Tatjana Ječmenica
Tatjana Ječmenica (Serbian Cyrillic: Татјана Јечменица; born July 4, 1978 in Novi Sad, Vojvodina, SR Serbia, SFR Yugoslavia) is a former professional tennis player from Serbia. During her career she also played for FR Yugoslavia and Serbia and Montenegro; she was also captain of Serbian Fed Cup team in 2005 and 2006. She is currently a tennis coach and running a tennis school "Ječmenica" in her home town of Novi Sad.
Her tennis career high was No. 72 on June 24, 1996 and No. 88 on July 29, 1996 on WTA rankings. She also won six tournaments in singles and four in doubles on the ITF Circuit. At Grand Slams her best result was reaching the second round at the French Open in 1996 and at the US Open in 1995.
ITF Circuit titles (9)
Singles (6)
No. | Date | Tournament | Surface | Opponent in the final | Score |
1. | September 12, 1993 | Varna, Bulgaria | Clay | Antoaneta Pandjerova | 6–2, 3–6, 6–2 |
2. | January 30, 1994 | Austin, Texas, United States | Hard | Tatiana Panova | 6–4, 6–7(9), 7–6(6) |
3. | June 19, 1994 | Maribor, Slovenia | Clay | Zdeňka Málková | 6–1, 6–7(6), 6–3 |
4. | July 3, 1994 | Vaihingen, Germany | Clay | Svetlana Komleva | 6–3, 7–6(5) |
5. | June 11, 1995 | Novi Sad, Yugoslavia | Clay | Andrea Glass | 7–6(4), 6–1 |
6. | August 6, 1995 | Budapest, Hungary | Clay | Barbara Mulej | 6–3, 6–2 |
Doubles (3)
No. | Date | Tournament | Surface | Partnering | Opponents in the final | Score |
1. | November 20, 1994 | Bad Gögging, Germany | Carpet | Cătălina Cristea | Kateřina Šišková & Jana Pospíšilová |
3–6, 6–3, 6–2 |
2. | August 6, 1995 | Budapest, Hungary | Clay | Svetlana Krivencheva | Magdalena Feistel & Helena Vildová |
6–4, 6–3 |
3. | May 17, 1998 | Novi Sad, Yugoslavia | Clay | Dragana Zarić | Antoaneta Pandjerova & Dessislava Topalova |
6–2, 7–5 |
External links
- Tatjana Ječmenica at the Women's Tennis Association
- Tatjana Ječmenica at the Fed Cup
- Interview for local newspaper Dnevnik (01-29-2005) (Serbian)
- Interview for Politika newspaper (Serbian)
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