Ana Ivanovic

Ana Ivanovic

Ana Ivanovic at the 2014 Mutua Madrid Open
Country  Serbia
Residence Bern, Switzerland[1]
Born 6 November 1987
Belgrade, SFR Yugoslavia
Height 1.84 m (6 ft 0 in)[2][1]
Turned pro 17 August 2003
Plays Right-handed (two-handed backhand)
Coach(es) Nikola Cetnik (1994–2001)
Dejan Vranes (2002–2004)
Eric van Harpen (2004–2005)
Zoltan Kuharszky (2005–2006)
David Taylor (2006–2007)
Sven Groeneveld (?–2009)
Craig Kardon (2009)
Heinz Günthardt (2010)
António van Grichen (2010–2011)
Nigel Sears (2011–2013)
Nemanja Kontic (2013–2014)
Dejan Petrovic (2014–)
Prize money US$ 13,324,157
Official website Official website
Singles
Career record 445–195 (69.53%)
Career titles 15 WTA, 5 ITF
Highest ranking No. 1 (9 June 2008)
Current ranking No. 7 (27 April 2015)
Grand Slam Singles results
Australian Open F (2008)
French Open W (2008)
Wimbledon SF (2007)
US Open QF (2012)
Other tournaments
Tour Finals SF (2007)
Olympic Games 3R (2012)
Doubles
Career record 26–32
Career titles 0
Highest ranking No. 50 (25 September 2006)
Current ranking No. 511 (23 March 2015)
Grand Slam Doubles results
French Open 1R (2005, 2007)
Wimbledon 3R (2005)
US Open 3R (2006)
Mixed Doubles
Career record 2–2
Grand Slam Mixed Doubles results
Australian Open 2R (2006)
French Open 2R (2005)
Other Mixed Doubles tournaments
Olympic Games 1R (2012)
Team competitions
Fed Cup F (2012) Record 20–9
Hopman Cup F (2013)
Last updated on: 23 March 2015.

Ana Ivanovic (Serbian: Ana Ivanović, Ана Ивановић;[3][4] Serbian pronunciation: [âna iʋǎːnoʋit͡ɕ]; born 6 November 1987) is a Serbian professional tennis player who as of February 2, 2015 is ranked No. 6 in the world by the Women's Tennis Association.[5] Ranked No. 1 in the world in 2008, she beat Dinara Safina to win the 2008 French Open and was the runner-up at the 2007 French Open[6] and the 2008 Australian Open.[7] She has also qualified for the annual WTA Tour Championships three times, in 2007, 2008 and 2014[8] and has won the year-end WTA Tournament of Champions twice, in 2010[9] and 2011.[10]

Competing as a professional since 2003, Ivanovic has won 15 WTA Tour singles titles, including one Grand Slam singles title. As of 2014, she has career earnings of just over $13 million. In June 2011, she was named one of the "30 Legends of Women's Tennis: Past, Present and Future" by Time,[11] and was also included on the list of Top 100 Greatest Players Ever (male and female combined) by reporter Matthew Cronin.[12]

Her first breakthrough came at the 2004 Zurich Open, where she qualified and was narrowly beaten by Venus Williams in the second round in two tiebreak sets. By the age of 18 Ivanovic had already defeated established players, such as Svetlana Kuznetsova, Nadia Petrova, Vera Zvonareva and Amélie Mauresmo. She also has defeated many other past and present top players including Maria Sharapova, Venus Williams, Serena Williams, Dinara Safina, Martina Hingis, Jelena Janković, Agnieszka Radwańska, Caroline Wozniacki, Petra Kvitová, Simona Halep and Victoria Azarenka. When on form Ivanovic is known for her aggressive style of play and impressive forehand, described by Petrova as, "the best out there."[13]

Ivanovic's struggles after winning the 2008 French Open have been well documented.[14] After that victory, she was overwhelmed by attention[15] and endured an ongoing period of reduced success, failing to make a Grand Slam quarterfinal in her subsequent 17 Grand Slam tournaments, and dropping as low as No. 65 in the rankings during July 2010.[16][17] 2014 was a resurgent year for Ivanovic, beginning with her winning the Auckland Open, her first singles title in over two years, before going on to win the Monterrey Open, Aegon Classic and the Pan Pacific Open. Ivanovic qualified for competition in the 2014 WTA Tour Championships in Singapore, and secured a year-end ranking of No.5, signifying her return to the world's elite.[18]

Early life

Ivanovic was born in Belgrade, SFR Yugoslavia. Ivanovic's mother Dragana, a lawyer, has been courtside during most of her matches. Her father Miroslav, a self-employed businessman, attended as many events as he possibly could. Ivanovic has a younger brother, Miloš, with whom she loved to play basketball.[19]

Ivanovic first picked up a racket at the age of five after watching Monica Seles, a fellow Yugoslav, on television.[1] She started her career after memorizing the telephone number of a local tennis clinic from an advertisement. During the NATO bombing of Yugoslavia, she was forced to train during the morning to avoid bombardments. Later, she admitted that she trained in an abandoned swimming pool in the winter, as no tennis facilities were available. When she was 15, Ivanovic spent four hours in a locker room crying after a defeat – the first that her new manager had witnessed. She thought that Dan Holzmann, the manager in question, would abandon her, thinking her not good enough to become a professional tennis player. However,he has remained her manager to this day.[20]

Career

2004: Rising star

Ivanovic reached the final of the Junior Wimbledon tournament in 2004, losing to Kateryna Bondarenko.[21] In 2004, she went 26–0 on the ITF circuit, and won all five events that she entered, two of them as a qualifier. As a qualifier in Zürich, she overcame a 5–1 third set deficit along with two match points to defeat world No. 29 Tatiana Golovin. She then debuted in the qualifying draw of a Major at the US Open, where she was defeated by Lioudmila Skavronskaia after winning the first set 6–1 and having two match points in the 3rd set. Her first notable breakthrough occurred in the next tournament, when she took Venus Williams to two tiebreaks, before losing in straight sets in the second round of the Zürich Open. She had held several set points in both sets. She followed up her run in Zürich with a quarterfinal showing at Luxembourg the next week.

2005: First WTA title

Ivanovic won her first career singles title early in the year at the Canberra International, after defeating Melinda Czink in the final. Her ranking continued to rise after wins over Svetlana Kuznetsova in Miami, Nadia Petrova also in Miami, and Vera Zvonareva in Warsaw, all of whom were top 10 players. Ivanovic lost to Amélie Mauresmo at the Australian Open in the third round, at Doha in the third round after holding a 6–2, 2–0 lead, and at the Miami Masters in the quarter finals. However, Ivanovic's biggest win to date then came over Mauresmo in the third round of the French Open.[22] Ivanovic advanced to the quarter-finals of only her second Grand Slam tournament by defeating future French Open champion Francesca Schiavone in the fourth round.[23] Later in the year, Ivanovic reached the semifinals of the Zurich Open and Generali Ladies Linz, losing to Patty Schnyder in both tournaments. Ivanovic finished the year ranked No. 16.

2006: Big breakthrough

Ivanovic at the 2006 US Open

Ivanovic started the season at the Hopman Cup in Perth, Australia with fellow Serbian Novak Djokovic, where the pair narrowly missed the final.[24] 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. A week later, she lost to Samantha Stosur in the second round of the Australian 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 and world No. 1 Amélie Mauresmo in straight sets after beating No. 14 seed Dinara Safina.

Ivanovic made her breakthrough in August 2006 by defeating a formerly ranked No. 1 Martina Hingis in the final of the Rogers Cup in Montreal before beating Jelena Janković, No. 14 seed Katarina Srebotnik and top 10 player Dinara Safina. 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.

