Ana Ivanović

Ana Ivanović
Ana Ivanović 2010, Stuttgart.jpg
Country  Serbia and Montenegro (2003–2006)
 Serbia (2006–present)
Residence Basel, Switzerland
Date of birth November 6, 1987 (1987-11-06) (age 23)
Place of birth Belgrade, SR Serbia, SFR Yugoslavia
Height 1.86 m (6 ft 1 in)[1][2]
Weight 69 kg (150 lb)
Turned pro August 17, 2003
Plays Right-handed (two-handed backhand)
Career prize money US$7,435,025
Singles
Career record 249–102
Career titles 8 WTA, 5 ITF
Highest ranking No. 1 (June 9, 2008)
Current ranking No. 40 (August 30, 2010)
Grand Slam results
Australian Open F (2008)
French Open W (2008)
Wimbledon SF (2007)
US Open 4R (2007, 2010)
Other tournaments
Championships SF (2007)
Doubles
Career record 20–26
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.

Ana Ivanović (Serbian Cyrillic: Ана Ивановић) Serbian pronunciation: [ˈana iˈvaːnɔvitɕ]  ( listen) (born November 6, 1987, in Belgrade, SR Serbia, Yugoslavia) is a former World No. 1 Serbian tennis player. As of August 30, 2010, she is ranked World No. 40 on the WTA rankings. She won the 2008 French Open and was the runner-up in singles at the 2007 French Open[3] and the 2008 Australian Open.[4]

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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.[5]. Aside from her tennis career, Ivanović also studies finance at a university in Belgrade and Spanish in her spare time.[6] Her inspiration to begin playing was Monica Seles.[7]

On September 8, 2007, Ivanović became a UNICEF National Ambassador for Serbia, alongside Aleksandar Đorđević, Jelena Janković 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."[8]

Ivanović confirmed in November 2008 that she was romantically involved with Spanish tennis player Fernando Verdasco;[9] however, it was reported that the relationship ended in January 2009. Ivanovic was associated with Australia's Adam Scott – a golf player but recently it is rumored that the pair has broken up.[10] Some of her best friends include close childhood family friend Novak Djokovic, whom she has known since she was 5 years old, and current world number 1 Rafael Nadal. She admires former No.1 tennis player Roger Federer.

Equipment

Ivanović endorsed Nike apparel and shoes at the beginning of her professional career,[11] but at the beginning of 2006, she switched to rival Adidas.[12] Ivanovic then signed a lifetime contract with Adidas, she will wear three-stripe products for the rest of her career. Ivanovic will then become an Ambassador for Adidas upon retirement from competitive tennis, she is believed to be the youngest athlete, male or female, to sign a contract that long.[13] She started with the Wilson racquets, eventually using the nCode nBlade.[14] Since the beginning of 2008, Ivanović has been using Yonex racquets, she previously used the RQiS 1 Tour XL 95 but at the beginning of Western and Southern Financial Group Women's Open 2010 in Cincinnati, she is currently and presently using a prototype version of a new Yonex racket[15], although the model was not yet released but is soon to be sale on shops in the coming months.

Music

Ana has appeared on a song called "Hurricane Ana" along with Serbian rapper Filip Filipi and Collie Buddz.[16]

Video games

Ivanović has appeared as a character in several video games: Smash Court Tennis 3, released in 2007; Virtua Tennis 2009; and Grand Slam Tennis for Wii, released in June 2009.

Playing Style

Ivanović is an offensive baseliner who is notable for her aggressive play. From 2007–2008, Ivanović was regarded as one of the best competitors on the women's tour. After winning the 2008 French Open and becoming #1, Ivanović has endured a significant slump in form. Many tennis analysts attribute her downword spiral to her lack of confidence and self belief. At the 2010 Australian Open, Hall of Famer Martina Navratilova commented that, "while she has absolutely no confidence in herself, she still fights till the last point." Currently, she has made some improvements to her playing style since appointing a new coach in 2010. This has given her confidence and returned her to the form that won her the French Open.

