The summer hardcourt season started with a third round loss at the Rogers Cup in Montreal to Tamira Paszek. Ivanović, bothered by a sore thumb sustained during practice two weeks before Montreal,^[16] withdrew from the East West Bank Classic in Los Angeles. This caused her to lose her World No. 1 ranking to Janković. The injury also caused her to withdraw from the Summer Olympics in Beijing, with Ivanović describing the withdrawal as "one of the worst moments of her career".^[17] Ivanović, having reclaimed her World No. 1 ranking on August 18, was the top-seeded player at the US Open.^[18] Ivanovic lost in the second round to French Julie Coin, which was the earliest loss by a top seeded player at the US Open since the 1973 tournament.^[19]

In her first match after the US Open, which was the Tier I Toray Pan Pacific Open in Tokyo, Ivanović was defeated by Nadia Petrova of Russia in three sets, bringing her win-loss record since the French Open to 4–4. Ivanović later told the press that she was "just happy to be back injury-free" and that she needed to "play more matches get back into rhythm".^[20]

Ivanović beat World No. 18 Alizé Cornet in the second round of the China Open in Beijing before losing to Zheng Jie in the quarterfinals in three sets. At the Tier I Kremlin Cup in Moscow, Ivanović was upset by Slovak teenager Dominika Cibulková in the second round. In the last edition of the Zurich Open in Switzerland, Ivanović won back-to-back matches for the first time since Wimbledon. However, in her sixth semifinal of the year, Ivanović lost to Venus Williams. At the Generali Ladies Linz in Austria, Ivanović reached her first WTA Tour final since the French Open and went on to defeat second-seeded Vera Zvonareva in straight sets.

At the year-ending Sony Ericsson Championships in Doha, Qatar, Ivanović was the fourth seed. In her first round robin match, she was defeated by World No. 1 Janković 6–3, 6–4. Her next match was against Zvonareva, to whom she lost 6–3, 6–7(5), 6–4. She withdrew from her final match against Kuznetsova because of a virus.^[21]

[edit] 2009

Ivanović started the year by playing two tournaments in Australia. At the Brisbane International, Ivanović lost to Amélie Mauresmo 6–3, 6–2 in the third round. At the Australian Open, Ivanović was seeded fifth and won her first two matches in straight sets before losing to 29th seed Russian Alisa Kleybanova in the third round 7–5, 6–7(5), 6–2.

Ivanović took part in Serbia's Fed Cup win in the World Group II tie against Japan. She defeated Ai Sugiyama and Ayumi Morita to help Serbia to a 4–1 win. At the Barclays Dubai Tennis Championships, a Premier 5 event on the tour, she lost to Serena Williams in the quarterfinals 6–4, 6–4. Around this time, Ivanović began working with coach Craig Kardon in February after parting with former coach Sven Groeneveld.^[22]

At the BNP Paribas Open in Indian Wells, California, where she was defending champion, Ivanović defeated 12th-seeded Flavia Pennetta in the fourth round 6–4, 4–6, 6–4. Having advanced to the final she lost to Vera Zvonareva in a match plagued by windy conditions, 7–6(5), 6–2. In Miami, Ivanović lost in the third round to Ágnes Szávay. In April, Ivanović took part in the Serbia's Fed Cup World Group Play-offs against Spain. She defeated Anabel Medina Garrigues to help Serbia gain promotion to the World Group with a 4–0 win.

Ivanović during the 2009 French Open.

In Internazionali BNL d'Italia in Rome, fifth seeded Ivanović defeated Italian Francesca Schiavone before being defeated by the 10th seed Agnieszka Radwańska in the third round, 6–1, 3–6, 6–4, throwing away a 4–0 lead in the third set. She withdrew from the Mutua Madrilena Madrid Open because of a knee injury . At the 2009 French Open, Ivanović won her first three matches in straight sets, before crashing out to Victoria Azarenka in the 4th round 6–2, 6–3. This early loss caused Ivanović to fall out of the top ten for the first time since first cracking it in May 2007, sitting at World No. 13. After this, Ivanović announced that she had ceased working with Craig Kardon and will be participating in the adidas Player Development Program where she will be coached by Sven Groeneveld, Darren Cahill, Mats Merkel and Gil Reyes.^[23]

Ivanović lost in the first round of the AEGON International to the seventh seed Nadia Petrova in three sets 6–1, 4–6, 6–4 despite being 4–1 and a double break up in the final set. Ivanović partnered Sabine Lisicki in doubles but the pairing was defeated in the first round by Cara Black and Liezel Huber, 6–1, 6–2.

