Jelena Janković

Jelena Janković

Jelena Janković
Country (sports)	Serbia
Residence	Belgrade, Serbia
Height	1.77 m (5 ft 9+1⁄2 in)
Turned pro	February 6, 2000
Plays	Right; Two-handed backhand
Prize money	US$7,031,374
Singles
Career record	338–173
Career titles	9 WTA, 1 ITF
Highest ranking	No. 1 (August 11, 2008)
Grand Slam singles results
Australian Open	SF (2008)
French Open	SF (2007, 2008)
Wimbledon	4R (2006, 2007, 2008)
US Open	F (2008)
Other tournaments
Tour Finals	SF (2008)
Olympic Games	QF (2008)
Doubles
Career record	34–54
Career titles	1 WTA
Highest ranking	No. 43 (November 6, 2006)
Grand Slam doubles results
Australian Open	3R (2008)
French Open	2R (2007)
Wimbledon	2R (2006)
US Open	3R (2006)
Last updated on: February 16, 2009.

Jelena Janković (Serbian: Јелена Јанковић, IPA: [ˈjɛlɛna 'jaːnkɔviʨ]; ne February 28, 1985) is a Serbian professional tennis player. She was ranked World No. 1 for seventeen consecutive weeks until she was overtaken by Serena Williams on February 2, 2009. She was the year-end World No. 1 in 2008. As of April 6, 2009, she is ranked World No. 4.

Janković has reached the singles final of the US Open and the singles semifinals of the Australian Open and the French Open. In 2007, she won the Wimbledon mixed doubles title with British partner Jamie Murray.

Tennis career

Early career

Janković learned her first tennis skills in Tennis Club 'Red Star'. As a nine-and-a-half year old she was introduced to tennis by her elder brother and fitness coach Marko. She was later trained at the Tennis Academy of Nick Bollettieri. As a junior she won the 2001 Australian Open. In 2001, she started to play on the WTA Tour; she reached the second round at her first tournament at the Indian Wells Masters.

In October 2003, Janković entered the top 100 at No. 90 for the first time after winning her first ITF title in Dubai. Three months later, Janković garnered her first top 10 win against Elena Dementieva 6–1, 6–4 in the first round of the 2004 Australian Open. In May, Janković won her first WTA title, a Tier V event, in Budapest, defeating Martina Suchá in the final 7–6, 6–3. Following her win in Budapest, she reached No. 51 in the world. Elsewhere in her 2004 season, she defeated top 20 players Nadia Petrova (twice), Vera Zvonareva, Patty Schnyder and Paola Suárez. Janković finished 2004 ranked No. 28 in the world.

2005

In March, at Dubai, she advanced to the final following Serena Williams's retirement in the semifinal. Janković then lost in the final to Lindsay Davenport 6–4, 3–6, 6–4. She made her first Tier I semifinal in Berlin, losing to Nadia Petrova 6–4, 6–7, 6–3. In June, she reached her first grass court final at Birmingham, but lost to Maria Sharapova 6–2, 4–6, 6–1. In October, Janković reached her third final of the year in Seoul, ranked No. 17 in the world, her highest ranking at that time, losing to 16-year-old Nicole Vaidišová 7–5, 6–3. Her ranking at the end of the season eclipsed her 2004 record at No. 22.

2006

After winning her first round match at the Australian Open, Janković lost ten straight matches, not winning a match from late January into early May. She then reached the quarterfinals of the Internazionali BNL d'Italia in Rome before losing to Venus Williams in three sets. The following week, she reached the semifinals in Strasbourg, retiring against Nicole Vaidišová in the second set. At the French Open, Janković upset 25th-seeded Marion Bartoli before losing to World No. 1 Amélie Mauresmo in the third round. At Wimbledon, she beat sixth-seeded and defending champion Venus Williams in the third round in three sets but went on to lose to ninth-seeded Anastasia Myskina in the fourth round 6–4, 7–6(5).

Janković at the 2006 Wimbledon Championships.

