Bojana Jovanovski Petrović

Bojana Jovanovski
Бојана Јовановски

Country (sports)	Serbia
Residence	Belgrade, Serbia
Born	(1991-12-31) 31 December 1991 Belgrade, SFR Yugoslavia
Height	1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)
Turned pro	2007
Plays	Right–handed (two–handed backhand)
Prize money	$494,655
Singles
Career record	146–89 (64.11%)
Career titles	0 WTA, 4 ITF
Highest ranking	No. 50 (23 May 2011)
Current ranking	No. 90 (16 January 2012)
Grand Slam singles results
Australian Open	2R (2011)
French Open	1R (2011)
Wimbledon	2R (2010)
US Open	1R (2010, 2011)
Doubles
Career record	12–29
Career titles	0 WTA, 0 ITF
Highest ranking	No. 509 (27 July 2009)
Grand Slam doubles results
Australian Open	1R (2011)
French Open	1R (2011)
Wimbledon	1R (2011)
US Open	1R (2010)
Last updated on: 2 January 2012.

Bojana Jovanovski (Serbian: Бојана Јовановски, pronounced: BO-yan-nah yo-vah-NOV-skee; born 31 December 1991) is a Serbian tennis player. As of 16 January 2012, Jovanovski is ranked World No. 90 and is the third highest ranked Serbian player, after World No. 13 Jelena Janković and No. 22 Ana Ivanović. She ended the 2010 season as the youngest player in the top 100.

Coached by father Zoran Jovanovski, she has won four ITF singles titles, and played for Serbia Fed Cup team in 2009 and 2010. Jovanovski made her WTA Tour debut at 2010 Malaysian Open, losing to Elena Dementieva in the second round. She debuted at a Grand Slam at the 2010 Wimbledon Championships, reaching the second round.

Early life and career

Jovanovski began playing tennis aged seven at the Red Star Tennis Club. Aged twelve, she won Serbian national U–14 championships and was the finalist of the U–16. She turned professional in 2006 and played her first professional junior event at the tournament in Pančevo, Serbia, losing 4–6, 6–3, 6–2 to Ana Veselinović. That year, she also lost to Simona Halep in the finals of the Heiveld Indoor Junior Championships by a score of 6–1, 6–2. In 2007 Jovanovski won junior events in Citta' Di Santa Croce, defeating Michelle Larcher De Brito, and reached the finals in Prato and Milan, losing to Romana Tabaková and Anastasia Pivovarova, respectively.

Jovanovski would play at numerous junior grand slam tournaments. Her best result came at Wimbledon, where she was defeated by Madison Brengle 5–7, 6–3, 10–5 in the quartefinals. In 2008 Jovanovski decided to pursue her professional career on the ITF Circuit, but would also play at the junior grand slams. She would reach the quarterfinals at the Australian Open and Wimbledon, losing to Arantxa Rus and Laura Robson, respectively. Both Rus and Robson later won the tournaments. Jovanovski's highest junior ranking was World No. 5, which she achieved on 7 April 2008.

Professional career

2006–2009

Jovanovski made her professional debut on the ITF Circuit in Prokuplje, Serbia in 2006, where she lost to Karolina Jovanović in the second round. Two years later, she won her first ITF title at that same tournament, beating Karin Morgósová 6–1, 6–0 in the final. In 2008 Jovanovski reached an additional three finals, winning two of them.

She continued playing on the ITF Circuit, reaching the semifinals of three events – Belek, Sarajevo and Toruń – being defeated by Tetyana Arefyeva 6–4, 6–2, Ana Jovanović 2–6, 6–0, 6–2, and Oksana Kalashnikova 6–3, 3–6, 6–1, respectively. Jovanovski played qualifications for 2009 US Open, however lost to domestic player Carly Gullickson with 7–5, 6–2. On 20 November 2009 Jovanovski reached the final of ITF event in Pune, India but lost to Fujiwara. On 29 November 2009 Jovanovski reached the final of ITF event in Toyota, Japan, but lost to domestic player and former World No. 4 Kimiko Date Krumm 7–5, 6–2.