Serve

Ivanović's serve is a powerful weapon. She hit a 124.9 mph serve (201.0 kph) in 2007 at the French Open, the fifth fastest serve of all time on the WTA Tour.[17] As of late, however, her serve has become unreliable – mostly due to technical issues with her ball toss. The success of her ball toss is directly associated with her nerves. During the French Open final in 2007, Ivanović was overcome with nerves and her toss went astray. During Ivanović's slump in play in 2009, her serve became gradually less effective as her confidence diminished. Her serve currently is being adjusted by new coach Heinz Gunthardt. She said that her serve (during 2010) is no longer her issue [18] and it really helped from the parts of her game.

Groundstokes

Ivanović's strength is her powerful forehand which has been considered to be one of the best forehands in the game. It has a fluid motion and makes many winners. Her backhand, although not as big as her forehand, has improved over the years. Ivanović's movement and net play were once considered to be her weaknesses, however both her movement and net play has improved over the years.

Surfaces

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.

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.

2004

Ivanović reached the final of the Junior Wimbledon tournament in 2004, losing to Kateryna Bondarenko.[19] 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.

2005

Ivanović won her first career singles title, as a qualifier, in Canberra, Australia after defeating Melinda Czink 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.[20] Ivanović eventually reached the quarterfinals of that tournament, where she lost to Petrova.[21] Later in the year, Ivanović reached the semifinals of the Zurich Open and Generali Ladies Linz, losing in both tournaments to Patty Schnyder.

2006

Ivanović started the year at the Hopman Cup in Perth, Australia with fellow Serbian Novak Djoković, where the pair narrowly missed the final.[22] 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.

Ivanovic made it to the third round of the French Open before losing to Anastasia Myskina. She progressed to the fourth round at Wimbledon but lost to eventual champion Amélie 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.[23] 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.

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.

2007

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. Immediately after this tournament, she announced that she had terminated the services of her coach, David Taylor.

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.

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, and she then beat World No. 2 Sharapova in the semifinals. 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. However, World No. 1 and two-time defending champion Justine Henin won the match. Later on, Ivanović admitted that the idea of being in the final of a Grand Slam tournament overwhelmed her.

At Wimbledon, Ivanović defeated World No. 9 Nadia Petrova in the fourth round and saved three match points to defeat Nicole Vaidišová in the quarterfinals . 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.[24] She returned to the tour at the East West Bank Classic in Carson, California, saving two match points in the semifinals before defeating Janković. 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.

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.

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.

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. Because she finished second in her group, Ivanović played World No. 1 Henin in the semifinals, which the Belgian won.

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

2008

As the fourth seed at the Australian Open, Ivanović defeated 8th seed Venus Williams in the quarterfinals, in straight sets, 7–6(4), 6–4 for the first time in her career before losing to 5th seed 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. In the promotion playoff, Ivanović beat Renee Reinhard of the Netherlands, as Serbia advanced to the World Group II playoffs in April.

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. Ivanović was the seeded #2 at the French Open. She defeated World No. 3 Jelena Janković in a thrilling encounter in the semifinals, where Ivanovic sealed a shaky 6–4, 3–6, 6–4 win, guaranteeing that Ivanović would become the World No. 1, regardless of whether she won the final. Ivanović still went on to defeat Dinara Safina in the final, in straight sets, 6–4, 6–3, winning her first (and to date, only) Grand Slam singles title.

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

At Wimbledon, Ivanović had quick work of her first round match, only to encounter an inspired Nathalie Dechy in the second round. Ivanovic looked ahead for a straight sets win, before Dechy eventually launched a comeback even reaching 2 match points, before Ivanovic finally advanced to the third round. She eventually lost to unseeded wildcard Zheng Jie of China, in straight sets, who was ranked World No. 133 at the time.

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,[25] 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".[26] Ivanović, having reclaimed her World No. 1 ranking on August 18, was the top-seeded player at the US Open.[27] Ivanović lost in the second round to Julie Coin, which was the earliest loss by a top seeded player at the US Open since the 1973 tournament.[28]

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".[29]

Ana played the tournament Generali Ladies Linz in Linz and was seeded first she won the tournament with a crushing confident win over Vera Zvonareva, 6–1 6–2.