During the North American summer hard court season, Janković reached her fifth career final at the JPMorgan Chase Open in Los Angeles, defeating tenth-seeded Ana Ivanović in the quarterfinals and unseeded Serena Williams in the semifinals before losing to third seeded Elena Dementieva in the final. The US Open saw Janković defeat World No. 10 Vaidišová in the third round, World No. 7 Svetlana Kuznetsova in the fourth round, and World No. 5 Dementieva in the quarterfinals. In the semifinals, Janković lost to Justine Henin 4–6, 6–4, 6–0 after Janković had led 6–4, 4–2. Janković argued with the chair umpire when the umpire refused to offer an opinion as to whether a service call had been correct, suggesting that Janković use one of her electronic challenges. Janković then lost ten consecutive games.

At Janković's first tournament following the US Open, she reached the semifinals of the Tier II China Open, losing to Mauresmo 6–1, 3–6, 7–6 after Janković served for the match at 6–5 in the third set. The following week, Janković reached the Guangzhou semifinals, retiring against Anna Chakvetadze while trailing 7-5, 2-0. In her last four tournaments of the year, she lost to Kuznetsova, Vaidišová and Olga Poutchkova in the quarterfinals of three of them and to Kuznetsova in the second round of the other one.

Janković finished the year ranked World No. 12.

2007

To begin the year, Janković won her second title at the Tier IV ASB Classic in Auckland, defeating Vera Zvonareva in the final. At the Tier II Medibank International in Sydney, Janković defeated World No. 7 and former No.1 Martina Hingis and top-seeded Amélie Mauresmo on the way to the final where she lost to Kim Clijsters. She then reached the fourth round of the Australian Open, where she was eliminated by the eventual champion Serena Williams 6–3, 6–2. Because of her results at these tournaments, her ranking rose to World No. 10, the first time she had been included in the top ten.

Janković at the 2007 Dubai Tennis Championships

At the first Tier I event of the year in Tokyo, Janković lost in the quarterfinals to countrywoman Ana Ivanović and at the Dubai Tennis Championships, she retired from her semifinal match with Mauresmo because of an ankle injury. The following week in Doha, Janković again reached the semifinals, losing to Justine Henin in three sets. After that, she played at the Tier I Pacific Life Open in Indian Wells, California where she was eliminated by Na Li in the fourth round. To complete the spring hard court season, Janković lost in the third round of the Tier I tournament in Miami Masters to Italian Mara Santangelo in three sets despite holding a 6–2, 5–2 lead.

Janković then started her clay court season at Amelia Island, Florida, where she lost in the quarterfinals to Ivanović 7–5, 6–3. She then won her first career Tier I title, at the Family Circle Cup in Charleston, South Carolina, defeating Venus Williams in the semifinals 3–6, 6–3, 7–6 and Dinara Safina in the final. On European red clay, Janković then lost to Henin three times and won one tournament. At the J&S Cup in Warsaw, Janković lost to Henin in the semifinals 7–5, 2–6, 6–4. At the Qatar Telecom German Open, Janković lost to Henin in the quarterfinals 3–6, 6–4, 6–4 after failing to hold a 4–0 lead in the third set. Janković next won her second career Tier I title at the Internazionali BNL d'Italia in Rome, defeating second-seeded Svetlana Kuznetsova in the final. Janković was the fourth seed at the French Open, falling to Henin in the semifinals 6–2, 6–2. Her results at these six clay court tournaments improved her ranking to World No. 3.

On grass, Janković captured the DFS Classic title in Birmingham, beating top-seeded Maria Sharapova in the final. Sharapova led 3–0 in the third set before Janković rallied to win the match. This was her first career victory over Sharapova. The next week, Janković reached the final of the Ordina Open in the Netherlands and became the first player since Chris Evert in 1974 to win 50 matches in the first half of a year. Janković, suffering from a hamstring injury, lost the final to Anna Chakvetadze. At Wimbledon, Janković was the third-seed but lost in the fourth round to eventual finalist Marion Bartoli, 3–6, 7–5, 6–3. In the mixed doubles competition at Wimbledon, Janković teamed with doubles specialist Jamie Murray to win the title by beating the fifth-seed team, Jonas Björkman and Alicia Molik, in the final 6–4, 3–6, 6–1.

