Jovana Jakšić

Jovana Jakšić

Jakšić at the 2014 US Open
Full name	Jovana Jakšić
Country (sports)	Serbia
Born	(1993-09-30) 30 September 1993 Belgrade, Serbia, Yugoslavia
Height	1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
Turned pro	2009
Plays	Right-handed (two-handed backhand)
Prize money	$358,197
Singles
Career record	231–152
Career titles	16 ITF
Highest ranking	102 (12 May 2014)
Current ranking	315 (31 July 2017)
Grand Slam Singles results
Australian Open	Q2 (2014)
French Open	1R (2014)
Wimbledon	1R (2014)
US Open	Q2 (2014, 2016)
Doubles
Career record	37–45
Career titles	2 ITF
Highest ranking	204 (31 July 2017)
Current ranking	204 (31 July 2017)
Team competitions
Fed Cup	2–3
Last updated on: 31 July 2017.

Jakšić in 2013

Jovana Jakšić (Serbian Cyrillic: Јована Јакшић; born 30 September 1993) is a Serbian tennis player.

Jakšić has won 16 singles and two doubles title on the ITF tour in her career. On 12 May 2014, she reached her best singles ranking of world number 102. On 31 July 2017, she peaked at world number 204 in the doubles rankings.

Playing for Serbia at the Fed Cup, Jakšić has a win–loss record of 2–3. She made her debut in February 2014, losing to Canada's Eugenie Bouchard in straight sets in their World Group II tie, but winning the dead doubles rubber the following day.^[1]

Career

2013

In 2013, Jakšić made her debut on the WTA tour, qualifying for the main draw of the Monterrey Open and defeating Vera Dushevina in the first round. She lost in the second round to the third seed Maria Kirilenko in three sets.

2014

Jakšić reached her first career WTA final at the 2014 Monterrey Open, losing to compatriot Ana Ivanovic in straight sets.^[2] In May, she made her Grand Slam main draw debut at the French Open, losing in the first round to 31st seed Daniela Hantuchová in three sets.^[3] At Wimbledon, she lost to Petra Cetkovská in the first round in three sets as well.

WTA finals

Singles (0–1)

Result	No.	Date	Category	Tournament	Surface	Opponent	Score
Runner-up	1.	6 April 2014	International	Monterrey Open, Monterrey, Mexico	Hard	Ana Ivanovic	2–6, 1–6

ITF finals (18–10)

Singles (16–8)

Result	No.	Date	Category	Tournament	Surface	Opponent	Score
Winner	1.	10 July 2011	$10,000	Prokuplje, Serbia	Clay	Zsófia Susányi	6–2, 6–3
Runner-up	1.	28 August 2011	$10,000	Vinkovci, Croatia	Clay	Indire Akiki	6–3, 0–6, 2–6
Runner-up	2.	2 October 2011	$10,000	Plovdiv, Bulgaria	Clay	Dinah Pfizenmaier	4–6, 4–6
Runner-up	3.	9 October 2011	$10,000	Pirot, Serbia	Clay	Natalija Kostić	3–6, 3–6
Winner	2.	6 November 2011	$10,000	Antalya, Turkey	Clay	Ganna Poznikhirenko	6–4, 6–2
Winner	3.	17 March 2012	$10,000	Mumbai, India	Hard	Keren Shlomo	6–3, 7–6(7–5)
Winner	4.	29 September 2012	$10,000	Antalya, Turkey	Clay	Zuzana Zálabská	7–5, 7–5
Winner	5.	13 October 2012	$10,000	Antalya, Turkey	Clay	Lena-Marie Hofmann	6–2, 6–3
Winner	6.	4 November 2012	$10,000	Antalya, Turkey	Clay	Ganna Poznikhirenko	6–2, 7–6(7–3)
Winner	7.	10 November 2012	$10,000	Antalya, Turkey	Clay	Ana Konjuh	6–3, 6–1
Winner	8.	24 November 2012	$10,000	Antalya, Turkey	Clay	Laura-Ioana Andrei	6–2, 6–0
Winner	9.	17 February 2013	$10,000	Antalya, Turkey	Clay	Jasmina Tinjić	5–2, ret.
Winner	10.	25 February 2013	$10,000	Antalya, Turkey	Clay	Ioana Ducu	6–2, 7–5
Runner-up	4.	3 March 2013	$10,000	Antalya, Turkey	Clay	Raluca Olaru	3–6, 5–7
Winner	11.	14 April 2013	$25,000	Poza Rica, Mexico	Hard	Julia Cohen	2–6, 6–3, 6–4
Winner	12.	19 May 2013	$25,000	Balikpapan, Indonesia	Hard	Yang Zi	6–3, 6–2
Winner	13.	26 May 2013	$25,000	Tarakan, Indonesia	Hard (i)	Li Ting	6–3, 6–2
Runner-up	5.	27 July 2013	$25,000	Wrexham, United Kingdom	Hard	Diāna Marcinkēviča	7–5, 5–7, 2–6
Winner	14.	23 February 2014	$25,000	Surprise, United States	Hard	Tamira Paszek	4–6, 7–6(15–13), 7–5
Runner-up	6.	3 May 2014	$50,000	Anning, China	Clay	Zheng Saisai	2–6, 3–6
Runner-up	7.	26 October 2014	$50,000	Saguenay, Canada	Hard (i)	Julie Coin	5–7, 3–6
Winner	15.	25 October 2015	$50,000	Saguenay, Canada	Hard (i)	Amra Sadiković	6–3, 6–7(5–7), 6–1
Runner-up	8.	1 November 2015	$50,000	Toronto, Canada	Hard (i)	Tatjana Maria	3–6, 2–6
Winner	16.	4 June 2017	$25,000	Wuhan, China	Hard	Liu Fangzhou	6–0, 3–6, 6–2

Doubles (2–2)

Result	No.	Date	Category	Tournament	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Runner-up	1.	22 October 2010	$10,000	Monastir, Tunisia	Hard	Sasha Khabibulina	Irina Glimakova Polina Monova	2–6, 6–1, [7–10]
Winner	1.	29 August 2015	$25,000	Winnipeg, Canada	Hard	Sharon Fichman	Kristie Ahn Lorraine Guillermo	6–2, 6–1
Winner	2.	30 April 2017	$60,000	Charlottesville, United States	Clay	Catalina Pella	Madison Brengle Danielle Collins	6–4, 7–6(7–5)
Runner-up	2.	30 July 2017	$60,000	Sacramento, United States	Hard	Vera Lapko	Desirae Krawczyk Giuliana Olmos	1–6, 2–6

References

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