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. 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.[30]

2009

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.

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. Around this time, Ivanović began working with coach Craig Kardon in February after parting with former coach Sven Groeneveld.[31]

At the BNP Paribas Open in Indian Wells, California where she was defending champion, Ivanović advanced to the finals before losing to Vera Zvonareva. 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.

At the 2009 French Open, Ivanović won her first three matches in straight sets, before losing to Victoria Azarenka in the 4th round. This early loss caused Ivanović to fall out of the top ten for the first time since May, 2007. After this, Ivanović announced that she would ceased working with Craig Kardon, and would be participating in the adidas Player Development Program where she would be coached by Sven Groeneveld, Darren Cahill, Mats Merkel and Gil Reyes.[32]

At Wimbledon, Ivanović was seeded 13th. She faced two match points against Lucie Hradecka before prevailing. She then took down Sara Errani and 18th seed Samantha Stosur in the 2nd and 3rd rounds in straight sets, before retiring while down, 1–6, 1–0 against 3rd seed and eventual finalist Venus Williams.

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. After the match, former Wimbledon champion Pat Cash criticized Ivanović's new service motion, calling watching it a "painful experience" and that it "weakens her threat". He also felt that Ivanović was "over-analysing" her game and that her main problem is "her lack of confidence".[33]

At the Premier 5 Toray Pan Pacific Open in Tokyo, Ivanović suffered her third successive defeat losing in the first round to Lucie Šafářová, 6–4, 7–6(1). Citing an upper respiratory tract infection, Ivanović 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 only reached three quarter-finals, one semi-final and final and only won back-to-back matches six times. Ivanović ended the year ranked 21, the first time she had been ranked outside the Top 20 since July 2005.

2010

Ivanović started the year at the 2010 Brisbane International. Seeded 3rd, Ivanović reached her first semifinal since Indian Wells, defeating Jelena Dokić, Timea Bacsinszky and Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova en route, but lost to wild card Justine Henin, 6–3, 6–2, in Henin's first tournament since her return from retirement. Ivanović was seeded 20th at the 2010 Australian Open. She reached the second round after defeating qualifier Shenay Perry in straight sets in the opening round. There, she lost to Gisela Dulko 6–7(6), 7–5, 6–4, having led 3–1 in the second set.

Ivanović then participated in the opening round of the 2010 Fed Cup in Serbia's tie against Russia. She went 0–2 in her singles matches, losing to Svetlana Kuznetsova and Alisa Kleybanova, both in straight sets. She partnered with Jelena Janković in the deciding doubles match, but they fell to Kuznetsova and Kleybanova. Ivanović then withdrew from Dubai with shoulder tendonitis.

Günthardt and Ivanović during practice at the 2010 Bank of the West Classic.

Ivanović then announced that she was working with Steffi Graf's former coach Heinz Gunthardt on a trial basis during the spring North American hard court season, suspending her relationship with the Adidas Player Development Program indefinitely. In her first match under Gunthardt, a one-set semi-final against reigning US Open champion Kim Clijsters in the 2010 Billie Jean King Cup at Madison Square Garden, Ivanović lost in a tie-break despite having match point on the ninth game. Ivanović said after the match that she could see improvements in her game.

Despite her improvements in the BNP Paribas Showdown reflected, at the 2010 BNP Paribas Open, Ivanović lost her opening match to world no. 63 Anastasija Sevastova 6–2, 6–4, losing her serve five times. This was Ivanović's fourth consecutive loss, the first time she had suffered four consecutive losses in her career. She also lost a huge number of points, having made the final in 2009. Due to this defeat, she dropped 30 places in the WTA Rankings from No.28 to No.58. This is the first time she has been out of the top 50 since she cracked it in March 2005. Seeded 25th at the Sony Ericsson Open in Miami, Ivanović won her first match since the Australian Open, beating qualifier Pauline Parmentier 6–4, 6–3 in the second round. She then lost to Agnieszka Radwańska 7–5, 7–5 in the third round.

