Ana Jovanović

Ana Jovanović
Ана Јовановић
Country (sports)	Serbia
Residence	Munich, Germany
Born	28 December 1984; Belgrade, SR Serbia, SFR Yugoslavia
Turned pro	2001
Retired	2011
Plays	Right-handed (two-handed backhand)
Prize money	$92,619
Singles
Career record	236–133
Career titles	9 ITF
Highest ranking	No. 216 (22 June 2009)
Grand Slam singles results
US Open	Q1 (2008)
Doubles
Career record	44–59
Career titles	1 ITF
Highest ranking	No. 285 (10 May 2010)
Team competitions
Fed Cup	3–6

Ana Jovanović (Serbian Cyrillic: Ана Јовановић, pronounced [âna jǒʋanoʋitɕ, ǎː-, – joʋǎː-]; born 28 December 1984) is a Serbian former professional tennis player. She was coached by Nikola Pilić,[1][2] one of the earlier coaches of Boris Becker.

Tennis career

During her career, she won nine titles in singles and one title in doubles in tournaments of the ITF Women's Circuit.

Playing for Serbia in the Fed Cup, Jovanović has a win–loss record of 3–6.

Following her playing career, she was hired as a coach at the Novak Tennis Academy when it opened in November 2011.[3]

ITF Circuit finals

Singles: 18 (9 titles, 8 runner-ups)

Legend
$100,000 tournaments
$75,000 tournaments
$50,000 tournaments
$25,000 tournaments
$10,000 tournaments

Finals by surface
Hard (1–0)
Clay (8–7)
Grass (0–0)
Carpet (0–1)

Result	No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Opponent	Score
Win	1.	13 October 2002	ITF Ain Sukhna, Egypt	Clay	Aurelija Misevičiūtė	6–4, 6–1
Win	2.	27 October 2002	ITF Al Mansoura, Egypt	Clay	Ema Janašková	4–6, 6–3, 6–2
Win	3.	4 July 2004	ITF Bibione, Italy	Clay	Sabrina Jolk	6–3, 6–3
Loss	1.	27 March 2005	ITF Rome, Italy	Clay	Romina Oprandi	4–6, 6–7⁽⁴⁾
Loss	2.	24 July 2005	Palić Open, Serbia and Montenegro	Clay	Miljana Adanko	5–7, 1–6
NP		30 April 2006	ITF Herceg Novi, Serbia and Montenegro	Clay	Zorica Petrov	canc.
Win	4.	14 May 2006	ITF Mostar, Bosnia and Herzegovina	Clay	Ani Mijačika	6–2, 6–4
Win	5.	25 March 2007	ITF Athens, Greece	Hard	Neuza Silva	6–3, 4–6, 6–3
Win	6.	24 June 2007	ITF Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina	Clay	Davinia Lobbinger	6–4, 6–4
Win	7.	5 August 2007	ITF Bad Saulgau, Germany	Clay	Kathrin Wörle	7–5, 4–6, 7–5
Loss	3.	7 June 2009	ITF Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina	Clay	Ivana Lisjak	0–6, 6–7⁽¹⁰⁾
Loss	4.	2 August 2009	ITF Bad Saulgau, Germany	Clay	Andrea Hlaváčková	4–6, 4–6
Loss	5.	22 November 2009	ITF Opole, Poland	Carpet (i)	Sandra Záhlavová	0–6, 2–6
Loss	6.	30 May 2010	Grado Tennis Cup, Italy	Clay	Anna Tatishvili	7–6⁽³⁾, 3–6, 4–6
Win	8.	26 September 2010	ITF Novi Sad, Serbia	Clay	Ingrid Radu	6–2, 6–3
Loss	7.	5 December 2010	ITF Ain Sukhna, Egypt	Clay	Chanel Simmonds	4–6, 7–6⁽⁵⁾, 6–7⁽⁶⁾
Loss	8.	12 December 2010	ITF Ain Sukhna, Egypt	Clay	Sofiya Kovalets	0–6, 2–6
Win	9.	26 June 2011	ITF Niš, Serbia	Clay	Vivien Juhászová	6–3, 7–6⁽⁴⁾

Doubles: 4 (1 title, 3 runner-ups)

Result	No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Loss	1.	1 June 2003	ITF Campobasso, Italy	Clay	Višnja Vuletić	Leanne Baker Ekaterina Kozhokina	1–6, 1–6
Loss	2.	25 August 2007	ITF Maribor, Slovenia	Clay	Laura Siegemund	Darija Jurak Michaela Paštiková	6–1, 4–6, 1–6
Win	1.	22 September 2009	ITF Opole, Poland	Carpet (i)	Justine Ozga	Lyudmyla Kichenok Nadiia Kichenok	6–4, 6–4
Loss	3.	26 July 2010	ITF Bad Saulgau, Germany	Clay	Anna Zaja	Elise Tamaëla Scarlett Werner	4–6, 6–1, 5–7

Fed Cup participation

Singles (3–2)

Edition	Round	Date	Against	Surface	Opponent	Result	Score
2005 Europe/Africa Zone Group I	RR	20–04–05	Denmark	Clay	Caroline Wozniacki	Win	4–6, 7–6⁽⁵⁾, 6–4
2007 World Group II	PO	14–07–07	Slovakia	Hard (i)	Dominika Cibulková	Loss	4–6, 2–6
2008 World Group II	PO	26–04–08	Croatia	Hard (i)	Jelena Kostanić Tošić	Win	6–4, 7–5
2009 World Group	PO	26–04–09	Spain	Clay	María José Martínez Sánchez	Win	3–6, 6–4, 7–6⁽⁰⁾
2011 World Group II	QF	06–02–11	Canada	Hard (i)	Aleksandra Wozniak	Loss	0–6, 4–6

PO = Playoff
RR = Round robin

Doubles (0–4)

Edition	Round	Date	Partnering	Against	Surface	Opponents	Result	Score
2007 World Group II	PO	15–07–07	Ana Timotić	Slovakia	Hard (i)	Janette Husárová Jana Juricová	Loss	4–6, 2–6
2008 Europe/Africa Group I	RR	31–01–08	Teodora Mirčić	Poland	Carpet (i)	Klaudia Jans Alicja Rosolska	Loss	3–6, 2–6
2008 World Group II	PO	27–04–08	Teodora Mirčić	Croatia	Hard (i)	Jelena Kostanić Tošić Ana Vrljić	Loss	1–4 ret.
2009 World Group	QF	08–02–09	Jelena Janković	Japan	Hard (i)	Rika Fujiwara Aiko Nakamura	Loss	6–3, 5–7, ret.
2009 World Group	PO	26–04–09	Aleksandra Krunić	Spain	Clay	Lourdes Domínguez Lino Nuria Llagostera Vives	CND	2–6, 0–1 canc.

CND = cancelled
PO = Playoff
RR = Round robin

References

"Ana Jovanović o sezoni napretka". Sportska centrala (in Serbian). 22 August 2007.
"Ana Jovanović: Mi pišemo istoriju". Vesti-Online (in Serbian). 3 February 2010.
"Otvorena Teniska akademija "Novak"". B92 (in Serbian). 1 November 2011.

External links

Ana Jovanović at the Women's Tennis Association
Ana Jovanović at the International Tennis Federation
Ana Jovanović at the Billie Jean King Cup

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[1] "Ana Jovanović o sezoni napretka". Sportska centrala (in Serbian). 22 August 2007.

[2] "Ana Jovanović: Mi pišemo istoriju". Vesti-Online (in Serbian). 3 February 2010.

[3] "Otvorena Teniska akademija "Novak"". B92 (in Serbian). 1 November 2011.