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Full Ana Ivanovic Biography
Ana Ivanović (Serbian Cyrillic: Ана Ивановић, pronounced , listen (help·info) born November 6, 1987 in Belgrade) is a Serbian professional tennis player. She is currently ranked fourth in the world on the WTA tour, and is the second ranked Serbian player, behind Jelena Janković. In June 2007, she reached her first Grand Slam final at the French Open, losing to Justine Henin; this was followed by a semi-final appearance at Wimbledon.
Ivanović is good friends with doubles partner Maria Kirilenko, as well as other professional tennis players Daniela Hantuchová, Svetlana Kuznetsova, Sanja Ančić and fellow Serbian Novak Đoković.
She first caught the eye of the tennis world when she reached the final of the Junior Wimbledon tournament in 2004, losing to Kateryna Bondarenko. In 2004 she also went 26-0 on the challenger circuit, and won all 4 events that she entered, two of them as a qualifier. Her first professional breakthrough occurred in October of 2004 when she took Venus Williams to two tie breaks before losing 7-6(11), 7-6(6) in the second round of the Zurich Open in Zurich, Switzerland, this was after a tremendous 3 set battle with then-ranked Number 27 Tatiana Golovin. She followed that up with a quarterfinal showing in Luxembourg the following week.
Ivanović started off 2006 by playing at the Hopman Cup with fellow Serbian Novak Đoković where the pair narrowly missed the final. However, Ivanović had strong performances; both she and Đoković endeared themselves to many Australian fans with charming personalities and entertaining play. To start off her WTA year she played in Sydney where she once again defeated Mauresmo, this time in straight sets, before falling to an in-form Svetlana Kuznetsova in the quarterfinals.Ana Ivanović at the 2006 U.S. Open .
She continued with some solid results, hammering Patty Schnyder in straight sets at Warsaw. Then her career breakthrough came in August, as she dominated former world number 1, Martina Hingis in the final of the Canada Masters, in which she won 6-2, 6-3. This ultimately led to her winning the United States Open Series ahead of Kim Clijsters and Maria Sharapova. Many thought she would go on to win the US Open but she lost to a resurgent Serena Williams. After some shock early round losses to Olga Poutchkova in Bali and Venus Williams in Luxembourg Ivanović took a few weeks off to tend to a recurring injury in her right shoulder, which she had sustained at around the same time last year. She made her return in Linz and made it to the quarterfinals, before losing to former World No. 1 Maria Sharapova in two tight sets. To finish off her year she had a disappointing run in Hasselt, Belgium, as she lost to Dutch player Michaëlla Krajicek.
Ivanović finished off 2006 as the 14th best ranked woman in the world. In the doubles, she crept up to finish at number 51 in the world, an improvement of her mediocre Top 200 finish in 2005.
A pestering knee injury, sustained at Wimbledon, required Ana to withdraw from Serbian Fed Cup competition with Slovakia, and two lead up events to the US Open; Stanford and San Diego. Ivanović made her awaited return to the tour in blistering form at the East West Bank Classic in Carson. She swept through the opening three rounds defeating the likes of Ashley Harkleroad, Lucie Šafářová and former doubles partner Maria Kirilenko. In the semi-finals Ana was up against country woman Jelena Janković, for the third time that year. Ivanović looked down and out at 1-4 and saved two match points serving at 4-5, but she managed to rally back to win 4-6, 6-3, 7-5. In the final Ana played an inform Nadia Petrova and won her fourth title of her career, 7-5 6-4, which propelled Ana to a new career high ranking of 4 in the world.
After only a few days rest, Ivanović participated in the Rogers Cup in Toronto, Canada. The year prior, she brokethrough and won this tournament, however her title defence only lasted 65 minutes, as she was bundled out by Chinese qualifier Yan Zi 6-3, 6-1, in what was an error plagued match
Ivanović went in to the U.S. Open with high hopes, but ended up on the "difficult side" of the draw. Ivanović swept through her opening three rounds, dropping only ten games, though the fourth round was not as easy. Ivanović was up against two-time and Wimbledon Champion Venus Williams, whom she had lost to in the semi-finals of that tournament. Ivanović put in a marginally better performance, but still lost 6-4, 6-2.
After a quick flight to Stuttgart, Germany, Ana began her campaign for another title, hot off her run in Luxembourg. Ana was in devastating form in the opening round, dismissing Patty Schnyder 6-0, 6-2 in 47 minutes. Ana seemed a strong favourite against Ukrainian qualifier Kateryna Bondarenko, though she succumbed to the 21-year old 6-2, 1-6, 6-3.
Since her professional debut in August 2003 she won 5 ITF Titles. When she won her maiden title in 2005, she was the first WTA winner to have won in the final playing an opponent that she had already beaten before (In the Qualifying Round). |
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