In her first clay court event of the year at the Porsche Tennis Grand Prix in Stuttgart, Ivanović suffered yet another opening round exit at the hands of the 5th seed Radwańska, losing 7–6(4), 6–4. In the doubles partnering Andrea Petkovic, she lost to the pair of Borwell and Kops-Jones in her first doubles match since June 2009.

Unseeded at the 2010 Internazionali BNL d'Italia, Ivanović had her best week of tennis in nearly two years. She beat world no. 32 Elena Vesnina, stunned top 10 players Victoria Azarenka and Elena Dementieva, and top 20 player Nadia Petrova, all in straight sets, before losing to eventual champion Maria Jose Martinez Sanchez in straight sets. She was granted a wildcard into the Mutua Madrileña Madrid Open in Madrid, and received a bye in the first round due to her semifinal appearance at the Italian Open. This also makes her the first unseeded wildcard to receive a bye in the history of the WTA Tour. She lost in the second round to Jelena Janković 4–6, 6–4, 6–1, despite having led 2–0 in the second set. Ivanović entered the 2010 French Open unseeded at a major for the first time since 2005. After defeating Chang Kai-Chen of Taiwan in the first round in straight sets, she went down to Russia's 28th seed Alisa Kleybanova 6–3, 6–0.

In her next tournament, the grass court UNICEF Open, she defeated Swedish player Sofia Arvidsson in the first round in three sets, 4–6, 6–0, 6–1. In the second round, Ivanović fell to seventh seeded German Andrea Petkovic, also in three sets. Ivanović was defeated in the first round of Wimbledon by the 13th seeded Shahar Pe'er in straight sets. Ivanović's ranking dropped 19 places, to number 64, due to this loss.

In the opening round of the Bank of the West Classic at Stanford University, Ivanovic avenged her French Open defeat to Alisa Kleybanova with a 6–3, 6–2 win over the 26th ranked Russian. She lost in the next round to Marion Bartoli in straight sets, her first loss to the Frenchwoman in four matches. At the Mercury Insurance Open, Ivanovic fell to 7th seeded Israeli Shahar Peer in the first round. At the Western and Southern Financial Group Women's Open she rallied from 6–2, 5–3 down to upset 9th seeded Belarussian Victoria Azarenka 2–6, 7–6(6), 6–2. She then defeated Yaroslava Shvedova in round two, Vesnina in the third round, and top seed slayer Akgul Amanmuradova in the quarterfinals. She then retired on her semifinal match against 4th seed Kim Clijsters while trailing 1–2 in the first set due to a foot injury. Her ranking has dramatically moved up by 23 places to world number 39. She then withdrew from the Pilot Pen Open in New Haven, because of the ankle injury she sustained during the Cincinnati tournament.

At the US Open, Ivanovic then fell to defending champion and second seed Kim Clijsters, 6–2, 6–1 in the fourth round.

2010 Tournament calendar

The following lists tournaments on Ivanovic's 2010 calendar:[34]

  1. Brisbane International – January 3–9, 2010 (semifinals)
  2. Australian Open – January 18–30, 2010 (2nd round)
  3. BNP Paribas Open – March 10–21, 2010 (2nd round)
  4. Sony Ericsson Open – March 23- April 4, 2010 (3rd round)
  5. Porsche Tennis Grand Prix – April 24- May 2, 2010 (1st round)
  6. Internazionali BNL d'Italia – May 2–8, 2010 (semifinals)
  7. Mutua Madrileña Madrid Open – May 8–16, 2010 (2nd round)
  8. French Open – May 23- June 5, 2010 (2nd round)
  9. UNICEF Open – June 13–19, 2010 (2nd round)
  10. Wimbledon Championships – June 21- July 3, 2010 (1st round)
  11. Bank of the West Classic – July 26- August 1, 2010 (2nd round)
  12. Southern California Open – July 31- August 8, 2010 (1st round)
  13. Western & Southern Financial Group Women's Open – August 9–15, 2010 (semifinals; retired due to injury)
  14. Pilot Pen Tennis – August 20–28, 2010 (withdrew due to ankle injury)
  15. US Open – August 30- September 12, 2010 (4th round)
  16. Hansol Korea Open – September 20–26, 2010
  17. Toray Pan Pacific Open – September 26 – October 2, 2010
  18. China Open – October 2–10, 2010
  19. BGL Luxembourg Open – October 18–24, 2010

