Ana Ivanovic (born November 6, 1987, in Belgrade, SR Serbia, Yugoslavia) is a former World No. 1 Serbian tennis player. As of August 8, 2011, she is ranked World No. 16 on the WTA rankings. Her tennis career, Ivanović also studies finance at a university in Belgrade and Spanish in her spare time. Her inspiration to begin playing was Monika Seleš, who at that time played for Yugoslavia.
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.
Carior & Biography!!
She started her career after memorizing the number of a local tennis clinic from an advertisement. At the time, 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 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, the manager in question, would drop her, thinking that she was not good enough to become a professional tennis player.
the year at the 2010 Brisbane International. Seeded 3rd, Ivanović reached her first semifinal since Indian Wells in 2009. She eventually bowed out to wild card Justine Henin in Henin's first tournament since her return from retirement. Ivanović was seeded 20th at the 2010 Australian Open, but lost to Gisela Dulko in the second round in three sets.
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. the BNP Paribas Showdown, Ivanović lost her opening match to world no. 63 Anastasija Sevastova at the 2010 BNP Paribas Open. Never before had she suffered four consecutive losses. By also losing a huge number of ranking points, Ivanović dropped out of the top 50 for the first time since March 2005. Seeded 25th at the Sony Ericsson Open in Miami, Ivanović won her first match since the Australian Open, but then lost to Agnieszka Radwańska in the third round.
19th at the 2011 Australian Open, where she lost to Ekaterina Makarova, 6–3, 4–6, 8–10, in the first round in 2 hours and 47 minutes. Ivanović then played in the PTT Pattaya Open, where she fell in the quarterfinals to 5th seed Roberta Vinci in straight sets, 5–7, 3–6. She headed over to Dubai as the 14th seed, where she lost against Patty Schnyder in three sets. She stated the loss was in part because of the abdominal injury sustained in the beginning of the season and subsequently, she withdrew from Doha.
Ivanović then headed to Indian Wells, where she was seeded 19th. After losing her doubles match with Petkovic in a tight three-setter, she lost to Marion Bartoli of France in the quarterfinals.
Ivanović then played in the 2011 Sony Ericsson Open, where she was seeded 19th. She then lost against defending champion Kim Clijsters in her 4th round match, despite having a 5–1, 40–0 lead in the third set, and having five match points. She partnered with Petkovic in doubles, where after scoring a first round win, stunned sixth seeded team Benesova & Zahlavova Strycova. Petkovic, then withdrew from the doubles competition right after Ivanovic lost to Clijsters. Ivanović had a slight resurgence in Birmingham reaching the semi-finals but lost to Daniela Hantuchová in three sets. Ivanović lost to Venus Williams in the second round at Eastbourne. She beat Melanie Oudin in 1st round of 2011 Wimbledon Championships, in straight sets. After her win over Eleni Daniilidou in 2nd round, also in straight sets, she fell in 3rd round. She was beaten by Petra Cetkovská who had beaten the 13th seed Agnieszka Radwańska in round 2. After Wimbledon, Ivanovic hired Nigel Sears the head of women's tennis at the Lawn Tennis Association as her coach. At Stanford Ivanović had drawn to play Japan's Ayumi Morita, and she lost in shaky form with the score of 3–6, 5–7. Next week at Carlsbad near San Diego, as the fifth seed, she received a first round bye. In round two she avenged last week's loss by beating Ayumi Morita 6–1, 7–6 after trailing 0–5 in the second set. In the third round Ivanović cruised through Alberta Brianti of Italy 6–1 6–2. Ivanović then took on Shuai Peng in the quarter-finals and won in two sets. In the semi-finals she took on Vera Zvonareva and lost in three sets 7:5, 4:6, 4:6. Ivanovic had to withdraw from the middle of third round match in Rogers cup due to injury.
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Awards!!
Sony Ericsson WTA Tour Diamond ACES Award (2008)
Sony Ericsson WTA Tour Humanitarian Award (2009)
Nominated for U.S. Secretary of State's 2007 International Women of Courage Award (2007)
Michael Westphal Award (2008) Sony Ericsson WTA Tour most Improved player (2005)
Sony Ericsson WTA Tour most improved player (2007)
Sony Ericsson WTA Tour Karen Krantzcke Sportsmanship Award (2007)
Carior & Biography!!