During the North American summer hard court season, Janković lost in the third round of the Tier I Acura Classic in San Diego. Janković blamed her loss on the flu but despite her illness, she reached the semifinals of the East West Bank Classic in Carson, California the next week. There, she lost to Ivanović in three sets. Janković said, "I cannot expect myself to play my best tennis when I am still blowing my nose on each changeover with paper towels." In August, Janković reached the final of the Tier I Rogers Cup in Toronto, where she lost to Henin on Henin's sixth match point. Janković had led 4–1 in the first set and 4–2 in the second set but was unable to maintain her lead. At the US Open, Janković lost to Venus Williams in the quarterfinals 4–6, 6–1, 7–6(4).

Janković practicing at the 2007 US Open

To complete her hectic playing year, Janković traveled to Asia for two tournaments, Europe for one tournament, back to Asia for one tournament, and finally back to Europe for two tournaments. At the Commonwealth Bank Tennis Classic in Bali, Janković was upset in the quarterfinals by former World No. 1 Lindsay Davenport 6–4, 2–6, 6–2. This was Davenport's first singles tournament since giving birth. The following week at the China Open in Beijing, Janković received a wildcard into the tournament after top-ranked Henin withdrew due to illness. In the second round, Janković defeated Virginia Ruano Pascual 6–0, 6–0, the third time in her career she had won a match without losing a game. Janković lost only four points during the second set, all on her own serve. In the semifinals, Janković beat Davenport 6–3, 7–5 but lost in the final to Hungarian teenager Ágnes Szávay after Janković had a match point in the second set.

After a two week break, Janković then played three consecutive weeks but won only two matches. At the Tier II tournament in Stuttgart, Janković lost to Henin in the semifinals 7–6(2), 7–5. Janković then retired from her first round match in Bangkok with Yan Zi. After a first round bye at the Zürich Open, Janković lost to Vaidišová 6–4, 6–4. Janković took a three week break before playing the year-ending WTA Tour Championships in Madrid. However, Janković lost all three of her round robin matches, to Henin, Chakvetadze, and Bartoli. Janković had successful nose surgery immediately after Madrid to correct a breathing problem. The surgery prevented her from practicing for three weeks.

2008

Janković in the 2008 Australian Open

Instead of defending her title in Auckland, Janković joined Novak Djokovic in playing for Serbia in the Hopman Cup, an exhibition team event sanctioned by the International Tennis Federation. In the final, Janković and Djokovic lost to the American team of Serena Williams and Mardy Fish, with Janković unable to play her singles rubber because of injury. In her final preparation event for the Australian Open, the Medibank International in Sydney, Janković lost in the quarterfinals to Nicole Vaidišová. Her first match at the Australian Open was against Tamira Paszek, which Janković won in three sets in over three hours. Both players needed medical attention during the final set. Janković then reached the quarterfinals for the first time, defeating defending champion Serena Williams reaching her third career Grand Slam singles semifinal where she lost to Maria Sharapova 6–3, 6–1.

Janković then played two tournaments in the Middle East. At the Tier I Qatar Total Open in Doha, Janković lost in the quarterfinals to Li Na 6–3, 6–4. The next week at the Tier II Barclays Dubai Tennis Championships, Janković lost in the semifinals to Svetlana Kuznetsova 5–7, 6–4, 6–3. Janković played one more Asian event, the Tier II Canara Bank Bangalore Open in India. Although she was the top seeded player, she lost in the quarterfinals to Yan Zi of China 6–3, 3–6, 6–3. At the Tier I Pacific Life Open in Indian Wells, California, Janković was the third seed and defeated 24th-seeded Lindsay Davenport in the quarterfinals when Davenport retired from the match with a shoulder and back injury after losing the first set. Janković then lost to fellow Serb Ana Ivanović in the semifinals 7–6(3), 6–3. The following fortnight, Janković was the runner-up at the Miami Masters, losing to Serena Williams 6–1, 5–7, 6–3 after Williams was unable to convert on seven match points in the third set.