Ivanovic also played nine tournaments in doubles in 2006, teaming up with Maria Kirilenko and Sania Mirza. Ivanovic and Kirilenko made two semifinals and a final; they ended the year at number 17 in the annual race to the Championships. Ivanovic finished the year ranked world No. 14 in singles and world No. 51 in doubles.

2007: First Grand Slam final and entering the top 10

Ivanovic started the season in Gold Coast and Sydney where she reached quarterfinals. Seeded 13th at the Australian Open, Ivanovic defeated Agnieszka Radwańska in the second round, but lost in the third round to Vera Zvonareva. Immediately after this tournament, she announced that she had split with her coach David Taylor. Ivanovic then played in the 2007 Toray Pan Pacific Open. In the quarterfinals she beat No. 10 Jelena Janković, and in the semifinals she beat No. 1 Maria Sharapova when Sharapova was forced to retire but after Ivanovic won first set, but she lost in the final to Martina Hingis.

On American hard court season, Ivanovic lost in early rounds. But on clay, Ivanovic first went on to semifinal of Amelia Island and then managed to win her first Tier I clay court title in Berlin, defeating No. 4 Svetlana Kuznetsova in the final in three sets. Ivanovic needed a tie-break to finally finish the match. The win in Berlin propelled her into the top ten of the WTA Rankings for the first time, at world No. 8.

Ivanovic 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, Ivanovic defeated world No. 3 Kuznetsova, and she then beat world No. 2 Sharapova in less than one hour in the semifinals. In the final, Ivanovic attempted to win her first Major 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 in straight sets.

At Wimbledon, Ivanovic 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 Ivanovic in two sets after Ivanovic had a break in the second set.[25]

A persistent knee injury sustained at Wimbledon caused Ivanovic to withdraw from Serbian Fed Cup competition against Slovakia and two lead-up events to the US Open.[26] She returned to the tour at the East West Bank Classic in Carson, California, saving two match points in the semifinals with huge winner before defeating No. 3 Janković in three sets. In the final, Ivanovic defeated top 10 player Petrova to win the fourth singles title of her career, which raised her ranking to a career-high of world No. 4.

In Ivanovic'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 Major.

Ivanovic returned to Europe for three tournaments. At the Tier II Luxembourg Championships, Ivanovic qualified for the 2007 WTA Tour Championships by virtue of reaching the semifinals. In the final, Ivanovic rallied from 3–6, 0–3 down to defeat Daniela Hantuchová in two hours and 25 minutes. This was her fifth career title. In the quarterfinals and semifinals she beat Tatiana Golovin and Vera Zvonareva.

To end the year, Ivanovic played in 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 and then Hantuchová in straight sets. She qualified for the semifinals but Sharapova defeated Ivanovic in the final match of the round-robin stage. Because she finished second in her group, Ivanovic played world No. 1 Henin in the semifinals, in which the Belgian won in two sets.

Ivanovic finished the year with a career-high ranking of world No. 4.

2008: French Open champion and world No. 1

Ivanovic started the year at the 2008 Medibank International, where she made the quarterfinals, eventually losing to world No. 1 Justine Henin despite having had break points in the third set. As the fourth seed at the Australian Open, Ivanovic made it all the way to the finals, beating top-10 players Venus Williams for the first time in her career, and coming back from a 0–6, 0–2 deficit against Daniela Hantuchová. She was given the nickname "Aussie Ana" during the on-court interview with Todd Woodbridge following the victory over Williams.[27] Ivanovic fell against world No. 5 Maria Sharapova in a tight match in the final where Ivanovic had 0–30 at 5–4 in first set. Her ranking rose to world No. 3 as a result of her performance at the tournament, the highest of her career at the time.

In Serbia's Fed Cup Europe/Africa Zone Group I D round-robin tie against Poland, Romania and Netherlands Ivanovic won all of her matches, as Serbia advanced to the World Group II playoffs in April. And soon Serbia qualified for World Group II, after beating neighboring country Croatia.

In March, Ivanovic defeated Svetlana Kuznetsova in the final of the Tier I Pacific Life Open in Indian Wells, California before wins over top-15 players Francesca Schiavone, Vera Zvonareva, and world No. 4 Jelena Janković, in the semifinals. She lost to Lindsay Davenport in the third round of the Sony Ericsson Open in Miami the following week in straight sets.

Ivanovic started her clay-court season as defending champion at the Qatar Telecom German Open in Berlin where she lost to Elena Dementieva for the fourth time in four meetings in the semifinals. In Rome she lost to qualifier Tsvetana Pironkova, but it couldn't domaralize Ivanovic, as she defeated Petra Cetkovská 6–0, 6–0 in the fourth round, No. 10 Patty Schnyder in the quarterfinals, and No. 3 Jelena Janković in a thrilling encounter in the semifinals of 2008 French Open. She went on to defeat Dinara Safina in straight sets in the final, winning her first (and to date, only) Major singles title.

Ivanovic at the 2008 French Open

At Wimbledon, Ivanovic saved match points against Nathalie Dechy, but fell against unseeded wildcard Zheng Jie of China in straight sets in third round.

Ivanovic started the summer hard-court season with a third-round loss at the Rogers Cup in Montreal to Tamira Paszek. Ivanovic, bothered by a sore thumb sustained during practice two weeks before Montreal,[28] withdrew from the East West Bank Classic in Los Angeles. Her withdrawal saw her lose the world No. 1 ranking to Janković. The thumb injury also caused her to withdraw from the Summer Olympics in Beijing, which Ivanovic described as "one of the worst moments of her career."[29] Ivanovic, having reclaimed her world No. 1 ranking on 18 August, was the top-seeded player at the US Open,[30] but lost to qualifier Julie Coin in second round. The loss was the earliest defeat of the top-seeded player at the US Open since the 1973 tournament.[31]

In her first match after the US Open, at the Tier I Toray Pan Pacific Open in Tokyo, Ivanovic was defeated by Nadia Petrova in three sets, bringing her win-loss record since the French Open to 4–4. Ivanovic 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."[32] Ivanovic then played in Beijing, and after two great results, she lost to Zheng Jie in three sets despite winning 16 more points than her opponent.

Then she came back to Europe to play three more tournaments, first in Moscow where she lost to Dominika Cibulková after having two match points. In the Zurich Open, she lost in the semifinals to Venus Williams after leading 3–1 in the third set. Ivanovic played in Linz and won the tournament as a top seed by crushing top-10 players Agnieszka Radwańska and Vera Zvonareva in the final.

At the year-end Sony Ericsson Championships in Doha, Qatar, Ivanovic was seeded fourth. In her first round-robin match, she was defeated by world No. 1 Janković after she won the best point of the year. Her next match was against Zvonareva, to whom she also lost in three exciting sets. She withdrew from her final match against Kuznetsova because of a virus.[33]

2009: Out of the top 20

At the Australian Open, Ivanovic was seeded fifth and won her first two matches in straight sets before losing to 29th seed Russian Alisa Kleybanova in the third round.

Ivanovic 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, she lost to Serena Williams in the quarterfinals. Around this time, Ivanovic began working with her new coach Craig Kardon, after parting with former coach Sven Groeneveld.[34][35]

At the BNP Paribas Open in Indian Wells, California, where she was defending champion, Ivanovic advanced to the finals, before losing to Vera Zvonareva. In Miami, Ivanovic lost in the third round to Ágnes Szávay. In April, Ivanovic took part in 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.

At the 2009 French Open, Ivanovic won her first three matches in straight sets, before losing to Victoria Azarenka in the fourth round. This early loss caused Ivanovic to fall out of the top ten for the first time since May 2007. After the loss, Ivanovic announced that she would cease working with Craig Kardon,[36] 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.[37][38][39]

At Wimbledon, Ivanovic was seeded 13th. She faced two match points against Lucie Hradecká, before prevailing. She then took down Sara Errani and 18th seed Samantha Stosur in the second and third rounds in straight sets, before retiring against third seed and eventual finalist Venus Williams.