At Wimbledon, Ivanović was seeded 13th. She opened the tournament against Lucie Hradecká and had to save two match before eventually winning 5–7, 6–2, 8–6. This became the third year in a row where Ivanović had to save match points at Wimbledon. She followed up this match with wins over Sara Errani and 18th seeded Samantha Stosur, only her second win over a top 15 opponent this season. She retired from her fourth round match with Venus Williams while trailing 6–1, 0–1, due to a micro-tear in her thigh.

In preparation for the U.S. Open, Ivanović took part in three tournaments. In the LA Women's Tennis Championships in Los Angeles, Ivanović reached the third round, where she fell to Samantha Stosur, 6–3, 6–2. Her next tournament was the Western & Southern Financial Group Women's Open in Cincinnati where she was upset in the second round by Melinda Czink, 7–6(6), 7–5, despite serving for the first set at 5–4 and holding a 3–0 advantage in the second. Ivanović then lost to Lucie Safarova 3–6, 7–5, 6–3, at the Rogers Cup in Toronto despite serving for the match in the second set at 5–4.

At the U.S. Open, Ivanović lost in the first round of a Grand Slam for the first time in her career, losing to Kateryna Bondarenko, 2–6, 6–3, 7–6(7), despite holding a 3–1 lead in the second set and having match point on her serve in the third set tiebreak. After the match, former Wimbledon champion Pat Cash criticized Ivanovic's new service motion, calling watching it a "painful experience" and that it "weakens her threat". He also felt that Ivanovic was "over-analysing" her game and that her main problem is "her lack of confidence".^[24]

At the Premier 5 Toray Pan Pacific Open in Tokyo, Ivanović suffered her third successive defeat losing in the first round to Lucie Safarova, 6–4, 7–6(1), having held a 3–0 lead in the second set. This was only the second time in her career that Ivanovic had suffered three back-to-back defeats. Citing an upper respiratory tract infection, Ivanovic pulled out of the China Open, and announced via her official website that she was taking the rest of the year off.

She finished the year with a 24–14 match record, her worst since she turned pro, and with no titles. Ivanović has only reached three quarter-finals, one semi-final and final and has only won back-to-back matches six times, only two coming in non grand slam events. Ivanović ended the year ranked 22, the first time she has been ranked outside the Top 20 since July 2005.

[edit] Major finals

[edit] Grand Slam finals

[edit] Singles: 3 (1–2)

Outcome	Year	Championship	Surface	Opponent in the final	Score in the final
Runner-up	2007	French Open	Clay	Justine Henin	6–1, 6–2
Runner-up	2008	Australian Open	Hard	Maria Sharapova	7–5, 6–3
Winner	2008	French Open	Clay	Dinara Safina	6–4, 6–3

[edit] Career finals

[edit] Singles: 12 (8–4)

Wins (8)

Legend: Before 2009	Legend: Starting in 2009
Grand Slam (1)
WTA Championships (0)
Tier I (3)	Premier Mandatory (0)
Tier II (3)	Premier 5 (0)
Tier III (0)	Premier (0)
Tier IV & V (1)	International (0)

Titles by Surface
Hard (6)
Grass (0)
Clay (2)
Carpet (0)

No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Opponent in the final	Score in the final
1.	January 15, 2005	Canberra, Australia	Hard	Melinda Czink	7–5, 6–1
2.	August 21, 2006	Montréal, Canada	Hard	Martina Hingis	6–2, 6–3
3.	May 13, 2007	Berlin, Germany	Clay	Svetlana Kuznetsova	3–6, 6–4, 7–6(4)
4.	August 12, 2007	Los Angeles, USA	Hard	Nadia Petrova	7–5, 6–4
5.	September 30, 2007	Luxembourg City, Luxembourg	Hard (i)	Daniela Hantuchová	3–6, 6–4, 6–4
6.	March 23, 2008	Indian Wells, USA	Hard	Svetlana Kuznetsova	6–4, 6–3
7.	June 7, 2008	French Open, Paris, France	Clay	Dinara Safina	6–4, 6–3
8.	October 26, 2008	Linz, Austria	Hard (i)	Vera Zvonareva	6–2, 6–1

Runner-ups (4)