Janković lost in the quarterfinals of her next two Tier I tournaments, the Family Circle Cup in Charleston, South Carolina (where she was defending champion) and the Qatar Telecom German Open in Berlin. Janković then successfully defended her Tier I Internazionali BNL d'Italia title in Rome. She defeated Venus Williams in the quarterfinals, advanced by walkover against Sharapova in the semifinals, and defeated French teenager Alizé Cornet in the final. This was Janković's first singles title of the year. At the French Open in Paris, Janković lost in three sets to Ivanović. Janković failed to sustain leads of 3–0 in the first set and 3–1 in the third set, although she did win the second set after trailing 3–1. Janković committed 51 unforced errors compared to 28 winners during the match.

On grass, Janković withdrew from the DFS Classic in Birmingham, United Kingdom because of an arm injury sustained during the French Open. Nevertheless, she replaced Sharapova as World No. 2 following the tournament. At Wimbledon, Janković was the second seeded player and defeated Caroline Wozniacki in the third round despite injuring her left knee. Because of early round losses by other highly ranked players, Janković only needed to reach the semifinals to replace Ivanović as World No. 1. However, she lost to Tamarine Tanasugarn in the fourth round 6–3, 6–2. Janković lost her third opportunity to grasp the World No. 1 ranking at the East West Bank Classic in Los Angeles when she lost to Dinara Safina in the semifinals 7–6(3), 6–1.

At the Tier I Rogers Cup in Montreal, Janković had a fourth chance to claim the World No. 1 ranking. Because Ivanović had lost in the third round, Janković only needed to reach the final to replace Ivanović as the top ranked player. However, Janković lost in the quarterfinals to Dominika Cibulková 7–5, 6–2 after Janković had led 4–0 in the first set. After the match, Janković said, "At the moment I don't deserve the top spot. I am not in the best shape, I am not at my highest level". Despite the loss, Janković moved up to World No. 1 on August 11, 2008. She is the 18th woman to have been ranked World No. 1 by the Women's Tennis Association. She is the first woman to have attained that ranking without ever having reached a Grand Slam final and only the third woman (the others being Amélie Mauresmo and Kim Clijsters) to have become World No. 1 without first winning a Grand Slam title. Serbia is only the third nation (the others being Belgium and the United States) to have had consecutive World No. 1 female players. Janković then lost her World No. 1 ranking on August 18, 2008, to Ivanović.

At the Beijing Olympics, Janković was seeded second and played the tournament with a sore right calf muscle that caused her to consider withdrawing. Janković defeated Cibulková in the third round but lost to sixth seed and eventual runner-up Safina in the quarterfinals in three sets.

Janković's next tournament was the final Grand Slam of the year, the US Open. She defeated fifth-seeded Elena Dementieva in the semifinals to reach her first Grand Slam final, where she lost to fourth-seeded Serena Williams 6–4, 7–5. Janković then lost in the quarterfinals of the Tier I Toray Pan Pacific Open in Tokyo to Svetlana Kuznetsova 2–6, 7–5, 7–5. Janković scored a win over Kuznetsova the next week though, when she beat her 6–3, 6–2 in the final of the China Open. In the semifinal, she defeated Olympic bronze medalist, Vera Zvonareva, in three sets. Janković played in the Porsche Tennis Grand Prix, where she defeated Venus Williams in the semifinals 6–7(8), 7–5, 6–2, and Nadia Petrova in the final 6–4, 6–3. This was her second title in two weeks. After that, she returned to World No. 1 spot on October 6.