At the Rogers Cup in Toronto, Ivanovic defeated Magdaléna Rybáriková in the first round and went on to face Lucie Šafářová in the second round where she was eliminated.[40]

At the US Open, Ivanovic lost in the first round of a Grand Slam for the first time in her career by succumbing to Kateryna Bondarenko. After the match, former Wimbledon champion Pat Cash criticized Ivanovic's new service motion, stating that watching it was a "painful experience" and that it "weakened her threat." He also felt that Ivanovic was "over-analysing" her game and that her main problem was "her lack of confidence."[41]

At the Premier 5 Toray Pan Pacific Open in Tokyo, Ivanovic suffered her third successive defeat by losing to Lucie Šafářová in the first round. Citing an upper respiratory tract infection, Ivanovic pulled out of the China Open and announced on her 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 did not win any titles. Ivanovic only reached three quarterfinals, one semifinal, and one final, and only won back-to-back matches six times. Ivanovic ended the year ranked 22, the first time she had been ranked outside the top 20 since July 2005.

2010: Return to the top 20

Ivanovic at the 2010 Porsche Tennis Grand Prix

Ivanovic started the year in Brisbane. Seeded third, Ivanovic reached her first semifinal since Indian Wells in 2009. She eventually bowed out to wildcard Justine Henin in Henin's first tournament since her return from retirement. Ivanovic was seeded 20th at the 2010 Australian Open, but lost to Gisela Dulko in the second round in three sets.

Ivanovic then participated in the opening round of the 2010 Fed Cup in Serbia's tie against Russia and she went 0–2 in her singles matches and also lost doubles match.

Ivanovic announced that she would be working with Steffi Graf's former coach Heinz Günthardt 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 as Gunthardt's pupil, a one-set semifinal against reigning US Open champion Kim Clijsters in the 2010 Billie Jean King Cup at Madison Square Garden, Ivanovic lost in a tiebreak, despite having held match point. After the match, Ivanovic stated that she had noted improvements in her game.

Despite her improvements, Ivanovic lost her opening match in Indian Wells, suffering four consecutive losses for the first time. By also losing a huge number of ranking points, Ivanovic dropped out of the top 50 for the first time since March 2005. Seeded 25th in Miami, Ivanovic won her first match since the Australian Open, but then lost to Agnieszka Radwańska in the third round.

Ivanovic lost again to Radwanska at the 2010 Porsche Tennis Grand Prix. But unseeded in Rome, Ivanovic had her best week of tennis in nearly two years. She stunned top-10 players Victoria Azarenka and Elena Dementieva, and top-20 player Nadia Petrova, all in straight sets, before losing to eventual champion María José Martínez Sánchez in the semifinals. She was granted a wildcard into the Madrid Open, and received a bye in the first round due to her semifinal appearance at the Italian Open. She was the first unseeded wildcard to receive a first-round bye in the history of the WTA Tour. She lost in the second round to Jelena Janković, despite leading by a set and a break. Ivanovic entered the 2010 French Open unseeded at a Grand Slam for the first time since 2005. She fell to Alisa Kleybanova in the second round.

In the UNICEF Open, Ivanovic fell to seventh-seeded German Andrea Petkovic in the second round. Ivanovic was defeated in the first round of Wimbledon by 13th seed Shahar Pe'er, and as a consequence saw her ranking drop to world No. 64.

In the opening round of the Stanford, Ivanovic avenged her 2009 Australian Open and 2010 French Open defeats by beating Alisa Kleybanova, before losing in the next round to Marion Bartoli in straight sets. In Cincinnati, she rallied from a set and a break down to beat Victoria Azarenka in three sets. Ivanovic retired against Kim Clijsters in the semifinals due to a foot injury. Her ranking dramatically improved to world No. 39. The injury caused her to withdraw from New Haven. Unseeded at the US Open, Ivanovic breezed into the fourth round with straight-set victories, before losing to defending and eventual champion Kim Clijsters.

Ivanovic lost her opener to Vera Dushevina in Seoul as the seventh seed. Ivanovic then defeated Kleybanova, the Korea Open champion, in the first round of Tokyo, before again losing to Bartoli in straight sets. Ivanovic avenged her losses to Bartoli at the China Open, beating the Frenchwoman in straight sets. On her way to the quarterfinals, Ivanovic scored top-10 victory by defeating Elena Dementieva for the second time in 2010. Ivanovic fell to world No. 1 Caroline Wozniacki.

Entering the Linz Open as a wildcard, Ivanovic defeated Patty Schnyder in the finals in straight sets, in just 47 minutes of play. Ivanovic headed to the 2010 BGL Luxembourg Open as the fourth seed, where she reached the quarterfinals, before falling to eighth seed Julia Görges.

Ivanovic revealed that she had ended her coaching relationship with Swiss star Heinz Günthardt, because Gunthardt did not want to travel full-time[42] and mixed his interest in tennis with being a Swiss television commentator.[43]

By virtue of her title in Linz, Ivanovic qualified for the last tournament of the season, the Tournament of Champions. She made it to the finals, where she defeated Russian Alisa Kleybanova for her tenth career title and her second of the year. She won ten of her last thirteen matches. With her title in Bali, Ivanovic achieved a year-end ranking of No. 17, her fifth finish in the top 20.

2011: Inconsistent form

Ivanovic at the 2011 Hopman Cup

Ivanovic started the year with the Hopman Cup in Perth, Australia. She competed along with Novak Djokovic and they qualified for the final, but due to an injury sustained during Ivanovic's match against Justine Henin, Serbia was forced to withdraw. Along with the Hopman Cup, Ivanovic also withdrew from Sydney. Seeded 19th at the Australian Open she lost to Ekaterina Makarova in the first round in 2 hours and 47 minutes.

Ivanovic then played in the PTT Pattaya Open, where she fell in the quarterfinals to fifth seed Roberta Vinci in straight sets. In Dubai she lost against Patty Schnyder in their last professional match. She stated the loss was in part because of the abdominal injury sustained in the beginning of the season, and she subsequently withdrew from Doha.

In fourth round of Indian Wells Ivanovic beat Jelena Jankovic, but lost to Marion Bartoli in the quarterfinals. She then played in Miami and lost against defending champion Kim Clijsters in fourth round, despite having a 5–1, 40–0 lead in the third set and having five match points.

Ivanovic joined Serbia in the 2011 Fed Cup event. Ivanovic scored a point for Serbia by beating Daniela Hantuchová in straight sets but had to retire in her next match against Dominika Cibulková, as she renewed an injury from the beginning of the season. Despite that, Serbia beat Slovakia in the deciding doubles rubber, 3–2.

Ivanovic lost to Bethanie Mattek-Sands in first round of Madrid, after winning first set with bagel. Ivanovic headed to Rome and was up nine games to love after Nadia Petrova retired. Ivanovic lost in next round to Yanina Wickmayer in three sets. Ivanovic again lost after first set at love, to Johanna Larsson in first round at the French Open. Ivanovic had a slight resurgence in Birmingham, reaching the semifinals, but lost to Daniela Hantuchová in three sets. Ivanovic lost to Venus Williams in the second round at Eastbourne.

Ivanovic at the 2011 Mercury Insurance Open

Seeded 18th at Wimbledon, Ivanovic brushed aside Melanie Oudin and Eleni Daniilidou before falling to Petra Cetkovská. After Wimbledon, Ivanovic hired Nigel Sears, the head of women's tennis at the Lawn Tennis Association, as her coach.[44] In Stanford, Ivanovic fell against Japan's Ayumi Morita in her opening match. Seeded 5th in Carlsbad, she avenged the previous week's loss by beating Ayumi Morita in straight sets despite trailing 0–5 in the second set. Ivanovic then cruised into semifinals. She eventually fell against top seed Vera Zvonareva in three sets. In Toronto and Cincinnati she won a total of three matches but against qualifiers. Seeded 16th at the US Open, Ivanovic defeated Ksenia Pervak, received a walkover from Petra Cetkovská and beat Sloane Stephens in straight sets before falling to eventual finalist Serena Williams. She also played alongside fellow countryman Nenad Zimonjić in the mixed doubles competition for the first time, but fell against Mariusz Fyrstenberg and Yung-jan Chan in two sets.