She started her career after memorizing the number of a local tennis clinic from an advertisement. At the time, 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 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, the manager in question, would drop her, thinking that she was not good enough to become a professional tennis player.
the year at the 2010 Brisbane International. Seeded 3rd, Ivanović reached her first semifinal since Indian Wells in 2009. She eventually bowed out to wild card Justine Henin in Henin's first tournament since her return from retirement. Ivanović was seeded 20th at the 2010 Australian Open, but lost to Gisela Dulko in the second round in three sets.
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. the BNP Paribas Showdown, Ivanović lost her opening match to world no. 63 Anastasija Sevastova at the 2010 BNP Paribas Open. Never before had she suffered four consecutive losses. By also losing a huge number of ranking points, Ivanović dropped out of the top 50 for the first time since March 2005. Seeded 25th at the Sony Ericsson Open in Miami, Ivanović won her first match since the Australian Open, but then lost to Agnieszka Radwańska in the third round.
19th at the 2011 Australian Open, where she lost to Ekaterina Makarova, 6–3, 4–6, 8–10, in the first round in 2 hours and 47 minutes. Ivanović then played in the PTT Pattaya Open, where she fell in the quarterfinals to 5th seed Roberta Vinci in straight sets, 5–7, 3–6. She headed over to Dubai as the 14th seed, where she lost against Patty Schnyder in three sets. She stated the loss was in part because of the abdominal injury sustained in the beginning of the season and subsequently, she withdrew from Doha.
Ivanović then headed to Indian Wells, where she was seeded 19th. After losing her doubles match with Petkovic in a tight three-setter, she lost to Marion Bartoli of France in the quarterfinals.
Ivanović then played in the 2011 Sony Ericsson Open, where she was seeded 19th. She then lost against defending champion Kim Clijsters in her 4th round match, despite having a 5–1, 40–0 lead in the third set, and having five match points. She partnered with Petkovic in doubles, where after scoring a first round win, stunned sixth seeded team Benesova & Zahlavova Strycova. Petkovic, then withdrew from the doubles competition right after Ivanovic lost to Clijsters. Ivanović had a slight resurgence in Birmingham reaching the semi-finals but lost to Daniela Hantuchová in three sets. Ivanović lost to Venus Williams in the second round at Eastbourne. She beat Melanie Oudin in 1st round of 2011 Wimbledon Championships, in straight sets. After her win over Eleni Daniilidou in 2nd round, also in straight sets, she fell in 3rd round. She was beaten by Petra Cetkovská who had beaten the 13th seed Agnieszka Radwańska in round 2. After Wimbledon, Ivanovic hired Nigel Sears the head of women's tennis at the Lawn Tennis Association as her coach. At Stanford Ivanović had drawn to play Japan's Ayumi Morita, and she lost in shaky form with the score of 3–6, 5–7. Next week at Carlsbad near San Diego, as the fifth seed, she received a first round bye. In round two she avenged last week's loss by beating Ayumi Morita 6–1, 7–6 after trailing 0–5 in the second set. In the third round Ivanović cruised through Alberta Brianti of Italy 6–1 6–2. Ivanović then took on Shuai Peng in the quarter-finals and won in two sets. In the semi-finals she took on Vera Zvonareva and lost in three sets 7:5, 4:6, 4:6. Ivanovic had to withdraw from the middle of third round match in Rogers cup due to injury.
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Awards!!
Sony Ericsson WTA Tour Diamond ACES Award (2008)
Sony Ericsson WTA Tour Humanitarian Award (2009)
Nominated for U.S. Secretary of State's 2007 International Women of Courage Award (2007)
Michael Westphal Award (2008) Sony Ericsson WTA Tour most Improved player (2005)
Sony Ericsson WTA Tour most improved player (2007)
Sony Ericsson WTA Tour Karen Krantzcke Sportsmanship Award (2007)
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