Janković on court at the 2008 WTA Tour Championships

In the Kremlin Cup, Janković defeated Vera Dushevina 6–7(6), 6–3, 6–2 in round two after a first round bye. In the quarterfinals, she beat Italian wild-card, Flavia Pennetta, 7–6(6), 6–3. She defeated Elena Dementieva in the semifinals 0–6, 6–1, 6–0 before triumphing against Vera Zvonareva in the final, 6–2, 6–4 for her third title in three weeks, the first time for a player on the WTA tour to do so since 2005. Because of her result in the Kremlin Cup, this made Janković the only female in 2008 to make all quarter-finals or better in Tier I events.

Janković's 12-match winning streak came to an end at the Zürich Open where, playing in her fifth event in five weeks, she lost to eventual runner-up Flavia Pennetta 5–7, 6–3, 6–3 in the second round after an injury to her left wrist at the end of the first set and a cut on her knee, where the trainer was called, in the second. It was just her second pre-quarterfinal loss of the year, the other being at Wimbledon.

In the first round-robin match of the 2008 WTA Tour Championships held in Doha, Qatar, Janković saw off Ana Ivanović, for the first time since the 2006 East West Bank Classic in Los Angeles. This was also her first win at a WTA Tour Championships event. In the second round-robin match she beat Svetlana Kuznetsova 7–6, 6–4, thus confirming her place in the semifinals. She lost her third round-robin match, which would determine whether she played Elena Dementieva or Venus Williams, to Vera Zvonareva, 2–6, 6–3, 6–4. She lost in the semifinals, to Williams, 6–2, 2–6, 6–3, and ended the year as World No. 1. Jankovic was later named the ITF World Champion for her performances in 2008.

2009

Janković started the year at the JB Group Classic, an exhibition prior to the Australian Open. She was the top seed of Team Europe. She started by winning a doubles match in which she was paired with Portuguese player Michelle Larcher de Brito. The team defeated Team Americas' World No. 6 Venus Williams and newcomer to the women's tour, Coco Vandeweghe, 6–4, 7–5. Janković then lost to Williams in singles 6–2, 6–2. Janković later withdrew from the remainder of the tournament because of illness.

Janković was seeded first at the Australian Open in Melbourne, defeating Yvonne Meusburger in the first round and hitting 27 winners to Meusburger's three. Janković then beat Belgian Kirsten Flipkens in the second round and Ai Sugiyama in the third round. Sixteenth-seeded Marion Bartoli of France then upset Janković in the fourth round 6–1, 6–4. Bartoli hit 34 winners compared to Janković's 17 and won 81% of her first serve points compared to Janković's 56%. Janković lost her World No. 1 ranking to Serena Williams as a result.

Her next Women's Tennis Association event was the Open GDF SUEZ tournament in Paris, where she entered as a wildcard and was the second seeded player. In the first round, Janković beat Francesca Schiavone and in the second round, she beat Li Na. In the quarterfinals, she beat fifth-seeded Alizé Cornet 5–7, 6–4, 6–4 but then lost to Amélie Mauresmo in the semifinals 6–2, 0–6, 6–1.

Janković had a first round bye at the Barclays Dubai Tennis Championships, where she was seeded third. She was upset by Kaia Kanepi in the third round, 6–2, 7–5, in what she called "the worst match of my career". She was the second seeded player at the BNP Paribas Open in Indian Wells, California, a Premier Mandatory tournament. She received a bye in the first round before losing in the second round to Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova 6–4, 6–4. After the match, she conceded that she has been struggling with her confidence, saying "I need a lot of work". Janković then lost in the second round of the next Premier Mandatory tournament, the Sony Ericsson Open in Key Biscayne, Florida, to Gisela Dulko 6–4, 7–6(5) after Janković failed to hold leads of 5–2 in the second set and 5–2 in the tiebreaker.

Beginning her clay court season at the Andalucia Tennis Experience in Marbella, Spain, Janković defeated Francesca Schiavone in the first round. That was her first match win since February. In the semifinals, she defeated fourth seeded Anabel Medina Garrigues of Spain 7–5, 6–2.

Personal life

Janković was born in Belgrade, in then Yugoslavia, now Serbia, as the third child of Veselin and Snežana Janković, both economists. Her mother is from Serbia and her father is from Montenegro (Vasojevići clan). She also has two brothers, Marko and Stefan. She is a student at the Megatrend University in Belgrade, studying economics; however, she has put her course of study on indefinite hold as she continues to pursue her tennis career. She trained at tennis club "Crvena Zvezda".