During Tokyo Ivanovic recorded victories in straight sets over Anastasia Rodionova and wildcard Laura Robson, before losing to Maria Kirilenko. At the China Open Ivanovic beat Kimiko Date-Krumm, Svetlana Kuznetsova and world No. 3 Vera Zvonareva, losing total of ten games. But she then retired in second set against Agnieszka Radwańska in the quarter-finals due to a back injury.

Ivanovic received a wild card to play the Tournament of Champions, which she defended, beating Roberta Vinci, Nadia Petrova and Anabel Medina Garrigues in the final, capturing her 11th WTA. This is the first time she had ever defended her title in a tournament.

2012: US Open quarter-final and Fed Cup final

Ivanovic began her season in Brisbane where she was defeated in the second round by fifth seed Kim Clijsters in three sets, despite leading 3–0 in the final set. Ivanovic's next event was in Sydney and she was sent out in the first round by Lucie Šafářová in straight sets. Ivanovic then headed over to the Australian Open where she reached fourth round as a 21st seed. She beat three players outside the top 50, dropping no set, but there she met No. 2 Petra Kvitová and lost in two sets. She cracked the Top 20 after her Round of 16 run.

Ivanovic at the 2012 French Open

Ivanovic next played in Doha. She fell in the second round to Petra Cetkovská in straight sets. Ivanovic then went on unseeded in Dubai, where she upset Francesca Schiavone and beat Maria Kirilenko, before falling to 3rd seed Caroline Wozniacki. Ivanovic went over to Indian Wells as the 15th seed. She was able to make a run all the way to the semifinals, posting victories over Caroline Wozniacki and Marion Bartoli, who were both in the Top 8. She retired against Maria Sharapova after losing the first set. In Miami she beat Daniela Hantuchová before losing to Venus Williams in fourth round, despite holding a one set lead. She still cracked the Top 15 for the first time since 2009 and became Serbian No. 1 for the first time since 2008, this time placing 14th after Miami.

Ivanovic then headed to Moscow for the 2012 Fed Cup semifinals, where after losing to Svetlana Kuznetsova in three tight sets, recovered, and beat Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova to put Serbia ahead, 2–1. Fellow countrywoman Jelena Janković then closed out the tie for Serbia (3–2), sending the country into the Fed Cup finals for the first time in history.

Ivanovic resumed tour action in Stuttgart, where she fell to Mona Barthel in two tight sets. She then headed over to the newly blue-clayed Madrid where she breezed past Mathilde Johansson and Nadia Petrova, before falling in straights to world No. 1 Victoria Azarenka, missing 4–1 to close out first set. In Rome she avenged Fed Cup loss against Kuznetsova, but fell to No. 2 Maria Sharapova in straight sets, despite serving for the first set. Seeded 13th at Roland Garros, Ivanovic Lara Arruabarrena Vecino and Shahar Pe'er, losing six games. Despite continouing in style with first set breadstick, she lost to eventual finalist Sara Errani in the third round. [45]

Seeded 14th at the 2012 Wimbledon Championships, she worked for victories over María José Martínez Sánchez, Kateryna Bondarenko and 22nd seed Julia Görges to reach fourth round, her best result there since 2009. She then suffered a bad loss to 2nd seed Victoria Azarenka in the fourth round;[46] winning only one game. Despite the loss, her run caused her ranking to rise to No. 12 in the WTA rankings the following week.

She made her Olympics debut at the 2012 Summer Olympics in London, participating in both the Women's Singles and Mixed Doubles with Nenad Zimonjić. Seeded 11th in singles, she defeated Christina McHale and local Elena Baltacha in straight sets, before falling for sixth time to Kim Clijsters in third round. She teamed up with Zimonjić for the mixed doubles competition, where they fell against India's Mirza and Paes in the opening round.

At the 2012 Roger's Cup, Ivanovic was double bageled by Roberta Vinci in the 2nd round. But it didn't bother Ivanovic to reach her first Major quarterfinal since 2008 at US Open, and also first ever at US Open. Ivanovic defeated qualifier Elina Svitolina, Sofia Arvidsson, young American Sloane Stephens[47] and Tsvetana Pironkova in the fourth round. In the quarterfinals Ivanovic was soundly defeated by Serena Williams.

Ivanovic then played in Tokyo, losing to Urszula Radwańska in round two; she then competed at the China Open reaching third round, losing to Romina Oprandi in straight sets. She came with winning streak in Linz, having won here previously in 2008 and 2010, but streak was finished in quarterfinals against qualifier Kirsten Flipkens. Ivanovic headed over to Moscow and made it all the way to the semifinal, having had a bye in the first round then defeating two qualifiers in straight sets. She lost to Samantha Stosur in three sets, despite winning the first.

Ivanovic did not qualify to defend her title in Bali, and did not receive a wild card entry due to her participation at the 2012 Fed Cup. Serbia took on the defending champions, Czech Republic. Ivanovic lost her first rubber against Lucie Šafářová, but won her second against Petra Kvitová. Which meant Jelena Janković had to win her rubber to take it to a tie, and go to a decider. Janković eventually lost her rubber against Lucie Šafářová. However, she finished 2012 as the world No. 13, her best finish since 2008.

2013: Without a trophy

Ivanovic kicked off the year by playing at the Hopman Cup with Novak Djokovic. In her first round robin match, she beat Italy's Francesca Schiavone. She beat Ashleigh Barty and in her final round robin match defeated Tatjana Malek to put Serbia into the final of the 2013 Hopman Cup, having defeated Italy, Australia and Germany. While playing Spain, Novak Djokovic gave Serbia a 1–0 tie lead but Anabel Medina Garrigues tied up the final at 1–1 after defeating Ivanovic in a closely fought singles match. Serbia then lost the deciding tie in mixed doubles.

At the Australian Open, she successfully reached the 4th round of the tournament, progressing past Melinda Czink, Yung-Jan Chen and Jelena Janković. She eventually lost to Agnieszka Radwańska in two sets. Ivanovic played in Pattaya City as the No. 1 seed but lost in the first round to Ayumi Morita. Ivanovic was then scheduled to play at the 2013 Fed Cup but withdrew due to shoulder injuries. Ivanovic competed at the 2013 Qatar Total Open as the 12th seed. She made a run to the third round, but lost to Agnieszka Radwańska, despite breaking Radwańska in the 12th game and having the chance to serve out for the second set. She then reached the second round of the 2013 Dubai Tennis Championships, before losing narrowly to Petra Kvitová.

Ivanovic received a first round bye at the 2013 BNP Paribas Open. In her second round match, she defeated American teenager Taylor Townsend losing just three games. In the third round, she lost in three sets to big-serving Mona Barthel from Germany. At the subsequent WTA Premier Mandatory event 2013 Sony Open Tennis, Ivanovic exacted revenge on Urszula Radwańska by dishing out a two set drubbing and cruised past two-time grand slam champion Svetlana Kuznetsova. However, Ivanovic lost to 8th seeded Sara Errani in 3 sets in the 4th round. Ivanovic then took part in the 2013 Monterrey Open and was defeated in the second round by defending champion Tímea Babos from Hungary. This marked the first time since the 2008 US Open that Ivanovic had lost to an opponent ranked outside the top 100.