Win-loss for current season

Win: 19 Lose: 16[36]

RES Opponent Score Tournament RES Opponent Score Tournament
Win AustraliaJelena Dokić 7–5, 1–6, 6–3 Brisbane International Lose BelgiumJustine Henin 3–6, 2–6 Brisbane International
Win SwitzerlandTimea Bacsinszky 6–2, 2–6, 6–4 Brisbane International Lose ArgentinaGisela Dulko 7–6(6), 5–7, 4–6 Australian Open
Win RussiaAnastasia Pavlyuchenkova 6–2, 7–6(6) Brisbane International Lose RussiaSvetlana Kuznetsova 1–6, 4–6 Fed Cup
Win United StatesShenay Perry 6–2, 6–3 Australian Open Lose RussiaAlisa Kleybanova 2–6, 3–6 Fed Cup
Win FrancePauline Parmentier 6–4, 6–3 Sony Ericsson Open Lose LatviaAnastasija Sevastova 2–6, 4–6 Indian Wells
Win RussiaElena Vesnina 6–1, 6–3 Internazionali BNL d'Italia Lose PolandAgnieszka Radwańska 5–7, 5–7 Sony Ericsson Open
Win BelarusVictoria Azarenka 6–4, 6–4 Internazionali BNL d'Italia Lose PolandAgnieszka Radwańska 6–7(4), 4–6 Porsche Tennis Grand Prix
Win RussiaElena Dementieva 6–1, 7–6(5) Internazionali BNL d'Italia Lose SpainMaría Jose Martínez Sánchez 4–6, 2–6 Internazionali BNL d'Italia
Win RussiaNadia Petrova 6–2, 7–5 Internazionali BNL d'Italia Lose SerbiaJelena Janković 6–4, 4–6, 1–6 Mutua Madrilena Madrid Open
Win Chinese TaipeiChang Kai-chen 6–3, 6–3 French Open Lose RussiaAlisa Kleybanova 3–6, 0–6 French open
Win SwedenSofia Arvidsson 4–6, 6–0, 6–1 UNICEF Open Lose GermanyAndrea Petkovic 4–6, 7–6(4), 1–6 UNICEF Open
Win RussiaAlisa Kleybanova 6–3, 6–2 Bank of the West Classic Lose IsraelShahar Pe'er 3–6, 4–6 Wimbledon
Win Belarus Victoria Azarenka 2–6, 7–6(6), 6–2 W & S FG MW Open Lose France Marion Bartoli 3–6, 4–6 Bank of the West Classic
Win Kazakhstan Yaroslava Shvedova 6–1, 7–5 W & S FG MW Open Lose Israel Shahar Peer 6–7(3), 4–6 Mercury Insurance Open
Win Russia Elena Vesnina 6–0, 6–3 W & S FG MW Open Lose Belgium Kim Clijsters 1–2, retired W & S FG MW Open
Win UzbekistanAkgul Amanmuradova 6–1, 6–3 W & S FG MW Open Lose Belgium Kim Clijsters 6–2, 6–1 2010 US Open
Win RussiaEkaterina Makarova 6–3, 6–2 2010 US Open Lose -
Win People's Republic of ChinaJie Zheng 6–3, 6–0 2010 US Open Lose
Win FranceVirginie Razzano 7–5, 6–0 2010 US Open Lose

Major finals

Grand Slam finals

Singles: 3 (1–2)

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

Career finals

Singles: 12 (8 titles, 4 runner-ups)