At Wimbledon 2007, in a mixed doubles match at the semi-final stage she invited a ballboy to come and sit with her and began asking him questions, much to the crowd's amusement. Though the boy was clearly enjoying himself, he swiftly jumped out of the chair when Jamie Murray returned from his toilet break. The British press have linked Janković and Murray romantically but she has remained coy about their relationship, though she joked in interviews that she used kisses as a way of motivating the Scot.

Off-court, Janković has done work in film, starring in Jelenin svet (Jelena's World) in 2008, a documentary about her life. Janković portrayed herself; Justine Henin, Svetlana Kuznetsova, Ana Ivanović and other notable players also featured. In September 2008, Janković announced that she has been dating Montenegrian water polo player Mlađan Janović since August 2008. The pair had been dating since the 2008 Summer Olympics.

On December 5, 2007, Janković became a UNICEF National Ambassador for Serbia, for Children's Fund. "I am happy to have become a UNICEF ambassador for Serbia. This is a great honour for me and I will try to justify the role that has been given to me", she said. Janković is the second Serbian tennis star to have volunteered to help promote the rights of children and collect funds for UNICEF after Ana Ivanović became an ambassador in September.

Endorsements

Janković had endorsed Reebok sportswear, and had her own line with them for her tournament wear, but now is with ANTA Sports. Janković also has an endorsement with Prince Sports and now uses the Prince O3 Speedport Pro White Racquet after formerly using the Prince O3 Red Racquet. She is the face of the Serbian fashion design company Mona with her own line of clothing. Janković recently signed up to endorse Aqua Viva Hydroactive Water. Her picture will appear on the bottles for a limited timeand she will now feature in a TV advertisement. She is also Face of new Orbit endorsement.

Grand Slam finals

Singles runner-up (1)

Year	Championship	Opponent in Final	Score in Final
2008	US Open	Serena Williams	6–4, 7–5

Mixed doubles win (1)

Year	Championship	Partner	Opponents in Final	Score in Final
2007	Wimbledon	Jamie Murray	Alicia Molik Jonas Björkman	6–4, 3–6, 6–1

WTA Tour singles finals (19)

Wins (9)

Legend: Before 2009 Legend: Starting in 2009 Grand Slam tournaments (0) WTA Championships (0) Tier I (4) Premier Mandatory (0) Tier II (2) Premier 5 (0) Tier III (1) Premier (0) Tier IV & V (2) International (0)

Titles by Surface Hard (3) Grass (1) Clay (4) Carpet (1)

No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Opponent in Final	Score in Final
1.	May 2, 2004	Budapest, Hungary	Clay	Martina Suchá	7–6(4), 6–3
2.	January 6, 2007	Auckland, New Zealand	Hard	Vera Zvonareva	7–6(9), 5–7, 6–3
3.	April 15, 2007	Charleston, United States	Clay	Dinara Safina	6–2, 6–2
4.	May 20, 2007	Rome, Italy	Clay	Svetlana Kuznetsova	7–5, 6–1
5.	June 17, 2007	Birmingham, United Kingdom	Grass	Maria Sharapova	4–6, 6–3, 7–5
6.	May 18, 2008	Rome, Italy	Clay	Alizé Cornet	6–2, 6–2
7.	September 28, 2008	Beijing, China	Hard	Svetlana Kuznetsova	6–3, 6–2
8.	October 5, 2008	Stuttgart, Germany	Hard (I)	Nadia Petrova	6–4, 6–3
9.	October 12, 2008	Moscow, Russia	Carpet (I)	Vera Zvonareva	6–2, 6–4

Runner-ups (10)

Legend: Before 2009	Legend: Starting in 2009
Grand Slam tournaments (1)
WTA Championships (0)
Tier I (2)	Premier Mandatory (0)
Tier II (4)	Premier 5 (0)
Tier III (2)	Premier (0)
Tier IV & V (1)	International (0)