No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Opponent in the final	Score in the final
1.	February 4, 2007	Tokyo, Japan	Carpet	Martina Hingis	6–4, 6–2
2.	June 9, 2007	French Open, Paris, France	Clay	Justine Henin	6–1, 6–2
3.	January 26, 2008	Australian Open, Melbourne, Australia	Hard	Maria Sharapova	7–5, 6–3
4.	March 22, 2009	Indian Wells, USA	Hard	Vera Zvonareva	7–6(5), 6–2

[edit] Doubles: 1 (0–1)

Runner-up (1)

No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Partner	Opponent in the final	Score in the final
1.	June 19, 2006	's-Hertogenbosch, Netherlands	Grass	Maria Kirilenko	Yan Zi Zheng Jie	3–6, 6–2, 6–2

[edit] ITF Circuit titles (5)

Since Ivanović's professional debut in August 2003 she won 5 ITF Titles.

No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Opponent in Final	Score in Final
1.	February 22, 2004	Mallorca, Spain	Clay	Ana Timotić	6–1, 6–1
2.	May 2, 2004	Gifu, Japan	Carpet	Mi-Ra Jeon	6–4, 2–6, 7–5
3.	May 9, 2004	Fukuoka, Japan	Carpet	Jarmila Gajdošová	6–2, 6–7(4), 7–6(4)
4.	September 12, 2004	Fano, Italy	Clay	Delia Sescioreanu	6–2, 6–4
5.	September 26, 2004	Batumi, Georgia	Hard	Anna Chakvetadze	6–3, 6–3

[edit] Awards

Sony Ericsson WTA Tour most Improved player (2005)

Sony Ericsson WTA Tour most improved player (2007)

Sony Ericsson WTA Tour Karen Krantzcke Sportmanship Award (2007)

Sony Ericsson WTA Tour Diamond ACES Award (2008)

Sony Ericsson WTA Tour Humanitarian Award (2009)

Nominated for U.S. Secretary of State's 2007 International Women of Courage Award (2007)

[edit] Singles performance timeline

To help interpret the performance table, the legend below explains what each abbreviation and color coded box represents in the performance timeline.

Terms to know
SR	the ratio of the number of singles tournaments won to the number of those tournaments played	W-L	player's Win-Loss record
Performance Table Legend
NH	tournament not held in that calendar year	A	did not participate in the tournament
LQ	lost in qualifying draw	#R	lost in the early rounds of the tournament (RR = round robin)
QF	advanced to but not past the quarterfinals	SF	advanced to but not past the semifinals
F	advanced to the final, tournament runner-up	W	won the tournament

NM5				means an event that is neither a Premier Mandatory nor a Premier 5 tournament.

To prevent confusion and double counting, information in this table is updated only once a tournament or the player's participation in the tournament has concluded. This table is current through the Sony Ericsson Open in Miami Masters, which ended April 5, 2009.

Tournament	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008	2009	Career SR	Career Win-Loss
Grand Slam Tournaments
Australian Open	A	A	3R	2R	3R	F	3R	0 / 5	13–5
French Open	A	A	QF	3R	F	W	4R	1 / 5	22–5
Wimbledon	A	A	3R	4R	SF	3R	4R	0 / 5	15–5
US Open	A	LQ	2R	3R	4R	2R	1R	0 / 6	7–6
SR	0 / 0	0 / 1	0 / 4	0 / 4	0 / 4	1 / 4	0 / 4	1 / 21	N/A
Win-Loss	0–0	0–1	9–4	8–4	16–4	16–3	8–4	N/A	57–20
Olympic Games
Summer Olympics	Not Held	A	Not Held			A	Not Held	0 / 0	0–0
Year-End Championship
WTA Tour Championships	A	A	A	A	SF	RR	A	0 / 2	2–4
WTA Premier Mandatory Tournaments
Indian Wells	A	A	A	QF	4R	W	F	1 / 4	15–3
Miami	A	A	QF	4R	2R	3R	3R	0 / 5	8–5
Madrid	Not Held						A	0 / 0	0–0
Beijing	Not Held	Not Tier I					A	0 / 0	0–0
WTA Premier 5 Tournaments
Dubai	Not Tier I						QF	0 / 1	2–1
Rome	A	A	3R	A	A	2R	3R	0 / 2	2–2
Cincinnati	Not Held	Not Tier I					2R	0 / 1	1–1
Canada	A	A	3R	W	2R	3R	2R	1 / 5	8–2¹
Tokyo	A	A	A	2R	F	2R	1R	0 / 4	5–4
Former WTA Tier I Tournaments (currently neither Premier Mandatory nor Premier 5 events)
Charleston	A	A	A	A	3R	A	NM5	0 / 1	1–1
Moscow	A	A	A	A	A	2R	NM5	0 / 1	0–1
Doha	Not Tier I					3R	Not Held	0 / 1	1–0
Berlin	A	A	1R	1R	W	SF		1 / 4	9–3
San Diego	Not Tier I	A	A	3R	A	Not Held		0 / 1	2–1
Zurich	A	2R	SF	A	2R	Not Tier I		0 / 3	4–3
Career Statistics
Tournaments played	5	5	16	19	19	18	14	N/A	96
Runner-up	1	0	0	0	2	1	1	N/A	5
Tournaments Won	0	0	1	1	3	3	0	N/A	8
Hardcourt Win-Loss	1–1	11–3	26–8	24–11	23–11	26–12	24–14	N/A	237–89
Clay Win-Loss	11–4	10–1	9–4	4–3	16–3	10–2	0–0	N/A	60–17
Grass Win-Loss	0–0	0–1	2–1	5–2	6–2	2–1	0–0	N/A	15–7
Carpet Win-Loss	0–0	16–0	3–1	2–2	6–2	3–0	0–0	N/A	30–5
Overall Win-Loss	12–5	37–5	40–14	35–18	51–18	41–15²	24–13	N/A	237–88
Win %	71%	88%	74%	66%	74%	73%	65%	N/A	73%
Year End Ranking	705	97	16	14	4	5	22	N/A	N/A