2010

At her first ITF tournament in 2010, in Quanzhou, Jovanovski reached semifinals, losing 6(5)–7, 6–3, 7–5(6) to Serbian fellow Aleksandra Krunić. She then played qualifications tournament for 2010 Australian Open, but lost to Kathrin Wörle 6–2, 4–6, 9–7, despite having a match point in the third set. Jovanovski was, once again, the part of Serbian Fed Cup team along with Jelena Janković, Ana Ivanović and Ana Jovanović in 3–2 loss against Russia in 2010 Fed Cup World Group. She was then awarded with a wild card for the main draw of 2010 Malaysian Open. At her WTA Tour debut, she beat Russian Vitalia Diatchenko 6–3, 6–1. However, Jovanovski then lost 6–2, 6–3 to the first seed Elena Dementieva in the second round.

On 24 April 2010, Jovanovski made her debut performance for Serbia Fed Cup team, in 2010 World Group Playoffs against Slovakia. She lost her first singles match to Daniela Hantuchová 6–2, 6–2, but then won her second match against Magdaléna Rybáriková 6–1, 7–6(4). Jovanovski and Jelena Janković lost their doubles match to Hantuchová and Rybáriková 6–4, 6–3 for the final 3–2 for Slovakia. At the 2010 Grand Prix SAR La Princesse Lalla Meryem, her second career WTA event, she defeated Barbora Záhlavová-Strýcová 6–3, 6–1 in the first round, but then lost to the fifth seed Angelique Kerber 6–2, 6–2 in the second. Jovanovski then qualified for her third WTA Tour tournament at the 2010 Internazionali BNL d'Italia, beating Nuria Llagostera Vives and former World No. 8 Alicia Molik, but then lost to Yaroslava Shvedova in the first round 6–2, 6–2. In May, Jovanovski took part in the 2010 Warsaw Open, beating former World No. 5 Anna Chakvetadze to reach the main draw. She subsequently lost to Sara Errani 6–1, 6–0 in the first round.

Jovanovski's next tournament was at the 2010 French Open, where she defeated María Irigoyen in the first round of the qualifying stage, but then fell to Anastasia Pivovarova 6–3, 3–6, 6–2. She then suffered losses in the semifinal of the ITF event in Maribor and the 2010 AEGON International qualifications, but managed to enter into the main draw at the 2010 Wimbledon Championships. Jovanovski defeated Casey Dellacqua with a promising scoreline of 6–1, 6–0 in the first round. She then lost to 8th seed Victoria Azarenka in the second 6–1, 6–4. Her result at the Wimbledon caused her ranking rise to World No. 93. Jovanovski then played at the 2010 Banka Koper Slovenia Open but lost to fellow compatriot and World No. 2 Jelena Janković 6–3, 6–3 in the opening round. At the 2010 İstanbul Cup, she won three matches in straight sets to qualify for the main draw, but lost to Russia's Elena Vesnina in the first round 6–2, 6–2. In August, Jovanovski qualified for the main draw of the first Premier 5 of the US Open Series: 2010 Western & Southern Financial Group Women's Open, She upset the fourteenth seed Aravane Rezaï in the first round 4–6, 6–3, 6–4, but lost to Akgul Amanmuradova in the following round 6–2, 6–0. Jovanovski then attempted to qualify for the 2010 Rogers Cup and the 2010 Pilot Pen Tennis, but fell to, respectively, Sorana Cîrstea and Elena Vesnina. Jovanovski played her second Grand Slam event at the 2010 US Open, but was defeated by Australia's Anastasia Rodionova 7–5, 6–4 in the first round. She also competed in the women's doubles partnering with Jelena Janković, by they were defeated by Kimiko Date Krumm and Ayumi Morita 4–6, 6–3, 6–4.