Winner — Legend (pre/post 2009)
Grand Slam tournaments (1–2)
WTA Tour Championships (0–0)
Tier I / Premier Mandatory & Premier 5 (3–2)
Tier II / Premier (3–0)
Tier III, IV & V / International (1–0)
Titles by Surface
Hard (6–2)
Grass (0–0)
Clay (2–1)
Carpet (0–1)
Outcome No. Date Championship Surface Opponent in the final Score in the final
Winner 1. January 15, 2005 Canberra, Australia Hard Hungary Melinda Czink 7–5, 6–1
Winner 2. August 21, 2006 Montréal, Canada Hard Switzerland Martina Hingis 6–2, 6–3
Runner-up 1. February 4, 2007 Tokyo, Japan Carpet Switzerland Martina Hingis 6–4, 6–2
Winner 3. May 13, 2007 Berlin, Germany Clay Russia Svetlana Kuznetsova 3–6, 6–4, 7–6(4)
Runner-up 2. June 9, 2007 French Open, Paris, France Clay Belgium Justine Henin 6–1, 6–2
Winner 4. August 12, 2007 Los Angeles, United States Hard Russia Nadia Petrova 7–5, 6–4
Winner 5. September 30, 2007 Luxembourg City, Luxembourg Hard (i) Slovakia Daniela Hantuchová 3–6, 6–4, 6–4
Runner-up 3. January 26, 2008 Australian Open, Melbourne, Australia Hard Russia Maria Sharapova 7–5, 6–3
Winner 6. March 23, 2008 Indian Wells, U.S. Hard Russia Svetlana Kuznetsova 6–4, 6–3
Winner 7. June 7, 2008 French Open, Paris, France Clay Russia Dinara Safina 6–4, 6–3
Winner 8. October 26, 2008 Linz, Austria Hard (i) Russia Vera Zvonareva 6–2, 6–1
Runner-up 4. March 22, 2009 Indian Wells, U.S. Hard Russia Vera Zvonareva 7–6(5), 6–2

Doubles: 1 (1 runner-up)

Outcome No. Date Championship Surface Partner Opponent in the final Score in the final
Runner-up 1. June 19, 2006 's-Hertogenbosch, Netherlands Grass Russia Maria Kirilenko People's Republic of China Yan Zi
People's Republic of China Zheng Jie		 3–6, 6–2, 6–2

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 Serbia and Montenegro Ana Timotić 6–1, 6–1
2. May 2, 2004 Gifu, Japan Carpet South Korea Mi-Ra Jeon 6–4, 2–6, 7–5
3. May 9, 2004 Fukuoka, Japan Carpet Slovakia Jarmila Gajdošová 6–2, 6–7(4), 7–6(4)
4. September 12, 2004 Fano, Italy Clay Romania Delia Sescioreanu 6–2, 6–4
5. September 26, 2004 Batumi, Georgia Hard Russia Anna Chakvetadze 6–3, 6–3

Awards

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 Wimbledon Championships in London, United Kingdom, which ended July 4, 2010.