Despite a slow start to the 2013 season, Ivanovic made good progress in the clay season. Notably, she defeated upcoming players Mona Barthel (who she lost to at Indian Wells) and Laura Robson, as well as higher-seeded players Nadia Petrova at Stuttgart and Angelique Kerber twice at the Fed Cup Week 2 Playoffs and at the Mutua Madrid Open. As a result of Ivanovic's more consistent tennis in the clay season, she reached the quarterfinals in Stuttgart despite not being seeded, and managed to reach the semifinals of the WTA Premier Mandatory Mutua Madrid Open for the first time in her career. In both Stuttgart and Madrid, her runs were routed by 2012 French Open champion Maria Sharapova. Unfortunately, after good runs at two clay court tournaments, she dropped her opener in Rome against Urszula Radwańska. At the French Open she stormed past 3 opponents to the fourth round, only to fall in straight sets to Agnieszka Radwańska for the third time in the year.

At the 2013 Wimbledon Championships, she won her first round match-up against Virginie Razzano, but in the second round Ivanovic would be knocked out of the tournament by Eugenie Bouchard.

In July 2013, Sears and Ivanovic part ways and she hired Nemanja Kontic as her coach.[48] Ivanovic had a sub-par summer hard court season, only managing to defeat one other seeded player. At Carlsbad, she defeated Roberta Vinci before getting edged out by world No. 2 Victoria Azarenka in the semi-finals. In Toronto, she made quick work of Hsieh Su-Wei and Flavia Pennetta in straight sets, before losing to Li Na in three sets). Ivanovic was up 5–2 in the third set, but was unable to serve out the match and eventually lost when she sent a backhand long in the tiebreak. Ivanovic dropped her opener in Cincinnati to Alize Cornet. At the 2013 US Open, Ivanovic made it to the 4th round, narrowly scraping past American player Christina McHale in the third round by erasing two of her opponent's match points. Ivanovic made a whopping 51 unforced errors in her match against Christina McHale. In the fourth round, Ivanovic lost to Victoria Azarenka again in 3 sets. By winning the first set in her fourth round loss to Victoria Azarenka, Ivanovic won her first set against a top ten opponent at a Major since she won the 2008 French Open, ending a streak of 15 consecutive sets lost against a top ten seed.

Ivanovic then headed to Asia for the Premier events in Tokyo and Beijing after a two-week break. In the former, she routed young German Annika Beck before cruising past Elina Svitolina. In the third round, she lost to Anqelique Kerber for the first time. In the latter, she moved past Flavia Pennetta in two sets despite trailing 5–1 in the first set. She was then defeated surprisingly by Polona Hercog of Slovenia in straight sets. Ivanovic then headed to Linz and progressed to the final without dropping a set, beating Yanina Wickmayer, Francesca Schiavone, Dominika Cibulkova and Stefanie Voegele before being edged out in the final by Kerber once more, despite having saved three match points and had four set points of her own to take the match into a decider. She then took part in the Kremlin Cup in Moscow as the 4th seed, receiving a bye in the first round before breezing past Klara Zakopalova for the loss of just four games. In the last eight, she was edged out by Samantha Stosur, who had also beaten her in the semi-finals the year before.

At the Tournament of Champions, Ivanovic was allocated into the Sredets Group alongside Samantha Stosur, Elena Vesnina and Tsvetana Pironkova. In her first round robin match, Ivanovic captured a two set victory over Pironkova. She then went on to defeat Stosur . She needed one more victory to come first in her group. However, Ivanovic lost to Vesnina for the second time this year despite leading 5–2 in 3rd set and serving two times for a match. But despite losing, she still qualified for the semi-finals by winning a set, therefore coming second in her group (after Stosur). In her semi-final match, she lost to eventual champion Simona Halep despite leading 3–0 in 3rd set with 2 breaks in her own.

Ivanovic ended the 2013 season with a rank of 16.

2014: Resurgence and return to the Top 5

Ivanovic at the 2014 Australian Open

Ivanovic started the 2014 season by winning title in Auckland, defeating Venus Williams in the final in three sets, for her 12th title and her first since November 2011. At the Australian Open, she defeated No. 1 ranked Serena Williams in the 4th round for her first win over Serena, after battling past Samantha Stosur in three sets. She lost to 30th seed Canadian Eugenie Bouchard in the quarterfinals in three sets.[49] On set point for Bouchard, Ivanovic double-faulted.[50]

At next four tournaments of Asian and American series, Ivanovic failed to make quarterfinals at all of them. She beat some top players like Angelique Kerber (saving match point) in Dubai and Flavia Pennetta in Miami. But there were some big outages like double bagel against Petra Kvitova after Ivanovic won first set. In Monterrey, Ivanovic was the 2nd seed and went on to win her 2nd title of the year, by defeating 3rd seed and former world No. 1 Caroline Wozniacki in the semifinals and Jovana Jakšić in the WTA's first-ever all-Serbian final, putting bad results behind her.

Representing Serbia in Fed Cup against Romania, Ivanovic lost against Sorana Cîrstea, but beat world No. 5 Simona Halep in straight sets. Serbia would go on to lose the tie 4–1.

Ivanovic then participated in Stuttgart where she made it all the way to the final, achieving back-to-back finals for the first time in her career. It was also the first time in 5 years, since the 2009 BNP Paribas Open, that Ivanovic had reached a premier level final. En route she achieved other career milestones, defeating Julia Goerges for her 400th career win and world No. 6 Jelena Jankovic for her 40th career top 10 win. She eventually lost to 2-time defending champion Maria Sharapova in the final.

In Madrid, Ivanovic won first three matches in straight sets to reach quarterfinals, there losing to Simona Halep in just one hour. Ivanovic gained revenge for her Stuttgart defeat against Maria Sharapova at the Italian Open, whom she defeated in third round in straight sets, later going to be the only person to defeat Sharapova on clay that year. The win was significant for a whole host of reasons, but most significantly she became the first player other than Serena Williams to defeat Sharapova on clay since 2011 and ended her winning streak in Rome (Sharapova was 47–3 on the surface and was undefeated in Rome since 2011). It was also the first time since the 2007 French Open that Ivanovic had defeated Sharapova. Against world number 1 Serena Williams, in her second appearance in the Rome semifinals, she lost in three sets; she was the only player to take a set off Williams in the whole tournament.

At Roland Garros Ivanovic was the 11th seed. This was her best Grand Slam seeding since 2009 US Open where she was the same seed. In first two rounds, she defeated rising stars, Caroline Garcia and Elina Svitolina, before falling to 23rd seed Lucie Safarova in straight sets. This marked Šafarova winning the last 5 meetings between the two in straight sets.

Ivanovic made a quick transition from clay to grass as she won her first grass court title in Birmingham, as the first seed. Ivanovic beat Barbora Zahlavova Strycova, a later Wimbledon quarterfinalist, in the final. In all matches, she lost five or less games. At Wimbledon Ivanovic came in again as the 11th seed. She started well, with wins over Jie Zheng and Francesca Schiavone, all in straight sets. In third round she faced grass court specialist and 2013 Wimbledon runner-up, Sabine Lisicki. She won their match played earlier in season. However, she would go on to lose in three sets. The match was particularly strange due to it being played over 3 days over the Middle Sunday. The first part was played on Saturday and with Lisicki leading 6–4, 1–1, the match was suspended due to bad light. On Monday match was played in two parts, being paused due to rain. In first period of play, Ivanovic had momentum on her side. Upon resumption, Lisicki would go on to win 7 of the next 9 games. After Wimbledon, Ivanovic didn't renew her contract with coach Nemanja Kontic.[51] She hired Dejan Petrovic as her coach.[52]

Ivanovic started the US Open Series in Stanford, avenging her Wimbledon loss by defeating Sabine Lisicki in straight sets. Ivanovic eventually lost in the quarterfinals in three sets to Serena Williams in their third three-set match of the year. As a result of her quarterfinals run, Ivanovic returned to the top ten in the WTA rankings for the first time since 2009.[53] Then at the Rogers Cup, Ivanovic lost to eventual quarterfinalist Coco Vandeweghe in the second round; but in Cincinnati, she reached Premier 5 final, beating Russians Svetlana Kuznetsova and fifth seed Maria Sharapova in process. Against Sharapova, Ivanovic served for the match in the second set, but lost the next four games. Sharapova then served for the match, but Ivanovic saved two match points and went on to victory to set up the final match against Serena Williams. Ivanovic opened the match well, with a break and break points, but she didn't convert them and Williams broke back. Ivanovic won just two games after that good start.