Jovanovski then played at the 2010 Guangzhou International Women's Open, but lost to Alla Kudryavtseva 6–1, 7–5 in the first round. She then lost in the first round of the 2010 Hansol Korea Open, losing to Kirsten Flipkens 2–6, 6–3, 6–4 despite easily winning three qualification matches. Jovanovski was then defeated in the first round of the 2010 Toray Pan Pacific Open qualifications by Pauline Parmentier 6–2, 7–5. However, Jovanovski managed to turned around the early losses by qualifying for the main draw of 2010 China Open, her first Premier Mandatory tournament ever. In the opening round, she defeated a fellow qualifier, the 2009 US Open quarter-finalist Kateryna Bondarenko, in the first round 5–7 6–4, 6–3. Jovanovski upset former World No. 1 and fellow Serbian and good friend Jelena Janković 4–6 6–2 6–2 in the second round, marking her first victory over a former World No. 1 and a top ten player. However, she was beaten by Shahar Pe'er in the third round, 6–1 6–2. Jovanovski then took part in ITF tournaments in Torhout, Poitiers and Taipei, defeating players such as Sania Mirza, Rika Fujiwara and Noppawan Lertcheewakarn, but without much further success. She finished the year as the youngest player in the top 100 on the WTA rankings.

In December, Jovanovski played at the ITF tournament in Dubai. She defeated Julia Babilon 6–4 6–7(3) 6–1 in the first round, Petra Martić 6–7(4) 6–3 6–1 in the second and World No. 45 Anastasija Sevastova 6–3 5–7 6–0 in the quarterfinals and former World No. 16 Anabel Medina Garrigues 6–0 6–7 6–3 in the semifinals, but then lost to former World No. 27 Sania Mirza 4–6, 6–3, 6–0 in the final. A week later, in Pune, Jovanovski won her fourth ITF title, and the first one since 2008, defeating Nina Bratchikova 6–4, 6–4.

2011

Jovanovski opened the season in Brisbane, defeating Anastasia Rodionova 2–6, 6–2, 6–3 in the first round. She would then lose to Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova 6–2, 7–5 in the second. The week after, Jovanovski qualified for the Medibank International Sydney. She defeated Kaia Kanepi 6–4, 6–4, Aravane Rezaï 7–6(4), 7–6(4) and Flavia Pennetta 6–4, 6–1. Jovanovski lost her first WTA semifinal to future champion Na Li 7–6(5), 6–3. At the 2011 Australian Open, Jovanovski defeated Chang Kai-chen 7–5, 6–1 in the first round and lost to the second seed Vera Zvonareva 2–6, 6–3, 6–1 in the second. She also played doubles partnering with Varvara Lepchenko, but they lost to Kimiko Date Krumm and Shuai Zhang 6–4, 6–4. Jovanovski was the highest ranked Serbian player in the Serbia Fed Cup team for the World Group II rubber against Canada. Jovanovski played along with Ana Jovanović, Aleksandra Krunić and Tamara Čurović against Rebecca Marino, Aleksandra Wozniak, Marie-Ève Pelletier and Sharon Fichman in Novi Sad, Serbia. She won both of her singles matches, with 6–4, 7–5 against Wozniak and 7–6(3), 6–3 against Marino. In the doubles match, Jovanovski and Krunić defeated Fichman and Pelletier 7–6(5), 6–4 to guarantee Serbia spot in the World Group Play Offs.