¹ Win/loss record does not include walkovers.
² The WTA website erroneously omits Ivanović's three Fed Cup singles wins (all on carpet) during January–February 2008.^{[citation needed]} This is why this table shows three more wins in 2008, on carpet, and during her career than the WTA website.

[edit] WTA Tour career earnings

Year	Majors	WTA wins	Total wins	Earnings ($)	Money list rank
2003	0	0	0	2,630	732
2004	0	0	0	58,010	166
2005	0	1	1	472,547	29
2006	0	1	1	671,616	20
2007	0	3	3	1,960,354	4
2008	1	3	4	3,119,640	4
2009	0	0	0	714, 725	20
Career	1	8	9	6,999, 522	27

[edit] See also

[edit] Head-to-head record against other players

Ivanovic's win-loss record against certain players who have been ranked World No. 10 or higher is as follows:

Players who have been ranked World No. 1 are in boldface.

[edit] References

^ French Open Profile
^ "Henin seals French title hat-trick". CNN. 2007-06-09. http://edition.cnn.com/2007/SPORT/06/09/tennis.henin/index.html. Retrieved 2008-07-01.
^ "Sharapova stuns Serb in Aussie final". CNN. 2008-01-26. http://edition.cnn.com/2008/SPORT/01/26/tennis.australiawomen/index.html/. Retrieved 2008-07-01.
^ "Ana Ivanovic – the fastest mover in the world" (PDF). Ana Ivanovic.com. http://www.anaivanovic.com/media/press/6/anaivanovic_pressrelease_english.pdf. Retrieved 2007-06-13.
^ ^a ^b Ivanovic grows into role of Australia's adopted daughter
^ "Learn more about Ana. Ana's biography – Official website". http://www.anaivanovic.com/?path=bio.
^ "Ivanović Becomes UNICEF Ambassador". WTA Tour. 2007-09-08. http://www.sonyericssonwtatour.com/1/newsroom/stories/?ContentID=1684. Retrieved 2007-09-08.
^ Ivanovic confirms relationship with Verdasco
^ "Ana's Scott me back on track". The Sun. 2009-07-10. http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage/sport/golf/2527113/Anas-Scott-me-back-on-track.html. Retrieved 2009-07-10.
^ http://www.anaivanovic.com/?path=media/gallery/wimbledon_2005&detailpage=ana_wimbledon_2005_0.jpg
^ http://www.anaivanovic.com/?path=media/gallery/sydney_2006&detailpage=Syd0601.jpg
^ http://www.anaivanovic.com/?path=media/gallery/roland_garros_2007_by_doublexposure.com&tablepage=3&detailpage=044.jpg
^ AnaIvanovic-Online.com
^ Serbian starlet shocks Mauresmo
^ Ana's diary – I have to rest for two weeks, July 12, 2007
^ "World No. 1 Ivanović crashes out in Montreal". CNN. 2008-08-10. http://edition.cnn.com/2008/SPORT/08/01/tennis.ivanovic.ap/index.html. Retrieved 2008-08-01.
^ "Injured Ivanović out of Olympics". BBC Sport. 2008-08-10. http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/olympics/tennis/7548997.stm. Retrieved 2008-08-10.
^ "Injury update". anaivanovic.com. 2008-08-15. http://www.anaivanovic.com/?path=start/news&detailpage=1265. Retrieved 2008-08-18.
^ "Ivanović beaten by qualifier coin". BBC Sport. 2008-08-28. http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/tennis/7586573.stm. Retrieved 2008-09-19.
^ "Ana suffers Petrova lost". anaivanovic.com. 2008-09-15. http://www.anaivanovic.com/?path=start/news&detailpage=1295. Retrieved 2008-09-19.
^ Ana pulls out
^ Ivanovic Selects Craig Kardon as New Coach Tennis.com, February 10, 2009
^ Coaching update anaivanovic.com June 09, 2009
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[edit] External links

