Ana Ivanović Serbian Cyrillic: Ана Ивановић Serbian pronunciation: ana iˈvaːnɔvitɕ listen born November 6, 1987, in Belgrade, SR Serbia, Yugoslavia is a former World No. 1 Serbian tennis player. As of March 21, 2011, she is ranked World No. 19 on the WTA rankings She beat Dinara Safina to win the 2008 French Open and was the runner-up in singles at the 2007 French Opeand the 2008 Australian Open
Contents
* 1 Personal life
* 2 Career
o 2.1 2004
o 2.2 2005
o 2.3 2006
o 2.4 2007
o 2.5 2008
o 2.6 2009
o 2.7 2010
o 2.8 2011
* 3 Equipment
* 4 Playing style
o 4.1 Serve
o 4.2 Groundstokes
o 4.3 Surfaces
* 5 Awards
* 6 Singles performance timeline
* 7 Career statistics
* 8 Video games
* 9 Music
* 10 See also
* 11 References
* 12 External links
Personal life
Ivanović's mother Dragana, a lawyer, supports her daughter during most of her matches. Her father Miroslav, a selemployed businessman, attends as many events as he possibly can. Ana has a younger brother, Miloš, with whom she loves to play basketball from 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 Yugo Đorđević, Jelena Janković and Emir Kusturica. She takes a special interest in the fields of education and child protection. Ivanović 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 ki
Career
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Ivanović picked up a racket at the age of five after watching Monica Seles, a fellow Yugoslavian, on television. She started her career after memorizing the number of a local tennis clinic from an advertisement. During her training she survived the NATO bombings in 1999. 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, was going to drop her because she felt that she was not good enough to become a professional tennis player. He has stayed her manager to this day.ana ivanovic
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