Jovanovski lost the first round of the Dubai Tennis Championships to the World No. 26 Yanina Wickmayer 7–5, 3–6, 6–2. She qualified for the 2011 Qatar Ladies Open, but she lost to Sania Mirza 6–2, 7–5 in the first round. Jovanovski was seeded eight at the 2011 Malaysian Open. She defeated Tamarine Tanasugarn 6–1, 6–0 and Urszula Radwańska 1–6, 7–5, 6–4 before losing to former World No. 4 and eventual champion Jelena Dokić in the quarterfinals 7–6(4), 6–2. She then suffered two consecutive first–round losses, at the 2011 BNP Paribas Open to Urszula Radwańska 3–6, 6–4, 7–6(6), and at the 2011 Sony Ericsson Open to Monica Niculescu 6–1, 7–6(2). On 25 March 2011, Jovanovski was awarded with the Heart Award, given by the Fed Cup for her performances in the Serbia Fed Cup team. She then played for Serbia Fed Cup team in a World Group Play–Off rubber against Slovakia. Though she lost her singles match to Dominika Cibulková 4–6, 6–3, 6–1, Serbia managed to qualify for the 2012 World Group. At the 2011 Mutua Madrileña Madrid Open, Jovanovski defeated Gréta Arn 6–4, 2–6, 6–3 in the first round, but then she lost to World No. 1 Caroline Wozniacki in the second, with 6–4, 6–4. She then lost to the tenth seed Shahar Pe'er with 3–6, 6–0, 6–4 in the first round of the 2011 Internazionali BNL d'Italia. Jovanovski defeated Alla Kudryavtseva 7–6(3), 6–3 in the first round of 2011 Internationaux de Strasbourg, but was defeated by Anabel Medina Garrigues 6–2, 6–0 in the second. Jovanovski lost to the fifteenth seed Andrea Petković 6–4, 7–6(3) in the first round of the 2011 French Open. Partnering with Varvara Lepchenko, she lost to Lourdes Domínguez Lino and Laura Pous Tió in the women's doubles first round, 6–2, 6–1.

Jovanovski played her first grass court event of the year at the 2011 AEGON Classic. Though she was seeded the tenth, she was defeated by Sarah Gronert, a qualifier, in the first round with 6–1, 5–7, 6–4. Jovanovski then qualified for the 2011 AEGON International, and defeated Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova 7–6(11), 6–4 in the first round. She lost to the seventh seed Samantha Stosur 6–3, 6–2 in the second. At the 2011 Wimbledon Championships, Jovanovski was defeated by Simona Halep in the first round, 6–1, 6–2. Partnering with Jelena Dokić, she lost to Liezel Huber and Lisa Raymond 6–1, 6–2 in the women's doubles first round.

Jovanovski has been seeded the fifth at the 2011 Citi Open. She defeated qualifier Petra Rampre 6–0, 6–3 in the first round and Jill Craybas 6–4, 5–7, 6–4 in the second, before losing to former World No. 3 and eventual champion Nadia Petrova 7–6(4), 7–5 in the quartefinals. At the 2011 Mercury Insurance Open, she was defeated by the ninth seed Roberta Vinci 3–6, 6–4, 6–1 in the first round. Jovanovski would then beat Melanie Oudin 6–4, 6–2 and Arantxa Parra Santonja 6–2, 6(4)–7, 6–4 to qualify for the 2011 Rogers Cup. She was leading 2–0 when Jelena Dokić retired from their match of the first round. Jovanovski was then beaten by former World No. 1 Maria Sharapova 6–1, 7–5 in the second round. After defeating Anna Tatishvili 6–3, 3–6, 6–2 and Akgul Amanmuradova 6–0, 6–3 to qualify for the event, Jovanovski was beaten by the seventeenth seed Yanina Wickmayer 6–3, 6–4 in the first round of the 2011 Western & Southern Open. She then lost to Gisela Dulko 6–0, 6–3 first round of the 2011 Texas Tennis Open. At the 2011 US Open, Jovanovski lost in the first round to the 28th seed and former World No. 1 Serena Williams 6–1, 6–1. She and Varvara Lepchenko were beaten by eight seeds Andrea Hlaváčková and Lucie Hradecká in the women's doubles first round.