At the US Open in August, Ivanovic was seeded eighth, her highest grand slam seeding since the 2009 French Open. In the first round she beat American Alison Riske in straight sets only allowing her opponent to win three games, but was upset by unseeded Czech Karolína Plíšková in the second round in two close sets.

The following month, Ivanovic played in Tokyo, defeating former world No. 1 Victoria Azarenka, Lucie Safarova (ending her five-match losing streak against the Czech) and top seed Angelique Kerber to reach final. She then beat reigning US Open finalist Caroline Wozniacki in straight sets for her 15th title. She marked some personal achievements: this was her 52nd win and 4th title of the season, both personal bests. In Wuhan, she had to play the day after winning Tokyo and decided to retire in second set of the match against Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova. Ana came in Beijing refreshed and beat Belinda Bencic, Romina Oprandi and Sabine Lisicki in two sets. She set a quarterfinal clash with Simona Halep, but as the world No. 2 had to withdraw, Ivanovic automatically went into semifinal. Ivanovic lost there to Maria Sharapova, but with those points she secured spot in WTA Finals.

Having qualified for the WTA Tour Championships, Ivanovic was drawn into the Red Group alongside Serena Williams, Simona Halep and Eugenie Bouchard. The odds were against Ivanovic for her first match of the tournament against top-seed Serena Williams and she went on to lose to in straight sets. However, Ivanovic clinched victory in her second match against Canadian Eugenie Bouchard. Despite defeating Simona Halep in her final Round Robin match, Ivanovic was unable to progress since she dropped a set in the process. In doing so, she became the first player since Lindsay Davenport in 2004 to not progress to the semifinals with a 2–1 record in RR play. However, Ivanovic did finished the year ranked world No. 5, her second best year-end ranking since turning pro.[54]

Following the end of the WTA season, Ivanovic played and defeated world no. 1 Serena Williams in straight sets in an exhibition match in Denmark. She also went on to participate in the inaugural International Premier Tennis League held in cities across Asia. As part of the Micromax Indian Aces, Ivanovic played alongside many big names, including Roger Federer and Pete Sampras. Due to the new, fast-paced format unique to the IPTL, Ivanovic only played 1 set per match, representing her team in the women's singles category. The Aces went on to clinch the title, with Ivanovic amassing a total of 9 wins and 3 losses.

2015

Ivanovic began her 2015 season reaching final of the Brisbane International. She lost one set against Kaia Kanepi en route. By beating Varvara Lepchenko,[55] Ivanovic set up a final clash against Maria Sharapova, which she lost despite taking the first set in a tiebreak. Ivanovic entered the Australian Open as the fifth seed, but lost in the opening round in three sets to qualifier Lucie Hradecka, losing for the third time to a Czech player in her last four major appearances.[56] At her next tournament in Dubai, she lost just three games against Sabine Lisicki in the second round, but struggles continued as she lost to Karolina Pliskova in three sets.[57]

Ivanovic was the defending champion in Monterrey, but she lost Caroline Garcia in the semifinals.[58] In Indian Wells, things didn't go better, as she lost two more times to Garcia in both doubles and singles. In Miami Ivanovic beat Irina Falconi in the second round in three sets before losing in the third round to Sabine Lisicki in straight sets.

Ivanovic started her clay season in Stuttgart where she was seeded fifth defending runner up points from last year. Her run however was short lived as she lost in the first round to Caroline Garcia for the third time in a row in straight sets.

Equipment and endorsements

Ivanovic endorsed Nike apparel and shoes at the beginning of her professional career,[59] but at the beginning of 2006 switched to rival Adidas.[60] Ivanovic then signed a lifetime contract with the company. Ivanovic will become an Ambassador for Adidas once she retires from competitive tennis. She is believed to be the youngest athlete, male or female, to sign a contract of such longevity.[61] She started with the Wilson racquets, eventually using the nCode nBlade painted H22.[62] Since the beginning of 2008, Ivanovic has used Yonex racquets. She previously used the RQiS 1 Tour XL 95, but at the beginning of the Western and Southern Financial Group Women's Open 2010 in Cincinnati switched to a prototype version of a new Yonex racket.[63] Ivanovic plays with the Yonex EZONE AI 98 model tennis racquet.[64]

In 2008, Ivanovic signed an endorsement deal with Rolex.[65]

Playing style

Ivanovic is an offensive baseliner who is notable for her aggressive play. In 2007 and 2008, Ivanovic was regarded as one of the best competitors on the women's tour. After winning the 2008 French Open and becoming No. 1, Ivanovic endured a decline in form. Many critics attributed this to lack of confidence.[66] 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." She has since made some improvements to her playing style after appointing a new coach in 2010. As a result, she started to play with more confidence and won matches more consistently.

Serve

Ivanovic serving at Indian Wells, 2008

When on form, Ivanovic's serve can be a weapon in her arsenal. She hit a 124.9 mph (201.0 km/h) serve at the French Open in 2007, the fifth fastest serve of all time on the WTA Tour.[67] However, from 2009 to 2012, her service game has largely been viewed as a liability instead of a weapon. This is because of her inconsistent ball tosses which are directly associated with her diminishing confidence.[66] Nonetheless, in 2013, under the tutelage of Nigel Sears, her ball tosses have since become more consistent, allowing her to build her game on her powerful first serves.

Groundstrokes

Ivanovic's forehand is her bread-and-butter shot that took the world by storm in 2007–08, propelling her to the top of the rankings. A flat stroke, hit with not a lot of topspin which gives it its power,[68] Simon Reed believes it to be one of the best forehands in the game.[69] Conversely, her backhand is much weaker than her forehand and is often targeted by players acquainted with Ivanovic's playing style. Her cross-court backhand generally lacks the depth required to throw her opponents off course.

While Ivanovic's movement and net play were once considered to be her weaknesses, they have both improved over the years. She is considered now to be considerably faster than when she started playing professional tennis.

Surfaces

Ivanovic's best surface is the clay court, where her height allows her to strike clean winners off high-bouncing balls. Nonetheless, she is capable of performing well on hard and grass courts as well. When she launched her re-branded site during 2010, she stated in her bio that she likes all surfaces.[70]

Rivalries

Ivanovic vs. Janković

Ivanovic and her fellow Serbian Jelena Janković have played each other 12 times with Ivanovic having the advantage 9 to 3 in match wins. The pair played their first match against each other in an abandoned swimming pool used as a tennis court in Belgrade. A 9-year old Janković won the match, thrashing the 7-year old Ivanovic 7–1.[71] Ivanovic has dominated the majority of the rivalry. When asked why Ivanovic has posed such a problem for herself, Janković remarked that she struggles to read Ivanovic's game mostly due to the fact Ivanovic likes to play short points.[71] Ivanovic leads 2–1 on clay, 6–2 on hard courts and 1–0 on carpet courts.