Wikimedia Commons has media related to: Ana Ivanović

Official website (English) (Serbian)
Ana Ivanović profile on the WTA Tour's official website
Ana Ivanović at the International Tennis Federation
Ana Ivanović at the Fed Cup

[0] French Open Profile

[1] "Henin seals French title hat-trick". CNN. 2007-06-09. http://edition.cnn.com/2007/SPORT/06/09/tennis.henin/index.html. Retrieved 2008-07-01.

[2] "Sharapova stuns Serb in Aussie final". CNN. 2008-01-26. http://edition.cnn.com/2008/SPORT/01/26/tennis.australiawomen/index.html/. Retrieved 2008-07-01.

[3] "Ana Ivanovic – the fastest mover in the world" (PDF). Ana Ivanovic.com. http://www.anaivanovic.com/media/press/6/anaivanovic_pressrelease_english.pdf. Retrieved 2007-06-13.

[adopted-4] Ivanovic grows into role of Australia's adopted daughter

[5] "Learn more about Ana. Ana's biography – Official website". http://www.anaivanovic.com/?path=bio.

[6] "Ivanović Becomes UNICEF Ambassador". WTA Tour. 2007-09-08. http://www.sonyericssonwtatour.com/1/newsroom/stories/?ContentID=1684. Retrieved 2007-09-08.

[7] Ivanovic confirms relationship with Verdasco

[8] "Ana's Scott me back on track". The Sun. 2009-07-10. http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage/sport/golf/2527113/Anas-Scott-me-back-on-track.html. Retrieved 2009-07-10.

[9] ttp://www.anaivanovic.com/?path=media/gallery/wimbledon_2005&detailpage=ana_wimbledon_2005_0.jpg

[10] ttp://www.anaivanovic.com/?path=media/gallery/sydney_2006&detailpage=Syd0601.jpg

[11] ttp://www.anaivanovic.com/?path=media/gallery/roland_garros_2007_by_doublexposure.com&tablepage=3&detailpage=044.jpg

[12] AnaIvanovic-Online.com

[13] Serbian starlet shocks Mauresmo

[14] Ana's diary – I have to rest for two weeks, July 12, 2007

[15] "World No. 1 Ivanović crashes out in Montreal". CNN. 2008-08-10. http://edition.cnn.com/2008/SPORT/08/01/tennis.ivanovic.ap/index.html. Retrieved 2008-08-01.

[16] "Injured Ivanović out of Olympics". BBC Sport. 2008-08-10. http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/olympics/tennis/7548997.stm. Retrieved 2008-08-10.

[17] "Injury update". anaivanovic.com. 2008-08-15. http://www.anaivanovic.com/?path=start/news&detailpage=1265. Retrieved 2008-08-18.

[18] "Ivanović beaten by qualifier coin". BBC Sport. 2008-08-28. http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/tennis/7586573.stm. Retrieved 2008-09-19.

[19] "Ana suffers Petrova lost". anaivanovic.com. 2008-09-15. http://www.anaivanovic.com/?path=start/news&detailpage=1295. Retrieved 2008-09-19.

[20] Ana pulls out

[21] Ivanovic Selects Craig Kardon as New Coach Tennis.com, February 10, 2009

[22] Coaching update anaivanovic.com June 09, 2009

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Persondata
NAME	Ivanović, Ana
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	Ивановић, Ана
SHORT DESCRIPTION	Serbian tennis player
DATE OF BIRTH	November 6, 1987
PLACE OF BIRTH	Belgrade, Serbia
DATE OF DEATH
PLACE OF DEATH