Jovanovski then lost her first–round in four consecutive tournaments, the 2011 Tashkent Open, the 2011 Guangzhou International Women's Open, the 2011 Toray Pan Pacific Open and the 2011 China Open. She was defeated by, respectfully, Sorana Cîrstea 6–1, 6–3, Tetiana Luzhanska 6–3, 4–6, 7–6(4), Angelique Kerber 6–1, 6–0, and Francesca Schiavone 6–1, 6–3. Jovanovski won her first match after the streak of seven first–round losses at the 2011 Kremlin Cup, beating Alona Bondarenko 6–3, 6–0. She would then lose in the second round to Vera Zvonareva with 6–1, 6–1.

2012

Jovanovski began her 2012 season at the Brisbane International. She defeated Casey Dellacqua, a wild card entrant, 6–4, 6–2 in the first round, but then lost to the fourth seed Serena Williams 6–2, 6–4. She then played the qualification tournament for the 2012 Apia International Sydney qualifications, defeating Tamira Paszek 6–0, 7–6(7), and Virginie Razzano 6(8)–7, 7–5, 7–5, before losing to Stefanie Vögele 3–6, 6–4, 6–2. At the 2012 Australian Open, Jovanovski lost in the first round to Casey Dellacqua with 6–3, 6–2. In doubles, she and Michaëlla Krajicek were defeated by Alla Kudryavtseva and Ekaterina Makarova 7–6(1), 4–6, 6–3 in the first round.

Playing style and equipment

Jovanovski is an aggressive baseline player. She cites forehand as her favourite shot and hard as her favourite court surface, and stated she would like to improve her court movement and become mentally stronger. Since 2011 US Open she will wear Adidas instead of Nike sports gear and Head rackets.

Personal life

Jovanovski was born to father Zoran, a former football player, and mother Snežana, and also has a sister Viktorija. Her father and coach Zoran Jovanovski introduced her to tennis when she was aged seven. Jovanovski cites Maria Sharapova as her idol for being "an aggressive player and a strong personality". Serbian tennis player Jelena Janković is her good friend. Jovanovski is fluent in Serbian and English. Besides Head, Jovanovski is also sponsored by Knjaz Miloš company.

On 9 January 2012, while playing at the 2012 Apia International Sydney, Jovanovski had a car accident, but suffered no injuries.

National identity

During the ITF tournament in Dubai in December 2010, it was rumoured Jovanovski would play for Macedonia, reportedly for "being in the shadow of Jelena [Janković] and Ana [Ivanović]". Her father and coach Zoran Jovanovski denied the rumours at once, saying that "Bojana had never even been in Macedonia" and that the rumour was "made up because of her surname".

Career statistics

ITF Circuit singles finals (4–4)

$100,000 tournaments

$75,000 tournaments

$50,000 tournaments

$25,000 tournaments

$10,000 tournaments

Outcome	#	Date	Tournament	Surface	Opponent in the final	Score
Winner	1.	8 July 2008	Prokuplje, Serbia	Clay	Karin Morgósová	6–0, 6–1
Winner	2.	24 August 2008	Vinkovci, Croatia	Clay	Zorica Petrov	6–1, 6–3
Winner	3.	2 September 2008	Brčko, Bosnia and Herzegovina	Clay	Gracia Radovanović	6–4, 3–6, 6–2
Runner–up	1.	27 December 2008	Delhi, India	Hard	Sandra Záhlavová	6–4, 6–3
Runner–up	2.	20 November 2009	Pune, India	Hard	Rika Fujiwara	5–7, 6–4, 6–3
Runner–up	3.	29 November 2009	Toyota, Japan	Carpet	Kimiko Date Krumm	7–5, 6–2
Runner–up	4.	18 December 2010	Dubai, United Arab Emirates	Hard	Sania Mirza	4–6, 6–3, 6–0
Winner	4.	25 December 2010	Pune, India	Hard	Nina Bratchikova	6–4, 6–4