The longest match contested between the two in the semi-finals at the East West Bank Classic in Los Angeles. In a match lasting two and a half hours, Ivanovic recovered from a 4–1 third set deficit, saving two match points en route, to defeat Janković on her way to the title.[72] The most significant match between the pair took place in the semi-finals of the French Open, with the winner having assured of becoming world No. 1 and with both women bidding to win their first Grand Slam title. Ivanovic won the match, recovering from a 3–1 final set deficit to defeat Jankovic for the fifth consecutive time.[73] Jankovic's win at the 2008 WTA Tour Championships in Doha later that year snapped a 5 match losing streak against her compatriot.[74]

The relationship between pair has been strained. Both have openly admitted in the past to not liking each other.[71] and have been involved in a number of high-profile spats on and off court. Ivanovic was criticized both by Janković and her mother after Ivanovic decided to withdraw from Serbia's Fed Cup World Group play-off tie against Slovakia, citing her poor form in 2010[75] which left Jankovic the only high-profile player to play the tie which Serbia lost 3–2.[76] During the same weekend, Ivanovic was photographed having coffee with her boyfriend Adam Scott at the island resort of Palma, Majorca. Snezana Jankovic denounced Ivanovic in the Serbian press[77] whilst herself Jankovic later admitted she had been disappointed by Ivanovic's no show and said that Ivanovic should have at least supported the team for the bench even if she decided not to play.[77] Another high profile controversy was after the pair's first meeting in two years in the second round of the 2010 Mutua Madrilena Madrid Open in Madrid where the match was marred however by an incident in which off court cameras appeared to catch Janković mocking Ivanovic's trademark fistpumps towards her mother and camp after the match.[78] Jankovic admitted she found Ivanovic's fistpumps "irritating" but that it was not meant to be offensive and was in the heat of the moment.[79] After their match in Indian Wells in 2011 however, Ivanovic stated she felt there were no real issues with Janković and both agreed that they have both put the past behind them,[80] an opinion echoed again by Jankovic after their Australian Open encounter in 2013.[81]

List of all matches

No. Year Tournament Surface Round Winner Score Length Ivanovic Jankovic
1. 2005 Switzerland Zürich Hard (i) R16 Ivanovic 6–2, 6–1 0:51[82] 1 0
2. 2006 United States Los Angeles Hard QF Jankovic 6–4, 7–6(8–6) 1:37[83] 1 1
3. 2006 Canada Montréal Hard R16 Ivanovic Walkover N/A 1 1
4. 2007 Japan Tokyo Carpet (i) QF Ivanovic 3–6, 6–4, 6–2 1:42[84] 2 1
5. 2007 United States Amelia Island Clay Final Ivanovic 7–5, 6–3 1:28[85] 3 1
6. 2007 United States Los Angeles Hard SF Ivanovic 4–6, 6–3, 7–5 2:30[86] 4 1
7. 2008 United States Indian Wells Hard SF Ivanovic 7–6(7–3), 6–3 1:25[87] 5 1
8. 2008 France French Open Clay SF Ivanovic 6–4, 3–6, 6–4 2:15 6 1
9. 2008 Qatar Doha Hard Round Robin Jankovic 6–3, 6–4 1:29[88] 6 2
10. 2010 Spain Madrid Clay R32 Jankovic 4–6, 6–4, 6–1 1:50[89] 6 3
11. 2011 United States Indian Wells Hard R16 Ivanovic 6–4, 6–2 1:24 7 3
12. 2013 Australia Melbourne Hard R32 Ivanovic 7–5, 6–3 1:23 8 3
13. 2014 Germany Stuttgart Clay SF Ivanovic 6–3, 7–5 1:28 9 3

Ivanovic vs. Kuznetsova

Ivanovic and Svetlana Kuznetsova have met 13 times since 2005, Ivanovic leading the head-to-head 10–3 overall.[90]

The pair first met in the fourth round of the 2005 NASDAQ-100 Open, Ivanovic coming back from a 5–3 final set defeat to win and notch her first ever career Top 10 victory.[91] Ivanovic has won all of their significant meetings including their only Grand Slam encounter at the 2007 French Open en route to her first Grand Slam final[92] and both their final meetings, at the 2007 Qatar Telecom German Open in Berlin[93] and the 2008 Pacific Life Open in Indian Wells.[94] Kuznetsova's first victory over Ivanovic came at the 2006 Medibank International in Sydney, which remains her only win against Ivanovic in a WTA event, her other two coming both in Fed Cup encounters in 2008 and 2012.

List of all matches

No. Year Tournament Surface Round Winner Score
1. 2005 United States Miami Hard 4R Ivanovic 6–3, 3–6, 7–5
2. 2006 Australia Sydney Hard QF Kuznetsova 7–6(7–3), 6–3
3. 2007 Germany Berlin Clay F Ivanovic 3–6, 6–4, 7–6(7–4)
4. 2007 France French Open Clay QF Ivanovic 6–0, 3–6, 6–1
5. 2007 Spain Madrid Hard (i) Round Robin Ivanovic 6–1, 4–6, 7–5
6. 2008 United States Indian Wells Hard F Ivanovic 6–4, 6–3
7. 2010 Serbia Belgrade Hard (i) N/A Kuznetsova 6–1, 6–4
8. 2011 China Beijing Hard 2R Ivanovic 6–2, 6–3
9. 2012 Russia Moscow Clay (i) N/A Kuznetsova 6–2, 2–6, 6–4
10. 2012 Italy Rome Clay 1R Ivanovic 6–4, 6–3
11. 2013 United States Miami Hard 3R Ivanovic 6–3, 6–3
12. 2014 Germany Stuttgart Clay QF Ivanovic 6–3, 2–6, 6–4
13. 2014 United States Cincinnati Hard 3R Ivanovic 6–2, 2–6, 6–3

Ivanovic vs. Sharapova

Ivanovic and Maria Sharapova have met 14 times with Sharapova leading the head to head 10–4.[95] Sharapova leads 6–1 on hard courts and 4–2 on clay. Ivanovic leads 1–0 on carpet.

The pair first met at the 2006 Generali Ladies Linz which Sharapova won in straight sets. Ivanovic beat Sharapova at the 2007 French Open in straight sets easily to advance to her first Grand Slam final. They would meet again at a Grand Slam, this time in the 2008 Australian Open final dubbed the "Glam Slam" final which Sharapova won in straight sets. After that match the pair did not meet for more than four years until the 2012 BNP Paribas Open where Sharapova won after Ivanovic retired after winning the first game in the second set. Ivanovic would then lose the next four meetings that followed.

In 2014, Ivanovic defeated Sharapova for the first time since 2007 at the Rome Masters in straight sets. Their match at the Cincinnati Masters was a dramatic and controversial match. Ivanovic was up a set and a double break before a bad call was made that affected Ivanovic and allowed Sharapova back into the match to steal the second set. Then, in the third set, Ivanovic was up 1–0 15–15 before she took a medical timeout, after which Sharapova took control of the set. Up 4–3 with a break, Sharapova double faulted on break point and sarcastically said to the umpire to "check her blood pressure" referring to the medical timeout that Ivanovic took earlier in the set.[96] Sharapova broke right back to serve for the match. Sharapova had two match points but failed to convert both. Ivanovic would eventually prevail, recording her first win over Sharapova on the hard courts.

The pair did not need to wait long to meet in 2015, with both drawn as the top 2 seeds in the Brisbane Internatonal. Both players qualified for the final, but it was Sharapova who once again clinched victory on the hard courts, despite dropping the first set to Ivanovic in a tiebreak.