Tournament 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 Career SR Career Win-Loss
Grand Slam Tournaments
Australian Open A A 3R 2R 3R F 3R 2R 0 / 6 14–6
French Open A A QF 3R F W 4R 2R 1 / 6 23–5
Wimbledon A A 3R 4R SF 3R 4R 1R 0 / 6 15–6
US Open A LQ 2R 3R 4R 2R 1R 4R 0 / 7 10–7
SR 0 / 0 0 / 1 0 / 4 0 / 4 0 / 4 1 / 4 0 / 4 0 / 4 1 / 25 N/A
Win-Loss 0–0 0–1 9–4 8–4 16–4 16–3 8–4 5–4 N/A 62–24
Olympic Games
Summer Olympics NH 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 2R 1 / 5 15–4
Miami A A QF 4R 2R 3R 3R 3R 0 / 6 9–6
Madrid Not Held A 2R 0 / 1 0–1
Beijing NH Not Tier I A 0 / 0 0–0
WTA Premier 5 Tournaments
Dubai Not Tier I QF A 0 / 1 2–1
Rome A A 3R A A 2R 3R SF 0 / 4 7–4
Cincinnati NH Not Tier I 2R SF 0 / 2 5–2
Canada A A 3R W 2R 3R 2R A 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 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 NT1 A A 3R A Not Held NM5 0 / 1 2–1
Zurich A 2R SF A 2R NT1 Not Held 0 / 3 4–3
Career Statistics
Tournaments played 5 5 16 19 19 18 14 14 N/A 110
Runner-up 1 0 0 0 2 1 1 0 N/A 5
Tournaments Won 0 0 1 1 3 3 0 0 N/A 8
Hardcourt Win-Loss 1–1 11–3 26–8 24–11 23–10 26–12 16–10 13–10 N/A 140–65
Clay Win-Loss 11–4 10–1 9–4 4–3 16–3 10–2 5–2 5–4 N/A 70–23
Grass Win-Loss 0–0 0–1 2–1 5–2 6–2 2–1 3–2 1–2 N/A 19–11
Carpet Win-Loss 0–0 16–0 3–1 2–2 6–3 0–0 0–0 0–0 N/A 27–6
Overall Win-Loss 12–5 37–5 40–14 35–18 51–18 38–15 24–14 19–16 N/A 256–105
Win % 71% 88% 74% 66% 74% 72% 63% 54% N/A 70.9%
Year End Ranking 705 97 16 14 4 5 21 N/A N/A

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 2 3 3,119,640 4
2009 0 0 0 714, 725 20
Career 1 7 8 6,999, 522 27

See also

Head-to-head record against other players

Ivanović'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.

References

  1. ↑ WTA Profile
  2. ↑ "Ana Ivanovic, WTA – Tennis". CBSSports.com. 2008-06-11. http://www.cbssports.com/tennis/players/playerpage/494719/2010/ana-ivanovic. Retrieved 2010-07-09. 
  3. ↑ "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. 
  4. ↑ "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. 
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  6. ↑ Ivanovic grows into role of Australia's adopted daughter
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  8. ↑ "Ivanović Becomes UNICEF Ambassador". WTA Tour. 2007-09-08. http://www.sonyericssonwtatour.com/1/newsroom/stories/?ContentID=1684. Retrieved 2007-09-08. 
  9. ↑ Ivanovic confirms relationship with Verdasco
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  16. ↑ http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0lI4sWgxdyY
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  18. ↑ [3]
  19. ↑ "Wimbledon 2004". Tennis Europe. http://www.tenniseurope.org/MediaInfocentre/Med_Info_Archive_Wimbledon2004.aspx. Retrieved 2010-07-09. 
  20. ↑ Serbian starlet shocks Mauresmo
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  24. ↑ Ana's diary – I have to rest for two weeks, July 12, 2007
  25. ↑ "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. 
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  29. ↑ "Ana suffers Petrova lost". anaivanovic.com. 2008-09-15. http://www.anaivanovic.com/?path=start/news&detailpage=1295. Retrieved 2008-09-19. 
  30. ↑ Ana pulls out
  31. ↑ Ivanovic Selects Craig Kardon as New Coach Tennis.com, February 10, 2009
  32. ↑ Coaching update anaivanovic.com June 09, 2009
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  35. ↑ http://www.anaivanovic.com/news/scheduling-update-montreal
  36. ↑ http://anaivanovic.com/results

External links

 
Ana Ivanović (Achievement precedessor & successor)
Sporting positions
Preceded by
Maria Sharapova
Jelena Janković		 World No. 1
June 9, 2008 - August 10, 2008
August 18, 2008 - September 7, 2008		 Succeeded by
Jelena Janković
Serena Williams
Preceded by
Kim Clijsters		 US Open Series Champion
2006		 Succeeded by
Maria Sharapova
Awards
Preceded by
Maria Sharapova
Jelena Janković		 WTA Most Improved Player
2005
2007		 Succeeded by
Jelena Janković
Dinara Safina
Preceded by
Kim Clijsters		 Karen Krantczke Sportsmanship Award
2007		 Succeeded by
Elena Dementieva
French Open women's singles champions

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