No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Opponent in Final	Score in Final
1.	March 5, 2005	Dubai, United Arab Emirates	Hard	Lindsay Davenport	6–4, 3–6, 6–4
2.	June 12, 2005	Birmingham, United Kingdom	Grass	Maria Sharapova	6–2, 4–6, 6–1
3.	October 2, 2005	Seoul, South Korea	Hard	Nicole Vaidišová	7–5, 6–3
4.	August 13, 2006	Los Angeles, United States	Hard	Elena Dementieva	6–3, 4–6, 6–4
5.	January 12, 2007	Sydney, Australia	Hard	Kim Clijsters	4–6, 7–6(1), 6–4
6.	June 23, 2007	's-Hertogenbosch, Netherlands	Grass	Anna Chakvetadze	7–6(2), 3–6, 6–3
7.	August 19, 2007	Toronto, Canada	Hard	Justine Henin	7–6(3), 7–5
8.	September 23, 2007	Beijing, China	Hard	Ágnes Szávay	6–7(7), 7–5, 6–2
9.	April 5, 2008	Miami, United States	Hard	Serena Williams	6–1, 5–7, 6–3
10.	September 7, 2008	US Open, New York City	Hard	Serena Williams	6–4, 7–5

WTA Tour women's doubles finals (1)

Wins (1)

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

No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Partner	Opponents in Final	Score in Final
1.	June 18, 2006	Birmingham, United Kingdom	Grass	Li Na	Jill Craybas Liezel Huber	6–2, 6–4

ITF singles titles (1)

No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Opponent in Final	Score in Final
1	October 19, 2003	Dubai, United Arab Emirates	Hard	Henrieta Nagyová	6–2, 7–5

Singles performance timeline

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 Key Biscayne, Florida, which ended April 5, 2009.

Tournament	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008	2009	Career SR	Career W–L
Grand Slam Tournaments
Australian Open	A	A	A	2R1	2R	2R	2R	4R	SF	4R	0 / 7	18–7
French Open	A	A	A	LQ2	1R	1R	3R	SF	SF		0 / 6	13–6
Wimbledon	A	A	A	LQ	1R	3R	4R	4R	4R		0 / 6	11–6
US Open	A	A	LQ	LQ3	2R	3R	SF	QF	F		0 / 7	20–7
SR	0 / 0	0 / 0	0 / 1	0 / 4	0 / 4	0 / 4	0 / 4	0 / 4	0 / 4	0 / 1	0 / 26	N/A
Win-Loss	0–0	0–0	0–1	7–4	2–4	5–4	11–4	15–4	19–4	3–1	N/A	62–26
Olympic Games
Summer Olympics	A	Not Held			1R	Not Held			QF	NH	0 / 2	3–2
Year-End Championship
WTA Tour Championships	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	RR4	SF		0 / 2	2–5
WTA Premier Mandatory Tournaments
Indian Wells	A	2R	A	1R	1R	2R	2R	4R	SF	2R	0 / 8	7–8
Key Biscayne	A	LQ	A	1R5	3R	2R	2R	3R	F	2R	0 / 8	10–8
Madrid	Not Held										0 / 0	0–0
Beijing	Not Held				Not Tier I						0 / 0	0–0
WTA Premier 5 Tournaments
Dubai	NH	Not Tier I								3R	0 / 1	1–1
Rome	A	A	A	1R5	LQ	2R	QF	W	W		2 / 6	15–4
Cincinnati	Not Held				Not Tier I						0 / 0	0–0
Montréal / Toronto	A	A	A	A	2R	1R	3R6	F	QF		0 / 5	9–4
Tokyo	A	A	A	A	A	1R	1R	QF	QF		0 / 4	2–4
Former WTA Tier I Tournaments (currently neither Premier Mandatory nor Premier 5 events)
Charleston	A	A	LQ	A	2R	1R	1R	W	QF	NM5	1 / 6	8–5
Moscow	A	A	A	A	A	1R	A	A	W		1 / 2	4–1
Doha	NH	Not Tier I							QF	Not Held	0 / 1	2–1
Berlin	A	A	A	A	A	SF	1R	QF	QF		0 / 4	8–4
San Diego	A	A	A	A	2R	3R	3R	3R	NH		0 / 4	6–4
Zürich	A	A	A	A	A	2R	2R	2R	Not Tier I		0 / 3	2–3
Career Statistics
Tournaments played	2	5	14	24	28	29	28	28	22	5	N/A	185
Runner-up	0	0	0	0	0	3	1	4	2	0	N/A	10
Tournaments Won	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	4	4	0	N/A	9
Hardcourt Win-Loss	0–1	3–4	12–7	29–12	23–19	22–18	31–14	38–14	46–15	9–5	N/A	213–109
Clay Win-Loss	0–0	6–1	9–7	17–9	6–4	7–5	8–7	23–4	13–3	0–0	N/A	89–40
Grass Win-Loss	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–1	4–3	6–3	6–3	10–2	3–1	0–0	N/A	29–13
Carpet Win-Loss	0–1	0–0	0–0	0–1	3–1	1–3	0–3	1–5	6–1	0–0	N/A	11–15
Overall Win-Loss	0–2	9–5	21–14	46–23	36–27	36–29	45–27	72–25	68–20	9–5	N/A	342–1777
Win %	0%	64%	60%	66%	57%	55%	62%	74%	77%	64%	N/A	66%
Year End Ranking	None	361	194	85	28	22	12	3	1		N/A	N/A