List of all matches

No. Year Tournament Surface Round Winner Score
1. 2006 Austria Linz Hard (i) QF Sharapova 7–6(7–3), 7–5
2. 2007 Japan Tokyo Carpet (i) SF Ivanovic 6–1, 0–1 ret.
3. 2007 France French Open Clay SF Ivanovic 6–2, 6–1
4. 2007 Spain Madrid Hard (i) Round Robin Sharapova 6–1, 6–2
5. 2008 Australia Melbourne Hard F Sharapova 7–5, 6–3
6. 2012 United States Indian Wells Hard SF Sharapova 6–4, 0–1 ret.
7. 2012 Italy Rome Clay 3R Sharapova 7–6(7–4), 6–3
8. 2013 Germany Stuttgart Clay QF Sharapova 7–5, 4–6, 6–4
9. 2013 Spain Madrid Clay SF Sharapova 6–4, 6–3
10. 2014 Germany Stuttgart Clay F Sharapova 3–6, 6–4, 6–1
11. 2014 Italy Rome Clay 3R Ivanovic 6–1, 6–4
12. 2014 United States Cincinnati Hard SF Ivanovic 6–2, 5–7, 7–5
13. 2014 China Beijing Hard SF Sharapova 6–0, 6–4
14. 2015 Australia Brisbane Hard F Sharapova 6–7(4–7), 6–3, 6–3

Ivanovic vs. Petrova

Ivanovic and Nadia Petrova have met 14 times since 2005, Ivanovic leading the head-to-head 9–5 overall.[97]

The pair first met in the second round of the 2005 NASDAQ-100 Open, Ivanovic winning 6–4, 7–5. Later in the year, Petrova reached the semifinals of the French Open by defeating Ivanovic 6–2, 6–2 in the quarterfinals. In the next two matches both players won one, and both were in a round of 16. Ivanovic won two significant matches in 2007. First, she beat Petrova in the 4th round of the Wimbledon after a rollercoaster match with a score of 6–1, 2–6, 6–4. Later in the summer Ivanovic won in straight sets in their only meeting in a final, in Los Angeles. At that time, it was 4–2 for Ivanovic in their head-to-head, but Petrova won the next two meetings in two close matches to level the result. However, Ivanovic won five of the next six meetings, including the quarterfinals of the Rome when Petrova retired but after Ivanovic was leading 6–0, 3–0 and the semifinals of the Tournament of Champions in Bali, which Ivanovic won 6–1, 7–5.

List of all matches

No. Year Tournament Surface Round Winner Score
1. 2005 United States Miami Hard 2R Ivanovic 6–4, 7–5
2. 2005 France French Open Clay QF Petrova 6–2, 6–2
3. 2006 Belgium Antwerp Carpet 2R Petrova 7–5, 6–3
4. 2007 Australia Sydney Hard 2R Ivanovic 6–2, 4–2 ret.
5. 2007 United Kingdom Wimbledon Grass 4R Ivanovic 6–1, 2–6, 6–4
6. 2007 United States Los Angeles Hard F Ivanovic 7–5, 6–4
7. 2008 Japan Tokyo Hard 2R Petrova 6–1, 1–6, 6–2
8. 2009 United Kingdom Eastbourne Grass 1R Petrova 6–1, 4–6, 6–4
9. 2010 Italy Rome Clay QF Ivanovic 6–2, 7–5
10. 2011 Italy Rome Clay 1R Ivanovic 6–0, 3–0 ret.
11. 2011 United States Cincinnati Hard 2R Petrova 6–3, 7–6(7–4)
12. 2011 Indonesia Bali Hard SF Ivanovic 6–1, 7–5
13. 2012 Spain Madrid Clay 2R Ivanovic 7–5, 6–1
14. 2013 Germany Stuttgart Clay 2R Ivanovic 6–4, 6–3

Awards

Ivanovic has won the following awards:[70]

Career statistics

Grand Slam finals

Singles: 3 (1 title, 2 runners-up)

Outcome Year Championship Surface Opponent Score
Runner-up2007French OpenClayBelgium Justine Henin1–6, 2–6
Runner-up2008Australian OpenHardRussia Maria Sharapova5–7, 3–6
Winner2008French OpenClayRussia Dinara Safina6–4, 6–3

Singles performance timeline

Key
W  F  SF QF R# RR LQ (Q#) A P Z# PO SF-B F-S G NMS NH

Won tournament; or reached Final; Semifinal; Quarter-final; Round 4, 3, 2, 1; competed at a Round Robin stage; lost in Qualification Round; absent from tournament event; played in a Davis Cup Zonal Group (with its number indication) or Play-off; won a bronze, silver (F or S) or gold medal at the Olympics; a downgraded Masters Series/1000 tournament (Not a Masters Series); or a tournament that was Not Held in a given year.

To avoid confusion and double counting, these charts are updated either at the conclusion of a tournament, or when the player's participation in the tournament has ended.

Tournament2003200420052006200720082009201020112012201320142015SR W–L
Grand Slam Tournaments
Australian Open – – 3R 2R 3R F 3R 2R 1R 4R 4R QF 1R 0 / 11 24–11
French Open – – QF 3R F W 4R 2R 1R 3R 4R 3R 1 / 10 30–9
Wimbledon – – 3R 4R SF 3R 4R 1R 3R 4R 2R 3R 0 / 10 23–10
US Open – Q1 2R 3R 4R 2R 1R 4R 4R QF 4R 2R 0 / 10 20–10
Win–Loss 0–0 0–0 9–4 8–4 16–4 16–3 8–4 5–4 5–4 12–4 10–4 9–4 0–1 1 / 41 97–40
Year-End Championship
WTA Tour Championships – – – – SF RR – – – – – RR 0 / 3 4–5
Career statistics
Titles–Finals 0–0 0–0 1–1 1–1 3–5 3–4 0–1 2–2 1–1 0–0 0–1 4–6 0–1 N/A 15–23
Overall Win–Loss 12–5 37–5 40–14 35–18 51–18 38–15 24–14 33–20 32–20 37–21 40–23 58–17 3–2 N/A 440–192
Year-end ranking 705 97 16 14 4 5 22 17 22 13 16 5 –

Doubles performance timeline

Key
W  F  SF QF R# RR LQ (Q#) A P Z# PO SF-B F-S G NMS NH

Won tournament; or reached Final; Semifinal; Quarter-final; Round 4, 3, 2, 1; competed at a Round Robin stage; lost in Qualification Round; absent from tournament event; played in a Davis Cup Zonal Group (with its number indication) or Play-off; won a bronze, silver (F or S) or gold medal at the Olympics; a downgraded Masters Series/1000 tournament (Not a Masters Series); or a tournament that was Not Held in a given year.

To avoid confusion and double counting, these charts are updated either at the conclusion of a tournament, or when the player's participation in the tournament has ended.

Tournament2005200620072011SRW–L
Grand Slam Tournaments
Australian Open 0 / 0 0–0
French Open 1R 1R 0 / 2 0–2
Wimbledon 3R 1R 1R 2R 0 / 4 3–4
US Open 3R 0 / 1 2–1
Win–Loss 2–2 2–2 0–2 1–1 4 / 7 4–7

Personal life

Aside from her tennis career, Ivanovic also studies finance at a university in Belgrade and Spanish in her spare time.[98] Her inspiration to begin playing was Monica Seles, who at that time played for Yugoslavia.[70]

As of September 2014, Ivanovic is in a relationship with German footballer Bastian Schweinsteiger.[99][100]

On September 8, 2007, Ivanovic 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. Ivanovic visited a primary school in Serbia during her inauguration and said that she is "also looking forward to going into the classroom and meeting many kids."[101]

Video games

Ivanovic has appeared as a character in Smash Court Tennis 3, released in 2007, Virtua Tennis 2009, released in 2009, Grand Slam Tennis for Wii, also released in 2009, Top Spin 4 and Virtua Tennis 4 both released in 2011. She is also featured in Grand Slam Tennis 2, released in 2012.[102] She stars, among others, alongside Roger Federer, Rafael Nadal, Lindsay Davenport, Anna Chakvetadze, Venus Williams and Maria Sharapova.

Other ventures

Ivanovic has appeared in a song called "Hurricane Ana", produced by Serbian rapper Filip Filipi and Collie Buddz.[103] Also, she appeared on a number of international magazines like FHM (Germany, United Kingdom, Australia), Vanity Fair (Spain), Cosmopolitan (Serbia), Vanidades (Mexico), Grazia (Serbia), The Best Shop (Serbia) and Sports Illustrated (South Africa).

See also

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