ITF Circuit doubles final (0–1)

$100,000 tournaments

$75,000 tournaments

$50,000 tournaments

$25,000 tournaments

$10,000 tournaments

Outcome	#	Date	Tournament	Surface	Partner	Opponents in the final	Score
Runner–up	1.	15 November 2008	Pune, India	Hard	Elora Dabija	Kai-Chen Chang I-Hsuan Hwang	5–7, 6–2, 10–7

Fed Cup singles performances (3–2)

Outcome	Edition	Round	Opponent Team	Surface	Opponent	Score
Loser	2010	World Group Playoffs	Slovakia	Clay (i)	Daniela Hantuchová	6–2, 6–2
Winner					Magdaléna Rybáriková	6–1, 7–6(4)
Winner	2011	World Group II	Canada	Hard (i)	Aleksandra Wozniak	6–4, 7–5
Winner					Rebecca Marino	7–6(3), 6–3
Loser	2011	World Group Playoffs	Slovakia	Clay (i)	Dominika Cibulková	6–4, 3–6, 1–6

Fed Cup doubles performances (1–1)

Outcome	Edition	Round	Opponent Team	Surface	Partner	Opponent	Score
Losers	2010	World Group Playoffs	Slovakia	Clay (i)	Jelena Janković	Hantuchová Rybáriková	6–4, 6–3
Winner	2011	World Group II	Canada	Hard (i)	Aleksandra Krunić	Fichman Pelletier	7–6(5), 6–4

Record against other players

Player	Ranking	Record	W%	Hardcourt	Clay	Grass	Carpet
/ Jelena Janković	1	1–1	50%	1–1	0–0	0–0	0–0
Maria Sharapova	1	0–1	0%	0–1	0–0	0–0	0–0
Caroline Wozniacki	1	0–1	0%	0–0	0–1	0–0	0–0
Serena Williams	1	0–2	0%	0–2	0–0	0–0	0–0
Vera Zvonareva	2	0–2	0%	0–2	0–0	0–0	0–0
Elena Dementieva	3	0–1	0%	0–1	0–0	0–0	0–0
Nadia Petrova	3	0–1	0%	0–1	0–0	0–0	0–0
Victoria Azarenka	4	0–1	0%	0–0	0–0	0–1	0–0
Kimiko Date Krumm	4	0–1	0%	0–1	0–0	0–0	0–0
/ Jelena Dokić	4	1–1	50%	1–1	0–0	0–0	0–0
Li Na	4	0–1	0%	0–1	0–0	0–0	0–0
Francesca Schiavone	4	0–1	0%	0–1	0–0	0–0	0–0
Anna Chakvetadze	5	1–0	100%	0–0	1–0	0–0	0–0
Alicia Molik	8	1–0	100%	1–0	0–0	0–0	0–0
Flavia Pennetta	10	1–0	100%	1–0	0–0	0–0	0–0
Andrea Petkovic	10	0–1	0%	0–0	0–1	0–0	0–0
Shahar Pe'er	11	0–2	0%	0–1	0–1	0–0	0–0
Yanina Wickmayer	12	0–2	0%	0–2	0–0	0–0	0–0
Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova	14	1–1	50%	0–1	0–0	1–0	0–0
Aravane Rezaï	15	2–0	100%	2–0	0–0	0–0	0–0

Grand Slam singles performance timeline

Tournament	2009	2010	2011	2012	SR	W–L
Australian Open		Q3	2R		0 / 2	3–2
French Open		Q2	1R		0 / 2	1–2
Wimbledon		2R	1R		0 / 2	1–2
US Open	Q3	1R	1R		0 / 3	2–3
Win–Loss	2–1	4–4	1–4		0 / 9	7–9

Awards

• 2011 – Fed Cup Heart Award

External links

• Official Website
• Bojana Jovanovski at the Women's Tennis Association
• Template:ITF junior profile