• ¹ Won three qualifying matches to reach the main draw.
• ² She lost in the second round of the qualifying tournament.
• ³ She lost in the third round of the qualifying tournament.
• ⁴ She lost all three of her matches during the round robin phase of the tournament.
• ⁵ Won two qualifying matches to reach the main draw.
• ⁶ She defaulted her third round match, which counts as a walkover but does not count as a loss on her official record.
• ⁷ Her win-loss record includes all matches listed on the WTA website, including challenger and all Fed Cup matches (the WTA website omits her 2008 Fed Cup matches).

WTA Tour career earnings

Year	Grand Slam singles titles	WTA singles titles	Total singles titles	Earnings ($)	Money list rank
2000-02	0	0	0	37,918	n/a
2003	0	0	0	76,459	132
2004	0	1	1	234,496	51
2005	0	0	0	450,441	30
2006	0	0	0	746,144	14
2007	0	4	4	1,831,012	6
2008*	0	4	4	3,564,465	3
Career*	0	9	9	6,940,935	26

• * - As of November 24, 2008

Head-to-head record against other players

Jankovic'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.

• Nadia Petrova 6–2
• Elena Dementieva 6–3
• Vera Zvonareva 6–4
• Venus Williams 5–4
• Ai Sugiyama 4–0
• Svetlana Kuznetsova 4–4
• Marion Bartoli 3–4
• Serena Williams 3–4
• Anna Chakvetadze 3–6
• Nicole Vaidisova 3–6
• Martina Hingis 2–0
• Daniela Hantuchova 2–1
• Patty Schnyder 2–1
• Dinara Safina 2–3
• Alicia Molik 2–4
• Lindsay Davenport 2–4
• Ana Ivanovic 2–6
• Agnieszka Radwanska 1–0
• Conchita Martinez 1–0
• Barbara Schett 1–1
• Mary Pierce 1–1
• Maria Sharapova 1–4
• Amelie Mauresmo 1–6
• Jelena Dokic 0–1
• Amanda Coetzer 0–2
• Anastasia Myskina 0–3
• Kim Clijsters 0–6
• Justine Henin 0–9

See also

• Tennis performance timeline comparison (women)
• List of Wimbledon Mixed Doubles champions
• Jelenin svet

External links

• Official site
• Jelena Janković at the Women's Tennis Association
• Jelena Janković at the Billie Jean King Cup
• United Athletes Magazine Interview with Janković (from November 2006).
• Janković statistics

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